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Mars Hill Colli/
5, 1945,
; Volume XX.
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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 29, 1946.
Number 2.
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Estimated 252 Freshmen Indicate
Desire To Join Literary Societies
C-I SOCIETY PRESIDENTS—From left to right are W. T. (Dub)
Nonpareil; Ed Dunlap, Philomathia; and Jean Walker, Clio. The C-
the latter part of the 1945 spring semester and will be succeeded
Lane, Euthalia; Pat Lancaster,
I presidents were elected during
by the anniversary presidents.
B. S. U. Outlines Plans For Year’s Work
At First Meeting Of Greater Council
Changes In Program
Of Recreation
Considered
On September 23, in its first
meeting of the year, the greater
council of the B. S. U. laid the
foundation for the work of the
Baptist Student Union. Its execu
tive officer, Lamar Brooks, in
formed the members of the pur
pose of the council and asked
that each one take an active part
in its work.
Tommy Stapleton, president of
the Baptist Student Union, out
lined the plan of work. He ap
pointed a committee to recom
mend changes in the social pro
gram and another committee to
investigate the advisability of ap
pointing a music director of the
B. S. U.
“The mechanics of the Sunday
School are functioning properly,”
said Superintendent Ed Dunlap.
“However, the attendance is not
■what it should be.” He said, too,
that the biggest loss was in the
young ladies’ classes. Now that
the foundation has been laid,
plans are under way to reach
each student.
B. T. U. Ii Organized
The organization of the Baptist
Training Union has been com
pleted, according to Neal Ellis,
the director. Stuart Heideck is
the assistant director; Charles
Harris is the publicity director;
Sally Hudson is the secretary;
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Travelogue Tonight
Charles Cottingham will
speak tonight in the audi
torium when a travelogue on
various countries is shown.
The lecture will begin at 8:00
o’clock.
On October 6 the motion
picture, Marriage It a Private
Affair, will be given. There
will be two shows, one at 6:00
o’clock and the other at 8:00
o’clock.
Book Performers
For Programs
This Fall
Performers already have been
booked for three of the lyceum
concert series, but the dates for
the performances have not been
decided upon, it has been an
nounced by the Dean’s office.
Sydney Landon, who specializes
in character studies of great lit
erary men, including Poe, Clem
ens, Longfellow, Emerson, Thack
eray, Stevenson, Hugo, Nye, Kip
ling, Ward, Lover, and Harte, is
slated for a performance. Musical
artists booked for the series are
the Sykora Trio and the Fisk
Jubilee Singers, a Negro group of
international fame.
Y.T.C. Work Put
Into Five Parts
Youth Temperance Council
work was divided broadly into
these five parts at the first meet
ing of the year held Tuesday
night, September 19:
Active service—Jackie Rogers,
chairman; Community service—
Lois Harris, chairman; Social
service—Elon Meyers, chairman;
Public service—Margaret Nelson,
chairman; News service—Bonnie
McCrory, chairman. Each mem
ber of Y.T.C. is required to be
active in one of these services,
says Ann Bruner, chairman.
Mother Wells
Back
Mrs. Laura Brown Wells, Mel
rose hostess, has been released
from the infirmary after being
confined there for three weeks
with a stomach ailment.
Dramateers Plan
First Production;
Select Ofl&cers
Mars Hill’s Dramateers have
chosen The Barrets, by Marjorie
Carleton, for their first produc
tion of the year and will present
the play in the college auditorium
October 27, it was announced
following an organization meet
ing.
Norma Minges has been elect
ed president. Other officers are
Ed Long, vice-president; Louise
Beck, secretary; Elon Myers,
treasurer; and Louvene Jordan,
reporter.
, Installation of officers will be
held October 2. After the of
ficers have been installed, “The
Actor’s Prayer,” by Dr. Frank
Crane, will be read by Louvene
Jordan and a humorous imper
sonation will be given by Cor
nelia Vann.
First meeting of the year was
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Library Receives
. 165 New Books
More than 165 new books, ex
clusive of a 13-volume set of the
Oxford Dictionary, were added
to the Estella Fessenden Mon
tague Library during the sum
mer, Miss Daisy Anderson, chief
librarian, has announced.
Typical of the authors of these
books. Miss Anderson said, are
Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Vin
cent Benet, Louis Bromfield,
Mary Ellen Chase, Stuart Chase,
William D. Chamberlain, Alex
ander Woolcott, Carl Sumner
Knopf, Lin Yu’tang and The
odore Dreiser. The dictionary set,
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Blackwell And Lee
Attend Meeting
President Hoyt Blackwell and
Dean R. M. Lee attended a meet
ing of the Baptist Education
Commission at Meredith College
held in Raleigh Tuesday, Sep
tember 25. Both are members of
the commission.
Late Students
Swell Enrollment
To Total Of 753
Enrollment of students for the
fall semester now stands at 763,
an increase of 15 over the last
report, according to Registrar
John W. Huff. This figure, inci
dentally, is three more than the
last registration figure released
by Wake Forest College.
Norma Minges, a senior from
Gastonia, was the 760th student
to enroll. She registered Septem
ber 20.
The registrar’s report shows
that of the total enrollment 680
students are from North Caro
lina, 49 from South Carolina, 36
from Virginia, 35 from Florida,
14 from Tennessee, 9 from Ken-
tucky, 4 from Maryland, 2. from
Alabama, and one each from
Ohio, Texas and the District of
Columbia.
Conference Votes
To Stop Vespers
“Evening vespers will be done
away with entirely until some
time next spring,” T. W. Nelson,
president of the ' Ministerial con
ference announced T h u r sday
night after the conference voted
to abolish the meeting. Reason
for the action is that there are
already too many religious meet
ings on the campus. Nelson said.
A committee, composed of
Stuart Heideck, chairman, Roy
Ryan, and Ray Riddle, was ap
pointed some time ago and they
brought to the conference the
recommendation.
This action is a further step
in the reorganization of the B.
S. U.
Glee Club To Sing
At Navy Hospital;
Form Mixed Chorus
Formation of a mixed chorus,
from which a smaller glee club
will be selected later, was an
nounced this week by Mrs. Eliza
beth Logan Souther, voice in
structor and glee club director. .
The men and women have
chosen these officers: women,
Anne Nelson, president; Louise
Averitt, vice-president; Sadie
Marsh, secretary-treasurer; li
brarians, Cornelia Vann and Joyce
Harrell; accompanist. Rose Moody
Roberson. Men, Jimmy Cooper,
president; Seth Lippard, vice-
president; Stuart Heideck, secre
tary-treasurer; librarians, John
Moore and Irwin Bergen; accom
panists, Wally Zimmerman and
Jimmy Crisp.
The glee club has been invited
to sing at the Navy Convalescent
Hospital at Kenilworth Park,
Asheville, Mrs. Souther said. Lt.
Eugene J. Zinser, in a letter to
Mrs. Souther, said the program
the glee club gave at the hospital
last year was “one of the most
popular ever presented there.”
Pledges Are Taken
At Meetings
Last Week
At the second meeting of the
year last ■week, an estimated 252
freshmen pledged to join the four
campus literary societies. Approx
imately 114 expressed desire to
join Clio-Phi and 138 wish to
join Non-Eu.
The Clios, under direction of
Jerry Saville, vice-president, pre
sented “A Glimpse of Clio-Phi,”
showing the different aspects of
Anniversary, Reception, weekly
meetings, joint meetings, cousinly
teas, commencement contests, and
the Clio-Phi wedding.
The Philomathian meeting was
semi-humorous. The debate query
was “Resolved: That the head is
more important than the hands at
Mars Hill College.” Poetry, songs
and impersonations rounded out
the program.
The Non program, under di
rection of Cornelia Vann, vice-
president, was entitled “Dear
Nonpareil.” The program was a
narration of the story of a fresh
man girl who joined Nonpareil
last year. The different views
and ideals of the society were
presented.
The Euthalians carried out a
serious program, having as the
debate query “Resolved: That
Russia can be trusted by the
United States in future relations.”
Music, declamations and im
promptus completed the program.
Band To Support
Mars Hill Gridders
As the gridiron season gets
underway, the Mars Hill Col
lege Band is spending its efforts
toward promoting football. This
year the band will be seen on the
field between the halves. Beatrice
Stark will lead the band as drum
majorette.
There are now thirty-two mem
bers; but the band has not yet
been organized. Practices are
held each Monday and Wednes
day afternoon at 4:30. Anyone
who plays an instrument and is
interested in being in the band
this year is requested to see Mr.
Roberts as soon as possible.
Under the direction of Mr.
Roberts, the band was featured
at a pep meeting held in the
amphitheatre shortly before the
football team left for Newberry,
S. C., and their first game of the
year. The rally was held in lieu
of the regular chapel program
following a brief devotional in
the auditorium.
Chapel Schedule
Oct. 1: Mr. Kendall.
Oct. 2: B.S.U.
Oct. 3: Music Department.
Oct. 4: Mr. Lance.
Oct. 6: Mr. Stringfield.
Oct. 8: Miss Underwood.
Oct. 9: B.S.U.
Oct. 10: Music Department.
Oct. 11: Mr. Canup.
Oct. 12: Advisee Day.