THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
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ILIEGE OFFERS GOOD
ICODRSES IN HOME EC.
0 phase of life is under great-
emphasis than economics. No
can afford to emphasize the
iketball at the expense of the
uit.
'he girl who expects to succeed
lorrow in woman’s greatest
fession, home making, should
ay he laying foundations
|ough a careful study of home
nomics. It opens the door upon
re than two hundred and
■enty-five interesting and re-
nerative professions to which
u trained home economist is
ars Hill college deems home
nomics not a frill, but one of
most important courses it
ers for young women. So vital
some of our leaders consider
e economics that they would
,ke it a required study for all
|ls.
Phis college is extending the
me economics course for next
ir to meet broader demands,
ese courses are open to those
0 care to elect them as well as
!ss 13 those who are majoring in
me economics.
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Another interesting feature is
“Home Makers’ Guild,’’ a
®.b to which all girls taking home
iina eljnomics are eligible. Fellowship
Ho i(d fun are mingled here with
ccam«ldy of character and person-
tern Ity. Opportunity is given to
’. ply home economics to life.
;^-v«|ormer Expression
Q^udents Make Good
miSsjMiss Bonnie Wengert, head of
j department of speech, reports
many of her former expres-
jnd students are continuing with
:d thfcess their work elsewhere.
Neil Hartley is now teaching at
bulon and his players won over
^ colleges to enter the finals
^ 1 the state dramatic festival at
®J|apel Hill. He wrote the play
®*[ountainside Medley’’ while a
® ^^ndent here. Continuing his work
^ Appalachian State Teachers
ilege, he was president of the
iycrafters there. Mr. Hartley
s awarded the title of Master
aftsman, the highest title given
ips S Playcrafters, and was
re prrf^u^ted from the college in ’37.
wiBMiss Golda Tillery, daughter of
; nexl. and Mrs. Roy Tillery of Mars
not 1> has recently given her
ditdduate recital in expression at
oosetrson-Newman college. She is a
or inmber of the dramatic club there
w to 1 also of Alpha Psi Omega, na-
and oal dramatic fraternity,
es CHoward Richardson, who is to
has isive his A.B. degree at U. N. C.
enfon^ year has achieved success in
! not play writing there as he did
His recent play, “Hidden
p^irts,” a story of an Armenian
the filly In Brooklyn, was presented
gj^hapel Hill this spring. Howard
■n gfte two one-act plays while
e, one of which was presented
Jhe state dramatic festival two
.rs ago as the only junior col-
° * j play considered worthy of
sentation that year. He has
irs B part in several outstanding
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McConnell gymnasium
I
SPORTING WITH
THE LIONS
Track Team Meets
Brevard Here Thurs.
By ORVILLE CAMPBELL
With all three of the spring
sports on the campus making
great headway it will not be long
before Mars Hill will close an
other good sports year. Boys who
have taken part in the various
sports here this year have been
taught the high ideals of good
sportsmanship and they have
learned much that will help them
in later life.
Many boys come to this school
and make a wonderful record for
themselves and if they had gone
to a larger school it would Have
been impossible for them to make
any of the sport teams. This school
is one of the few accredite;'
schools in the south and boys can
come here, take part in all of the
sports, and then go to a senior
college and play ball for three
years. At most junior colleges yor
can not go to a senior college anc'
play ball until you have been ir
the school a year.
At present three excellent
coaches guide the destinies of
Mars Hill sports. Oren E. Roberts
is athletic director and head foot
ball and baseball coach. Fred
Dickerson is assistant football
coach, and head coach of basket
ball and track. Vernon E. Wood
is the able tennis coach. All of
these men are Christian leaders
and they take a personal interest
in all of the students who go out
for their teams.
Our school is at present a mem
ber of the Southeastern Junior
College Conference. This is one
of the oldest and largest junior
college conferences in the South
and it is composed of schools from
five states.
One of the best intramural
port programs to be found any
where is on our campus. During
the fall tag football takes the spot
light and many happy afternoons
are spent on the football field.
During the long winter month-
basketball is the main interest
and games are played each after
noon in the college gym. In the
productions at Chapel Hill and
went on the Playmakers tour this
year. He expects to spend the
summer in England and the fall
in France, returning to Chapel
Hill next spring to begin work on
his master’s degree.
Argumentative discourse has its
gifts from Mars Hill, too. Robert
Costner, a senior at Wake Forest
college this year with his col
league won every division in the
South Atlantic debate tourna
ment this year. Coster was a for
mer B. S. U. president while at
Mars Hill and a leading intercol
legiate debater. Haynes Brown, a
Carson-Newman college, has met
with equal success in debatinj
since his graduation here last year.
Coach Fred Dickerson’s Mars
Hill track team will meet their
arch rivals Brevard here April
14 in their first home meet of the
year.
Only four lettermen returned to
the team this year but with fresh
man material better than usual
the team will be fairly strong.
Vincent Tiller, John Crisp, El
mer Thomas and Garrett Valen
tine are the lettermen returning.
All are steady dependable men
and the team will be built around
them.
Among the new men who have
shown up well are: Paul Early,
J. B. Hensley, Edwin McDevitt
and Worth Grant. Early and
Hensley have shown up excep
tionally well. Early runs the 440
and Hensley throws the shot,
javelin and discus. Both of these
boys copped first places in the
Lions’ meet with the Wofford
Varsity last week.
Last year the Lions won the
Southeastern Junior College meet
which was held at Marysville col
lege, Marysville, Tenn. The Lions
plan to enter this meet again thi.
year and it is hoped that they will
bring back honors to Mars Hill
again.
DRAMATEERS HAVE
VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Spring And Fall Produc
tions Adjudged Success
ful; Give Pageants.
Under the direction of Miss
Bonnie Wengert and led by presi
dents Billie C. Henderson and
Ruth Eller, the Mars Hill College
Dramateers have experienced a
most successful year.
The first appearance of the
year was made on Founders Day
when the group presented a
pageant entitled “Christian His
tory Impels,’’ depicting the his
tory of the growth of Mars Hill
from embryonic stage to the pres
ent junior college. Practically the
entire expression department was
used in this production which was
presented October 9.
On November 6 the fall pro
duction of the Dramateers, “The
Late Christopher Beam,” was pre
sented. Including a cast of eight
and concerning a plot woven
around the life and work of a
painter, this play was adjudged
one of the most successful in
years.
Following the fall play, the
group next presented a Christmas
pageant which also included a
portion of the expression stu
dents, centering around a shep
herd lad who found a new light
in seeing the king.
Climaxing a year’s work on
March 12, the playmakers offered
“Headed for Eden,” a three-act
comedy with a cast of 17, as their
spring production.
Although the club did not enter
a play in competition for the state
title, the year has been most suc
cessful in many ways. Featured
by the untiring efforts of Miss
Bonnie Wengert, valuable of
ficers. and the necessary coope
ration of the entire club, the
Dramateers will close a year’s
work on April 21 when the de
partment will have charge of the
final radio broadcast in a six-
program series, called Mars Hill
“On the Air.”
Baseball Team Opens
Season With Victory
spring months, softball, baseball
and tennis are played and this
rounds out a good year.
If a person is interested in at
tending a good school where there
is some sport for everyone, we do
not think that you can beat Mars
Hill college.
If early workouts show any in
dication of the strength of the
baseball team, the one this year
should be one of the best in the
history of the sthool. None of the
positions are weak and all of the
boys have been working hard
fighting for them.
The Lions played their first
game of the season on Tuesday
of this week, defeating East Ten
nessee Teachers, 16-1. Yesterday
they journeyed to Spartanburg,
S. C., to meet the Textile Indus
trial Institute in a two-game se
ries. They will play their first
home game on Friday of the
coming week when they meet
Blue Ridge School.
C. G. Ray, veteran hurler from
last year’s nine, will do most of
the hurling for the Robertmen.
At present Frank Gillespie is
slated to do most of the catching.
Right: Robinson Me
morial Infirmary.
Left: Melrose Dormi
tory For Men.