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Plain Living and High Thinking
I stood beenath the cross one day
And, gazing upward to the sky,
I saw that in the heavens lay
A star so far and yet so nigh
Hm cn..e, M„, Hi,.: To ™
I And the heaven was still more
bright.
MW
Sept. 15, 1945. i
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And as I stood there wondering.
There came to me a vision rare
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS Upon the starlit rays, with care
~ ' Bent down to touch my upturned
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STAFF
Editor-in-Chief „. . I
fp"?f”E'd.f„f?Lv;j *r -ho art »nt God,
Sports Editor (Girls) V Everhart j Can e er
Feature Editor pV' ^ouvene Jordan thee?
SvSwn^"""'^" SS ^ark sod
r^euIsHnn^ MoV; and Jean McCurry >0°^ from land or sea
Circulation Manager Mary Evelyn Cro^ To thy fair face and call it
REPORTERS ‘“mine,”
Lib Poster Ed Long When thou art e’er so pure and
Dwight Wilhelm Tommy Stapleton I fine?
Advisor Ramon DeShazo
a claim be made on
U
Prance* Stuart
George Thomai Stapleton
Volume XX.
September 15, 1946.
d^foTh™ S,VtlS|o,TS" j, “ •»«"
Ihe many chnckle, ,t ,he Imt Lashing “onn"™!??
C-II class meeting at which she Lay feel suTti, . .
presided. It was just about too ?tLi ! ’ Thomas
much for the seniors. Stapleton, president of the B.S.U.
Frances, or “Stukie,” if you to finf hfm^anf h\
can bear it, has taken over her campus, he can be
■ duties as C-II president in a great Uobinson home Do Z b'” "
I look to thee and in thee find r^^ to lead the Prised if on eLrL., tb
That it is thou, vet not tbn„ class to play a more im J sign i., «
Soldiers . .. Students-
= ^ to thee and in thee find ' Panning to lead the Prised if on enterir,„
Number 1. That it is thou, yet not thou h®"‘°’‘ Play a more im- sign is seen vriiTch ! * LT *
—= alone, Portant part this year than it a? Torf”
ever has before. fesses that \ ^ ^ ‘=°"'
1 ■ 1 Lgj. l*c does not really
He had been a P-38 pilot in Europe and was beginning his college Than any I have ever tre-e, L- liars that he is a genius, but
career tardily. You thought at first that he was like any other college More fair more loLlt Richmond, Vir- Ln- n ^ tl^at
freshman, but after you had talked to him a few mfnutes yrr sublime but shortly after she T""
Deed an almost hnperceptible tightness about his boyish mouth, an Than all the living of all time ToW . grammar school, she Tommy is 23 years old and is
alien, steely quality m his clear blue eyes, which should have been ' ®*‘°°l'ly"> New York, “ graduate of Central High
laughing,- and a more somber dress than the bizarre plaids and I see Him as I look on thee for .L*” Charlotte, N. C., where
.tapes e, the er^in-T eolleg. fred.„.m My „ge, E»i- J' « MG, eU™,; ip Zl
missions ...” He pondei-ed s moment. “I don’t guess I ^ iii.nk Him for His gift to me, o ere. , I in sevemi pinys, and
that was such a price to pay for the privilege of coming .to a school L” . lovely soul so Frances traveled an ascending time ^ during his spare
like this,” he said finally, with a little deprecatory laugh. He saun- road from Virginia to New York
tered on down College Street, again the collegian . . . Shall ever and always to me be ®"*^ I’^ok to Virginia again. At earliest ambition like that
He is one of several, thrust prematurely into full manhood by the ^ ^ "f f‘‘L buTlhf 'b boys, was to be a fire-
rnhlp! pvpnifo 1.* ^ —Mildred Leath. I ^ut sne mie»hf-. Ha r»r iman. hn+ ^ ,
— >^4.v«ia»i.uAcijr uii/o J.U11 mannooa Dy tn
terrible events of recent years, who at Mars Hill this year are be
ginning to experience some of the priceless prerogatives of the
freedom for which they have fought, and for which their comrades
have died. By their request, they are not being publicized by name:
- lu an ascension, ^«ys, was to be a firp.
but she might be prejudiced. She he now feels that he
did office work at the Chesa- called to do some defi-
peake and Potomac Telephone Christian work.
Company in Richmond until the After gradnnf; g-
time that she left for school. Aft- Hill Collf^ i. ,
er completing her work at Watm enter
Thank You, God!
tw 0““"“' 7 publicized by name; I PhylH. Ann Gentry I time'that she lefTfoLLoT aT I Hiu from Mars
presence here shouW p^ovoWRhi^us wJoll^'wTo m^Lr^?LHilkThe to"pC to gr’ln^l “tT and"’to"en ^a sett
S’ »M"ln™5Tn.“.inrttar Mng., ”f ,nyn. 1 ^, Vi‘L
Whose standards embody so many of the tenets of the “Thank you, * Christian work. All
winch like these returning veterans have paid with their life’s blood. He^Stet’a rabbit a cai.ot- re^L, tit jot
•t’LT? t 7 moment the greatness of the “Here, bunny, bunny..” gift of understand- President of the
5t ie tb"' ^ 1 ^ t afforded you, think of these boys to which And pats a stray dog on the head of fairness, and f„_ ^ ^ bound to plug
bi^k f y«®rs Of strife and weariness-and An old woman wito . 7 . enthusiasm to tackle Hill. My only objection
think of those who would have come to Mars Hill, but who have wtb f«oe lined the job at hand well equip her Presence of Ed Long Jr”
died that you mi^ht come. I thoughts looks at | for any big task. Proof of her u" | Then seriously he re lied “I
Are They Yoursf-
You.
I She is grateful.
You can tell by just looking
Through her tears.
A rich man shows it on paper-
writing.
usually even temper is that she opinion there ^is^^L*^ h
pts up with the other three mem- ®=bool in all the Unit^
I bers of her suite. than Mars Hill ” States
vou have dlL J“P't«r Pluvius, I writing.
Lue as an inln^ ‘^®"‘=Hbed glowingly in the cata- He signs his name to a check- I especially in the I J'ear the position of assistant
ieamy a pan3er” YoTk « in cold, damp Or he buys another stained ghss Training Union. This year ^«®or in Greek and BWe
cprtP i 1 ?^"^7»ter You know that the dining hall is pushing a con- window Hrst vice-president of ^^^ehing Mr. Kendall’s class dnr
certed drive to poison you, or, at best, to haggle your digestive L Young Woman’s Auxiliary ^eek in Birmingham
orfiran.s into ar, pIi.p.,* t, ‘-A- man who works with his hands She is a member also of the Inter- His sen«p ^
r-or, . I . I ense of humor never fails
in IFrances has done good work . ^7 Pi’esident of last year’s
J here on the campus in many or- ““"mr class holds, unoffiLnv
ganizations, especially in the /ear the position of assistant
Baptist Training Union. This year I Clreek and Bible,
. , V 7 y *-»./ i,u iiag^gie your QlfiTGStiV© I
organs into an all-out civil war. If you are a boy, you have un ^ works with hi
covered the ominous truth about co-eds—they come to school with L®" ^ou something,
the sole object of securing a partner for committing matrimony. ®®y> “Here, God,
And If you are a girl, you are convinced that the boys are a strange You.”
and unpredictable mixture of anti-socials and lukewarm Lotharios. U ean look at them all and tell.
These are Mars Hill gripes, as traditional as they are meaningless ' ^ ‘bankful and who’s
mLi.”' “• We^r,
national Relations Club, the When the B 811^1.”?®*'
Volunteers for Christ, and—high Stapleton’s Unto Brother
hvnpp,.-.„ „ be smiles, the
on the list in her estimation-
I Clio Literary Society.
not.
Her likes? Why, food, shop
ping, church work, and food again
^ know who hasn’t waked up yet. all rate high with her. She’sTull
l„i ‘“".•J’.' a„d her i.
Training Union-
Would you like Mars Hill College to have the largest Training
ri'Vr ’
•=? rh‘Lr
vvf r L, interest among the student
do R H'“ ®t«dents made of anyhow? Certainly we can
do It. Let s all work together to show all the other schools and
““ ^ -P
This year we have added something new and interestino’ Tnsfpad
of having the Bible Quiz in the separate unions, we w,t to
, f i *** planned and interesting that vou will
p:‘Ej;:=sssTi‘i-i
Baptist, come anyhow, and we're certain thnf ' -n u ^
you seek to serve Him «®
—L. F.
smiling—inside.
I am—I’m smiling out-side, too.
You can see that.
I don’t know any other way to let
you know.
Just say, “Thanks,” I guess.
You can understand, I know.
You see, don’t You?
I’m just one of them.
That’i good, too.
Thank you, God
proof of it. She thinks Mars Hill
is tops; and, in her words, “It’s
one big Ridgecrest all year
’round."
There’s the girl. She’s your
president, C-II’s, and she’s every
body’s pal.
Pre-School Retreat
Registration
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presented opportunities and
challenge.
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_• J —I addition to the thirteen
night under the auspices of the members of the B S TT Pe -i
Baptist Student Union W T thJZ . H- Council,
T union, w. 1. there were also at the retreat
(Dub) Lane emceed a pair of Mary Broome, Evelyn Ferdlef
^^uth or conseouencfts T»'ro«n-Q»v»o r».
hvnocrite D ® smiles, the
cent ontoV de
cent opmtment last year was
S>ff3bee Mine"
edi^rs, oTit'tc;;""
Beth Jore;”T'i;.‘ru"‘=“"®‘^
asked bi« - L ^epbed he when
SkS in hi ‘^bes
those ^bich
those who live close to him say
sounds like a woodsaw. ^7
ove to wear my loud cowboy
shirts, he stated. ^
Never ask Tommy what color
his eyes are for he cannot tell
you. He w/ only say, “Beth says
ey are blue—I never bothered
to look myself.”
truth or consequences programs
in the auditorium and games,
featuring two grand marches,
were held in McConnell Gym-
I nasium.
- * cjiuicy,
f ranees Stuart, and Hagood Mix-
son, all chosen by the president,
and faculty advisors. Miss Beulah
Bowden, Dr. Ella J. Pierce, and
Miss Evelyn Underwood.
One Item that could not be left
®“*/®‘be fact that he is a
loyal(.) member of the Euthalian
Literaiy Society, in which he has
held the offices of janitor, chap
lain, and debate critic.
He has made a very good
record for himself at Mars Hill
and has the qualifications for
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