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FOUNDERS DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED OCTOBER NINTH AS ALUMNI RETURN;
HOMECOMING IS PLANNED, PROGRAM OF EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR THE DAY
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LEADERS
Prominent leaders in religious
work of the South were present
in chapel exercises on September
23. They were Perry Crouch, sec
retary of Christian Education, L.
L. Morgan, State Sunday School
Secretary and Mr. Story of Nash
ville. J. N. Barnette, also of Nash
ville, presented interesting views
on the Bible.
EDNA CORPENING MOORE DORMITORY
RED COMRADES
FaveTs “Red-Headed League”
is mobolizing on the Mars Hill
front. The organization is so se-
. cretive that even a Hilltop report
er could obtain no information.
A -reliable source, however, an
nounced that its purpose 'was to
build bigger and better red
heads.
Dr. Luther Little To Be
Principal Speaker In
Morning Program.
OTHER EVENTS FOR DA Y
Pageant Depicting Founding
To Be Presented In
Afternoon.
CASTLES FOR SALE
An array of talent and ambi
tion has been shown by new stu
dents. Full cooperation has been
displayed in all campus activities
by the C-I’s. With such a start—
watch the accomplishments soar.
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BEOWULF REVIVED
“Beowulf” season has opened
again on the campus. C-II Eng
lish students are now engaged in
the annual study of the oldest
piece of English prose.
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PRESIDENT BACK
Students and faculty members
are delighted to see President
Moore back on the campus. Dr.
Moore has been confined to his
home for several days on account
of illness.
Architect’s drawing of the new dormitory for girls now under construction. Robinson Bros. Contracting
Company began pouring concrete yesterday for the foundation. The three-story brick and limestone
building, costing with equipment about $90,000, will provide rooms for 120 persons.
Debate Team Tryouts
Will Be Given Soon
Intercollegiate Query Is An
nounced; Si.y Men Are
Back.
SCARRED GRIDSTERS
If limps and scars mean any
thing, the football team met with
howling success in the Tusculuiii
game. We understand that the
boys carried the game their way,
and in so doing they serve notice
that they intend to give plenty
of trouble this year.
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WELCOME
The numerous friends of
Mother Wilkins welcome her back
to the campus. She has been
away for the past several months,
but has returned for a visit. How
ever, she will not teach this year.
Mrs. Vann has taken over the
German department in her ab
sence and is doing a noble job
of training the “Deutsch” aspir
ants.
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BRING ’EM BACK ALIVE
The appearance of a young
Frank Buck on the campus the
other day aroused the interest of
strollers. One, Joe Reid, appeared
with a giant black snake coiled
about his arm. He held the crowd
breathless for a time and then his
fun was spoiled. A girl, Louise
Harman, stepped from the crowd
and lovingly wrapped the reptile
about her neck. The disgusted
young trainer picked up his snakes
and went home.
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GREELEY IS UNHEEDED
“Go West, young man. Go
West,” an old tradition since the
days of the ’forty-niners, has at
last been broken. Bill Kyles, of
Idaho, escaped from the Indians
and came East to Mars Hill.
The Intercollegiate Debating
team will be organized for the
coming year about October 23.
Six speakers of last year’s team
have returned this year, and the
chances for a successful forensic
season are good, according to Pro
fessor J. B. Huff, debate coach.
The query for this year was
posted on Monday, September 27.
It reads, “Resolved, That the Na
tional Relations Board should be
empowered to enforce arbitration
of all industrial disputes.”
Last year’s season was very
successful. Mars Hill’s debaters
competing ^n four major tourna
ments and 118 contests altogeth
er. The tournaments were at
Rock Hill, South Carolina, at
Boone, the Junior College
tournament in March, and the
Southern tournament in April. All
except one were senior college af
fairs. Teams representing such
institutions as Wake Forest col
lege and The University of Flor
ida were entertained on our
campus.
Places on the forensic team
are open to every student. Mem
bership in literary societies, pub
lic speaking, or expression classes,
or related groups is not necessary
for membership on the forensic
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Resume of Founders
Day Events
10:30 A. M.—Program in audi
torium.
Dr. Luther Little will
make the address. Gilbert
H. Morris will preside
and Hoyt Blackwell will
speak.
Music will be offered by
orchestra and Glee club.
1:30 P. M.—Pageant, “Chris
tian Education Impels,”
presented by Miss Bon
nie Wengert.
2 :45 P. M.—First Annual Hill
top Cross Country Cake
Run, followed by cake
eating.
3:00 P. M.—Football game
with Presbyterian Junior
College.
7:00 P. M.—Movie, “The
Singing Marine.”
Glee Glub Officers
Selected For Year
New Members Are Chosen;
Season Opens On
Founders Day.
Honor Glubs Active;
First Meetings Held
New Members Taken In By
Three Clubs; More Will
Be Added.
Three of the seven honor clubs
which met for the first time this
year on September 21, have re
elected new members for the
coming year. Other clubs have
not announced their lists as yet.
The French club has enrolled
three, the Science club five, and
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Officers have been chosen for
the 1937-38 Glee club, according
to an anouncement made by Miss
Zula Coon, director. Billy Eaton
was elected president and Ruth
McKelvey secretary. Other offi
cers of the club are: John Marr,
business manager; Ada Wall
treasurer; Roger Bell, and Polly
Hartsell, librarians; Howard Cates
and Clyde Tilson, stage managers
and Rachel Templeton, reporter.
The following members have
been chosen for this year’s glee
club: Sopranos—Margaret Chand
ler, Tanya Korotune, Virginia
Anne Craver, Rebecca Hollowell
Margie Baker, Elizabeth Lee
Ruth McKelvey, Frances Ward
Lena Sue Shermer, Martha
Stroup, Mary Ruth Hardy, Lessie
Summerlin, Mary Sue Bomer
Sara Orren, Rachel Templeton
Helen Trentham, Elizabeth Cop
pedge, Lila Ruth Sullivan, Frances
Taylor, Louise Berry, Margie Bol
inger, Mary Helen Gatlin, Vir
ginia F'owler, Elizabeth Rigsbee;
Altos—Polly Ilartzell, Catherine
Carter, Josephine Yokley, Sara
Sue Moss, Eleanor Cashwell, Mar
garet Duckett, Rachel Cole, Thel
ma Drake, Mary Fowler, Katy
Ruth Carson, Louise Perkinson,
Aeltha Smith, Nell Cook, Emma
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Between 800 and 1000 alumni
are expected to return to Mars
Hill next Saturday, October 9, to
celebrate Pounders Day and the
eighty-first anniversary of the ex
istence of Mars Hill college.
More alumni than ever before
are expected back because Home
Coming Day is synonomous with
Founders Day this year. Every
former student is invited to cele
brate with Mars Hill the found
ing of the institution.
The highlight of the morning
program, which was planned by
Professor Hoyt Blackwell and
Gilbert II. Morris, chairman of
the Advisory Committee, will be
the address in the college audi
torium at 10:30. The college was
fortunate in securing this year
Dr. Luther Little, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Charlotte,
as principal speaker. Dr. Little,
although a native of Mississippi,
has served as pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Charlotte for
many years. Mr. Little is a warm
friend of college students
throughout the South and an ex
ponent of Christian Education.
Other Events Included
The morning program will also
include remarks by Professor
Hoyt Blackwell and musical selec
tions by the Glee club and orches
tra.
At 1:30 Miss Bonnie Wengert
and Miss Ella J. Pierce will pre
sent in the outdoor theater the
pageant, “Christian Education
Impels.” The production tells the
story of the birth and growth of
Mars Hill. Miss Wengert’s ex
pression pupils will take the lead
ing roles.
The Home Coming football
game will be played with Pres
byterian Junior college at 3
o’clock. The runners in the Hill
top cross country cake run will
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Entire Laurel Staff
Is Selected For Year
Hilltop Cross Country Run Scheduled for Founders Day, Oct. 9
The First Annual Hilltop Cross
Country Cake Run will be held
on Founders Day, October 9. At
the time when The Hilltop went to
press 19 cakes had been donated
and 45 entries had been made.
The event, open to every boy on
the campus, will consist of a two-
mile run over a course laid out
by Coach Fred Dickerson,' and will
finish on the athletic field jusC
before the football game with the
Presbyterian Junior College here.
Cakes, donated by faculty mem
bers, town people who keep stu
dents in their homes, and the
business concerns of the town,
will be awarded to the winners of
the race.
The Hilltop’s plan is to have as
many cakes as are donated placed
at the finish line on a long plat
form. The first man to cross the
line will have his choice of cakes;
the second man to finish will have
his choice of the remaining cakes,
and so on until the supply gives
out.
The idea of the cross country
run was originated by Fred Dick
erson, track coach. Mr. Dickerson
said that the distance men on the
track team last year showed need
of more training; therefore, he
conceived the idea of building a
cross- country team for the main
purpose of training his distance
men for spring competition. The
cross country cake run is Mr.
Dickerson’s plan of starting the
cross country season, a way by
which he will be able to size up
the material for his cross coun
try team. The men who show
good running ability in the race
will have a good chance for the
track team. One week remains
before the event takes pace, leav
ing ample time for the runners
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The entire Laurel staff has
been selected and plans are now
under way to start work on the-
year book, according to Ed Spang
ler, editor. Other members of the
staff are: Bob Bellinger, business
manager; Robert Howard, adver
tising manager; John Yelton, as
sociate editor; Flowers Clark,
circulation manager; Clarence
Sinclair, organization editor; Ma
rie Murphy, literary editor; Jesse
Bland, snapshot editor; Franklin
Hough, sports e'ditor; and Mary
Lou Almond, feature editor.
“The printing and engraving
contracts have not been made as
yet,” reports Bob Bellinger, busi
ness manager. “However, we are
striving for a unique publication
that will truly represent the spirit
of Mars Hill.”
With such an efficient staff,
the students expect one of the
best annuals in the history of the
school.