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The sudden reversal of British
>reign policy marks a new era
)ney European diplomacy. British
n .’Jrime Minister Nevil Chamber-
from'”’ great appeaser,
d become the John
Ifishi of World War days with his
'creased armaments and strong;
5asy ’’ ®
ilitary alignments. This reversal
IS not been without cause, how-
‘^°^er; the dictators, especially Hit-
statei^^ have repeatedly shown them-
Oregives distrustful. Many treaties
omen,d numerous promises have been
'foken, finally climaxed by the
been igregard of the Munich agree-
ive li\jjt, in which Germany promised
)f Loti guarantee the new boundaries
® Czecho-Slovakia and proclaimed
lew the right of self determina-
5n of races.
Qlie Hilltop
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
VOL. XIII.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 8, 1939.
No.j^r’ l\
Bob Allred To Head B.S.U.
Presidents of Mars Hill Honor Clubs
IS sent
intain
aboTT
Germany Continues March
Three weeks ago, after an
ipeal by revolting Slovakia, Ger-
' an troops entered the Bohemia-
pravian sector of the doomed
5xas Opublic. Twelve hours later the
the Ihehrer drove triumphantly into
(smen,g capital, following another of
s great bloodless conquests.
-UE” ow the best chunk of the super-
f
uiiK
crry
dels
les
LY
rphenated republic, Bohemia-Mo-
;via—with a well-educated popu
lion of 7,000,000, armaments
le-third as large as Germany’s
d a gold reserve of $92,000,000
against Germany’s $28,000,000
has been incorporated as a full-
nlged part of the Reich. Slo-
kia has been made into a “pro-
ctorate,” virtually also a part
the Fatherland. Hungary quick
seized the remainder, Ruthenia,
rming the longed-for comm
undary with Poland.
Is Hitler Afraid?
iHistory-making events quickly
llowed the Czecho-Slovak rape,
^rmany furthered her Drang
jch Osten policy by gaining far-
aching economic concessions in
, imania. No military concessions
'■CCS tre made, however; for Ru-
tnian King Carol called for
itional mobilization and con-
itrated about 500,000 troops on
^ western border. It is interest-
? to note that Hitler has not
moved against a nation that is
.„5S^(iy to fight.
[n a characteristically abrupt
ve. Hitler swung northeast
linst Lithuania, demanding by
imatum the strategic former
rman port of Memel. Lithuania
ekly accepted the Fuehrer’s
irantee of the new borders in
urn for this 1,090 square miles
coastal plains. Thus in six
irs the Austrian Corporal had
)llen the Reich from 181,500
lare miles with 60,000,000 peo-
to a Greater Germany of 260,-
square miles with 90,000,000
pie.
'‘Slop-Hitler” Movement
phe definite reaction to this
V German aggression has been
I beginning of a “stop-Bitler”
) p.Mvement, instigated and led by
imberlain and Foreiggi Minister
|ifax of Britain. It seems that
tain has definitely decided to
ndon appeasement, and she
received the full cooperation
France. As a result of recent
0 p.M*P movements in East Prussia
the usual agitation which pre-
es aggression in the Polish
ridor, Poland’s Foreign Min-
r Josef Beck has entered into
otiations with England. Since
ling can be gained from an
0 P Reich, and in
t of the fact that Poland fears
many’s recovery of the vital
ddor, she has now apparently
'.M. nitely lined up with the de-
racies.
Britain Obtains Support
^^^jst what is the meaning of
e recent developments, and is
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Above are three honor club presidents of Mors Hill College. Eddie Russell, at left, of New
Bern, heads the Business Club; Miss Wylda Wynne, center, of Erwin, Tenn., is head of the Science
Club, and Warren Pritchard, right, of Spruce Pine, is head of the Foreign Language Club.
Easter Sunrise Service Tomorrow
p.M.
Little Mountain Is
To Be Scene
Of Service
Group To Leave The
Spilman Dormitory At
5:30 O’clock
Easter Sunday will be wel
comed by a group of Mars Hill
students with a sunrise service
on Little 'mountain. The group
■will leave Spilman dormitory at
5:30 a. m. and will have com
plete charge of the service, which
is to consist of music and brief
messages and prayer. W. R.
Wagoner, Worth Grant, and oth
ers will appear on the program.
As well as group singing, there
will be special music by Miss
Ellison, Altha Smith, Emma
Weatherly, Bill Allred, and
Charles Kuzmaul.
The sunrise service comes as a
climax to a series of noon-day
prayer services held this week and
devoted to a review of the last
week of Christ’s life. Each day a
student speaker has described the
events of that corresponding day
in Christ’s last week. The student
speaker for Sunday was Lila Mae
Kelley; for Monday, Bob Allred;
for Tuesday, Doris Thompson; for
Wednesday, Katie Ruth Grayson;
for Thursday, Rex Campbell; and
for Friday, Paul Early. Today
was devoted to a period of music,
scripture, and quiet meditation.
Dennis And Merrill
To Edit C‘I Hilltop
To take the responsibility
for publishing the C-I edition
of The Hilltop, coming out on
April 22, Billy Dennis was
elected editor and Pete Mer
rill managing editor for the
issue bjr the class in a meet
ing, Saturday, April 1.
Plans for the edition have
already been begun by the new
staff. Other important staff
positions are as follows: Char
les Greene, associate editor;
A. Johnson, business manager.
WWNG Sponsors A
New Radio Program
Through College
Classical Music From
Local Library Is
Being Used
Each Sunday evening, begin
ning April 9, from radio station
WWNC in Asheville a recorded
program of classical music is to
be presented from 9:30 to 10:30.
The recordings are to be selected
from the Mars Hill college music
library and will consist chiefly of
symphonies and suites. Orchestral
arrangements are to be featured
along with a few vocal selections.
Mr. Ezra McIntosh of station
WWNC will comment on the num
bers. The series will be continued
indefinitely.
The Mars Hill college music
library, which represents $2,000
in equipment, including a card
catalogue, 650 records, and a
machine for playing the records,
was given to the school by the
Cameprie Foundation of New
York. The college has given 100
additional records and is to add
to the collection annually. In the
card catalogue the recordings are
listed in four ways: by composers,
by titles, by mediums (voice,
piano, violin, etc.), and by form
(symphonies, suites, etc.). Sym
phonies by Beethoven, Brahms,
Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Mozart,
Schubert, and Tchaikovski and
suites by Bach, Bizet, Grieg,
Handel, Moussorysky, Ravel,
Rimski-Korsakov, Saint - Saens,
Schumann, Tchaikovski, and War-
lock are available in the library.
These classics are among those to
be used in the radio series.
Mars Hill is one of the few
institutions in North Carolina
fortunate enough to have the
music library; and the students,
faculty, and the people of the
community are deeply grateful to
the Carnegie Foundation for it.
The college 'widies to stress the
fact that the unit is for the bene-
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MARS HILL STUDENTS
ATTEND IRC MEETING
Important Conferences
Are Being Held At
William and Mary
Four members of the IRC club.
Bill Angell, Dorothy Drake, Tom
White and Charles Summey, ac
companied by Dean R. M. Lee,
left the campus Thursday morn
ing to attend the Southeastern
International Relations confer
ence at William and Mary college,
Williamsburg, 'Va. IRC clubs
from Maine to Florida are expect'-
ed to attend the conference in
which internationally known
speakers will lead various dis
cussions on foreign affairs.
J. E. Tate, president of the
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New Council Elected
I To Serve For The
Next Year
Allred Defeats Dorr To
Succeed Wagoner As
President
In the first election held on
the campus for the year 1939-
1940 Bob Allred, of Marion, was
elected to succeed TV. R. Wagoner,
of Clemmons, as president of the
college B. S. U. Candidates nomi
nated by the nominating commit
tee for this high office were Mr.
Allred and Bartlett Dorr, of Mt.
Rainer, Md. The students voted
by secret ballot on March 30 at
the regular chapel service.
Elected along with Mr. Allred
was an entire new council. The
new group is expected to go with
W. R. Wagoner to Greensboro on
April 15. There, new B. S. U.
councils from over the state will
gather for a training meeting.
The complete council is as fol
lows: Mary Catherine Adams, first
vice-president; Maude Bloodgood,
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Cashwell Announces
Junior-Senior Plans
Definite plans for the junior-
senior banquet are nearing com
pletion in the hand of several C-I
committees. According to T. L.
Cashwell, president of the C-I
class, the Juniors are striving to
honor the Seniors with a banquet
that they will always remember.
The banquet will be held Satur
day night, April 22, in the college
dining hall. The honorable Charles
“Upshaw” Greene has been select
ed as toastmaster for the evening.
The toastmaster, who is already
getting his “line” in order, can be
counted upon to furnish all of the
life and enjoyment necessary for
a good time. The pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Asheville,
Dr. Inzer, has been extended an
invitation to deliver the main
address to the Seniors.
With each day the time is draw
ing near when a grand evening
will be had by everyone, C-II’s
and C-I’s alike. Until then, the
best advice that can be given is
possibly a needless suggestion:
date early.
Home Makers Guild
Holds Meeting
On March 22 the Home Makers
Guild had their regular meeting
in the Treat Parlor and had the
following program presented:
“The Picture of an Ideal Girl,”
Johnnie Willoughby; “How Should
My Leisure Be Spent?” Mrs. Can
non; “How Should I Act At
Parties?” Ruth Guilbert; “My
Girl Friends and Boy Friends,”
Marion Hendrix; and “My
Future,” Edith Staton. Mary
Justice read a group of poems.
Miss Rutherford spoke on the
traits necessary for an interesting
personality, and on how personali
ties are shown in actions. The dif
ferent types of walking, standing,
and sitting postures were disr
cussed and demonstrated. Each
member was given a personality
chart to check up on her traits.
Surprise refreshments of ice
cream and candy were served by
Miss Rutherford.
Drake Succeeds
Penny As Non
President
Dorothy Drake, of Atlanta,
Ga., was elected commence
ment president of the Non
pareil literary society to suc
ceed Daphne Penny, of Ra
leigh.
Other officers elected to as
sist Miss Drake are as follows:
Elizabeth Coppedge, vice-
president; Iva West, Secretary;
Frances Bonkemeyer, corre
sponding secretary; Peggy
Moss, censor; Vivian Lunsford,
chaplain; Miriam Pinnell, chor
ister; Helen Trentham, pianist;
Peggy Brown, reporter; Margie
Crews, chief hostess; Alice
Craddock, Irmeth Coleman,
Mary Corpening, Louise Wall,
and Claire Hardin, associate
hostesses..