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VOL. VI.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 2, 1932
No. 11
B. S. U. OFFICERS
ARE NOMINATED
Campus Leaders To Be Elected
April 5,
B. S. U. nominations for 1932-33
have been posted. They are as fol
lows: president, John McGeehee,
Luther Hawkins; vice-president,
Agnes Stack, Ruby Hayes; secretary
B. S. U., Rase Bradford, Linda
Haynes; superintendent of the Sun
day School, Carl Rogers, John Ruce;
assistant superintendent of Sunday
School, Reed Wood, Paul Berry;
president of B. Y. P. U., Ollin Owen;
head of College Church, Reed Wood,
Roy Bryant; president Y. W. A.,
Lillie Bennet, Donnie Hudson; sec
retary Sunday School, Minnie Brooks;
secretary B. Y. P. U., Dorothy Crutch
field; secretary College Church, Sue
Stuart Moore, Ruby Young; town rep
resentative, Pattie Fleetwood, Julia
Cox; assistant B. Y. P. U. director,
Carolyn Haynes; corresponding sec
retary B. S. U., Sara Anne Corpen-
ing, Mary Ella Newbrough; vice-
president Y. W. A., Donnie Hudson,
Lillie Bennet; treasurer of the Col
lege Church, Zelma Price, Mary
Greene.
The elections will be held in chapel
on April 5.
KENDALL WINS
PHI MEDAL
Twenty-one Enter Annual Classic;
Representatives Chosen
The Philomathian annual declam
ation contest was held Friday even
ing March 25, with twenty-one con
testants entered. Because of the
.large number of contestants the pre
liminaries were held in two divisions;
according to scholastic basis.
Those winning the decision among
the C-I’s were Edwin Powell, W. W.
Goldsmith, James Matthews, and
Folk Johnston. The C-II represent
atives selected were M. H. Kendall,
Douthit Furches, Edmond Fletcher,
and Charles Morgan.
From the finals these were selected:
M. H. Kendall, first place and Society
Medal, Furches, Powell, Goldsmith,
and Matthews respectively. The first
four men will represent the society
on the commencement program, and
Powell and Goldsmith were selected
as anniversary declaimers for the en
suing year.
Judges for the two contests were
Mrs. Wells, principal of Mars Hill
High School, Dr. Walter N. Johnston,
Mr. Tilson Fleetwood, Mr. Wells of
Walnut High School, Miss Bex Ram
sey, and Mrs. Fleetw'ood.
BELOVED PATRON
PASSES
Community Saddened By Passing of
William Bryan, Age 91, Friend
and Patron of The College.
The College and the entire com
munity were grieved at the death of
Mr. William Bryan on Wednesday,
March 14. Mr. Bryan was better
known as “Uncle Billy.” For more
than thirty years he served as a faith
ful trustee of the college and aided
frequently in bringing the college
successfully through a crisis.
Mr. Bryan was born in this county
in August 12, 1840, and moved to
Mars Hill over forty years ago so
that his children might attend school
here.
Mr. Moore says of Mr. Bryan, “He
was faithful to the college and al
ways did his part. He was remark
ably vigorous, quiet, reserved, and
ever loyal to his church.”
Mr. Bryan is survived by six sons
and one daughter, John Bryan, of
Marshal; Lewis Bryan of Mars Hill;
Auburn, Van and Steve Bryan of
Chadboume, N. C.; Walter Bryan, of
Hickory, and Mrs. Cornelia Hobby,
of Raleigh.
On Leave
Courtesy of the Asheville Citizen
COACH OREN E. ROBERTS
who is doing graduate work in physi
cal education at Peabody and Van
derbilt.
DR. KITCHEN IS
CHAPEL SPEAKER
CLASS TO NAME
CANDIDATES
Coach
Government Class Plans To Hold
Model G. O. P. And Dem.
National Conventions.
Wake Forest President Brings
spiring Address On Current
Problems.
In-
“God is_ in His heaven, but all is
not right with the world,” said Dr.
Kitchen president of Wake Forest
College during an address in chapel
hero last week. “We have built up
an economical machine that we do
not know how to handle.”
Dr. Kitchen’s talk was based on
newspaper clippings about the dark
and depressing time in which we are
now living. He told us that the same
feeling had prevailed in every age
and that we shouldn’t feel as though
we were going through the worst one
of them. “We are responsible and
must, do something, he declared.
“We are worshipping speed and are
always in a hurry to get there when
we have nothing on earth to do but
turn around and come back.” He
brought out quite clearly that with
the coming or tunnels, subways, aero
planes, and all other time-saving de
vices, the serenity of the old age is
going. Telephones, radios, and tele
grams have made society a network
of human relationships, and all the
individual threads are lost. With this
loss of individualism the people are
losing individual responsibility and
shifting it to society.
“Our chief aim and idea in seeking
an education should be perfect navi
gation of our own minds and lives as
individuals and as families.” He added
that we can do nothing about our en
vironment, whether we live in wealth
or in poverty, but that education is
a thing we can do something about.
He defined Christian education as the
“progressive search for truth in the
name of Christ and mankind.”
He brought his short but inspira
tional talk to a close by saying, “Only
one thing and that is the Grace of
God can save us as we drift. But if
we put Christ at the helm, use the
Bible as our chart, we cannot help
having a safe and pleasant voyage.”
Mars Hill was glad to have Dr.
Kitchen, who for a number of years
has been connected with Wake Forest
College, first as head of the medical
department and f^r the past two
years president, as a guest.
The Government class, with Mr.
Carr as instructor, is planning to hold
model national nominating conven
tions for the express purpose of se
lecting the candidates for the presi
dency. The conventions will be held
in accordance with the customs as
set down by their national prototypes,
parliamentary procedure will prevail
throughout. National executive com
mittees have been chosen, and much
interest and enthusiasm is being man
ifested. No candidates have been re
ported to date.
The Republican National Execu
tive Committee with E. A. Fletcher as
chairman, and Walter Cole and Julia
Merrell as associates has selected C.
B. Jones as their keynote speaker.
They will hold their nominating con
vention April 11. Nominating
speeches have already been prepared,
and the outstanding candidates at
present seem to be Herbert Hoover,
Charles Dawes, and either Borah or
Curtiss. The redoubtable “Tarzan”
Kennedy will place the name of Her
bert Hoover in the lists, and many ex
perienced observers are predicting a
landslide on the first ballot. Others
looking at the prosperity side have
their doubts about this.
The Democratic National Execu
tive Committee has been selected with
S. Marion Justice as chairman, and
Mary Mclxjan and E. Bruce Grainger
are associates. The Democratic con
vention will be held April 19, and has
as the feature of fiery Bill Atkins as
keynoter. Speculation is rife as to
their nominee, as the bandwagons fill
and the favorite-sons appear. The
outstanding favorites appear to be
Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Gamer,
and Alfred E. Smith, of sidewalk
fame.
The general public is invited to at
tend these meetings and watch the
proceedings. Balloting will be car
ried out in the usual manner with
each state being represented by a
delegation. The unit ballot system
will prevail, and the Democrats will
continue to use the two-thirds major
ity rule. Much partisan spirit is being
shown, and the indications are that
the convention will be well worth at
tending.
Courtesy of the Asheville Citizen
FRANK FURCHES
who this Spring is baseball mentor
and general director of athletics.
FOUR OF SIX
DEBATES WON
PRESS DELEGATES
TO MEET HERE
Mars Hill Will Be Hosts To Spring
Meeting of Junior College Press
Association
Intercollegiate Schedule to Include
State Junior College Tourney.
FORMER STUDENT
MEETS DEATH
Miss Mamie Kelley, Graduate of
Mars Hill in 1931, Drowned When
Car Overturns Into Canal.
AD CONTEST
PROVES SUCCESS
Sam Justice, College Student, Wins
First Prize Over Field of Entries
In the recent ad -writing contest
sponsored by R. S. Gibbs and Co.,
the first prize of three dollars in trade
was awarded to Sam Justice, Mars
Hill College student. Second and
third prizes, df one dollar each in
trade, went to C. R. Barnes, of Mars
Hill; and Douglas Furguson, college
student, respectively. Several other
good ads were submitted by students
of the college. Mr. R. P. Williams,
of the Biltmore Press, judged the en
tries. The winning ad will be found
elsewhere in the paper.
According to brief
news received on
the campus. Miss
Mamie Kelley, a
former student and
graduate of Mars
Hill College in the
Class of ’31, was
drowned, along
with two young
men, when the car
in which they were
riding overturned
into a canal March
30, near her home in Tupelo, Miss.
Three other people riding in the car
at the time of the accident managed
to escape from the overturned car
and made their way to the bank.
According to a first report the bod
ies had not been found. A later re
port of uncertain accuracy, however,
implies that the body of Miss Kelley
had been found and that the funeral
was held Friday, April 1.
Full details of the accident could
not be had, but it is understood that
Miss Kelley, who was engaged in
teaching school at her home in Tupe
lo,, Miss., was riding along a high
way near her home with a group of
friends, when their car was lost con
trol of and plunged into a canal that
paralleled the highway. The canal, be-
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Excluding three no-decision con
tests the Mars Hill forensic teams
have to their credit four debates won
against two lost as the debating sea
son draws toward a close.
So far this season intercollegiate
debates on the campus have been well
aP-ended and the debaters have been
successful in winning decisions. Fol
lowing is the record of this season
up to April 1: Mars Hill vs. Averett
(here), no decision; Virginia Inter-
mont vs. Mars Hill (here), decision
for Virginia Intermont; Virginia In-
termont vs. Mars Hill (there). Mars
Hill decision; Tennessee Teachers vs.
Mars Hill (here). Mars Hill decision;
Tennessee Teachers (there). Mars
Hill decision; Miligan vs. Mars Hill
(there), Milligan decision; Milligan
vs. Mars Hill (here). Mars Hill de
cision; Weaver vs. Mars Hill (here
and there), no decision.
Mars Hill is scheduled to meet oth
er teams as follows; April 1, Cullo-
whee (postponed); April 4, girls’ tri
angle, Mars Hill, Wingate, and Lees-
McRae; April 4, Catawba, boys; April
5, boys’ triangle. Mars Hill, Wingate,
and Rutherford; April 14, girls’ final
contest; April 15, boys’ final contest;
April 11, Tennessee Wesleyan, boys.
April 14 and 15 a debate contest
sponsored by the Southeastern Teach
ers of Speech will be held at Ashe
ville. Mars Hill will enter the con
test.
For several years Mars Hill College
has trained an inter-collegiate dejjate
team. At first only one negative and
one affirmative were used, but the
debate committee wanted more boys
and girls to get training in forensics.
As a result, for the past few years
twelve boys and twelve girls are se
lected as intercollegiate debaters.
According to the committee this plan
has worked very successfully.
UNIONS TO HOLD
PARTY NIGHT
Annual B. Y. P. U. Socials To
Held In Faculty Homes
Be
The B. Y. P. U. of the college de
partment will observe their annual
spring social affair, Saturday evening,
April 2.
Leaving Spilman at seven-thirty,
the unions will go in their respective
groups to the following professors’
homes, where they will be entertain
ed: Hillclimbers .Union, Mr. Tren-
tham’s; Apex and Eliott Unions, Mr.
R. L. Moore’s; Preston and Charles
Roger, Mr. I. N. Carr’s; Winette, Mr.
J. B. Huff’s; Judson, Mr. H. C. Cox’s;
Hustlers, Mrs. Wilkins’; John Lake,
Mr. John McLeod’s; Charles Howard,
Mr. Wood’s.
The unions, ten in number, will
carry out unique schemes in the enter
tainment, such as Farmer’s parties,
kid’s parties, backward parties, and
excursion parties.
These modes of recreation should
prove enjoyable as such social func
tions are infrequently on the campus.
The Southeastern Junior College
Press Association will hold its third
annual convention at Mars Hill Col
lege on Friday and Saturday, May 6
and 7. The association which is com
paratively small is at present com
posed of Wingate, Biltmore, and Mars
Hill junior colleges. The member
ship is confined at present to colleges
in North Carolina, but is designated
to embrace all junior colleges in the
Southeastern part of the United
States who care to participate in its
activities.
The association was organized at
Biltmore Junior College in the spring
session in 1930. Its primary purpose
is to bring all the j unior colleges
who wish to send delegates together
in a convention once each year, where
problems relating distinctly to junior
college journalism are discussed.
The officers elected in the second
annual meet at Cullowhee last year
are: S. Marion Justice, Mars Hill,
president; Henrietta Bain, Cullowhee,
vice-president; Henrietta Redfern,
Wingate, recording secretary; Ruby
Smith, Cullowhee, corresponding sec
retary; Charles Lloyd, Biltmore, trea
surer. Cullowhee has ceased to be
active in the association because of
the discontinuance of their college
paper “The Yodel.”
Several schools in the adjoining and
and nearby states have manifested
their interest in the association and
are expected to send delegates to the
convention this year. The following
are the schools that have shown an
interest in the organization and are
expected to participate: Virginia
Intermont, at Bristol, Va.; Young
Harris, at Young Harris, Ga.; Sue
Bennett, at London, Ky.; Lindsey Wil
son, at Jackson, Ky.; Lees, at Colum
bia, Ky.; Travicca, at Nashville,
Tenn.; also several other schools in
Western North Carolina besides those
who are already members are expect
ed to send delegates.
SENIORS TO TAKE
GENERAL EXAM
Comprehensive Examination In Eng
lish To Be Given All Seniors.
In accordance with the practice
recently begun by many universities
and colleges where the junior college
is a distinct unit. Mars Hill will this
spring begin to give comprehensive
examinations to seniors completing
the second year of college work.
This year, according to faculty
announcement, examinations will be
given only in the English department.
Later these examinations may include
other departments of the college and
will be required of all seniors before
graduation.
The examination to be given some
time before commencement will be a
comprehensive in English only, and
is understood to be something of an
experiment leading to a more general
examination to be attempted later.
NON OFFICERS
ARE ELECTED
Madge Linney Chosen President At
Spring Election.
At the regular meeting of the Non
Pariel Literary Society on March 24,
the following officers were elected:
president, Madge Linney; vice-presi
dent, Sarah Fox; recording secretary,
Mildred DeWeese; corresponding sec
retary, Beatrice Johnson; censor,
Elizabeth Corpening; treasurer,
Robbie Gray Elmore; reporter. Hazel
Herndon; chaplain, Mabel Jones;
pianist, Margaret Martin; chorister,
Dorris Gibbs; hostesses, Kathleen
Smake, Inez Habgood, and Lily
Bennett.
The society was glad to welcome
an old member, Mrs. James Ramsey.