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Three Cheers
For Coach
Ramsey!
CTKe Hilltop
Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 31, 1946.
Fifteen Rahs For
The Mountain
Lions
Number 3.
MHC CelebratetttM&en I Was Robbed!!
With Parties and Bonfire
HILLTOP
HIGHLIGHTS
C-l ELECTION RESULTS
At the first meeting of the C-I
clast the following officers for the
46-47 session were elected: presi
dent, Harold Bennett of Asheville;
vice-president, Polly Jean Yande
of Charlotte; secretary. Bob Mc
Clure of Charlotte, treasurer,
Frank Yandel of Charlotte.
JOHNSON PRESENTS BOOKS
Dr. Walter N. Johnson of
Raleigh and formerly of Mars Hill,
presented the Montague library
with 576 volumes of books and
pamphlets pertaining to religion,
literature, and science. Dr. John
son, one of the foremost thinkers
of the South, gave this valuable
gift to the library during the past
summer. According to Miss Daisy
Anderson, librarian, the books are,
at present, being catalogued and
will be available for public use
within a few weeks.
1947 Laurel Plans
Nearing Completion
Plans for the 1947 Laurel are
well on the way toward being com
pleted. The layout was completed
several Weeks ago, and pictures
are now being made to go in it.
A prize of five dollars will be given
to the person turning in the best
snapshot, which may be turned in
to D. T. Carowan, Snapshot Editor.
The Laurel staff officers are:
editor-in-chief, Phoebe Duckworth;
business manager, Henry Crouch;
associate business manager, Wayne
Richardson; literary editor, Bet
ty Brooks; associate literary edi
tor, Elizabeth Howard; photo
graphy editor, Betty Faye Trotter;
.snapshot editor, D. T. Carowan;
feature editor, Susan Brinson;
.sports editor, (girls), Ann Dyer;
sports editor, (boys). Gene Lewis;
society editor. Boss Ruppelt;
typists, Margaret Hater, Muriel
Burns, and Vanetta Black; art
editors, John Walker and Steve
Horne; C-I editor. Jack Bennett.
Honor Clubs Meet;
Officers Elected
The new officers and members
of the honor clubs, which met on
Tuesday evening, October 16, at
7:30 o’clock are as follows:
SCRIBLERUS CLUB: president,
I Betty Shuford; vice-presidenf, Bet-
I ty Maness; secretary, Anna Mc-
l Manus; new members include Peg-
[gy Nichols, Boyd Sutton, Dorothy
IStevenson, Wallace Zimmerman,
■Walter Lowe, Blanche Willis, El
liott Donnells, and Martha Jean
Pope.
INTERNATIONAL R E L A-
nONS CLUB: president, Bruce
t enable; vice-president, John
loore; secretary, Grechen Phil-
|l(eck; Program Chairman, Eliza-
ijeth Howard; new members in-
lude Betty Jean Seracy, Janie
jjrendle, Eula Mae Coffey, Chris-
ne Dunn, and Nell Hunter.
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The M.H.C. Halloween celebra
tion, under the direction of J. C.
Mitchell, second vice-president of
the B.S.U., took the form of a
party which began in each of the
girls’ donnitories and terminated
around a bon-fire in the street
street adjacent to the Little Circle
on Saturday night, October 26.
The program in Spilman con
sisted of a skit, after which Miss
Beulah (Mary Elizabeth “Gypsy”
Smith) Bowden read the palms of
the guests. In an impromptu de
bate it was proved that ghosts do
exist. In the grand finale which
followed, prizes were awarded for
the most original, weird and corny
costume characterizations.
Surprise Induction
The party in Treat consisted of
several games, the first of which
was a surprise induction into “The
Royal Order of the Knights of the
Jack’o’Lantern.” Next, a prize was
awarded the one having the best
memory in the “Pumpkin Head
Race.” The last game, “Who Do
You Love The Best?” was follow
ed by the telling of a ghost story.
,The Edna Moore party, revolv
ing around the central theme of a
hay ride, consisted of the telling
of ghost stories, a skit depicting a
hon-ified mother’s dream of her
daughter at Mars Hill.
Stroup’s program consisted of
fortune telling, an apple relay,
and impromptu duet by Doris
Jones and Bill Stapleton, a debate
(ghosts, definitely, exist), and a
stoi-y told by Elliot Donnels.
The party was concluded with
refreshments and singing around
the bonfire in the street opposite
the Little Circle.
REVIVAL SERVICES END
Dr. S. W. Melton, pastor of the
Free Mason Street Baptist Church
of Norfolk (Va.), concluded a
series of revival sei-vices here last
Friday night. The widely-known
Virginian minister delivered ser
mons twice daily in the Mars Hill
Baptist Church to a congregation
of students, faculty, and towns
people whose attendance was ap
preciable throughout the five days
of revival.
Mr. John R. Link, local pastor,
assisted Dr. Melton, who held
pastorates in Augusta, (Ga.), and
Baltimore, (Md). before accepting
his present position.
,
Asheville police are still search*
ing for the daring thief who broke
into Mr. M. H. Kendall’s auto
mobile and made away with
$150.00 worth of clothing and
personal articles shortly after
7:00 o’clock Thursday evening,
October 10, at the Battery Park
Hotel parking lot in Asheville.
Mr. Kendal], Mars Hill College
Bible professor and preacher, was
enroute to Mars Hill from an as*
sociational meeting when he de
cided to stop and eat at the Ashe
ville hotel* Accordingly, the pro
fessor drove his car into the park
ing lot and carefully locked the
vehicle containing his *‘Sunday
preaching” suit, toilet articles and
suitcase before he entered the
hotel dining room.
Wardrobe Stolen
Returning to his parked car an
hour or so later, Mr. Kendall no
ticed that one of the ventilation
windows which he had so cau
tiously locked was open, and la
ter, that his traveling wardrobe
had been stolen.
Without wasting any more time,
he reported the theft to the Ashe
ville police who immediately ini
tiated a search for the robber and
missing articles which, thus far,
has proved fruitless.
In spite of the fact that students
in his Bible classes, learning of
their teacher’s misfortune, have
raised $11.00 to help alleviate the
loss.
116 Students to Attend
Annual BSU Convention
116 students will leave Mars
Hill College tomorrow morning
for the annual state Baptist Stu
dent Union convention which will
be in session for three days at
Durliam, November 1-3.
Pat Murphy. Mars Hill College
B.S.U. president, will be in charge
of the group of local representa
tives who are scheduled to board
the bus for Durham tomorrow
morning at 6:00 o’clock.
Norman Ferrell and Mary Cope
land, Mars Hill students, have im
portant assignments in connection
with the convention program. Fer
rell will make a devotional talk
before the convention assembly.
Miss Copeland will convene a con
ference.
The student-delegates will re
turn to the college on Sunday
night.
College Societies
Elect Officers
The societies have elected their
officers for the Anniversary-Re
ception term. On October 17 the
Clios chose as their officers the
following: president, Martha Jean
Pope; vice-president, Dorothy
Stowe; secretary, Margaret Hay-
tcr; censor, Juan Peterson.
The Philomathians chose for:
president, Quentin Harper; vice-
president, Carl Westmoreland;
secretary, Wendell Witt; censor,
Leonard Rollins.
The Nonpareils elected for: pre
sident, Pollyanna Gibbs; vice-pre
sident, Carolyn Halstead; secre
tary, Nell Thornton; censor, Anna
McManus.
The Eiithalian officers are:
president, Elliot Donnels; vice-
president, Samuel Johnson; secre
tary, Baine Jones; censor, Wayne
.Tones.
FORMER STUDENT HONORED
Ronald Hill, ’45 graduate of
Mars Hill College, now a minis
terial student at Baylor Univer
sity has been selected for listing
in “Who’s Who in American Col
leges and Universities.”
While at Mars Hill, Ronald was
Training Union Director and Com
mencement president of the Philo-
mathian Literary Society.
H is parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Hill reside in Spindale, N. C.
“Mom” And “Pop” Lance Sponsor
C-II Class in Bailey Hike^ Picnic
On Saturday afternoon, Oct. 19,
approximately two hundred mem
bers of the C-II class were the
participants in a long, but joyous
hike up Bailey Mountain and an
evening picnic at the Cascades.
The girls, clad in blue jeans and
plaid shirts, and the boys, in simi
lar apparrel, left the Little Circle
around 1:30 p.m. and started on
the seemingly endless search for
the top of Bailey. All were joyous
enough; the bright colors of the
hikers and the songs and jokes of
the more energetic ones added
much to the afternoon’s pleasure.
Even more entertaining was Henry
Crouch’s portable radio which pro
claimed the details of the football
game between Wake Forest and
State. At the first resting-place
Wake Forest was in the lead with
a score of 6 to State’s 0. Later,
State took a lead of one point and,
by the time the top of Bailey was
reached the Wolfpack was out in
front to stay, 14 to 6.
BLESSED WITH APPLES
The adventurous C-II’s were
blessed with apples on their ex
plorations. Nearly every resting-
place was “in the shade of an old
apple tree.” One member of the
class was kind enough to help the
less fortunate ones by climbing a
tree and shaking down more than
enough apples for everyone.
After climbing over and craw
ling under fences the class, led by
their guide, “Pop” Lance, finally
ascended to the top, and many
pants and sighs of awe were heard
in the new respite which came
over the hikers as they viewed the
vast surroundings and magnificent
panorama found only in the moun
tains.
The class decended on the other
side of the mountain and; again,
after much slipping, stumbling and
more fences, the members were led
to the Cascades where “Mom”
Lance and several girls had the
picnic ready.
“Daddy” Blackwell and Coach
Hart were guests of the Class.
ANOTHER
MARS HILLIAN
Move over there, buddy,
and make room for another
Mars Hillian! That’s right!
It’s a seven and a quarter
pound, bouncing baby boy for
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wood,,
student and graduate of Mars
Hill College, respectively.
Robert “Bob” Wood made
his official debut into the
world at 7:40 p.m. Sunday,
with football-playing father
pacing the maternity hallways
of Asheville’s St. Joseph hos
pital and “sweating out” the
arrival of his and Mrs. Wood’s
son and first-bom child.
It was strictly a “Mars
Hill” event with everybody
concerned, including the doc
tor, Dr. Irma Henderson Smo
thers, a forAier Mars Hill
graduate from Asheville, be
ing affilated with the college.
The father is an outstanding
student here, and stellar
Mountain Lion tailback. The
mother is the former Miss
Joyce Allen who was graduat
ed from Mars Hill in 1943.
She attended the Woman’s
College of the University of
North Carolina for one year
and married "Art” in 1945
while he was serving in the
United States Army.
Cole, Fowler Are
Injured In Auto
Accident Here
Coach Woodrow !!Red” Ramsey
i.s on the verge of including “Sun
day afternoon joy-riding” on the
strictly forbidden activity list for
his Mountain Lion football players.
It all happened last Sunday
afternoon a week ago about one
o’clock when two of Mars Hill
college’s footballers, Alton Cole
and Mitchell Fowler; together with
Bob Hester and David Tilson were
cruising along, Asheville bound,
in a rejuvenated', .souped-up, late
model 1938 Ford sedan.
.Approximately half a mile out
of Mars Hill, the carefree college
quartet and one o-ther passenger,
an undentified local high school
boy, decided to swerve over to
one side of the road and say
“hello” to a passing pedesterian.
As Coach Ramsey following di
rectly behind, homeward bound
in his Studebaker, the schoolboys
veered their vehicle over on to the
road shoulder. The driver lost
control; the car rolled over twice.
Immediately, Coach Ramsey
brought his automobile to a halt
and rushed over to the overturned
vehicle. When the dust and flying
glass cleared, all five of the oc
cupants crawled out of' their
bangJd-up Ford. Cole suffered a
slight back injury. Fowler with a
minor bump on the head had to
miss football practices.