CThe Hilltop
SUMMER EDITION
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XIII.
Mars Hill. North Carolina, August 4. 1939.
No. 15
lER SESSION
■|F 1939 TERMED
“THE FINEST YET”
JLlment Holds Up Here
d Peak Figures De-
1 spite Conditions.
^ the fifth session of the
rn division of the- Wake
Oc-Meredith Summer School
to a close, it is evident
every standpoint that it has
decidedly superior to all
lus sessions. The officers of
YVistration have performed
t’lduties most effectively, the
y has been adequate, there
28 professors, 3 of whom
jj/ised the demons tration
1, and each memiber has co-
■^ed in every phase of the
wer school work, and the stu-
body, in enrollment and in
has been gratifying.
: enrollment here this sum-
las indeed been remarkable,
irhile other summer schools
ghout the state, and through-
le south, have fallen down in
ment, the western division
eld up, there being but three
students enrolled this sum-
.^ihan were enrolled in 1938.
^/summer school reached its
last summer with an en-
-^nt of 354.
■^n before the enrollment for
session was completed, Di-
B. Y. Tyner stated that
•esponse of the public had
J^’^most gratifying to the spom
and directors. Between the
ination of the summer
■ns in 1933 and the close of
svo divisions in 1938, the en-
Oent grew from about 475 to
than 1,000 students. Since
beginning of the summer
■n at Wake Forest College
than 10,000 students have
^ instructed.
e summer school began in
^ at which time Wake For-
^nd Meredith colleges united
their first joint summer
5^n. Two years later Wake
-^^t, Meredith, and Mars Hill
^^res united in a program to
to the western part of North
ina the advantages of a four
collie education under the
porship of Liberal Arts Col-
,/ which are avowedly Christian
f^r philosophy and practice.
y e summer session is operated
nine-weeks and a six-weeks
■ and is considered an in-
1 part of the regular session.
Its are accepted by all
^ard accrediting agencies for
^degrees and certificates,
ofessor Tyner, of Meredith
has served as director of
V vestem division from the be
long five years ago. Under his
tion, the summer school has
accordance with its
3se, into an Integral part of
-regular college sessions, and
ll^^stem North Carolina,
prking with Director Tyner in
successful efforts to come
;r each year the goal set have
: Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin,
dent of Wake Forest College;
jharles E. Brewer, president
^itus of Meredith College;
/» Blackwell, president of Mars
^College; Dean D. B. Bryan,
Vake Forest, general director
he summer divisions; Dean I.
jarr, of Mars Hill, associate
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8 Degrees, 20 Diplomas
Will Be Given Tonight
At Fifth Commencement
Seven Students From Meredith And One From Wake
Forest College Get B. A.; Others From
Mars Hill College.
Director and Mrs. Bunyan Y. Tyner. Director Tyner ***^^0^
of the western division of the Wake Forest-Meredith Summer
School since its beginning five years ago.
The degrees of Bachelor of Arts will be conferred on eight senior
college students, and diplomas will be presented to twenty junior
college students at the fifth commencement of the Western Division
of the Wake Forest-Meredith School tonight.
The exercises will be held at eight o’clock in the college audi
torium. The summer school choir, under the direction of Professor
Edgar D. Kerr, head of the music department, will provide music
for the occasion. Dr. S. L. Stealey, pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Raleigh will deliver the commencement address.
The
STUDENT FACTS AND FIGURES
REVEAL INTERESTING DATA
We Come From Many A Place, And We Hardly Recognize
Our Own Composite Face.
A cosmopolitan and highly interesting, not to mention a ciinous
(in some respects), student body has attended the summer session—
if you know the facts and figures about your fellow-registrant^
For one thing, we came from twelve states, the District of Colum
bia, and two foreign countries. North Carolina, of course, headed
the list in numbers with 287. South Carolina followed with seven
teen; Tennessee and Virginia with ten each; Georgia and Florida,
six each; Alabama and Kentucky, four each; .and Arkansas, Illinois,
Maryland, New York, and the District of Columbia, one each. Lilia
Diaz came from Cuba, and Henri Pegron from Porto Rico.
Among the North Carolinians,
eighty came from Madison Coun
ty, thirty-seven from neighbor
ing Buncombe, twenty-five from
Wake, twenty-four from Yancey,
and eleven from Rockingham. But
fifty-one other counties are rep
resented by one or more students,
so that literally we came from
“Manteo to Murphy.”
Fifty-five different colleges
were represented, with Mars Hill
leading with fifty-five students,
followed by Meredith with forty-
three, Wake Forest with fifteen,
and Appalachian State Teachers
College with fourteen. Most of
the colleges in North Carolina,
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LAUGHS ARE PROVIDED
BY STUNT NIGHT FETE
Students Hilariously Turn
Lose In Last Big Fling
Before Exams.
As a last big fling before exams,
the summer school students hilari
ously turned themselves loose last
Monday in the uproarious fun of
Stunt Night.
The big features of the program
were a womanless wedding by the
boys, and a style show by the
girls. In between these were a
number of short skits by indi
viduals and groups.
Professor Edgar D. Kerr pre
sided as master of ceremonies.
Mrs. Kerr, pianist, played musical
selections throughout the pro
gram.
Miss Alma Murchison was in
charge of arrangements for the
stunt, and working with her were
Mrs. Edgar D. Kerr, and Miss
Frances Bailey. The student com
mittee included Betty Thompson,
Wilma Dale, Mary Lou Hoyle,
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Left to Right, First Row: Lena Abernethy, of Belmont; Edna Lou Moore, of St. Pauls; Maunne Wm-
free, of Summerfield; Anne Barnes, of Wendell; Linda Riddle, of Raleigh; and Lois Avant, of Tryon.
All ’are candidates for the A. B. Degree from Meredith College. . .
Second Row: Edwin Spangler, of Shelby; Michael Reynolds, of Asheville; James Pickering, of Cope,
S. C.• Vergil Olgle, of Gatlinburg, Tenn.; Clifton Dunevent, of Hurdle Mills; and Carlyle Glance,
of Asheville. Reynolds is a candidate for the A. B. Degree from Wake Forest, -while all the others
are applicants for junior college diplomas. , 1. t
Third Row: Mary Lou Hoyle, of Fallston; Lucille Ray, of Buckner; Kate Robinson, of Mm^y; Lou
Alice Hamrick, of Fallston; Martha Louise Stroupe, of Alexis; Betty Sessons Thompson, of Colerain;
Helen Crutchfield, of Albemarle; and Glenna Franklin, of Andrews. „ , , -n
Not shown in picture are Helen Murray, of Mars Hill;’ Marg^aret Robinson, of Ash^ille; Anne
Martin, of Wadesboro; Helen McCall, of Asheville; Iris Love Dixon, of Mars Hill; Ben Donehoo, of
Waycross, Ga.; and Lawrence Sprinkler, of Weaverville.
program will begin with
the processional, played by Mrs.
Edgar D. Kerr, teacher of piano
and public school music for the
summer. The processional will be
followed by a hymn, sung by the
audience.
Dr. L. E. M. Freeman will pro
nounce the invocation, and after
I that the choir will sing Hasler’s
“0 Sing Unto the Lord.”
Following the address the choir
■will render another selection,
“Lullaby on Christmas Eve,” by
Christiansen, with Frances Dixon,
of South Boston, Va., as soloist.
President Hoyt Blackwell of
Mars Hill College will present the
junior college diplomas to the
twenty applicants. Degrees will be
conferred to Wake Forest and
Meredith candidates by Professor
Bunyan Y. Tyner, Director of the
summer session.
In accordance with a Meredith
custom, at the same time that the
diploma is presented, a Bible will
be given to each candidate for a
degree.
The program will close with the
singing of Lutkin’s “Choral Bene
diction,” by the choir.
Candidates for degrees from
Meredith College are: Lois Slate
Avant, Tryon; Lena Abernathy,
Belmont; Anne Myrtle Barnes,
Wendell; Linda Riddle, Raleigh;
Betty Thomasson, Danville, Va.;
and Maurine Winfree, Summer-
field. Michael Reynolds, of Ashe
ville, is a candidate for a degree
from Wake Forest College.
Applicants for diplomas from
Mars Hill College are Helen
Crutchfield, Albemarle; Iris Love
Dixon, Mars Hill; Ben Donahoo,
Waycross, Ga.; Clifton Dunevant,
Hurdle Mills; Glena Franklin, An
drews; Carlyle Glance, Leicester;
Lou Alice Hamrick, Fallston; Mary
Lou Hoyle, Fallston; Helen Mc
Call, Asheville; Anne Martin,
Wadesboro; Helen Murray, Mars
Hill; Vergil Ogle, Gatlinburg,
Tenn.; James Pickering, Cope, S.
C.; Lucille Ray, Buckner; Kate
Robinson, Murphy; Margaret
Robinson, Asheville; Ed-win Spang
ler, Shelby; Lawrence, Sprinkle,
Weaverville; Martha Stroupe,
Alexis; Betty Thompson, Colerain.