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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
Truth . Purity
Fidelity
VOL. XV.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 2, 1940.
NO. 4.
PHIS TO CELEBRATE 50th ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY
Neu?s Flashes
Tonight
The Mors Hill Dramoteers
will give two one-act plays in
the auditorium tonight at 8:00
o'clock. They will be "The
Terrible Meek" by Charles
Ronn Kennedy and "Eleven
Million."
Sunday Night Sing
All students and faculty ore
invited to the Non-Eu Hall
every Sunday night from 6:00
to 7:30 o'clock for a period of
real fellowship. Choruses and
hymns ore simg and enjoyed
by all.
German Club
Every Wednesday night the
members of the German Club
eat together in the dining hall.
No one is allowed to speak in
ctny language other than Ger
man.
Next Saturday
Hiwassee College is our
opponent on the gridiron next
Saturday.
Philomathion Anniversary
The Anniversary of the Phil-
omathian Society is to be held
on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 8:00
P.M. All friends are invited.
Honor Clubs
The honor clubs are sche
duled to meet on Tuesday,
Nov. 12, at 7:30 P.M.
Art Club
The Art Club of Mars Hill
College meets every Friday
afternoon at 4:00 o'clock in the
Art Studio. Officers for the club
ore President, Lawrence
Gaines; vice-president, Mary
Kincaid; secretary - treasurer,
Julia Hoover; and reporter,
Edna Anne Johnston. The pro
grams feature discussions of
current art interest and a criti
cism of the work of the art stu
dents.
Basketball Practice
Basketball practice begins
this week. Those interested in
P^icipating please report to
^yrn on Monday night at
7:30 o'clock.
New Hall And New Presidents
Interior of the new hall of the Clio and Philomathian Literary Societies which celebrate their
Fiftieth Anniversary next week. Inset: C. C. Hope, Phi Anniversary President; Madge Allen,
Clio Anniversary President.
Homiletics Glass Is
A Favorite Of All
Ministerial Students
Perhaps one of the favorite
classes of all the ministerial
^^T^®uts is that of homiletics.
The primary purpose of this
class is to offer instruction to
yoimg ministers in sermon
Preparation and delivery
through constructive criticism.
The usual program for the
weekly meeting includes one
prepared sermon and one ex
temporaneous sermon. Dr. O.
E. Sams, director, assigns a
text one week in advance to
the student who is to deliver
the prepared sermon. The text
for the extemporaneous ser
mon is assigned at the meet-
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Delegates Attend
Student Legislature
Hope Elected Speaker Of
House Of Representatives
Nine members of the forensic
squad, accompanied by the
advisors, J. B. Huff and S. O.
Trentham, attended the fourth
annual North Carolina Student
Legislature, held in Raleigh on
Oct. 26-28. The group was
composed of C. C. Hope, who
was elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Ri
chard Proctor, Frank Venters,
Paul Meyers, J. C. Jones, Na
poleon Monroe, Cecil J. Hill,
Norman Caudle, and Henry
Parris.
Three bills were entered by
the group, and all werepass-
ed by both House and Senate.
A bill for the Standardization
of Women attracted more at
tention than any other bill en
tered. Two other bills were en
tered by the Mars Hill delega
tion and passed imonimously
by the House. These provided
f o r twelve-years-nine-months
school terms and veto power
for the Governor.
Other than the Speaker of
the House, Mars Hill gained
two prominent positions. Cecil
J. Hill was appointed Chair
man of the House Finance
Committee; Paul Meyers was
made Chairman of the Confer
ence Committee and spoke
over Radio Station WPTF on
the National Defense Bill.
Every member was active in
floor discussion and "lobby
ing."
A banquet was served to
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Philomathian Fiftieth
Anniversary Program
Hymn, "Faith Of Our Fa
thers," Audience; Devotion,
E. Dean Bergen; Invocation,
Mr. J. B. Huff; To Non-Eu, Phi-
lomaticm President; Oration,
Lowell Miller; Piano Solo,
James White; "Waltz," Victor
Herbert; Declamation, D. C.
Martin, II.; "The Challenge Of
Crime," A. B. Cimningham.
Debate: "Resolved, That the
nations of the Western Hemi
sphere should form a perma
nent union."
Affirmative: Frank Venters,
Larry Williams.
Negative: Paul Meyers, John
McMurroy.
Trumpet Duet, Tommy Fra
zier and James Clark; "My
Heart At Thy Sweet Voice,"
C. Saint-Saens; Oration, "En
during Monuments," Cecil Hill;
Piano Solo, Original Composi
tion, James Dendy.
Officers ore C. C. Hope,
president; Lewis Beam, secre
tary; Grady Dover, censor;
Wade Yates, chairman of the
Anniversary Committee.
Mr. Morgan To
Make Visit Here
Mr. Perry Morgan, of Ridge
crest, North Carolina, will
speak in Chapel here, Tues
day, November 5.
Mr. Morgan, formerly a retail
merchant in Dunn, North Caro
lina, and always on active
church worker, was appointed
manager of the Southern Bap
tist Assembly at Ridgecrest by
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Glios Enthusiastically
Plan For Reception
Will Take Place On
November 9
"Just two weeks from to
night — Reception!" Clios are
reminding each other this very
minute—as if they needed to
be reminded! The air is tense
with excitement and expecta
tion as. plan by plan is un
folded and thrill by thrill
makes the spinal columns of
Clios tingle.
Under the capable leader
ship of their attractive presi
dent the Clios are co-operating
with every ounce of their
strength and ability in the
true spirit of Clio-Phi.
Although all other Recep
tions have filled the heads and
thrilled the hearts of loyal
Clios, somehow it is felt that
this Reception, because it will
follow the celebration of the
fiftieth birthday of their dearly
beloved brother society, must
be the best. The Clios wish it
to be a kind of celebration of
the new laurels which they
ore depending upon their bro
thers to win one week from to
night, as well as another suc
cess of their own.
The heads of all the Clios
are literally in the clouds at
this time dreaming of what a
glorious success Clio is going
to make again — how she is
going over the top" once
more with flying colors. Their
minds are full of the "sugar
plum" thoughts of lovely
songs, beautiful dresses, and
exciting dates; but those same
little heads ore wise enough
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50 Years Of Truth,
Purity, And Fidelity
Just when our fathers were
enjoying that period of Amer
ican history known as the gay
nineties, there was established
on the campus of Mars Hill
College the Philomathian Lite
rary Society. This was on out
growth of the old Mars Hill
Debating Society. From the first
meeting, which was held in
the old music building, there
has been a continuous period
of progress. Established with
the ideals of truth, purity, and
fidelity, the Philomathian Lite
rary Society has contributed
yearly to the spiritual and in
tellectual growth of our cam
pus. Even though the Philo-
mathians now meet in a beau
tiful hall of blue and white, the
principles remain the some.
Even with the coming of mod
em ideas the traditions of the
past hove remained unchang
ed.
Now with the celebrating of
half a century of a life filled
with progress the society looks
with pride backward to a glor
ious past and forward to on
even greater future. Without a
doubt the existence of the Phi
lomathian Literary Society on
the campus of Mars Hill Col
lege has been a deciding fac
tor in the determining of the
future conduct of many Mars
Hill graduates; and a student
here now, whether a member
or not, inevitably feels the in
fluence this society exerts on
campus life.
It is with gratitude in our
hearts and praise on our lips
that we soy: "God bless you,
Philomathia." From the Phis of
the past there is echoed a soft
"Amen."
Delegates Attend
B.S.U. Gonvention
Mars Hill To Present
Play
The North Carolina Baptist
Student Convention will be
held at Hickory, N. C., on
Nov. 1-3. This is one of seven
teen state B.S.U. conferences
in the Southern Baptist Con
vention promoted by the state
Baptist student forces and the
Department of Student Work
of the Sunday School Board,
Nashville, Tenn. Under the
banner, "Conquer With
Christ," the convention prom
ises to be of vital importance
to the state B.S.U. members.
The convention will convene
with a banquet on Friday eve
ning, Nov. 1. The president,
Mr. Harold McManus, of Wake
Forest College, will preside.
The program will be under the
personal direction of Mr. W.
Perry Crouch, of Raleigh, N. G
The key speaker of the con-
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