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The Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
NEXT WEEK
FOUNDERS’
DAY
Go.
Plans Announced
For Founders’ Day
Program, Oct. 10
[Mars Hill College
On Approved List
S. L. Blanton To Deliver
Principal Address
Of Day
|A^eir York State University
Allows Full Transfer
Credits From Here
EIGHTIETH YEAR
JQ Pageant Of Founding To
Be Given In New
Amphitheatre
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Plans for Founders’ Day have
iust been released through the
registrar’s office. According to the
irrangements, Rev. S. L. Blanton
•pastor of the First Baptist Church
C. )f Wilmington, N. C., will deliver
;he address at the Eightieth Anni
ersary of the founding of Mars
See
5ill College.
s Tc The Glee Club and orchestra
vill provide the musical end of the
)rogram
After dinner on the grounds the
tudents of former days will meet
n the Euthalian Hall, with Dr.
I!ecil Pless, vice-president of the
ilumni association presiding.
lOP Selections from the pageant of
VTars Hill will be given by the ex
session department under Miss
*Vingate’s direction. This will be
—"-ihe first time the new Amphi
,,_,_„,^heater has been officially used.
At 3:15 P. M. the Mountain
Aons will tangle with Campbell
College on the football field to
[raw the ceremonies to a close
This occasion at Mars Hill cor
esponds to the homecoming cele
■rations at other colleges. A large
lumber of old students will return
or the celebration, and classes
/ill be cut short in the morning.
Professor Hoyt Blackwell will
resent his annual report on the
nlargement and endowment pro
•11 Mars Hill. The trustees
ill dll be represented by E. F. Wat
3n of Burnsville, chairman of the
oard; and the Advisory Commit-
ie by Gilbert H. Morris, of Ashe
L ille.
The program follows:
10:30 A.M.
Hymn, Faith of Our Fathers,
ne :emp; Prayer, Rev. Broadus E,
of ^all. Pastor First Baptist Church,
endersonville, N. C.; Music,
^ ^ lute Solo: Offertory, Donjon; by
' .'ervin Oakes; Remarks by Pro
;ssor Hoyt Blackwell, Director,
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President R. L. Moore Saturday
received a communication that
Mars Hill College had been placed
on the list of colleges approved
by the University of the State of
New York.
Since all the colleges and uni
versities of New York are under
the jurisdiction of the University
of the State of New York, recog
nition by this body is sought by
colleges all over the country. Stu
dents from approved colleges are
permitted to transfer to the col
leges and universities of New
York with full credit. Mars Hill
has been placed on the approved
list after an extensive investi
gation of the organization and
work of the college this summer.
According to Dean I. N. Carr,
Mars Hill also is accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools and the
State Department of Education, is
a member of the American As
sociation of junior colleges, is on
the list of colleges approved for
pre-medical work by the Ameri
can Medical Association, and is
among the schools from which stu
dents may be admitted to the U.
S. military and naval academies
without examination.
Since students of Mars Hill
usually transfer to senior colleges,
universities, or profess ional
schools after two years, the ad
ministration attempts to meet the
requirements of all the accredit
ing agencies in whose jurisdiction
the college lies.
Gerald W. Johnson
Presents His Views
Thanatopsis
“So live, that when thy sum
mons come to join
The innumerable caravan,
which moves
To that mysterious realm,
where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls
of death.
Thou go not, like the quarry-
slave at night.
Scourged to his dungeon, but,
sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, ap
proach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drap
ery of his couch
About him and lies down to
pleasant dreams.”
The college lost a loyal son
when James Lowell Griffin, re
ceived his “summons” Satur
day. A C-2, although it was his
first year at Mars Hill, “Red”
was liked by all who knew him.
He was a transfer from Fruit-
land Institute at which school
he was a leader in campus ac
tivities.
The accident occurred when
Griffin was in the college
swimming pool. Upon discovery
of his body Victor Workman,
pool supervisor, and Billie Po
tent, another student, gave ar
tificial respiration until the
doctor arrived.
Dr. Locke Robinson, college
physician, arrived after a few
minutes and pronounced Grif
fin dead, from heart failure.
There was an insufficient
amount of water in the lungs
to point to drowning.
This is the first fatality in
the college pool, which has
seen open for four years.
Griffin was buried at Fruit-
and Monday afternoon. A
number of the students and
faculty attended the funeral.
Haynes Brown
Receives G.O.P.
Special Honor
Young Republican Party Re
quests Permission To
Use Letter
Haynes Brown, Laurel editor,
recently receivel unusual publicity
when the Young Republican Club
requested permission to quote
from a letter written by him.
Brown, a leader in the “Lan-
don for President” club, received
this distinction when he wrote to
the committee in New York City
asking for material for a debate.
They replied by long distance tele
phone requesting permission to
quote the letter on the Landon
Hour, over the N. B. C. hookup.
Haynes Brown, who is not only
editor of the yearbook, but a Eu
thalian oficer and president of the
Tennessee club won a medal for
(intercollegiate debating last year
.The request for information was
for the Euthalian Anniversary de
bate, in which he takes part.
When interviewed Brown said,
“Its not that I’d vote for Landon
as that I’d vote against Roosevelt.
I’d indorse Shirley Temple if she
were to oppose him.”
The Landon Hour comes on
daily at 4:30 P. M. over an N. B.
C. hookup, including station
WWNC.
604 Students
Mark Largest
Enrollment Yet
Representatives Of Twenty-
Two States And Three
Nations Here
360 NEW STUDENTS
North Carolina Contributes
450 From Ninety-Four
Counties
Hilltop Staff Is
Elected For 1936
By The Students
^Click** Elliott And John
Chapman Assume Man
agerial Posts
Writes On Public Affairs In
Harpers; Gives, Candid
Opinions
[Entire 1937 Staff
Chosen For Laurel
For interesting reading we ad
vise the September issue of Harp
ers. In it is an article, “The Bonus
That Was Earned,” by Gerald
W. Johnson. Mr. Johnson, a for
mer Mars Hill student, attending
the college in 1907-1908, is now
associate editor of the Baltimore
(Continued on page 3)
Editor Announces Letting Of
Contracts For Printing
And Engraving
“ iMPHITHEATER NEARS COMPLETION
- BE USED FOR PLAY FOUNDERS DAY
If you’re wondering just what
is shirtless band of pick-swing-
s is, that seems to congreate
ery afternoon under your win-
'W at Melrose, here’s your
iswer. No; it is not the Madison
unty chain gang but merely Mr.
Ison’s gang, and it is these boys
10 are largely responsible for
my campus improvements which
ve been made recently,
y Most notable among the im-
ovements is perhaps the Amphi-
sater which is located behind
1 administration building. Al-
lugh this project has not been
' ilt in a day, it has been in the
icess for only several months,
e most recent addition to this
been the completion and
issing of the middle section of
stage and seats. If sufficient do.
fcions can be secured for the
purpose within a month or so the
back section of the stage will be
lined with shrubbery. At present
the seating capacity of the out
door theater is 700. The pick and
shovel gang is starting within a
few days on the wing sections in
hope that they can be finished
before the winter weather sets in.
The addition of these sections will
bring the total seating capacity up
to about 1,400.
Mr. Tilson’s gang has also grad
ed a new athletic field, which they
hope to have grassed in a month’s
time.
The group, which is made up of
students helping to pay their ex
penses is at present engaged in
landscaping some of the land
around both Brown and Melrose
Dormitories.
(Continued on page 4)
The completed staff for the
1937 Laurel has been announced
by Haynes Brown, editor of the
yearbook. The nucleus of the
staff, Haynes Brown, editor;
Boyd Ray, business manager; and
William K. Russell, advertising
manager, were elected by the stu
dent body last year. The following
were chosen to complete the
staff: associate editors, A1 B.
Wester, Jr., Homer Allen, and Lu
cille Smith; literary editor, Beryl
Stoker; feature editor, Mildred
Lea Spoon; athletic editor, Ed.
Hurst; and snap-shot editor, Sam
Long.
The printing contract has been
given to the Knoxville Litho
graphing Company, and the en
graving contract to the Pictorial
Engraving Company of Charlotte,
N. C.
It is the aim of the staff to
publish an annual that will last
through the years, and one of
which the class of ’37 will be
proud.
In the elections held in chapel
recently the student body voted
to elect Hubert Elliott as editor
and John Chapman as managing
editor of the Hilltop, student pub
lication. Elliott defeated Mary
Brunson, acting editor, in the elec
tion, and Chapman was unapposed.
Other officers elected were: As
sociate editor, Gloria Regan, busi
ness manager, James Randelman,
and circulation manager, Victor
Workman.
Hubert Elliott, of Edenton, was
managing editor of the Hilltop in
(Continued on page 3)
Reports from the registrar’s of
fice point to the largest enroll
ment of students in any time in
the history of Mars Hill College.
Over 600 students are enrolled in
the college and Academy classes.
Of this number 360 students are
C-l’s. A number of the C-2 class
however are on Mars Hill’s Cam
pus for the first time, or are re
turning after an absence of a year
or more.
The students represent twenty-
two states and three foreign
countries. The countries repre
sented are Cuba, Russia, and Bra
zil. The states from which stu
dents come are: North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Tennessee, Virginia, Ken tucky,
Massachusetts, New York, Illinois,
Texas, West Virginia, Pennsyl
vania, Missouri, Alabama, Mary
land, New Jersey, Michigan,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Connecti
cut, and the District of Columbia.
In the state of North Carolina
alone ninety-four counties are
represented, covering most of the
state. Counties with more than ten
students here are: Madison 62,
Buncombe 58, Wake 19, Yancey,
14, Mitchell 14, Mecklenburg 14,
Gaston, 13, Haywood 12, and For
sythe Jl.
Returning from last year are
186 C-2s, or about one-third of
the total enrollment.
If we were to delve into the
figures to some depth we would
find that the students represent,
at a Baptist college, sixteen re
ligious preferences.
The Baptists leads with 487
members. The Methodists and
Presbyterians come second and
third with 61 and 27 respectively.
After the big three come Catholic,
Episcopal, and Christian with five,
three, and three in each case.
Several have two representatives,
Moravin, Brethern, and Congre
gational.
VERNON E. WOOD RULES FAVORITE
AS FALL SWEEPSTAKES DRAW NEAR
For each 40c the United States
is receiving, it is spending $1.00
reports a statistician. Of course
there’s no profit in it but just
think of the turnover.
According to the Mars Hill
Bucket Shop odds on “Booger”
Wood have risen from 3-7 to 4-3
after he tore off a fast ten yards
jetween the science lecture room
and his gas-buggy. Since an
nouncement of the annual “Fall
Sweepstakes” odds have continual-
y risen on the Wood side. At first
considered to have only an out
side chance he has rapidly risen in
be betting, and today rules
favorite to cop first place.
“Newshound” McLeod, No. 2
man on the Wood-McLeod team,
bids fair to come in second, and
if improvement continues, to beat
Wood out of first place. McLeod
has been working out under wraps
for the past few days and shows
marked improvement in style. His
leg work and timing continues to
improve and he is polishing off as
barrier time approaches.
“Preacher” Sams, No. 1 chal
lenger, was observed circling the
Bull Ring seevral times last week,
and was clocked at 30 seconds.
“Just improving my wind,” he
said when questioned.
“Beowulf” Huff constitutes the
dark horse” element in the race,
remaining until the present an un
known quanttiy. Several secret
practice sessions have been held
from which the press was barred,
so we have no dope on his con
dition. The sharpness of the
curves and the dry weather both
favor his style however, and he
may spring a surprise.
Latest odds and changes in them
are:
V. E. Wood 3-7 to 4-3, caused
by public sprint from class to car.
(Continued on page 3)