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KING
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^ g^reatly beloved
’ ^ian, the mother of three Mars
graduates, was; **R. L. Moore,
p” During her lifetime she re
ed to Dr. Moore as a “King of
EU’S TO CELEBRATE FORTY-FIFTH AIMVF^
‘‘Link Up With Life,
Says I. G. Greer
What! No Plums?
Speaker Vividly Impresses
Student Body at Thanks
giving Services.
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s
QUIET
red Dickerson, assistant coach,
comes to Mars Hill with a
ndid record, has impressed a
■t number of students with his
t, unpossessing manner. Coach
:erson will have charge of the
ity basketball team this year.
ATTRACTION
I dyked out in a red and white
ume, sporting a dazzling red
with a fluffy white plume,
i Dentyne, was the center of
action on the campus for a
f while last Thursday. The
ig lady was giving away
pies of this popular brand of
ving gum.
retires
r. Zeno Wall, Shelby, the fath-
f a Mars Hill student. Woody
I, and himself a former stu-
, has retired from thd presi-
y of the state Baptist conven-
Dr. William Louis Poteat,
u’able, lovable gentleman of
:e Forest, is the new president.
ILLUSTRATOR
snial Miss Nona (Mrs. Rob
“Life, the most important thing
in the world,” was the theme of
the address made by I. G. Greer,
Thoniasville, superintendent of
the Mills Home, at the chapel hour
that featured the traditional ob
servance of Thanksgiving Day at
Mars Hill.
For years the college has ob
served the day in what is consid-
eied one of the most picturesque
and colorful occasions of the
school year, and one that is in
keeping with the spirit of Mars
Hill.
The new student at Mars Hill is
usually deeply impressed with this
Thanksgiving tradition. Early in
the morning the silence of the
hills was broken by the strains of
hymns and patriotic songs, such as
“C o m e Ye Thankful People,
Come,” “Rejoice Ye Pure In
Heart, as a chorus of trained
singers dressed as pilgrims and
Indians solemnly strolled through
the dawn about the campus and
in the village.
At breakfast, this same group
led the students and teachers in
singing “Praise God Prom Whom
All Blessings Plow.” After break
fast the Indians or Pilgrims were
not seen until the chapel hour. At
the eleven o’clock assembly the
group again appeared at the rear
of the auditorium and marched
A1 Wester Presides
Simplicity—the Character^
istic of the Truly Great,'*
Is Theme.
Readers Contest To
Draw Large Number
Eleventh Annual Literary
Meet Marked By Increas
ed Entry List.
The eleventh annual readers and
. . I declaimers contest for the high
singing down the central aisle to schools of Western North Caro-
the rostrum—stalwart men in lina, sponsored by Mars Hill Col-
kneebreeches, broad-brimmed hats lege, will be held here December
with bright buckles, carrying guns; 11-12.
aresses, quaint caps and collars of ties of Wp«!+pvti n
white. car,ji„, Bibles or >eadi„ J Sed to parS:
g^oun^of ^ the contest. Each sch^ool is en-
group of Indian men and women titled to enter two students one
with one or two Indian children, boy in the declaimers contest and
These took their places on the Lup onri contest and
platform, which was appropriately Llreadf sevet^
adorned with Thanksgiving deco- To th f
--r* , ^ Aave sent in the names of their
We Present
The Facts
rations, where they remained dur
ing the program.
daughter of our president,! prefaced his remarks
!c French classes are “heaped “Young people, you are pre
pressed down, and running | here some of the ideals
impresses her students by ^
frequent illustrations vividly
ted to the lesson or personal then went on to say, “Noth-
tion. Like some nreachers important unless it is linked
Nona has no “Book of IlS
ons For Platform Use,” but . harmony with the
nds upon actual experience
ler striking examples selves up with life,” he continued.
—0— ’ “Your orphanage offers a
NOT A POET! I channel through which you
I a reply from Gerald John- huinan life and its
"08, Baltimore Sun editorial- orphanage is a great
>0 the Editor of the Hnito„
had requested that he hV environment.” j
■ive best original poems for L f^’®ssmg the impor-|
compilation of a “Mars mil , T.T
® Greer concluded his address by
quoting, “Inso much as ye do it
unto the last of these, ye do it
unto Me.”
The tabulation of the student
and faculty gift to the Mills Home
was made, running into several
hundred dollars. As the pilgrims
and Indians left the auditorium
singing, the audience stood and
was dismissed by the Rev. E. L.
Cashwell, of Gastonia.
ology , he said: “I am an
fst and biographer, not a
’ At least, there’s one writer
lays no claim to poetic prow-
—0—
SNOW
at winter is really here was
M to the students Sunday a
ago when it snowed all day
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representatives. The name of
each contestant, with a copy of
his or her declamation or reading,
has to be filed with the local com
mittee at the college before the
contest date.
Last year 34 schools participat
ed in the contest. Miss Ruth Hall
of Flat Rock, was the winner of
the readers cup, and Lee Suttle,
of Wilkesboro, was the winner of
the declaimers cup. A silver lov
ing cup with the name of the con
testant and his or her school en
graved thereon is awarded the
winner in each contest. This cup
may be held by the winning
school for one year. If any school
wins the cup two years in succes
sion, it becomes the permanent
property of the school.
Interest in the contest has
grown greater each year of the
eleven years the contest has been
held. This year’s entry list, ac
cording to Professor R. M. Lee,
who is general director of the con
test, will be the largest ever.
The participants and chaperons
will be given free tickets to the
moving picture “Green Pastures,”
to be shown here December 12.
(Editorial)
Recently in a front page story,
Editor Archie McMillan of the
Old Gold and Black, Wake Forest
College weekly, replies to our edi
torial “Please Explain!” that we
printed on our editorial page in
the October issue. Editorially we
had asked Mr. McMillan t6’please
explain what was meant by the
statement in the October 10 issue
of his paper that read: “The de
nomination has not contributed
one cent to Wake Forest during
the last four years. In the same
period Wake Forest Alumni have
helped raise $82,072.19 annually
for Christian education, all of
which went to institutions like
Meredith, Mars Hill, and Camp-
bell.”
We showed facts that Mars HiL
had only received $1840 from the
Baptist State Convention for Min
isterial Education. We then asked
how much Wake Forest ministeria.
students had received during this
period, and how much of the $82,-
072.19 was contributed by Mars
Hill alumni
We quote from the Old Gold
and Black: “Mr. Elliott writes
that Mars Hill has received no
help as an institution, but has
been given by the Baptist State
Convention only allowances for
ministerial students there. This
sum, he affirms, amounts to ‘ex
actly $1,840 . . . during the past
four years.’ According to records
from Raleigh, the college in the
hills has been given $5,035.14 in
the last year, $10,520.29 in the
last four years, and $35,522.26 in
the last six years.”
This statement was backed by
an official financial statement is
sued by Mr. M. A. Huggins, gen
eral secretary, Raleigh, that was
printed in The Biblical Recorder,
July 1, 1936.
Checking further at our office
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Saturday evening, November 28,
the Euthalian Literary Society
will celebrate its forty-fifth anni
versary with a public program.
Many former Euthalians and Non
pareils will return to the campus
for the occasion.
Building their a n n i v ersary
around the theme Simplicity-—the
Characteristic of the Truly Great,
the^ Euthalians will present a
varied program of orations,
declamations, debate, and music.
Of special interest is the debate
on social security. All four de
lators are former members of the
intercollegiate team, and are also
members of the team this year.
The debate, with such speakers as
William Fleming, James Randle-
man, Haynes Brown, and G. G.
Morgan, Jr., should be one of the
best non - intercollegiate debates
presented on the campus this year.
Officers chosen to preside for
the evening are: A1 B. Wester, Jr.,
president, and French McCain,
secretary. A1 Wester is also the
regular society president, with
Exum Griffin as regular secre
tary.
Marshals chosen for the oc
casion are: Durwood Murray,
chief, “Lena Abernathy, Billie Po
teat, Ruby Lineberger, William
Eaton, Mildred Mardin. These
marshals serve only for that eve
ning.
The program, other than de
bate, consists of two declamations,
by Exum Griffin and William
Russell; two orations, by Walter
Watts and John Chapman; and
special music by Emmett Davis,
Francis Harris, James Sawyer,
and Guy Little.
The Nonpariels will entertain
the Euthalians at a reception the
following Saturday, December 5.
The Euthalian Literary Society
was organized in 1891 when the
old Mars Hill .Literary Society
split to form two sections. The
members were chosen by lot, and
formed the competing Phis and
Eus.
Debaters to Compete
In Strawberry Meet
Forensic Squad to Argue at
Winthrop College On
Dec. 3-5.
The intercollegiate deb ating
;eam met competition for the first
/ime this season on Friday, No
vember 13 in a non-decision de
bate with Western Carolina
Teachers’ College.
Frances Summerlin and Ruby
Hopkins the women’s affirmative
team, and Bob Bellinger and
Haynes Brown the men’s negative
team, traveled with Professor J,
B. Huff to Cullowhee to represent
Mars Hill in the debate there.
Lillian Linney and Dorothy
Walker represented the women’s
negative team at Mars Hill, de
bating in the Chapel at 6:30 Fri-
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