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VOL. /d
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, AiPEIL 18, 1936
NO. 6
WHEATON COLLEGE
WOMAN’S GLEE CLUB
PRESENTS CONCERT
Religious And Secular Songs
Presented Under Direction
Of Mrs. Mackenzie
CONSISTED OF 32 GIRLS
Group Held Over For Chapel
- Program On Follow
ing Day
The Wheaton College Woman’s
Glee Club visited the campus with a
program of song and worship Thurs
day evening, April 9. This was the
17th stop on a 21 stop tour embrac
ing Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and
North Carolina. The touring party
consisted of 32 girls and the Direc
tor, Mrs. Mignon Bollman Mackenzie.
At the same time the remaining
members of the total chorus, 23 boys,
were touring the Southwest. The
completed glee club consists of 55
members.
These tours, of which this is the
seventh, are supported entirely by
the freewill offerings of the congre
gations.
have never worried about
money,” said Mrs. Mackenzie, “and
we have never had any trouble along
that line.”
After the Thursday night program
the members of the glee club were
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Sunrise Service
Easter Morning
Service Held In Church Be
cause Of Rain; Scheduled
On Little Mountain
Several hundred students forsook
sleep Easter Sunday morning to join
in worship. The service, originally
scheduled to be held on Little Moun
tain, was held in the church instead
because of inclement weather. The
service of song and worship began
at 6 A. M. and lasted about an hour.
With Ethel Hill in charge the pro
gram opened with congregational
singing followed by several musical
numbers, rendered by Judith Eller
at fhe piano, a mixed group, and
Roderic Cartier and Bill Kennedy
in a cornet duet.
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TOWN WOMAN’S CLUB
GIVES PRIZES FOR
GOOD ENGLISH WEEK
Good English Week was observed
by Mars Hill college April 6-11. This
event is sponsored each year by the
Woman’s Club of Mars Hill, in the
interest of more correct use of our
native tongue. To arouse interest,
three prizes are awarded for the best
essay, poem, and poster submitted.
Mrs. Robinson has directed the
contest with Miss Bowden acting as
judge for the poster contest, and
Miss Brackett, Mr. MacLeod, and
Mrs. MacLeod as judges for the es
says and poems.
During this contest the English
Department co-operated with the
club. The Cl classes have been re
quired to write an essay or poem,
or to make a poster for class work.
An attempt was also made to famili
arize the classes with the English
Pledge.
Amphitheatre Not
To Be Completed
Until Next Fall
Inclement Weather Forces Au
thorities To Put Off Com
pletion Until Autumn
DEDICATION NOV. 11
Will Be,Dedicated On Found
ers* Day To Christian
Education Movement
The dedication of the new amphi
theater, originally planned for this
spring, has been postponed until
next autumn. Inclement weather has
retarded the work on this project and
necessitated the postponement. Under
the new plans the amphitheater will
be dedicated on November 11,—
founders’ Day—to the Christian
Education Movement. The first pro
gram under this movement will be
presented by the students, directed
by Miss Wengert.
The completed theater will look
very much like the old Roman and
Greek amphitheaters, with its green
grassy seats forming a semi-circle
before the pool of water which sepa
rates the seats from the stage. Not
only does this pool serve to add
beauty to the scene, but it also acts
as a carrying agent for sound, mak-
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HILLTOP INQUIRING REPORTER ASKS FOR
OPINIONS ON RECENT DAMP WEATHER
Rain, Rain, Rain.
Tom Trackstar, when approached
by the reporter on the subject of the
current rains said, “Yes I count
these rains as most detrimental to
my Track work. Just the other day,
on the far side of the track I lost
one of my shoes in the mud, and
Track shoes don’t grow on trees
y’know. It adds at least ten minutes
to my previous lap time. I used to
come in at ten o’clock, but now I
come at noon.”
Bob Bumshot, last runner up in
the Tennis tournament, said, “This
rain put me at a disadvantage in the
tourney, I would have won other
wise. The mud on the balls got in
my eyes and blinded me. That’s the
only reason I lost. I’ll show them
next year. I didn’t want to play this
year anyhow.”
Sam Shopkeeper, local merchant,
announces that his stock of rowboats
and outboard motors is temporarily
exhausted, but that he is expecting
a new shipment of waterwin^, sizes
10-25 any day now.
Dick Drivein, gas vender, in a re
cent statement to the press said, “I
am selling more tires than any oth
er article in stock. My largest order
was from a local firm that renovates
them into skidproof rubbers.”
The latest reports from the Agri
cultural Department states that Wat
er Cress will be the principle crop
this year. The CCC boys also, ac
cording to the report, are setting
out several hundred water oaks in
an effort to make the hills of this
region more beautiful.
Calvin Clothier, Mars Hill haber
dasher, in his annual inventory finds
that he completely sold out his stock
of long-heavies and overcoats to
those who had already sent those
articles of clothing home in antici
pation of Spring.
“One more heavy snow”, he said,
“and I will retire.”
Frank Faculty, in remarking on
the rain said, “It isn’t so bad on
the teachers who have classes up
stairs, but down in the basement
where I teach the water is three feet
deep. When they turn the heat on
the steam fills the room so I can’t
see the students. Only last week, I
hear they had a swimming party in
the back of the room. It isn’t that
I mind the party so much as the fact
that I talked for a solid hour and
none listened to me. They didn’t
even pay enough attention to me to
go to sleep when they got bored.”
RICHARDSON’S PLAY
WINS SECOND PLACE
AT CAROLINA MEET
Mars Hill Representatives Pre
sent 2 Plays At Dramatic
Festival In Chapel Hill
MORGAN WINS A SECOND
Two Contest Plays To Be Given
In Auditorium Next Sat
urday Night
At the State Dramatic Festival at
Chapel Hill two comedies were pre
sented by the Mars Hill College
Dramatic club.
One “Top (Hats and Tenements”
by Howard Richardson was present
ed by Howard Richardson, Jessie
Indorf, Doris Johnson, G. G. Morgan,
Earl Brockman, and Robert Beam.
The play is a social comedy contrast
ing the top hat class and those who
live in tenements.
This is the second play written by
Mr. Richardson, and was the only
original play selected from the junior
college class to be presented at the
Dramatic Festival. While it was in
competition with senior college plays,
individual plays by adult writers,
and Little Theatre Groups, it was
awarded second place by the judges.
By many authorities in the field of
drama it was considered an excep
tional piece of student work both
from the standpoint of writing and
acting, the author receiving the high
est commendation as the best player.
The other comedy, a professional
play, “The Man in the Bowler Hat”,
by A. A. Milne, was one of the most
enjoyable plays on the entire festival
program. The members of this cast
were Howard Richardson, Golda
Tillery, Ernest Harrill, Jeanne
Sprinkle, G. G. Morgan, Robeid,
Beam, and Earle Brockman. These
two plays will be presented here
April 25.
Vocational Talks
Given In Chapel
Several Talks On Various Vo
cations Given In Chapel
Recently
“A preacher must know a bit
about human nature, a teacher must
know a bit about books, but a law
yer must know EVERYTHING!”
This is the message that Judge
E. L. Johnson brought to the chapel
program last week. In a talk on Law,
as a vocation, he said that the pros
pective lawyer must travel a long
hard road, but that if he were able
to supply the needed 99 per cent per
spiration and the 1 per cent inspira
tion there is a spot in the profession
waiting for him. If a person would
succeed at law Judge Johnson sug
gested that he fall in love with the
work.
“If you would succeed and be
happy, don’t get in the wrong pro
fession”, he advises, “don’t try to
be a lawyer if you were born a farm
er.”
The persons who already had a
job plowing behind a mule perhaps
took the talk on agriculture as a
matter of course. Those who were
reared in the city didn’t care, but
those who intend to make a profit
able business out of farming were
probably interested. At any rate it
was worth notice. E. B. Jones, the
speaker emphasized the fact that
this land depends on the farmer, for
as yet no way has been devised to
manufacture food. Likewise the
farmers depend on the land, but in
a different sense. He should con
serve it, rotate his crops, till and
irrigate it, prevent erosion and add
to its fertility. The principle differ
ence between the successful farm
er, and the farmer is that the suc
cessful one works with the land, and
the other just works the land.
ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
PROGRESSING NICELY
DR. BLACKWELL SAYS
Within the next five years the
$'500,000 endowment goal of the
Alumni Association will have been
reached. Dr. Blackwell, who has been
working on the endowment program
constantly feels safe in making this
prediction.
“Madison County alone”, he says,
“will contribute $40,000, and Bun
combe County will give at least an
equal amount.”
(Former Mars Hill girls are send
ing in contributions toward the new
girls dormitory to be built in hon
or of 'M’rs. R. L. Moore, and friends
and patrons from all over the state
and the Ubited States are contribut
ing handsomely.
Dr. Blackwell is to be congratulat
ed on his untiring efforts.
Examinations For
Scholarships Will
Be Held Saturday
Twelve Scholarships Of $300
And Twenty Of $150 Each
Are Offered
JUNIORS ENTERTAIN
GRADUATING CLASS
WITH BANQUET AT 8
Dr. A. C. Reid Will Be Princi
pal Speaker As Juniors
Fete Seniors
BOYD RAY TOASTMASTER
Program Of Music, Humor And
Toasts Planned For En
tertainment of Seniors
LASTS FROM 9 TO 5
Examination Covers A Variety
Of Subjects; Ten Students
From Here To Compete
Dean I. N. Carr recently announc
ed the competitive examination to
be held April 25 for the Chicago
University Scholarships. All gradu
ates of junior colleges who have
not taken more than two years of
college work are eligible. The exami
nations are in two classes; the first
is a competitive examination on a
number of subjects. The second is
admission on the basis of scholastic
standing and leadership qualities.
The ones who give the greatest
promise of rendering a high type of
service in college and in life after
graduation will be chosen.
There will be 12 scholarships of
$300 each, and 20 of $150 each of
fered for the competitive examina
tion. The examination will cover a
wide range, and the contestant may
answer a few in each class or a num
ber in one, as he prefers. In no case
will the contestant be expected to
answer all of the questions. The sub-
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As a culmination of the year’s
social events, the Juniors will enter
tain the Seniors tonight. The event
will be held in the 0. E. Sams din
ing hall at 8 P. M. This is the an
nual high spot in the campus social
calendar, marking as it does the last
general social function, and the most
important. Perhaps on this campus
it has not attained the eminence it
holds on other campuses, but it is
truly THE event. It is equalled only
by the Society Aniversaries as an
event of general interest. It marks
the last get together of the Cl’s and
the Gil’s, and the last memory of
Mars Hill to some.
The Juniors have left no stone un
turned in their efforts to furnish a
program as varied and interesting as
the guests they will entertain. The
college orchestra under the direction
of Mrs. Caroline Paul King, will pro
vide the music. The toast master for
the occasion will be Boyd Ray.
New Staff Takes
Office May 15th
Candidate Must Apply By Let
ter; Hilltop Staff, Publication
Com. Pass On Applications
This year’s Hilltop staff will in
augurate a new system of selecting
next year’s staff before going out
of office in May. The system they
expect to use is radically different
from the systems used in past years.
Instead of allowing the staff all
power in selecting their successors,
the student body will have more say
so this year.
All students who are interested in
being considered for a position on
next year’s Hilltop must write a
letter of application, stating experi
ence and giving reasons for his ap-
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VETERANS OF FUTURE WARS MOVEMENT
GAINS AS NATION’S STUDENTS ORGANIZE
“A bonus for every male under
35!”
That is the demand of the Vet
erans of Future Wars, an organiza
tion of young men embracing the
country. The organization was found
ed at Princeton University by Lewis
J. Gorin—’36, and now numbers
over 20,000 members.
“Our cause is two-fold,” declares
a manifesto printed in the Daily
Princetonian, “Inasmuch as the com
ing war will otherwise deprive the
niost deserving bloc of the Veterans
of Future Wars of their bonus, by
causing their sudden and complete
demise, the bonus must be paid
now.”
At Vassar College a sister organi
zation has been formed.
“Inasmuch as the coming war will
obliterate the future burying places
of our future noble dead, the pil
grimage of Gold Star Mothers Of
Veterans of Future Wars must be
made now.”
These two organizations have de
manded a bonus of $1,000 to be paid
to each male under 35 eligible for
the draft, to be paid in 1965. “Be
cause it is customary to pay bonuses
before they are due we demand im
mediate cash payments, plus 3 per
cent compound interest annually
from June 1, 1965 backward to June
1, 1936.”
If this demand is met the soldier
of the future will gladly march forth,
secure in the knowledge that he will
leave no bonus wrangle behind him,
and that flowers are already on his
grave to be. Why should not he spend
this bonus himself when he is in the
prime of youth, well able to spend
it, rather than when he is crippled,
without arms or legs, or with a bul
let in his spine, unable to enjoy any
amount of money.
It is easily seen how a trip to
Europe now will fill young women
with ardor to have their future sons
lie in those well ordered and well
kept cemeteries beneath those white
crosses.
Congressman Maury Maverick of
Texas volunteered to introduce the
$2,500,000,000 bonus bill into Con
gress. Plans are being discussed for
a bonus march, and the Mars Hill
Chapter is starting agitation for a
parade and chapel program.
Of note also is the International
Order of Diplomats, Creators of For
eign Wars, organized at the College
of Charleston, whose aim is to make
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