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BASEBALL SOON The Hilltop Published Bi-Weekly By The Students of Mars Hill College tjL. VIII. MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 4, 1934 NIOR’S FALL PROVES •FUTILE AS GROUND IS TOO SOFT FOR INJURY ^■ibert Korney ay Unconscious ^For Several Minutes But Recovers Quickly b b] ROPE IS TOO WEAK the snow was covering the und to a depth of six inches last urday night, Robert Kornegay from the third-story window of , Irose Dormitory into the yard '•ty feet below. He was picked up ew minutes later unconscious. A physician was immediately call- but was not available. Robert ^®rnegay was thought dead for a ^7 minutes causing a case or two hysterics in the dormitory. The ired student was unconscious for ^ eral minutes during which time was ministered to by practically ryone in the dormitory at that e. ^Ir. Kornegay was attempting a ter precarious exit from the room way of a rope. He had just climb- out of the window when—well, the same old story—and Mr. firnegay landed broadside on the otter abrupt and frozen ground, foifhe reason for the boy’s windowy larture seems to have been the , Jt that the door was locked from oj outside with a key left in. The i(. im’s hasty retreat into the room ; occasioned by the close pursuit some snow ball enthusiasts who j 5t have carried their fight too far. dently they should have stopped the outside of the dormitory. Ir. Kornegay has since recovered rn his fall and reports that he is oying the best of health. " ’rebably what saved the victim of Y fall from death was his hitting a 12 e on his way down. This wire, be- (Continued on page 4) di le, anj c. G-I Superlatives Best looking—All of them are looking. Most intellectual girl—“Peaches” Lyles. Most intellectual boy—Jack Ben son. Biggest babies—Eleanor Martin and Bob Anders. Craziest—^Marion McManus and Harvey Martin. Best dressed—Marie Hutchins and Joe Crumpler. Slouchiest—^Helen Murphy and Fox Monroe. Best all around—Iris Rabb. Best around—Esther Cox. Biggest gold-digger—Bernice Cala- han. Biggest spendthrift—Joe Hender son. Most conscientous—Frances Gal- phin and Clay Hemric. Most in love—^Helen Murphy and “Bob” Hastings (not with each other). Biggest eater—Pearl Huffman and Cecil Stout. Old Maid—Iris Rabb. Bachelor—Hal Dobbins. Most flippant—Nina Hayes and Bill Maley. Biggest “Know-it-all”—“Brother” Moss. Wittiest—None of ’em. Dumbest—All of ’em. Best athlete—Carter Hawkins. Most conceited—'Conwell Bynum. Biggest smile—^Edna Jones and T. J. Wilson. Most energetic—Thelma Killian and Lionel Hoffman. Lady or man killer—“Buster” Anthony and “Blondie”. DR. MOORE AND WIFE AHEND MEETINGS OF SCHOOL CONFERENCE Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio Are Visited In Week’s Journey PRES. READS PAPER 9 tv ;ses DEBATES Social Calendar Is Made Public Saturdays Are Filled From Now Till End Of Semester 'he debate season at Mars Hill has ten well under way with Mars teams heving debated with teams [resenting Textile Industrial Insti- of Spartanburg, S. C., Lees Mc- ine I of this state and Hiawassee Col- la Jp and Tennessee Wesleyan of Ten- measee. .rty^cording to Prof. J. B. Huff, de- gweP coach, the following teams will andpneountered between now and the j.g J of the school year: •ooflees McRae girls’ team will debate gji Jb Monday, March 5. This will be jgljjouble-header debate. .^^^here is a tentative engagement Boiling Springs College for ^ jjJch 6 for two teams, h'inal ar- g.jiements have not been completed, .yjjlans have been made for a double- ”ler debate with Textile Industrial itute here Thursday, March 8, in turn engagement. •iday and Saturday, March 9 and Mars Hill will enter teams in the State Tournament at Greensboro. ion» le la r M- boys’ and girls’ teams will be red and Mars Hill has shown in- I (Continued on page 2) - The Mars Hill social calendar for the remainder of the year has been made public by Miss Ella J. Pierce, Dean of Women. On Saturday night, March 10 the girls will present a musical, probably similar to the one of the boys put on last Saturday. March 17 will be celebrated' by a St. Patrick’s Party, which will in clude Irish music, readings and other President and Mrs. R. L. Moore recently returned from a week of at tending national educational confer ences in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio. President Moore, who is a member of the superintendence committee of the N.E.A. entrained with Mrs. Moore February 22 for Columbus, where they attended meetings of the Ameri can Association of Junior Colleges. Junior colleges from all parts of the country were represented at this con vention. This meeting lasted until Sunday. From Columbus Dr. and Mrs. Moore went to Cleveland where they attended meetings of the Department of Superintendence of the National Educational Association. This con ference began Sunday afternoon with vesper services. It continued through Wednesday night. The convention was held in the spacious Public Auditorium of Cleve land. This building will seat in its regular hall 14,000 while a music hall in one wing will a'ceomodate 3,000 people. There were 7,000 dele gates to the convention besides the visitors who attended. Mr. Clem of Louisville, Kentucky, was Chairman of the Department that Dr. Moore at tended. The theme of the convention was the present emergency of education in America. Noted speakers from the Universities of Chicago, Wiscon sin, and Minnesota were heard by the delegates. Tuesday night'a banquet was given the delegates in the Public Auditor ium where 2300 plates were served. The preparations for the banquet were most elaborate. Music of all sorts was provided the diners. There was an immense orchestra, a double quartet of negro singers, and Rus sian entertainers. Dr. Moore read his paper before an assembly at the Holland Hotel Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Moore stated that his trip was successful but that this balmy cli Glio Officers President, Rema Young. 1st 'Vice President, Mary Morris. 2nd Vice President—Lilian Foster. Recording Secretary, Virginia Bal lard. Corresponding Secretary, Lillian Whitehearst. Censor, Billie Carter. Chaplain, Gladys Houser. Chorister, Ernestine Hamby. Librarian, Dorothy Early. Customer, Dorothy Smith. Reporter, Anne McCracken. Marshals, Madeline Young, Vir ginia Maugans, Virginia Ingle. Literary Critic, Janie Britt. Expression Critic, Dorothy Ship- man. Music Critic, Sylvia Ammons. Program Committee: Mrs. Free man Wright, Doris Smiley, and Marie Young. Treasurer, Nancy Leech. BOY’S MUSICAL FETE PROYES BIG SUCCESS AS STARS PERFORM Audience Is Kept In Uproar By Humorous Program In Auditorium GIRLS’ THIS SATURDAY JUNIOR’S PARTY IS GALA AFFAIR Reception In Society Halls Is Pronounced Success By All C-I’s. ^RRACIAL CONFERENCE ean I. N. Carr and Professor J. lJuff of the Mars Hill English De ment have recently returned from ^^4p to Raleigh where they attend- 11 Ipeetings of a state conference on [racial relations between the e& and blacks. juch was accomplished according jelegate Carr. The purpose of the erence is to create a better ^rstanding relation between 7egro and white of this state and tually of the whole South. Carr and Mr. Huff are two ers of a special interracial com- Pt ■ f' Je appointed by the Governor. rs from Mars Hill on this same littee are Mr. P. C. Stringfield, lanf Ir. L. Moore, and Mrs. O. E. rts. selections appropriate to the occasion. The Mars Hill Dramatic Club will present its annual spring play in the college auditorium Saturday, March 24. This presentation is looked for ward to with interest by the students each year. Indications point to the fact that their high expectations will certainly be realized. The Dramatic Club under the di rection of Miss Bonnie Wingert has accomplished outstanding successes in the past and during the present school year. Several of Miss Win- gert’s students have written plays that have been accepted for presentation ! at Chapel Hill. Mars Hill will take a bow to its excellent and efficient B. Y. P. U.’s on [the night of March 31 when the ten unions on the campus have a social. Each union has its social at a spec ially designated place. Usually the houses of the members of the college faculty are the centers of gayety on that night. Lovers of music, and others too will have a chance to listen to a con cert by the college orchestra on Sat urday April 7. This organization' un der the direction of Mrs. Douglas Robinson has been working all year with little or no encouragement. The orchestra into a creditable musical or ganization that has solicited favorable comments from such mus'ic notables as Lamar Stringfield, nation-famous flutist, composer, and brother of Pro fessor P. C. Stringfield of Mars Hill College. (Continued on page 4) mate of Mars Hill was most pleasant. He also made the statement that he returned with the feeling that the hope for future educational progress lay here at Mars Hill. Elonor Glubs Elect Semester Officers A gala social event of the season was the junior class party held Sat urday evening, February 24 in the Moore building with about 125 mem bers of the class present. The society halls and the art studio were used for the festivities, the low er floor for cloak rooms and for standing rooms for young men be tween dates. A feature of the event was that all young women present wore print dresses and the young men white duck trousers, according to the rules of the party. The building was appropriately decorated in the class colors with straw strewn over the floor of the foyer in keeping with the dress of those present. Radios were installed in both society halls with microphones for the use of entertainers on the program. Refreshments, which were dispensed from the art studio, con sisted of cakes and Mickey Mouse ice cream. Despite the plans of the class for summer attire, snow began falling in the late afternoon and continued through the evening. The snowfall added excitement and beauty to the festal occasion—and also an oppor tunity for jealous seniors to attack the merrymakers from ambush with snowballs as they began their trek to Spilman. Grace Carter Is New Scrib- elerus Club Leader OTHERS CHOSEN At the last meeting of the Scribel- erus Club the new members of the club were initiated. Those who were admitted are Dorothy Morgan, Ruth Bennet, Lionel Hoffman. Florence Ellis, John Lane Barnett, Pearl Huff man, Marion McManus, and Edna Jobe. After the initiation Mr. McLeod gave a brief history of the Club. New officers \vere elected for the spring term. They are as follows: President, Grace Carter; Vice-Presi dent Millicent Young; Secretary, Billy "Wright; and reporter, Florence Hatch. The Foreign Relations Club held its regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the home of Prof. J. W. Huff. An interesting program.was given on “Art and Folk Music” of the dif ferent countries. Those taking part on the program were Lula Houser, who discussed famous paintings; Ella Keller, who discussed folk music, (Continued on page 2) Late Flashes Mars Hill Lions led by Fox and Nettles defeated the Pikeville, Ky., quintet by a 30 to 31 score in the annual Southeastern Junior-college Basketball Tournament at Newport, Tenn. Mars Hill was matched to play Tennessee-Wesleyan in the semi-finals Saturday afternoon. Mars Hill debating teams won two unanimous decisions Friday evening over debaters from Hiawassee. The Mars Hill girls’ team, composed of Misses Edna Earle Nanney and Mar garet Hale met the Hiawassee team composed of Misses Julia Gant and Frances Rus-sell. The boys’ team, Henry Parker and Bob Costner, met Messrs. Boy and Ketchet of Hiawas see. The boys of Mars Hill College changed their tactics for one time and entertained the fair coeds from the stage with a musical Saturday even ing, March 3, in the college auditor ium. Under the direction of Mrs-. George Burnett the production was presented before a packed auditorium. This presentation not only proved highly entertaining to the audience as w’as evidenced by the loud out bursts of laughter that followld each number, but also brought before the public eye some campus lights that evidently have been hiding under a bushel. Among the outstanding performan ces of the evening was the smooth music of Padgett’s Rhythm Kings un der the direction of 'Calvin Padgett himself. As featured vocalists were John Corbett, Virgil Cox, P. B. Orr, Spencer King, and Max Hamilton. Many encores were rendered as the audience pled for more with loud shouts and “hoorays”. The Mars Hill Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John Washburn catered to the lovers of finer music by rendering symphonic arrange ments of noted composers. Strains of the music and the audience wafted on the evening air in blended sweet ness. The . Symphony consisted of fifty-two talented mem'bers. Individual honors went to the radio star Ray Ingram, and to the piano teams of Stringfield and Carr, O’Neil and Crumpler. The sponsors of the program went to a great deal of trouble and expense to secure the service of the piano ace, Ray Ingram. Mr. Ingram has been a featured artist over W. W. N. C. in Asheville. The world-famous comedy team of Hunt, O’Neil, Stout, and Elliott kept- the audience in an uproar with their side-splitting jokes and their hilarious mimicries. Tlje audience also sat through a sermon from the lips of Rev. Paul Kendall, a local divine of the darker shades. He seemed to sway his audi ence, which changed to a congrega tion for this sermon, as he poured out his message with much ardor. The grand finale of the regular pro gram was the Spanish dance, Lapolo- ma, which was played by the en semble and interpreted by the not ed Spanish dancer, Senor Lorenzo, (Continued on page 4) GLEE GLUB Destiny By EVELYN MORGAN Someday, somewhere We’ll meet. Somehow, sometime Our feet Will tread paths that cross-. How soon, how long. Who knows? How sweet! How strong Hope grows While we love at loss! It is with a great deal of pleasant anticipation that the College G’ee Club looks forward to the Spring season. The club has had numerous invitations- to give sacred concerts at towns throughout the Western part of the state. Plans for their immed iate future include all day trios for the Sundays of March 4, and March 11. The first one will be to Weyn»s- ville and Canton, singing at morning and evening church services, respect ively. The next Sunday, the Glee Club will sing at the evening services in Morganton. Other invitations have been to Asheville, Hendersonville, and Shelby. It is hoped that a secular program may be presented during the spring, and plans are already being made for music during Commencement week. Miss Coon, the director, shows en thusiasm and personal interest in her work -with the club. She feels that better work has been done this year than for the past several seasons. Besides being of interest to music lovers, the out of town trips will no doubt stimulate patronage for Mars Hill College.