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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.
Mar. 11,’
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QThe Hilltop
Plain Living and High Thinking
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
DISTRIBUTOR OF COLLEGIATE DIGEST
Volume XVIII.
March 11, 1944.
As I See It -■ How About Youf-
We have had a real revival—yes, a real revival. During
last week I sow many changes take place. 1 saw boys and
girls, future men and women, give their hearts and lives to
Christ. I saw friends of mine, some of my very best friends,
go down and rededicate their lives to Him. During that week
I sow reforms occur. I saw people put away their evil ways
and acknowledge Jesus as their Savior.
A Parable Of March-
POETRY
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
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Nina Guard
Managing Editor - - Bob Gellerstedt
Associate Editors - Ted Hethcock . Cecil Porter
Sports Editor Frank Gregory
Poetry Editor - Beatrice DeWitte
Faculty Advisers Mary Logan . Ramon DeShazo
Typists Jane Wright . Mrs. DeShazo . Bob Chapman
CONTRIBUTORS
Marie Davis . Wilhelmina Rish . Kat Tyler . Ronald Hill . Howie
Bingham . Mary Sue Middleton . Pinky McLeod . Ray Marshall
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Nathan LeGrand
Advertising Manager Bob Gellerstedt
Circulation Manager — Bob Chapman
Number 10.
Errantry
A gust of cold, caressing wind
Swept swiftly o'er the hill.
It seemed to say, while on its way,
"My journey is a thrill.
I travel and adventure find;
I'd never be content
To have to stay here all the day
Like yon leaves, with their glint
Of sunlight, as they cling to twigs
As one clings to belief
Which Faith provides until it slides,
Unnoticed, into grief."
The wind may choose to tantalize
These faithful, clinging leaves
And err them far, cause them to mar
Their faith, which one perceives
As their foundation with the tree—
Their tree of life, their all.
Our tree of life, in joy or strife.
Is God, who hears our call.
Torn away from their tree of life.
Their faith, their strength, and friend,
The leaves then learn they can't return
After the journey's end.
But erring creatures that we are.
If we return. He will.
At any length, restore our strength
And grant forgiveness still.
—Beatrice DeWitte.
Corpe Diem
Live today as if it were your last;
Live this hour as though you have no time
To spend badly and lose the sublime.
Live during this minute, for you don't know
What the next may bring in some peace or woe;
Then be ready every every second to live or die.
For no human knows the will of the Judge on high.
—Ray Marshall.
After I leave Mors Hill, I plan to go in the armed forces
where I expect to find a group of people not nearly so Christian
as are the people at the Hill. The revival last week will give
me more strength to stay with Christ and will give me strength
to bring the other fellow up.
Nature As An Artist
At Mars Hill it is easier "to be" than "not to be" a real
person. It's not difficult to be a Christian here where so many
others are trying to follow Christ. What I want to do is to fix
my faith in Him so firmly that the Devil and all his agents
cannot move me from my faith in God and His son, Jesus
Christ. We must love God unconditionally. We must love Him
not from fear or its burden, but we must love Him under any
and all conditions.
A spider wove his web
Upon an old stone wall.
'Twas in the early evening
As the dew began to fall.
The wall had slowly crumbled.
Its years of service o'er.
Except for one small spider
It could serve no more.
Christianity should be a strength, a guide, and a comfort,
not a cause for intellectual anxiety or angry argument. We
should seek the truth, try to form the highest possible con
ception of God, and put our trust in Him always. "Trust in
the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He
will direct thy path."
That's the way I look at it—how about you? —B. G.
Above this crumbling wall
Of ancient brick and stone.
The spider wove with patient care
A web he called his home.
He must have known that early morn
Would bring a pretty sight
Of sunlight catching dewdrops
Upon the web he wove that night.
It was as he expected;
For with the morning light.
The dewdrops turned to jewels
Upon the web he wove that night.
—Helen Keziah.
March is with us, forerunner of spring. March is the time
when yellow jonquils and belated snowfalls meet. Occasional
sunny days promise that spring is here to stay, and cold
rainy days belie that promise. March is a month of paradox
and promise.
Descriptive Geometry
Youth is with us, forerunner of a useful adjustment to life.
Youth is the time when sudden bursts of common sense and
fits of left-over childishness meet. Moments of balmy peace
promise that adulthood is almost achieved, and cold hard
struggles for self-control make us realize that we're only chil
dren yet. Youth is a time of paradox and promise.
A hand, unsteady.
Drew a line
That wavered.
Another hand
Laid down a ruler.
And the line was made straight.
March is impulsive and a little wild. In March the elements
struggle for mastery. Cold March days stubbornly defy the
efforts of the sun to subdue the earth to usefulness. But the
earth, swept clean and sweet by the winds, at last receives
the warmth of the sun. The warmth from the source of all
energy prepares the earth for fruitfulness. The farmer plows
and plants, for the earth must be made ready in March if it
is to bear fruit in the fall. Even March, stubborn and impul
sive as it is, has a purpose. March is for preparation.
A man, unstable.
Lived a wavering life.
The hand of God
Supplied a rule.
And a life
Ran straight and deep.
-Nina Guard.
In The Rain
Come under the old umbrella
And walk in the rain with me.
Under the big umbrella
We'll stroll contentedly.
Youth, too, is impulsive and a little wild. In youth right and
wrong struggle for mastery. Childish habits defy the efforts of
God to make our lives usable for Him. But youth, swept clean
and sweet as the earth in March, at last is ready to receive
the warmth of God's love. The power of the Source of all life
prepares us in youth for maturity, for the seeds of life must be
sown in youth if they are to bear fruit with time. Even youth,
stubborn and impulsive as it is, has purpose. Youth is for
preparation. . —N. G.
This spacious, black umbrella
Has room underneath for just two;
Walking in the rain we'll go.
Just me, the umbrella, and you.
Safe and warm and dry
With raindrops all around;
From under the big umbrella
We'll view the town!
Ex Libris Monta.
Between Tears And-',,^
T 1 •^'cr
Laughter ^
Lin Yutangs' Between im
and Laughter is a mixtuftia
explosives and humor o3s
philosopher. Dr. Lin sp^ir
plainly about the rep c
slaps which China hasimi
ceived. After lying owahpU
nights "thinking, thinres
thinking'-' he formed tv/otioi
victions: he does not brted
that China will be accCs 
true equality, after the i^-o
because she is Asiatic; at w
believes that China, a nan
of 450,000,000 people, willL
stronger, awaken, and
and that nothing the W^.
L6
nations can do con stop
Dr. Lin's book express^, •
opinion held by many thch
ful Americans, although tl. j
fenders of white supremo,
Asia strongly denounce^^
book saying that it doe''
represent the official aP^k
of the government, partic'hel
that of Chiang Kai-shek. Hi
ever news has come that
eralissimo Chiang KaU
new book confirms LiOtns
tang's words accusing
Western imperialists in ^
and Washington for iD J
this war a war of whi*
premacy. It has been re!
the
that Washington and V-'
ore forbidding a translat^^ ^
the Generalissimo's booP®'^
English. e L;
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China Emphask
Week To Behek
Observed
Che
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In accordance with tL
quest of the Office of ^Anc
formation that all librari|v,g
serve China Book Week "p
time in March, the Moi^qj.
Library will feature *^[ers.
literature during the
March 13-19. New boO-© Ic
and about the Chines© ''^hc
been added to the libr|^Q^^
cently. These, along
nese posters and info4p (g
supplied through coop^ (q^
of the United China Re^'jon
be the main features (g-
display. ue (.
The Scriblerus club, iP
nition of China as an ^' TO
in observance of Chin*^
Week, will present to ed
bers Tuesday, March l5/nety
gram, "China and Her n th(
ture." Some of the mat©tle o
this program will be ding
from the new books r^hate
in the library. Other m^ttlel^
we.'e secured through
China Relief.
Miss Mary Logon, iP^E C
in the English departm^\Rs
faculty member of th©
lerjs club, planned 1^
gram.
■—Pinky McLeod.
Much of her interest,
information concerning X ^
nese people and literat^
gained through her ctf I
during the summer '''^oadw,
New York office of tM
ciated Board of Christ>^^^^'==
leges In China.