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THE HILLTOP
Published Bi-Weekly By The Students of Mars Hill College
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Phi Anniversary
November 19
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 6, 1932
E TRYOUTS
ARE COMPLETED
^8
lU-
And Six Phi’s Make
-tys’ Team; Girls’ Team
Between Societies
^Jios and six Nonpariels com-
• girls’ debating team under
^ijction of “Daddy” Blackwell
: Philomathians and seven
°ins compose the boys’ team
. B. Huff.
-Hirls are; Sylvia Ammons, Lily
Louise Bowles, Janie Britt,
Haynes, Marita Huggins,
iiskins, Virginia Morgan, Ro-
lestor, Zeima Price, Joyce
• n, and Millicent Young.
^ *^oys are; Robt. Burnette, L.
es, R. England, Jack Dale,
hnson, C. B. Jones, W. Jones,
3 piford, John McGehee, E. Pick-
Robt. Richardson, Carl Rog
I Frank Powell, alternate,
i) pr Tourney at Averette College
first inter-collegiate debate is
rely set for Nov. 25 at Averette
, Danville, Va., in competition
ight other colleges. Oration,
[7//)raneous and impromptu
QQg, and dramatic reading will
j included. A representative
•Oil gvent will be sent from this
'^1 according to Mr. Huff.
>0t€cts for a winning team ap-
-.^ight since four boys and four
last year’s team are return-
NONS“ ELECT
DORIS GIBBS
On Thursday, October 27, the
Monpariel Literary society chose
ts officers to guide the group for
he next nine weeks. Doris Gibbs
was chosen as president and Ger
aldine Barrett was selected vice-
president.
Other officers of the society are:
Hazel Herndon, recording secre
tary; Sara Corpening, correspond
ing secretary; Ruby Hayes, censor;
Lilly Bennett, treasurer; Ossie
Bullard, chaplain; Helen Ingram,
hoirister; Joyce Wellborn, pianist;
and Dot Tutt, reporter.
Preceding the election was a
program of a Hallowe’en nature
The Nons are anticipating a sue
cessful year under the leadership
‘of Miss Gibbs and a spirit of co
operation is predominant among
the members.
LIBRARY RECEIVES
NEW BOOK SUPPLY
Attention Short
Story Writers
Helen Pugh Appears
In Piano Recital
Renowned Musician Is Well Re
ceived by Mars Hill Students.
?r
iner Roommates
Trade Professions
m
ssor Blackwell and Grover
dis Change Callings While
In School Here
OF
0919 two brisk youngsters from
.^w. South Carolina, came to
—Hill Academy. Both had just
:^d from France where they
; in the front ranks during the
' War. The two veterans at-
1 for three years, finishing in
'O S One of the boys is Hoyt “Dad-
i^llackwell, now Director of Re-
5 Education here; the other is
r H. Jones, judge and promi-
awyer of High Point, N, C.
Miss Helen Pugh of Asheville, a re
nowned musician who in her childhood
days startled the musical world with
her skill as a child prodigy, appeared
in a piano recital at the College Au
ditorium Saturday evening, October
29.
A large number of Mars Hill S'tu
dents and faculty members were pre
sent for the recital.
Miss Pugh is considered one of the
greatest musicians of today by New
York critics. When she appeared be
fore the board of judges of the Nat
ional Music League, she was unani
mously approved and praised by that
body, a real triumph for any music
ian. Walter Damrosch says of her,
“Her tone quality is excellent, an al
most lost art.” Mrs. Dan says, “I have
never seen a girl of Helen’s musical
calibre.” Mars Hill students were
I delighted with Miss Pugh’s gracious
j concert manner.
Her program at Mars Hill included
the following numbers:
Sarabande (Rameau - Godowsky);
j Sonata in A major (Scarlatti); Etude,
100 New Books Of All Moods,
Given By College To Increase
Reading Among Students
As an incentive toward increased
reading among the college students,
the Montague Library has been sup
plied by the college with almost 100
new books. An attempt has been
made to include in this collection suf
ficient variety to meet the needs of
each student, and it is thought that
the students will now be able to find
“a book for every mood.”
The list of dramas includes such
works as “Modern English Play
wrights,” “Playboy of the Western
World,” Types of Domestic Tragedy,”
“Dramas by Present-Day Writers,
“Barretts of Wompole St.,” and “Sec
ond Plays,” by A . A. Milne.
Students who appreciate good poe
try will be interested in the following
anthologies: “English Verse,” “Wing
ed Horse Anthology,” “Through Mag
ic Casements,’’ “This Singing World,”
and “Yesterday and Today.”
Galaxy of Biographies
Biographical information galore
can be found in the following list of
letters, collected and individual bio
graphies: “Adventures and Letters of
Richard H. Davis,” “Theo. Roose
velt’s Letters to his Children,”
Select Letters of Horace Walpole,”
“Damaged Souls,” “Nobel Prize Win
ners in Literature,” “Chesterfield’s
Letters,” Margaret Ogily,” “Lady
Montague’s Letters,” “Daughter of
the Middle Border,” “Caste and Out
cast,” and “Ten Pivotal Figures of
History.”
Good translations available from
the collection include:' “Mahatma
Gandhi,” “Marbacka,” “Emigrants,”
“Great Hunger,” “New Temple,” and
“Crime of Sylvester Bonnard.”
Journalistic Books Added
Those students who are trying to
acquire that “journalistic atmos
phere’’ now have access to the fol
lowing books: “Editorial Writing and
Thinking,” “History of Modern Jour
nalism,” “Editing the Day’s News,”
Of course the short, short story|
will be fiction—for we want not
“True Story” stuff—yet we don’t
want it to be false. Some who
have plunged deep into the pro
found intricacies of philosophy
tell us that fiction may be true.
They explain somewhat as follows.
It may be entirely fiction in that
Mary actually had a little lamb but
it is unequivocally true that some
girl— and perhaps their names
were Mary—did have lambs. There
fore the distinction is. Fiction is a
true principle expressed in an im
aginary vehicle of incidents.
Tear loose and make your fiction
true. You have a month yet. I
you already have your story, turn
it in to the contribution box on
the door of the Hilltop office.
—The Editor.
No. 4
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
GIVES ROOSEVELT WIN
Government Class Project Lists
366 Votes For Democratic
Nominee; Many States
Doubtful
Odd Coin Of 1856
Is Given College
Presented By A. N. Breneman;
Coined Year Mars Hill
Founded
ry and Blackwell, it is thought
3d more toward law. The ulti-
^esult was a i;^ciprocated order;
^became a lawyer and Blackwell
SU.cher, each holding the positions
!^y mentioned.
, two grew up together at Ker-
played together, were in the
ogether, roomed together here,
gjdebated extensively together.
leaving Mars Hill, Mr. Black-
lucwent to Wake Forest College
^ to the Seminary at Louisville,
ones received his law training
University of North Carolina
j^jiter established himself at High
He is now a trustee of Mars
ii^ollege.
ieties Offer
Many Advantages
A one-half cent coin dated 1856,
the year of the founding of Mars Hill
College, which was recently presented
to the college by A. N. Breneman of
Battles Wharf, Alabama, has been at
tractively framed and may be seen at
Montague Library where it is includ
ed among other prized memoirs of the
school.
The coin was mailed to the college
by A. N. Breneman, in an envelope
addressed to the Officers and Stu
dents of Mars Hill College. It is be
lieved^that Mr. Breneman read an ac
count of the program held here on
Founders’ Day, October 12, when the
76th anniversary of the college was
celebrated.
The unique gift was accompanied
by an interesting letter from the eld- j •
erly gentleman who has taken such ^ Hcads Urge
an interest in the college. It was ^ ^ ,
A model electoral college, spon
sored by the government class under
the direction of Dean I. N. Carr,
teacher, was staged here Thursday
resulting in Roosevelt getting 366
electoral votes against 165 for Presi
dent Hoover.
The class has been studying the •
various polls being put on over the
country for the past few weeks and
it was the purpose of the class to see
how near their vote would come to
the national electoral vote. Follow
ing the national election the class will
have another session to vote the
states, as they really went and to see
how far the prediction of the class
missed the election.
Roosevelt Carries 35
From today’s vote the following
states were found to be in the Roose
velt fold; Alabama, Arizona, Arkan
sas, California, Colorado, Deleware,
Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Mexico, New
York, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Caro
lina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tex
as, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
13 For Hoover
Thirteen states were found to bo
on the Hoover bandwagon; Connecti
cut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvan
ia, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Many States Doubtful
Many large pivotal states as New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio,
and California were found to .be
doubtful and they could swing the
election either way.
3 reported that the boys cam ^ ^ ,
rs Hill—Jones to study for the j Qp^g 25. No. 1 (Chopin) ; Ballade in
, 4.V. T,+ ^ Major (Chopin).
Liebestraume No. 3 (Liszt); Dance
of the Gnomes (Liszt) ; Hungarian
1 Rhapsody, No. 12 (Liszt).
Gapriccio (Dohnanyi) ; Irish Tune
(arranged by Grainger) ; Etude in F
Sharp Major (Arensky); Military
March (Schubert-Tausig).
M. H. Alumni Club
Formed At Statesville
'i By OSCAR CARTER
all the extra-curricular activities
school, the literary societies are
f the most beneficial, for they
)re to bring the students toget-
n brotherhood than any other
ization. The societies serve
purposes and offer many op-
jiities. all of which teach the
!!!5ers how to live with others, and
lead to the development of
S ? Christian character.
.eipline and punctuality are two
^^ualities that are emphasized by
g ferary societies of Mars Hill Col-
If a student disobeys any of
;gulations he is punished accord-
) the seriousness of the offense,
-•members must be punctual in all
eir activities, as this is one of
lain qualities for which the so-
---s are noted.
riiamentary law and public
(Continued on page 3)
Dr. O. E. Sams, of Mars Hill,
Is Principal Speaker
With Dr. Oscar E. Sams, vice-pres
ident of Mars Hill College, as the
principal speaker, the Iredell county
chapter of Mars Hill alumni was or
ganized at Statesville Friday evening,
Oct. 14, at a dinner held at the First
Baptist church. About thirty alumni
and alumnae of Mars Hill were pres
ent together with four or five visit-
Greatest Newspaper,” and others.
Among the home economics books
are listed “Meal Planning,” “Every
day Foods,” “Everybody’s Cook
Book,” “Chemistry of Foods and Nu
trition,” and “Food Products.’’
CNew fiction books include “A Lan
tern in her Hand,” “Drums,” “Messer
Marco Polo,” “Bright Shawl,” “Arrow
of Gold,” “Bridge of San Luis Rey,”
“Ring of the Lowenskolls,” “Wood-
Carver of Lympus,” “Perfect
Tribute,” “O Pioneers,’’ “Song
of the Lark,” “Lord Jim,” “Red
Badge of Courage,’’ “Galaxy,” “Tides
of Malven,” “Ramona,” “Blowing
Clear,” “Garden Party,” “Forever
Free,” “Little French Girl,” “Noc
turne,” “The Cathedral,” “Crime of
Sylvester Bonnard,” and many others.
Perhaps one of the most valuable
of the new books is the “Statesman’s
Year-Book,’’ which is the 1932 edi
tion.
written in a beautiful handwriting, a
Pictured Encyclopedia of the World’s copy of the letter being reprinted be
low:
Battles Wharf, Ala.
October 19, 1932
Officers and Students of Mars
Hill College, N. C.
Gentlemen:
It is my favored opportunity to en
close you a coin of 1856, date of the
founding of your institution. It is a
remarkably fine specimen of the half-
cent coinage. I am past 80 and re
call the times when I was a lad; but
even then they were going out of use.
I think this one has never been in cir
culation ; it has also been in my pos
session since the Civil War.
If this year does not correspond to
the right one, I think I might be able
to rectify the matter for surely you
are quite worth it. I sent something
similiar to Rev. Mr. Lingle, President
of Davidson College; maybe you know
Cordially yours.
A. N. BRENEMAN.
That Pictures Be Made
Delays In Making Photos Will
Hold up Work on Annual.
him.
Froshie, Spare That
Tree
ors.
Rev. J. Ben Eller, state president
of Mars Hill alumni, was in charge of
the meeting, and Dr. R. C. Tatum ex
tended greetings to the alumni'pres
ent. Short talks were made by Mr.
Carl Brown, Mrs. J. W. Van Hoy,
Rev. W. W. Abernethy, and Mrs. G.
T. Mitchell.
Following the address by Dr. Sams,
the Iredell county chapter was formed
and the following officers elected:
Miss Sarah Reece, president; Mrs.
C. B. Myers, secretary; Mrs. W..M.
Westmoreland, treasurer. ;
This chapter has secured the names
of 53 Mars ,Hill alumni living in sec
tions of Iredell county and plans were
made Friday night to increase the
membership of the local chapter as
rapidly as possible.
By C. P. DILLS
The past two weeks has witnessed
many of the campus dignitaries dash
ing hither and thither in pursuit of
wheel barrows, rakes, shovels, saws,
etc., in attempts to eradicate many
accumulated gym absences. How do
.1 know so much about it Oh, well ,
In the case of a certain wavy-
haired sheik and scourge of the Mel
rose Dorm the thing turned out very
nearly disastrously, for on two dif
ferent occasions he hewed down val
uable campus shrubbery, mistaking
it for certain unsightly growths
which Dr. Stilson had deputized him
to cut down. The first slaughter oc
curred when the ambitious one mis
took a rose bush for a sunfiower. Dr.
Stilson states that the bush is (or
rather was) the growth and result
(Continued on page 3)
Preston Stringfield
Is Youthful Artist
E.xhibits Unusual Talent
Brilliant Piano Recital;
Splendid Technic
In
“Have your picture made this
week” is the earnest plea of Geral
dine Barrett, editor-in-chief of the
1933 Laurel. Progress on the Laurel
is being made as rapid as the pic
tures are completed.
Professor Stringfield who is doing
all the photographic work operates
his studio, located in the Art Room
of the Moore Building, on a schedule
which should njake it convenient for
every student to have his or her pic
ture taken this week.
Pictures are made between the
hours of 10:15 and 11:15 o’clock
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You
may have your picture taken between
the hours of 12:30 and 1:00 o’clock
and 4:00 and 5:00 o’clock any day
this week. Saturday the studio will
be open from 11:00 until 12:00 o’
clock in the morning and from 1:00
until 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
The staff of the Laurel is particu
larly urging all to have their pictures
made this week in order that they
may begin upon some other phases of
the 1933 edition at once.
Preston Calvin Stringfield, son of
Professor and Mrs. Stringfield, de
lighted Mars Hill College students
Wednesday, October 26, in chapel
when he was presented in a piano
recital.
It is said that young Stringfield re
veals decided talent and unusual
poise, seldom noted in an individual
so young. His tone was rich and
colorful, and it was revealed that he
is especially proficient in selections
requiring strong rhythmic feeling.
His splendid Itechnic, according to
musicians, proved him to be a real
artist. His interpretative ability was
demonstrated in the following pro-
(Continued on page 4)
Dr. And Mrs. Moore
Entertain Faculty
On the evening of October 20, Mr.
and Mrs. Moore entertained the mem
bers of the faculty at their home. The
guests were greeted on the porch by
Misses Patty Moore, Eva Robbins,
and Sara Corpening. After being ser
ved a cocktail, they were conducted
to the dining room, where a most en
joyable dinner was served buffet style.
All members of the faculty except
ing Mrs. Shaw, who was unable to be
present because of illness, attended
the reception.