10, 19#arch 10, 1946.
ERGOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE
THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.
Page 3.
Alumni Notes
If you enjoy absorbing biog-
iphies or if you have any in-
rests in the stage and screen
orld, you will find Good Night,
'eet Prince by Gene Fowler the
ok you have been wanting to
. -ad. This biography of John
farrymore gives an excellent in-
ight into an actor’s failure and
uccesses in private as well a
ublic life.
' It
seemed almost that acting
|fas in the very blood of Barry
more. His grandmother, Mrs. John
*'6w, better known as Louisa
lane Drew, was an actress until
^r death at the age of seventy-
o. For a number of years she
^as manager of the Arch Street
■ eatre in Philadelphia. Her
shouldelaughter and John’s mother,
ough fr'®°*'g>anna Barrymore, was a
)rney f®^“fiful and talented actress
le, and * ^sath abruptly stopped her
that ® ® *’• Maurice Barrymore,
that ather of John, Ethel, and Lionel,
IS fav 5ras an Englishman by birth. He
America because he
he’s ^ to be an actor and his par-
a ‘disapproved of his ambition.
us doctati^n_ such incli-
as he preferred the life of
n artist or
the unbelievable authenticity of
a witnessed miracle. One forgot
Barrymore’s beauty and grace,
his wit and eloquence. The un
seen and unheard was being com
municated. The theatre has known
few moments so startling as
Jack’s (John’s) opening-night
reading of his first soliloquy. The
new prince was entering his king
dom.” Success was John’s too
when he went into motion pic
tures.
Das Deutsche Verein
Several former students visited
on our campus this past week
end. Those who returned were:
The fact that his father went
insane before his death always
haunted John. Could fate hold a
sinylar situation for him? During
some of his last years John
Barrymore’s memory did fail to
respond properly and he lived in
constant dread lest he be declared
insane.
,, a newspaper man,
otn professions which- he
—childL"\ i;*”^««sions which- he at-
lughlyle ^did
. ,1 . , continue his artistic
“ceived etches, however, for his own
ation. ^I'sonal pleasure for all his life,
t we ^ he finally decided that act-
Jg was the
he found difficulties because
e was too earless with his work
;tatem«i„ ‘l“'ck-tempered to please
ciples e At a young age
ciplese was practically “down and
ch to ut when Ethel, who was a good
dying
ctress
. . riend of hers
/isionS, iiers
nance
ylor
already, persuaded a
to give him a
I Edward Sheldon, the
aywright, deserves much credit
P““*’ ,*
'•ke use ol ihe real seniu, he
iuK H tim ’ ke did hundreds
-’s “K\jcee greatest
reaWfft fTh
; for' ’ unfolding pattern had
All of his life John Barrymore
seemed to be searching for some
thing which he never found. His
happiness only came in fleeting
instances and then material things
provided that happiness. The
habit of heavy drinking was a
life-long one with this great actor.
Four times he ventured upon the
sea of matrimony and many oth
er times he was involved in ques
tionable affairs. He never kept
records; he never had an evalu
ation of money. The reader can
not help wondering how much
person with John Barrymore’s
genius and personality could have
meant to the world had he only
backed these traits with reliable
characteristics.
Dorothy Jarvis of the Baptist
Hospital, Winston-Salem, who is
a member of the United States
Cadet Nurse Corps.
Lucille Sawyer of Meredith col
lege, Raleigh.
Sallie Rae Bowers also of
Meredith college.
Polly Bell, a student of music
at U.N.C.
Seaman First Class James Pe-
gram of the United States Navy.
Polly Lytle of Asheville^ who is
a secretary in Bon Marche, Ashe
ville.
Private Charles Taylor, until
recently stationed at North Geor
gia College.
Margaret Chambers of Carson-
Newman college, Jefferson City,
Tennessee.
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At Guild Meeting
“What We Can Do When the
Boys Come Back” was the sub
ject of the Homemakers Guild
program on Monday night. Mari-
belle Norton introduced this dis
cussion which was led by Jerry
Johnson, Faye Jenkins, and Marie
Willoughby. An impromptu.
“What That Guy Expects of Me
When He Comes Back” was given
by Oma Shaw.
N
h e
r t h C
oners
ville
a «• o 1 i n a
Johnnie Davis was added to
the membership committee of
Guild. A social committee com
posed of Dorothy Lee Bunting,
Pinky McLeod, and Betty Austin
was appointed by the president.
Nancy Hanna was welcomed as
a new member before refresih-
ments were served. ♦
Carolyn Reed of The Univer
sity of South Carolina.
Students Lead
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students were in this way allowed
to give an account of their
personal Christian experiences.
A bombing raid over Germany
was the featured entertainment
of the social hour which the Ger
man Club enjoyed Tuesday eve
ning, March 6.
In this game of skill, students
learned about the geography and
economics of -modern Germany.
A second contest was the making
of lists of German words from
the club name. Das Deutsche
Verein. Mrs. Grady Souther,
chorister, directed club members
in the singing of four German
folk songs.
Barbara Shope is the president
of Das Deutsche Verein. Officers
who serve with her include: Jerry
Hobbs, vice president; Lois Bet-
lam, secretary; and Bessie Mae
McManus, treasurer. Dr. Erna
Trammell is sponsor for the club,
which is organized to supplement
the spoken language.
Army Defeats
Hillians 40-35
Dropping an early lead in the
third quarter, the Mars Hill bas
ketball squad was defeated, 40 to
35, by the Asheville Army Re
distribution Station team in Mc-
Connel gym Monday night. It
was the Hillians’ second loss of
the season to the ARS quint.
How Could You?
Prayer meetings were held
each night on the halls of all
dormitories. The boys’ prayer
meeting on Wednesday night was
dedicated to special prayer for
the service. On Friday night both
the Euthalian and Philomathian
literary societies held prayer
meetings before filing into the
Church in a body. The Nonpareil
and Clio societies also sat to
gether on Thursday evening.
The press was going at top
speed, and The Hilltop was com
ing from the press all folded
and ready to be read. What a
wonderful piece of literature for
and by the students of Mars
Hill! Little did it know what dis
illusionment was in store.
Mars Hill was in front at half
time, 18-16. The lead see-sawed
after the Mars Hill second string
went into the game briefly. A
late rally was touched off by
Boyce Medlin after the soldiers
had piled up a seven-point lead
but was checked by the final
whistle.
Medlin led Mars Hill scorers,
chalking up 11 points. Edwards
was a close second with 10 points.
Lieut. Ed Denton, one of the lead
ing cagemen in the southeast be
fore he entered the Army, was
held to 16 points. The lineup:
ARS (40) Pos. M. H. (35)
Reily (10) f .... (6) Landers
Burns (8) f (lo) Edwards
Steele (4) c (1) Medlin
Todora , g (4) Keeter
Litman (2) g (4) Duck
Night Speakers
Sunday: Ronald Hill.
Monday: Stuart Heideck.
Tuesday: Talmage Smith.
Wednesday: Lamar Brooke.
Thursday: Ronald Hill.
Friday: Tommy Staplefon.
Saturday: Bobby Barnes.
Sunday Morning: Walton Con
nelly.
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COMPLIMENTS
OF
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Sunday Night: Dr. Blackwell.
Chapel Speakers
Monday: Mary Stone and Evelyn
Pittman.
Tuesday: Thomas Swann and Dot
Lee Bunting.
Wednesday: Baine Harris, Thelma
Harley, and Genie Jo White.
Thursday: Louise Harris and
Beth Jones.
Friday: Phyllis Rowe and Boyce
Medlin.
Promptly after The Hilltop
reached the hands of the students,
eyes eagerly searched the pages
for news of interest—gossip, edi
torials, and sports writings. Mo
ments later it was being put to
entirely different use. Some stu
dents were packing to go home,
and the best thing to use for
wrapping shoes to keep them from
soiling the clothes was a brand-
new Hilltop. From one corner
of the campus a group of stu
dents started off on a journey
to the Cascades. Upon arriving at
their destination they spread the
table with good things to eat and
Hilltops—the former used for
food, the latter used for a table
cloth.
top was seen parading around on
top of a girl’s head to keep her
from having to roll up her hair
before nightfall. The rain was
washing away the carefully com
posed articles, and the printers
ink was dripping down her back.
Watch Speakers
Sunday: Ed Dunlap.
Monday: Gertrude Allard and
Maribelle Norton.
Tuesday: John Brinegar and
Charles Peterson.
Wewnesday: Wilhelmina Rish and
Neal Ellis.
and
Thursday: Majanah Hagan and
Mary Nichols.
Friday: Linwood Lennon
Jane Wright.
Saturday: Mary Sue Middleton
and Mary Lela Sparks.
Sunday: Howie Bingham and W.
T. Lane.
Vespers: Bessie Mae McManus.
Since Mars Hill is the driest
spot in North Carolina. A resi
dent says: “If you stand still
around here five minutes you’ll
mildew.”) Students are often
caught unprepared when an oc
casional shower comes. The Hill-
The Hilltop reached its lowest
depths at one of the boys’ dormi
tories. Our wonderful Hilltop
that the staff sweated over,
burned the midnight oil to finish
before the deadline, was being
used to start a fire! Students,
how could you desecrate the paper
so? How could you? How could
you?
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VIhen The Occasion Calls
For Flowers
Consult Our Agent
Mrs. E. C. Coates
Mars Hill, N. C.
Middlemount
Flower Shop
Asheville
North Carolina
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Bon Marche