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Volume XVIII.
Gunter And Paxton
Direct Sunday School
Activities
The Sunday school, under
the co-direction of Jane Gunter
and Nadine Paxton, is plan
ning a year of unusual prog
ress.
About five hundred were
present for Sunday school the
first Sunday of the school year.
Next Sunday should bring forth
the other one hundred fifty stu
dents enrolled in Mars Hill col-
Isge this year.
Individual Sunday school
classes will have charge of the
opening exercises each week,
and a Hallowe'en party is
scheduled for October.
Of the ten Sunday school
classes, eight are open to girls
and two to boys. The teach
ers are Miss Biggers, Miss
Bingham, Mrs. Dunstan, Miss
Logan, Dr. Pierce, Miss Russell,
Mrs. Vann, Miss Wengert, Dr.
Moore, and Mr. Stringfield.
Drama Department
Reveals Plans
For Year
Drama in a big way! That
is the aim of the dramatics de
partment for the coming year.
Arid, under the able leader
ship of Miss Bonnie Wengert,
this aim shall be realized.
The Mars Hill dramatics de
partment recently received
noteworthy recognition in being
asked to present a play for the
Children's Theater in Ashe
ville. And Mars Hillians re
joice because of this honor
shown our Dramateers.
Besides this play, which has
not yet for the first semester
been selected, the Dramateers
(See DRAMA—Page 4)
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1943.
Number 1.
Former Mars Hill
Student Honored
In New Mexico
Unique among schools of the
Army Air Forces is the navi
gation school at the Carlsbad
Army Air Field, Carlsbad,
New Mexico.
Included among the grad
uates was Second Lieutenant
Malcolm G. Edwards, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otho L. Edwards,
121 Linden Ave., Asheville, N.'
C.
Lt. Edwards recently receiver
his bombardier wings upon
graduation from the Albuquer
que, New Mexico, A.A.F.
All students at the Carlsbac
school—the only one of its kinc
—are commissioned bombar
diers who come to Carlsbad to
receive a special intensifiec
course in "dead reckoning"
navigation. With this addition
al training they ore able to di
rect a place to its objective
and also drop the bombs on
the precise spot most bene
ficial to the United Nations
war effort.
Eleven New Members
Added To College
Force
Several States Are
Represented
New Officers
For I.R.C.
President, Glenn Brown;
Vice-President, Grace An
derson; Secretary, Rosemary
Gaddy; Reporter, Beulah
Hill; Devotional Leader,
Margaret Hoyle.
The Good Ole
Summertime
Chapel Schedule
For October
Monday, Sept. 27: • Mr.
Stringfield.
Tuesday, Sept. 28: B.S.U.
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Music.
Thursday, Sept. 30: Dr.
Pierce.
Friday, Oct. 1: Mr. King.
Monday, Oct. 4: Mr. Canup.
Tuesday, Oct. 5: B.S.U.
Wednesday, Oct. 6:
Music.
Thursday, Oct. 7: Mr. De-
Shazo.
Friday, Oct. 8; Dr. Black-
well.
Monday, Oct. 11, through
Friday, Oct. 22: Annual
Revival. Dr. Theodore F.
Adams, Richmond, Va.
Monday, Oct. 25: Miss Big
gers.
Tuesday, Oct. 26; B.S.U.
Wednesday, Oct. 27;
Music.
Thursday, Oct: 28: Dr.
Blackwell.
'nday, Oct. 29: Miss Bow
den.
It has been rather difficult
for us to check on the summer
activities of our faculty. To be
sure, all the teachers had ex-
p©ri©nc©s, som© of which w©r©
int©r©stinQ' cinci—w©ll, h©r©*s
all we were allowed to print.
Miss Vivian Lunsford re
ceived her B. S. in L. S. at
George Peabody college this
summer. In addition to study
ing, she worked in Joint Li
brary, the new cooperative
library of Peabody, Vander
bilt and Scarrett. It is rum
ored that there is a new. man
in Miss Lunsford s life as a re
sult of the summer months
spent in Nashville. There's
nothing like combining work
and pleasure.
Mrs. J. V. Howell, director of
the home economics depart
ment, studied at W. C. U. N C
this summer. She will receive
her M. A. degree with the June
graduating class.
Mr. DeShazo, our well-
known English professor, re
ceived his Master's degree at
George Peabody college this
summer. Orchids to Mr.
DeShazo for being elected to
membership in two notional
honor societies. Pi Gamma Mu
and Kappa Delta Pi.
Miss Lois Fisher, our Glee
Club director, studied voice at
Eastman School of .Music,
Rochester, New York, under
Frederick H. Haywood. Her
(See GOOD OLE—Page 3)
Eleven new members of the
faculty and administrative
staff, who will begin their
duties at Mars Hill college this
fall, have been announced by
President Hoyt Blackwell.
Miss Mattie Russell, of Ox
ford, Mississippi, who holds a
Master's degree from the Uni
versity of Mississippi and has
done further graduate study at
Duke University, will teach in
the social science department.
Miss Russell has taught social
studies in the high schools of
Mississippi for the past six
years.
Miss Anne Clayton, of Ar
kansas City, Arkansas, a grad
uate of the University of Ar
kansas, and former director of
physical education in Rison
(Ark.) public schools and at
Camp Joynelle, Monte Ne, Ar
kansas, will be director of
physical education for women
at Mars Hill this fall.
Mrs. Winifred Thurlow, of
Washington, D. C., a graduate
of Carson-Newman college,
who has an A. B. S. degree
from Columbia university and
las done graduate work there
also will begin her duties as
dietitian at Mars Hill college.
Miss Montez Scott, of Ashe
ville, a graduate of Mars Hill
college and of WCUNC, has
eeen appointed personnel sec
retary and part time teacher in
the business department.
Miss Edith Swann, of States
ville, who studied in the busi
ness department of Mitchell
college and has been for the
past six years in the office of
the A. A. A., has been em-
ployed as bookkeeper.
Miss Bernice Barnes, of Dray
ton, S. C., a registered nurse
formerly employed by the
Drayton manufacturing com
pany, will be hostess in Edna
Moore and the New Dormitory.
Mrs. W. S. Sparks, Asheville,
will be hostess in Rivermont
dormitory and the cottages for
young men.
Mrs. Paul Dunstan, of Green
ville, S. C., and a graduate of
Furman university, will serve
as assistant librarian in the
college library this year.
Mr. W. B. Logan, of Ashe
ville, N. C., is a former grad
uate of Mars Hill college. He
is also a graduate of Furman
university. National Art School,
Washington, D. C. and the
University of North Carolina.
He is employed to teach engi
neering drawing.
Mrs. A. K. Cheek, of Hender-
N. C., a graduate of
WCUNC, will serve as secre
tary to the Registrar.
Mr. C. H. Sullivan, who is a
graduate of Mars Hill college,
(See NEW MEMBERS—Page 4)
1943-44 ENROLLMENT TOPS 650
Society Heads RATIO 3 TO 1
A report from the registrar's
office shows 652 students en
rolled at Mars Hill college dur
ing the first week of the fall
term.
These are registered from 17
states, the District of Columbia,
and three foreign countries.
The states represented are as
follows: North Carolina, 508;
South Carolina, 66; Virginia,
19; Florida, 17; Georgia, 11;
Tennessee, 10; Maryland, 4;
Alabama, 3; Illinois, 2; Ken
tucky, 2; District of Columbia,
2; West Virginia, 2; Indiana,
1; Arkansas, 1; Iowa, 1;
Missouri, 1; Michigan, 1;
Mississippi, 1. The foreign
countries represented are Bra
zil, China, and Cuba.
For the first time since the
college was founded in 1856
the number of girls enrolled
exceeds the number of boys.
This year 479 students are girls
and 173 are boys. To take care
of this unusual situation, the
dormitories for boys have been
given over to the girls. The
boys are provided for in the
college cottages and in the
private homes of the com
munity.
Mclver
These are the presidents of
the four literary societies for
the first term of this year:
Frances Pope, Clios; Jane
Gunter, Nonpareils; Art Wood,
Philomathians; Bruce Mclver,
Euthalians.
A Musical Note
The band and orchestra have
been meeting regularly for the
past two weeks under the di
rection of Mrs. Livingston. At
present the band is "getting in
condition" for the football
games which will begin in two
weeks. The orchestra is very
much in need of violinists; if
you are interested, see Mrs.
Livingston at once.
B.S.U.
Dramateers Elect
Officers
President, Jane Lee; Vice-
President, Jeanne Wall; Sec
retary, Jean Webster; 'Treas
urer, Katherine Pierce; So
cial Committee, Kay Gar
land and Miriam Atkinson;
Reporter, Nina Guard; His
torian, Laura Nell Schrum.
On the beautiful Saturday
afternoon, September 4, ten
enthusiastic students met in
the church auditorium. Yes,
these were members of the
Baptist Student Union Council,
who had met here a few days
early to participate in the pre
school retreat. These two days
of praying together and plan
ning for the year's work were
to mean much to the student
body of Mars Hill college.
And so they have. For who
has not noticed a growing in
terest in Christian activities on
the campus? The large atten
dances at the prayer services
and vespers are proof that
even in days of trial, college
students are turning their |
hearts toward God. The mem
bers of the B. S. U. Council are
thankful for the interest the stu
dents have shown. We chal
lenge you to do your part in
helping to make ours the best
B. S. U. in North Carolina this
year.
Mars Hill On
The Air
"Station WNOX in Knoxville
brings you by remote control
from Greenville, S. C., the Mars
Hill ministerial quartet."
On Sunday evening, Sep
tember 19, four of our minis
terial students appeared on a
broadcast from the Gospel
Tabernacle in Greenville, sing
ing four hymns: "My Anchor
Holds," "Glorious Things of
Thee Are Spoken," "Hove
Thine Own Way, Lord," and
Shall I Crucify My Savior."
Earlier in the evening the boys
sang two numbers at the
Hampton Avenue Baptist
Church and three numbers in
the evening service at the
Tabernacle, which was con
ducted by the Rev. J. Harold
Smith, of Knoxville, Tennessee. •
Members of the quartet are
Jimmy Pegram, second tenor,
from Greensboro, N. C.; Lewis
Coleman, first tenor, of Green
ville, S. C.; Earl Vaughn, first
base, also of Greenville; Ervin
Cheney, second base, from
Washington, Georgia.