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dent continuing throughout the
any ic^^owing week the spring
iting meetings will be held
let it ^ cctriiptis. There will be
3 guest speaker during the
===eek, but all the services will
ed by 5 conducted and led by the
jlee Cudents themselves,
me in is hoped by those who are
00 o'd speak, as well as by the
rollege S. U. Council, that this will
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The morning classes during
at week will be shortened to
low a full hour for the chapel
!rvice. Two students will
)eak at the morning services;
id in the evening, there will
5 one speaker. The youth
loir, under the direction of
iss Idella Aydellet, will
-nder special music each
i® °'^® thing, and only
that will bring a true re-
ITH i® campus—prayer,
s the Apostle Paul has said,
e must continue steadfastly
YoU prayer" if the Spirit of God
to come to Mars Hill in a
ol manifestation of power.
Let us as Christian students
3w our heads nightly in
■ cryer asking God to pour out
R S blessings on our campus.
it us endeavor to live revived
^aroli^r*^ revitalized Christian lives.
Mars Hill, North Carolina, February 14, 1942.
Number 9.
Of
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Hill College. Inset: “Uncle” Neddie Carter, who may well be
tution^ he donated the^hn?ton*on^”v ^vf section needed a Baptist educational insti-
nhnntWo ^ the hilltop on which the main buildings now stand. Then he and Rev Keith went
about the country raising enough subscriptions to erect the building and hire a teache^
Honor Clubs Disclose
Geniuses Selected
luy
News Flashes
In view of the national emer-
3ncy and in co-operation with
e decisions of other colleges
universities. Mars Hill sees
iring holidays become a
flight have been—except for
e Japs!" Cheer up! In giving
3 our spring vacation we fin-
^ the semester one week
fdy; and above all, we prove
ir willingness to do our part
preserving the right to en-
y future spring holidays."
Come to the gym tonight
id see the Lions play Bre-
' also, the "Hep Cats"
ill be there.
February 17, Charter Day,
u Ramsey of Ashe-
will speak in chapel.'
On Febbruary 18 special
■amatic readings will be fea-
^red during chapel hour.
More ‘Best Sellers’
The Library has purchased
oI the recent "best
^lers to provide the stu-
ints of Mars Hill college with
3tnd diverting read-
^ The books are as follows:
Dr^on Seed by Pearl Buck,
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The honor club bids are out,
and we know who's a genius!
See those dictionaries, encyclo
pedias, and anthologies with
the boy attached? He (the boy)
is the pride of some perspiring
committee's life. That object
over there—in the horn-rims—
she s one too. The signs are
all so obvious that more hardly
needs to be said, but for those
of you who are bothered with
astigmatism and such, we'll
enumerate.
These are dissecting frogs,
concocting explosions, and cal-
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New Hostess
Mars Hill faculty and stu
dents are happy to welcome
to the campus Mrs. Marne
Cheek Johnson, new dining
hall hostess, and hostess for
Brown and Melrose dormi
tories.
Mrs. Johnson comes to
us from Durham, where her
family have been prominent
in civic and religious circles
for several generations. For
P number of years she made
her home in Wake County,
where her husband, the late
J. Beale Johnson, was out
standing in business and
agriculture. Two sons, James
L. and Thomas, ore grad
uates of Mars Hill College.
Mrs. Johnson received her
B.S. in elementary educa
tion and her M.A. in student
personnel admin istration
from Columbia University.
Charter Day To Be
Observed On Peb. 17
Today’s College Grew From
‘Institute’ Founded In 1856
Mars Hill college will once
again observe Charter Day on
Tuesday, February 17. Mr. D.
Hiden Ramsey, business man
ager of the Asheville Citizen-
Times. will be the chief speaker
for the chapel program held
in observance of that day. Mr.
Ramsey is a widely known
speaker, and we are indeed
fortunate in securing him.
In order to appreciate fully
the significance of Charter
Day, we must look back and
see the changes and improve
ments which have taken place
in our college since the first
charter was secured on Feb
16, 1859.
Mars Hill College was
founded in the fall of 1856
under the name of the French
Broad Institute. A little over two
years later the first charter was
secured, cmd the school was
given the name of Mars Hill
college. This first charter gave
the power of conferring all
such degrees and marks of
literary distinction as are
usually conferred in colleges
or seminaries of learning."
To insure the pursuit of the
aims and principles of the col
lege founders, the charter was
changed in 1925, giving the
Baptist State Convention au
thority to appoint thereafter the
Board of Trustees.
The days of the War be
tween the States were dark
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Mars Hill Forensic
Contestants Triumph
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Return Victorious From
Boone Tourney
Mars Hill representatives re
turned victorious from the
Seventh Annual Appalachian
Forensic Tournament held in
Boone, N. C., on February 5-7.
As is their custom, our speak
ers confronted and triumphed
over speakers from the larger
senior institutions.
This meet was one
nationally recognized
clash tournaments, at
national awards ore
Every event consisted
of the
direct
which
given,
of two
divisions, one for men and one
for women. Mars Hill entered
two teams of men debaters and
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New Defense
Courses
Wake Forest - Meredith
Session Discontinued
Speed-Up Program Shortens
Time Of College Course .
Mars Hill will operate a nine-
weeks summer school inde
pendently this summer instead
of the joint session conducted
for the past few years with
Wake Forest and Meredith col
leges, according to a decision
made at a meeting of the
faculty Wednesday evening.
The decision followed a re
port from President Blackwell
and Dean Carr of a conference
which they attended February
3 in Winston-Salem with reprei-
sentatives of Wake Forest,
Meredith, and Campbell col
leges. At the conference the
representatives from the col
leges voted to discontinue for
the duration the Wake Forest-
Meredith summer school,
which has been conducted at
Wake Forest since 1933, and
the Mors Hill division of the
joint summer school, which has
been operated since 1935. A
reason given for .the action is
the speed-up program which
each of the colleges has
planned during the present
emergency.
Since 1933 Mars Hill has
cooperated with Wake Forest
and Meredith colleges in the
summer session here, where
senior college and junior col
lege courses have been offered.
Beginning this summer Mars
Hill will return to the plan of
conducting a summer school
independently. Plans ore under
way to make the summer
session an integral part of the
regular session and enable the
college to join with other col
leges in speeding up its pro
gram.
Mars Hill will probably begin
this summer an accelerated
schedule whereby high school
graduates may finish their
junior college course in three
semesters and two summer
terms.
Dr. Carr informs us that ar
rangements are being made
to incorporate into the college
curriculum several courses
which are in line with the na
tional defense program.
It is hoped that, through the
cooperation of the Red Cross,
a course in hrst aid can be
offered to all students before
this semester is far advanced.
The training would be under
the direction of Coach Roberts
and the physical education de
partment. A Red Cross certifi
cate will be awarded at the
completion of the course.. The
course is already definitely
plapned for the summer school
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/nternational
Summary
By Heni-y Huff
As usual, the eyes of the
world are turned upon the
titanic struggle now raging in
the southwest Pacific. After a
week of intense artillery duel
ing and brutal attacks by dive
bombers, the Japanese have
invaded the island of Singa^
pore in force. Under cover of
the heaviest artillery barrage
of the war in the East, the Japa
nese crossed Johore Strait to
invade Britain's great bastion,
Singetpore. The fighting is now
raging with the greatest fe
rocity, only a few miles from
the city of Singapore. Should
Singapore fall, the-allied po
sition in the Far East would be
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