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L. VIII.
MARS HILiL, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 14, 1933
No. 6
42 SCHOOLS ENTER
„.,y.|SS FRANCES ROUGHTON
„:AND RUSSELL ANDREWS
WIN SPEAKING CONTESl
pro,
^^^^hfty-Five Contestants From
rs Schools Enter
2-Day Contest Here
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Well
Readers and declaimers, represent-
onpa^ forty-two schools of western
)rth Carolina, participated in the
”^hth annual contest held here Fri
^ ®y and Saturday, Dec. 8th and 9th.
' ^"®Miss Frances Roughton of Old Fort
awarded first place in the girl’s
crissi^ision, Russell Andrews of Sa-
'Co^ila, won first place in the boy’s di- i
1.
5ion.
”^^Miss Roughton gave as her reading.
PHI ANNIVERSARY REPRESENTATIVES
rgs,
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Other Birds are Taught
V,” winning the silver loving cup for
’ ^®'d Fort for the first time. If her
hool wins the contest next year they
' ^'^lin its permanent possession. Rus-
^*'^1 Andrews gave “The
Unknown
ildier’’ to win the declaimer’s cup
r .^aluda High School.
^ From the fifty-five contestants in
]e preliminary contest Friday after-
on six boys and six girls were se-
ted for the final contest Saturday
rning: Sara Jarrett, Andrews;
oodfin Rhodes, Valley Springs;
°*^|^*j-ances Roughton, Old Fort; Russell
‘r®'l®^drews, Saluda; Jane Hunter, Cul-
^*’°'^whee; Hattie Grisette, Valdese;
py Friel, Marshall; Vaughan Whit-
lowinjj.gj.^ Mooresb'oro; Elizabeth Fleet-
ood. Mars Hill; Bob Morgan, Fruit-
~ jnd Institute; Arthur Francis,
U Ejaynesville; Helen Cloer, Hudson,
fe 1) j R. M. Lee, chairman of the com-
ittee in charge of the contest, and
vas ele judges for the different groups
b. jclared that the speeches were of
lusually high type, even better than
Id itsrevious years. Mr. Lee also ex-
sday 1'===.’ oX ihc widv in-
C-I taken in the contest,
and e Some of the counties held prelimi-
idem Hy contests before entering the gen-
ly mef^l contest at Mars Hill,
ise of'The contestants were;
[ardin*tamont H. S., Johnnie Hawkins.
Ik ontidrews H.S., Gibbs Prevost.
byHd Creek H.S., Harold Bailey,
iscusstirnardsville H.S., Charles McDaris.
inces lack Mt. H. S., Thomas Summey.
ind ad^ndler H.S., Willis Bennett,
le meillowhee H.S., Pritchard Smith, Jr.
of thelaeyville H. S., Manuel Pressley.
ieetin)lcnsboro H.S., Charles Padgett,
ned. fowah H.S., Herbert Hank.
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PHILOMATHIAN PROGRAM
REVEALS OPERANT WORK
OF SOCIETY MEMBERS
Society Celebrates 43rd Year
of Existence; Anniversary
is Acclaimed Success
AUDITORIUM WELL-FILLED
The following Philomathians took part in their Anniversary Program Saturday night week. They are: top row
from right to left—Charles Fisher, orator; Derrell Middleton, declaimer; Billy Wright, orator; and John Wash
burn, declaimer. Bottom row from right to left—Freeman Wright, debater; Harry Ward, debater; Thomas Merrell,
debater; and Clyde Meredith, debater.
DRAMATISTS ACT
IN VARIED PLAYS
Two Groups Give One Act
Sketch And Negro Play;
Favorable Work Being
Done By Club.
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Nonpareils Entertain
cLi At Annual Reception
SPEA
XES. ifs, O’Henry Is Among Those
Comd In Receiving Line; Formal
Reception Enjoyed.
Thanksgiving Service
Led By Austin Grouch
Executive Secretary Of Execu
tive Committee Of S. B. C.
Spends Three Days
Here.
LIBRARY ANNEX
IS BIG ASSET
One of the most brilliant events of
ItAWP year was the Nonpareil Lit-
‘ry Society reception, held on Nov-
twenty-fifth at eight-fifteen
Silock. The reception was in cele-
ition of the thirty-eighth season of
i ' society; throughout the evening
V * imnae, faculty, brother society, the
thalian, and friends were gracious-
entertained.
As the guests entered the Admin-
f)CCt'B.tion Building, wraps were check-
Xt VVi lower floor was lighted by
idles, and the Society colors, black
1 gold, were artistically displayed
decoration. At the head of the
irs, the announcers introduced the
E nCists to the receiving line which in-
g ded: Miss Frances Burnett, pres-
nt of the Nonpareils, and her es-
t, Robert Scruggs; Mrs. William
ney Porter, honorary member of
society and honor guest for the
\ Lning; Mrs. Erskine, of Weaver-
3, President and Mrs. R. L. Moore,
and Mrs. 0. E. Sams; Miss Lil-
1 Whitehurst, president of the
) Literary Society, and E. W.
ker; William Marti- . -.M/irit of
MiPhil
On Tuesday night, November 21,
at a meeting of the Dramatic Club,
the Dramateers’ group, directed by
Miss Evelyn Crawford, presented a
pluy Oi iIIlU&UciI intcAvat. Til’d
characters were:
Ira, Marguerite Stanley’s hen-pecked
father L. C. Chiles
Leonidas Norwood, Marguerite’s “ru
ral” admirer Edgar Kirk
Kate, Marguerite’s domineering step
mother Iris Rabb
Marguerite Stanley, of vaudeville
fame Marion McManus
Wilbur Johnson, Marguerite’s “city”
admirer Jarvis Lawrence
Because of the excellent interpre
tation of their particular roles, L. C.
Chiles was voted the best actor, and
Marian McManus outstanding among
the young ladies.
At the last meeting of the Club,
the Thalian group, led by Miss Vir
ginia Ballard, presented the sophisti
cated one-act play, “Bargains in
Cathay,” by Rachel Field.
The scene of the play was laid in
the book department of a large store.
Lillian Whitehurst, successful in
the role of the saleslady, persuaded
her prospective father-in-law and the
proprietor of the store (Bill Daney)
to buy a volume of the poems of his
son (John Washburn), and thereby
gained the consent of the father for
the son to pursue his course in writ
ing.
The other characters were: The
head of the department, Katherine
Wakefield; the clever office boy, Har.
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Mars Hill College has many tra
ditions. Those woven around Thanks
giving are older than the first official
proclamation and as picturesque as
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first Thanksgiving morning. Some
twenty-odd “Pilgrims and Indians”
sang fro;a the stage in the college
auditOiium at which program Dr.
Austin Crouch, Secretary of the
Executive Committee of the Southern
Baptist Convention, preached the
Thanksgiving sermon.
New Addition Doubles Size Of
Montague Library, New
Equipment Increases
Efficiency.
Since the annex has been complet
ed, Montague Library has become
much useful and spacious. The size
of the former has been doubled. It
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Nine tables for reading have been in
stalled for the convenience of the
studiously inclined collegians.
The rocks of the annex were gath
ered from this county, which is Mad
ison, as were the rocks of the older
section of the building.
Besides increasing the size of the
The “Pilgrims and Indians,” stu-: building itself, the seating capacity
dents of the college and members of has been tripled. Books have been
the Mars Hill gree club assembled arranged more accessibly and the
at five o’clock Thursday morning in system of cataloging has been im-
the Baptist Student Union building. ! proved.
MINISTERS
\R
a settled policy.’
The Ministerial Conference met
November 16 and elected the follow
ing officers:
President Freeman Wright
Vice-President Daniel Johnson
Secretary James Bruce
Pianist Brownlow Hastings
Reporter Bill Dancy
The Ministerial Students on our
campus have made their influence felt
for righteousness more strongly than
in pre’dous years.
The Ministerial Students have had
the privilege of having three of the
outstanding preachers of the south
sneak to them this Semester. Dr.
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Through the cool early morning dark
ness they wandered in couples to
the home of President R. L. Moore,
to the deans’ homes and homes of
the teachers, and to the boys’ homes,
Melrose and Brown Halls, and to
Spilman, girls’ home.
Such hynms as “Rejoice, Ye Pure
in Heart” and “Come, Ye Thankful
People Come” met the ears of the' fectionately dedicated to his devoted
M'iss Gladys Johnson, college li
brarian, has been conducting special
classes in “How to Use the Library
Properly.”
Montague Library, noted by the
Outdoor Magazine as the most pic
turesque library building in the
South, is the gift of Colonel H. Mon
tague of Winston-Salem. It was “af-
Ninety-three members of the Philo-
mathian Literary Society and their
sister Clios, with a great host of
friends and patrons of the Society,
gathered in the College Auditorium
Saturday night December 2, to wit
ness the celebration of the forty-third
anniversary of their Society, the pre
sentation of which, was considered by
many to be one of the most brilliant
nf the Philomathian Anniversary pro
grams.
The singing of the “Alma Mater,”
jby the audience opened the program,
and was followed with prayer offered
by Dr. 0. E. Sams.
After the challenge of Sportsman
ship and loyalty in the societies had
ibeen given by the Philomathian pres
ident, Vance Hardin, the secretary of
the evening, Linwood Todd, announc
ed the first number of the program,
which was a beautiful rendition of
Schubert’s “Serenade” played on the
violin by Miss Alice Earley and Miss
Sara Barrett accompanied at the
piano by Miss Mary Childs.
The Declamation, “Telesis,” was
given by Darrell Middleton and was
followed by an Oration, “The Inner
Light” delivered by Billy Wright, for
mer Phi President.
At this point, several beautiful
spiritual selections were rendered by
the Phi Quartet, composed of: John
Corbett, John Washburn, Virgil Cox,
and Thurman Briggs.
The feature of the evening was the
debate—^Resolved: That the Advan-
Disadvantages. The affirmative side of
the question was upheld by Harry
Ward and Freeman Wright with such
decisiveness, that the judges: H. M.
Clement, Mars Hill; The Rev. Shu
maker, Marshall; and Carl W. Rogers,
Statesville, were influenced to award
them a unanimous decision over their
opp.onents, Thomas Merrell and Clyde
Meredith.
This was followed by a trumpet
solo by Billy Wright.
The Declamation, “America’s Un
crowned,” delivered by John Wash
burn was followed by an Oration,
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sleepers, who awoke wondering if
they had left the radio on, to the
realization that it was Thanksgiving
Day. Their ears heard and thrilled
at the beauty of the music, but it
was breakfast time before their eyes
could behold their Pilgrim friends as
they stood in waiting in the dining
hall. Songs were sung as the stu
dents filed in to breakfast. The
Doxology was sung as the students
silently gave thanks to God for His
many blessings.
As the eleven o’clock service began
the line of Pilgrims, the men with
their tall hats and the women with
their simple while collars and look
ing very demure in their pure white
bonnets, marched into the auditorium
singing. They took their seats on
the stage, the Indians and children
sitting on the floor.
The congregation, made up mostly
of students, sang America, and after
the prayer little Miss (Puritan) Mc
Leod and Master (Indian) Wood,
children of faculty members, sang a
duet.
Following Dr. Crouch’s sermon a
collection was taken for the Baptist
Orphanage at Thomasville. This is
also traditional. Every student and
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wife by H. Montague; A. D. 1918.
The complete name of the library is
Estella Nissen Montague Library.
There is a bit of human interest
behind the story of how the library
was given to the school. Mrs. Moore,
of Mars Hill was visiting in Colonel
Montague’s home in Winston-Salem.
He had mentioned the fact that he
wanted to show his devotion to his
wife before she died. Jokingly, Mrs.
Moore asked, '^‘Why don’t you build
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LETTERMEN
Sixteen sturdy boys of the Mars
Hill football squad have been given
block numerals for participation in
and work during the recently-ended
football season. They were Fox, Net
tles, Rabb, Bailey, Stroupe, Am
mons, Vincent, Burnett, W. Edwards,
Davis, Corpening, Jarvis, Corbett,
Bunker, Hodges, and Boney.
Eight of these men received their
letter for the second year. They are
Fox, Nettles, and Rabb, all backfield
men; and Stroupe, Ammons, Burnett,
Corbett, and Hodges, linemen. Hodg
es, who last year was a backfield
man, won his letter this year from a
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Glio Society Reception
Is Brilliant Affair
Clio-Phis Give Varied Program;
A Number Of Former
Clios Attend Reception.
On December 9, the Clio Literary
Society celebrated its forty-third An
niversary by entertaining thieir
Philomathian brothers, the former
Clios and Philomathians, and the fac
ulty of the college at a reception
held in Moore Hall.
The entrance hall, decorated with
evergreens, depicted a typical winter
night scene complete with the moon
shining softly on the snow. The
guests passed from this frosty scene
of beauty up the stairs where they
were met by Misses Dorothy Early
and Margaret Hines, who announced
them to the receiving line. The re
ceiving line was composed of Miss
Lillian Whitehurst, president of the
Clio Society; Mr. John Corbett, her
escort; Mr. William Martin, Philoma
thian president; Mrs. R. L. Moore;
Dr. R. L. Moore, president of the col
lege; Miss Eva Robbins; Mr. Spenser
King; Miss Frances Burnett, presi
dent of the Nonpareil Literary So-
cietyr; Mr. Robert Scruggs, her escort;
Miss Pearl Huffman; Mr. Vance Hard
ing, president of the Euthalian Lit
erary Society; Miss Katherine Hollo-
well; Mr. Robert Burnett; Mrs. I. N.
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