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Page 2. THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. CThe Hilltop ‘"Plain Living and High Thinking” Published by the Students of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, North Carolina. Entered as second-class matter February 20, 1926, at the Post- office at Mars Hill, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Issued semi-monthly during the college year. Subscription Rate Year $1.00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS DISTRIBUTOR OF COLLEGIATE DIGEST STAFF Editor L. Russell Jordan Managing Editor John Chandler Business Manager J. P. Young FACULTY ADVISERS Rachel Templeton Ramon DeShazo Mildred Hardin CONTRIBUTORS A. C. Edwards . Maurine Lovingood . Henry Huff . Callie Noland Bill Grimes . Maureen Bennett . Sara Sigmon . Lucille Jenkins Anne Johns . Joe Drennan . Edward Parnell Elliott Donnels . Charles Broun Advertising Manager Bill Williams Circulation Manager Jerry Laughlin Typists Ruby Hudson . Haywood Wheeler Volume XVII. November 14, 1942. Number 4. Your Duty—What Is It? Do you feel that you are doing anything to aid the war effort by staying in college? I do not profess that everyone agrees with what I am about to disclose, but I do say that it expresses the attitude of the students I have questioned. With the emotions of our nation so high, I think it urgent that we discuss this in earnest. All kinds of responses were thrown at me, including blunt "yeses,” "nos," and "I don't knows," and one emphatic "No, not a darn thing." All of the men questioned, with one exception, feel that indirectly they ore helping to win this war. The Army needs educated men for its officers. Therefore, they are helping by .staying in college to become Army officers in the future. Neglect of education has caused the downfall of many countries. Every, branch of military service is inefficient unless ft has educated men to direct it. Our armed forces need bi ologists, physicists, interpreters, accountants, doctors, and many other professional men. If you are pursuing any of these courses, you have a more definite reason for staying in’college. But let us get back to the masses. Why are we staying in college, you and I? How are we aiding our government by studying books when the Japanese and Germans ore affording such a wonderful opportunity for intensive study? The answer is simple. The main way we ore helping our nation is in that we are preparing ourselves to be better citizens. We are plan ning for a future much brighter than the present. All right! Go ahead and soy it! You just do not feel patriotic staying in college and studying. But hove you ever stopped to think what being patriotic includes? It includes loving your country and supporting its authority and interests. So, can you feel patriotic when you leave college and loiter around for five or six months awaiting call into active service after you have left college hurriedly and volunteered. If that is your idea of patriotism, do not express it publicly. Our military geniuses have provided efficient methods for inducting men into military service. The only way college students can be true patriots is to learn all they con while they are in college and to stay there until they hear Uncle Sam's call. When any American hears that call he will, without hesitation, lay everything aside and go, taking with him a strong determination to give his best to his country. One boy mentioned that our present physical education program made him feel as if he were doing something for victory. He sees the American way of life, for physical edu cation is playing a vital role in our war effort. It is building up the general health of the youth in college. ' The women students felt that an education is needed to fill some of the positions left vacant by men in the armed forces, and in training themselves to fill these positions, they would be helping the war effort. Even though this may seem indirect, it is vitally direct. The decision of this timely question now rests in your hands. The destiny of a great nation is there, even if you do not realize it. Think it over carefully, and while you are thinking—Onward America, Onward to Victory! —L. R. J. America's Minority Problem Two of the recent vesper services in the college auditorium were in the form of open forums for the discussion of racial problems in the United States, with particular reference to the Negroes of the South. The problem of friction and misunderstanding between the whites and the Negroes is a problem which is becoming in creasingly acute and one which we cannot afford to disregard. From many quarters of the country come rumors of the Negroes to rise in rebellion. In times of war when feeling is high and nerves are tense, such reports would naturally be • exaggerated and would arouse more attention than if they -come in ordinary times. In spite of this, however, it is probable that these reports are not entirely unfounded, and their gravity is not to be minimized. Whether the reports are true or not ^^iPaglilL io (gliMIFUi [7 A. C. P.'s Coirespondent Reports &om Washingtoa Europe Strikes Back Washington, D. C. (AGP).— School teachers in Nazi-occu pied Europe are showing marked inability to learn and teach the "philosophy" of Hit ler's New Order. This fact is made evident by articles which recently appeared in the daily press of these countries and which have just reached Wash ington from private sources. On the basis of these reports teachers appear to be the most widely persecuted professional group in the occupied coun tries. At the same time the teachers seem to be the most persistent in their refusal to cooperate with occupation au thorities and their own Quis lings. After continual strife between faculty leaders of the Univer sity of Brussels and Nazi occu pation authorities in Belgium, the university is reported to have been closed. The Brussels newspaper Le Soir said that "incidents" at the university could have been avoided if its officials had "better understood the intention of the military administration.'' Before the closing of the Uni versity of Brussels, stories in Belgian papers disclosed that 20 university departments were without faculty heads as a result of "retirements, deaths or other reasons." A Swedish correspondent in Brussels re ported the university had been closed because its board had turned down a Nazi ultimatum to transfer authority to a cornu mittee from which its own presi dent had been excluded. Ten faculty members arrested at the time of the closing were the latest of a number of Brus sels professors to be purged. Several Norwegian news papers recently carried ac counts of the imprisonment of Rector Seip and several well- known professors of the Uni versity of Oslo. They were held under a new decree calling for the arrest, without trial, of Nor wegians jeopardizing their country's "peaceful develop ment." ALUMN Anniversary will be enjoyed by more than those present. This great event will be wit nessed in the mind's eye of many old Clios and Philo- mathians. Here are just a few of the many supporters of truth, purity, and fidelity who will be with us in spirit. Dr. Blackwell, while a stu dent at Mars Hill, was actively engaged in society work. He was one of the strongest inter collegiate debaters that Mars Hill has ever had. He is a gra duate of Wake Forest and has a Master of Theology degree from the Southern Baptist Semi nary, Louisville, Kentucky. He did post-graduate work at Harvard and has done further study at University of Edin burgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Blackwell was a teacher of Bible and Greek at Mors Hill before becoming president. Dr. Sams was a charter member of the Philomathian Literary Society and has re sumed his ardent support of its work since he has become associated with the college as vice-president. He is now ad visor of the Philomathians. Another loyal Philomathian is Dr. H. Hunter, president of I NEWS Western Carolina Teachers college, Cullowhee, North Caro lina. He gave the address in the new Clio-Phi hall on the day of the dedication of the science building. Dr. Paul Caudill, who is now pastor of the First Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia was a leader in the activities of the society. Dr. Caudill delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of 1942. Marie Compton, a graduate nurse, is now a lieutenant in the United States Army. An other Clio and graduate nurse is Mildred Elmore, who is now overseas with the Navy. Dr. Robert Robinson, son of Mrs. W. F. Robinson, is serving with the American forces as a physician in Australia. Myrial James was outstand ing as a Philomathian while a student here. He now has his L. L. D. degree and is practic ing low in Asheville. Samuel Weinberg Cooper, Asheville, North Carolina, is now enrolled in the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School at Atlanta, Georgia. He completed CAA Secondary Training at the Uni versity of Georgia, Athens, Georgia with 33 solo hours. should make no particular dif ference in our strivings to evolve an immediate satisfac tory solution to the racial pro blem. The problem is essenti ally one of human decency and fairness, not one of seek ing safety for ourselves. It is no secret that Negroes are discriminated against by employers, by educators, by doctors, and by practically all who operate for the general benefit of society. Often the Negroes are not given equal opportunity because there is jealousy or prejudice on the part of the whites. There is, however, another element in many cases of such unfair practices. This is fear—fear that if given equal opportunity the black race would soon dominate the white race. Such fear is utterly foolish and must be dispelled if there is to be inter-racial cooperation. LET’S SWApUto By Rustv A.( Wcxrtime Hit Parade lonti 1. Begin The Barrage. ,pea 2. My Explosion. a 3. Torpedo Junction (or, j^en Do Is Sink Of You.)lrit s 4. Bomb Boogie. dge 5. Gunboat Serenade (Ic. ] the movie, "Flotilla F^nsc 6. Call Of The Censor, d Pi 7. Whispering Gas (or, fon I'll Go Back Home Tc Summer.) xy, 8. I'm A Rommel'in Wretn, I 9. Gun Are The Days, ©th 10. Tanks For Everything, g©; —The Lenoir Rhyr^i q Anything For Victory^,®^ Roses are red, " Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet— Remember??? let* roph ne. 5 CC :s at Long Live Hope! In the East you have tl ra low a girl three blocks to! b^ out if she'll have a date NBC you. In California, with algo' slacks, you have to follotioi girl six blocks to find out Sbui is a girl! —^Bob Hof ate; LQ.? pj-Qc Miss Cox: "What aredan three words most used bjqc,v,4 dents?" Thad (after a pause): "Id know." Miss Cox: 'Correct!" of I le pi ole ( le c Three Wonderful Words _ I gazed into her dark. ^ glowing eyes, Her lips were saying three wonderful words I had waited to hear. ] I could not believe it. And yet it was true. i Sa Again she said, fulfillin'a i dreams of my life— P o 'No French Assignment."mor —The Wilded c * hctc A Matter Of Opinioiijpij^ She: "Sir, I'll have youdi©'] I'm going to marry a Pb a gentleman." a p, He: "Hey, you can't do© ^ That's bigamy!" —The Gomecd. ^ ter Pathos! Why is it? ^ ^ Whenever I venture on They tell me that I've s too late! — 7:1011 —Stampcy® Did You Hear This? wl College Dude (on en opi barber shop): "Are you the tl Der who cut my hair last ^ the Barber: "No, it wasnithei I've only been here te vi months." —The Gamhird Hurrah For The Fres ^ng The negro people as a unit have no desire to dominate the whites. It is amazing how patient and quiescent they have remained under the persecution and unfair prac tices of the whites. They have never shown any inclination to forcibly break the bonds which have been put upon them. The leaders of the Negroes for the most part do not inspire a revo lutionary spirit in their people; but instead they advocate a policy of cooperation with 'the sympathetic whites. To the writer it appears that (Continued on Page 4) Freshman: "Why is c bit's nose shiny?" Sophomore: "Err, why^^ Freshman: "Because powder puff is on thoj^de end." poi 5 S Swimming Mei Draws Grow^^^^® On Saturday afternoo)®^® i vember 7, the Swimmin*^^*^^ ^ under the managemei Mary Ellis Reece, spons^^^®^ meet which was held [ termine the individual " pion and also the class "'A Joy Satterwhite, win)C first place last year, waS^ys P first place winner with of 48 points. Helen K.& * won second place with b©f the of 14 points. Florence Rh^led ii Margaret Shackleford titlass third honors with 12 poU
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