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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
Volume XVII.
Mars Hill, North Carolina, October 24, 1942.
Number 3.
DRAMATEERS PRESENT ORIGINAL PLAY
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Forty-two Boys Enlist In Military Reserves
Group To Return
Again Today
Did you notice the line of
station wagons in front of the
administration building Tues
day morning? In case you have
been wondering about the
matter, those .station wagons
were the property of service
men who were visiting our
campus. Our visitors and their
service ranks are listed below:
1. Captain Clarence C. Davis
is in charge of the marine party
assigned to the Southern Re
cruiting and Induction Division
in Atlanta, Ga.
2. Carl C. Martin is with the
U. S. marines located in Ra
leigh, N. C.
3. Sgt. Willard H. Dunn is
with the Army Recruiting and
Induction Division located in
Charlotte, N. C.
.i4 4. Sgt. W. W. T. Allman is
— with the Recruiting and Induc
tion office located at Charlotte,
N. C.
3- Sgt. James E. Nash is
with the Recruiting and Induc
tion Division located at Char
lotte, N. C.
6. Henry S. Sowards in Y2c
U.S.N.R. is with the AV-1 Re
cruiting party located in At
lanta, Ga.
2. Chief Phar. Mate J. P.
Thompson enlisted in the Ma
rines May 1, 1917. He is lo
cated in Raleigh.
8. Lt. V. F. Bronda is a medi
cal officer with the medical
corps of the U. S. navy located
in Jacksonville, Fla.
9- J. M. Brinkley is a Phar.
Mate, 2nd class, with the U..S.
1^- R. located in Atlanta, Ga.
10. C. F. Arnold is Phar. Mate
. clasg navy located
in Atlanta, Ga.
9 1^- Lewis is Phar. Mate
• A y°ss, U. S. N., stationed
in Atlanta, Ga.
, 13- Charles W. Burts—L.(JG)
IS ocated in Jacksonville, Fla.
, 13. Captain George E. Pilgrim
ill® army located at
i-harlotte, N. C.
TAAitb’ E. Rutherford is
army located in At
lanta, Ga.
l°hn J. Lombido is a
. 0*^1 aviation cadet stationed
in Boston, Mass.
o 1^- Masa is with 'the U.
■ N. R. stationed in Atlanta,
He ranks Y 3-c.
1 Ihese men did not com-
o ® ® their work at Mars Hill,
Q J^ill be here again on
Saturday, October 24.
Eu-Phi Anniversary
Elections
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Gulley. President Of Eus;
Hamlett, President Of Phis.
Perhaps the word most fre
quently heard on the Mars Hill
campus now is "anniversary."
Despite its wide usage, how
ever, many of us are still un
aware of its full meaning—and
what a full meaning it has!
Anniversary of what? We
mean the anniversary of the
literary societies. This event is
the big event in society each
year. Although there is no di
rect competition between the
Euthalians and the Philoma-
thions at these events, there is
a spirit of friendly rivalry, and
each society strives to its ut
most to outdo the other. The
programs are always very en
tertaining at anniversary, and
the scenery really brightens
up the auditorium. It is such a
gala affair, and yet one of
such profound meaning, that
one con scarcely understand
it without having experienced
it.
Each year a new set of of
ficers is elected just a short
time before anniversary. These
have already been elected. The
The Euthalians elected the fol
lowing officers: Marcus Gulley,
president; Forest Denman, vice-
president; Bob Clodfelter, sec
retary; and Charles Harris,
censor.
The Philomathians chose as
their anniversary officers: Bill
Hamlet, president; -Lee Wood,
vice-president; Wilton Creech,
secretary, and N. A. Miller,
censor.
Now, all you fellows, start
getting hose dates for anni
versary, and let's all hope for
big evenings: the Philomothiori
on November 14 and the Eu-
thalian on November 28.
^ylcUiUl
Miss Juanita Kerr and Mr.
Harvey James, until recently
students of Mars Hill college,
were married Saturday eve
ning, October 17, in the Ninth
venue Baptist Church of Char
lotte.
George Blake, who was a
dramatics major at Mors Hill
last year, has already won
recognition at Berea College,
Berea, Ky., where he is now a
student. Out of a group of 400
students who tried out for a
certain role in their fall produc
tion, George was the one se
lected to ploy it.
Miss Bonnie Wengert
Russell Jordan
Two Weeks Of Religious Emphasis At
Mars Hill Very Encouraging
Two weeks of religious em
phasis at Mars Hill College
were climaxed by the annual
revival, led by Rev. J. Winston
Pearce, of Durham, during the
week of October 10-18.
In his simple, straightfor
ward, and penetrating mes,-
sages Mr. Pearce touched the
very heart of the problems of
Christian living in a crisis such
as we face today. "We are
bound together in the bundle of
life," and as "free moral beings
God has given us freedom of
choice. . . . Every right choice
helps others, and every wrong
choice causes others to suffer."
Hence, "if someone on the oth
er side of the earth makes a
wrong choice, all may pay a
price for his folly."
Each timely message served
as a sincere and thorough dis
cussion of vital problems of
college students in a world at
war. In speaking of knowing
and following God's will for
our lives, Mr. Pearce declared
that "God's will is a voice that
we must hear and respond to.
It cannot be done in spite of us
but must be done through us."
One who earnestly and sin
cerely seeks God's will for his
life "should read and study
God's word . . . should earnest
ly pray . . . should worship
publicly and privately and
should seek information about
professions."
Mr. Pearce spoke at the
chapel period each morning
and in the church each eve
ning. The services were splen
didly attended by both stu
dents and townspeople. Follow
ing their traditional custom, the
young women's literary so
cieties attended the service in
a body on Thursday evening
and the young men's societies
on Friday evening.
The gratifying results of the
meeting are being felt in the
hearts and lives of many and
promise to help make this one
of the most successful years for
the college. Mars Hill is grate
ful for the privilege of having
had Mr. Pearce to lead the re
vival in his gracious and sin
cere manner.
Mars Hill Is Well
Represented At
B.S.U. Meet
Approximately 30 students of
Mars Hill college are attending
the annual North Carolina Bap
tist Student Convention which
is in session in Raleigh at the
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Oc
tober 23-25.
The convention opened Fri
day night at seven o'clock with
a panel discussion on world
problems. Bob Harris partici
pated in the forum. Dr. Louie
D. Newton, of the Druid Hills
Baptist Church in Atlanta and
vice-president of the Baptist
World Alliance, delivered the
message, "Keep Christ Pre
eminent," theme of the con
vention.
Forum topics were discussed
Saturday morning at nine
o'clock. Many of the fine lead
ers of the South took part in
this discussion. Dr. M. T.
Rankin, missionary to China,
spoke on "Inside Stanley
Prison Camp Looking Out."
Rev. W. C. Somerville, secre
tary of the Lott Carey foreign
mission board in Washington
delivered an address on "Inter
racial Understanding."
Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock Mr. William Hall Pres
ton, Associate Southwide Stu
dent Secretary in Nashville,
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To Be Given Tonight
At 8:00 O’clock
The Mars Hill college Dram-
ateers are beginning their 25th
season with the production of
The Deadline, an original three-
act comedy by Russell Jordan.
The direction of the play is
under Miss Bonnie Wengert,
head of the speech department.
The play takes place in the
Farrow home. The plot is woven
around the life of Julia Farrow,
a very conservative librarian.
The action of the play hinges
on the love struggle between
Julia and Martha Cherry,
Vivian's close friend who "just
drops in for the week-end."
Then there's Vivian and her
jealousy over Dick Conrad.
Mrs. Farrow just can't imagine
one of her daughters being an
old maid. Wayne Hayden, a
young bachelor, enters the
play when the two strugglers
are fighting for Godfrey Buck
ingham, a friend of the Farrow
family; and, of course, the play
wouldn't be complete without
Petunia Jones, who* has worked
for the Farrow family so long
that she practically dictates to
all of them.
The cast includes Eloise
\utrey, Asheville; Emily Jeanes,
Fort Valley, Ga.; Ruth Mo
Coy, Concord; Jane Gunter,
Fuquay Springs; Sarah Orr,.
Charlotte; Douglas Davis, Ashe
ville; Russell Jordan, Smithfield;
and Gordon Mathews, Fort
Valley, Ga.
The production staff includes
Callie Noland, make-up artist;
Jane Lee, properties manager;
and Hal Moore, electrician. The
stage setting was designed by
the author and executed by the
Dramateers.
The marshalls for the eve
ning are Nena Belle Barr,
Gwendola Pierce, Jean Web
ster, and Laura Nell Schrum.
Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Jordan of Smithfield, is
the first student to write a three-
act play for campus production
in the history of the Drama
teers. He is majoring in journal
ism and dramatics and will
graduate this year from the
speech department after two
years of study with Miss Bonnie
Wengert.
The Dramateers have pro
spects for the most successful
year in their history. Last Tues
day they initiated thirty mem
bers into the club. After the
initiation, which was held in
the auditorium, the Dramateers
went to the parlor of Treat
dormitory where they held on
informal social. During the
social, impromptu monologues
and dialogues were presented
by the new members.