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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Page Three SPORTS 1 Mrs. Lawson Once Teacher at Mars Hill ural Gagers In Full Swing Melrose II Teams Head lers; Peterson Tops Scorers. 110( defeated Town and Mel- are now leading the eight thiams of the college intra- cetball league. These two now tied for leadership, ig a clear record thus far wins each and no defeats. W. N. G. School masters Wins Over Lions in Fast Game “Leonora; A Tale of the Great Smokies,” Among Her Writings. Local Combination Unable To Halt Cullowhee Rampage. The Mars Hill Mountain Lions met their first defeat of the season when they fell before the smooth running attack of the schoolmasters from Cullowhee, 42 to 13, on the local king Crtea'm\;^'s toppled | floor last Saturday night. ^ The Lions tried hard enough, but o berth when it suffered its 2t with a 14 to 9 licking ds of the Melrose II quin- )u e I m standings are as follows: m( y i. yi I e L. Won 2 —- 2 3 . - - 2 hei" ^ br—1 ou _ 0 mai 0 Loss 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 Pet. 1000 1000 750 666 500 333 could just not get their passing at tack to clicking and were never sue cessful in penetrating the Teacher’s defense. On the other hand the Cul- lowheeans jumped into an early lead, that was never to be overcome, flash ing a fast breaking, smoothly func tioning passing attack that kept the Whelps guessing throughout the en counter. Roberts started a new combination 000 usual amount of competi- ^'^ng shown among the teams hardly any games being a large margin. With 11 scheduled games having xr^en played all the teams are nard for the championship, fifty boys participating A i intramural teams, Peterson ard leads the scoring with ; toi with Parker of the Minis- ceyiference a close second w'ith bo5. X Standing; (C-I) :m-c) •ill)(C-I) - araP'H) j ap-I) ... 30 ._ 27 ... 22 ... 22 ... 22 a h, (c-ii) —: 20 foQecide in Favor b\giodern Advertising le. luthalian Literary Society ' y|ack into action on January vn; three weeks of inoperation ads he holidays. iitial number of the program OGtractical oration by Dwight - ; This was followed by the ^ _ “Resolved, That National "ing as Now’ Carried on Is -j^jftocially and Economically i>|J»» ifjjg affirmative team, ited by Ralph Cole and Perry ■ r argued their wray to victory eir oppon'^hts Lionel Flack 0001 in Coffey and Fox, at forwards. Young, at center, and Albritton and Woody, at the guard posts in an ef fort to find a score producing quin tet. This five did not fill the bill; so throughout the game Roberts made alternations and substitutions, but to no avail. All of the Lions tried hard enough, but every one seemed to be off his usual game, leaving no one deserv ing of individual mention. Cowan, Watson, and Buchanan led the as sault for Cullowhee, garnering 40 of the team’s 42 points between them. Cow’an, angular center, and Watson, fast stepping forward, vied with each other for top scoring honors, each breaking loose frequently on a scor ing spurt. When the final toll was taken Cowan had 16 markers to his credit, with Watson trailing closely behind with 14 tallies, while Bucha nan brought up the rear guard with 10 points. The line-ups: Mars Hill (13) Pos. (42) W.C.T.C. Coffey (2) LF (10) Buchanan Holloway (2) — LF Thomas Deeper LF — Fox (4) RF .-(14) Watson Young (4) C (10) Cowan Rabb (1) C Albritton LG- (2) Fullbright Woody RG Moore RG — - Hawkins Dale RG -— Score by halves: Mars Hill 8 5—13 Cullowhee 18 24—42 Referee: Matthews, (U. N. C.) >ris! les Leanard. “That’s a nice-looking fellow at ^^I'^program was brought to a! the next table, remarked Connor ^^"ith an impromptu soliloquy | Feimster, who had taken his gir ‘ Halden, and several musical j friend to lunch in a restaurant. Is ' he a friend of yours?” “Yes, indfeed!” said Mildred “Well Many of the present generation at Mars Hill do not know that Mrs. Laura Burnett Lawson, whose pass ing during the holidays brought sad ness to the community, was a writer of note and at one time a teacher at the college. The following facts concerning her life were procured from a member of the family: Mrs. Laura Burnett Lawson was born at Del Rio, Tennessee, January 24, 1865, the daughter of James M. and Caroline (Huff) Burnett. Of the thirteen children born to this un ion she was the twelfth. Her early education was at Del Rio, in a brick school house which sat within a few yards of the beginning corner of a six-hundred-acre tract of land grant ed by the State of North Carolina in 1787 to Captain John Waddell, a Revolutionary soldier, and her first teacher was Miss Rachel Waddell, daughter of this Revolutionary cap tain. In 1880 Mrs. Lawson entered Mai’y Sharpe College, in Winchester Tennessee, at that time presided over by the noted educator. Dr. Z. C Graves, and four years later receivec from that institution the degree of A. B. On September 1, 1887, she was married to David F. Lawson of Mar shall. North Carolina. For a num ber of years Mr. and Mrs. Lawson made their home in Marshall, Hot Springs, and Newport, Tennessee. During the years 1898 and 1899 Mrs. Lawson taught in Mars Hill College, for which she then formed an affec tion that abided with her through out the remainder of her life. Al though at no small sacrifice, she made it possible for two orphan girls to attend college. From Mars Hill she removed to Washington City, where she resided until four years ago, re turning then to Mars Hill to pass the evening of her days. Here among her beloved hills, she passed away on the morning of December 23, 1931. She is survived by her husband now living at Mars Hill, and three child ren: Herman B. Lawson, of Nash ville, Tennessee; Edward B. Lawson, of Johannesburg, South Africa; and Mrs. John Snoddy of Washington, D. C. One brother and two sisters also survive her: Edward C. Burnett and Mrs. George Smith, of Newport, Tennessee, and Mrs. Sue Baer of Knoxville, Tennessee. Mrs. Lawson’s interest in Mars Hill was but one manifestation of that concern for things intellectual and spiritual with which her life abound ed. Life to her meant above all else opportunity—opportunity to make the most of one’s self and opportuni ty to help others to attain a full and Hers was a sensitive n 0 r B If C Ef By Sam xlustice. The student body was dealt a se-1 fair can be termed just an off- vere shock last Tuesday when Charles night, which was the general impres- (better known as “Doc”) Murphy, sion created by the performance, our faithful athletic manager and Nevertheless, the seat of the trouble trainer was suddenly taken ill. “Doc” seems to lie in the fact that there las endeared himself to the athletes is not a single consistent shooter on jy his capable and untiring service as the squad. Basketball is around 90 manager and to the students by his per cent offense, and without a re- riendly, hale-hearted nature. “Doc” liable basket hitter around which to las given all he had to his work, 1 build an attack, the team will have rendering it in such a fashion that to trust to breaks and providence for oncoming managers will have a diffi- the greater portions of the games cult time in filling his shoes. they win. Both the center candi- Here’s wishing “Doc” a speedy dates, Rabb and Young, have been recovery, and we hope that it won’t 1 trying hard, but have not been pro be long until the campus will again ducing the results expected, leaving feel the radiating spirit of his pres- a possibility that Coffey may return to his old post. If two forwards could be developed that could get the The Senior Class made a fine for- range on the basket and with Cof- ward step last Wednesday, when by fey back at the pivot post the^ of- a practically unanimous majority, fense of the team should lecene they voted to donate, as their class big boost. ^ ^ gift, their room deposits toward the , i i 4. „„„„ construction of an indoor swimming Students who were here last y pool in the gymnasium. It is to he will remember Cooper Gretter the hoped that Se C-I and high school tall, quiet-spoken l!«i. who ““hm* classes wall take a similar action, de- good as student coach of the Cullo- signating their donations as the class whee hasketball squad. Gutter is gift of the year of their graduation, to he commended for the smooth run- f docutnt advocating^the doha- ning quint that "o has turned out tion of room deposits toward the and we wish him success in his furth- project, will—in a short time—be er campaigns. ^ carried 'to each member of the stu- >h >( * . dent body who rooms in a dormitory. The 42 to 13 setback that the Lions and those who are willing to make received at the hands of the Yodel- ence. ^ ^ the gift will be asked to place their name on the list. The pool will be something that every student can use; therefore, let us urge that each student lend his wholehearted sup port to the movement, helping to put over one of the gi'eatest projects ever launched here in the interests of the entire student body, and helping to put Mars Hill in a class by her self among the junior colleges in the state, in the athletic advantages of fered to students. :(C }(C ly Is. i Society was delighted with e? j from some of the visitors, vhom were Mr. Gary Diggers, ds. (dges and Dr. C. W, Reese. ?r h abundant life. spirit, deeply sympathetic, acutely responsive, yet abounding in cheer- fulness, I’adiating sunshine. Life was ■ j think I’ll ask him | indeed an opportunity, but by the same token it was a great adventure thai hotf COMPLIMENTS —of— ^AVERVILLE STEAM LAUNDRY to [ayapfficial Launderers for ‘^“^^ARS HILL COLLEGE F sef ai^epresentative in every ^. Dormitory hrisi )ast0 ;t. , q of ave ’Em Rebuilt 8 , piobepert Shoe Repalrins. S nty, ^ tobiiF® of cheap cobbled work. O buying cheap R. R. Ticket. Q Lai go far. Get the best and ^ ^^kranteed, and be satisfied^ this place Headquarters. a ftrs Hill Shoe Shop to join us “Oh, this is so sudden!” “What’s so sudden?” “Why, why, that’s our minister,” said Mildred, blushing. Mr. Huff advertised for a steno grapher with a good memory to save the expense of carbon copies. Frances Frisbie, singing in Chapel “And for bonnie Annie Laurie I’d lay me down and die.” Willard Griggs (rising.) : “Is Miss Laurie in the audience?” “Daddy Blackwell was giving his class a lecture on charity. “Rosser,” he said, “If I saw a boy beating a donkey and stopped him from doing so, what virtue would I be show’ing?” Rosser (promptly) : “Brotherly love.” Mrs. Shaw advised Harry Stephens and Keating Pharr to eat carrots— she says they make you beautiful. The basketball squad has been undergoing strenuous drills in the past week in an effort to regain the form displayed in pre-holiday per formances. Since the resumption of classwork aftei* the Christmas period the entire squad has appeared to be off their usual brand of playing. This was especially evident in the Cullo whee encounter. However, that af- ers was almost as bad as that 33 to 0 trouncing that the Whelps ad ministered on the Schoolmasters back in football season. ♦ * * The intramural basketball sched ule is well under way now’ with four weeks of campaigning already past. Be looking them over and then select your All-Intramural team. Send these in soon, giving reasons for each seelction made. The men placed on the most teams will be chosen for the final selection. * * * * As a parting shot let us suggest that each student adopt as his or her slogan, “A swimming pool for bigger and better recreation.” And for those who are not so well versed in the nautical pastime, “I may be only a ‘dogpaddler,’ but I can make a w’hale of a splash.” A rollicking rivulet dancing by. And giant trees where the shadows play And cat-tails grow’ so rank and high. When the sun has set and night birds call. When dark shuts down to rest again. With a singing brook and a water fall,— This is the range of my domain. of Agents Wanted “Miss Kelley, which travels faster —heat or cold?” ' “Why, ‘Pig,’ heat of course, be cause you can catch cold.” liter) of S j PHOTOGRAPHS SPECIAL PRICES TO ALL MARS HILL STUDENTS EWi HOWARD STUDIO PATTON AVE. ASHEVILLE She found exultant joy in living, and her eager spirit, refusing to be leashed among the shadows, pressed ever onward and upward toward the sunlit heights of mind and soul. Although Mrs. Lawson probably never thought of herself as a poet, she was nevertheless essentially po etic by nature and frequently, as from natural impulse, wrote her thoughts in expressive verse. A number of her poems were published in the Baptist and Reflector and else where, but many were never offered for publication. She was also the author of one prose work, “Leonoia. A Tale of the Great Smokies,” pub lished in 1904. The scene of the story is laid in and about Asheville along the French Broad River. The mountains and streams of Tennessee and North Carolina, amongst which she passed her youth and early womanhood, w’ere to her throughout her life an inspiration and a joy, and they inevitably drew her back to themselves to become the closing scene of her life. One fitting expression of her love for the moun tains is found in a little poem writ ten at Mars Hill, May, 1928. It is called MY DOMAIN A hundred peaks that pierce the sky, A canon deep on the mountain side. Ragged rocks where the eagles fly, And the fox and deer creep there to hide. Hills and vales of green and gray. Ditto would only take a few minutes to correct the papers and there w’ould be no strain on anybody—teachers or students. As it is, we students (?) live un der a nervous strain for the two weeks before exams, trying not to eat so much that it’ll make us self- satisfied and lazy, and yet trying to eat enough to keep up our vitality. We cram and cram thinking to make up for studying lost last fall, or at least trying to brush up a bit on such things that are easily forgotten Just like the New York priest who I —and what isn’t? _ prayed a prayer three hours long on | When the morning for the exam New Year’s Day and then every oth-1 dawns, probably we’ll have one thing ’ day simply said “Ditto,” we begin so muddled with another that we wont be quite sure whether we re walking on our heads or on our feet. Consequently, we begin to wonder if history isn’t the study of foreign language or if health Ed isn’t the solving of the equation for X. More than likely, on those cloudy morn ings, we will be seen stopping in the middle of the street, scratching our heads, and if one of us chanced to be an expression student the passer-by might hear us chant: “I would if I could. If I couldn’t, how could you? Could you? Could I? Could any body? You can’t unless you can, can you. I can’t.” er to feel the sharp sting of our con sciences as we near exams. We wish with all our hearts that to what has been repeated time and again in our classes, that we might simply write that small, fine-lettered word on our exam tablets. It would be such a time-saver; and then, too, we should already have a general knowl edge that history is the study of age- old stuff, dry and stupid, that Eng lish teaches us to read and write cor rectly, and that Algebra is supposed to teach us to solve the equation for X. (Ask Mrs. Robinson or Dr. Moore if that’s right. They know. I don’t.) Anyway, think how this method would aid the teachers. Why, it SPECIAL SUITS PLAIN DRESSES TOP COATS Cleaned and Pressed 50c ROBERTS BROS WEAVERVILLE 221 BROWN COFFEE & MURPHY
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