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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Birthday Greetings From a College Boy
To His Dad
He wasn’t a cute baby when he
was born, but, of course, every
one said so. My how his father
proudly smiled down upon the
little bundle of life. The mother
caressed him, as a mother will;
and when she held him up to
father, father blushed and back
ed away.
He grew and married the pret
tiest girl in the world. Then a
third person came to join the
family. It was a little boy, and
believe it or not, it was I.
The war had been over a year
when I was born, and prosperity
was waving her wand over the
land. My daddy kept mother and
me in the best manner possible.
Those days are lost in my mem
ory, but I know he remembers
them. What father doesn’t re
members his son’s “baby days’’?
I started to school, and then
the years flew by and grammar
school, high school, college.
Today as I sit in my dormitory
room, I think back over those
years. The March wind is blow
ing outside, and sounds, familiar
to college life, float through my
open window. Next Monday is
my dad’s birthday. What shall I
give him?
“What a foolish question to
ask, my son,’’ a voice from no
where says. I heard no more, but
thoughts flashed through my
mind. On mother’s day we lavish
her with tender love and gifts.
At Christmas mother' usually gets
the most expensive gift. But what
about Dad?
Father’s day does not often
bring the tender affection that
mother’s day does. A cigar, tie,
or socks are his Christmas. An
argument, nagging, and remorse
are his heartaches when he does
something wrong.
He spanked me once, and I
thought he didn’t love me. He
didn’t give me that bicycle for
my 14th birthday, and I thought
that his interest in me was gone.
I pouted, scolded, and once call
ed him names, but he only took
up his paper and read the news.
If I could only have known
then what I know now, I would
have put my arms around his
neck more and kissed him in the
morning and at night. That bi
cycle would have meant an un
paid debt. The candy refused me
meant that I would have clothes
to wear.
Oh! if we sons only knew our
daddys’ we would know the great
est personality in the world. I
didn’t really know mine until I
entered college. Now, I know that
I have missed many a day of
happy association with “dear old
Dad.’’
So on his birthday I salute,
and embrace him. I put him on
the throne as my idol, and pledge
to serve him with all my heart
which is a boy’s duty. May his
days be long on this earth, and
may his joys be my joys and his
sorrows my sorrows.
To the one who has given me
all the opportunities open to
youth I wish many happy returns
of the day.
Robert Howard.
can Expeditionary Force. He re
ceived his Artist Diploma from
the New York School of Musical
Art. Mr. Stringfield is a winner
of the Pulitzer prize for Compo
sition. He is well-known as a
composer, and as a Symphony
conductor. At present he is a
teacher of folk music in the
Julliard School of Music in New
York.
■Van Stringfield graduated from
Mars Hill in 1917 in Literary and
Piano. He graduated from 'Wake
Forest college with his M.A. De
gree. He was a student of chem
istry in Columbia University. For
a time he was a teacher of Science
and Athletic Director of Clayton
and Thomasville high schools. At
present he is a textile chemist in
the silk mills of Thomasville.
Smith Is Winner In
Phi Reading Contest
Plans Are Made For
The Jr. - Sr. Banquet
Campbell Made Editor of
C-I Edition; Early Man
aging Editor.
Plans for the Junior-Senior
banquet are nearing completion,
according to President Bill Kyles.
The following committees are at
work: Program, June Almond,
chairman; Ada Wall, Bill Davis,
Roger Bell; decorating, Sam
Smith, chairman; Cynthia Jane
Hempke, Mary Gail Menius, Rob
ert Lee Smith, Paul Early; mu
sic, P. C. Stringfield, Jr., Justin
Tune; invitation, James White,
chairman; Lois Duck, Dot Mag-
ness, Frances Taylor, Kitty D.
McQuire. Henry Brown, the treas
urer, will receive the assessments
of the C-Is.
Spring Play Adjudged
Successful Production
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who helps solve the mystery;
David Middleton as Hank, the
laundryman; Mary Gail Menius as
Peggy Walters, a department store
clerk; Helen Smith as Dorothy
Brill, a stenographer; Mary Sim
mons as Imogene, the maid; Lena
Sue Shermer as Gladys Herman,
a mannequin; Emeth Johnson as
Rosina Blandish, a stenographer;
David Hooks as Barry Richards,
a broker; -Marie Compton as Min
nie Peters, a clerk at Wool-
worth’s; Elizabeth Deese as Mar
cella Turner, a waitress; Lewis
Hamlin as Ken Howard, a rival
reporter; and Horace Chamblee
as Sergeant Kelly of the Chicago
Police.
The regular class meeting was
held March 11, at which time
the election of officers of the C-I
Hilltop edition took place. Orville
Campbell was named editor and
Paul Early managing editor for
the freshman edition. The re
mainder of the staff has not been
chosen as yet, however. Work for
this edition will get under way
immediately after spring holidays,
the paper coming out the night
of the Junior-Senior banquet,
April 23.
They’re Gone, But
Not Forgotten
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ico he was a musician. He was a
first class musician in the Ameri-
\A Friendly Retreat\
Just Out the Street
“CLEAN UP FOR THE
HOLIDAYS’’
Suit and Tie - 50c
JAMES CHESSON
Melrose 107
DAVID K. SHELTON
Brown 113
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ROY’S CAFE
GROSS BROS.
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Wishes All the Students ] ’
A Happy Spring
Vacation
: Airheart’s Cafe
Carroll Smith was adjudged
winner in the annual temperance
reading contest of the Philoma-
thian Literary society. He read
“In The Death Cell.’’ Will Frank
lin won the alternate position
using “The Reform.’’
Others giving readings in the
contest that would choose the
commencement r e p r e s entative
were: McLeod Bryan, Lee Phoe
nix, and Bradley Long. The
judges for the contest were Miss
Stevens, Professor King, and Dr.
Pierce.
These contests are held from
year to year under the auspices
of the Youths Temperance Coun
cil. No medal award is offered by
the society; however, an award is
given the winner of the inter-so
ciety commencement contest. This
is the second in the series of
Philomathian contests for com-
Mars Hill Students To Try Roma,
Salesmanship In The Wide Ope,
Instead of the usual “In the
spring a young man’s fancy turns
to love,” a brigade of Mars Hill
students’ fancies will turn to the
art of salesmanship.
At the sound of the commence
ment gun, 17 Mars Hill boys will
be off to the wide open spaces to
sell Bibles, dictionaries, and oth
er various types of books. Fasci
nating adventures and experi
ences lie out ahead of them.
Last year at this time the
Southwestern Company, of Nash
ville, Tennessee, signed up three
Mars Hill boys to do sales work
during the summer. These were
“Red” Wright, Jack Michael, and
W. T. Martin. Besides the experi
ences they had, each sold enough
of his products to reenter school
last fall.
Thus far 17 have signed up to
do the same type of work this
coming summer. The territory
that the Mars Hill boys will cover
this year will be chosen from
Missouri, Arkansas, 0 k 1 ahoma,
Mississippi, or Illinois. They will
be divided into groups of twos
and sent to different
they will remain
working in and on
cality.
Each year the
Company selects 6
dents to be their sa
summer. Approximal
mission is paid
therefore his ear
cording to his eff(
Those who have s A
Mars Hill are: Joe I _
Teague, Lloyd Go
Tilson, Elmer Th(
Smith, Carl Scott, C
Clifford Brown, Toi
Jerry Mitchell, Hall
ho” Kyles, J. Grij
Marlowe, J. B.
Charles Wright.
Wright will be in
group going out fr^j
“Red” states that
wishing to join the
see him at the firs
ment.
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mencement speakers.
Pinnell Takes First
In Euthalian Contest
Using “Tne True Wealth of a
Nation,” Council Pinnell was ac
claimed the winner of the tem
perance reading contest held an
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James Sawyer.
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