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OL. XV.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 11, 1941.
NO. 7.
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Ja^Iews Flashes
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sfulli Students, attention! Our big-
rt rival is back again. To-
Eor Mars Hill meets Brevard
as ir^ basketball game here. Are
aff fove going to let them beat us
stres^gain? Come out and cheer the
of 70^Qyg Remember
^msr^-Revenge is sweet. Between
ss LQ^j^gg^ Sebren will give his
ndian Club Drill performance.
jj Exams begin Wednesday,
tonuary 15, and go through
Tuesday, January 21. Students
Jvill register for the second
j^emester January 22.
jpasketball game:
Textile College Spartanburg,
P- C., will meet us here in a
basketball game Saturday,
January 18.
jfllustrated Lecture:
* Dr. Gahn, of the Redpath Bu-
^^^joau of Chicago, will give a
jjlecture on South America on
January 25.
Sunday School Study Course:
J The Sunday School Study
bourse will be held from Febru-
ory 3 through February 7. Mr.
jLawrence, the new State Secre-
jtary of Student Work,' will be
Jhere during the course.
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Chapel Gems
Since the holidays the stu
dents have been inspired dur-
UTY chapel periods by Dr.
Blackwell's message. Taking
Bis text from the letters of Paul,
E>r. Blackwell has endeavored
to make a personal application
of the truths these scriptures
hold. Dr. Moore in his talk of
January sixth taught the student
audience the value of rever
ence and respect.
Programs brought to us in
chapel by the dramatic deport-
J^nt always prove of interest.
The one of January eighth in
cluding a dramatic reading by
Paul^ Meyers and a humorous
reading by Georgia Coleman
Was most enjoyable.
The scheduled programs for
the next two weeks are subject
to change. However, here it is
os it stands now.
January 13: Dean Carr.
January 14: Student Union.
January 15: Music Depart
ment.
January 16-21: Short Devotion-
ol talks by the faculty.
January 23: Dr. H. B. Dendy.
January 24: Dr. Blackwell.
January 27: Mr. Wood.
January 28: Student Union.
January 29: Music Depart-
^ “ent.
k January 30: Mr. J. B. Huff.
J January 31: Mr. Lee.
The Junior Class has
sleeted the following of-
hcers for 1940-41: Quentin
Harper, president; Norman
Caudle, vice-president; Jack
Lucke, secretary; and Boddie
Perry, treasurer. • ■
Societies Elect
New Officers
Before the Christmas holi
days, the four societies elected
new officers to begin their new
term and new year. The follow
ing worthy and capable officers
were chosen:
Nonpareil: President, Sheila
Gulley; vice-president, Beth
Hildebrand; secretary. Mavis
Powers; censor, Shirley Sonder-
lin; chaplain, Joyce Sallee;
pianist, Beverette Middleton;
chorister, O m e 1 i a Robinson;
corresponding secretary. Jewel
Ray; treasurer, Patricia Mc-
Cleney; reporter, Margaret
Duckworth; English critic, Richie
Harris; Music critic, Christine
Pope; expression critic, Eleanor
Pokes; and hostesses, Idella
Aydlett, Iris Willis, Yvette Rob
erts, Mary Leslie Doggett, Mary-
Long Griffin, and Barbara
Thomas.
Clio: President, Rose Marie
Haynes; first vice-president,
Mary Ezzell; second vice-presi
dent, Frances Davis; secretary,
Helen Mangum; censor, Mar
garet Perry; corresponding sec
retary, Margaret Green; chap
lain, Catherine Beattie; chor
ister, Mary Margaret Silver;
pianist, Pauline Reed; literary
critic, Mary Melton, expression
critic, Nell Cochran, music
critic, Carolyn Williams; treas
urer, Virginia Lee Cox; and
marshalls, Delores Holtzclow,
Nellie Pleasant, Jean Barker,
and Marjorie Frances.
Euthalion: president, Edward
Long; vice-president, J. C. Jones;
secretary. Dean Willis; censor,
Stanley Smith; chaplain, Doug
las Aldrich; treasurer. Matt
Summerlin; librarian, Claudius
Huggins; corresponding secre
tary, Bill Clark; reporter, Noah
Burrows; English critic, Tom
Galloway; debate critic, John
Farrar; expression critic, Joel
Tyson; collector, James Jen
nings; and janitors. Matt Sum
merlin and Doyle Stevenson.
Philomathian: president, John
M c M u r r a y; vice-president,
Larry Williams; secretary,
Grady Dover; censor, Frank
Venters; chaplain, Walter Hor-
rsleon; chorister. Bill Clark;
pianist, Ramond Glenn; treas
urer, Jim White; fees collector,
Hubert Burton; critic, Kent Bran-
nock; and marshalls, Charles
Rallom and Tommy Fraisure.
Mars Hill Wins First
Place In School
E f f iciency Program
Mars Hill high school scored
800 points out of a possible 969
on the Madison County School
Efficiency Program last year to
win first place in the county.
The schools were rated on
points such as the following:
transportation, e d u c a tional
progress, percent of promotions,
percent of average daily at
tendance, glee club, public
school music teacher, sani
tation, beautification of grounds,
warm lunches served, agricul
ture, football, basketball, and
many others.
Prominent Lecturer
To Appear Jan. 25
Mr. Grahn Presents Travel
ogue Of Adventure.
Mr. Grahn was bom in
Sweden, a few miles south of
the Arctic Circle. As a boy he
was initiated into Arctic thrills.
Early in life, in a true Viking
spirit, his wanderlust brought
him to America. Between years
of schooling and the acquiring
of a higher education, with
graduate study at two Euro
pean Universities, travel and a
flair for the unusual became
his vocation.
Gustav Grahn in person
gives you adventure in thrilling
moving pictures. Exciting battles
with beasts of the jungle . . .
native dances . . . some of the
world's wildest and most in
accessible regions, never be
fore traveled by the white man
. . . pictures showing the
gorgeous plumage and infinite
variety of bird life fascinates
both old and young alike.
The journey is interspersed
with magnificent scenery of
tropical vegetation, mountains
and waterfalls. The course of
the expedition is traced by ani
mated mops and diagrams.
His outstanding pictures, his
smooth delivery, his magnif
icent voice, his dynamic per
sonality won him immediate
approval as a lecturer both
here and abroad.
Former Mars
H i 11 i a n Honored
Janie Malloy Britt, pla-ywright,
was perhaps one of the most
versatile students ever to grad
uate from Mars Hill College.
During graduation exercises in
1934 Mars Hill was visited by
an unusually potent electrical
storm. Miss Britt was delivering
a dramatic reading as part of
the commencement program.
She had to raise her voice
slightly at intervals to make
herself heard above the crack
ling thunder which chased the
lurid glashes of lightning across
the faces of her attentive audi
ence. Janie Britt did not heed
the clashing of the elements but
continued her oration undis
turbed.
Suddenly a crescendo of
thunder shoved at the roof of
the auditorium and every light
in Mars Hill, including those in
the chapel, went out. The audi
torium, filled with sitting and
standing spectators, was left in
darkness.
For an instant a static rest
lessness swept backward and
forward across the crowded
room as mass hysteria threat
ened. But the spectators be
came breathlessly quiet as
Janie Britt continued her read
ing without hesitation, with
even more expression than be
fore. At frequent intervals the
room would flare up in a
blaze of radiance, as lightning
crackled without. By this light
Janie could be seen accom-
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New Host And
H o stess Occupy
Boys’ Dormitory
Mr. and Mrs. Ramon DeShazo
have become the new guar
dians of the occupants in Brown
and Melrose dormitories since
Mrs. Martin McColl, better
known to all concerned as
"Mother" Jelks, left the college
to become the bride of Mr.
Martin McColl of Red Springs,
North Carolina, during the holi
days.
However much all regret the
departure of "Mother" Jelks,
they welcome enthusiastically
the coming of the DeShazos,
who are indeed well liked and
admired by all their associates.
Mr. DeShazo is a member of
the English department and
sponsor of the "Hilltop."
For most of the time since the
return of the students to the
campus Mr. DeShazo has occu
pied alone the suite which is
to be their home for the next
few months, because the honor
able wife has been detained in
the infirmary. The antioipation
of meeting and getting ac
quainted with all their new
neighbors and "children", how
ever, made her recovery in
evitable, and she is now adapt
ing herself to her new abode.
The Melrose and Brown
ocoupants are indeed honored
and happy to be under the
leadership of such able and de
lightful advisors and friends,
and they give a written toast
to the first family of Brown.
International
Summary
By Cecil HiU
Cairo, Egypt—Bordia has
fallen. The mighty offensive
launohed by the British four
weeks ago has now resulted in
the capture of 80,000 Italians
one-third of the entire Italian
African force, 45 light and
medium tanks, and other Italian
war supplies. Capture of 25,000
Italians in Bardia meant that
Marshall Braziani, the Italian
African commander now des
perately strengthening his de
fenses at Toburk, 70 miles west,
must concentrate the rest of his
forces at this mighty stronghold •
for a critical stand. Already the
British warships and RAF have
made extensive raids on the
base.
London — German bombers
are raining incendiaries noc-
turnally on the British Capital.
The German Air Force has
abandoned its "so-called" war
fare on military objectives
alone, and have dropped mis
siles on many residential sec
tions in order to stir up panic
among the citizenry. British
moral remains high, however,
and the population goes about
singing as firebombs are ex
tinguished.
Athens—Official spokesmen
verify the statement that Greek
troops hove overcome Italian
shock troops rushed from Rome
and have driven them back of
Fratarix. Fierce tank assaults
were made by the Italian troops
along the Adriatic south of Va-
lona. Meanwhile Italian sol
diers forced the Greeks to re
treat along the Sterman river.
Fresh supplies promised by the
United States hove raised the
Greek morale and assured them
of ultimate victory.
Washington — President
Roosevelt advocated further aid
to the Allies in his annual ad
dress to the Congress last Mon
day. Not expecting immediate
repayment for loans, he stated
in the future repayment could
be made in other forms than
money. He did not suggest any
definite sum to be loaned, but
many intimate friends agree
that $10,000,060,000 is likely to
be the final amount suggested.
Indian Club Drill
Tonight the students will
be entertained by a special
attraction between the halves
of the basketball game. Mr.
Sebren will demonstrate the
Indian Club Drill that he
brought to us from Berea
College in Kentucky. He
learned this from his room
mate there. The drill originat
ed at Springfield College in
Massachusetts and is a
spectacular feat' enjoyed by
everyone who views it.