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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 23, 1932
No. 3
NG of pool i
)MISED FOR MONDAY |
Caused By Faulty
^^^,ion Jointj According to ]
ito Tilson, Superin- \
V^^tendent of Grounds.
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boon in touch with t-ho
'm responsible for the expan-
Mnt of the swimming pool,”
P^itendent of Grounds, B. H.
M said late this week, “and they
me that the parts for the cor-
would be here Saturday.”
I this assurance of the Ohio
I ^"^ng firm, Air. Tilson said that
something unforeseen occurs
^c^bl will be filled Sunday night'
)en for swimming by Alonday
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Pool Opened Once
pool was opened Wednesday,
:nor 12, but was closed Wednes-
fO'vght due to the improper con-
on of an expansion joint. Mr.
f( wired the company responsible
2 joint immediately. However
the latter part of this week
the satisfactory arrangements
"^inade.
chedule to Be Announced
schedule«for swimming classes
announced early this week by
Oren Roberts, it is believed.
Roberts will be swimming in-
P.or for the boys while Miss
e Boswell, college nurse and
:al education instructor for
P.will coach the girls’ swimming
s.
Short, Short Story |
Contest Announced
Drag out your pens, spread out
I your papers, pull out your thesaur-*
I uses, try out your brains, and pour
I out your hearts—The Hilltop is
i announcing a short, short story
contest. The English faculty of^
the College will judge. The rules
are as follow:
All students are eligible.
The stories must be under 1,-
000 words.
All contestants may submit as
many contributions as they please.'
The contributions must be typed,
double spaced, and on one side of
the paper.
1 All contributions must be in by
' December 5".
j The short, short story adjudged
jthe best will be published in the
Hilltop in the first issue after
Christmas.
TRIBUTE IS PAID TO JOE,
FOUNDERS’ DAY PROGRAM
Carl Rogers Chosen to
Lead Philomathians
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NES STACK IS
lASEW CLIO HEAD
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deet. New Officer* Choien at
Meeting on Oct. 13.
^ursday afternoon, October 13,
^ Stack was chosen president of
r^lio Literary Society. Virginia
ird was elected vice-president;
■ Ella Newbrough, second vice
dent; Azaleen Kickliter, secre-
and Ruth Rose, censor.
)Jher officers elected were as fol-
: Mae Danner, treasurer; Julia
pianist; Louise AIcCracken,
■ister; Victoria Mikell, chaplain;
4 Greene, corresponding secre-
; Zelma Price, reporter; Linda
Gies, literary critic; Elizabeth
^an, expression critic; Edith
~ols, music critic; Elizabeth Blan-
iGrace Cole,, and Bonnie Francis
j’hals.
Vss Stack, the new president, suc-
^ Miss Dorothy Crutchfield who
Served a most successful term as
ident. As Mis Crutchfield wel-
6
ed Miss Stack to the president’s
tf in a most beautiful manner ev-
jTmember of the society was
hed by the sisterly spirit mani-
^;d by each.
jiss Stack, who is a native of Har-
J»n, Texas, and a graduate of
Jtland Institute, came to the
^us last year and since that time
taken a leading part in various
/^ities. At present she is one of
B. Y. P. U. presidents and also
..president of the Baptist Student
vn.
receding the election of officers a
: delightful program was rend-
, consisting of a violin solo by
i Nell Bennett, three acts from
tespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, in
(Continued on page 2)
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Soup-Line” Return
Looms Favorable
Petition Signed By 146 of 165
Seniors; Faculty Favors Re-
installation of Former
Dating Privilege.
Indications point favorably toward
the return of the “soup-line” since
recent action has been taken by the
student body in drawing up a peti
tion requesting its restoration. .
Of the 1G5 members of the C-2
Class there is a total of 146 signa
tures attached to a petition asking the
return of this social privilege. It is
thought that no petition will be nec
essary for the C-1 class in that the
result of the action taken by the
C-2’s will affect them similarly.
Various faculty membefs, when ap
proached by a representative of the
Hilltop, have expressed themselves
favorably toward the granting of the
privilege asked in the petition. For
mal action will be taken, however,
when the petition is handed to the
committee on Social Functions.
The “soup-line” is a tradition in
the social life at Alars Hill. It pro
vides ’for a stroll on Sunday after
noon during dating hour for the
couples; the C-2’s going in parties
of six, while all the dating couples of
the C-1 class form that “soup-line.”
This function was taken from-the
social privileges in 1929 when the
students agreed to its withdrawal.
Agitation for its return was started
before sch9ol was out last spring, and
it was with renewed interest that it
was taken up this year.
Dr. W. D. Weatherford^ of Y.
M. C. A. Graduate School of
Nashville, and C. K. Rob-
. inson, Editor of Asheville
Times are Chief Speakers.
Alars Hill College last week made
a unique bit of local history the oc
casion for a program promoting in-
terracial goodwill and understanding.
With negroes and whites participat
ing, the college celebrated the 76th
anniversary of its founding with an
interracial program, climaxed with
the unveiling of a memorial to a
slave, Joe Anderson, who, in 1856,
was taken by the contractors of the
first building of the college.
Negroes Participate
Dr. W. D. Weatherford, president
of the Y. Al'. C. A. Graduate School,
of Nashville, Tennessee, and Blue
Ridge, N. C., and author of several
works on the negro, particularly of
the South, was the principal speaker
on the Founders’ Day program. He
spoke on “Education the Antidote
for Prejudice.” Other speakers on the
program were C. K. Robinson, editor
of the Asheville Times, who made the
main address at the unveiling cere
mony, and the Rev. J. H. Smith, pas
tor of Alt. Olive Baptist church (col
ored). Alusic for the exercises, which
comprised mainly spirituals and se
lections from negro composers, was
provided by members of the college
glee club and orchestra and the local
negro choir.
Marker Is Unveiled
Following the Founders’ Day pro
gram, which was held in the college
auditorium, where a section was re
served for negroes, 500 .students and
teachers of the college, with a large
number of visitors present for the
fifiy. gathered for the unveiling cei*e-
mony in a natural amphitheaitre on
the campus where the ashes of Joe
had been reinterred and where a gran
ite marker had been erected to his
memory. At the bginning of the
unveiling ceremony, J. Bascom Huff,
of the English department of the col
lege and the grandson of Edward
Carter, who gave the .land on which
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Carl Rogers was elected presi
dent of the Philomathian Literary
society for the next nine weeks in
jthe regular business meeting of
[the society Friday night. Air. Rog-
jers succeeds Dick England of
:South Carolina as president.
Other officers elected were:
I Vice-president, Jack Dale; re
cording secretary, Robert Richard
son ; corresponding secretary,
Thomas Speed; censor, Bomar
Lawu*ance, chaplain, Clyde Alere-j
dith; librarian, Pegram Holland;^
Fnglish critic, John Corbett; dues
'collector, Albert Suttle; Hilltop j
[reporter, Virgil Cox; choirester,'
John Washburn; pianist, Ray In-|
[gram; Alarshalls, Alorton Gragg,
[and Douglas Ferguson; janitor,]
1 Arturo Fuste.
ROOSEVELT WINS
CAMPUS ELECTION
Polls One Hundred Fifty-Four
Votes; Thomas Second With
102; Hoover Gets 81.
STUDENTS VOTE DRY.
DRAMATIC CLUB
PRESENTS PLAY
‘The House of the Flashing
Lioht/' First Mystery Play
Ever Presented Here, Is
Enjoyed by Students.
State B. S. U. Meet To
Be Field Nov. 4-6
Meeting Place at Char el Hill;
Mars Hill Group to Present
Play.
tendance In B. Y.
P. U. Reaches 270
Hi
he B. Y. P. U. department has
1 making gains steadily. Although
‘^Tain was pouring in torrents, 270
present in the ten different un-
on last Sunday night,
n interesting feature of B. Y. P.
^vork was presented by Marita
rgins, librarian, and John McGee-
in the general assembly program.
_^he members were urged to read
Y. P. U. literature found in the
ary in,’ the form .of magazines
books.
The State Baptist Student Union
convention is expected to be the most
inspiring meeting that the Baptist
students of North Carolina have ever
held. It will be conducted at the
First Baptist Church at Chapel Hill,
The first session will be on Fri
day night, November 4, and the last
session will be Sunday afternoon,
November 6—three days, crammed
with interesting conferences, lectures,
demonstrations, etc., for the Baptist
student.
The B. S. U. Council of Alars Hill
will give a play “Ordered South” on
Saturday night of the convention.
Some of the speakers, diteotqrs,
and leaders of this convention are:
Miss Louise Adams, Aliss Kate
Allison, Air, Herbert Baucom, Mr,
Edward Chamblee, Miss Inabelle Cole
man, Miss Willa Mae Dills, Rev. For
est C. Feezor, Dr. Ellis A, Puller,
Rev, E. Norfleet Gardner, Dr.. Frank
Graham, Miss Clay Howard,: Mr. M.
A. Huggins, Miss Melba Hunt, Miss
Lucille Knight, Miss Alva Lawrence,
Air, Malcolm Laxton, Mr. Firank H.
Leavell, Aliss Alary Lee, Miss Mary
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Revival Meeting
* To Begin Oct. 30
Service^ To Be Conducted By
Pastor, The Rev. L. Bunn
Olive.
The annual revival meeting, which
will be held under the direction of
the Reverend L. Bunn Olive, the new
pastor of the Mars Hill church, will
begin October 30, going through a
period of about ten days.
.There will be the nightly services
as in former years, but a change has
been made in the day services. The
regular chapel period will be given
over to the meeting for the students,
while at three thirty in the afternoon
a general congregation service will be
held.
The general theme of the services
has not yet been decided, but each
meeting is to be of vital interest to
the student body and the general
congregation.
Cottage prayer meetings are now
being held by the W. M', U, of the
church. Also nightly prayer meetings
are being held in some of the dormi
tories.
An old woman’s desire for revenge
on an unforgiving family formed the
basis of a very thrilling mystery
drama presented by the Dramatic
Department Saturday night, October
22. The title of the play was “The
House of the Flashing Light.” Close
ly interwoven into the plan for re
venge, and sometimes overlapping it,
was the story of “The Devil’s Eye,”
a sacred ruby stolen from a holy one
of western China. Although failing
in her plan of r.evei^e, thf old..wo
man brought unhappiness and mis
fortune to mahy. The sacred ruby
brought death to two in “The House
of the Flashing Light.’’
Several Nationalities Represented
Several nationalities were^ repre
sented in the play. Emmett Franci^
portrayed Air. Li-Woo, a Chinaman,
who was sent to recover the jewel.
Reed Wood took the role of the Al’ex-
ican assistant of Mr. Li. Pearl Owen-
by gave an excellent interpretation
of a negro woman. Alary Ella .New
brough portrayed Lavina, the embit
tered old woman who sought revenge.
Azalene Kickliter and Sara Corpen-
ing enacted the roles of sisters who
were expectant heirs. Louise, the
housekeeper, was protrayed by Doris
Gibbs. Sue Stuart Moore w^’s Eva
Harper, a young lady from San Fran
cisco. Gholston Myrick gave a good
interpretation of a young newspaper
reporter. Doyle Kevlin, a young
la-wyer, was protrayed by John Reece.
Paul Berry enacted the role of Jessie,
a relative of Lavina.
First Mystery Play
“The House of the Flashing Light”
was the first play of the mystery type
to be presented at Mars Hill. The
audience seemed to enjoy the mys
tery and suspense.
Exchange Notice
Heretofore college publications
have been sent to Montague Li
brary; President of the college,
Dr. R. L. Moore; The Laurel; Edi
tor of Hilltop; etc. For our con
venience we would appreciate it if
all papers coming in for exchange
would be addreg^d to The Hilltop,
Mars Hill, N. C.
—The Exchange Editor.
Freshman Class
Has Fall Picnic
Trip To Bailey Made By 110
Students.
One of the biggest events of the
C-1 school year topk place Saturday,
October 17, in the form of a hike up
Bailey mountain. At twelve-thirty,
the party of 110 students and two
chaperones. Miss Boswell and Mr.
Olive, left from Spilman, All along
the way the crowd paused frequently
to rest and admire the lovely autumn
scenery. When the summit was
reached, the crowd found amusements
by more climbing, resting, or merely
enjoying the view. At the foot of
the mountain, at a spring, wieners
were roasted and marshmallows
toasted, after which the C-l’s started
homeward by another route. In a
drizzling rain they arrived home, tired
but pleasantly so, about six-thirty.
The political campaign and straw
vote, which for over a week dominat
ed the campus, was brought to a suc
cessful conclusion Thursday night,
October 13, with 337 students taking
part. The final tabulations gave
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democrat
ic nominee, first place with 154 votes;
Norman Thomas, the Socialist candi
date, second, with 102 ballots; Her
bert Hoover, Republican, 81 votes.
On the prohibition question the stu
dent body choose continuance of the
eighteenth amendment by" a 244 to
93 vote.
The poll was conducted J^y the
Hilltop staff to determine the political
preference of the students and to
give them an opportunity to partici
pate in an election. The poll was
deemed to be a success as three-
fourths of the students cast their
ballots.
In the first day of balloting, Thom
as, the Socialist candidate, got off to
a fast start, piling up a fourteen
vote lead over Roosevelt. The Demo
cratic candidate trailed second. The
Democratic forces, however, began to
organize and staged a comeback in
the second day of voting by over
coming Thomas’ previous lead and
forging in front with a five-vote mar
gin. The third day was a repetition
of the second, with Roosevelt in
creasing his lead to twenty-five. In
the final day of balloting the Socialist
drive collapsed completely, their can-
d’date gottirvg only seven votes.
Roosevelt gathered twenty-nine bal
lots to run his lead up to fifty-two
over Thomas. Hoover staged a ral
ly, getting twenty votes, which
brought him up nearer to Thomas,
but not enough to pass him.
In the prohibition vote the drys
held sway from the outset. The Re
publicans led the way in the dry
cause, giving seventy-nine of their
eighty-one votes to the continuance'
ballot. The Democrats, in spite of
Iheir repeal plank, voted for continu
ance by a 111 to 44 margin. The
Socialists divided on the booze ques
tion with fifty-one votes on each side.
The votes were counted Thursday
night, following the close of the elec
tion, in the Hilltop office. Falk John
son, editor of the Hilltop, presided
over the vote counting, while a rep
resentative of. each party assisted in
chalking up the votes. Richard Eng
land represented the Socialist inter
ests; Robert Burnett looked out for
the Republican cause; while Edison
Archibald Pickleseimer watched over
the procedure from the Democratic
standpoint.
Canada Is Topic
Of r R‘ G‘ Group
Eight New Members Taken In
By International Rela
tionship Club.
The International Relationship
Club held its second meeting at the
home of Mr. Carr on Tuesday even
ing, October 11. The program cen
tered around the British Empire. It
consisted of the following:
The Gowrnment of Canada—
Alary Greene.
The Ottowa Conference—Carolyn
Haynes and L. C. Chiles.
Impromptu speech: Gandhi—Edwin
Powell.
Impromptu speech: Presidential
Predictions—Edison Pickleseimer.
Each part was followed by a lively
discussion in which everyone took
part. After the business delicious re
freshments were served. Those joining
the club were: Kate Huskins, Hazel
Herndon, Dick England, William
Chambers, Dan Martin, Charles Wat
ers, Edison Pickleseimer, and Sam
Justice.