CThe Hilltop
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
Volume XVI.
Mars Hill, North Carolina, September 27, 1941.
Number 1.
Rews Flashes
Football Results
Mars Hill defeated Arkansas
A. & M. 19-0 in Asheville
Thursday night. Carr scored 7
points; Cushwa and Anderson
scored 6 each.
Tonight
The picture, "Third Finger,
Left Hand," will be shown in
the college auditorium tonight.
Founders' Day
The Founders Day program
is tentatively scheduled for
Monday, Oct. 10. The speaker
has not been announced as
yet.
Y.W.A. Speaker
Miss Pearl Johnson is to
speak in chapel next Friday
in the interest of the Y. W. A.
Sunday School and B.T.U.
Join Now! Sunday School
and B.T.U. await you.
College Church
You con continue your
church work. Join the College
Church.
DRAMATEERS
INSTALL OFFICERS
The Mars Hill Dramateers,
the play-producing organi
zation of the college, held their
first regular meeting in the
outdoor theatre on Tuesday,
September 23. The following
officers were installed for the
first semester: President—
George Coleman; Vice-Presi
dent—George Blake; Secretary
—Mourine Coley; Treasurer—
John Robertson; and Historian
—Lucile Lawton.
The muses of tragedy and
comedy in the installation cere
mony were represented by
Burnette Selph and Ethel Belle
Komegay. A Spanish play, "A
Bright Morning," by Serafin
and Joaquin Alvarez Quintas,
was presented, with Burnette
Selph as director. The stage
managers were Luther Jarvis
and Lee Wood; Lucile Lawton
and Ethel Belle Kornegoy
planned the costumes, and
Gertie B. Watts and Georgia
Coleman were in charge of the
make-up. The characters in the
play were Maurine Coley,
Nancy Mosley, Carlton Wright,
and Wallace Parham.
Initiation of new members
will take place at the next
meeting, which will be on the
first Tuesday in October. At
that time the last scene from
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
will be given.
The Dramateers are looking
forward to on excellent year;
some of the best players of last
year ore back, and there is
promise of excellent new
talent. The ploys to be pre
sented this year will be out
door ones so that the outdoor
theatre may be used as much
as possible. The first public
performance will be early in
November, cmd several plays
ore being considered for pre
sentation at that time.
ROOM IN NEW DORMITORY
Enrollment Shows Increase Of More
Than 100 Students Over Last Year
An interior view of one of the
dormitory. The students
and her roommate.
comfortable rooms in the new
are Miss Ruth Beattie
Miss Bette Allison
Faculty Increased By
Eight New Members
Eight new teachers have
taken their places on the Mars
Hill faculty this year. Some ore
former Mars Hill students,
while others come to us for the
first time.
Miss Rachel Templeton, a
former student here and a
graduate of East Carolina
Teachers college, Greenville,
'lorth Carolina, is now teaching
in the business department.
Miss Templeton made a very
high scholastic rating while
here, and at East Carolina she
maintained this high standard
of work. Her outside activities
included band, orchestra, glee
club, Scriblerus Club, and
work on the Laural staff and
forensic squad. Miss Temple
ton was listed in Who's who
Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges for
1940-41.
Mr. R. P. Ashworth, a former
student of Mars Hill, is an
addition to the department of
natural sciences. Mr. Ashworth
is also a graduate of Wake
Forest with a B. S. degree. He
has taught at Mt. Gilead and
at David Millard high school
in Asheville. His home is in
Asheville.
Two new additions to the
physical education department
me Mr. and Mrs. James Cowan.
Mrs. Cowan was graduated
from Winthrop college. Rock
Hill, South Carolina, in 1939.
After graduation she was em
ployed as recreational director
by the Proximity Manufactur
ing Company, Greensboro,
North Carolina. Mr. Cowan,
now assisting Coach O. A.
Roberts, is a graduate of Mars
Hill and Davidson colleges.
He was formerly employed by
the B. F. Goodrich Company
in High Point and Winston-
Salem, North Carolina.
Mrs. S. B. King, formerly a
member of the music depart
ment here, has returned after
an absence of four years to
continue teaching violin. For
several summers Mrs. King has
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BAND BEGINS MOST
PROMISING YEAR
Mr. Sebren To Direct Both
Band And Orchestra
The bond this year opened
its best season in many years
with a parade in Asheville on
September 25. The occasion
was the gome between the
Mars Hill and the Arkansas
A. & M. football teams. The
band paraded down Howard
Street and Patton Avenue.
Following this, there was a
concert on Pack Square. After
marching to the stadium, the
bond gave an exhibition of
marching and playing.
The director of the band,
Mr. Herbert Sebren, studied
this summer at Northwestern
University, and has returned
with many unusual and fasci
nating ideas with which to
entertain the crowds between
the halves at this season's
football gomes.
Mars Hill is justly proud of
ts band, the largest junior col
lege band in the South. The
imiforms consist of blue sport
;oats trimmed with gold, with
matching cc^s, blue ties, and
white pants. The spirit of the
organization is fine, and the
largest band in the history of
Mars Hill looks forward to a
year of exceptional achieve
ment.
'The orchestra this year is
also under the capable di
rection of Mr. Sebren, who is
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CHEER LEADERS
CHOSEN
After much hard work
and deliberation, the cheer
leaders for the coming year
were chosen from a large
group of candidates. J. C.
Jones, of Pittsboro, and Elva
Creech, of Ahoskie, were
selected as head cheer
leaders. Their colleagues ore
Michey Palmer, of Greens
boro; Jackie Spainhour, of
Winston-Salem; Bill Stultz,
of Roanoke, Virginia; Bob
Clodfelter, of Greensboro;
and Jack Gregory, of Hen
derson.
$90,000 Wing Added
To Edna Moore
Suites Are Provided For Over
132 Occupants
^
As a result of the tireless
efforts of "Daddy" Blackwell
and the support of the faculty
and many friends of Mars Hill
college, a ninety thousand
dollar wing has recently been
added to Edna Moore dormi
tory.
Loyal friends, whose names
cannot be revealed at present,
have given generously. Presi
dent Blackwell states that in
a few days a letter will be
sent out to former students and
other patrons discussing the
juilding program of the college.
Funds have already been
donated sufficient to furnish
the parlor of the new dormi
tory except for draperies and
rugs. The faculty plan to co
operate in the supply of these
furnishings.
On Monday, March 31, 1941,
the Robinson Brothers of Ashe
ville received the contract to
start construction. The engi
neers began excavations on
April first and completed the
sub-roof in only two and one-
half days. With steady prog
ress work continued through
out the summer, and the build
ing, accommodating 132 per
sons, was ready for occupancy
September 9.
The "New Dormitory" is by
far the most elaborate building
on the campus. The four-story
structure has 66 rooms ar
ranged in suite style. These
rooms ore comfortably fur-
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Glee Club Attracts
Large Group
A list of sixty members of
the Glee Club for this year was
posted last week by Miss
Ellison, voice teacher and Glee
Club Director. Though more
than two hundred students
tried out, the group was limited
to sixty people because of the
lack of space for practice.
The Glee Club will meet
three afternoons a week; Miss
Ellison is conducting and
Beverette Middleton is serving
as accompanist. The following
are officers for the coming
year: President, Idella Aydlett;
secretary, Edith Cole; treasurer,
Fred Ellison, and librarian,
Vera Sorgeont.
On Foimders' Day, October
10, the Glee Club will present
its first program, to be followed
by several others prior to the
annual Christmas program,
which will be the climax of this
semester's work. During the
second semester the club will
visit several churches on Sun
days and present programs of
a sacred nature.
Over Nine Hundred
Students Exp ected
By February
Mars Hill College is growing
up. There are one hundred
fourteen more students on the
campus today than there were
at this time last year.
During September, 1940,
there were 749 students enroll
ed here. Today there are 863
enrolled and there is a possi
bility of early additions. If
events follow their usual
course, there will be an in
crease of about 50 or 60 stu
dents after the first semester.
Last year the enrollment
jumped from 749 in September
to 783 by February 7, which
was on increase of 51, count
ing local and special students.
If the enrollment takes this
same trend in February, 1942,
there will be well over 900
students here next semester.
Mars Hill is becoming quite
cosmopolitan. On our campus
are students representing 86
coimties of North Carolina, 17
states, and England. Of the
total enrollment 688 students
are from N. C., 50 from South
Carolina, 32 from Virginia, 21
from Georgia, 15 from Ten
nessee, 7 from Kentucky, 4
each from Alabama, Louisi
ana, and Maryland, 2 each
from Pennsylvania and Ohio,
and 1 each from Illinois, Michi
gan, West Virginia, New
Hampshire and Texas. Mars
Hill boasts a total of 175 out-
of-state students.
Buncombe county ranks first
with 83 representatives. Madi
son has 45; Cleveland, 28;
Wake, 25; and Burke and
Rutherford tie for fifth place
with 18 each.
B.
T. U. CHANGES
ASSEMBLY HOUR
Increased Interest Expected In
New Venture
The college B. T. U. has
changed its meeting time to
6:45 P.M. each Sunday. This
change, sponsored by both the
faculty and the pastor, Mr.
Lynch, is expected to create
greater interest in the Training
Union program and increase
attendance considerably.
Several faculty members have
gladly offered their services,
and it is felt that their aid will
do much to make the new time
of meeting a success. Among
those who have consented to
help ore Miss Templeton, Miss
Snelson, Miss Bingham, Miss
Hardin, and Miss Wingert.
The opening assembly has
been discarded, and in its
stead the entire Training Union
neets in the college auditorium
for a brief song service im-
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