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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 27, 1937.
NO. 9
ionary-Goy Tclls Staff , Glaude Bowen Spcaks!
pubii4ims of Journalism At Two Ghapel Dates
W. Fi
1 like itop Holds Staff Lunch-
Smith!" Februaru 20: Editor
d goes Presides.
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e Hilltop held its staff lunch-
istian Saturday afternoon, February
; surnn the home economics depart-
d such- "with State Editor George
gj.^dcCoy of the Asheville Citi-
-■’imes as guest speaker. Mr.
)y’s talk, the highlight of the
1 Harpnoon was extremely enter-
), had as well as informative, giv-
“With^® audience an insight of the
verenf field and some good ad-
on reporting.
OG "IT^ *]
^ . McCoy began by putting
es, tojame question — “What is
jr fon?”—^to five members of the
'Rev. and faculty advisor, John A.
. Jones®^' After hearing the ans-
of ea speaker attempted to
2r his question by reading
^ ^ al definitions given by news-
e sum nien, and then went on to
Rev. i it himself. News contained,
ihn Joiid, several elements such as
lers inn conflict, disaster, freak,
that Achievement.
but . McCoy then spoke of the
[arpedry equipment of a reporter,
pencitessed the importance of the
Transcf the five “W’s” of reporting
_ . .. _y. The question “why?” is
mental to success as a re-
I *, Ml*. McCoy maintained. A
Speaks On Foreign Missions
In the Orient; Says '^Gos
pel Is Not Bound.*’
Mr. Claude Bowen, educational
secretary of the foreign missions
board, spoke in chapel exercises on
February 16 and 17. His subject
was the letter which Paul wrote to
Timothy while in prison.
“The gospel is not bound,” he
quoted. Using this as his text, he
expressed the opinion that the
same message could be applied to
students. He placed great hope in
the youth of today in fulfilling its
meaning.
“I believe that the young people
of today can revolutionize this
world,” he said.
He then went on to tell of mis
sionary activity and brought out
the fact that, in spite of their
hardships, the missionaries always
wanted to return to their fields.
He gave examples of missionary
work in foreign lands to show
that the teaching of the word of
God is not bound by location.
Referring again to the letter of
Paul, he concluded with “The gos
pel is not bound.”
CAMPUS
Paragraphics
Fifteen To Attend
Tri-State Tourney
Leavell Gives Ideas
On Oriental Students
A’S
Mary Alice Huff, student at
Limestone College, South Carolina
and Livingstone Stallings, Univer
sity of North Carolina, made
straight A’s on all of their aca
demic work for the first semester,
according to the Registrar. Carter
Hawkins, Duke student, has been
placed on the Dean’s list. All are
former Mars Hill students.
SICK
Coach Oren Roberts is reported
to be quite ill at his home on Bail
ey Road. As The Hilltop went to
press, it was understood that his
condition was somewhat improved.
Goncert Is Planned
For MHG Orchestra
iaper man must have a “nose
)0,
jr)
The college orchestra and glee
ithout it,” he said, “a man I completing plans for their
2 an ordinary reporter; with work. The annual concert
Ut
00,
:an go places.”
_ other valuable traits of aj
'er, he brought out, are in-
>un.) (Continued on Page 4)
IS Cj
ler’s Play Wins
;ace at Ghapel Hill
m
of the orchestra is scheduled for
the tenth of April.
In the glee club attention is be
ing centered on music for the sac
red concerts to be presented on
trips to nearby churches, planned;
for the first of April. The organi
zation has also received an invi
tation to the Pullen Memorial Bap-
d has been received here I *ist Church in Raleigh, but the def-
And Even Forever inite schedule of concerts has not
one-act play by Violet Kel- yet been released. The program
s been adjudged one of the will present in outline scenes from
st plays entered in the or- fhe life of Christ: the prophecy,
play contest at the Univer- His youth, His ministry, the Gan
North Carolina. den of Gethsemane, the crucific
to be presented as one of resurrection. Two
itures of the 14th annual spirituals, “Listen to the
Prama festival to be held “Were You There?”
Hill March 24-27, accord-“Sanctum,” from “St. Ce
John W. Parker, secretary Mass,” by Gounod, will be
^^arolina Dramatic Associa- featured on this program. Includ-
lich sponsors the festival. program also will be
y will be presented by the I duets, quartets, and a girls’ sextet.
CHESS
Chess enthusiasts gathered at
the home of Instructor Spencer B.
King Saturday and spent the af
ternoon checking and check-mat
ing. Around eight games were in
progress. Indications point to the
organization of a Chess club, with
possible matches with other col
leges being arranged.
night.
a
CRIME
Meeting Thursday
group of students interested in the
checking of crime met in the Ad
ministration Building to discuss
the organization of a Anti-Crime
club on the campus. Billy Poteat
was elected president. Mr. Poteat
states that the members will do re
search work in the matter and pre
sent in the spring programs em
phasizing the need of stamping out
the evil.
Four Teams Meet Textile In-\Speakfi of Youth Movements
stitute In Debate To- In China and Japan; and
night. | Eastern Vieivs.
The Milligan College debate I “The Orient doesn’t need Amer-
teams met the local speakers here [ icanizing but Christianizing.” With
this as his predominant thought.
on February 25 in a double-head
er debate. The local teams were:
Affirmative, Frances Summerlin,
and Ruby Hopkins; negative, Lil
lian Linney and Dorothy Walker.
The debate was a non-decision
affair.
Four Textile Institute teams will
be on the campus Saturday night
for a debate, with two women’s
and two men’s teams. The local
representatives had not been desig
nated at the time the Hilltop went
to press. The debates will be held
in the society halls.
The Tri-State tournament, tak
ing place March 4-5, is next on
the schedule. Approximately fif
teen speakers from Mars Hill will
participate in it. Debate, after-
dinner speaking, extempore, im
Dr. Frank Leavell addressed an
unusually attentive audience in
chapel exercises on February 15.
“I want to give impressions of
college students in the Orient,” he
said in the opening part of his
speech. Dr. Leavell then went on
to I'elate his recent experiences as
a worker among the Oriental
youths, remarking. that the lesson
to be derived from his study was
an international one. Enlarging on
this point later on in his talk, he
said that the solution of our in
ternational problems lies in the
proper international relation be
tween the youths of the world.
The youth movement in China
and Japan was the outstanding im
promptu, oration, and dramatic P^’^ssion, Dr. Leavell said, and, be-
readings are to be included, try
outs for these events being held
the week of the 21st.
On March 6, the University of
Florida will debate our team here
on the new query: Resolved, that,
if the United States enters anoth-
cause of the lack of Christianity
in this movement he stressed the
need for American Missionaries in
the Orient.
“You will be amazed,” he said,
“at the number of non-Christian
students in the mission schools.”
er war, wealth as well as man- However, he cautioned, too much
power be conscripted. Harold Rob- emphasis has been placed on evan-
inson, Boyd Ray, Clarence Sin- gelism. He continually brought out
claii*, and Edwin Spangler will
probably represent Mars Hill.
The last tournament is the
Southern tournament to be held at
Nashville in April.
Six Attend IRC Meet;
Robinson Is Speaker
SHIFTED
Students, upon reading the Sun-1
The Annual International Rela
day morning Citizen-Times, were I tions Club meet was held recently
surprised to read that the annual Alabama Polytechnic Institute
W N C Basketball tournament, I Auburn, Alabama. Relations Clubs
which for over ten years has been I Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mis
held at Mars Hill and sponsored I sissippi, North and South Carolina
by the college, was to be shifted to Tennessee, and Virginia sent dele-
Asheville. Covington Sport Shop, to the conference. Billy C.
of Asheville, assumed the si>onsor-1 Henderson, Alma Brooks, Dorothy
ship, delighted to bring the out- Hagler, Helen Gibson, Harolc
standing high school tourney in the Hobinson, and Asistant Dean Lee
South to the mountain city.
DEFLATED
were among the 240 present, rep
resenting southeastern colleges.
The Mars Hill group traveled to
by
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Dramateers, directed
•nnie Wengert
Keller based her play on
ical story found in II Sam-
|T*r Tyand 12, depicting David’s
- ^for a beautiful lady called
ba; the method he used of
of her husband; and
L^*^*^was convicted and forgiv'
is sin.
Fleming Is Eu Head;
Successor To Watts
The epidemic of mumps that on Thursday,
kept the Infirmary full for some
time, has been steadily decreasing
in the number afflicted. Reports
have it that many jaws have pass
ed the inflation period.
returned the
February
following
ding to Secretary Parker,
""■''“'dramatic Association, 40
?X?C?^hts from all sections of
! competed in seven classi-
of the original play con-
'tton Hiller,” a one-act or-
ay entered by Hubert El-
n third place.
s the original play, Bac-
Untold Tale,” will be pre-
; Chapel Hill as the pro-
)lay. Try-outs for the va
ts are being held now, and
)Iete casts will be
at a later date.
3S
an-
William Fleming was elected to
the presidency by the Euthalians
at their regular meeting on Friday
night, Febi’uary 19. He succeeds
Walter Watts, who retires after a
successful term of office. Durwood
Murray was voted vice president,
and Billie Eaton, the recording
secretary. The other officers are
as follows: John Chapman, censor;
Bill Poteat, chaplain; French Mc
Cain, English critic; Exum Griffin,
expression critic; Haynes Brown,
debate critic; Maurice Morgan,
collector; Emmett Davis, chorister;
Irvin Lucas, time-keeper; Dupey
Seers, pianist; J. C. Anderson, re
porter; Austin Loving, librarian.
BUSINESS
Perhaps about the hardest push-
18, and
Sunday.
Major C. Douglas Booth, Cana
dian-born authority on internation
al affairs, and Miss Carol Reigel-
man, Carnegie Endowment speak
er and staff officer at the Inter
national Labor Offices in Geneva,
were among the principal speak-
ed group on the campus are those ers. Auburn’s President L. N. Dun-
enrolled in the Business depart- made the welcoming address
ment. Directors point, with pride, Friday morning which was fol-
however, that a large percentage lowed by several open discussions
of those taking Commerce, grad- of international questions. Harold
uate with honor and assume re- Robinson spoke in an open discus-
sponsible positions in the business | sion in behalf of the local unit.
the need for the co-operative rela
tionship between the youth of
America and the youth of the
Orient. “Now the appeal is open,”
he said, “and the opportunity is
there for us.”
Di*. Leavell then commented
upon the deplorable conditions ex
isting among the college students
in the Orient. He said, “There are
three words in Japan that are un
known — God, love, and home.”
The attitude of the college stu
dent is one of utter hopelessness,
shown by the large number of sui
cides each year. “His religion holds
for him Pot a taper of hope for
the future.”
(Continued on Page 4)
Sprinkle-Alien Win
Temperance First
world.
ROSARY
Students viewing the posters on
the Ad building bulletin board,
propaganda of the Youth’s Tem
perance Union, were amused with
one cartoon picturing the heart
broken mother counting the beads
of her rosary before a low-priced
radiD. Staunch protestants failed
to get the connection!
telling of its work and proposed
program. The Mars Hill club is to
study the work of the League of
Nations, investigate affairs of the
Far East, and discuss the two im
portant questions of dictatorship
and democracy.
R. C. Boles, Auburn student and
president of the Southeastern di
vision of International Relations
Clubs, presided at the general ses
sion of the congress.
Marian Sprinkle and Edna Ray
Allen won first places in the Non
pareil Temperance Reading con-
;est held February 4. Miss Sprin-
de won in the expression group
with a reading of “The Next
Morning.” Miss Allen gave “The
Challenge.” Those entering the
contest were: Edna Ray Allen,
stelle Councilman, Ellen McLain,
iitty Bass, Marian Sprinkle, Lil
ian Linney, James Pope, and Cath
erine Ethridge. Those serving as
judges were: Mrs. Washburn, Miss
Florence Johnson, Mrs. McLeod,
Mr. McLeod, Mrs. Lynch, and Dr.
Pierce.
In the Euthalian contest Al B.
Wester, Jr., won first place with
“The Returned Outlaw.” Walter
Watts was chosen as alternate with
“Speech Before the United States
Senate.” The judges were: Mrs.
Hoyt Blackwell, Mrs. O. S. Sum
merlin, and Rev. Wm. Lynch. The
contestants included: Eugene Bris-
sie, W. K. Russell, Russell Harris,
Walter Watts, Council Pinnell,
John Ball, and Al B. Wester, Jr.
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