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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
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Mars Hill, North Carolina, May 3, 1941.
No. 14.
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STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO COMMENCEMENT
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“A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”
Society Contests To
Be Presented
Tonight
®’he annual declamation con-
' between the Philomcrthian
the Eutholion Literary So
fties will be held tonight at
10 o'clock in the college audi-
ium.
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jThe Mars Hill Dromoteers
eflll present "Poor Moddodena,"
Yil) one-act ploy, in the audi-
dum Tuesday night, May 6,
? 1)7:15.
Radio Program
e nThe Dromoteers will present
■ play over WWNC at 8:30
to., May 8.
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Oration Contest
®^^he two boys' Literary So-
“^“^hes will present their ora-
-, contest at 8:00 o'clock,
ht hrn xiGdoiiigs
ihe Nonpareil and the Clio
;;:ierary Societies will compete
a reading contest. May 17.
f Commencement Play
'Midsummer Night's Dream"
11 be
Dr. Gaines To Deliver Bac
calaureate Sermon.
the commencement
^ given by the Dromoteers
g s year. It will be presented
May 22.
'ime' Graduation
The graduation exercises
11 be held Friday morning,
I cpy 23.
iCampus Personals
wish to extend our sym-
to Carol Bird who wots
lied home April 20 by the
■'Qlh of her father.
■The following students have
• cently been victims of the
easles epidemic: Roy Cavi
ls, Alweda Rollins, Lou
A^to, Betty Shearer, Rachel
eming, Richie Harris, Rufus
tonbright, Ralph Rogers,
O Zeugner, Douglas Ald-
-h, Lila Nanney, Charles
orrow, Sammy Rust on, Vir-
nia Penny, Bob Beall, Norman
* IlUamson, Ruth Robb, Carol
Ur Lillian Bridges.
^e regret that Mary Long
tiffin has been forced to re-
Tn to her home in Charlotte
^ouse of illness.
Nell Brinkley, of Durham,
sited with Betty Ferrell on
, I week-end of April 19.
l^hy Hallman had as her
lest Doris Floyd, on April 19.
Catherine Beattie had as re-
tot visitors her sister, Ruth
ititoe, Geraldine Farrar, sister
Johnny Farrar, and Hoye
°wkins, sister of Harold
owkins.
Mc^is Hardin, Dot Gillespie,
, Horry Melton recently had
> atives to visit them from
3toe.
Ann Anthony was visited
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Pictured above is the cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," who will present the play on
May 22. From left to right they are Luther Jarvis, Gwen Reed, Eoline Keeter, Omelia Robin
son, and Hoyt Evans.
Eighty Hours Of
Public Speaking
Tliirtv Mars Hill Students
Engaged In Seven Tourna
ments.
"The season just concluded
is undoubtedly the most suc
cessful one in the history of
the college, and I am pleased
with the increased interest
that has been shown in pub
lic speaking this year," said
Mr. J. B. Huff, coach of the
forensic team and speech in
structor.
Thirty Mars Hill students
have engaged in seven fo
rensic tournaments: one in
South Carolina, one in Ten
nessee, one in Virginia, and
four in North Carolina.
A total of 475 speeches were
delivered, and the group of
students have spoken the
amazing time of 80 hours.
During the season, a total of
eleven students attended two
student legislative assemblies
the State Assembly in Ra
leigh, and the National As
sembly in Lexington, Ky. A
Mars Hill man won the Spe
akership of the House and
President of the National As
sembly, a position correspond
ing to the President of the
United States in student cir
cles.
During the year. Wake For
est, N, C. State, Appalachian,
Clemson, Citadel, University
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Dramateers To Present Play In
Amphiltheatre On May 22
Lucke, President
Of E u t h alians
Saturday, May 3. — Jack
Lucke, of Badin, N. C., was
elected as the new president
of the Euthalian Literary So
ciety. Mr. Lucke will serve for
the remainder of this year and
the beginning of next year.
Other officers who will serve
with the president are: Carter
Wright, vice-president; Bob
Brissie, secretary; and Gene
Hart, censor.
Also at the meeting last
night, Lowell Shive received
the honor of being elected as
the Ideal Euthalian. Stanley
Smith was elected as the Most
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Hats Off!
To merely thank you for the
way you have received the
paper, all its mistakes, all o.
our blimders, and all of ou:
efforts—and come back fo;
more—would be very inade
quote. We wish that we coulc
thank everyone personally fo
his support, but this is im
possible. So we wish to THAN.
YOU for everything and stone
aside—^with our hats off—a
the Hilltop under new leader
ship goes forwardll
Grady Dover and Lowel.'
Shive—retiring Eds.
A Midsummer Nights Dream
To Be Given
On Thursday, Mery 22, the
Dramateers will present in the
Amphitheerter A. Midsuimner
Night's Dream, by William
Shakespeare. The cast is as
follows:
Theseus, Ralph J i n n e t te;
Egeus, James Dendy; Lysemd-
er, Luther Jarvis; Demetrius,
Hoyt Evans; Philostrate, Ken
neth Davis; Hippolytes, Bur
nette Selph; Hermia, Gwen
Reed; Rustics, Lee Wood,
George Faile, David Wessin-
ger, John Robertson, Clyde
Carr; Oberon, Gwen Potter;
Titania, Eoline Keeter; Puck,
Lucille Haywood; F a i r i e s,
Gladys Turner, Georgia Cole
man, Ethel Belle Komegay,
Gertie B. Watts, Ruth Tilson.
The ploy is to be given ac
cording to the historical settinc
as presented before Queer
Elizabeth, Mary Nell Hordir
will represent Queen Elizabeth
and will have as her attendantt
Marjorie Ailstock, Virginia Bur
gess, Margaret Duckworth
Marie Soyles, Maureen Coley,
Lucille Lawton, Mozelle Loer
Ruth Robb, Yvette Roberts, and
Frances Davis.
The Dramateers, under the
direction of Miss Bonnie Wen-
gert, began the year with a
aeace program. This program
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The closing week of school
is Commencement Week—
specifically May 18 to May 23.
Almost without exception, every
day of that week will witness
a contest or presentation for
which the participants hove
been working and preparing
for the past nine months.
That week is so crowded
with the many activities Mars
Hill offers that it has been
necessary that several of the
contests be given in chapel.
Already the girls' temperance
reading contest between the
societies has been held. The
judges' decision, however, will
not be opened until the week
of Commencement. The oration
contest between the boys' so
cieties will also be held out
side of Commencement week.
This cmnual event will be held
on Saturday night. May 10.
On Saturday night. May 17,
the reading contest between
the girls' societies will be held.
The rivalry is particularly
sharp surrounding this event,
for if the Nonpareils win for
the third successive year, that
society will win permanent
possession of the cup.
An impressive baccalaureate
service will, of course, be held
in the church on the last Sun
day, May 18. Dr. Louis S.
Gaines, father of Ed Gaines and
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Lexington, will ad
dress the seniors this year.
On Monday evening. May
19, the attraction will be the
program of the Department of
Music. Wednesday evening.
May 21, is reserved for the
debate between the boys' so
cieties.
The schedule for. Thursday,
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Seniors Pass Air
Corps Examination
Representatives from the
United States Air Corps were
on the campus last week to
give a test to all seniors who
are interested in flying for
Uncle Sam. All seniors who
were of age were eligible to
stand the examination. About
twenty of the boys responded
to the call. Eight of that num
ber passed the exam with on
"A" grade. The iron boys that
passed were: Richard Hardin,
John Parker, Stanley Smith,
Ben Johnson, Harold McCrosky,
Homer Sparks, Lester Graham,
and Sam Cooper.
These boys expect to bo
colled in the early summer.