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iivennont Dorm Holds Fellowship
Go. Bterest Runs High In
Training Union Contest
o.
i^arolina
^ Rivennont Dormitory, under
' ’e sponsorship of the B.S.U.
esented the first in a series of
fillowship hours on Tuesday eve-
between suppers. The series
. scenes (and screams) was en-
itled “‘In Memoriam.” (The
oys hope Rivermont will not be
next year.)
Lane, second vice-presi-
ent of the B.S.U., in charge of
ocials, said that was the type
^ fellowship he hoped to have
,'ery Tuesday evening. He also
that a “singspiration” will
'6 held in Spilman each Sunday
■vening after church. This ‘“sing-
Puation” will be varied from
Jnie to time.
The B.S.U. has purchased an
- ectric heater for use in the
>rayer room. “Now that we have
p/^°*^fortable prayer room,” said
yllis Ann Gentry, vice-presi-
ent in charge, “I hope the stu-
ents will take advantage of their
opportunity for a place of private
prayer.”
S b'^'^ attendance at Sunday
^ ool has increased. A group of
> ents go around to the dormi-
eries on Sunday morning and
“Orig to those sleeping. This may
” ®Ppie measure account for the
^ncrease in Sunday School atten
dance.
According to Neal Ellis, di-
is running high
the Training Union contest,
^mphasis is being placed on
® er and varied programs. Ellis
gathered around him a corps
check on the
erent phases of Training
union Work.
Ministerial Conference put
in V Conference meeting
j *1 iast Tuesday. The stu-
' ^ result, are much better
"With the actiivties of
pus on our cam-
Union
jyfftcers Elected
IB T night, September S),
Isemn I presidents for the second
Jcer« **.'^*' ‘^iected. Other offi-
J tn be elected later.
Trenf ’ ®yi^nta; DeLauris Brock,
eat; Lynwood Lennon, I. X.
■■ Brantley, Howard Roper;
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Gke Club Sings
At Service Hospitals
The Glee Club, composed of
104 members, has been busy this
year preparing for three big
events. The first two happenings
were trips to Asheville to enter
tain convalescing soldiers and
sailors.
On Monday night, December
10, fifty members sang at Moore
General Hospital, and on Tues
day afteimoon, December 11, the
entire Glee Club presented a pro
gram at the Navy Convalescent
Hospital in Asheville.
The third important activity of
the Glee Club was the Christmas
pageant. The Glee Club sang
parts of the Messiah and Christ
mas caroLs. The Glee Club also
plans to go Christmas caroling
on Tuesday night, December 18.
Phyllis Ann Gentry
To Have Poem Published
Mars Hill College will be rep
resented this year in the Annual
Anthology of College Poetry pub
lished by the National Poetry
Association, Los Angeles.
“Twilight”, a poem by Phyllis
Ann Gentry, literary editor of
the Hilltop, has been accepted
for publication.
The anthology is a compilation
of the “finest poetry written by
college men and women of Ameri
ca representing every State in
the union,” according to the asso
ciation.
Hilltop Receives
National Award
The 1944-45 Hilltop has re
ceived an award from the Asso
ciated Collegiate Press. Last
year’s issues were rated second
cla.ss. This is in the middle of
the rating scale and is said to be
“good.”
IC Shopping Days I
1*^ Till Christinas I
The Hilltop staff wishes to ex
tend to the students and faculty
best wishes for an enjoyable and
happy holiday season.
Q^he Hilltop
Volume XX.
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 18, 1945.
Number 7.
Chorus, Dramateers Combine for Pageant
Christmas
Parties
The Christmas spirit rang
through the halls of the girls
dormitories last night. The girls
entertained the boys with parties
in the individual dormitories.
Each of the parlors was gaily
decorated with trees, yule logs,
and painted windows.
At New Dorm the suites were
divided into groups and each
group of suites had charge of a
different phase of the party.
They had games, songs, etc. At
the height of the evening enter
tainment that grand old gentle
man Santa Claus paid a visit to
the party. Santa gave attractive
little bags of candy to all.
Melrose was in there too with
gagmes, impromptus, and a play.
The play was entitled “The
Greatest Gift.” At the party the
girls presented a gift to Mother
Wells.
Brown Dorm used a novel idea
for their party. The entertain
ment was in the form of a broad
cast over station XMASt The
announcer was Santa Claus in
the person of Pollyanna Gibbs.
On the program were performing
dolls, a play entitled “Crime
Marches On.” The characters for
the play were a Burglar, Bonnie
Jean Moore; a Mama Doll,
Dorothy Campbell and Santa
Claus. Last but not least was a
mock wedding.
Spilman girls had a grand time.
To get everyone in the mood,
they sang two carols; then Betty
Sisk gave a humorous reading.
Next on the program was some
special piano music in the form of
a medley of carols by Miss
Martha Biggers and Edith Font.
Following this duet, Bess Rupelt
gave a serious reading and Faye
Pitner sang a solo. The most im
portant item on the program was
a scene of the manger and the
birth of Christ while Mary
Broome read a Christmas story.
The group sang more carols and
then they were served refresh
ments w’hile special music was
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Two Mars Hill
Teachers Honoreci
Two members of the Mars Hill
College faculty have been elected
officers of the junior college di
vision of the Southern Business
Education association, according
to the report of the recent meet
ing of the association in Lexing
ton, Kentucky.
B. M. Canup, head of the de
partment of business and assis
tant bursar at the college, has
been elected chairman of the
junior college division, and W. A.
Alford of the business depart
ment faculty has been elected
vice-chairman.
The Southern Business Edu
cation Association includes in its
membership teachers of business
in universities, colleges, business
colleges, and secondary schools of
seventeen southern states. Mr.
Canup was the first chairman of
a junior college in the south to
offer business education on the
college level.
Christmas Theme
Used In Meetings
Of Honor Ciohs
The December meetings of the
Honor clubs saw many interest
ing and varied programs dealing
with the Christmas theme.
The International Relations
club held its annual formal meet
ing in New Dormitory parlor. The
theme of the program was
“Christmas All Over the World,”
and the decorations were blended
attractively with the rest of the
program. Members of the club
repi-esented the peoples of the
United Nations.
A play, “Unto Bethlehem,”
was given by members of the
Scriblerus club in the Edna
Moore Dormitory parlor. Carols
were sung and the traditional
Christmas story was read from
Luke. Later an original Christ
mas story and a poem were read
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Short Story: Under the Mistletoe^
Or^ Miss Garner Gets Kissed
Have you heard? Mars Hill is
not now the place it once was.
One of the members of our
revered faculty has been kissed.
Yes, we mean, literally, kissed.
And by a ministerial student.
Salvador Dali is not the only
modernist the world has seen.
Last Tuesday night, if you care
to hear the whole story, there
was, as decoration, mistletoe
hung about the parlor of Edna
Moore Dorm. After the Scrib
club program the members and
some of the English faculty were
discussing things pertaining only
to the literary, we’re sure, when
someone asked Miss Collie Garner
to go stand under the mistletoe.
Miss Garner, never thinking for
a minute that anyone would, or
could, break the six-inch rule,
willingly obliged.
Then—the villain entered. Neal
Ellis, long of leg and .strong of
heart, had slipped out the back
way and around behind Miss
Garner, who had her back to the
door. There was a resounding
“smack!”
No longer can one member of
the English Department at Mars
Hill college claim, “. . . sweet ?
—, and never been kissed.”
Tommy Stapleton
Does Manuscript
The annual Christmas program,
in the form of a Christmas
pageant based on Handel’s “Mes
siah,” and written for Mars Hill
College by Tommy Stapleton, was
presented in the college audi
torium Saturday night, Decem
ber 16, by the- music and ex
pression departments combined.
The pageant was divided into
three divisions: the prophecy, the
nativity, and the Eternal Light.
The first scene took place in
front of the temple with a back
ground of greenery. It gave the
prophecy concerning the coming
Messiah. The speakei’s represent
ing the Hebrew people and the
prophets were Pat Murphy, Bess
Ruppelt, Leta Shelby, Roy Fish
er, and Geraldine Saville.
The nativity scene portrayed
Maiy and Joseph at the side of
the manger, the shepherds gazing
at the babe, and the three kings
in the act of presenting their
gifts to the babe. The story of
the nativity was related by the
chorus and soprano soloist. Those
taking part in the nativity scene
were Elon Myers, Harold Tribble,
Edith Clark, Annie Laurie Pen-
ley, Ruby Crayton, Pollyanna
Gibbs, Edith Bell, Helen Starnes,
Carolyn HaLstead, Dovie Tallant,
Nellie Sue Stinson, and Frances
Woodle.
The third scene opened on a
stage with a stained glass window
in the center of the .stage. A
powerful .spot light shone on the
window. The background for the
pantomime was a dramatic poem
read from behind the scenery.
This scene showetl the spirit of
Christ working in the hearts of
men as people of all races and
stations of life come into the
light of the Messiah. In the
finale, these men and women took
their places in a semicircle on the
stage, gazing at a light. In the
fullness of its brililance, they
joined hands as the chorus sang
the “Hallelujah” chorus. Those
depicting the people of the vari
ous nations were Ed Long, La
mar Brooks, Lee King, Bobby
Haines, Louise Beck, Thelma
Deal, Bill Everhart, John Moore,
Linda Coulter, Virginia Marshal),
Mary Powell, Joyce Wheeler,
Betty Boyette, Elaine Duckett,
Marian Robinson, Mary Elizabeth
Pugh, Hilda Beene, Dorothy
Camel, Elizabeth Ponder, Sally
Hudson, Peggy Ann Ammons,
Patricia Robinson, Toni Carter,
John Vance, and Grove Rohinson.
The vocal music was taken
from Handel’i
‘Me.ssiah.” The
accompanist for the Glee Club
was Rose Moody Roberson. Be
tween scenes, the Glee Club sang
Christmas carols. Other musical
selections included Grieg’s
“Christmas Music” by the entire
orchestra; “Let All Men Praise
the Lord,” by Cruger, and “Holy
is the Lord,” by Schubert, played
by a string ensemble composed of
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