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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 25, 1939
NO. 5
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Baiy GEORGE BLACKWELL J
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in easi
1 censast issue’s column was devot-
;range,nainly to those interested in
; nationry and international affairs,
ings sii issue will interest those stu-
3 natits who like literature and Eng-
to h The letter comes from the.
his EiP person who wrote the last
arkablyr, Mr. Basil Edward Knight,
ven ijexplains in detail Cambridge
'ersity and a few of its tradi-
has p®' Mr. William Craven has
land ^ kind enough to allow us to
in wi this letter. We welcome any
Russia, from other students. The
t con®''’ reads as follows;
e WOO'-
,r Bill:
hoT^e have been having some
eastett unusual weather in England
justifiche last two months. It turned
war ty cold on the Saturday before
ies wfistmas, and on Monday it was
n thei^ving. By Wednesday the main
he hai*ct of Harrow was covered
bility' or three inches deep in very
ainst snow in spite of the fact
re to t many cars were using chains,
which the first time I have seen
thoui® wearing chains, although it
r of frequently happens in
lain s'*® North England and Scot-
ring, had several falls of
will 1^ during the week, and the
t was on the following Mon-
r. Again on the 25th of Octo-
*^***‘- we had snow here (I have
■y _ in back since the 16thl. In the
i-'i-'rning it was raining, but it
Doinged to sleet at 9:00 a. m.,
ivO j later to snow, which lasted
.y^Qjtil 5:30. All this is remarkable
;ause it is very unusual here.
^*’*®*j are surprised when we get
e very small fall a year. Pre-
igg lus to Christmas week the last
1 I saw was Easter, 1937; pre-
lus to that, Easter, 1936. Both
lEASl these were about one inch in
fields of soft snow, which
ilted during the day.
I am sorry I have not got any
,:tures of the college yet. I have
d a look around, and I could
ly see one which gave no idea
all of what the place is like.
(Continued on page 4)
PHI’S CEEBRATE 49th ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT
Eu’s Celebrate
48th Anniversary
Impressive Program
Given Here On
November 11
TFas
Convention
Education
Rejects
Report
On Saturday night, November
11, at 7:30 o’clock in the college
auditorium, the Euthalian literary
society commemorated its 48th
anniversary.
The program was representa
tive of the type of work done by
the society and consisted of a
number of forensic selections and
musical numbers. First was an
address by William Duckworth,
president of the society, followed
by the “Euthalian Hymn,’’ sung
by the entire society. Then came
a few moments of devotional led
by Roy Lee and closed with an
invocation by Professor S. 0.
Trentham. Next was rendered a
declamation, “The Land Where
Hatred Expires” by Ralph Jin-
nette. George Blackwell followed
Jinnette with an oration, “Youth:
Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-
nine.After a vocal selection,
“The Blind Plowman,” by Paul
Brunner, a debate was given, with
James Thomas and Harold Slu
der on the affirmative, and Tom
my Evans and Horace Small on
the negative. Then, after a violin
solo, “Air-Varie,” by William
Craven, came in quick succession
(Continued on page 4)
Recommendation T o Limit
Support To Four Schools
Is Killed
Non’s Entertain
With Reception
Girls’ Society Employs
Southern Plantation
Theme
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SIT
*ef^obinson Awarded
Building Contract
^^ontractor Is Expected To
iHT Begin His Work Next
—^ Week
Zeb Robinson, a contractor of
sheville, has been awarded the
instruction of the ' proposed
lence building, according to an
inouncement made by Dean I.
. Carr.
CBS Contractor Robinson, an alum-
tis of Mars Hill college, built the
'firmary and Edna Corpening
idlC^oore domitory, and he also built
'e addition to the dining hall.
After leaving Mars Hill, Mr.
;^^obinson went to N. C. State col-
at Raleigh. Graduating there
B began construction work, and
B has been connected with such
'ork practically all his life. His
^ughter, Margaret Robinson,
raduated at Mars Hill last year.
The new building will cost over
76,000 and, according to B. H.
ilson, college engineer, the con-
ractors will begin “the initial
mrk Monday or Tuesday of next
mek.”
Blind Pianist Gives
Concert Here
^
Mr. Everette Bailey Plays
Classical And Popular
Music In Chapel
Mr. Everette Bailey, blind
pianist, made his second appear
ance here when he gave a short
concert of popular, classical, and
religious music during a length
ened chapel period November 13,
1939. He accompanied Seth Perk-
inson, of the Asheville Y.M.C.A.,
earlier in the year.
Five years ago Mr. Bailey turn
ed from dance orchestra to re
ligious music. “God gave me my
talent,” he declared, “and I am
returning it to God by singing
and playing religious music.”
Mr. Bailey, blind since birth,
is an accomplished pianist and has
played oyer the radio and at re
vival services throughout this sec
tion. Mr. Bailey has in his mem
ory a large category of musical
selections, popular, religious, and
classical. His style is individual
ized in that he frequently departs
from the original theme and in
tersperses phrases of his own.
The first part of Mr. Bailey’s
program was taken up in classical
and semi-classical selections, some
of which Mr. Bailey sang. Nota
bly among this group were selec
tions by Chopin and Liszt.
After the half-way mark Mr.
Bailey launched into a series of
popular songs by more modern
authors. The series he played by
Hoagy Carmichael was received
with thunderous applause by the
students. Mr. Bailey explained
that he was partial to Mr. Car
michael’s music because he had
studied under him for nine
months.
The Baptist state cenvention
meeting in ^Vinston-Salem this
week, rejected by a vote of 77 to
75 the proposal, made by a spe
cially appointed committee, that
the convention concentrate its
support in four Baptist colleges in
the state — Wake Forest, Mere
dith, Mars Hill, and Campbell—
to the exclusion of others.
The commission recommended
the limitation of the Baptist State
school system to four institutions
and the creation of a coordinat
ing committee for those four in
stitutions. This committee, as pro
posed, is to consist of the presi
dents and other representatives of
Mars Hill, Wake Forest, Meredith,
and Campbell colleges, together
with six members to be appointed
by the convention.
At present, the boards of trus
tees of these schools are all named
by the convention, but they have
no connection with each other.
The recommendation of the com
mission was for a committee to
correlate and coordinate the edu
cational program of the several
institutions as far as it may be
practicable.
The educational committee of
the convention employed a com
mittee of experts from Peabody
I college at Nashville, Tennessee,
to make a survey of all Baptist
schools in North Carolina. That
committee recommended consoli
dation as an ultimate goal, but
not as an immediate step. These
recommendations eliminate sev
eral of the Baptist schools in the
state, limit the system to two
junior colleges, of which Mars
Hill is one, and to two senior col
leges.
Program To Close
Anniversary Season
Clio’s Will Entertain Phi’s
At Reception On
December 2
Honor Clubs Hold
Monthly Meetings
On Tuesday night, October 13,
the honor clubs of the campus
held their regular monthly meet
ings. Each club presented a typi
cal program.
C-I’s who are eligible for honor
clubs will be accepted after the
first semester.
On Saturday evening, Novem
ber 18, the Nonpareils entertain
ed their Euthalian brothers at
their annual reception in Moore
hall. The program was centered
around a southern plantation
theme.
At the entrance of Moore Hall
was a field of white cotton. In
the background was the log cabin
of a Negro slave, with pickanin
nies deep in slumber and the low
hum of some Negro spirituals. At
the top of the steps was a mag
nificent colonial home with majes
tic white columns, glistening in
the rays of a harvest moon. Each
couple was greeted on the porch
by a dignified Negro butler with
long sideburns and graying hair.
The Non-Eu hall was trans
formed into a library and draw
ing room. At one end was a huge
fireplace with a glowing fire and
brass andirons. In this room, with
its candelabra, family portraits,
crossed swords, spinning wheels,
colonial easy chairs, lovely ladies
and gracious men, a colonial at
mosphere was effectively created.
In the Clio-Phi hall was a
beautiful garden typical of old
plantation days. With stars and
a moon overhead, an old-fashion
ed love seat, winding paths, a
lovers’ lane, and the faint smell
of roses, one believed he was
really wandering in the garden
of some stately plantation.
Here the guests and society
members were given another cor
dial welcome by Mary Corpen
ing and Bill Duckworth, presi
dents of the two societies, as
they stood by the white columns
of this colonial home.
The following entertaining
program was then presented:
“Welcome,” Emily Patrick; piano
solo, “Claire de Lune,” Bill
Avera; reading, “A Black Blue
Grass Widow,” Gwendolyn Pot
ter; .skit, “A Word Apiece,” Hilda
Stoker, Ralph Jinnette, Louise
Wall, and Kemp Reese; clarinet
solo, Mary Catherine Adams;
“What Nonpareil Means to Me,”
Barbara Barrington; vocal solo,
Mary Nell Hardin; skit, “When
Martha and George Returned,”
Anne Lewis, Gordon Bernard,
Dorothy McElwain, and Ed Long;
(Continued on page 4)
With its golden anniversary
just one year off, the Philoma-
thian literary society will present
its 49th anniversary program this
evening at 8 o’clock in the col
lege auditorium before an audi
ence of faculty, students, and re
turned Philomathians and Clios.
The presiding officers for the
evening are Clifton Merrill, of
Asheville, president; Thomas
White, secretary; and Robert All-
red, of Marion, censor. The regu
lar officers are Charles Greene, of
Rufus, president; Bartlett Dorr,
of Mt. Ranier, N. D., censor; and
Thomas White of Washington,
D. C., secretary.
The entire program is as fol
lows:
Hymn, “Come Thou Almighty
King,” by the audience: devo
tional, Rexford R. Campbell; in
vocation, Dr. Hoyt Blackwell;
“To Non-Eu,” by Philomathian
president; oration, “The Ameri
can Ideal,” Roger H. Crook; dec
lamation, “What Price War,”
Charles M. White; piano solo,
Rochmininoff’s “Prelude in C
Sharp Minor,” Kent C. Brannock;
debate, “Resolved, that all junior
colleges in the United States
should have student government,”
with Bruce B. Brown and Bart
lett P. Dorr in the affirmative,
and George B. Culpepper and
Caughey B. Culpepper on the
negative; oration, “Our House
Needs Cleaning, Too,” Charles R.
(Continued on page 2)
Dr. Howard Powell, Charlotte Minister,
Speaks On Privilege And Responsibility
Dr. Howard P. Powell, pastor
of the Dilworth Methodist church,
Charlotte, addressed the students
and faculty in chapel, November
21, under the auspices of the
B. S. U., using as his subject,
“What a Privilege to Have a Re
sponsibility.”
Dr. Powell was presented by
Bill Allred, twin brother of Bob
Allred, B. S. U. president, who
knew Dr. Powell as a pastor in
Marion, N. C.
In his opening remarks Dr.
Powell praised Mars Hill very
highly as a church school and said
that he had watched the deport
ment of this college for several
years. Dr. Powell divided his ad
dress into three phases. He de
clared that it was a responsibility
to be a student; a responsibility
to be a dreamer, providing a per
son made his dream a reality; and
above all, said Dr. Powell, it was
a responsibility to be a Christian.
Dr. Powell left the campus im
mediately after having lunch with
the students in the college dining
hall.
It “Snows” Ashes
When Forests Burn
Unusual “Storm” Reduces
Visibility, Surprises
Local Folk
When Supt. Springs, of Mars
Hill’s C. C. C. camp number 2,
drove into Mars Hill one after
noon last week he thought he had
.suddenly driven into a light snow
storm. But when he got out of
his car and investigated, he found
that the large white flakes were
not snow flakes, but ashes fall
ing lightly from the sky.
Supt. Springs explained that
the occurrence was a very un
usual one and one that seldom
happened in the earstern part of
the United States. He said that
the ashes came from some of the
numerous forest fires that were
burning in Madison county last
week and that the nearest fire
to Mars Hill was on Yates Knoll,
ten miles away.
The ashes were carried aloft
by a tremendous upward surge of
heated air, suspended high in the
heavens until the surrounding air
was cooled, and then “snowed
down” on the surrounding area.
For several days during the time
mentioned above. Mars Hill was
enveloped in a thick curtain of
smoke from the fires exactly as
dense fogs curtain this area in
certain seasons of the year.
—From News-Record.