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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
ALUMNI
Volume XX.
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M«n Hill Cull,
MARS HILL, N. C., APRIL 24, 1946.
Number 13.
Ninetieth Commencement Finns Set
PROPOSED MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
Homecoming Hay Set
Thur$«day, May 30
On Friday, May 31, the day following Homecoming day, one
hundred and eighty-one seniors will file across the stage of the
auditorium of Mars Hill College to receive diplomas. Their
graduation will climax for them two years of labor, fellowship,
and Christian living here on the campus. It will also mark the
climax to the ninetieth commencement of Mars Hill College.
The week preceding the graduation exercises promises to he
one filled with activities. Visitors to the campus, though wel-
' come at all times, will be especial-
•AaesiTEcr
m •• 5^ architect, of the proposed memorial audi-
kont boTmitorv th^ R S I I® R®Vj® "®T'I ® r®» J campus, on the site now occupied by River-
lont Dormitory, the B.S.U. Building, Tilson Cottage, and the present auditorium. Besides an audi-
Jrium, which will seat about 1,500, it will provide room fcr the departments of speech, Bibfe, and
>usic, with a number of practice rooms. The building will represent the devotion of former students
id will symbolize the pre-eminence of religion in the life of the college.
fars Hillians
fake Good at
I.S.U. Work
The Executive Council of the
ptist Student Union is respon-
'le for the student religious or-
nization, composed of officers
representatives of unit or-
nizations, has played an im-
ftant part in the life of Mars
since its beginning twenty
irs ago.
e lasting effect that the BSU
s had on its members is evi-
iced by the fact that many
rs Hill students have gone out
institutions of higher learning
I have taken an active part
re in the work of the BSU.
'lary Lee Ernest (‘37) and
1 Cochran (‘41) have served
Student secretaries of Eastern
olina Teachers college.
>hne Penny (’39) is student
‘etary at the N. C. Baptist
Iiital and the Bowman Gray
ool of medicine,
alph Langley (43) and Bruce
ver (44) have both served as
1 president of Baylor univer-
and the state of Texas. Plor-
i Gordon (‘44) is president
Still on the Hill---
Veterans on Faculty
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Alumni
Dear Former Students:
During the past four years I
have told scores of Mars Hill stu-
they were
to join the
During the war years, the col
lege faculty was, it seemed, as
changeable as a chameleon, but
there remained sixteen venerable
veterans of professorship and ad
ministration whose terms of ser
vice at Mars Hill range from 49
to 16 years.
Dr. Robert L. Moore, president
emeritus, is still actively con
nected with the college, although
illness has confined him to his
home for much of the semester.
Dr. Moore was rounding out his
49th consecutive year of teaching
at Mars Hill when he left the
classroom to devote himself en
tirely to alumni work at the be
ginning of this semester. He is
much improved and expects soon
to be back at his desk in Moore
Hall.
Mrs. Moore, completing her
49th year of uniterrupted serv
ice as college bursar, is as active
of the BSU of W.C.U.N.C. and
the state of North Carolina. Wal-
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as when, around the turn of the
century, she was, in effect, the
college’s administrative force.
Efficient, business-like, but with
her ready smile for all comers
into the bursar’s office, she has
become an irreplaceable part of
the administration.
President Hoyt Blackwell—
more popularly, “Daddy” Black
well—is busily at work on a long-
range program of expansion that
got under way formally this
Spring with beginning of work
on a new girls’ dormitory. He
still finds time, even with his
multiple business and speaking
engagements in this and other
States, to be much in evidence on
the campus and is never too busy
for one of his famous informal
chats with the students.
Miss Beulah Bowden, who be
gan her work at Mars Hill in
1904, leaving in 1906 for a period
of six years and, later, for study
in Europe, is still dividing her
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dents goodbye as
leaving the campus
armed forces of
our country. In
addition to those
who were called
out of the stu- f
dent body, a
host of Mars
Hill men and
women have
visited the cam
pus as they were
on their way to
some induction
center. Others Dr. Blackwell
have come and gone almost con
stantly as they have been able to
get away from their posts of re
sponsibility on furlough. Then
there are the hundreds who were
permitted to continue their col
lege course without interruption
during this period of time.
Within the scope of these years
the Mars Hill Faculty have glad
ly answered the call of the Gov
ernment either to stand faithfully
by their teaching or to don uni
form and hasten off to war. A
legion of friends have inquired
about the welfare of the College;
they have upheld it in their pray
ers, and they have given generous
financial aid in time of great
need. The Lord has guided and
blessed throughout this period
and now the outlook for the Col
lege is indeed bright and en
couraging.
In the atmosphere of all that
has been referred to above, my
heart has literally panted for a
homecoming of all Mars Hill men
and women and other friends.
Now that happy time is approach
ing, and Thursday, May 30, 1946,
has been proclaimed as the day
for this occasion. We want you to
come and be our guests for the
day and for the night, if you can
remain among us that long. A
good program is being arranged
for, and we shall do our best to
make you comfortable and happy.
We believe that the soul of the
College has prospered even as
material progress has been made.
Come and let us rejoice together
in Christian fellowship.
Hoyt Blackwell,
President.
ly welcomed during this period,
The calendar of events for the
week includes the following: Sun
day, May 26 at 11:00 a.m.. Bac
calaureate Sermon; Monday
through Wednesday, May 27-29,
completion of examinations;
Thursday, May 30, Homecoming
Day; Friday, May 31 at 9:45
a.m.. Graduation Exercises.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by Dr. C. C. Warren
in the Mars Hill Baptist Church.
Dr. Warren is a graduate of
Wake Forest College and holds a
Doctor of Theology degree from
the Southern Baptist Seminary of
Louisville, Ky. He is pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Charlotte,
and President of the North Caro
lina Baptist State Convention.
At 10:00 a.m. of that day the
Board of Trustees is to hold its
annual meeting in the Home Eco
nomics Department in the Charles
M. W^ll Science Building. Mr.
Robert O. Huffman of Morgan-
ton is President of the board,
with Mr. Grover H. Jones of High
Point Chairman of the Executive
Committee and Mrs. Rush Stroup
of Shelby Chairman of the Build
ing Committee.
During the afternoon the young
women’s annual essay contest is
to be held at 2:30 in the college
auditorium. This will be given *
by contestants chosen by the
girl’s literary societies: Non
pareil and Clio. Also, at 4:00
p.m. special reunion meetings will
be held for members of the
classes of 1906, 1911, 1916, 1921,
1926, 1931, and 1941. All these
meetings are to be held in the
Charles M. Wall Science Build
ing with the various classes meet
ing in the following rooms: class
of 1906, room 22; class of 1911,
room 26; class of 1916, room 46;
class of 1921, room 44; class of
1926, room 34; class of 1931,
room 20; class of 1936, room 28;
and class of 1941, room 23.
There is to be a Homecoming
Banquet in the college dining
hall at 6:30 p.m. Rev. Knolan
Benfield, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Hickory, will
be the principal speaker. Rev.
Benfield is a graduate of the
Southern Baptist Seminary at
Louisville, Ky. He is an alumnus
of Mars Hill of the class of ‘27
At the banquet the present grad
uation class will be welcomed into
the alumni association.
A pageant depicting the history
of Mars Hill College is scheduled
for the evening. It will be held in
the amphitheater at 8:30. In it
will be protrayed the growth of
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