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nends and Countrymen . . .
iS le forensic group may have gone
I longer and bigger trips but
»u can quote me as saying that
>ne of them ever had a better
■ne than those that went to
jj^iarlotte.
'**To us . . . yours truly and the
, hers that were lucky enough to
'* I . . . those three days were
dream of dreams. And all of us
[el that we received the most
Iluable educational experience
the world. Not one minute was
asted from the time we left un-
. L we returned and never will
k. B forget it.
p !/sf Take a Look . . .
jlt those who went. At the last
mute Miss Wengert found it
^.possible to attend because of
' , bad cold, but Miss Bingham
f .me through as a substitute and
png with Mr. Huff we were
|cky enough to have two of the
J *st chaperones in North Caro-
Then there were Bill Blaine in
e driver’s seat and Paul Hudson,
bo went along to do some work
The Laurel, while we were
t eaking, and the following cou-
es:
J
es, YOlive Guessed It .. .
.^^turally J. E. Tate was with
lizabeth Coppedge as was Mac
lorwood with Mary Gail Menius.
lien Rachel Templeton and Wil-
B Bennett teamed up to make
1 cute couple. Not to be outdone,
orace Chamblee did his trucking
ith Emily Patrick, and John Ball
id Cynthia Jane Hemke were
en together real often. And then
ere were Bartlett Dorr and
aude Bloodgood, Emeth Johnson
d about six other guys, C. C.
ope, Jr., Dahpne Penny and
QTie Hilltop
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
VOL. XIII.
mars hill, north CAROLINA, MARCH 18, 1939.
NO.
MARS HILL WINNER OF FORENSIC MEET
Students Make Plans
To Go Home Thnrs.
For Spring Holidays
Many Plans Are
Made By The
Student Body
Spring is here, and that can
mean only one thing—spring holi
days, the five days’ rest period
that breaks the long monotony
between Christmas and commence
ment. All students are looking
forward to them; that is very
apparent by the numerous home
sick faces on ye old campus, and
it is apparent that all are plan
ning to enjoy the holidays to the
fullest.
Some are planning to catch up
on their work by writing term
papers, reading parallel, and some
of them even by doing a bit of
belated studying. Others are plan
ning to visit other institutions in
the hope that they may choose
a place to further their education
after they leave here.
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j^urs Truly.
"^d Those That Won First
laces . . .
Iso should be mentioned. Daphne
2nny led the Mars Hill group
Ith two first places. C. C. Hope,
’., Willis Bennett, Cynthia Jane
3mke, Emeth Johnson and Em-
Patrick each won first places
their respective contests. Mac
jrwood won a second place and
ary Gail Menius won a third
ace. Everyone of the debaters
m a high rating.
540h, you wonder what I did?
3ll, I didn’t do so hot. I tied
• third place in the men’s ora-
y contest with two other guys,
d by the way . . . there weren’t
t five in the contest.
•^raid Tve Gone a Little . . .
tfy about the forensic group
t I just couldn’t help myself.
It now let’s have some notes on
|npus capers. Just four more
ys and those long awaited
jing holidays will be here. Al-
i^dy everyone is talking about
'at they’re going to do. Our ad-
e is to remember that you have
e of the hardest weeks of your
;ool life when you return. So
■e it easy. Our apologies to all
'the honor clubs on the campus,
kfc Hilltop promises each of them
jt from now on they will each
cive their share of space in the
•er. Before school is out indiv-
al pictures of each of the pres-
hts are to be run in The
Itop.
“Wings of Morning”
Is Well Received
Excellently p o r t r aying the
strange host. Master Geoffrey,
who had by sheer will-power
gathered a group of widely sepa
rated characters into his home
“to think,’’ David Hooks led a
cast of fifteen students in the suc
cessful presentation of “Wings of
the Morning,’’ Saturday evening,
March 11, in the college audi
torium.
Chief supporting characters in
the mystery drama were played
by Gordon Bernard, Horace
Chamblee, John Ball, Lou Alice
Hamrick, Edgar Higgins, Cynthia
Jane Hemke, Emeth Johnson, and
Elizabeth Coppedge.
The plot centered around
Master Geoffrey, who, after
gathering the guests in his house,
caused it to go down a shaft into
the earth, and because of their dis
like for him, lost his reason. The
guests were taught to think as
they helped him back to reason,
and all make resolves in their
hearts to live better lives.
Business Club Holds
Regular Meeting
The Business club held its
regular business meeting in the
Clio-Phi hall Tuesday evening,
March 14, with Eddie Russell,
president, in charge.
Each member answered the roll
by naming some important es
sential to success in business.
Then the following program was
presented:
“Christianity in Business” was
discussed by Martha Fokes; “The
Importance of Living a Well-
Rounded Life in the Business
World,” by Maude Bloodgood;
“The Little Things That Count,”
by Howard Keaton; a debate,
“Resolved, That Money Has More
Influence Upon Mankind Than
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Philomathiaii Contest
Won By Sieg
Using as his subject, “Who
Changed the Truth,” Robert
Sieg won first place in the
annual Philomathian oratorical
contest, which was held last
night.
Others chosen along with
Mr. Sieg to speak at com
mencement were McLeod Bry
an and Charles Green, with
Bruce Brown as alternate. Se
lected along with the anniver
sary speaker were Charles
Green and Bruce Brown, who
will be anniversary orators for
next year.
Others in the contest were
Clyde Carr, Emmett Sams,
Harvey Norville, Carl Comp
ton, Bartlette Dorr, Max
Freeman. The judges for the
contest were Mrs. J. A. Mc
Leod, Professor R. M. Lee and
Rev. William Lynch.
W. 0. Lewis Delivers
Very Inspiring Talk
At Chanel Service
Large Group Attends
Stunt Night Program
Monday Evening
Sponsored By B. S. U.,
Program Proves To Be
Popular Entertainment
The first in a series of delight
ful, new programs was presented
through the combined of several
students and faculty members in
the college auditorium, Monday
night.
The program consisted of acro-
j batic exhibitions by the college
tumbling team; a mythical all-
I girl orchestra composed of mem-
. bers of second floor of Moore
dormitory and under the capable
leadership of Ada Wall; piano
[ renditions by Calvin Stringfield,
j Jr.; Jane Sondley and her five ^ar. Hill-Brevard Win Debate.
LOCAL GROUP WINS
SEVEN OF ELEVEN
FIRST PLACES
Daptine Penny Leads
Mars Hillians, Winning
Two First Places
Mars Hill students captured the
lion’s share of first places in the
two-day North Carolina Junior
College Forensic tournament held
I at Charlotte on March 3 and 4.
j The Mars Hillians won seven out
of eleven first places, while Bre-
! vard garnered only two, and
^ Campbell and Wingate colleges
one each.
I The tournament, which was held
in the Sunday school department
of the First Baptist church in
Charlotte, was directed by Miss
Carolyn Caldwell, social science
teacher of Wingate college.
harmonica tune-twisters; Coach
man’s original “Fruit Dodgers”
band rendering popular selec
tions; and the climaxing event of
the evening, a solo, “The Star
Spangled Banner,” by Professor
Wood and accompanied by Pro
fessor Stringfield on the piano.
The program was sponsored by
the college B. S. U. counsel under
the direction of W. R. Wagoner
and provided an evening of new
and varied attractions for a large
body of students and faculty mem
bers.
Mars Hill students were given
a real treat on Monday morning
when Walker O. Lewis, treasurer
of Sears Roebuck and Company
for 34 years, delivered a talk at
! the regular chapel service.
Mr. Lewis, who with his wife i
has been spending the last several j Walden Delivers Talk
winters at Grove Park inn, Ashe-
i ville, declared that he and his wife
j were greatly impressed by the
student body and the college.
I The subject of Mr. Lewis’s
address was “Joy of Service.”
Throughout his talk he told of
incidents in his life that led him
to do many things that later
proved to be helpful to him in his
work. One of his main thoughts
was that the successful man
thinks of himself while the great
man thinks of others.
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Many Topics Covered
By Library Additions
Do you have odd minutes in
which you loaf though finding no
pleasure even in that? Then try
reading Address Unkno-wn, by
Mrs. Katherine Kressmann Taylor.
You will readily see that the book
is a rarety in the field of litera
ture. It is a perfect short story
in the form of a dramatic series
of letters, between an American
living in San Francisco and his
former business partner who re
turned to Germany. No doubt you
will view the Jewish situation
differently, when you have read
this book.
All seem to be having spring
fever. Fever for what? Well, it
could be for a romping g;ood time
playing games outdoors or in
doors. Don’t say “What’s in a
game?” until you have read the
recently published book The Com
plete Book of Games, by Wood
and Goddard. Really now, don’t
you think it would be fun playing
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At Chapel Service
Miss Ruth Walden, a missionary
from Africa, spoke in chapel
Wednesday morning on the sub
ject “Christian Education in
Africa.” Miss Walden sailed for
Africa in 1934, served for three
years until her return to the Unit
ed States in 1937.
Miss Walden opened her talk
with a passage from the last chap
ter of Matthew, “God ye, there
fore, and teach all nations, baptiz
ing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost.” She told of her
work at Abeokuta, Nigeria, West
(Continued on page 4)
Mars Hill won the women’s de
bating contest with seven points.
Boiling Springs was second vnth
five. Brevard college won the
men’s debating contest, scoring
eight points in the round-robin
contest. Mars Hill and Boiling
Springs tied for second place in
men’s debating with seven points
each.
All teams debated the query,
“Resolved, That the United States
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Members Art Club
Enjoy Banquet
Miss Bowden Is Host
At Art Clul) Banquet
Held at Mars Hill
With a color scheme of green,
yellow, and white the Art Club,
under the sponsorship of Miss
Beulah Bowden, enjoyed an in
formal banquet and get-acquaint
ed affair at Airheart’s Cafe re
cently. Signifying Saint Patrick’s
day, place cards of delicate,
hand-painted design were placed
before each guest. The favors
were small shamrocks decorated
with typical Irish trinkets.
Those attending the banquet
were: Bill Ballard, president;
Clarence Braswell, Frances Bonke-
meyer, Iva Childress, Mary Con
nor, Ettabel Kelly, Sam Smith,
Clifford Hughes and Miss Bow
den, sponsor.
Ministerial Group
Elects Cannon
Ralph Cannon was elected
president of the Ministerial con
ference Thursday, March 9, to
fill the fourth regular term of the
year. The new leader succeeds.
Worth Grant in office.
Paul Early was chosen vice-
president; Robert Seig, secretary;
Billy Moore Hearn, organist; J.
Howard Hall, chorister; and T. L.
Cashwell, reporter, to complete
the new group of officers.
“A Minister and His Library”
was the topic of the message
brought to the conference that
evening by Charles Trentham.
This was one in a series of in
structive talks being brought by
members of the conference on
matters very important to them.
Ada Wall Wins Nons
Temperance Contest
Ada Wall won the finals of the
Nonpareil Temperance Reading
contest several weeks ago giving
a selection entitled “Toll.” Second
place was taken by Miriam Pin-
nell, reading “In the Death Cell.”
Preliminary winners among the
expression and non - expression
groups included Ada Wall, first,
and Miriam Pinnell, second, of
those studying this subject; and
Elizabeth Stinson, first, with
“Death Laughs,” and Mary Cath
erine Adams, second, with “Youth
Challenged”, from those not tak
ing expression. The final contest,
won by Ada Wall, was held be
tween the winners of the two
groups. This was not a contest for
commencement competition, but
for society training.