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TWO WEEKS
To
JUNIOR-SENIOR
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
VOL. XIV.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 6, 1940
NO. 12
McCROSKEY IS NEW B. S. U. PRESIDENT
Trentham’s botany
* e other day seemed long
•IN SER'ome to one of his stu-
10 in a mood of indo-
childhood piety penned
elicious "ofessor these words:
me down to sleep;
■''•''^''^^urse is hard—the sub-
stops before I wake,
dy kick me for good-
sake.”
lirs Mad
ewed Oi*
Charge
• ofessor “cleared an am-
asophagus” and
ENDLl
his balding cranium.
S Hl'totion was too great; he
in class and sleep and
icius perchance, is hard
irling CI‘‘^®®P:
appily P'lou sleep! I quiz—you
Coats >
^“.‘"'‘Jlielp you the study-hour
'y ^‘■“'Jep.
& $1“ I stop before you wake,
RLINC' own
rniER”
Pack S«l'
He, N. visitors to the “Hill”:
~ Arthur Barton, pastor
™^^emple Baptist church of
Jsmithoiii Rev. Wayne Wil-
the veterans hospital of
[rs. W. D. Briggs, presi-
the Woman’s Missionary
North Carolina; Dean
id Dean Thomas of Fur-
O P 'ersity; Irvin Lucas, class
the University of Rich-
G. Morgan, class of ’37;
class of ’37; and Hor-
(iblee, class of ’39 ,all of
INC. irest; and Mac Norwood,
’39, of the University of
ice
Band To Give
Recital Tonight
Varied Program Offered
Bij Sebren’s
_ Sousas
The college band, under the di
rection of Professor Herbert L.
Sebren, will give a recital in the
college auditorium this evening at
eight o’clock.
In addition to the group num
bers, several feature arrange
ments will be presented.
The entire program for the
evening is as follows: march, “The
Footlifter,” by Henry Fillmore;
overture, “Diana,” by G. E.
Holmes; a trumpet trio, “Triplets
of the Finest,” by Paul Henne-
berg, played by Marley Caplin,
George Walker, and Bob Garri
son; a baritone solo, “Song to the
Evening Star,” from Tannhauser
by Richard Wagner, played by
Vernon Roberts; march, “Nation
al Guard,” by Castro Carazo;
clarinet solo, “Danse Joyeuse,” by
Edmund Avon, played by Mary
Catherine Adams; selection,
“Around the Campfire,” by J. S.
Seredy; novelty, “The Three
Bears,” by Newell H. Long; waltz,
“A Kiss in the Dark,” by Victor
Herbert; brass quartet, “Air and
Scherzo,” by Albert Schmutz,
played by Marley Caplin, George
Walker, Bob Daniel, and Gene
Anderson; overture, “The Witch
of Endor,” by R. E. Hildreth.
Societies Stage
Temperance Tilt
Winner To Be Announced
At Commencement
Exercises
SSIN^ Home During April Lest You
Lves. Lose Your Census, Says Uncle Sam
Sam is asking college
to write home during
td request something be-
traditional check,
ints the young men and
vho are living temporar-
hool to remind their par-
t me in when the census-
,,mes to the ‘family man-
' April.”
i been Uncle Sam’s ex
in 150 years of census
’s while absence may
e heart grow fonder, it
also tends to make the mind for
getful. Census bureau officials
have good reason to believe that
the accuracy of the count of stu
dents who happen to be away
from home at the time of the
census can be improved.
Be Counted At Home
College students, temporarily
away from home to attend school,
should be counted as members of
the houheholds in which they
usually reside. Students who have
no permanent residence other
(Continued on page 4)
THE OLD AND THE NEW—Robert Allred, retiring president of
the college B. S. U. and president-elect Harold McCroskey.
Miss Wengert’s Dramateers Return From
Chapel Hill Dramatic Festival Today
Fire Damages
Prexy’s Office
Patrick, Hope, And Shields
Play In Contest
Production
The annual Clio-Nonpareil and
Philomathian-Euthalian temper
ance reading contests were held
in the college auditorium here
during the chapel periods on Fri
day, March 15, and Monday,
March 18, respectively.
Emily Patrick and Mary Nell
Hardin represented the Nonpar
eils, and Gwen Reed and Maude
Bloodgood spoke for the Clios.
Miss Patrick delivered the read
ing “The Old House,” by Mrs. W.
A. Whitehead; Miss Hardin rend
ered the selection “Humpy,” by
Fred F. Wilson; Miss Reed gave
“Hands,” by Elizabeth H. Emer
son; and Miss Bloodgood’s reading
was “Sins of Our Fathers,” by
Belle P. Dunser.
Alice Craddock, president of
(Continued on page 4)
Mars Hill’s star dramateers will
return to the campus today from
Chapel Hill, where they partici
pated in the dramatic festival.
They will return without a tro
phy, but according to reports
from Chapel Hill, they have made
an enviable record.
The players, under the direc
tion of Miss Bonnie Wengert, de
feated Lees-McRae and Montreat
colleges for the district champion
ship. They left for Chapel Hill
April 2, where they entered their
production, “Rosalind,” by Bar
rie.
The players were Emily “Gar
bo” Patrick, who carried the lead
ing role; C. C. Hope, who played
the part of the only male charac
ter in the play; and Geraldine
Shields, who played the part of
“Dame.” Imogene Brown gave a
splendid characterization of
“Dame” in the district contest,
but she was unable to attend the
Chapel Hill festival because of
sickness.
Glee Club To
In Canton
Sing
Eighteen members of the col
lege glee club, under the direc
tion of Miss Elizabeth Ellison, will
appear in the First Baptist church
of Canton, Sunday, April 7, with
a special program of sacred songs.
Miss Ellison has arranged for
her songsters to appear in Shel
by, April 14; in Black Mountain
and Morganton, April 21; and in
Gastonia and Rutherfordton, April
28.
Each program will give the life
of Christ in song.
Patrick Heads
Dramatic Club
Emily Patrick, of New Bern,
has recently been elected presi
dent of the Mars Hill college dra
mateers for the spring semester.
Geraldine Shields was chosen as
vice-president. Other officers
elected were C. C. Hope, secre
tary; Ruth Jones, treasurer; and
Leah Oglesby, reporter.
A spark! A blaze! Spirals of
smoke! A group of stay-overs pick
up rocks and fling them through
windows. The cause of the fire
was not known. It is known, how
ever, that a fire which occurred
in the B. S. U. building on the
morning of March 23 caused con
siderable damage to the two of
fices of President Blackwell,
ruining his office furniture given
(Continued on page 4)
Price Is Ghosen
Best Phi Orator
Earl Price, of Forest City, giv
ing “In Behalf of the South,” was
declared best orator in the Phi-
lomathian literary society, Friday
night, March 29. With Mr. Price,
Charles Greene, of Rufus, giving
“Cast Out the Beam,” and Bruce
Brown, of Clyde, speaking on “Is
This Progress?” will represent the
Philomathians at commencement.
Cecil Hill, of Ayden, was select
ed as alternate, and Mr. Hill and
Lowell Miller were chosen to ap
pear on the Philomathian Anni
versary next year.
Roger Crook and Bob Allred
were the other contestants.
Judges for the contest were
Rev. W. L. Lynch, Mr. E. B. Bai
ley, and Mr. Guy George.
Hardin Elected
Vice ■ President
Rockingham “Scotchman”
Defeats Bergen,
Rush
Harold McCroskey, of Rocking
ham, was selected president of the
Baptist Student union for 1940
in the major election of the year,
held in the college auditorium,
March 28. The new president de
feated Dean Bergen, of Harrison,
Ark., and Jack Rush, of Alexan
dria, Va.
Mary Nell Hardin, of Morgan
ton, was elected first vice-presi
dent. Other students elected are
as follows: Gwen Reed, second
vice-president; John S. Farrar,
ministerial conference representa
tive and third vice-president;
Lilia Diaz, president of the vol
unteer band; Madge Allen, re
cording secretary; Eleanor Fokes,
corresponding secretary; Dennis
Riddle, president of the college
church; Dean Willis, secretary of
the college church; Lela Burgess,
treasurer of the college church;
Ben Galloway, superintendent of
the college Sunday school; J. G.
Jones, assistant superintendent of
the college Sunday school; Jewell
Ray, secretary of the college Sun
day school; Charles Byrd, director
of the B. T. U.; Mary Lee Elling
ton, assistant B. T. U. director;
Beth Hildebrand, secretary of the
B. T. U.; Ruth Pierce, president
of the Y. W. A.; Jean Kuszmaul,
(Continued on page 4)
Woodward Leads
Study Course
Dr. Frank T. Woodward, Bap
tist missionary and professor of
New Testament at Graves Theo
logical seminary of Canton,
South China, coilfcluded a mission
study course, sponsored by the
college Y. W. A., on Friday even
ing. Dr. Woodward brought his
first message at Mars Hill in the
church Sunday evening.
His messages dealt largely with
the chaotic conditions in war-tom
China. Dr. Woodward, a graduate
of Wake Forest and the Baptist
Theological seminary of Louis
ville, Ky., said that the United
States is promoting the Sino-
Japanese war by indirectly aiding
Japan through the sale of scrap
iron.
The missionary will sail with
his family from San Francisco en
route to China July 26.
Dr. Woodward’s American resi
dence is Durham.
Dean Carr To Leave For Meeting
Of Southern Association Of Colleges
Dean I. N. Carr will leave here
Tuesday, April 9, for Atlanta,
Ga., to attend the meeting of the
Southern association of colleges
and secondary schools to be held
in the Atlanta Biltmore hotel.
Dean Carr was the official rep
resentative of Mars Hill when the
college was given membership in
the association in 1926, and he
takes an active interest in pro
grams designed to better educa
tion in the South.
Mars Hill is the only North
Carolina college west of the Blue
Ridge that has a membership in
the Southern association.
Mars Hill is also a member of
the American association of
junior colleges and of the North
Carolina conference. It is approv
ed by the American Medical as
sociation, by the University of the
State of New York, and by the
U. S. bureau of education for the
admission of foreign students.