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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 STAFF Editor-in-Chief Sigsbee Miller Associate Editor Peggy Chesson Sports Editor Jay Keeter Girls’ Sports Editor Alwayne McClure Literary Editor Genie Jo White Advisers Louise Vaughan . J. A. McLeod REPORTERS Wanda McLemore . John McLeod Jr . Ed Long . Marian Ballard Mary Evelyn Crook . Lamar Brooks . Neal Ellis . Evelyn Fendly Tommy Stapleton . Phyllis Ann Gentry BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager , Nathan LeGrand Advertising Manager Jerry Dayton Circulation Manager Raymond Wyatt Volume XIX. February 24, 1945. Number 9. The Conquered- “I came ...” Five short months ago We the Juniors (nothing less than capitals could possibly do justice to our exalted state of September 18, 1944), descended upon Mars Hill, ready to confer upon the school the bless ings of a sophistication that placed ^the puny efforts of Garbo and Luce in shadow, of infinite wisdom than ranged from the Seven Lively Arts to an exhaustive knowledge of the latest in slanguage; with the tolerant hope of receiving, in return, some of the sundry essentials of Higher Education, which, we knew vaguely, might later be of some benefit when added to our already amazing store of in formation. The fact that our multiple virtues gained slight recogni tion outside our own egos did not matter. We were a little hurt and didn’t understand it at all when our Papas told us late in the sum mer as we prepared to become collegiates, “Enjoy it while you can; you know more now than you’ll ever know again.” “I saw ...” Mars Hill was not quite as we had expected it to be. Here was no “small junior college.” Here was an institution where tradition and modernity had allied to give an effect of comfortable solidity and permanence, with a staff trained in the world’s best universities. Here was a campus comparable in beauty to any in the South. But it was something more than that, something we couldn t quite ex press . . . We felt it, though, and we knew we had to readjust some ideas. We knew—without knowing quite why we knew—that the successful student at Mars Hill was a Hillian first, a personality second. It was a hard readjustment for some of us to make; often it was slow. J if But he e Caesar’s famous words, no longer applicable, must end. We had set out to make a conquest; and we instead had been con quered—conquered by something so big in scope that in one re freshing sweep it blotted out smallness of nature, replacing it with that indefinable something that is the spirit of Mars Hill. Some where along the line we have ceased to be C-I’s; we are Hillians. And as Hillians we are far removed from the saintly beings we would like to be, and—yes, some of us—^want to be; we exercise vigorously—perhaps too vigorously—man’s prerogative of complaint; and defend with body and soul the escutcheon of the Hill when an outsider dares attack it. How can we put it down in words? We won’t stop you on the campus to profess our affection; we’d be em barrassed. But let us tell you now—^to the staff, to Seniors, to Mars Hill: We love you! S. M. Youth Revival- Tomorrow is the opening day of what students at Mars Hill have come to call Youth Revival. For many years this has proved to be a significant occasion in the lives of C-I’s as well as C-II’s. However, it can mean nothing to one who refuses to put himself into it whole heartedly. The responsibility of the week and the success of it de pends as much on the members of the C-I Class as on any other group. We, too, must pray and witness in order that others may come to know Christ as Saviour and that we might be drawn closer to Him. If we seek God’s will in the work of this week, we shall truly have a Revival. —Tommy Stapleton, C-I President. We Miss You- There’s a certain emptiness on the campus these days. It’s not a lack of students or of competent instructors, or any hole in cirric- ulum: it is the irreplaceable gap left by the temporary absence of the erect, dignified, always cheerful figure of the man to whom Mars Hill college as we know and love it today is a monument—a monu ment to a life devoted to the upbuilding of an institution that now stand.s in the vanguard of its class; to a life of patient perseverance against seemingly insurmountable odds; a life in which personal happiness is subjected to something infinitely more serious, which we know as immortality in the hearts of men. Dr. R. L. Moore, president of Mars Hill college for 47 years until (Continued on Page 3) 0-1 FORUM To the Editor: Mars Hill college has some thing I never before knew exist ed. It might be called the balance of curriculum. Before I came to college, I had the idea it would be hard, very hard, and full of boresome history, English, and math, with nothing to do but study, study. True, it involves history and math and quite a bit of study, but it hardly resembles what I had in mind. Although these subjects get in the way— sometimes too much in the way— life here at Mars Hill is still en joyable. Could it be those wise cracks in history or Pop’s eternal quipping? No, it isn’t this that gets us through the day. It is we, the students. Here at Mars Hill we make life interesting and really enjoy it, every phase of it. Even the zip and biscuits for breakfast every morning, and those—^green eggs and coffee (?) There is more fun here than I ever knew there could be. The B.S.U. socials, society meetings, the fellowship hour, and last— but the sweetest—the girls. The mountains, the birds, the paths in the woods, the walks around the Big Circle, Sunday afternoons, will always live in our minds. What more could we ask, except more time and eternal youth? Naturally, along with the good there is the inevitable evil, but very little of it is at Mars Hill college. Good boys and girls need rules to keep them good, not to restrain them from questionable activities. The religious atmosphere at Mars Hill college is such as I have never seen before. It makes one proud, or something, to know that so many young people have such an interest in Christ and His Kingdom here on earth. The morning watches give one a new lease on the coming day. Prayer meetings each night in the dorm have taught me more than any other phase of the re ligious life here. I have learned to pray better and have learned what prayer can mean. I know what it means to me as a college student, and I am sure it will be a great help on through life. The administrators of Mars Hill college have their reasons for rules and regulations, even though we students sometimes cannot see why such strict rules are necessary. We are young and foolish, and as bull-headed as we will ever be, but some day we shall appreciate that we did not get to do what we thought we wanted to. We wouldn’t know the difference a hundred years from now, anyway. I never shall forget my college life. I shall remember a little of the classwork and a little of everything else. I think Mars Hill college is wonderful, and some day after I win my wings and halo, I shall fly around playing Alma Mater on my harp, to bring back those cherished memories. Sincerely, Berkley Ruiz. February 19, 1945. Mars Hill College. To the Editor: This C-I edition of the “Hill top” has been my first oppor tunity to tell, publicly, my opinion of the conduct of us, the (Continued on Page 3) The Merry Macs: Junior Class Sponsors Are An Interesting Campus Couple Two of the best-loved professors on the Mars Hill campus ai Mr. and Mr. John A. McLeod, C-I sponsors, elected by acclamatiol G>:ay, Mrs. Mac was in no hurry when we interviewed her. She had sen J**!’ Mr. M. down town for the groceries, and we quote her as sayinj Heath, “I should have given up the idea a long time ago about sending hii C for the food. If I send him for the dinner, he’ll not be back ti Laurie supper time.” So we parled at leisure . . . Louise Almo.st all her girlhood ambitions have come true, she says, at Hetty F now she has been living with Mr. M. for almost twenty-one yeaf ^^'t> Na and it gets more Interesting every year. For every one of thoi Pat Ri twenty-one years, she has prepared for him his favorite cake, whk ®°a, ] is angel food (hers too) — she likes it better every year, but wh Clark, remark was that she made the other day about presenting him wi* Light! devil’s food for his birthday? Charles lor, Jimi Incidentally, they met each other at a Hallowe’en Party, and from thence started beWITCHing each other. She was costumed in the traditional black and orange: he was wearing his regular Sun day clothes, except for a stiff six-inch bow tie. She does the family corre sponding—all of it ... says she can’t ever remember when she didn’t teach school and have a home . . . (she has four classes of Freshman English.) You should hear her exclaim over “The mess men can make of a kitchen once they get in there!” This was in reference to Mr. M.’s passion for cooking spa ghetti and steak suppers. There’s also been some rumor lately about the delicious pancake and sausage breakfasts in the vicinity of the McLeod home. One does not usually recognize her main idiosyncrasies . .. the line of her red dress . . . her short strut . . . love of the gypsy in men . . . ear screws . . . “Annie Laurie” (her favorite) ... no animals around her house . . . Yardley’s Old Eng lish Lavender . . . Mill °n the Floi* . .. olives (her favorite edibles) . . . cooking for her family . . . “The Rosary” . . . «nd Lionel P. Johnson’s The Art of Thomas Hardy. You’d never know it to hear her talk, but quite a woman we have here! Here’s to you, Mrs. Mac! make yourself comfortable ^ any available furniture while t questions if perchance he “m* Constr be of some hindrance to you ' Lennon; any way.” As you hem and W Hobby B and finally come out that Miller, A , ferro, Jo your parallel which is botherii you, he’ll obligingly compl* Wayne with you about students havi' Charles to read the stuff, and then h* Hrock H -,.1. .Steward fight with you over so* „ . . iioy Ryar pleasureful bits of literature fr* Bradford which you may make y’Joe Ston choice. Lloyd Thomas I Of course, you know that takes him the modest time Usheret .... (Hreedlove one hour to get from the , building to the Mars Hill P* office to secure his afternt Gray Kelt .jGrinstead, If you have ever knocked on that second door to the right in the English Conference building, you heard a deep masculine voice — trying unsuccessfully to imitate the high soprano of a German housewife — call out: “Come-een-see, Fraulein!” Or at other times you might have been greeted with a cordial “Come in the kitchen!” And then, as you are ushered in, you are invited to mail. If you don’t believe it, I'atrice St observe all those folks ^*Anne Bn gather around his box he goes down town. jjelen All He is no “one-gallus” man'^g^^ teacher: “Yes, yes, all my pal»Yount Ru comes along with the couf there’s no extra charge for Hilburn, (He has three classes of plus one of creative writingJoneida Re minister: “It’s not true bec>jyjj^j.y it’s in the Bible; it’s in the ®*Martha ' because it’s true.” (He is P^’Goodman, of the Piney Mountain BaPpj.gjjggg Church.) A newspaper Costan “Now you take a big newsp* like the Chicago Tribune” 0 ^ you’ve got him started; so pare to sit back and listen. K I ' ^ *■ dentally, a motto of said P„„ is “You’ve got to be ‘Smootf^^J^^Nelsc stay with the Tribune,” aiKi, .j has “hung around” that _j3aro,;„g for some time—as he expr»;^^^^ it. He’s correspondent for Hoots section of the county — f ° AshC arter. Set! deadlines for the Mary Citizen, and does all sorts of Lj^^ener L licity for the college, from Pu^gviHg ^ ting out the college quarterl'^orrestine I sending news to hometoWP Favors: ( pers about the students-tyj^^. "■riter: W ’ Marg£ (Continued on Page 3/
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