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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
The Hilltop
''Plain Living and High Thinking”
Entered at the Post Office, Mars Hill. N. C., as Second Class Matter,
February 20, 1926.
Member Southeastern Junior College Press Association.
STAFF
E(jitor Lionel Hoffman
Managing Editor Hubert Elliott
Society Editor Rabb
Religious Editor Dortha Morgan
Sports Editor Edgar Kirk
Alumni Editor Annabelle Lee
Poetry Editor - Nina Grey Liles
Intercollegiate Editor Harold McGuire
Business Manager Anthony
Circulation Manager ^
Faculty Adviser John A.. McLeod
'Pypjgi. Marion McManus
Accomplishments Of
The C-I Class
By ELIZABETH HICKS
The C-I Class of Mars Hill College
for 1934-’35 is a wide awake one, not
easily daunted by the snags and ob
stacles that have obstructed the way
thus far. The members have entered
enthusiastically into the various re
ligious and social activities of the
campus. A large number of the C-I’s
may be found in the glee club, the
dramatic club, the orchestra, the
band, and other organizations. Dra
matic talent, musical talent, speaking
talents—all are represented in the
VOL. VII
MARS HILL, N. €., FEBRUARY 25, 1935
No. 8
George Washington
The Man
ATLASSE YEAR GIN
To me George Washington is not
a mere historical figure. I like to
think of him as a human being with
faults as well as virtues, failures as
well as triumphs, and fears as well as
faith.
POETRY
To the Delinquent List
(With apologies to Kilmer and a girl
back home)
JUDITH BLLER.
I think that I shall never see
I close my eyes, and I can see him. | a more unwelcome thing than thee.
Ah! how gracefully he dances the! .
minuet. As he bows and smiles to | UPon thy page is placed my name,
his lovely companion, he is a perfect i And my misdeed and when it came.
picture of courtesy and refinement. | which I shrink to look
Now I see him at Valley Forge. You make me seem an awful crook.
He stands there poorly clad, cold, and
group. Then there seem to be those he’sneaks ' You show to all the world that I
talented in smiling, giving a ^ j eheer Ld Lpe j Have failed somewhere, or didn't try.
grin, a friendly handshake, or a pat '^“ds 01 comtort, cneer, ana nope. |
on the back. There will certainly be He is a courageous and strong man. j,rt to me a part of fate;
Lo! the crowning triumph. He To be on thee is not to date,
stands erect and firm as he is inaug
no lack of campus leaders next year
Just think of the Sunday School class
officers, B. Y. P. U. officers, society I urated President of the United States,
officers, and count the positions held His voice rings out clear and strong
Mercil
No doubt a reader can recognize immediately that this issue is an
amateur production. We are strictly accountable for any and all
errors which a zealous critic might be able to see in our workj yet
if we have produced any favorable effects on our readers, and
especially the Class we represent, we shall not feel that we have
utterly failed. We congratulate the regular Staff on their work,
and look forward to the better issues forthcoming under their sup
ervision. We submit, however, this result of our efforts to our read
ers for their approval.
Much credit is due to the numerous contributions by members
of the Class, whose names may not appear on the list of the Staff
or elsewhere. May we say that we appreciate to the greatest de
gree your efforts. Your work was indispensible to the making of
this issue. We thank you. E- W. B.
Spring Holidays!
Believe it or not, there’s something new under the sun—spring
holidays for Mars Hill students! This year, for the first time in
the history of the school, the students of this institution are to be
given spring holidavs. Years ago someone predicted that some day
this would come about, and in 1935 that prophecy is to come true.
What a relief to put away books and papers from March the
twenty-first until the twenty-sixth, and be able to relax. Five days
in which to rest and sleep! No math problems to work, no themes
to write, no classes to meet—nothing, absolutely nothing, to worry
about!
There is really a great deal of true value in these holidays. The
long stretch of work from Christmas until commencement is prone
to make the students lose their spirit and pep. Teachers as well |
as students welcome this short vacation. There is no doubt that
every one will return in a refreshed and eager spirit. The only
way to enjoy these holidays to the fullest extent is to be prepared
for them. Keep up with your work so that you can go home on
the twenty-first with 2t clear conscience and no back work to catch
up with.
Hurrah for the first spring holidays of Mars Hill College!
May they be extra long and unusually happy!
Ernest Harriet.
Modern Rebellion
The Red Coats that Washington chased are gone these many
years, but there is a mighty .foe still threatening the stability of our
nation. I^erhaps you have observed the rebellion that prevails in
the hearts of a great number of people everywhere. Whizzing
cannon balls and dever strategy helped the Father of our Country
gain his victory, but the battle that we face now is not a battle in
slimy trenches of war. The fight at the present is the war against
decav from within that has been so fatal to other great powers of
the past.
Have you noticed the evidences of moral breakdown in our law.?
People today are content to live bv aid of the government. This
incident from Newton D. Baker’s recent article in the Atlantic
Monthly illustrates the seriousness of our state; A man gave up
his job, informing his employer that he was going to the World’s
Fair, and that when he returned he was going on relief. People
like that certainly are not true Americans worthy of the heritage
our forefathers have given us.
Have you noticed the breakdown in home life.? The very bed
rock on which our land is founded has been slipping from year to
year. Freedom—the right to live one’s own life—is the common
howl. Can one explain the increase in divorces of the present and
feel safe in saying that our nation is still on the upward trend?
Have you noticed this inward rebellion on our campus? There
are many who seem to want to go in the opposite direction to all that
is uplifting. Many will go out of their way to be identified with
evil. What is the matter with young men and women who set their
ideals low and refuse to strive to become clean, wholesome indi
viduals? Why are our dormitories strewn with trashy literature
when our library has hundreds of the best books.? With an ear
to the ground, those who look to the future warn us of approaching
doom. What would our first President say if he could see our
plight.?
Historians have written much of Washington as a Commander,
but in one way of thinking the submissive Washington at Valley
Forge accounts for the victorious Washington at Yorktown. One
by freshmen.
Nor only are members of the class
as he addresses his people, his eyes
sweep over the multitude, and his
represented socially and religiously,! heart is filled with love for them,
but also scholastically. The teachers | To me there is no person in history
were very much delighted to find such so great, so noble, so capable, or so
a large percentage on the honor roll * lovable as he. George Washington—
of first year students. The scholarship that great, white-haired, keen eyed,
clubs have had a wide range from manly person—should be loved and
which to choose their members. ^ honored, not as a statesman or mili-
The girls’ dormitory project has | tary leader, but as a man.
secured their heartiest cooperation.
CITY NOTES
OR
SILLY NOTES
Next year as C-II’s they will still more
greatly swell the ever-growing fund
our future dream.
Look out for the C-I’s. They are
out to conquer, to do, and to dare. |
Some day, who knows but there will |
be outstanding representatives in all I What would Ripley give for this
fields of the educational, religious, | bit of information? “Believe it or
musical political, and social world not”: Approximately 200 city notes
from this year’s Freshman Class?
Looking back over their successful
lives, may they say, “We started it
at Mars Hill College.”
Tribute To The G-IFs
To you who -welcomed us so cor
dially the first day we came to Mars
Hill College, we wish to pay tribute.
You made us feel that we had been
here always and that we knew every
one.
We feel sure that no other group of
students could have been more coi-
dial. We appreciate from the bottom
of our hearts the friendly interest
you took in us.
As C-II’s next year, we hope to be
able to fill your places and make the
new students feel as much at home
as you did us.
Again, we thank you for your in
terest in us.
Mr. Burder Hipps, of the class of
1904, a recognized educator, who is
the Dean of the Baptist University,
Shanghai, China, is a visitor in our
state. Last week he visited his moth
er in Asheville. We are also proud
of the fine record of this alumnus.
Guilty!
(For this issue)
Editor James Thompson
Associate editor—John R. Powell
Managing editor Earle Brockman
Society editor Melba Nanney
Religious editor Heber Peacock
Sports editor .Charles Hurst
Poetry editor Judith Eller
Intercollegiate editor Ethel Hill
Business manager Ed Porter
Circulation manager - Ralph Bowen
Faculty adviser—JSpencer B. King
Typists Jessie Indorf
Lorina Montesanti
are exchanged daily between couples
at Mars Hill College. An average
of about two pages is the usual length
of each note, which equals 400 pages
a day used for this purpose. In my
estimation I have found that 40 cents
is the total cost of the paper per day,
not to mention the ink and lead used.
I might also consider the time spent
in writing “city notes”. It takes an
average of an hour to compose such
a representation of one’s feelings,
emotions, and thoughts. Consider
200 hours spent in this manner. Think
what Father Time could do with an
additional 200 hours a day. Conser
vative people may consider this a
waste, but we students consider it
time well spent.
Although these little billets-doux
may cause many heartaches and dis
appointments, the passing of one’s
vhole course may be determined upon
’,0 small, yet so important, an item.
If one-half the time spent in writ-
ng notes were used in preparing one’s
lessons, the first honor roll would
nore than double itself, and the sec
ond honor roll would be adorned by
he names of the remainder of the
student body.
When summer vacation arrives, Un-
le Sam will find a tremendous in
crease in his income from the pro
ceeds of the sale of stamps for let
ters from one Mai's Hill student to
another. This being true of our Alma
Mater one can hardly realize the
enormity of the assets when all the
educational institutions of the United
States take part. Surely the National
Government could easily begin an
other project similar to that of the
N. R. A. upon the launching of this
plan.
Contemplate upon this potential
question of today, and after giving it
your careful consideration, determine
whether or not you feel justified in
•ontinuing this routine of “silly noth-
Thou art abhorred by fools like me.
But teachers still have use for thee.
A Studenfs Wail
J. S. ELLER.
“The teachers are fogies;
The place is a jail.
I’m sick of it all—
I do want some mail.
“I’d be willing to leave
And start home, although
I know it’s absurd.
For I haven’t the dough.
“That teacher just failed me
To take out her spite.
I got called up today
’Cause I left on my light.
“I want to go home
Where I’ll be understood,
I’d start out right now.
If only I could.”
Of good, common judgment
This is only a lack—
For if we were gone.
We would want to be back.
From Eve Sore To
Beauty Spot
ngs.
JEiSiSIE' INDORF.
A Mars Hill Student’s Opinion
From a Mars Hill student’s view
point the Wake Forest-Meredith-Mars
Hill summer school is the long await
ed answer to the prayer for a four
year fully accredited liberal arts
course at Mars Hill. Students who
have been forced to abandon college
training because no courses above
junior college work were offered here
will gladly grasp the opportunity to
further their college work.
ELIZABETH LILES
One of Mars Hill’s ugly ducklings
is being transformed into a beautiful
swan. For many years the plot of
land between the administration
building and Spilman doi*mitory was
used as a tennis court for the girls.
That is, a few girls used it occasion
ally, but for the most part it w^as
barren, serving only as an eye-sore to
all passers-by.
Now all signs of the former tennis
court are gone, and the outlines of a
beautiful informal garden are taking
shape. In order to hide the back
ground, white pines have been plant
ed on the back border, and flowering
shrubs enclose the other sides. A
rock lily pond centers the garden, and
the plan is that the water from this
pond will cascade into a smaller pond
in the lower corner. The blueprint
of the garden provides that flagstone
paths, entering from the side, will
zig-zag through the garden. Evei*-
green grass is to be planted, and
clumps of attractive plants will be
scattered here and there.
Especially the C-I students are
looking forward to the time when the
garden will be perfected. They think
it will be in its pi*ime by next fall.
Already in their minds they can see
the happy couples as they stroll
through this beauty spot. It not only
will be a boon to the students, but
will add greatly to the attractiveness
of the campus. Truly, the former
tennis court is being glorified.
John B. Wilder Is
Ordained As Minister
(Continued from page 1)
L. B. Olive preached the ordination
seinnon; Dr. O. E. Sams delivered the
charge to the candidate; Dr. R. L.
Moore offered the dedicatory prayer;
M \ Wilder with a Bible from the
Ma-s Hill Baptist church.
day when the final tests of the probing scientists are completed, and
they learn what simple folk through all the ages have known—
that is, that only truth makes one free—perhaps those who record |17d *the Rev. J. A. McLeod presented
the happenings in history will see an individual in his true great
ness, that greatness being measured by his nearness to God. Lend
your influence to the stemming of the tide of rebellion against the
solid truths that centuries untold have now chang-ed. Conform
while here on the Hill to the ideals of our Christian leaders, and
build unshakably within your own soul a building that the creeping
decay of our day shall not destroy. J. R. T.
No times College Bell taps in one
term 95,760 times—Times Miss
Pierce’, bell taps in one term 12,600
times regular and as many times more
as necess.ry.