December 2, 1944.
THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.
IKNOW YOUR CAMPUS
Mars Hill Water System
By Betty Stinnett
Any time an inhabitant of Mars
Hill turns a faucet, he finds an
abundant supply of clear, clean
mountain water. But it was not
always thus.
Back in the old romantic days
of horses and buggies, when Mars
Hill college was first founded,
the water supply consisted of two
springs. One was located beneath
the large beech tree behind Mr.
‘S'J'*KendaH’s home; the other was be-
halow the brick garage behind the
entdSprinkle building. It is quite
ijjjPossible that the positions - of
these two springs may have influ-
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enced the placing of the college
on the hill between the springs.
g tlRumor has it—and unless boys
_ sii®ni girls have changed greatly, it
gt*»iay have been true that these
lesda^^*"*”^^ were used not only as
supplies, but also as social
lendjnieeting places for the hoys and
s Higirls.
-whei One ingenious boy who lived
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[owd: Season’s Program
neigl Dressed in costumes represen-
mpaitative of girls of all nations, mem-
t>ers of the Y.W.A. added color to
int general meeting of their or-
. ranization, which was held No-
^‘""ember 22, in the college audi-
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re co Linda Kidd introduced the girls
churwho represented the following
deviations: China, Genie Jo White;
gf'ermany, Lera Britt; America,
,'Iita Noggle; India, Mary Broome;
ind Russia, Bessie Mae McManus,
a iTo emphasize the spirit of the
Jealeason, members of the various
spoi*ationalities gathered around a
fati/^^"^®®^’'''"^ Hobbs
vas in charge of the program,
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»f the Y. W. A. was the prepara-
to ion and distribution of baskets
|ge a»f food to needy families in the
weleighborhood. Kay Covert, com
ing nunity missions chairman, direct-
f td the hall groups in the prepara-
bodion of the boxes which contained,
bca addition to food, religious
yeracts for children. On Thanks-
0 tiving afternoon eight members
s if the Y. W. A. delivered the
voxes to families in which there
enjire small children.
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Kith And Kin
in a house on what is now the
main street, and whose duty it
was to supply that dwelling with
water, invented an apparatus
which he called “lazy gal”, an ar
rangement by which he pulled
buckets of water up the hill from
the spring by means of a pulley.
The next era was that of wells.
As the town began to grow a
number of wells were dug. Some
of these are still in evidence. One
was located in the sunken garden
between Spilman dormitory and
Moore Hall. Others were located
under the back porch of Treat
dormitory, in front of Mr. Til-
son’s house; and behind the B.
S. U. building. Power pumps were
later installed in some of these
wells and a storage tank was
erected near Brown dormitory.
Still later, the town of Mars
Hill and the college purchased a
water shed on Bailey mountain
and installed a gravity system by
which water was piped to Mars
Hill by way of a reservoir built
just outside the town. In the
meantime the wells and pumps
were still maintained because the
water supply from the mountain
was occasionally irregular and
often contaminated. So for a
time, some buildings were equip
ped with a dual water system,
one faucet with drinking water,
and another with water for bath
ing and laundry purposes.
Then the town and college de
cided to lease a large, adequate
shed at the foot of Bald Moun
tain, about ten miles from Mars
Hill. By this system, enough
water for 10,000 people could be
piped down to the old reservoir,
which was as yet uncovered. Re
cently a new, large reservoir was
built, the old one was covered,
and a chlorinating plant was in
stalled. Thus we came to have
our present abundant water
supply.
Clio Fete
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facade. The sloping walk that ap
proaches the building was ar
ranged to represent the path of a
G. I. Johnny from his induction
into the armed services until his
baptism by fire. A fireside scene
in the foyer of the building rep
resented his return.
Presentation of a navy blue
leather Bible, embossed in white
with “Clio-Phi,” from Clio to
Philomathia was made during the
serving of refreshments. Table
decorations were done in blue and
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Mars Hill seems to be blessed
this year with those human beings
called brothers and sisters—most
ly sisters. According to the files
in the Registrar’s office, there
are thirteen sets of brothers and
sisters on our campus. So, if you
see Troy Day walking nonchalant
ly around with a girl on each arm,
don’t worry, it’s probably Willa-
dean and Kathleen out for a
stroll.
The Day family heads the list,
with three from its immediate
family. All twelve others come
second with two, while the ma
jority of the students trail with
only one from each college fam
ily. Of the brother and sister
group, there are sixteen seniors
and eleven juniors. Mars Hill
seems to be a family tradition.
Of those calling themselves
sisters, Adene and Christine
Mitchem look the most alike,
twins, we think. Juanita and
Martha Noggle are the least in
separable. Dovie Tallent seems to
be having trouble with “Shorty”
because she “just won’t listen.”
Mars Hill Defeats
Weaverville
Trailing 15-5 at the half, the
Mars Hill College All-Stars rallied
to turn back a Weaverville high
school quint, 25-22, Monday night
in the first inter-school clash of
the season at the college.
Pet Anderson, forward, and
James Edwards, center, led the
Mars Hill counter assault.
College lineup; Edwards,
center; Anderson, forward; Land
ers, forward; Wood, guard; Lip-
pard, guard.
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white. The officers of the two
societies cut a 75-pound, three
tiered cake, topped by the Clio-
Phi emblem. Following are the
officers: Clio, Bettye Crouch,
president; Evelyn Pittman, vice
president; Goulding Dixon, secre
tary; and Dorothy Lee Bunting,
censor; Philomathia, Boyce Med-
lin, president; Thoml^s Swann,
vice president; Jack Hughes, cen
sor, and Jack Phillips, secretary.
The officers composed the receiv
ing line.
Cast as Johnny in the melo
drama, written and directed by
Geraldine Seville, was James
Taylor. Completing the cast were
Norma Minges, mother; Ronald
Hill, father; Cleo White, sister;
Mary Stone, sweetheart; and
Geraldine Seville, Spirit of Ameri
ca.
Nancy Wells wrote and directed
“A Day with Private Sad Sack,”
in which Johnny Davis, had the
title role. Others in the one-act
comedy were: Mary Eliza White,
Corporal Wite; Billy Wilson, Pri
vate Joe; Nancy Wells, Sergeant
Moe; Laura Stephens, Bettie Bur
rows, Jinx Clayton, Doris Stone,
Wanda Miller, and Frances Ann
Reynolds, other soldiers; Anna
Lois Thompson, Pauline Murray,
and Lou Ella Hoots, singers; and
Betty Rae Carter, pianist.
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The Perils Of
Picture Shows
The worst half hour I’ve ever
had—this could very easily be
chosen from any one of my
millions of experiences while
living in this gay world; but it
seems the latest of my thrilling
half hours was this past Saturday
evening when I attended the
movie in the auditorium.
The young lady whom I was
dating, who by chance happened
to be a member of my “English
gang,” but whose name I shall
not disclose, suggested that we
make our temporary resting place
in the peanut gallery. And so we
did. As luck would have it—or
should I say misfortune — we
found seats on the third row from
the rear. Lo and behold, there in
the rear was the whole rogue
gallery, each with a long glass
tube and each having an over
sufficient supply of BB’s in his
possession.
To define the situation clearly,
I should make the worst half hour
plural, for there was a constant
volley of shells being fired con
tinuously during the picture. And
a break in the movie, at which
time the lights were turned on,
only added to the viciousness of
the attacks. More than once my
pan was smeared from the rear;
and more than once I diminished
in size until nothing but my hair
remained visible; but the fire at
me and other similar points of
non-military importance was con
tinued.
At the close of the movie, I
was only too glad to grab my coat
and my date and beat it for the
nearest exit. In the future I am
positive that I shall promote a
The “who pushes who” Joyner
twins, Jean and Jane, don’t look
alike. Ann and Mary Robert Car-
land are the quiet type. Nellie
Joe and Gilda Gray Clark are a
mixture of quietness and mirth.
Nancy “Sophisticated” and Nell
“I got a date tonight” Hunter
bridge and solve their problems
together, and Illene and Irene
Clark play together and do their
homework down at Miss Bowden’s
most of the time.
The brother and sister combi
nations are “Little Clyde” and
John McLeod, Rachel and Thomas
Swann, and Tommy and Marjorie
Young.
Envious eyes are turned some
what toward these people as they
go about the campus; they’re
lucky and somehow or other just
don’t know or realize it.
Page 3.
Cavaliers Defeat Wolves
In Thanksgiving Game
Playing on a rain-soaked field
before a sparse aggregation of
shivering Thanksgiving day spec
tators, the once-beaten, once-tied
Cavaliers blasted a stiff defense
put up by their intra-mural rivals,
the Wolves, to sweep the last
scheduled football game of the
season, 25-22.
Four minutes after the kickoff
at three o’clock. Pet Anderson
blocked a Wolves’ punt and ran
40 yards for the Cavaliers’ first
tally, after three first downs had
followed Boyd Ayers’ sleeper play
for the Wolves. The try for the
extra point failed.
The fourth period saw the final
scoring activity. Rex Allen inter
cepted a pass on the Wolves’ 40-
yard line and went over for the
Cavaliers’ second touchdown. A
pass from Don Thome to Ander
son netted the Cavaliers’ the
extra point. The lineup:
Wolves (0) Pos. Cavaliers (13)
Schrum le Morton
Booe It White
Fitts Ig Saunders
Keeter c Tilson
Cooper rg .. Westmoreland
Flack rt McLeod
Greene re Hutchins
Thompson tb Thome
Davis fb Anderson
Dunlap rh •. Jordan
Ayers Ih Allen
Substitutes — Wolves: Porter,
Acker, Pegram, Biggerstaff. Cav
aliers: Winfree, Baker, Hender
son.
Dixie Tournament
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the event were Miss Collie Gar
ner, Mr. Lee Wood, Mr. Ralph
Ashworth, Miss Bonnie Wengert,
and Dr. Ella Pierce. During the
evening coffee and cookies were
served.
In addition to the after dinner
speakers, the forensic squad in
cludes three teams of debaters:
Norma Minges and Hubert Hum
phrey, Ronald Hill and Thomas
Swann, and Carl Westmoreland
and James Taylor. The orators
will be John Davenport, Norma
Minges, Hubert Humphrey, and
James Taylor. Participating in
poetry reading are Evelyn Brook
shire, and John Davenport.
good neighbor policy between cer
tain members of the student body
and my humble personage.
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