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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
Volume XX.
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1945.
Number 1.
Fall Session Opens With Enrollment Of 738
February 1 To See
Beginning of Work
On 4 New Buildings
Program Of Expansion
To Be Resumed
Next Year
With the present enrollment at
Mars Hill Collegre, every place is
so completely filled that every
inch is deemed almost sacred.
However,, relief is expected short
ly for victims of this congested
area.
President Hoyt Blackwell has
announced that the erection of
four new buildings has been
authorized by the buildings and
grounds committee. This enlarge
ment program, which should get
under way by February 1, 1946,
has contracts for two dormitories
for men, one dormitory for
women and a central dining hall,
including a cafeteria. The con
struction of these buildings, which
will cost an estimated three or
four hundred thousand dollars, is
part of a million dollar expansion
program begun several years ago
but interrupted by the war.
The entire campus will be
landscaped, under tentative plans,
and will include a long drive be
ginning at the home of President
Blackwell. Two new entrances
are planned tentatively.
The college also has a vital
need of a new library, audi
torium, music building, church,
and a central heating plant.
Plans for these will be drawn up
as soon as possible, according to
a spokesman for the committee.
Plans now awaiting approval
call for the conversion of the old
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Work Is Started
On New Laurel;
Staff Recently
Completed
Preliminary plans for the 1945-
1946 Laurel got under way early
this week following the com
pletion of the staff.
Mildred Leath was elected edi
tor-in-chief at the close of the
1945 Spring semester and Ray
mond L. Wyatt assistant editor.
Following are the other members
of the staff: Mildred Freeman,
business manager; Charles Har
ris, assistant business managei-;
Phoebe Duckworth, C-I editor;
Irene Austin, photography editor;
Betty Fay Trotter, assistant in
photography; Mary Lela Sparks,
literary editor; Louvene Jordan,
feature editor; Livingston Green,
sports editor; society editor, Ruth
Knotts; Doris Johnson and Margie
Williams, art editors; Lib Foster,
snapshot editor; and Agnes Flem
ing, Kathleen Avery and Ann
English, typists.
BEGINS FORTY-NINTH YEAR AT MARS HILL
Dr. R. L Moore, who celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday September
8, is beginning his forty-ninth year as an active member of the Mars
Hill administration staff. Dr. and Mrs. Moore observed their golden
wedding anniversary on June 11 and received more than 200 visitors
at their home on that day.
Activities Of Four B.S.U. Organizations
Are Revamped By Executive Council
Under a streamlined program
announced this week by Presi
dent Tommy Stapleton, activities
of at least four campus branches
of the Baptist Student Union will
be cut to a minimum to “provide
for greater emphasis on the more
outstanding phases of the B. S.
U.”
Stripped of many of their
trappings will be the Youth Tem
perance Council, the Young
Women’s Auxiliary, the Volun
teers for Christ, and to a lesser
degree, the Training Union.
Broadly, the reorganization
embraces these changes:
The Y. T. C. will function as
a body instead of in groups, as
heretofore. A one-hour meeting
will be held on the third Tuesday
of every month at 7:30 p. m. in
the college auditorium. Another
Y.T.C. activity will be one chapel
program a month.
Dormitory hall meetings of the
Y.W.A. will continue but the
general meeting is being wiped
off the slate. Hall meetings will
be sponsored.
The Volunteers for Christ is
an outgrowth of the old Volun
teer Band. Only students train
ing for definite religious work,
with the exception of those taking
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First Impressions
Now that it is over and we are
in the swing of things, we list
oiir impressions of those first
days of orientation:
B. S. U. representatives in
Asheville, directing, introducing
and greeting new students.
Excited C-II’s and bewildered
C-I’s arriving on the campus.
The Baptist Student Union and
Training Union tables where B.
S. U.ers tagged newcomers and
patiently pecked out registration
cards.
Campus “he men’’ lugging
trunks and baggage up Edna
Moore hill.
The confusion of unpacking—
and no coathangers.
“Hey’s” and “Hello’s” distri
buted among everyone and
frantic dashes to buses to meet
best friends and ole ladies.
B. S. U. and society posters.
Monday morning sunrise serv
ice atop Little Mountain, led by
Mr. McLeod.
First mail call.
C-I assemblies in the audi
torium, first watch services, and
vespers with Dr. Blackwell and
Dr. Moore in charge.
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Mary Stringfield
Wins Scholarship
Miss Mary Stringfield,
daughter of Professor and
Mrs. P. C. Stringfield and
instructor in violin and piano
in the Mars Hill summer
school, has been awarded
the $1,000 Kay K y s e r
Scholarship in Music. She
plans to re-enter the Univer
sity of North Carolina early
in November.
Miss Stringfield, a grad
uate of Mars Hill, received
her Bachelor of Arts degree
in music from the University
in June. At Carolina, she
was vice president of the
Women's Glee Club, presi
dent of the orchestra, and a
member of the Faculty
String Ensemble. She played
in the Piedmont Music Fes
tival at Winston-Salem
The award, made annually
by the famous Tar Heel
bandleader, is given on the
basis of scholarship and
musical ability.
Pre*School Retreat
Started August 30;
Attended By 20
The Baptist Student Union
Executive Council met on the
campus Thursday, August 30, to
begin their pre-school retreat.
A brief fellowship hour on
Thursday night opened the meet
ings. On Friday, after a period
of dedication, Hilda Mayo, Ed
Dunlap, Genie Jo White, and La
mar Brooks shared their summer
experiences with the group. Tom
my Stapleton, president, outlined
the work of the retreat and led
in setting the goals for the year.
The Council then discussed fifty
prospectus questions, after which
they set up the calendar for the
year’s work.
After morning watch on
Saturday, all participated in a
round-table discussion on the fol
lowing questions: What stand
shall we take on extra-curricular
activities? What shall we do
about our relationship with the
Mars Hill Baptist Church? What
can we do to increase our mis
sionary program? How can we
improve the relationship with the
community? The Rev. John R.
Link then spoke to the group and
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Chapel Schedule
September 17:
September 18:
September 19:
ment.
September 20:
September 21:
September 24:
September 25:
September 26:
ment.
September 27:
September 28:
Dr. Blackwell.
B.S.U.
Music Depart-
Dean Lee.
Mr. McLeod.
B.S.U.
Music Depart-
Mr. Wood.
Mr. DeShazo.
Male Registration
Above That Of ’44;
265 Seniors Return
New Students Number
473; Many On
Waiting List
Enrollment of 738 students
during Mars Hill’s 89th consecu
tive fall registration last week—
an increase of 30 over the regis
tration for a similar period in
1944—has been reported By
Registrar John W. Huff. Approxi
mately one-third of the applicants
for admission were refused be
cause of lack of rooming space;
Signaling the slow return to
peacetime basis, the Registrar’s
report disclosed that appfoxii-
mately 200 of the registrants are
men, an increase over the figure
for last year. Five of these are
returned battle veterans.
Returning seniors number 266
and freshmen number 473.
In July, all available rooms had
been taken and the names of 161
applicants—121 women and 40
men—had been placed on the
waiting list. In addition, more
than 100 were turned away out
right. Mr. Huff expressed the
belief that many others had not
even applied because they knew
it was useless.
Students began arriving on the
campus on August 30. Registra
tion started Wednesday and con
tinued throughout last week. The
first faculty meeting was held
Monday night, September 3, and
was followed by a reception in
Edna Corpening Moore Dormi
tory. Classes started Friday morn
ing and the first chapel of the
semester was held Friday at
noon.
Student and faculty turned out
en masse for the annual Get Ac
quainted Party, held Saturday
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Ten New Members
Added To Faculty
For the coming school term,
Mars Hill has added many new
members to its faculty and staff.
These are W. A. Alford, Business;
R. L. Garrett, Mathematics; Miss
Virginia Hart, Physical Education
for Young Women; Miss Ruby
L. Hudson, Business; Miss Hart
riett Major, Business; Leste;: I^.
Marion, Biology; Miss Kitty Max
well, Chemistry; Miss Vera Ruth,
Hostess and Assistant to Dean
Caroline Diggers; Miss Rachel
Swann, Assistant in the Bursar’s
Office, Miss Eula Mae Young,
Assistant in the Registrar’s Of*-
fice. Also, Ramon DeShazo has
resumed his responsibilities as
teacher in the English Depart^
ment and as advisor to the Hill
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