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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 17, 1936.
NO. 6
CAMPUS
ARAGRAPHICS
Christmas Carols sung by a
3up compos-eci of Professor S. 0.
entham’s Sunday School class,
>nday evening, were delight-
ly heard by students and towns-
)ple. The singers, in old English
hion, moved about the campus,
i in the village, lifting up their
ces in praise of the Prince of
tee.
Lieberman Wins First
At Strawberry Leaf
Nineteen Make Trip Entering
All Contestsf Morgan Best
Debater.
GIFTS
According to the December,
16, issue of the Quarterly, gifts
ounting to nearly $10,000,
re been given to Mars Hill by
mini, friends, faculty, and or
iizations. Encoui-aging is the
fs from Professor Hoyt Black
1, Endowment Program direc
that the first hundred thous
of the five hundred thousand
ar goal set to be obtained in
! years, is virtually in sight.
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DECORATIONS
hvaling the magnificent Yule
decorations of cities. Mars
presents a picture of beauty
ler festive dress. With every
e in town in gala ai'ray, the
IS of citizens dotted with
iantly lighted Christmas trees,
the lobbies of the dormitories
her carrying out the spirit
atmosphere is one of en-
itedness.
AWNINGS
he remodeling of Roy’s Cafe,
:h led to the destruction of the
ninety tin awning that sprout-
? >ut across the sidewalk in un-
ming fashion, has shown to all
what an improvement it would
f all the same type of awn-
reminiscent of the Western
tier, were removed. Rumor
it that the city fathers will
elhs an ordinance to this effect.
ORGANIZED
[Ol* representing Guilford,
lance. Person and Orange
ties met Monday, December
ind formed a sectional club.
Returning with a first place, a
souvenir gavel, and a flock of
promises to write, the nineteen
students who made the trip to
Winthrop College arrived on the
campus again Saturday night, De
cember 5, at 9 p. m. They reported
that they had the largest entry list
of any of the twenty-seven col
leges competing. The Strawberry
Leaf Speech Tournament, an an
nual affair, was attended by ap
proximately 150 students from
twenty-seven colleges in eight
states. Winthrop College, with its
1,314 girls provided the scene of
the competition lasting December
3, 4, and 5.
Mars Hill entered eight boys:
G. G. Morgan, Bill Flemming,
Haynes Brown, Robert Bellinger,
Clarence Sinclair, Ed. Spangler,
Boyd Ray, Harold Robinson, and
four girls: Lillian Linney, Doro
thy Walker, Frances Summerlin,
and Ruby Hopkins in the debating
contest. Jane Pope in the poetry
I'eading, Charles Weaver in the
oration contest, Boyd Ray, and
Frances Summerlin in the im
promptu contests, John Chapman
in the extempore, and Eddie Lie-
berraan in the after-dinner con
test.
An informal reception was held
Thursday night, and a formal one
Friday when Winthrop and Dart
mouth College were wedded. Char
les Weaver represented Mars Hill
in the wedding. In a limerick con
test John Chapman won a half-
pound box of candy, but was un
able to pi'eserve it intact. Friday
night, in the after-dinner speakers’
contest, Eddie Lieberman won a
first place, being the choice of all
three judges.
Saturday morning, G. G. Mor
gan was entered in the Best De-
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Flat Rock-Swain High
Win Contest Gups
Thirty-One Schools In West
ern North Carolina Enter
Annual Contest
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following officers were elect-
Victor Workman, president;
ita Waugh, (vice president;
•ed Lea Spoon, secretary;
m Newman, treasurer, and
I K. Shelton, reporter. Coach
:rson was elected sponsor.
CUP
the Library a silver loving
bearing the inscription, “S
Press Assn. Awarded to
p. Best Newspaper, 1932,”
ind Ing displayed. It is to be
that a trophy case will be
led for similar awards to
IS organizations.
GRANDCHILDREN
m year to year former stu-
send their sons and daugh-
their Alma Mater to fur-
their studies. This year a
of 48 have enrolled at Mars
•epresenting, some of them,
ream of the crop on the
s.
VISITORS
ing the recent holiday, en-
by all at Thanksgiving, sev-
indred visitors were hei’e to
1 friends, their children, the
or to attend the Anniver-
jogram of the Euthalian Lit-
iociety.
Nonpareils Fete Eus
With Fine Reception
Administration Building Is
Scene of Festivities; Dec
orated For Holidays.
Elizabeth Drake, of Flat Rock
High school and Fletcher Andrews,
of Swain County High School were
the winners in the finals of the
Readers and Declaimers Contest
held here December 11 and 12.
The contest, an annual feature
sponsored by Mars Hill College,
for High Schools of Western North
Carolina was under the direction
of Assistant Dean, Ralph M. Lee.
The contest this year in which
34 schools were represented, mark
ed the eleventh year that such a
contest has been held here. Each
year invitations are extended to
high schools in 20 counties in
Western North Carolina, each
school being entitled to enter two
contestants, one boy in the De
claimers Contest and one girl in
the Readers Contest. A Silver Lov
ing cup on which the name of the
contestant and his school is en
graved, is awarded to the winner
of each contest, to be held by the
wnning school for one year.
The cup awarded this year to
Miss Drake becomes the perma
nent property of her school since
this is the second year in succes
sion that the representative of that
school in the Readers Contest has
been winner. This cup was won
last year by Miss Ruth Hall. The
Declaimers cup last year was won
by Lee Suttles, of Wilkesboro.
SEVENTEEN DAYS OF REST NOW
WORK BEGINS AGAIN JANUARY 4,
Candlelight Service
Given By Glee Club
Christmas Service Given In
Church Sunday Night
By Glee Club.
State Board Names
Six New Trustees
E. F. Watson of Burnsville
Again President of the
Board of Trustees.
a
Honor was paid the Euthalians
Saturday night, December 5th
when their sisters, the Nonparei
Literary Society, gave them
well-attended reception in the
Robert Lee Moore Hall. The
guests were entertained through
out the evening by varied pro
grams taking place in both society
halls.
The lobby and halls were at
tractively decorated with ever
greens, and red and green ribbons.
Two Christmas trees hung with
lights, brightened the two halls,
and added to the holiday atmos
phere. The lobby was arranged
as a garden, with trees and
shrubs about, and rustic benches
placed at strategic spots.
The guests, upon entering, were
welcomed by a receiving line,
after which they assembled in the
halls upstans. The musical part
of the program included vocal so
los by Bill Poteat, Henry Clay
Edwards and Mrs. James Ramsey,
and piano solos by Emmett Davis,
Lois Stringfield, and Evelyn Han
cock. Additional features were a
double quartet, a saxaphone solo
by Powell Nanney, a violin solo
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The Baptist State Convention,
which met at the First Baptist
Church in Durham November 10,
12, appointed the following to fill
vacancies in the Board of Trus
tees of Mars Hill College : Mi-s.
Rush Stroup, Shelby; C. M. Wall,
Lexington; C. M. Palmer, Albe
marle; Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Gas
tonia; W. T. Myers, Winston-
Salem; and D. C. May, Durham.
The following, whose terms ex
pired ths year, were reappointed:
E. F. Watson, Burnsville, presi
dent of the Board; J. B. Efird,
Charlotte; and the Rev. W. L.
Griggs, Charlotte.
The Board is composed of 25
trustees in all, the new members
being appointed on the recommen
dation of the old members.
Sunday evening, December 13
at 7:30 o’clock, the glee club and
string ensemble of the college pre
sented a Christmas candlelight
service in the church. Entering
with burning candles as their only
light the glee club took their
places singing an eighth century
Gregorian melody, “O Come, O
Come, Emmanuel,” as the proces
sional.
Sarah Woody, Polly Hartzell,
and Lucille Smith, then sang “No
Candle was There and No Fire,”
composed by Lehman. Still in can
dlelight the glee club then sang
“Silent Night” as arranged by
Gruber-Wetzel, while the echo
choir answered from the darkness.
After a prayer, by Pastor Lynch,
the congregation joined in sing
ing three Christmas hymns.
The string ensemble, composed
of Mervin Oakes, Charles Reid,
Mrs. Spencer B. King, James Saw
yer, Francis Harris, Fred Taylor,
and Mary Stringfield, played “Lo,
How a Rose E’er Blooming,” by
Praetorivs. The remainder of the
program was divided into sections
depicting the Christmas story. The
sections were: The Annunciation,
The Shepherds, and The Manger.
Billy Poteat, Billy Eaton, and Eliz
abeth Lee sang “The Annuncia
tion,” 13th century Bearnais air.
The string ensemble played the
Prelude from “Lohengrin,” by
Wagner, following which the echo
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All Cuts Before and After
Holidays To Count
Double.
FACULTY UNFAIR
Dr. Wm. Powell Hale to Read
The Christmas Carol
Tonight.
Manag. Editor Quits;
Strife Stirs The Staff
Elliott and Chapman Come
to Parting of Wa^ s; Dis
agreement Splits Accord.
Euthalians Vote For
Watts As New Head
The Euthalians elected Walter
M. Watts, Jr. president in the elec
tion of officers held on Friday
evening, December 4. Bill Russell
received the vice-presidency and
Robert Jordan the position of re
cording secretary.
The other officers are as fol
lows: French McCain, censor;
Billy Eaton, chaplain; Emmett
Davis, English critic; G. G. Mor
gan, expression critic; John Chap
man, debate critic; Durwood Mur-
I’ay, collector; Dupuy Seers, pian
ist; Exum Griffin, chorister; James
Randleman, reporter; A1 McLen
don, time keeper; Ben Favel, li-
irarian.
Strife stirred the staff of the
Hilltop, Mars Hill college student
publication, as the news of the
resignation of the managing edi
tor, John Chapman, was made
public. Chapman gave up his po
sition on the staff after a stormy
session with the editor in which
epithets flew back and forth with
machine gun rapidity. No reason
for the resignation was given ex
cept the terse statement from
Chapman that it “. . . was for the
good of the general staff, and to
bring about peace.”
Chapman was elected managing
editor at the beginning of the term
when the students unanimously
supported him for the position.
Editor Elliott, when questioned
as to the cause of the dismissal de
murred to make a statement, say
ing, “It pains me very much. I can
say no more.”
J. A. McLeod, faculty advisor,
when approached said, “The de
tails are still a mystery to me, but
the general gist of it, as I see it,
is that they couldn’t agree. They
have had several clashes before,
but this one was evidently much
worse than the others. I do not
know the cause of their rupture.”
Other members of the staff re
fused to make statements, or
claimed to know nothing of the
difficulty.
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Beginning at 11:15 A. M., Fri
day, December 18th, and ending
at 1:00 p. m., Monday, January
4th, the Christmas holidays this
year last 17 days, an increase
over previous years. This gives
the students a full week to get
home for Christmas, and a full
week to recuperate and get back
before class work starts, with one
or two days in between. Several
of the students will, as in years
past, get a running start Thurs
day and be well on their way, if
not home Friday. The faculty, in
session convened, invoked strict
laws, however, I'egarding cuts and
changing classes. An absence
counts double both before and af
ter the holidays. Students may
change sections to leave eaxdy if
they wish, and can arrange it with
the teachers, but no special sec
tions, or tests are to be given.
Thus say the cruel faculty, com
pelling hundreds to champ under
the bit for 24 more hours.
For those remaining over Thurs
day night, until the official “go”
is given. Dr. William Powell Hale,
of Carson Newman college will
read Dicken’s “Christmas Carol.”
For those who have heard him.
Dr. Hale is a treat twice repeated,
and for those that hear him for
the first time he is a treat in the
inception, according to former stu
dents that were here when he read
the carol before. This immortal
classic from the pen of a master
is read annually throughout the
nation at the Christmas season,
and Mars Hill is unusually fortu
nate in getting so fine an imper
sonator as Dr. Hale to read it for
her.
Classwork starts at 1 p. m.,
Monday, January 4, and all stu
dents must meet their classes. For
those fortunate few who have no
Monday afternoon classes, Tues
day, 8:15 a. m., is the deadline.
Following close upon the return
to school comes the final examina
tions, the week of January 17th.
The second semester begins Jan
uary 25th. Registration is Satur
day the 23rd.
Till then: Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year, from The
Hilltop.
Knight Is President
In Phi Election.
The Philomathian Literary So
ciety selected John Knight, of
Jesup, Georgia, as president for
the next term. As vice-president,
they chose John Yelton, with
Jarnes Powell as recording secre
tary.
The other officers are: Corre
sponding secretary, Joe Prevette;
censor. Bill Kennedy; chaplain,
William Baites; English and Ex
pression critic, Charles Weaver;
dues collector, Wayne Oates; fine
collector, Ed. Spangler; janitor,
Clifford Brown; pianist, Clyde
Carr; ‘librarian, William Terry;
reporter, Charles Reid; treasurer,
James Gann; marshals, Richard
Mansfield and Clarence Sinclair.