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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
Collegg MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 8, 1945.
Number 6.
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lio-Phis Present Anniversary, Reception
Phis Present Varied Program
With Impressive Grand Finale
Lamar Bpoks and Blary Lela Sparks, presidents respectively of the Philomathian and Clio Literary
climax the Grand Finale of the Fifty-fifth Phi Anniversary. The program was held Saturday
^5S’_L®cember 1. '
^o/zs Honor Eus at Reception
Le Nonpareil Literary Society
|esented its fiftieth annual re-
^Ption Saturday evening, Novem-
^ ^4, at eight o’clock, using
c theme . . And Tomorrow,”
^Pareil dedicated the reception
Euthalian brothers,
i Members and guests were wel-
^fined by Irene Austin, Non-
president. The features of
e evening were two playlets:
Is the Future” presented
‘ the Non-Eu Hall, and “Udopia”
‘ the Clio-Phi Hall. The narrator
This Is the Future” was
oebe Duckworth. Others tak-
P^rt Were Lynwood Lennon,
a Mayo, John Moore, Agnes
eming, Leonard Tilson, Carol
endall, Gloria Abernathy, John
. "tegar, Margie Dean, Alton
arris, Estaleen Digh, Alice Pur-
h^^' ^^tolyn Halstead, Pat Mur-
nrf’ P^t'othy Lawhon, Ed Long,
tloris Penland. The playlet
'lo • "^^ttten and directed by
I Abernathy and Lois Har-
>1'. 3°®® taking part in the Clio-
. Hall were R. L. Wyatt, Jean
^neberger, Genie Jo White,
ihr'^'^ ^IcCrory, Hubert Hum-
Jerry Johnson, Hannah
.ert p?”’ Peggy Beshears, Al-
>j'. t^ekwell, Beverly Beshears,
'• ^ ’"'Iborn, Mildred Freeman,
tlfisp, Dub Lane, Nell
Eula Mae Coffey, Joyce
Y Libby Koontz, Mary Eve-
3ee Brockman, Sigs-
[(; ’ *er, and Hope Blanchard,
bori "^f'tten and directed by
• s eeples, Miriam Smith, and
Margaret Nelson.
Eirllu-el a boy and
fated future deco-
e facade of the building,
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Influenza Epidemic
Breaks on Campus
An influenza epidemic that saw
75 students hospitalized at its
peak and necessitated the cre
ation of two emergency infirm
aries was going into its third
week at press-time without any
sign of lessening.
None of the cases have been
serious, according to Miss Eva
Brew’er, college nurse.
A special Clio-Phi edition of
the Hilltop was postponed a W'eek
because of the illness of the three
top Clio staffers. Mr. Ramon
DeShazo has announced that
the forensics squad will not par
ticipate in the Charlotte tourna
ment because of the epidemic.
The number of students ill
simultaneously was the highest
since 1922.
Mrs. John Wikle
on College Staff
Mrs. John Wikle, for three
years a member of the com
mercial department at Lee Ed
wards High School, Asheville, has
succeeded Mrs. Estelle Rush Marr
as secretary to President Hoyt
Blackwell. Mrs. Marr resigned to
be with her husband, recently re
turned from overseas duty with
the Army.
Mrs. Wikle has been working
for the Army Redistribution
Center in Asheville for the past
year.
B. T. U. Study Course
Is Attended by 700
The B. T. U. study course
which took place .November 19-
26 ended with an approximate
enrollment and average atten
dance of 700, it was disclosed
by Neal Ellis, director. In com
menting on the study course, he
said, “I was particularly pleased
with the co-opei-ation that the stu
dents gave to the teachers by
their presence and attentiveness
in the classes. The teachers de
serve a great deal of recognition,
along with the secretaries, for the
fine work done in the classes.
Next year we hope that B. TLJJ.
will profit by the mistakes of
this year, which were pos^bly
too many.”
Those taking the examination
will receive state recognition
through awards. All who were
enrolled in the study course may
take credit on the record slips in
the individual unions.
JUNIOR SPONSORS
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey (Pop
and Mom} Lance have been
elected Junior Class sponsors*
**Pop’* Lance is athletic coach
and a member of the mathe
matics department.
Lee Burch, Charlotte, will
be C-I editor of The Hilltop;
Elizabeth Foster, of Char
lotte, assistant editor; and
Doris Jones, Badtn, manag
ing editor.
Fairyland Motif
Is Used by Ciios
Carrying out a fairyland motif
very realistically, the Clio Lite
rary Society tonight presented
its annual reception honoring
Philomathia in the Charles M.
Wall Science Building, where
members of Clio-Phi and guests
were led through a fairyland for
est replete with familiar fairy
characterizations.
The sloping walk leading to
the Science Building was trans
formed into a forest of fairies,
upon which spotlights were
played. A wishing well had been
constructed at the top of the hill.
Across the walk at one point was
a bridge. Profusely sprinkled with
sparkle dust, the entrance to the
building was decorated as the
doorway to fairyland. A stately
fairy queen, some 10 feet in
height, sparkled invitingly from
the facade.
In the foyer, the Hansel and
Gretel scene was portrayed, com
plete with the house of candy.
On the Non-Eu landing was a
child, dreamily .reading a fairy
tale. On the window was shown
a Prince Charming. A Christmas
scene was portrayed on the Clio-
Phi landing. Santa Claus and his
reindeer were painted on the
window.
“Fairy Chimes,” written and
directed by Phyllis Ann Gentry,
was given in the Non-Eu Hall.
The cast included Dovie Tallent,
Jean Walker, Anne Hendrix and
Seth Lippard.
In the Clio-Phi Hall, “A New
Nativity,” written by Mary Lela
Sparks and directed by Jerry Sa-
ville, was presented. The cast was
made up of Martha Pope, Bea
trice Stark, Blanche Willis, and
Peggy Chesson.
A formal reception was held in
the Bible Room, decorated in the
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs motif. Mary Lou Free
man was Snow White. Fairy de
signs were painted on the win
dows.
Betty Rae Carter directed the
music that accompanied the pro
gram in the Clio-Phi Hall.
Mrs. Roberts Heads
Languages Group '
Mrs. Nona Moore Roberts, head
of the French Department, has
been elected chairman of the
Western Carolina Modern Lan
guages Association.
Mrs. Roberts, who has previous
ly served as chairman, was for
two years secretary of the Higher
Education oard and for two years
“The Light of the World” was
the theme of the 55th Philo
mathian Anniversary Program
presented in the college audi
torium last Saturday night, De
cember 1, and dedicated to “all
the noble sons and daughters of
Clio-Philomathia who let the
lights of Truth, Purity and Fi
delity shine from their hearts.”
Philomathian President Lamar
Brooks gave the welcome and
dedication, followed by the sing
ing of “Let the Lower Lights be
Burning” by the audience. Pro
fessor Vernon E. Wpod pro
nounced the invocation and Ed
Dunlap gave the devotion. The
pledge to Nonpareil-Euthalia,
made by Brooks, was followed
by the singing of the pledge by
the members of Clio-Phi. John
Truitt Gibson played Lsizt’s
“Liebestraum” as a piano solo.
Jack Bowers delivered a declama
tion. A Phi musical ensemble,
consisting of Lee King, Jack
Bowers, Louis Nipper, Carrington
Baker, John Gibson, and Charles
Green, gave three selections.
A Phi chorus which sang be
fore the debate was made up of
Tip Eames, Roy Fisher, Jack Bow
ers, Furney Baker, Seth Lippard,
Bernard Shumate, Max Howie,
Clyde Drake, Boyd Sutton, Rolen
Bailey, Louis Nipper, and Dwight
Wilhelm. John Gibson was pian
ist.
The debate query was Re
solved: That all colonial pos
sessions should be granted ‘ self-
determination of government. On
the affirmative were Edward
Landers and Hagood Nixon, and
on the negative, Wendell Witt
and Douglas Reid. Baine Harris
gave an oration, “Bearers of
Light.”
The grand finale climaxed the
evening. A scene of mountains
and clouds set off two gigantic
stars on either side of the stage.
The auditorium was lighted only
by the soft blue glow from a
circle of lights over which a white
wheel revolved slowly, spelling out
Clio-Philomathia. Before the
lights came on, a tribute to Clio-
Phi as a litei’ary society was read.
Then the members, who had left
the auditorium before the begin
ning of the finale, emerged from
the stars as Debussy’s “Clair de
Lune” was played.
The Anniversary program was
preceded by an impressive pro
gram in • the Olio-Phi Hall, where
the Ciios pledged their loyalty,
and love to their brother Philos
mathians,- forming the Clio-Phi
emblem.
secretary of the State association.
She recently attended the con^
vention of "the -Southern AtlafitiC
Modern Languages AsseWiation
on Columbia, S. C.