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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 16, 1940.
Dignity . Simplicity
Conservatism
NO. 5,
EUTHALIANS TO CELEBRATE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
News Flashes
Today
Mars Hill Lions encounter
Edwards Military Institute on
the gridiron here this ' after
noon.
Tonight
The annual Clio Reception
will be held tonight in the two
society halls at 8:00 o'clock.
Football
Milligan Freshmen are sche
duled to play Mars Hill here
on Saturday, Nov. 23.
Euthalian Anniversary
The Euthalian Anniversary
will be held in the college au
ditorium on Saturday night,
Nov. 23, at 8:00 o'clock. The
public is invited.
Thanksgiving
The annual Thanksgiving
game with Brevard College
will be plcrved here on
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28.
This game will close the 1940
football season.
Speaker
Dr. Avers, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Forest City,
will give the Thanksgiving ad
dress in chapel on Nov. 28.
Carolina Playmakers
The Carolina Playmakers
will present Paul Green's The
House Of Connelly on Thurs
day, Nov. 21, at 8:00 P.M., in
the college auditorium.
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Ext ensive Program
Of Improvement To
Be Begun Here Soon
Spilman Dormitory To
Be Remodeled.
A recent interview with Mr.
B. H. Tilson, Suoerintendent
of Buildings and Grounds, has
revealed that an extensive
improvement program is soon
to be inaugurated by the
Board of Trustees.
Prominent on the list of
buildings to be improved is
Spilman. The dormitory will
be remodeled into a complete
ly modem, fireproof unit. The
dining hall will remain un
changed for the present but
the dean of women will have
much better office facilities;
and sure to find favor with
the students is the plan for
larger and better parlor space.
Improvements are to be
made also on the Landers
Cottage, located behind the
Science Building, which will
have new bath fixtures and
steam heat. These changes
are certain to make Landers
one of our most popular cot
tages.
The new athletic field will
soon be completed and new
grass has been sown in many
places on the campus.
NON-EU HALL AND ANNIVERSARY PRESIDENTS
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Shown aoove is the interior of the new hall of the Nonpareil-Euthalian Literary Societies,
which celebrate their forty-fifth Reception and fiftieth Anniversary. Inset: Lowell Shive, Eu
thalian Anniversary President; Lynn Starkwea her. Nonpareil Anniversary President.
Carnegie Set Adds To
Music Appreciation
Music Department Offers
Sunday Entertainment.
The music department of
the college has been one of
the most active during the
past two months. Highlighting
that phase of our curriculum
is the Carnegie music set,
which has enjoyed increased
popularity this term. This set
was donated to the college by
t h e Carnegie Corporation
three years ago.
It was chiefly through the
efforts of Miss Martha Biggers
that Mars Hill was able to ob
tain the gift. We remain the
only junior college in the state
possessing such a remarkable
machine with its collection of
master recordings. There are
approximately 800 records in
our music library — master
pieces from all over the world.
It is interesting to note that
the more familiar and every
day tunes have been omitted
—the real purpose of the li
brary being to broaden our
appreciation. It is also inter
esting to note that the boys
have taken more advantage
of this opportunity than the
girls.
Each Sunday afternoon
some member of the music
faculty plans a half hour con
cert of new selections and a
half-hour of familiar numbers.
Between these periods the lis
teners may make requests. At
other performances the pro-
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Fiftieth Anniversary
Program Of Euthalia
The Euthalians,, under the
capable leadership of their
officers — Lowell A. Shive,
president; Richard C. Proctor,
vice - president; Edward J.
Long, secretary; and Ben
Johnson, censor — and with
the co-operation and aid of
the various committees, will
present the following program
for their Fiftieth Anniversary:
Address, Lowell Shive; "Eu
thalian Hymn," Euthalians
and Nonpareils; Devotional,
Haggard Ellis; To Clio-Phi,
Lowell Shive; Declamation,
"Southern Spirit," Ralph Jin-
nette; Dramatic Reading, "The
Vision Of Sir Launfal," Wil
liam Clark.
Debate: Resolved, That The
Powers Of The Federal Gov
ernment Should Be Diminish
ed." Affirmative: Roy Cavi-
ness and Harold McCroskey.
Negative: John Farrar and
J. C. Jones.
Vocal Selection, "Drink To
Me Only With Thine Eyes,"
Paul Brunner; Oration, "The
Challenge Of Peace," Richard
Proctor; Trumpet Trio, "South
land," Douglas Little, Jack
Lucke, J. Carlton Jones; Dec
lamation, "The Volunteer Or
ganist," Robert Beall.
Alma Mater, by the audi
ence; Prologue, Grand Finale,
Epilogue.
Nonpareils Anticipate
Successful Reception
Forty-Fifth Annual Cele
bration To Be Observed
On Nov. 30.
"Who's your date?" "May
I borrow your black evening
handkerchief?" "Ooh — my
hair didn't get dry!" These
and siinilar feminine observ
ances will be heard from 7:00
until 8:00 o'clock on Nov. 30.
Why Nov. 30? Because that is
the night of the Nonpareil
shine. So long anticipated by
the old members, so long a
puzzle to the new members,
the Nonpareil Reception will
at 8:00 o'clock be a reality.
Clio-Phi has had the stage
for the past two weeks. Mon
day Euthalia and Nonpareil
start in earnest to complete
their well-laid plans of this
their fiftieth and forty-fifth,
respectively, annual program.
The Eus look forward to a me
morable Anniversary, the best
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Chapel Gems
One of the outstanding fea
tures of recent chapel pro
grams was the inspirational
talk given on Nov. 5 by Mr.
Perry Morgan, manager of
the Southern Baptist Assembly
Grounds at Ridgecrest. Mr.
Morgan actively entered the
religious field of work in 1920
when he became Training
Union Secretary. Since that
time he has had a big part in
the religious work of the state
and the Southern Baptist Con-
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Half A Century Of
Achievement To Be
Celebrated Saturday
Ideals Of Dignity, Simpli
city And Conservatism
Held High.
"Thy name has glorified in
the past,
Euthalia, Euthalia.
And by thy side we stand
steadfast
To make it shine again,
again.
And to our leaders strong
and true
We pledge support in all
you do.
We'll sing thy praise through
out the land,
Euthalia, Euthalia."
Half a century has elapsed
since Euthalia came into be
ing. The name has glorified
in the . past and the past holds
memories of those leaders
and followers who have stood
steadfast through the some
times trying, yet victorious
development and progress of
the society. And today, as the
horizon of Euthalia has broad
ened, the black and gold ban
ner waves ever higher.
Fifty years ago the Eutha
lian Society was formed from
the old Mars Hill Debating
Society. Fifty years ago the
sons of Euthalia formed a
brotherhood and chose those
appropriate ideals of dignity,
simplicity, and conservatism
which still serve as worthy
goals for every member.
Every Euthalian holds for his
brothers an active devotion
and for his society a potent
feeling of loyalty.
Since its foundatipn, the so-
|ciety has stood for high lite
rary achievement, and the
success of all accomplish
ments through the past fifty
years gives credit to the high
standards and capable mem
bership of the society. The
willing co-operation of each
member with his brother Eu
thalians is a great factor in
the sustenance of the annual
accomplishment in literary
participation.
On celebrating fifty years
of advancement, it is fitting to
remember the intrepidity of
the leaders of past years and
to look forward with assur
ance of even greater achieve
ment in the future.
The torch of simple living,
burning with a steady flame,
the dignity of the nobler way
of Euthalia, and the conser
vatism of past traditions pro
mise that the purpose will
never waver.
The student body of Mars
Hill changes. New faces come
and old ones leave, and new
personalities make up the so-
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