WELCOME BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION
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The Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
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EUTHALIANS
€BREN AND BARNETTE
^ HEAD COLLEGE GROUPS
DURING COMING TERMS
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• }eorge Wirtz And Joe Thomas
Chosen As Vice-Presidents Of
pii 2 Classes For Coming Year
SENIOR PRESIDENT
\HORNE HEADS ACADEMY
Yarren Taylor Elected Vice-
I President Of Academy; Spon
sors Yet To Be Selected
In class elections held this past
ionth Herbert Sebren was chosen as
resident of the Senior Class of Mars
ydll College. He was unanimously
„„ected on the second ballot cast by
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is classmates.
in George Wirtz was elected vice-
tkesident; Doris Johnson, secretary;
nad Query, treasurer. These officers
atill serve the class for this year.
The Juniors chose J. N. Barnette
5 their president. He also served as
i"^e president of the rising juniors
—ist year in the academy. Joe Thomas,
>€s vice-president, and Betty Elliot,
s secretary and treasurer, will assist
t le president in conducting the
V'estinies of the Junior Class for the
hisuing period.
^ Soapy Horne was given the job of
”^uiding the Academy classes through
^‘;he year. His right hand men chosen
^y the Academy students are: War
den Taylor, vice-president; Herbert
^lucks, secretary; and Claudia Drake,
treasurer.
Sponsors of the classes were not
hosen during these meetings, but
bo selected at the next meeting
E the classes. Mr. Wood and Mother
s/ilkins were sponsors of the Aca-
oiemy classes last year, Mr. and Mrs.
Vliing of the Junior class, and Miss
t^hittington and Mr. McLeod for
upe graduating students of last year.
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Play Given
By Dramatic Club
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sfedda Gabler Presented; Dons
lan Johnson And Howard Rich-
^jy^ardson Have Leading Roles
in,
The Dramatic Club of Mars Hill
)llege gave its fall play with the
>e
‘esentation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda
t)\bler last Saturday evening at 8
; fclock in the college auditorium.
3r Hedda Gabler is considered one of
fe best modern tragedies. Her char-
ofcter was well portrayed by Miss
e ioris Johnson who depicted the traits
iiE Hedda as a defeated personality
ho suffered thwai’ted desires. The
olart of George Tesman, Hedda’s hus-
oTand, was also well characterized by
, toward Richardson. Other characters
the play were: Mrs. Elvsted, Miss
I'tjucille Hartley; Aunt Julia, Miss
d :ssie Indorf; Berta, Miss Mavis All-
^3-^an; Mr. Lovborg, C. J. Ellen; Judge
rack. Bill Hill.
Emphasis was laid on the lighting
oi
fy
si
ffects and the setting. The costum-
ig was according to the styles of
latter part of the 19th century.
’^^Miss Bonnie Wengert, dramatic in-
. ructor of the college, directed the
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,ama.
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Anniversary Series
Starts With Non-Eu
Observance Saturday
Societies To Observe Their An
niversaries In The College
Auditorium During Month
BROCK IS EU LEADER
HERBERT SEBREN
Ruth Yates Chosen
As Vice-President
At B. S. U. Meeting
Bob Costner, Mars Hill Grad,
Presides Over Meetings At
B.S.U. Convention In Raleigh
32 ATTEND FROM HERE
Annie Mackie, Last Year*s Mars
Hill Grad, Is Also Elected
Vice-President For Next Year
The Baptist Student Union of
North Carolina met for their annual
meeting at the Tabernacle Baptist
Church in Raleigh on October 25 to
27. Over three hundred and fifty
students met. ir the vast auditorium
for two days of meetings.
Thirty-two students journeyed to
Raleigh in a bus to represent Mars
Hill at the convention. One of this
number. Miss Ruth Yates, was elected
vice-president of the State Union at
the meeting.
Two other Mars Hill graduates
took prominent parts in the meeting.
They were Bob Costner and Annie
Mackie, both graduates last year. Bob
Costner was president of the State
B. S. U. for last year and as such
presided over the meetings of the
convention. Annie Mackie was also
chosen as a vice-president along with
Ruth Yates.
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Richard Goodson Is Phi Presi
dent Selected For The Anni
versary Program Of The Phis
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The Euthalian Literary Society will
start the annual anniversary season
of the four Mars Hill literary so
cieties on Saturday evening, Novem
ber 16,' 1935 by presenting its forty-
fifth anniversary program. It will be
given in the College auditorium be
ginning at eight o’clock.
The society officers for this term
will preside on Anniversary night in
the place of a special set of anni
versary officers. These officers are:
Walter Brock, president, and Brice
Keller, Secretary.
Wayne Foster has been elected
chief-marshal for the occasion with
Wayne Woodard and Olive Ford as
the other marshals from that society.
The best speakers in the society
have been selected and are working
to give the public a very interesting
program. Those selected to debate on
next Saturday evening are: Ernest
Harrill, William Fleming, William
Hill, and Robert Query. The orators
for this program will be John Stevens
and James Thompson, and Howard
Richardson and John Wagner will
give declamations.
CONVENTION PRESIDENT
COLLEGEIjlS HOST
TO CONVENTION
I WEDNESDAY P. M.
Educational Meeting of Baptist
State Convention Will Hold
Session In College Chapel
DR. LITTLE TO SPEAK
Dr. Zeno Wall Is President This
Year; The Rev. W. L. Griggs
To Speak This Afternoon
DR. ZENO WALL
Alumni Groups Meet
Over N. G. With Idea
Of Forming Chapters
Meeting Of Alumni From Over
The State Was Held In Ashe
ville Last Evening At 5:45
BLACKWELL IS DIRECTOR
Madison County Alumni Were
First To Organize And Have
Already Started To Work
M. E. Oakes Added
To English Stafi
Professor J. B. Huff Is Confined
To His Home At The Present
Time On Account Of Illness
Mr. M. E. Oakes, of New York, has
been obtained to take the place of
Mr. J. B. Huff of the English depart
ment, who is confined to his bed
with illness that necessitates his stay
ing off his feet for several months.
Mr. Oakes received his B. A. de
gree from the University of Southern
California and his M. A. degree from
Columbia University. At the present
time he is working on his Ph. D. de
gree from Teachers’ College of Co
lumbia University.
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Head Of National Youth Administration In
State Asks Cooperation Of College Students
The beginning of the functioning
] the National Youth Administra-
m’s program has a timely signifi-
ace for every college student. The
iineral state of our national affairs,
onomic and social, makes it impera-
for every individual, in or out
college to apply his best thought
the solution of those problems
^ lich confront us today.
It is certainly true that what is
eded more than any one thing is a
^v^ival of self-dependence, which de
pendence is likely to be lost in time
of national stress. The government’s
intervention in the field of youth
activities reveals clearly the need for
thought about tomorrow, lest we
should develop a habit of receiving
outside aid, and lose this virtue of
self-dependence.
The progi-am of the Youth Ad
ministration has a number of de
partments. There is the general pro
gram of student aid, which includes
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Dr. Richardson Gives
Lectures On Health
Second In Series Of Talks On
Mental Health TEas Deliver
ed Thursday Of Last Week
Dr. Frank Howard Richardson, of
Black Mountain and Brooklyn, de
livered the second of a series of lec
tures on health before the students
and faculty of the college at the
chapel period last Thursday.
The first of the series was deliver
ed the week before on physical
health. The two, physical and mental
health. Dr. Richardson said, cannot
be divorced. Declaring that man is
the sum of his habits. Dr. Richardson
spoke on habits of study, sleep, smok
ing, petting, and alcohol in their rela
tion to mental and emotional health.
At the close of his lecture Dr. Rich
ardson devoted a brief period to
questions and discussions in which a
number of the students participated.
Dr. Richardson, besides being a
practicing physician, is nationally
known as an author of several books
and articles on health and psychology
and is active in child welfare work.
His chief distinction at Mars Hill,
however, is that of being the father
of Howard.
Satisfactory progress has been
made in the Enlargement Campaign
for Mars Hill College, according to
Mr. Hoyt Blackwell, director of the
progi’am.
The fine spirit shown on Founder’s
Day was again manifested in the
many associationai meetings r^..,ently
held throughout North Carolina. The
responses from the alumni and other
friends of Mars Hill College in these
meetings was very encouraging.
Mr. Blackwell is now engaged in
organizing Mars Hill Alumni Chap
ters in all the western counties of
North Carolina. When this is accom
plished, he plans to organize alumni
chapters in all sections of the country
where sons and daughters of Mars
Hill College may be found.
The workers in this movement de
sire the active interest of all former
students and other friends of the
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Miss Helen Corpening
Goes To Cincinnati
The Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina, which is meeting in
Asheville Nov. 10 - 14, will be the
guest of Mars. Hill College Wednes
day for the afternoon session to be
held in the College Auditorium.
The First Baptist Church of Ashe
ville is host this week to the 1935
meeting of the Convention. Dr. Zeno
Wall, an alumnus of Mars Hill Col
lege, and now pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Shelby, is pre
sident of the Convention this year.
The meeting Monday was given to
the sessions of the State Baptist
Pastors’ Conference. Our own pastor
L. B. Olive, who is leaving the last of
this week for China, was head of the
conference this past year.
The convention proper began Tues
day afternoon. Tuesday night an
alumni banquet of Mars Hill College
was held in the First Baptist Church
of Asheville. A large number of for
mer students of the College attended
the banquet.
The Wednesday afternoon session
of the convention will begin at 2:30
o’clock with the worship period. This
will be led by the Rev. W. L. Griggs,
a former s+'udent at Mars Hill, now
pastor of the Ninth Avenue Baptist
Church of Charlotte. At 2:45 o’clock
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Plans Going Forward
For Readers Contest
Plans Call For Preliminaries On
Friday, November 13, Finals
On Saturday, December 14
Miss Corpening, State Essay
Winner, Represents N. C. In
National Contest This Week
Grads Doing Well
Reports for this column are wel
comed from alumni of the College as
to their whereabouts and deeds since
leaving Mars Hill.
Rev. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Shelby, celebrated
his tenth anniversary as pastor there
recently. Dr. Wall is President of the
Baptist State Convention.
Senator John S. Battle, of Char
lottesville, Va., some time ago was
appointed by Gov. Peery as a mem
ber of the governor’s advisory coun
cil on legislation in Virginia. Mr.
Battle graduated in law at the Uni
versity of Virginia in 1913 after leav
ing Mars Hill.
Rev. Clarence H. Patrick, is now
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Selburne Falls, Mass.
Miss Helen Corpening of Newton,
popular C-I of the campus is to rep
resent the state of North Carolina
and Mars Hill College in the National
Building and Loan Essay Cup con
test to be held in Cincinnati Novem
ber 13.
Miss Corpening won the Keeler
Memorial Contest in the State last
year for which she received $100.00.
From this contest she goes to the
Cincinnati contest with her essay
“The Value of Owning a Home”.
Each speaker is limited to five min
utes and the winner in this contest
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The tenth annual Readers and De-
claimers contest held at Mars Hill
each year will be held this year on
December 13 and 14, Friday and
Saturday. Friday will be used for pre
liminaries with the finals on Satur
day.
These contests have been held each
year for the past nine years with
many high schools represented. Each
high school entering the contest
sends one reader and one declaimer
with a chaperone.
Friday afternoon is given over to
the preliminaries when the six best
readers and the six best declaimers
are weeded out. Saturday is used for
the finals when the best reader and
declaimer are selected.
As a prize a silver loving cup is
given to each of the two winners
with his name and the name of the
school he represents engraved upon
it.
Each year these contests grow in
interest and attract a larger number
from a wider area. Results have been
most gratifying to officials of the
college.
Inquiring Hilltop Reporter Interviews
Prominent Citizens About Precipitation
Mars Hill and vicinity has had only
scattered showers in the past two
months with the result that dust has
become almost unbearable. The Hill
top, in its eagerness to present the
opinions of the people in its pages,
has asked the views of five of the
more prominent citizens in this com
munity.
Freddie Freshman when interview
ed by a news-hound was of the opin
ion that things were becoming
drastic. “Dust is becoming so thick
on the road from Brown and Melrose
to the dining hall that I’ve almost
been late for breakfast several times
in the past few days. The dust is as
thick as fog and I’ve narrowly avert
ed collisions several times on the 7:09
run to breakfast.”
“Woe is me. Woe is me,” moaned
Frank Faculty when ye olde editor
spoke to him concerning the lack of
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