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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 24, 1936
NO. 5
"y™ per School Plans
-‘-^inopced Recently
«eo.fo College Students
t stei
Summer*s Session Is Sec-
ond Held At Mars
Hill
READY APRIL 1
.. Diplomas Awarded Last
^ ^ iimmer First Given At
Mars Hill
mmerj
i of ] Western Unit of the Wake
;-iMeredith Summer School will
t Dela^P®^ summer.
>agh.
the direction of Professor B.
ner, of Meredith College, Ral-
associate direc-
by g)f Dean I. N, Carr, of Mars
M. C. The sessions will be as
auleyof last summer, the nine-weeks’
G. W from June 10-August 8; the
eks’ session from June 10-July
Cathe:
maximum credit allowed on
>y F.:;ates in the nine-weeks’ session
j twelve hours, and for the six-
\lexaif session the maximum will be
hours. But not more than ten
>y J. J.will be allowed on degrees in
h reacne-weeks’ session. Credits may
med on all State certificates—
IS Gillacher’s, the principal’s, and the
rraphyntendent’s, and also on degrees
Engijed (by the colleges,
asgow, (Continued on page 4)
inty To Operate
I. S. Summer School
even , . , , „
IS are being made by Superin-
it of Education Wells of Madi-
lunty and members of the fac-
f Mars Hill college to discon-
pply the high school summer school
at the college.
A T7' worked
^/VJrrh the county that high school
may continue at the Mars Hill
, „„ "chool building. Students desir-
-*edit for summer school work
oard in the college dormitories,
leet classes at the high school
ig-
3 hoped that students desiring
■work off in summer school will
ue to come to the college, and
hrough the cooperation of the
ts who come, this plan may be
lOp sfully worked out.
^ Watson Speaks
)n Chapel Program
Watson, attorney of Burns-
tnd chairman of the board of
js, spoke to the college students
pel last Tuesday. This was Mr.
n’s first chapel address to the
=ts this yeai’.
Letter To Dean Carr From Olives Tells
Of Experiences Singe Leaving Mars Hill
Prof essor 1. N. Carr has recently received an interesting letter
from our former pastor. Rev. L. B. Olive, who is now again a 'mis
sionary to China, telling of his experiences in getting settled in China.
Although the Olives sailed about the first of December, they did
not arrive in Shanghai until the 4th ,of January. A "was lost on
the sea because of a storm and because of staying over /in Kobe on
New Year’s Day.
The Olives remained in Shanghai a week, buying furniture and
other house-furnishings, Mr. Olive ,w*"ote. During that time they
visited with the Marriatts.
Howard, the oldest of the children, is in the American school in
Shanghai. Emily and Bruce are with their parents. Mr. Olive
wrote that Bruce is already beginning to pick up a little of the
Chinese language, and is playing most friendly with the Chinese
children.
Mr. Olive also told, in his letter, of the churches in Shanghai.
A meeting is (at the time the letter was written) being held in the
“city” church, so-called because it is located Jn that part of the city
which was inclosed with a wall.
Mr. Olive also wrote of the foreigner’s necessity of keeping
servants, especially native servants. The native servant can so much
more easily and satisfactorily “go shopping” than the foreigners,
that they are almost a necessity.
Georgia Ingle Voted Most Outstanding
Debator At Forensic Council Meeting
Spring Holidays
Start Thursday;
End Today Week
Both Mars Hill Boys And Girls
Win Second Place
In Debating
HELD AT CHARLOTTE
Mars Hill Representatives Win
Several Awards In Other
Speaking Contests
—.m- Watson answering the query
T^pat one should do with’his life,
■*’d the students to make money.
! money,” he told the student
“not for the sake of money
j An^ the glory of God and the ser-
f man.” Too many speakers ac-
g to Mr. Watson, have advised
ctuallf^® and others against the am-
ition to make money. On the other
ed Mr. Watson said youth should
structed to accumulate wealth
se it in service. He cited as an
-lie, James B. Duke, who has
^j^^uted the millions which he ac-
ated in beneficences which are
g many people.
pie who cannot themselves do
yoUjrk of great teachers can with
; beetjioney make possible the work
1 willh teachers and should receive
• Mrsat a reward, Mr. Watson said,
ise, those who use their money
:e effective the work of doctors,
workers, and missionaries, de-
as high rewards as those who
ly do these tasks.
(Continued on page 2)
At the annual meeting of the North
Carolina State Junior College Foren
sic and Speech Tournament held this
year on March 5-6, at Charlotte, Mars
Hill was well-represented by eight
debaters and five other speakei’s.
The group went in the college bus,
leaving here Thursday morning and
arriving in time for the debate con
test that afternoon. The affirmative
teams that made the trip were G. G.
Morgan and Bill Fleming; Georgia
Ingle and Priscilla Pendleton. The
negative teams were Lucille Hartley
and Ethel Davis; Ernest Harrill,
Haynes Brown. Miss Gladys Johnson
and Mr. Oakes sponsored the debat
ers, since there was a requirement
that our coach or judge must accom
pany each four debaters.
(Continued on Page 4)
Dramatic Club Makes
Plans For Festival
Casts For Two Plays To Be
Presented At Dramatic
Festival Are Chosen
In the six yeai’s which the Mars
Hill Dramatic Club has submitted
original plays by its members for
presentation in the State Dramatic
Festival at Chapel Hill, four have
been accepted. Two years ago “Sign
of the Zodiac” an original play by
Miss Janie Britt was not only accept
ed but given the grand prize as the
best among all the classes of plays.
This year the original play by How
ard Richardson, “Top Hats and Tene
ments” will be presented at the Fes
tival.
The Dramatic Club members will
also present at Chapel Hill the sec
ond, third, and fourth of April, the
production play “The Man with the
Bowler Hat,” a fai'ce by A. A. Milne.
The spring study for the Dramatic
Club as a whole will be on continental
drama. Under the able direction of
Miss Wengert, the Club for the past
year has been divided into three
groups, each of which concerns itself
with some particular play and pre
sents it at the Club meetings. These
groups are at the present led by
William Hill and Wylma Flynn and
Jane Pope. Two of the plays now
being prepared by the groups are
“The Rococo,” an English farce, and
(Continued on Page 4)
Spring holidays will begin at 11:15
A. M. next Thursday morning, and
close at 1 P. M. Tuesday, March 31.
This gives the students a vacation of
six days.
This is the second year the college
authorities have thought wise to give
the ^udents a short vacation in the
spring. The six day layoff from stud
ies marks the middle of the second
semester and comes at the conclusion
of mid-term exams.
The decision to give the students
a spring vacation was made last year
as a method of preventing so many
weekend trips home. Though this in
novation has not proven as success
ful as it was hoped, still the policy
is being continued this year. It will
be continued next year as it has in
the past though the definite dates
have not been decided upon.
Printers Receive
Copy For Laurel
Annual To Be Off Press
Hands Of Students By
May First
In
Most of the copy for the Laurel
with the pictures has been sent to the
Charlotte News Printing Company in
the past few days and the rest will
be sent before the Spring Holidays
begin. All the material was scheduled
to be into the printers on or before
last Friday but the inclement weather
and unforeseen difficulties held up
the staff.
The cover design was received by
Editor Livingstone Stallings over the
(Continued on Page 4)
B. S. U. Officers For Next Year Are Chosen
With Ernest Succeeding Fulk As President
Professor S. B. King
Left For Nashville
Last Sunday Morning
Will Spend Spring And Sum
mer Months In Study At
Peabody College
TO RETURN IN AUGUST
Spencer JB. Will Complete Work
On Masters Degree
In History
Professor Spencer B. King, of the
Mars Hill college history department
will spend the spring and summer
months at Peabody College in Nash
ville, Tennessee, completing his work
for his Master’s degree.
Mr. King left Mars Hill last
(Sunday and went directly to Pea
body College in time to begin the
spring quarter there. He has been
working on his Master’s degree for
several summers and expects to com
plete his work on it during the spring
and summer. He will not return to
Mars Hill until he finishes his work,
sometime in August. For his major
subject Mr. King is studying history,
and he is minoring in social sciences.
Mr. King has taught several cour
ses in both the high school and college
during his years here. He has been
active in religious work of all forms,
teaching a Sunday School class and
being faculty advisor to this year’s
B. S. U. Council. In addition to these
he has assisted coach Roberts with
football and has been coach of the
track team.
Mr. King has become one of the
best loved of Mars Hill’s younger pro
fessors in the three years he has been
on this campus. He will sincerely be
missed especially by the members
of the graduating class who will not
be in school when he returns.
Annual Recital Of
Orchestra Saturday
Was Held In Auditorium At
Eight O*Clock Saturday
Evening
At 8 P. M. on Saturday, March 21,
the Mars Hill College Orchestra pre
sented its annual recital at the Col
lege Auditorium.
The Orchestra was directed by Mrs.
Caroline Paul King, assistant direc
tor, Herbert Sebren. They were as
sisted by the Male Quartet and Her
bert Sebren, solo clarinetest, accom
panied by Earl Brockman.
Although this is not the only time
the Orchestra plays in public, it is
the climax of the year’s work, and
the most important exhibition of the
term.
The members of the Orchestra are:
Frances Shuford, Margaret Pattilo,
(Continued on Page 4)
Athenian Music Club Sends Resolutions
Urging Music Stamp To James A. Farley
It will be of general interest to
know that the Athenian Music Club
of Mars Hill College is fostering a
resolution to be recommended to state
and national federations of Music
Clubs of America for consideration
and adoption. This resolution states
that a petition be sent to Honorable
James A. Farley, Postmaster General
of the United States, urging that the
Post Office Department issue a special
series of stamps honoring music.
The Athenian Music Club believes
this proposal will advance a major
objective of the American Federation
of Music Clubs, that of increasing
the interest and information and love
of music throughout the nation. The
resolution observes that the United
States has a worth-while musical tra
dition, of which Americans should be
proud; that music is called the uni
versal language and is recognized
as a promoter of international under
standing and good will, that other na
tions, as Austria, Finland, Germany,
Italy, Hungary, and the Netherlands
have recognized their musical gen
iuses through postage stamps by us
ing portraits of Bach, Beethoven,
Bellini, Chopin, Dvorak, Handel, Hay
den, Liszt, Mozart, Paderewski, Schu
bert, Johann Strauss and others; by
(Continued on Page 4)
Harry Hand Succeeds Richard
Goodson As Head Of
College Church
MORGAN BTU DIRECTOR
Harold O*Quinn Elected Sun
day School Head For
Next Year
The Chapel proigram on Tuesday,
March 17, was given over to the elec
tion of the Baptist Student Union
Council for the year 19S6-37. Miss
Mary Sue Ernest was electO'd to suc
ceed Thomas Fulk as president of
the council. Also elected were the
heads of the unit organizations, G. G.
Morgan as B. S. U. Director, Harold
O’Quinn Sunday School Supt., Mar
tha Beck Y. W. A. President, and
Harry Hand as President of the Col
lege Church.
Nominations were sent in by mem
bers of the Student body on March
3 and from these names the council
selected and nominated the ones to
succeed the outgoing members.
The council consists of the heads
of the unit organizations on the cam
pus and over this group is the general
(Continued on Page 4)
Five Students Attend
Convention Of I.R.C.
Convention Held At Rock Hill,
j5. C.; Meet Next Year
At Auburn
At the annual International Rela
tions Club Regional Conference at
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C.,
the Mars Hill club was represented
by a delegation composed of Betty
Elliot, Mildred Rippy, Bill Hill,
Charles Weaver, and John Van Hoy,
who were accompanied by Professor
A. M. Lee as advisor.
The conference, held Fe!bruary 27-
29, was well attended, having dele
gates from colleges of North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vir
ginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
and Florida.
Among the speakers were Miss
Amy Hemingway Jones, Division As
sistant of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace; Dr. Edgar
J. Fisher, formerly Dean and profes
sor of Histoi’y and Political Science
at Robert College, Istanbul, and now
assistant to the Director of the In-
(Continued on page 4)
Carson-Newman Choir
Gives Church Program
Under the able leadership of Lu
ther Carter the twenty-five members
of the Carson-Newman A Cappella
Choir, Sunday, March 1, gave a pro
gram of vocal music in place of the
usual morning worship.
This choir, consisting of twenty-
four singers, an accompanist, and the
director, was organized in 1913. Since
that time it has increased in ability
and fame. The choir has often trav
eled over Tennessee, Kentucky, and
North Carolina since its inception,
and since 1932 has often broadcast
over station WSM at Nashville.
The story of the Choir’s entrance
into radio is interesting. Unwilling
to make the long journey to Nash
ville for an audition, they sent their
voices over the telephone, and were
accepted.
The Choir arrived Saturday after
noon and was entertained at a party
that night by several of the faculty
who are Carson-Newman Alumni.
The entire church period was taken
up Sunday by the Choir in a recital
of old and new religious hymns.
On Sunday afternoon they return
ed to Jefferson City, Tennessee, and
Carson-Newman College.