THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
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^— JOHN S. FARRAR
Evans,
sident of Sebren’s Show
society. leen the halves of the Bre
ls to be hme, Mr. Herbert Sebren
state aHi exhibition of his skill as
is noted fcechnist. With the use of
ipon thej:e-lighted batons, Mr. Se
re his ptaazed the crowd as he
one gill his arms with rhythm and'
Tom datW. Mr. Sebren is well cul-
• the cityilong this line, having had
:al charai training. He is quite inter-
•ibed as n forming a class in which
:k eyes, t of pyrothenics may be
inches i« If any are interested in
t, they should contact Mr.
If a sufficient number
iREENE-
terested, a class will prob-
Lincolnes . ,
, ..^e formed,
d put it
Hilltop a JoHff Wounded
the Philhy Joliff, sturdy guard, re-
A misol a bad cut over the left eye
he is a* first Brevard game. This
irmitage’l him to miss the second
n. With! with the Tornadoes. The
he voice) disabled him for only a
:ie is kn and he was back in and
on the 3 seven points when the
gitude a met Valdese. Bill “Hard”
ek are stray also received a split
occasion the Brevard game but was
icter of irced out of service. It
0 W. D. that it is rather difficult
KWORff^^ to muster over “two”
per game. I suppose these
° ave to be called the “faith-
yo.” Eh, Bill?
1 buddy,
Nonpar* Tumblers’ Debut
ry presiFebruary 17th the tumbling
Literary gave its first public per-
of BereSnce at the intermission of
ising nistars Ilill-Valdese game. The
:es an aCgave a fine program and
rs. Fafl that they have received
renditio instructions from their
Ball, “t An added feature was the
drawn dty of Mr. Sebren to have
lapacityind and body cooperate. The
d the K was kept in an uproar
his fride prankish adoes of Mr. Se-
the “f* The boys received a big
in ascs* for their fine exhibition,
iristics-' be looking for you again
boys.
-PEPP^ ^ preliminary contest to the
lal Celtics-Enka game to be
LIONS DEFY BULLDOGS TONIGHT
le town
presides
ss
d in the new Asheville Au-
ajjij'Jni on March 4, the Lions
ithi n tangle with Bilt-
Well ®°^^®^®' Celtics always
pn a grand show, and the
ti» H'lbBiltmore game will be
“(T attraction.
Literary Spring Ahead!
dim ar^ won’t be long until spring
1 letharf! The major league baseball
t, he are encamping for their
scellenling bases this week, and,
in his’^’s more, some of the boys on
ures bampus have already slipped
wn oU*tbe ol’ ball and glove and
begun to whip her around.
-K That’s a sure sign of spring!
Her pt*:h Roberts is expected to
camp’ll a formal announcement
ner se^'ft baseball plans in the near
iterary re. You “fellas” who are in-
cience ^ted should be ready for the
collcgtt’s” call when it is made!
Tantal^t’s take Biltmore tonight,
she i^beat ’em twice last year, and
y aln’'’'s no time to stop. Come out
as tl'*help the boys drop the ball in
if bro'''’buckets! Only a game or two
d the bins on the card before the
stocra^sin falls on the ’39-’40 edition
tures- he Lions. The boys have play-
:y and^ell; so let’s all be out there
j her %ht and help ’em battle. An-
>rs aSboys!!
physi^e needed two or three lines
pon this space, and here they
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Last Home Game
To Begin At 7:30
Biltmore Seeks Revenge For
Last Season’s
Licking
In their last home game of the
season the Lions will scrap the
Biltmore college five of Ashe
ville tonight. This is the first en
gagement between the mountain
city boys and the locals this year.
Coach Dickerson’s men have
been playing some speedy ball
games in the last six weeks and
are expected to pour on the heat
in tonight’s contest. Biltmore has
come a long way since their open
ing game with Asheville high early
last December; and so have the
Lions since their opening tussle
with Tusculum. An exciting game
is expected because Biltmore will
be seeking revenge for two lick
ings handed them by the Lions
last year.
A good crowd is expected to
see the boys scrap as they ring
down the curtain on the home
schedule. The game begins at
7:30.
Possible Starters
Mars Hill Biltmore
Whitaker F Dumer
Lambert F Bennett
McMurray C Duncan
Farrar G Poole
Joliff G Ebbs
Lions Take Double
Win From Canton
The Lions ran roughshod over
the Champion “Y” club of Can
ton Thursday, February 8. Jimmy
Joliff and Fern Lambert paced
the home team’s offense with 17
and 16 points respectively. In the
second half of the contest the
Lions were able to score nearly at
their own will. The final score
was 54-38.
In the first game of the double-
header, the “B” team walked off
with a 45-24 victory from the
Canton “B” team. John McMur
ray dropped in eight buckets for
16 points to lead the “Bees.”
Lineup
Mars Hill(54) Canton “Y” (38)
Farrar(6) F Michael(10)
Joliff(17) F ..Troutman(10)
McMur’y(2) C .... Wilson(lO)
Lambert(16)--..G Sutton(6)
Whitaker(10)...G Teague(2)
Pre-Ag Stucients
Form Club Here
A new club consisting of pre
agriculture students was organ
ized on the campus February 10
for the purpose of promoting
leadership in agriculture and
studying the activities of near-by
poultry and dairy farms.
The officers elected were Quen
tin R. Harper, president; Dwight
Brendle, vice-president; Lyman
Hall, secretary; Paul Brown,
treasurer; and Marion Nobles, re
porter.
Hill And Prof’s Are
Champion Stunters
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audience declared the songs of the
“Dying Quintet” the high notes
of stunt night No. 3. Two read
ings, by Gwen Reed and Louise
Wall, and a student quartet were
the other numbers on the last
stunt night program.
Lions Spin Win
Over Textile Foes
Spartanhurgers Woven To
Defeat With Count
Of 42-40
H. L. Sebren
Maestro Sebren
Directs Tumblers
Mr. Herbert Sebren, director of
the band, has taken active charge
of the tumbling squad. Mr. Se
bren is well qualified to give
valuable coaching to the boys
along the line of tumbling, since
he has had a course in it himself
and is also an excellent perform
er.
Coach Sebren has a squad of
about 15 boys who are under his
tutelage about four days each
week at about five o’clock in the
afternoon. The boys have already
learned several new phases of this
back-bending sport. Tumbling re
quires a great deal of mind and
body co-ordination, and several of
the “greener” boys are fast be
coming familiar with the finer
points of the sport.
The boys who are on the squad
at present are as follows: Wilbur
Spillman, Charles Huff, Buell Fitz
gerald, Paul Bruner, Lewis
Stoney, Joe Woodruff, J. C. Jones,
Pete Merrill, Caughy Culpepper,
Alex Moore, Jack Miller, Kenneth
Ward, Jesse Pollard, and Robert
Garrison.
The Lions took a close scrap
from Textile Institute in Spartan
burg on Tuesday night by the
score of 42-40.
The South Carolinians led at
the half-time by an 18-14 count,
but the Lions came back fast to
take an early second-half lead.
Lambert bad 10 points to head
the Mars Hill second half spurt.
With only four minutes to play,
the Lions held a 13-point advan
tage, but the Textile boys came
within two points of knotting the
final count as the game ended.
Lambert and Whitaker with 12
apiece and Joliff with 10 were
high scorers for Mars Hill. Bill
McMurray played a nice defensive
game for the Lions, holding Seay,
Textile center, to only five
points.
Textile’s Wood was high scorer
for the night with 14 points.
Substitution—Textile: Newton.
Patrick, Reed Win
Temperance Honor
Hardin, Nonpareil, Blood-
good, Clio. Win Sec
ond Honors
Emily Patrick, of Newbum,
with a reading entitled “The Old
House,” won first place in the
temperance reading contest held
Tuesday afternoon in the Non-Eu
Hall. Gwen Reed, of Fort Bailey,
Georgia, using the reading
“Hands,” was chosen to represent
the Clios at commencement. Mary
Nell Hardin, a Non, with a read
ing entitled “Humpy” won sec
ond place, while Maude Blood-
good, a Clio, using “Sins of Our
Fathers,” was second best of her
society. Elizabeth Stinson, a Non,
and Ruth Jones, a Clio, were se
lected as alternates.
Other Non contestants in the
finals were: Eleanor Fokes, Lu-
cile Haywood and Dorothy Pearce.
The other Clio contestants were
Jerry Shields, Mary Louise How
ell and Imogene Brown.
The contest between the two
societies will probably be held
next week in the chapel auditor-
Springtime
The smack of a glove—the crack of a bat—
A new appearance of the “Hoot’s” old hat;
It’s springtime, pals, and not the fall—
The “Lions’ ” attention is on baseball.
Coach presents a team that does its best—
One which stands out from all the rest.
Which has a leader who always fights
In his picturesque uniform with red “tail lights.”
A trip to the field will present a scene
Of baseball players, most of them “green”;
Bats in a row—the catcher’s mask.
And each boy striving to do his task.
Warm-ups are over; the game’s about to start;
“Hoot’s” pitcher goes out to do his part.
The game is close all the way through;
Until the ninth the score’s tied at two.
The last of the ninth a burst of cheers
A single to right pins back the pitcher’s ears;
The “Lions’ ” famous “Slugger,” we see at a glance.
Is strolling to the plate to take his stance.
The first pitch is coming—it is a ball—
Not the best kind to put over the wall;
The next is coming as “Slugger” digs in his toe.
And the air is shattered by “Slugger’s” blow.
He races to first and on to third.
Almost challenging Campbell’s Bluebird;
The ball goes sailing high over the wall—
He crosses the plate, but, alas a foul ball!
—Neil S. “Booger” Whitaker.
Tornadoes, Lions,
Divide Four Games
Brevard Wins At Mars Hill;
Dickersonmen Conquer
At Brevard
First Game
In one of the closest and most
hotly contested games seen on
the home court this season, the
Brevard Tornadoes took a 45-43
decision from the local Lions Sat
urday, February 10.
The game was rough through
out, and several men left the floor
because of excessive fouling. Mars
Hill led at the half by a 23-16
count, but Peterson and Roberts
cut loose and put the Brevard
club ahead soon after the second
half had begun. A basket by York
gave the Tornadoes their final
tally in the waning moments of
the game. Lambert with 11, Joliff
and Whitaker with 10 each led
the Lions. Peterson, with his fa
mous overhead shot, and Roberts
had 15 and 11 points respective
ly for Brevard.
The Brevard “B” team took a
25-23 decision from Mars Hill
“B” in a game that required an
extra period. This was a prelimi
nary contest.
Lineup
Mars Hill(43) .Brevard(45)
Farrar(2) F ....Peterson(15)
Joliff(lO) F Dalton(6)
McMur’y(4) C .... Roberts(ll)
Lambert(ll)....G York(6)
Whitaker(10).. G Young(4)
Substitutions—Mars Hill: Sams
Leatherwood, Hornsby (3), Pon
der (3).
Second Game
Mars Hill came back strong in
their second encounter with Bre
vard, which was played at Bre
vard. “Booger” Whitaker, with
six field goals and a free toss
topped all scores for the night.
“Lamie” Lambert trailed close
behind with ten points. The Lions
were out front at half time by
22-15. Whitaker and Farrer kept
the Lions ahead in the second half
by scoring twelve points between
them. York, pint-sized guard, had
five field goals to lead the Tor
nadoes’ quint. Petprson, who led
his club in the previous game, was
able to gather only two baskets
and a free throw. Final score:
43-36.
The “B” team also gained re
venge from the previous defeat
by grabbing a 25-21 victory from
the Brevard “B.” Walter Hornsby
led the “Bees” in their win.
Lineup
Mars Hill(43) Brevard(36)
Farrar(9) F .... Peterson(5)
Edwards(5) F Dalton(6)
McMur’y(6) C Roberts(8)
Lambert(10)....G York(lO)
Whitaker(13)...G Young(7)
Substitutions—Mars Hill: Hol
lins.
Brevard: Green.
Mars Hill Visited
By Celebrities
Edison, Ford, Firestone, And
Burroughs Were
Here
Thomas Alva Edison, the great
inventor; Henry Ford, the auto
mobile magnate; John Burroughs,
the naturalist; and Harvey Fire
stone, of automobile tire fame,
once visited Mars Hill. Many old
sters recall their coming, and a
Hilltop published at the time of
Mr. Edison’s death described their
visit.
“It was in the fall of 1913 or
1914 while on a research trip
through North Carolina,” runs the
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