GOOD LUCK NONPAREILS The Hilltop Published Bi-Weekly By The Students of Mars Hill College fOL. VIII. MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 25, 1933 No. 4 i§R. 0. L SAMS dici ith« the: tl e i ea: TO BE PASTOR thDf Piney Mount Baptist r tl Church ^'Succeeding Hoyt Blackwell, who is Attending Yale aso Dr. Oscar Ernest Sams, vice presi- of Mars Hill College and a well ‘O'Jtnown Baptist minister, has accepted ®athe pastorate of Piney Mountain Pap ist church near Stockesville, it was ^learned recently. ’ ^ Dr. Sams succeeds the Rev. Hoyt ^*i61ackwell, formerly of Mars Hill, who ^ahas entered Yale University for a ail4pecial course of study, and who will st Uso go to Jerusalem next spring for ye^hree months of further study, irsi Dr. Sams will preach at the church . tkt both morning and evening ser- soi^ices on the first and third Sundays n each month. Native of Tennessee 5 Born in Flag Pond, Tenn., a town tear the North Carolina state line. Dr. Sams is the son of Jacob Pat- ;erson Sams and Clarissa Elizabeth Blackstock Sams, well known resi- lents of East Tennessee. Dr. Sams received his A. B. de cree from Wake Forest College in s oisOS and his B. D. degree in 1902. The following honorary degrees have lacbeen conferred upon him: D. D., Car- on-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., 1919, and LL. D., Wake Forest College, 1921. On May 8, 1906, he married Miss ’auline Lacey Cone, of Riverton, Va. They i;>ave two sons, Oscar S. Sams, r., a teacher of English in the Knox- i soiille, Tenn., high school, and Conway lone Sams, a junior at Carson-New- tearian College. Former College Head Dr. Sams is former president of — (Continued on page 4) Succeeds “Daddy” Blackwell STUDENTS .EAN React F avorablv to man^essages of Dr. Gibson Davis Dr. E. Gibson Davis of the First aptist of Asheville led a series of JER&vival meetings here beginning Mon- ay, November 6, and continuing ~^icp daily through Friday. His thoughtful, stirring talks were source of inspiration to the stu- snts. Dr. Davis spoke first of all concern- ig Christians. As if weaving a pat- F !rn for our use, he continued by tell- ig the duties of the Christian, the ^ reat passion of Christ, reasons for sing a Christian, and the process of ecoming acquainted with God. As r. Davis wished, these talks returned Sr » the students after he had gone, he thoughts became a source of con- deration and debate, which were leir purpose. Not since Dr. Gordon spoke here, ive the students been privileged to " iten to such a gifted speaker. Dr. avis occasioned a spiritual uplift qCESaong the students and promoted a vival of thought that will not be rgotten in a short while. lower cases we are hitting the low spots this ■ue as you may see from our posi- ■ ■ * jn in the paper, but don’t get wor- id we might elevate this column t. :r skeirk orr spent a very weak end in we here, i mean there. .. , .since elizabeth grubbs is in the “ ’8^ irket again (not well’s market) a •ge number of bidders are getting illtof (Please turn to page 4) 5 are ^ . TH I will’^ COURTSEY THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN DR. SAMS DECLAMATION And Reading Contest Will Be Held Here December 8th and 9th DR. MOORE ISAP^NTED Member of National Committee On Administration of Teacher Training National Committeeman The eighth annual Declamation and Reading Contest well be held here December 8th and 9th. All the high schools from twenty counties are invited to send represen tatives for this contest. They are re quired to send one reader and one declaimer. About 32 contestants en tered last year. The preliminaries will be held on Friday, December 8 and the finals on Saturday, December 9, at 9:15. The winners for last year’s final contest were Graham Ponder of Flat Crc^'l; His subject was “The Con federate Dead.’’ Norene Lowe of Waynesville re«;l “The Court Scene,’’ from “The Merchant of Venice.’’ Rules Governing the Declaimers’ and Readers’ Contests 1. No contestant may be under thirteen nor over twenty-one years of age. 2. Each speaker shall have at his or her disposal not more than ten min utes. 3. Preliminaries for the contest will be held Friday, December 8, be- (Please turn to page 4) Paul C. Stetson, superintendent of schools, Indianapolis, Ind., and presi dent of the department of superin tendence of the National Education Association, has announced at Asso ciation headquarters in Washington, D. C., that Dr. R. L. Moore, president of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, has been appointed a member of a na tional committee on the administra tion of teacher training. This com mittee will meet and report at the Cleveland convention of the depart ment of superintendence, February 24—March 1, 1934. The appointment of this committee is an important item in a fundamen tal reorganization of the convention plan followed by the educational leaders in their national professional organization for many years. The change was made to extend greater responsibility to individual members in the department’s attempt to plan more effectively for meeting the cur rent crisis in education. Seven such committees have been appointed by President Stetson. These groups will give their attention re spectively to problems of teacher training, a comprehensive program of public education, financing the schools, education for the new Ameri ca, a national outlook on education, the interpretation of the schools to the public, and public education and public .^^elfare. DEBOERS For College Announced By Judges Winners in the try outs for the in ter-collegiate debate teams for men here were announced recently by Professor J. B. Huff, chairman of the debate committee. Out of 32 contestants for places on the 1933-34 teams 13 have been chos en : L. C. Chiles, Corrytown, Tenn.; Robert Costner, Greensboro; Loris Dover, Shelby; L. T. Hamrick, Swan- nanoa; N. C. Hartley, Wilkesboro; E. W. Jones, Cameron; Clyde Meredith, Asheville; Earle Parker, Middlesex; Henry Parker, Vernon Hill; Frank Powell, Louisville, Ky.; William Wright, Raleigh; Thomas Merrill, Hendersonville; W. M. Arrowood, Mc Clure, Va. Girl debaters are: Virginia Ballard, Louise Bowles, Janie Britt, Evelyn Crawford, Miriam Early, Margaret Hale, Iris Rabb, Margaret Hines, Lil lian Whitehurst, Nina Gray Liles, Edna Earle Nanney, Margaret Owen and Millicent Young. The subject for the preliminary contest was “Resolved, That the Pow er of the President of the United States Should Be Substantially In creased as a Settled Policy,” which will be an intercollegiate debate query this year. HONORCLUBS Present Programs Of Interest On Tuesday night, November 14, the Science Club was called to order at the home of Mr. S. O. Trentham. The program consisted of the follow ing numbers: “Endycromes” by Hay nes Baird, a report taken from the Science Magazine by Howard Whist- nant, and two articles on “Sleep” and “Colds” by Oscar Carter. These reports were followed by general dis cussion on “Storms,” after which de lightful refreshments were served by Mrs. Trentham; and the meeting clos ed with an enjoyable social hour. The International Relations Club held a very enthusiastic meeting at the home of Dean Carr Tuesday even ing, November 14. After the roll was called and answered by a current event, by each member, the following program was presented; “Leadership in Great Britain,” by Bill Dancey; “Germany and Hitlerism,” by Wood- row Jones; “Russia’s relations with the United States,” by Henry Parker; “Fifteen Years after the Armistice,” by John Greene. After the program Dean Carr pre sented some new books and pamphlets to the club. Mr. King spoke a few minutes on a current event of in- (Please turn to page 4) The Hilltop proffers sincerest condolences to Shirley Johnson in the loss of his mother; to Mrs. W. F. Robinson in the loss of her brother-in-law; to Mrs. Douglas Robinson in the loss of her mother; and to Miss Ethel Gregg in the loss of her grand mother. COURTSEY THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN DR. MOORE EUTHAUANS GIVE PROGRAM In Typical Style To Full Auditorium Saturday Night HEARTS TRIAL Are Acquitted by Audience Jury at Dramatic Club Play On Saturday night, November 4, the Dramatic Club presented its an nual fall play in the college auditor ium. The play given this year was “Hearts on Trial,” by Lindsay Bar bee. The story centered around a de lightful love story intermingled with comedy and Humor, which made it much more enjoyable. AH were interested in the outcome of the “rushing” of an attractive freshman by two of the college soror ities. The main plot was centered around the marriage of Dudley Van Antwerp to Honor Dale, a simple, un educated, western girl. There were several sub-plots which portrayed sorority life on a college campus. The costuming for the play was beautiful in its simplicity, and the girls looked lovely in their dresses of all the rainbow colors. The new blufe cyclorama, which was bought by the Dramatic Club was formally initiated. This was a real help in making the stage more at tractive. A large audience witnessed the performance. REVEUTION Affords Study of Students’ Scholastic Records The Euthalian Literary Society celebrated its forty-second anniver sary in the college auditorium Sat urday evening with a public presenta tion of one of its typical weekly pro grams. To open the evening’s program the audience sang “America the Beauti ful” which was immediately followed by a prayer led by P. C. Stringfield. Robert S. Burnett, president of the society, spoke for a few moments upon the rivalry between the Philo- mathian and Euthalian societies and challenged the Phis to manhood, loy alty of tradition and Commencement competition. The challenge was ac cepted by Bill Martin, president of the Philomathians, who promised good sportsmanship for his society and in turn challenged the Euthalians. Vance Hardin, president for the evening, made an appropriate address of welcome and told of the work the society has been doing. Leroy Yor- boro acted as secretary. The society program proper was opened with an oration “More Stately Mansions” by Ralph Rhyne. This was followed by a Declamation, “Viva La Marine” by Kahn, delivered by William Harkey. Next was a quartet “Asleep in the Deep” sung by John Benson, J. L. Barnett, Edgar Kirk, Brownlow Hastings, with Miss Mar tha Biggers at the piano. William Leister of S. C. delivered a declamation, “ ine Unknown aola • ier” by Barton, which was followed by an oration, “A Fireside Appari tion” by Mark Taylor Orr. Calvin Padgett played a trombone solo, “Kiss Me Again” by Herbert. He was accompanied at the piano by Miss Geneva Messer of' the Nonpariel society. The climax of the evening came when debaters Frank M. Powell, Jr. of Kentucky and L. C. Chiles of Ten- esseeiof the Negative won a two-to- one decision over L. T. Hamrick and (Please turn to page 4) That even delinquent lists may af ford interesting reading to those who can view them without too much emo tion is shown by the following signi ficant data compiled by Miss .411en from the two lists which have been on display this fall. The first month the names of 127 boys and 33 girls appeared on the lists, showing a 26 per cent delin quency for the boys against 9 per cent for the girls. The second month the names of 99 boys and 41 girls appeared, showing 19 per cent delin quency for the boys against 11 per cent for the girls. The masculine contingency on the campus may exult to note that the second list shows the ratio of delin quency decidedly in their favor. The percentage of delinquency among the boys dropped from 26 to 18 per cent; Whereas that of the girls rose from 9 to 11 per cent. The first month there were among the boys one delinquent on five sub jects, two on four, 19 on three, 27 on two, and 78 on one; among the girls none on five subjects, none on four, two on three, four on two, and 27 on one. The second month among (Continued on page 4) STATES. U. Holds Convention At Campbell College The State Baptist Student Union convention, held at Campbell College, Buie’s Creek, N. C., October 27-29, 1933, was one of the most inspiring meetings that the Baptist students of North Carolina have ever held. Three days were crammed with interesting conferences, lectures, and demonstra tions, directed by some of the state, and south-wide leaders: Dr. S. D. Gordon, Dr. Louie D. Newton, Mr.. Perry Morgan, Miss Lucile Knight„ Miss Winnie Ricket, Mrs. Edna R. Harris, Rev. E. NorflC'iet Gardner, Miss Cleo Mitchell, Dr. F. C. Feezor, Miss Mabel (Starnes, Miss Pearl Bourne, Dr. Charles E. Maddry, Dr. J. W. Beagle, Rev. Charles B. How ard, Dr. W. L. Poteat, and Dr. Frank K. Poole. At the last meeting, held Sunday afternoon, October 29, Vance Har din, the director of the B. Y. P. U.’s on the campus, was elected Second Vice-President of the State B. S. U. Those attending the convention from Mars Hill were: Margaret Hale, Margaret Hines, Miriam Early, Rob ert Costner, Brownlow Hastings, and Mr. R. M. Lee. iUTHALIANS OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY