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th of interesting campus events
progra be given over to excerpts
iing a “The Fool Hath Said," by
he aflrly Nichols).
Lewis
5 neg A FOOL
aitiss le fool hath said in his heart:
oke Ole is no God.
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ised bjPIRiTUAL ADVENTURE
irVingatistory is a record of strug-
ding. Progress is a parable of pain.
2tt Da every spiritual adventure
;et mai has advanced the soul of
Wall, has been a leap in the dark.”
aton. 0
tus. DOUBT
. Doubt is the touchstone of
n’s merit, the stepping stone
hich he may ’rise from his
Campus Religious Organiza
tions Start Second
Semester.
Speaks About Success IREUEF fund goes over the TOP;
BOTH TOWN AND COllEGE GIVE
Former Pastor Brings Stu
dents ^*Two Or Three
Thoughts.’*
Iself to higher things’.”
SCIENCE
hence is dancing dizzily to-
.—what? Well, wherever she
TT dancing, she is not danc-
A"ay fi’om the idea of a mir-
ElY IS interpretation of life. And
ver she is proving, she is
ig one immense and eter-
-irrefutable fact, which is
nan knows Nothing, without
dp of Something. The man
ith call^ that Something—
the man of Faith a fool?
ill
i’S
rs
drse he is a fool. Aren’t we
ut he is not such a fool as
an of doubt, because he
i his own folly.”
CAPITALISM
Oxford Group attitude to-
capitalism is given by Mr.
B as: “ ‘We’re not interested
omics, as such. We believe
most any economic system
prk, if the men who work
(filled with the spirit o
' We also believe that almost
:onomic system will fail if
an who work it reject
! That is why we do not at
apitalism. There is nothing
(italism to attack — you
as well “attack” the multi-
n table. The abuses of cap-
are not to be found in the
but in the hearts of men.
J men you must change, not
tern’.”
New officers of the Sunday
School and B. T. U., elected to
serve during this semester, took
office for the first time on Jan
uary 24.
Newly elected presidents of the
nine Sunday school classes are as
follows: Gideon, Robert Jordon;
Berean 1, Durwood Muray; Ber-
ean 2, Harold Robinson; Fearless
Fighters, Joe Prevette; Ever
Faithful, Edna Ray Allen; Ruth,
Edna Lou Moore; Workers at
Work, Dorothy Haigler; (Miss
Coon is taking Miss Rutherford’s
place as teacher of this class).
Volunteers for Christ, Violet
Keller; Gleaners, Versa Russell.
New presidents of the six B. Y.
P. U. unions are: Hustlers, John
McGee; John Lake, Crowell
Pierce; Elliott, Lucille Beare;
Apex, William Bates; Winnette,
David Shelton; Howard-Roper,
James Gann.
All officers of the Sunday I thing.
School and the B. T. U., are nom
inated by committees from the
various classes and unions, and
are then approved by the B. S. U.
council.
The citizens of Mars Hill, and the students and faculty of the col-
ege, responded wholeheartedly to the plea made by the Hilltop staff
for donations to the relief of the Ohio River valley flood sufferers.
‘Success is conquest, not be
1Flood RelTe/S,HXrtEnioS;
tei 01 Mars Hill College with a Editor, announced Thursday night
message of inspiration and advice, '
Rev. J. R. Owen, former pastor at
the college church and now pastor
at the French Broad Avenue Bap
tist Church in Asheville, brought
the students “two or three good
thoughts.”
Griffin Memorial
Planned In Laurel
A memorial to the late James
Lowell Griffin, student who died
Following a violin solo by Miss ^^^t fall, is to be dedicated
Guin, Dr. R. L. Moore introduced senior class. A full page
the speaker who replied with, “If opening section of the
you praise a young man of twenty, Laurel will be set aside in his
he blushes; if you praise a man ^ committee made up of
of forty, he thinks “That’s a fine following members of the
fellow”, if you praise a man of class has been appointed
sixty, he wonders what you want.”
Turning to his audience he
said, “I didn’t come to make a
speech.” He continued by remark
ing that half of the human fam
ily talks because they have some
thing to say, and the other half
because they want to say some-
to design the memorial: Lillian
Linney, A1 Wester and Joe Pre
vette.
Griffin came to Mars Hill as a
C-2 from Fruitland Institute
where he ranked high in student
activities. Although he spent but
a shoi't time here, his death was
deeply felt by students and
faculty.
“I want to say something,” he
said. “If I can bring two or three
good thoughts it will be a great Add Two to Faculty;
300 Books Are Added
To Montague Library
^^^TERED EVANGELISTS
•ve listened to a number of
ists who, from their own
, have been sunk deep in
e of sin, and always I was
itly forced to the condu
it they were flattering
^^es. Those words are bit-
they were meant to be
Decause there is nothing
volting than the pride of
er in the depths of his sin,
nothing more distasteful
2 exultation with which
religious vulgarians point
lepths of the valley from
ey have emerged in order
asize the height of the
which they have attain-
BY ELEANOR CHURCH
A recent article in the Ashe
ville Citizen-Times pointed out
the dearth of public library facil
ities in this state. However, many
colleges and schools are doing
well by the clientele they serve,
and can boast very sizeable libra
ries, and among them Mars Hill
College can speak with pride of its
especially fine collection of books.
blessing.”
“Never get discouraged,” he re
minded his audience. “The sun
has a sinking spell each day, but
it gets up with a bright face.”
Turning to the girls, he said.
Girls, if the conversation lags,
get the beast to taiKing about
himself. You may learn something
you need to know before it’s too
late. Let other people talk.”
(Continued on Page 4)
Old Members Leave
S. S. Study Courses
To Be Held Feb. 1-5
mv , T -I- ^ TIT I annual study courses, held
The Montague Library at Mar.
Hill College has already added 300 development in Sunday School
books to Its collection so far thisLork, begins on February 1 and
year, which brings the total num- h„„^„
° lasts loi one week. The nine
her of volumes up to 12 615. Lpurses to be taught offer an ex-,-e-*or „„„.e ecouoo
Some of the recent best sellers Lellent opportunity to the students Eastern Carolina Teachers .ooi-
„r everyone who can is urged to lege, for three years head of the
Gone with the Wind; Inside advantage of them. The department at Central College in
Europe,” by Gunther; “My Ten ,„„rses will be taught both by the
Years in a Quandry ” by Robert faculty members and workers
Benchley; ‘Gaily the Trouba-1f^om outside the college.
Two new teachers have been
added to the faculty to begin the
new Semester. Miss Margaret L.
Collins, to take the place of Miss
I Rutherford as head of the Home
Economics department; and Miss
Mildred Guin, to fill the vacancy
left by the resignation of Mrs.
King.
Miss Collins comes to us from
Collins, Ga. She is a graduate of
State Teachers College, Athens,
Ga., and of George Peabody Col
lege, Nashville, Tenn. She has
done graduate work at Peabody
and the University of Georgia
and has spent some time teach
ing and studying in Europe.
Miss Collins was head of the
Department of home economics at
Col
Of this amount $60.21 was
given by the students and faculty
of the public school, $46.30 by
citizens of the town, $74.85 by
the Mars Hill college students,
and $30.65 by members of the
coliege faculty. Editor Elliott had
set as the goal to (be reached by
the college $100, and this was ex
ceeded by $5.50.
The 620 students of Mars Hill
college contributed almost 100 per
cent, as did the women members
of the faculty. Enthusiasm ran
high, and collectors, outstanding
campus leaders, canvassed the
dormitories, boarding houses, and
day students, reporting wide
spread interest and sympathy on
the part of all.
In the town, the Reverend Wil
liam Lynch efficiently collected
$106.51 for the fund. Public
school officials cooperated with
the minister, urging the students
to bring their contributions.
It had been hoped by the edi
tors of the Hilltop, that the names
of all contributors might be print
ed. However, since contributions
were made by nearly a thousand
persons, ranging from one penny
up to $5.00, this will be impossi
ble.
The entire collection, $212.01,
was turned over to J. H. Sprinkle,
Madison county Red Cross chair
man, Thursday evening. Mr. Sprin
kle, a former student of Mars Hill,
praised the work done by the col
lectors, and expressed the thanks
of the Red Cross for the amount.
Spilman dormitory led all of the
(Continued on Page 4)
Debate Squad Meets
Asheville And Wake
2^^ WAR
hey that take the sword
ish with the sword.
Dseech you, my hearers,
ue this war in the Chris-
•t.’ This entreaty is from
of the Rev. R. C. Gillie,
in Marylebone Presby-
urch in 1915.
5 calling us to hate, and
ntinued on Page 3)
dour,” by Guiterman; “Autobio
graphy of G. W. Chesterton;”
“White Banners,” by Lloyd Doug
as; “Audubon,” by Rourke; and
“Best Loved Poems of the Amer
ican People.”
Some other titles have been
added with a view to fulfilling the
needs of special departments as
these: “Return to Religion.” by
Link; “The Psychology of Chris
tian Personality,” by Ligon; Brin-
Four teachers are coming to
Mars Hill from the Baptist head
quarters at Raleigh. Mr. N. C.
Brooks, the new B. T. U. secre
tary, is to teach, “Outline of Bi
ble History;” Mr. L. L. Morgan,
secretary of the Sunday School
board, will take charge of “Build
ing a Standard Sunday School;”
Miss Velma Preslar will offer
“When Do Teachers Teach;” Mrs.
A. V. Washburn, vacation Bible
^ to Spend Money;” I school leader, will teach “Vacation
Man With the Baton, ’ by Ewen; hgible School Guide.” The other
Two,” by J. M. Hill; courses, which will be under the
Narcotics and Youth Today,” by direction of our faculty are: “The
Corradmi; “Expansion of Europe,” I Grace of Giving,” by Dr. R. L.
by Muir; “Trail Blazers of Sci-U|oore; “The Baptist Faith,” by
ence,” by Gumpert; “Best Plays professor V. E. Wood; “Sunday
of 1935-36,” and Moore’s “Uto- School Officers and Their Work,”
Professor Spencer B. King;
The International Relations “How to Win to Christ,” by Rev.
Club, an honor society at Mars William Lynch.
Hill, is unusually fortunate in be- class hours will be shorten
ing a steady recipient of books gd all week so that an hour and
or its collection in the library ^ half may be used for the Study
rom the Carnegie Endowment for Courses. They will take place from
International Peace. Some of theln^oo a. m., to 12:00 noon, and
books that have been given to the
IRC collection in this way dur
ing the first term this year are:
Shotwell’s “On the Rim of the
(Continued on Page 4)
from 1 p. m., to 1:30. It is esti
mated that about five hundred
and fifty students will take the
course. Those not attending will
meet in the chapel as usual.
Arkansas, and for four years as
sistant at Queens-Chicora College,
Charlotte.
She has also taught at Virginia
College, Roanoke, Va.; State Col-
[ lege of Agriculture, Athens, Ga.;
and Erskine Woman’s College,
Due West, S. C.
Miss Guin comes from Chatta
nooga, Tenn. She studied at Blue
Mountain College, for girls, in
Mississippi for two and a half
years. While there she studiec
piano under Dr. Heinrick Pfitz-
ner, German. After finishing there
Miss Guin returned to her home
in Chattanooga where she contin
ued her academic work at the Uni
versity of Chattanooga and re
ceived her B. A. Degree in 1934.
During this same period of time
Miss Guin was working at the Ca-
dek Conservatory, Chattanooga,
toward her B. M., which she re
ceived in 1935. She studied violin
under Mr. John Casale and piano
with Mr. Herald Cadek. She play
ed in the orchestra during the
time of study, with the Cadek
Choral Society. Also in various
string quartets and other ensem
ble groups.
The past year Miss Guin was
teaching in Central, a Baptist
school for girls, in Conway, Ar
kansas.
The debating squad will again
see action February 2 and 3, af
ter a lapse of two months, from
the Strawberry Leaf Tournament
at Winthrop College. Eight teams
will debate Asheville Normal Col
lege on the intercollegiate query.
Resolved: That Congress Should
be Empowered to Fix Minimum
Wages and Maximum Hours for
Industry. Following closely upon
this a team of six debaters, ora
tors, and speakers will travel to
Boone on February 5, to enter the
tournament there. At the same
time two crack teams from Wake
Forest will invade our campus to
meet a local quartet on the inter
collegiate query. These two de
bates, on Saturday, February 6,
will probably be well worth hear
ing. Among those from Wake
Forest will probably be Bob Cost
ner, former student, and former
state B. S. U. president.
In March the debaters plan to
attend the Tri-State tournament,
and the University of Florida will
send several teams-to our campus
to debate a query on the conscrip
tion of wealth in time of war.
Mr. Huff, debate coach, was
the recipient of a letter from
Winthrop College, praising the
forensic team that made the trip
there, and inviting them back for
next year, and for a debate “any
time you happen to be passing
by.”