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Give Banquet New Interpretation
ianist, ^ precedent this year by stressing college spirit rather
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Nell C program and decorations, the junior das
^tertain the seniors here tonight at the annual Junior-Senior
l Whitalctt. The banquet is to take place in the Oscar E. Sams* diTinJ^’
ylor; Mhich was arranged and decorated for the occasion by the deco-
Pruitt, I committee under the direction of Mildred Hardin.
e MetcgCommittee together with the
Stoker* committee has given the
’ event of the year a new
Expressijg ^y carrying out the spirit
college instead of placing
ed as ("^Phasis on the junior class
, presided heretofore practiced. The
HEADS C-I’s
PRESIDENT I
SUCCUMBS AFTER
TWO YEAR ILLNESS
i-Presidei out in the decorat
lei
rrespondr^ be blue and gold, the col
RecordP^®^®’ which represent more
id, Cens’'^ minds of the members
Lplain • 1 committees the spirit of the
i as a whole. The same spir-
urther being carried out in
to the Alma Mater,
iomplete program has been
d out for the occasion by
)rogram committee which
tCtOU^^^ William. Poteat, presi-
»f the C-I class, to give the
I Cakne address.
*ene Brissie will act as toast-
calling for toasts from
■•d Hardin, Robert Howard,
t Bellinger, Council Pennell,
PE ohn Ball; Josephine Yokley,
Morgan, Boyd Ray and War-
-^ith will respond.
T
WILLIAM POTEAT
Blf,
fessor R. M. Lee has been
ed to introduce Mr. Clarence
alker, the after - dinner
B. S. U. Council Is
Elected In Chapel
ar.
! musical part of the pro
.y^^^^includes a vocal solo by Mrs.
Wayne Oates Is Chosen To
Succeed Mary Lee
Ernest.
an Taylor, a piano solo by' Wayne Oates was selected by
m C. Stringfield, Jr., selec-{bhe students to succeed Mary Lee
by the college orchestra and Ernest as B. S. U. president in
erman Band, a vocal solo by
Evans, and a musical read
y Catherine Etheridge.
fe
Jowment Drive Is
lining Momentum
ck L
ording to Professor Hoyt
Iwell, director of the enlarge-
Icampaign, the necessary sum
y he construction of the new
* Corpening Moore dormitory
iris is rapidly being secured
jhe ultimate goal of the en-
pent campaign — a new
_ :e building, a dining hall, and
'-L/ dern kitchen—is now within
iY
^ student response to the
**"*^ment as exhibited in chapel
=)romising. Pledges for $1015
made and 204 room deposits
donated amounting to
|).25.
^ program of the enlarge-
I committee is an enormous
^®0^ires the willingness
^/^feryone who is in a position
i so to contribute,
six thousand alumni, whose
_$3P^ “Every former student
^ worthy gift and en-
'he interest of at least one
, are reported to be contri-
. ag freely.
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the elections held in chapel April
ninth.
The other general officers were
elected as follows: Vice president
Mildred Hardin; corresponding
secretary, Rebecca Hollowell. The
officers of the college church
were selected as follows: Presi
dent, Warren Taylor; secretary,
Julia Chiles; treasurer, Julia Win
gate. The College Sunday School
officers are: Superintendent, Wil
liam Bates; assistant superinten
dent, Cecil Adderholdt; secretary
Agnes Isenhour. The B. T. U. of
ficials: Director, Frances Ward;
associate director, Edwin Spang
ler; secretary, Elizabeth Lee. The
Y. W. A. officers: President, Ma
rie Compton; vice president, Vir
ginia Craver. The following were
selected as representatives: Min
isterial Conference, Elmer Thom
as; Volunteer Band, Ruth Clarke
town, Dorothy Williams.
. . When we need him we
will find him over there giving
good account of his service.”
John Robert Sams, former
president and trustee emeritus
of Mars Hill College, passed
quietly away on Saturday night,
April 3, after a two year’s ill
ness.
His life was one of continu
ous service to Mars Hill, and its
influence here is lasting. He
had the progress of the college
uppermost in his ambitions and
dreamed of the day when Mars
Hill would be a great Christian
university. It was due to his
generosity that the boys’ dor
mitories could be erected on
their present advantageous site;
he donated to the college the
property on which they now
stand.
“Few men, if any, have been
related to the school and com
munity as John Robert Sams,”
Reverend J. R. Owen of Ashe
ville said of* him in a eulogy
at the funeral services conduct
ed at the Mars Hill Baptist
Church Monday afternoon by
Reverend J. R. Owen and Rev
erend William Lynch.
J. R. Sams was a student of
Mars Hill for four years. He
was instructor and president
during the jmars 1870-1872.
From 1870-1876 he was super
intendent of Madison County.
He was steward of the Mars
Hill branch of the Oxford Or
phanage. He was farm agent at
large for Madison County for
four years and farm, agent at
large of North Carolina at the
time of his death.
The sentiment of the college
students was expressed by the
large number who paid him
tribute at the funeral services
conducted at two o’clock on
Monday during which time all
class work was suspended. The
Hilltop staff attended in a body.
In John Robert Saifis who so
unselfishly lived. Mars Hill sees
an immortal soul destined to
continue, in the world beyond,
the great work begun here.
The sorrow caused- by the pass
ing of such a man is alleviated
only by the thought contained
in the words of Rev. J. R. Owen,
. . . When we need him we
will find him over there giving
good account of his service.”
C. N. Walker To Speak At Banquet;
Has Led Life Of Varied Experience
Clarence N. Walker of Asheville, an officer in the Trust de-
partment of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company and an active
church and community worker, will speak tonight at the annual
Junior-Senior Banquet. Mr. Walker has a large field of experience
behind him, having seen action during the War in the United States
Air Service.
j After his discharge from the
j army in 1919 Mr. Walker was em-
j ployed as a special representative
I of the Secretary of War, adjust
ing claims between the United
SPEAKS TONIGHT
CLARENCE N. WALKER
Wilson’s Classmate
Speaks of Just God
Dr. Robertson, Dean Carr,
D. C. Butcher Addresses
Students.
States and foreign countries
amounting to $131,000,000, after
which he took up again the law
practice which he had begun be
fore the War.
He moved to Asheville in 1922
to practice and in the same year
becamje a member of The Trust
Department of Wachovia Bank &
Trust Company. In 1926 Mr. Wal
ker formed a partnership in the
negotiation of investments and
securities with B. W. Romefelt,
now a vice president of the Chase
National Bank in New York City.
He returned to Wachovia Bank &
Trust Company in 1928. He be
came assistant trust officer in
1929; he was assistant secretary
in 1930, and was elected a mem
ber of the Asheville Board of Di
rectors in 1931.
Mr. Walker’s early training was
received at Berry schools in Geor
gia where he excelled in speaking.
He graduated in 1914 and secured
his B. L. degree at the University
of Georgia in 1916.
Mr. Walker is past president of
A number of speakers mounted
the chapel platform in the past the Asheville Rotary Club and is
two weeks bringing subjects of at the present time a member of
lasting interest before the student several civic, fraternal, and social
body.
Dr.
George F. Robertson,
clubs including the Chamber of
Commerce, American Legion, Ma-
Princeton Seminary graduate and'sonic bodies. Country Club and
former classmate of Woodrow Rotary Club.
Wilson, spoke on March 31 on
'How Shall a Man Be Just With
God?”
_ Merely living the right kind of
life, he said, is not enough to an
swer this vital question. Men who
are doing this, he pointed out, are
often merely justifying themselves
in the eyes of their fellow men.
In other words,” Dr. Robertson
said, “they are moralists.”
He then asked, “Do these moral
ists justify themselves?” He con-
Glee Club Opens
Its Spring Season
tended that there is a weak spot in
The spring schedule of the Glee
Club began with a program pre
sented in Asheville on April 11
at the First Baptist Church. A
small group from the Glee Club
and Orchestra will broadcast a
thirty minute radio program over
station WWNC of Asheville on the
18th of this month. The six divi-
a. weaK. spot in‘ . J? XT 1 • 1 1
their character. They are commit-' "i"-
picts the life of Christ in music.
ting the sin of sins by “substitut- .. ■. .. , . ,,
ing their goodness for the good-'
ness of God ” i r^mistry. His death, Resur-
Wo X rs rectioo, and the manner in which
Me went on to say that the tx x >
X CIO xuc jjg meets man’s every need
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(0=^5^ COUERINQ CTHE CAMPUS
; yc
icert Is Presented
College Orchestra
p Mars Hill college orchestra
irouMiss Mildred Gwin conduct-
?aye a recital in the college
priura on April 10 which in-
three intervals in the realm
isic: the early, the romantic,
he modern period.
features of the evening
a piano solo by Emmett Davis
•s Iplayed two compositions of
!elssohn, and a flute solo by
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The advent of the new beauty
parlor next to Mrs. Airheart’s Cafe
has made a decided change in the
appearance of the fairer sex. Co
eds everywhere sally forth with
hair styles of varied descriptions.
The Intercollegiate Forensic
team presented one of the most in
teresting chapel programs of the
year on April 1. There were
samples of after dinner speaking,
extempore, and impromptu. The
speaking rendered on the ^plat-
form gave the students an idea of
the team as it appeared in action
in the 118 contests entered this
year.
that he would prefer not to have
the publicity that it intended to
give him. The news hounds, of
course, could not meet with his
request. They do, however, admire
his modesty—a virtue which ap
pears so rarely in the makeup of
a successful man.
Mr. Clarence N. Walker, after
dinner speaker for our banquet
tonight, informed the Hilltop staff
Signs of spring are noticeable in
many forms. White duck pants
and re-strung racquets accompany
would-be Tildens and Vines to the
tennis courts. The vogue of
marbles has passed and the
baby days are now being recalled
by the contests of top spinning on
the campus.
The College Dramateers, under
the direction of Miss Bonnie Wen-
gert, journeyed to Chapel Hill
over the holidays to enact “Boc
caccio’s Untold Tale” and the
original play by Violet Keller,
“ . . . And Even for Ever More”,
in the annual State Dramatic fes
tival there. The actors met with
little success but report on having
had an eventful trip, the highlight
of which was the witnessing of the
beautiful Moravian service hjeld
on Easter morning at Winston
Salem.
The original problems that are
being assigned in the “trig” clas
ses are causing much amusement
for observers and no end of head
aches for the participants.
Our pastor received several
favorable comments on his ser-
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throughout eternity. This depic
tion required Glee Club numbers,
a sextet, a male quartet, and mix
ed quartet.
The Glee Club will present a
morning program in Shelby and
an evening program in Lincolnton
April 25. On the night of May a
the same program will be present
ed at the Mars Hill Baptist
Church.
The “Hallelujah Chorus” from
Handel’s Messiah will be sung by
the Glee Club on the Commence
ment program.
Watson, Ch. Trustees
Heads Chapel Prog’m
Mr. E. F. Watson of Burnsville,
representing the trustees of Mars
Hill College in chapel exercises on
April 8, addressed the students on
the importance of obeying the
laws of our country.
“America has eight times as
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