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945. ) ;lude ^ND- the and rvice. otion laster ant >lina CTh e Hilltop PLANNER CROWNED MAY QUEEN Commencement Speakers Are Announced Jones Is Maid Of Honor Connelly Consort Mr. Elliott And Dr. Spivey To Deliver Addresses Miss Clayton Directs Program IE olina Pictured above is May Queen Alice Planner and her attendants Road;.,.* i ^4. + • ..1. fian Joyner, Jean Walker/Martha Noggle, Phyllis Ann rltf m Reading left to right they are: f Honor), Alice Planner (May Queen), Walton Connelly ^ oulding Dixon, Patsy Southerland, Peggy Chesson. Standine- on tb’p t>tn r’ Ibert Blackwell, train bearers. Seated at the foot of the throne ^ara ^T n tt a n me Link (right), flower bearers. Billy West, crown beav...^ u5® (left) and — absent when the picture was made. \ n OUR TOWN” TO BE T H El Rated ‘Good’ By A.G.P. 1 c e t Commencement play lusic Graduates L L **esent Recita p Y Esther Hollowell Sings Ruth Tilson Ploys :n I'he music department of Mars > " »ll college presented Esther Ilowell, mezzo soprano, and "th Tilson, pianist, candidates graduation in voice and pub- sohool music, in a recital vC arsday evening, April 29. ^se graduates were assisted by ilding Dixon, violinist; Helen an, pianist; and Porrestine der, accompanist. 'he program was as follows: nto nel core,” Scarlatti, and ■nee. Maiden, Dance,” Du- m, Esther Hollowell; “Con- o in D, Op. 12, No. 3,” Seitz, Iding Dixon; “Chante Negre,” a m e r , “Scherzo,” Kuhlau, irmuring Zephyrs,” Jensen- nann, Ruth Tilson; “Wiegen- Schubert, “Obstination,” Pontenailles, and “Who Is >a,” Schubert, Esther Hollo- : “Waltz In A Major,” mis; “Tambourin,” Rameau- sler, Goulding Dixon; “Kitty ’oleraine,” Irish Polk Song, ■turne,” Curran, and “A 'day,” Woodman, Esther 'Well; “The Swan,” Saint- “Alla Polacca,” Arensky, a Allen, Ruth Tilson. e marshals for the program Edward Landers, Carolyn b Neal Ellis, and Phyllis 'y. Howard Richardson, Broadway playwright and graduate of Mars Hill college, ‘helped Miss Bonnie Wengert, head of the speech de partment, cast the commence ment play. Our Town, by Thorn ton Wilder, which will be given the amphitheatre the evening of May 24. Jane Wright will play the part of the matter-of-fact but very human stage manager. She watches with interest the love af fair of the typical small-town couple — naive, appealing Emily Webb played by June Skeen, and steady young George Gibbs play ed by Max Schrum. L-COU nation yprod- Dpany. other members of the cast are: Jack Phillips, Norma Minges, Eula Mae Young, Edwin Long, Gerry Saville, Alice Lou Tallent, M i t z i e Brockman, Livingston Green, Mary Eleanor Dryden. Johnnie Davis, Tertius Stough, I. C. Pagin, Lois Allen, Louise Beck, Betty Crouch, Pranklin Hopkins, D. V. Marshall, Clyde McLeod, Mary Sue Middleton, Elon Myers, Monty Marlin, Cor nelia Vann, Wilhelmina Rish, and Billie Wilson. The Hilltop has received a rat ing of “Good” or “Second Class,” in the score-book compiled by the Associated Collegiate Press. This rating places The Hilltop in the upper half of college newspapers. In the specific criticism which was returned with the scorebook. The Hilltop received its highest grade in “News Values and Sources.” In this division “Origi nality” and “War Effort Cov erage” were scored as excellent. Suggestions for improvement— particularly of headlines, typo graphy and make-up—we includ ed in the scorebook. This is the first year The Hilltop has been entered in the Asso- (Continued on Page 4) Alice Lou Planner of New Bern reigned as Queen of May at Mars Hill May 5. Beth Jones of North Wilkesboro was Maid of Honor, and Walton Connelly of Richmond, Va., was the Queen’s consort. The sound of trumpets blown by the heralds, Plorence Breed love and Alton Harris, signaled the approach of the Queen and her court. Immediately following the heralds were the announcers. Ronald Hill and Stuart Heideck who made a humorous explanation of the celebration. Entering two by two, the Queen s attendants came next in the procession. The members of the court, who were elected by popular vote, included: Jean Joy ner, Jean Brooks, Martha Noggle, Goulding Dixon, Phyllis Rowe, Patsy Southerland, Peggy Ches son, Jean Walker, Nancy Simp son, and Phyllis Ann Gentry. The attendants wore pastel frocks of taffeta with net over-skirts. Their flowers were nosegays of spring blossoms. Wide velvet hair ribbons and net mits in matching color completed the costumes. The crown bearer, Billy West, came next carrying a white satin pillow on which rested a crown fashioned from campus-grown syringa. Lorefta Ashworth and Jane Link scattered rose petals in the path of the Queen. The Maid, Beth Jones, who entered next, alone, wore pale blue satin gown and carried a sheaf of pink carnations. The Queen entered with her consort. Her dress was white sa tin with bouffant skirt and drop- shoulder bodice. She carried white carnations tied with ribbons in (Continued on Page 2) Mars Hill college will graduate approximately 200 students at its commencement exercises May 25 at 10:00 a.m. Mr. P. L. Elliott, president of Gardner-Webb col lege, will deliver the address. The Baccalaureate Sermon will be preached by Dr. E. L. Spivey, of Charlotte. President Elliott is a former Mars Hill graduate. He received his A.B. degree from Wake Forest and his M.A. degree from the University of North Carolina. He was, for several years, head of the English Department and Vice- President of Mars Hill college. He later served as head of the English Department at Western Carolina Teachers’ college. Mr. Elliott has been President of Gardner-Webb since 1943. Dr. E. L. Spivey, of Charlotte, will deliver the Baccalaureate' Sermon Sunday, May 20, at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Spivey is a graduate of Wake Forest, and he received his Ph.D. degree at the Louisville Seminary. He was pastor of the Mooresville Baptist church prior to becoming one of the state mis- sionaries. Commencement Exercises The Calendar May 12: Oration Contest. May 19: Dramatic Readings. May 20: Baccalaureate Sermon. May 23: Trustee Committees’ Meetings. May 24: Trustees’ Meeting. May 24: Essay Contest. May 24: Presentation of Inter-Society Medals. May 24: Alumni and C-II Banquet. May 24: Drama tics Depart ment Program. May 25: Graduation Exercise. Airs. Howell To Receive Graduate Degree GLEE CLUB PRESENfS ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT llrs. J. V. Howell, head of the ome Economics Department, will i^ceive her M.A. degree from the V Oman’s College of the Uni versity of North Carolina at the „„ Mrs. Howell has been working tor her degree in Home Economics ,f period of six summers. The title of her thesis is: “A Study of the Personal E.xpendi- tures of College Freshmen Mrs. Souther Directs Varied Program The swelling tones of Cain’s Ode to America” closed the an nual spring concert of the Mar.'- Hill Glee Club which was given Saturday evening. May 5. ---......icii as One Lighting will be handled by | tndex to the Effectiveness of the Ray Cohn, Winfield Taylor, and Home Economics Courses Taken Charles Billings, who will also play the parts of assistant stage managers. Mary Rose Bannister is costume manager. mediately after the recital hiusic faculty, students in the campus were guests at a re- mpartment and visitors on | ception in Spilman parlor. in High School.” It is approxi mately ninety pages in length. Mrs. Howell received her B S degree from Carson-Newman col lege, Jefferson City, Tenn. She Mrs. Elizabeth Logan Souther, head of the voice department, di rected the Glee Club in its pre sentation. Rose Moody Roberson was accompanist, and Mrs. Dou glas Robinson played a violin ob ligato to one group of selections. with a novelty arrangement of Three Blind Mice,” and trumpet accompaniment to Warren’s “God of Our Fathers.” . j- j . „ . »ciis ixesouna, also studied at Columbia Uni- “Erie Canal,” Unusual numbers on the pre program, which ranged from the classical Beethoven, “The Hea vens Resound,” to the folk song. versity 1926. during the summer of included a ma drigal group singing “It Was a Lover and His Lass,” a quartet The formal arrangemenr of the ’-rogram was as follows: “All in the April Evening,” Robertson; Lift Thine Eyes” (Women’s Chorus), Mendelssohn; “The Hea vens Re.sound,” Beethoven; “Che- rebim Son,” Bortinansky; “A Moonlight Song” (Women’s Chorus), Chopin; “Victor Her bert Favorites,” Arr., McLean; Erie Canal,” Early American Work Song; “I Got Shoes” (Double Quartet), Negro Spir itual; “Morning” (Solo, Anne Nelson), Speaks; “Come Back in Dreams” (Double Trio), Ham blen; “A Pastorale” (Solo, Betty Rae Carter), Carey; “Three Blind (Continued on Page 3)
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