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PRESIDENT SPEAKS
R- L. Moore spoke over
WNC, Asheville, October 1st up
Vi i Madison County, in connection
ith the salute of the counties
onsored by the broadcasting sta
> )n and the Asheville Citizen.
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TSK, TSK, MABEL!
■"Miss Mabel Starnes, Raleigh,
"lo conducted a study course here
cently, remarked during one of
e classes, “Some of the houses
have had to eat.” Good for the
?estion, no doubt!
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ORR MAKES GOOD
Mark T. Orr, Brevard, former
inaging editor. Hilltop, a stu
nt at U. N. C. was paid a glow-
r compliment by the Tri-County
tws, Spruce Pine, where he
•ved as assistant editor this sum-
^r. We quote from the article:
/hether he continues in news-
z=per work or goes into some
ler line, when he finishes at the
I iversity he is certain to make
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G. G. Morgan Chosen
As Senior President
In Annual Elections
G. G. MORGAN
Billie Poteat Heads C-ls And
John Bowden The Acad-
demy Class
ALUMNI VISIT CAMPUS
3Id grads seen on the campus
ently include: Dorothy Early
I Miriam Early, Winston-Salem;
rl Brockman, Gastonia; Lillian
itehurst, Marshall; John Cor-
t, Shelby; Charles Hurst, Ar-
; Jim Murrell, Newport, Tenn.;
_:ry Ward, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
;;;'bert Sebren, Dortha Morgan,
"old Scruggs, Asheville; and
ty Moore, Statesville.
CAMP JOE
hvilian Conservation Corps
ip No. 3424 located just out
he city limits, is named Camp
in honor of Joe, the slave,
m by the contracters of the
building built at Mars Hill in
6 as a guarantee of the $1200
: due them.
The leaders of the classes for
the coming year were decided up
on in three separate elections
which took place during the chapel
period Thursday, October 8. The
C-2s meeting in the Church elect
ed G. G. (Bob) Morgan as presi
dent of the senior class. Walter
Watts gained the vice-presidency
and Boyd Ray was picked for sec
retary. R. M. Lee, last year spon
sor for the class, was unanimous-
y reelected. The other sponsor
chosen was Mrs. S. B. King.
The C-ls holding a lively elec
;ion in the Auditorium picked Bill
Poteat for their president. The
vice-presidency went to Frances
Ward and Austin Loving was
elected secretary - treasurer. No
sponsors were chosen.
The academy students assem
bled in the science lecture room
and chose the following officers:
president, John Bowden; vice-
president, Martha Ellen; secretary
Bill Haynes; reporter. Bill Car
michel.
Considerable interest was appar
ent on the part of the students
in the election this year as they
met for the perennial duty of
selecting their representatives
The officers accepted their posi
tions with due respect of the re
sponsibility involved and pledged
to do their best in their new ca
pacity.
SANKEY L BLANTON
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Cautions Students To Hold
Fast To Learning; Stres
ses Remember’*
PAGEANT IS GIVEN
Hundreds Of Old Students
Return To Scenes
Of Schooldays
God has given us memory
that we may have roses in Jan-
!«• ....
uary' ”, with these words from Sir
Heads C-II Class
Robert Lee Moore has faithfully
served Mars Hill for forty years
of continuous progress.
College Represented
At Teachers’ Meet
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-irector Bonnie Wengert of the
ression Department, who is an
mt booster of the Hilltop has
)mplete file of every Hilltop
ted.
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CAMERA CONSCIOUS
ore than ever, the campus is
3ra conscious. Kodak lovers
! seen everywhere Pounders’
snapping shots of the Pag
, football game, and other in^
sting happenings.
College Founding Is
Depicted In Pageant
Expression Students To Pre
sent Play, *^The Import
ance of Being Earnest”
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CRUTCHLESS
'ofessor John A. McLeod, gen-
dvisor to the Hilltop, has dis-
his crutches, and is sport
s' cane. Mr. Mac was hurt a
days prior to our opening, in
eck in South Carolina.
IN DEMAND
)fessor Hoyt Blackwell is pop-
as a speaker before various
meetings. Mr. Blackwell is
antly on the go, speaking
-imes at three or four places
e day.
.mars hill to BE
represented
:s Hill will be well represent-
(Continued on page 2)
Scenes of the founding of
French Broad Institute lived again
Saturday when Miss Wengert and
the Dramatic Club presented the
pageant of Mars Hill for the
Founders’ Day program. The pag
eant, written by Dr. Pierce of the
English Department, and Miss
Wengert several years ago was
presented in part. The information
included in the pageant is all au
thentic and traces the college
from the French Broad Institute
of 1866 to Mars Hill College of
the present. Those taking part in
the pageant, and the characters
they played, were: Mary Lee Ear
nest, Spirit of Mars Hill; Martha
Beck, Spirit of Education; Boyd
Ray, who gave the prologue; G.
G. Morgan, Rev. Wm. Keith; Har
old Robinson, Edward A. Carter;
eonard Carter and Dorothy Walk
er, Seekers of Knowledge; Alfred
Wester and Beryl Stoker, Educa
tion; Austin Loving, C. J. Eller,
William Fleming, Richard Huff,
A. C. Dixon, Joe Thomas, James
Powell, and John Knight, Trustees.
Those who represented the various
branches of training received,
were: Martha Ellen, Edwin Spears,
Mary Brunson, Eugene Conatzer,
Lucille Beam, Haynes Brown, Al
fred Adams, John Chapman, Mil-
(Continued on page 3)
Mars Hill was well represented
by alumni, student groups, and
faculty at the Fourteenth Annual
Convention of the Teachers of
Western North Carolina, held in
Asheville at the Lee Edwards High
School Thursday, Friday, .jud Sat
urday of this week.
Presiding over the general ses
sions was Dr. H. T. Hunte- presi
dent of W. C. T. C., an alunmus of
Mars Hill.
Dr. Moore was honored, time
after time, at the convention. An
honored guest at the banquet held
Friday night. Dr. Moore, also,
spoke before a large group con
cerning Mathematics.
Dean I. N. Carr attended the
meeting, leading a discussion at
one of the sessions.
Assistant Dean Ralph Lee and
Mrs. Nona Moore Roberts served
as officers of the Social Science
group, and the Higher Educn.tion
group respectively.
Thursday and Friday night,
members of the Dramatic Club
figured prominently in the elabo
rate pageant staged depicting a
history of education -n Western
North Carolina.
(Continued on page 3)
R. L. Moore Enters
His Fortieth Year
Of Steady Service
Founders’ Day ushered in the
fortieth year of the presidency of
Mars Hill college by Dr. R L
Moore. Coming to the school in
1897 he has been serving in that
capacity continuously since, and is
now the oldest college president,
m point of service, in the state.
hen he accepted the position in
1897 Mars Hill college was a small
struggling school in an almost iso
lated section of Madison county.
Mrs. Moore was a bride of two
years. The trustees, who until this
time assumed the financial respon
sibility of the college, turned the
institution over to the new presi
dent with the instructions that he
fix ^ rates, employ teachers, and
maintain the school generally.
James Barrie, Rev. Sankey L.
Blanton opened his Founders’ Day
address on “Remember”.
The occasion was the eightieth
birthday of Mars Hill College, Sat
urday, October 10.
“Good memory,” he said, “is
not possible without a good for-
getter.” He stressed the fact that
memory consists of keeping the
good and forgetting the evil. “I do
not propose to forget however,”
he said, “the bloody days of 1914-
1918.”
“If you have two Joaves of
bread, he said in the words of
Mohammed, “sell one and buy
some flowers, for the loaf will
feed the body, and the flowers will
feed the soul.”
Some years the president’s share
of the income after all the ex
penses were met was as little as
$25. When the college was suf
ficiently well established financial
ly, President Moore returned the
control to the board of trustees,
continuing to accept for himself
only a meagre salary, a part of
which he always donated for some
(Continued on page 2)
Again and again he said in one
form or another, “forgive and for
get” and again, “remember.” He
recalled how, back over twenty
years he only remembered the fine
and noble things, forgetting the
sordid.
“Make a life a high adventure,”
le challenged, “let the worst come
to the worst~we still have sires
;hat faced the worst, and out of
their difficulties gained greater
fame.”
When we put our hand to the
plow and it trembles, we must re-
(Continued on page 2)
Blackwell Remarks
On Endowment Plans
CAMPUS HONOR CLUBS PREPARE
FOR INTENSIVE FALL SEASON
The various Clubs on the cam
pus are starting out this year with
a good representation of both old
and new members, as well as a full
schedule of interesting activities.
After making an excellent show
ing on Founders’ Day the Glee
Club is planning a variety of pro
grams for the future. The first of
these took place in Asheville on
the 17th of this month when the
Club presented a thirty minute
program before the Western Divi
sion of the North Carolina Teach
ers’ Association.
The officers of the Club are:
president. Woody Wall; secretary,
Lucy Whitaker; treasurer, Mrs.
Warren Taylor; business manager.
Bill Poteat; librarians, Sara Brun
son and Billie Eaton.
In addition to eighteen old mem-
>ers, the Club has in its enroll
ment the following: Elizabeth Lee,
Tanya Koratune, Mrs. Warren
Taylor, Marjorie Baker, Rebecca
Hollowell, Lena Shermer, Inez
Coggins, Margaret Chandler, Pearl
Chatham, Catherine Carter, Mar
garet Whitfield, Anne Martin,
Betty Elliott, Marie Powers, Fran
ces Ward, Martha Stroup, Virgin
ia Carver, Cecil Adderholdt, Fran
cis Harris, Hubert Elliott, John
Marr, Eleanor Cashwell, Sarah
Moss, Miriam Tuten, Pauline Hart-
sell, Louise Moore, Helen Kirk,
Josephine Yokeley, Robert Ash
worth, William Poteat, Guy Little,
Clyde Tilson, Emmett Davis, Wal
ter Watts, Ralph Millis, J esse G.
Moore, and Mervin Oakes.
The Ministerial Conference,
with Joe Parsons as president, and
Warren Taylor, secretary, is well
represented by the following new
students: John Ball, Glenn Cagle,
(Continued on page 4)
Over $65,000 Received First
Year Of Program, Hopes
Are High
In his annual report to the col
lege at Founders’ Day, Professor
Hoyt Blackwell expressed optimism
at the results of the enlargement
and endowment program. He
stressed the sacrifices made by
our modern patrons and reviewed
and compared them with the sac
rifices made by our founders and
contributors through the years.
The continued sacrifices of our
friends will continue in action he
said, , . . Until the college is
equipped as the one who made us
wills it.”
“We are looking to you!” he
declared, “the 600 students;
“We are looking to you!—the
thousands out in the world;
“We are looking to you!—the
yet unseen and unborn host, to
carry on the work.”
The endowment program, he an
nounced, brought in over $65,000
during the last year, which was
the first year of its being. “Fur
thermore,” he continued, “it is
gaining momentum every day!”
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