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girl, Laura
Stark by name,
and a school
teacher.
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will be in early
bridge.
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Bob Allred will
represent North
Carolina, along
with Ruth and
Clara Crump-
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ley, E. C. T. C.
co-eds, at the
“college twins
convention” to
be held at Bay
lor university,
April 6 and 6.
Both Allreds,
Bill and Bob on the
^E! re prominent students.
Bob is presi
dent of the B.
S. U., and Bill
is the former
censor of the
Euthalian lite
rary society
and vice-presi
dent of the
forensic team.
Paradoxical is
the fact that
the brothers be-
val societies.
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'Kwell Daddy
' The Good Dean
tudent* Mayor
V elcoin^gfield String
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, ,'"den Aunt Beulah
S GA^ngert Bonnie
L Paik
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Herbie
P Cash
tiup Cash-On-Hand
Booger
Huff B eowulf
INC. Huff.. Cueball
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Miss Martha
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Mrs. McLeod
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Mother Jelks
Roberts Hoot
ckerson Little Hoot
Aunt Laurie
Velma
Pfiigan Matron
•son Songbird
Eleanor
Bryson
ves.
Q*Ke Hilltop
HATS OFF TO
DRAMATEERS,
DEBATERS
jment last Sunday mor-
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
did not believe it until
iblack and white of the
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; grief-s*®*^* Sunday’s Ashe-
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VOL. XIV.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 16, 1940
NO. 11
Dramateers Are
District Winners
Orchestra Gives
Goncert March 9
College Musicians Render
Program Of Classical
Beauty
The annual concert by the
college orchestra was presented
in the auditorium Saturday night,
March 9, under the direction of
Miss Mildred Gwen. Juanita Ross
was the pianist and William
Avera, the flutest.
The concert was opened with a
prelude by Guilmant, and the
following program followed:
“Overture to ‘Egmont’ ” by Bee
thoven; an adagio by Godard;
“V a 1 s e Triste” by Sibelius;
“Minuet” by Bolzoni; “Russian
Dance” by Tschaikowsky; excerpts
from two operas by Wagner;
“Ballet Music” by Ponciclli; “An
dante” by Mozart; “Excerpts from
Symphony No. VI” by Tschai
kowsky; prelude to act HI of
“Lohengrim” by Wagner.
Danish Journalist
Speaks To Students
Dr. Arnold W. G. Kean Talks
On Scandinavian
Countries
Dr. Arnold W. G. Kean, New
York correspondent for the Dan
ish government newspaper, the
Social Demakraten, gave an
educational address on the Scan
dinavian countries here Thursday
evening, March 14.
Dr. Kean, w;ho was accompan
ied by his Danish wife, spoke on
the political and social conditions
in Denmark, Norway, and Swe
den. He pictured the Scandinavian
countries as being fairly prosper
ous and inhabited by an intelli
gent people.
Dr. Kean is a native of England
and a graduate of Cambridge and
the law school of Harvard Uni
versity.
Wengerfs Winners
Miss Wengert’s Cast To Go
To Chapel Hill
April 2
Competing with Lees-McRae
and Montreat junior colleges. Miss
Wengert’s dramateers won the
Western North Carolina Dramatic
eliminations contest, presenting
James Barrie’s play “Rosalind,”
and will represent this section of
the state in the dramatic festival
held in Chapel Hill April 2.
Emily Patrick carried the lead
ing role and has been highly
lauded for her characterization of
Rosalind, a British actress on and
off stage. C. C. Hope played the
part of “Charles,” the only male
role, and Imogene Brown, play
ing the part of “Dame,” complet
ed the cast.
The contest was held in the
college auditorium. Lees-McRae
gave the first play of the evening,
“Write Me a Love Scene’- by
Florence and Colin Clements.
Mars Hill presented the second
play, and Montreat gave the last
production, “The First White
Woman” by Babette Hughes.
General Motors’ Exhibit, Preview Of
Progress,” Presented In Chapel
“Preview of Progress,” a
demonstration of some of the re
cent scientific developments, was
presented in the college audi
torium here March 8, sponsored
by the public relations committee
of the General Motors corpo
ration. The program was under
the direction of Ernest L. Foss
and John Reedy.
Highlights of the exhibit were
demonstrations of the strobo
scope, the photo-electric cell, and
a display of new synthetic ma
terials. With the stroboscope Mr.
Foss made a connecting rod
travelling at the rate of 1,700
revolutions a minute appear to
stand motionless. Phonograph
records were played by a b.-am
of light flashed across a space of
fifteen feet into the photo-electric
cell. The flickering light of a
burning match picked up by the
same cell was transformed into
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Spring Holidays
Begin Thursday
It will begin at 11:30 A. M.
March 21. Boys with be-pen-
anted bags, bulging with but
tonless shirts and dirty socks,
will poke a digit in the direc
tion of home. Co-eds dressed
for travel will be smiling at
chaperons and prancing to go.
Spring holidays! Five days—
including Easter—to be at
home. Watch out, don’t touch
that dial! Announcement:
School work begins at 1:00
P. M., March 26.
Dorr Wins Phi
Debating Gontest
Oscar Harris Is
Ministerial Head
Oscar Harris, of Valdese, was
elected president of the Minis
terial conference in the final C-II
election of the year, held at the
regular weekly meeting Thursday
evening, March 7.
The other commencement of
ficers are Roger Crook, vice-presi
dent; Dennis Riddle, secretary;
Eddie Emerson, corresponding
secretary; Jack Rush, chorister;
Paul Brunner, organist; and John
Farrar, Jr., reporter. Practically
all of these officers were elected
by acclamation.
Bartlett Dorr, of Mt. Rainier,
Md., was chosen as the best de
bater in the Philomathian literary
society last night. Bruce Brown,
of Clyde, president of the Philo-
mathians, was picked to appear on
the commencement program with
Mr. Dorr against the Euthalians.
C. C. Hope, of Charlotte, was
selected as an alternate.
Paul Meyers, Ernest Cox, Wade
Yates, and Larry Williams, the
only C-I’s entering the contest
will represent the Philomathians
on their fiftieth anniversary pro
gram next year.
The query for debate was: Re
solved, that the trade treaty of
1934 should be renewed.
The Philomathian oration con
test, the next and last prelimi
nary commencement contest, will
be held at an early date.
Speakers Take
State Tournev
Mars Hill Wins Five First
Places In Forensic
Contest
Out of the hills of Madison
rolled Mr. Huff’s forensic team
Friday, March 7, to down four
other j’unior colleges and pluck
five first places in order to win
the tenth annual j'unior college
forensic tournament held in the
First Baptist church of Charlotte.
Mars Hill’s speakers won five
first places out of a possible
eleven. Campbell fell in line for
second place with four firsts.
Wingate and Lees-McRae tied for
third place with one first each.
Individual champions from Mars
Hill were Geraldine Shields, ora
tion; Martha Lee Grayson, debate;
Mary Louise Howell, after-dinner
speaking for women; Charles
Greene, after dinner speaking
dinner for men; and Bartlett
Dorr, extemporaneous speaking.
Emily Patrick won second place in
dramatic and poetry reading, and
Paul Meyers won second place in
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B.T.U. Sponsors
Formal Dinner
These stars might give autographs. At least Mr. Stringfield per
suaded them to pose with Miss Bonnie Wengert, dramatics director,
for this group picture. They will represent Western North Carolina at
the Dramatic Festival at Chapel Hill April 2.
Event To Take The Place
Of Regular Dinner
Tonight
Left to right, are: Miss Wengert; Imogene Brown, of Knoxville,
Tenn.; Emily Patrick, of New Bern; and C. C. Hope, of Charlotte.
A formal dinner, sponsored by
the B. T. U., will be held in the
college dining hall this evening,
according to an announcement
made by Bruce Brown, B. T. U.
director.
This type of social activity is
being inaugurated with the idea
in mind of training students in
formal dinner etiquette and add
ing impetus and enthusiasm to
B. T. U. work.
The young men and women may
date for the occasion, and the
dinner will be concluded in time
for the physical education dem
onstration in the gymnasium.
Hill Is Grand
Parade Winner
Amateur Hypnotist Tops
Faculty, Harper, And
Waiters
Cecil Hill, turban-topped ama
teur hypnotist, was declared win
ner of the first grand talent pa
rade, a program consisting of
four winning numbers of previ
ous weekly talent programs, in
the college auditorium Wednes
day evening.
Mr. Hill succeeded in sending
Ed Gulledge and “Stoney” Fisher
to “Snoresville.” To prove that
his demonstration was not a fake,
the young hypnotist invited Mr.
Sebren, of the faculty, to examine
Gulledge and Fisher. Without
doubt the boys were hypnotized.
The Hill number won over a
faculty duet, the last remains of
the famous “Dying Quintet”;
Norman Harper and his drum
routine; and the “Hash House
Boys,” Mrs. Shaw’s white-coated
waiters who were winners of the
talent parade of March 6.
The talent program is being re
ceived with enthusiasm by the
students. Caughey Culpepper has
served as master of ceremonies
since the program originated.