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JUNIOR
Volume XX.
Hilltop
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
EDITION
MARS HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1946.
Number 14
Southern Motif Used As Theme Of Junior-Senior
B. S. U. Elects
New Officers
The Baptist Student Union
Council for next term was chosen
by the student body in the elec
tions held in chapel April 2-4. The
council members for the 1946-47
term of office are the following:
President, Pat Murphy; First Vice
President, Rolen Bailey; Second
Vice President, J. C. Mitchell;
Recording Secretary, Joyce
Wheeler; Corresponding Secre
tary, Blanche Willis; Treasurer,
J. T. Holland; Sunday School
Superintendent, Norman Ferrell;
Baptist Training Union Director,
Bobby Hanes; Music Director,
Doris Jones; Volunteers for
Christ Representative, Mary Cope
land; Young Women’s Auxiliary
President, Alice Puryear; Town
Representative, Jane Ray; Min
isterial Gonferlence Representa
tive, Leonard Rollins; Youth Tem
perance Council Representative,
Virginia Terry.
The new council will assume
full responsibility on May 7.
Installation of the new Y.W.A.
council will be held early in May.
The following were elected
president of their Sunday School
classes Sunday morning April 22:
Miss Underwood’s class, Margaret
Hayter; Ruth class, Peggy
Nichols; Mr. Lances’s class, Kath
ryn Hipps; Miss Digger’s class,
Melba Pate; Mrs. Gammon’s class,
Faye Carol Allred; Miss Ruth’s
class, Anna McManus; Miss Wen-
gert’s class, Bess Ruppelt; Mr.
DeShazo’s class, David Ray; Dr.
Moore’s class, Frank Stanley.
Norman Ferrell will serve as
superintendent, Martha Jean Pope
assistant, and Shirley Byrd gen
eral secretary.
Sunday night -April 22, the
various Training Unions elected
officers for next year. They were
Gretchen Philbeck, I. X. L.;
Dorothy Edwards, We Live Christ;
Ruth Scroggs, John Lake; Rose
mary Patton, Bykota; Betty
Brooks, John Lawrence; Paul
Wilson, Excelsior; Phoebe Duck
worth, Shining Light; Leighton
Martin, Treat; Lib Howard,
Living Christ.
Students were awakened early
Easter Sunday morning by the
band. They assembled in the
dining hall about 4:30, and
afterwards the band led the
group up little mountain, where
the sunrise seiTice was held.
MR. AND MRS. HARVEY LANCE
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Portrait Of The Lances;
Or, Meet Our Sponsors
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Spring Festival
Launched By Clio-Phi
The Clios and Phis of 1945-46
launched a brand-new tradition
on Saturday, April 20. Yes, it is
the Spring Festival! In case you
missed the fun, those Clios and
Phis just bubbled good spirits
all over the campus. The day was
devoted to strengthening the ties
between Non-Eu and Clio-Phi.
Mathematics teacher, coach of
football, basketball, and baseball;
and friend of all—yes, that is our
one and only “Pop” Lance, who
with the help of his “red-headed
woman” is sponsor of our C-I
class.
When you are looking for
“Pop” you will probably find
him either around the gymnasium
or at home in the pretty brick
house at the edge of the campus.
No matter where you see him he
always greets you with a sunny
smile and more than likely he
knows something to tease you
about, because he has a special
knack for knowing who dated
whom from one week to the next
and the results of their asso
ciation.
As a college student “Pop” was
interested in all types of sports,
particularly baseball. With his
math degree and skilled experi
ence in athletics, he faced the
golden fields of opportunity,
steadfastly setting himself to
journey into the educational
field, not just to teach math or
coach athletics, but chiefly to
help mold the character of young
men and women according to
Christian teachings and principles.
Every day when “Pop” enters
his math classes he greets his stu
dents as a professor, humorist,
and pal. If he is worried or
troubled because of some recent
mishap, he leaves his worry on
the coat rack outside his class
room. “What right do I have to
torture my classes with my own
troubles? They come to learn
math, not to originate a tune for
a mourning chorus to drive away
my troubled spirits.”
His early years of teaching ex
perience were in several different
high schools. About three years
ago, however. Dr. Blackwell saw
excellent possibilities of increas
ing the efficiency of the Mars
Hill College athletic department
by offering “Pop” Lance a job
as a member of Mars Hill faculty.
“Pop” refused the offer at first
but later decided to come to Mars
Hill.
By observation one can easily
tell that his favorite color is red
for he has a red house, a red car,
a red dog, and a “red-headed
wife.”
If you have ever noticed ah
attractive red-haired lady on our
campus being hailed on all sides
by people waving and shouting,
“Hi, Mom”, you have seen Mrs.
Harvey Lance, one of our out
standing friends and sponsors.
“Mom” really is Mom to hun
dreds of boys who have lived in
the same home.with “Mom” and
“Pop” at every school of which
they have been a part.
In regards to her courting
days. Mom said that since most of
the girls fall for a uniform she
did too, only this time it was a
baseball uniform. She was a great
baseball fan and Pop was the star
player on the team. One thing
led to another and soon they were
married. She said that later she
heard that once before they be
came acquainted Pop had re
marked to a buddy that he was
“going to marry that red head.”
During the entire preparation
for the banquet, “Pop” has
stressed the fact that each class-
member must co-operate as a
team.
Juniors Present Pantomime
As Entertainment Finale
Colorful Dixie bells Saturday night blended with gay scenes of
a typically southern night as the juniors and seniors leisurely
strolled along the walk leading to the dining hall of an old
southern mansion. The rails on each side of the walkwav led
through a white trellis decorated with ivy and more flowers.
‘From the trellis to the door of
Lee Announces
College Marshalls
Dean Lee has announced that
the following are to serve as the
college marshalls for the coming
year: John Moore, Chief; Faye
Aired, Assistant Chief; Anna Ray
MacMannus, Ann Wood, Dorothy
Blackwell, Margaret Scholts,
Elizabeth Ann Koontz, Dorothy
Swann, Guy Johnson, Hagood
Mixon, John Saprgo, Edwin
Pierce, Landon Prophet, Bruce
Venable.
Forensic Team Wins
Seven National Titles
In competition with 22 univer
sities and senior colleges, mem
bers of the' Mars Hill college
forensic team captured seven
grant national championships at
the Grand National Forensic
Tournament held at Mary Wash
ington College, Frederick.sburg,
Va., April 18-20.
Mars Hill was the only junior
college represented at the tour
ney, in which such schools as
West Point, the University of
Florida, the University of South
Carolina, the University of North
Carolina, and Wake Forest Col
lege participated.
There were ten contests which
offered a total of 20 first place
ratings. Lamar Brooks, of Edi
son, Ga., placed first in extempo-
ree, after dinner speaking, book
review, declamation and poetry
reading. Carolyn Halstead placed
first in the declamation contest
for girls and Merle Stevens in
the impromptu for girls.
Ramon DeShazo, forensic coach,
accompanied the group to Fred
ericksburg.
Vocati9nal
Emphasis
The week of April 22-26 was
vocational emphasis week. On
Monday Dr. Cannon, of Oak
Ridge, Tenn., spoke on atomic
energy and lectured to classes,
On Tuesday Dr. S. W. Vann spoke
bn the medical profession. On
Wednesday W. M. Landess, work
ing with the TV A, spoke on agri
culture and business. Charles
Robinson, editor of the Asheville
Timcg, .spoke on journalism Thurs
day. Miss Ruth Swann of the Bap
tist Hospital spoke on nursing,
Friday.
the dining hall was a white picket
fence. Upon entering the dining
hall, the students were greeted by
an old southern lady and gentle
man.
A toast was given by Rolen
Bailey, president of the junior
class, and the response by Fran
ces Stuart, president of the senior
class. The entire meal was accom
panied by soft music. President
Blackwell, assuming the place of
an old southern governor, invited
the students to his house for the
remaining part of the program.
In the auditorium, Dick Moore
and Joanne Stevens enacted a
typical southern love scene. Jerry
Marion and Nellie Sue Stinson
played the part of southern chil
dren, telling about the romantic
affairs of their older brothers and
sisters. Southern politicians were
portrayed by Dwight Wilhelm
and Ned Austin. Everyone then
joined in singing old southern
songs. This concluded the regular
portion of the program.
Bobby Hanes presented a pan
tomime revealing the history, con
flicts and various problems of
slave life. The whole theme of
the pantomime was based on Lind
say’s Congo.
The chairmen of the commit
tees were: John Moore, John
Walker, Dwight Wilhelm, Betsy
Muggins, Bobby Hanes, Ruth
Scroggs, Ray Riddle, Justyn
Carter, Bess Ruppelt, Jean Dick-
man, J. T. Holland, and Muriel
Burns.
Glee Club Presents
Annual Concert
Saturday J A pril 20
The Glee club under the di
rection of Mrs. Elizabeth Logan
Souther presented the annual
spring concert, assisted by Wal
lace Zimmerman, pianist, in the
college auditorium on Saturday
night, April 20. The accompanists
were Rose Moody Roberson and
Miss Martha Diggers.
The program consisted of the
following: “There was great
darkness,” Haydn; “Open Our
Eyes,” McFarlane; “Beautiful
Savior,” “Twelfth Century Mel
ody;” The Hallelujah Chorus from
“The Messiah,” Handel; “Peace I
Leave With You,” Roberts; “Jeux
D’eau,” Ravel; “Etude Joyeuse,”
Kopylow; “A Little Song of
Life,” Malotte; “Voci di Prime-
vera,” Strauss; “0 That We
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