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THE HILLTOP, MAKS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
C^HE Hilltop
*^Pi-a:n Living and High Tkinking**
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, North Carolina
Entered as second-class matter February 20, 1926 at the post office at Mars Hill,
North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Issued semi-monthly during the college year.
She Snoops To
Conquer
by Crackie
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1938
Member Associated Collegiate Press
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1939
PAUL EARLY and ORVILLE CAMPBELL
-WILLIAM J. BLAINE
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Poetry E.lifors
Sports Editor
Society Editor
Business Manager
Advertising Manager.
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Reporters—hucWe Long, Mary Corpcning, John Owen, Carlyle Glance, Anne Lewis,
Dorothy Lee Savage, Ada Wall, Mac Norwood, Edna L. Herring, W. P. Hall,
Bill Duckworth, Emily Patrick, James Griggs, Leah Oglesby, John Ray, Kays Gary,
Charles Greene, and HaroldtHcarn.
Vol. XIII.
Helen Crutchfield and John Ball
James Walker
Emeth Johnson
Banner Shelton
J. R. Evans
-James Kir
February 17, 1939
No. 9
‘Our Father,
Have you found the value of a short breath of prayer in the busy
hour? Have you, student, taken your opportunities for meditation
upon God s truth and for thanksgiving to Him for His blessings freely
given you?
Frankly, my friend, you and I cannot live happily without that
communion every day with the Creator, with God who gives us life,
who furnishes the breath we breathe, who regulates the whole uni
verse to our best advantages, and before whom every living one of
us will appear to be judged, blessed with eternal salvation or con
demned to eternal death in Hell, according, as we must remember,
to the choices we make today. As a student led the devotional in a
dormitory prayer meeting last Wednesday night, the minds of the
listeners were turned to think on the ever-important subject of
prayer. The speaker reminded his audience that thanksgiving, specific
and deep, should be a vital part of every prayer. This thought led
to others as the great necessity for prayer became evident.
Student, are you happy, truly happy, when not in tune with the
Savior? I am not. Happiness and peace are closely associated, and
it is very plain in the Bible, when word study is followed, that the
Angel at Christ s birth gave “peace to men of good will.” Good
will is of God, remember.
Come, friend, reason the matter out, and come to this conclusion.
A life turned by the strength and power of prayer is happy, and any
other circumstance absolutely guarantees an unrest in heart and ever-
day life without true peace. Give our ever-willing Father His chance
to help. Be happy, not foolish!!
—P. D. E.
You ylsk To See
You ask to see my treasury—
My ornaments, jewels, my precious stones.
It is One Room, with one precious Stone—
I have only one pearl—the Pearl of Great Price.
-To see my garden of flowers
Here, this rich, red valley
With but a Lily growing.
—To see my robes.
There’s only one I have;
He gave me one White Robe
To wear when I walk with Him.
In the heavens this night I see
His bright star.
The fairest of ten thousand
The bright and Morning Star.
—S. 0. A.
you wait??—Ruby had ’ole home
week last week-end. All the boys
were here but she continues to
sing “Danny Boy”—But, wait.
Dale Valentine was around!!!
Does Lila Ruth like Central Hi
or do we C. C. Hope shining
through? We don’t know either?
E .S. and L. R. still have the
’ole feelin’; glad to see Ed back
aren’t we L.?
Summey isn’t “Chile” any more;
wonder if its the “Good-Blood”
around, or vice versa?—
So Long Now,
Crackie.
Quotable Quotes-
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
“In no other civilized country are students of superior ability
trained so poorly as in the United States.” Carleton College’s Dr.
C. N. Smiley believes something should be done for the two-thirds
of our best minds which are going untrained.
“The native-born inhabitant of a country’s metropolis is apt to
be narrow and limited. He is the nation’s true provincial in failing
to recognize the contribution of the local regions of the land.” Prof.
Mark Jefferson, Michigan State Normal College, proves that the
city slickers are the world’s worst hicks.
“The college or university teacher is a citizen, a member of a
learned community, and an offer of an educational institution. When
he speaks or writes as a citizen, he should be free from institutional
censorship or discipline.” But, adds Brown University’s Pres. Henry
M. Wriston, “he should remember that the public may judge his
profession and his institution by his utterances.”
“The Broken Pinion”
I walked through the woodland meadows.
Where sweet the thrushes sing;
And I found on a bed of mosses
A bird with a broken wing.
I healed its wound, and each morning
It sang its old sweet strain.
But the bird with the broken pinion
Never soared as high again.
I found a young life broken
By sin’s seductive art;
And, touched with a Christ-like pity,
I took him to my heart.
He lived with a noble purpose
And struggled not in vain;
But the life that sin had stricken
Never soared as high again.
But the bird with a broken pinion
Kept another from the snare;
And the life that sin had stricken
Raised another from despair.
Each loss had its compensation.
There is healing for every pain;
But the bird with a broken pinion
Never soars as high again.
—Anonymous.
My frans, and you are my frans
(?). Some of you footloose and
fancy-free males pulesse start dat
ing so that this column will have
bigger and longer news. You com
plain of the same folksies in the
column and yet you don’t do nary
a thing about it. All romances,
etc., will be greatly appreciated.
We may have to wait till spring—
ah spring, how sweet it are—
when the birdies twitter in the
trees—when a young man’s fancy
gently turns to love and baseball,
mostly baseball. But time shall tell
only what cometh thereof in the
future—can you wait?
Sounds on the Campus: “Boog-
er” Whitaker after that week
end; “Gee its good to be alive.”
Boy, he oughta’ know.
“Hankey” Robinson pointing at
“Stormie” late one night; “Two
Sleepy People.”
A teacher: “Some school chil
dren no longer learn German,
which shows how unpopular Ger
many is. But are we also mad at
England?”
Snooping: You know who we
saw at the picture the other night?
You want to know? “Butch’
Evans—we thought he had for
gotten how Mars Hill was on
week-ends.
If we have many more pictures
like Marie Antionette we’ll have
to be in a draining system for
those tears. I’ll admit it though—
it did have its sad points.
They say that the Wall-Fritts
days are o’er. Wonder why?? We
can guess. A woman has a right
to break up, about some things,
thinks “Lou.” Ho, well she oughta
know. “Red” Carter simply loves
China, but he especially is in
terested in the section around
Shanghai.” Let’s call him “Hop-
a-lung Carter.”
“Ten Pretty Girls” Cliff seems
to be sorta settling down these
days. It must be the real thing; it
usually is! He seldom dates more
than five girls anymore. Yep,
guess he’s settlin’ down. All the
young men who are having diffi
culty along the heart lines, go to
the chemistry lab assistant; he
seems to get along surprisingly
well. Mr. Huff says that the old
folks’ dances weren’t like this
turkey trot, bunny hug” that
they do these days—that’s the best
definition we’ve heard for the
modern dance.
All you tongue waggers watch
for an unusual new dating couple;
you’ll be certainly surprised. Can
Looking ’Em
Over . . . .
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Material con
tained here consists of excerpts
from college newspapers through
out the country, and expresses in
no way the policy, or policies, of
the “Hilltop.”
Officer: Hey, pull over to the
curb, lady. Did you know you
were doing seventy-five?
Cute She: Isn’t it marvelous?
And I only learned to drive yes
terday?
—Exchange.
* * ♦
A writer sent a poem to an
editor, who, it seems, had little use
for verse. The title of the poem
was “Why Am I Alive?”
The editor wrote, returning the
poem: “Becau.«e you sent the
poem by mail instead of deliver
ing it in person.”
—The Pup.
♦ ♦ *
Found on a Freshman’s registra
tion card:
Name of parents: “Mamma and
Papa.”
—Aggievator.
♦ % *
Little Boy: “Mother, I just cut
off my leg in a threshing ma
chine.”
Mother: “Well, stay outside
until it stops dripping. I just
mopped the floor.”
—Siren.
» * ♦
“I would like to get some alli
gator shoes.”
“What size shoes does your alli
gator wear?”
—^^lo. Dodo.
» » ♦
Alone in the moonlight is more
fun if you aren’t.
—Pitt Panther.
* * *
Small boy (to stranger passing
by street comer): Did you lose a
dollar bill?
Man: Why—er—yes. I did.
Have you found it?
Small Boy: No, I just wanted
to check up on how many were
lost this morning. Yours makes
ninety-six.
—Student.
♦ » »
G. T. Martin: I had a beard
like yours once, but when I real
ized how it made me 1
it off.
Bryan Deeper: I hadi
your’n once. And when
that I couldn’t cut it
this beard to cover it.
♦ ♦ ♦
Voice over the phq
guess who got kicked o
lege?”
Old Lady: “Little
wouldn’t kick my lil
around the street like'
were you.”
Little Boy: “Oh, it’s^
She’s only my half sisfe
Hodgepodge
(By Charles Gre«
The world today is a
pire. From all corners o:
we hear the popping am
of events that brew aj
upon the horizon of w
tion. It is news of vaj
and it speaks of a worl
pie that are always
scene.s.” Some of the (
dynamic and fla.sh befo
the darting streaks of
lightning. To balance t
come the quiet but i
events that recreate the
men. It is from this ja
events and philosophii
have evolved the folloi
conceptions.
♦ * *
Handsome movie acte
the only ones who cause
ladies to dream about
have them in their secre
Did you realize that na
young woman in Germs
ing the man with th
Chaplin mustache “Hetl
» ♦ »
Modern trends may
eliminating the surface 1
modem styles are certid
nating the surface pro!
♦ » ♦
The American negro
fallen by the wayside
buting to world civilizi
dently Mr. Hitler has be
eloqution lessons fror
negro revivalists.
♦ * »
Preachers and refo
that they need to be i
men in order to sell t
Why not have them u
stallment plan?
» * *
We Americans are
people. We have leame
simple mountain musie
and we go wild over tl
classics such as “I
Floogie”.
♦ * ♦
The results of inf
events prove that histo
itself. So do the jokes
lessors tell.
* * *
You may be a hyp
feign a cultured poise,
had better not talk in j
when your bedfellow is