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Mars Hill College
Mitchell Succeeds Murphy As BSU President
Newly Elected
Prexy Tackles
Job Immediately
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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
Volume XXI.
Ill Health Forces
Murphy To Retire
J. C. Mitchell of Mor^nton
was elected president of the B. S.
U. of Mars Hill College on Mon
day, January 27, to fill the un
expired term of Pat Murphy, who
returned to his home following
first semester examinations be
cause of ill health.
D. T. Carowan was elected
Wednesday, January 29, to suc
ceed Mitchell as second vice-
president for the Council, his
duty being to act as social chair
man for the remainder of the
year.
Assumes Duties
The new president assumed his
duties immediately following the
election, and he presided at his
first B. S. U. executive council
meeting on Monday night. .Projects
immediately at hand are a World
Relief Drive which was launched
on the same day and a Youth Re
vival the last week in February
for which Bruce Mclver and Ralph
Langley, both former Mars Hill
Students now attending South
western Seminary, are to be guest
speakers.
MARS HILL, N. C., FEBRUARY 1, 1947
Number 7.
College Enrollment Reaches 1000 Mark
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New Officers Elected
By Honor Clubs
The Scriblerus Club met Wed
nesday Night at the home of Dr.
Blackwell. An interesting program
^as presented after which the fol
lowing officers were elected: presi
dent, Joyce Harrell; vice-president
Boyd Sutton; secretary and treas-
urer, Dorothy Stevenson.
b e International Relations
olub met in Edna Moore parlor,
■^n interesting program was pre
sented after which the election of
|the following officers took place:
'resident, Elizabeth Howard; vice-
President, Gene Lewis; secretary,
peneva Williams; program chair-
pan, Gretchen Philbeck. Installa-
lon service was held and refresh-
ents were served.
The Science Club met in the
eience Building. They elected the
llowing officers: president, Bar
bra Zoellner; vice-president,
rank Walters; secretary, Mar-
>-ret Scholtes. An interesting pro-
■am on photography was given.
The Business Club had its
[onthly meeting in Treat for the
rpose of electing new officers,
ey are as follows; president,
rdon Funk; vice-president, Ann
secretary, Dorothy Swann;
asurer, Nell Keenum; pianist,
Ihelyn Shaw; chorister, Phoebe
ickworth; reporter, Cecil Tal-
The Spanish Club met in Spil-
a Teacher’s parlor to elect the
icers for second semster. They
d as follows; president:, Libby
a Koontz; vice-president, Jane
secretary, Beatrice MaGee.
allation service followed the
tion.
he French Club met in Stroup
|or Wednesday Night for the
mse of electing officers. They
' as follows: Jack Roe, presi-
; Edwin Pierce, vice-president;
^ Roe, secretary.
Pictured above are four Mars Hill students who are from foreign countries. Left to right they are.
Raul Botifoll, Esteban Martinez, and Jose R. Alvarez, from Cuba; and Amelio Giannetta, from Italy.
(Story on Page 2).
Student Body Initiates Relief Drive
Audrey Baker Is
May Queen
Audrey Baker, of Cleveland,
Ohio, was elected May Queen,
and Nell Thornton, of Gads
den, Ala., Maid of Honor, for
Mars Hill College's 1947 May
Queen Festival by vote of the
student body, on Thursday,
January 30.
The Queen and her Maid of
Honor, members of the Senior
Class, will reign over a May
Court to include ten atten
dants who will be elected at a
later date.
Three College
Teachers On
DKG Program
Dr. Ella Pierce, Miss Evelyn
Underwood, and Miss Mildred
Bingham appeared on a program
at a meeting of the Gamma Chapt
er of the Delta Kappa Gamma
society, a national teachers’ socie
ty, in Asheville, January 18.
The program consisted of a dis
cussion of the subject; What Can
the Teacher Do to Establish Her
Own Mental Health? Dr. Pierce,
the leader of the program, spoke
of the physical health of the teach
er. Miss Underwood discussed the
mental health of the teacher, and
Miss Bingham concluded with a
talk on the spirtual health of the
teacher. The three discussions
brought out what constitutes the
ideally healthy teacher.
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A campuswide and townwide
World Relief drive was launched
in the chapel service on Monday,
January 27, when an executive
council for its promotion was ap
proved by the student body. D.
T. Carowan was elected to direct
the drive.
The work is to include collec
tions on the campus and co-opera
tion with the projects which are
being carried on among various
gi-oups in Mars Hill. Definite goals
for each of the six divisions of the
drive are to be set as soon as the
newly-elected council begins its
plans.
To Lead Drive
The leaders of the movement
are: D. T. Carowan, general chair
men; Carl Westmoreland, chair
man, World Student Service Fund;
Carl Westmoreland; Sewing Kits
Committee, Audrey Blevins, chair-
Sewing Kits Committee, Audrey
Blevins, chairman, and Jane Clai
borne; Care, Inc., Committee,
Dwight Wilhelm, chairman, and
Jean Thomason; Parcel Post Com
mittee, Eddie McElrath, co-
chairman, with La Verne Austin;
Publicity Committee, John Wal
lace, chairman, and Barbara Law-
horn; Town Division, Jane Ray,
chairman, Woodfin Landers and
Jean Young.
Societies Hold
Annual Teas
A tea will be given for the Non-
pariels by the Clios on February
14, 1947, at 4:00 p.m. in the par
lors of Stroup and Edna Moore
Dormitories. The Nonpareils will
give their tea for the Clios on
Thursday, February 21.
The Nonpareil officers for this
term are: Anna McManus, presi
dent; Elizabeth Howard, vice-pre
sident; Audrey Baker, secretary;
Susan Brinson, censor. The Clio
officers are: Blanche Willis, presi
dent; Bess Ruppelt, vice-president;
Joanne Stevens, secretary; Nelda
Silvers, sensor.
Trustees Meet
The Board of Trustees held a
called meeting Friday, January
31, in the Caldwell Hotel in Mor-
ganton for the purpose of drawing
up a resolution in order that the
college may be qualified to make
application for government surplus
supplies, such as Cafeteria equip
ment.
Stapleton, Harper
Elected To Forum
Bill Stapleton, C-I, and Quen
tin Harper, C-II, were elected
to represent their classes in
Mars Hill College’s Student
Forum, by vote of the juniors
and seniors in meetings held
here on Friday, January 31.
The two representatives will
serve with the class presidents,
Harold Bennett, C-I, and
Henry Crouch, C-H, J. C. Mit
chell, B.S.U. president, and
class advisors, Ramon DeShazo
and Harvey Lance, on the
Forum, the 6rst of its kind in
the history of the college, de
signed to give the individual a
greater part in student govern
ment.
Semester Increase
Of 100 Largest In
School’s History
Fifty Vets Former
Students; 17 States
Represented
The enrollment figure of exactly
1,000, an increase of 100 over the
total fig;ure at the opening of the
fall semester this year, is the
largest in the history of the col
lege, John W. Huff, registrar, has
announced.
Approximately 60 of the veter
ans who entered school at the
beginning of this semester are
former students.
714 From N. C.
Of the total number of students
now enrolled, 3 are from Alabama,
4 from the District of Columbia,
36 from Florida, 30 from Georgia,
11 from Kentucky, 6 from Mary
land, 1 each from Mi.ssouri, New
Hampshire, Louisiana, and New
Jersey, 3 from New York, 714
from North Carolina, 4 from Ohio,
63 from South Carolina, 20 from
Tennessee, 2 from Texas, 69 from
Virginia, and 3 from Cuba and 1
from Italy.
Registration for second semester
was held Monday, January 20 and
classes began on Tuesday, January
21.
Nods, Clios Hold
Annual Meeting
The Clios and Nonpareils held
their annual joint meeting Jan
uary 30, 1947, at 3:46 p.m.
The theme for the meeting was
“Prancing Along with Non-Clio.”
The girls thoroughly enjoyed the
ride in the rig of the “Horse and
Buggy” days. “Harnessing Up” in
cluded the devotion and afternoon
hymn led by Hilda Olive, Non
chaplain, and Faye Carol Allred,
Clio chorister. “Hoofbeat Har
mony” was presented in the form
of a sextet composed of Audrey
Blevens, Ann Davis, Mahala Cock-
ren, Joyce Harrell, Wilda Ellis,
and Peggy Nichols. “Fringe on
Top,” a humorous reading, was
sung by Dot Cox. The girls were
“Wheeled along” by Jeanne Alex
ander, Iris Porter, Dot Stowe, and
Sybil Ramos. Finally the Rig was
“Homeward Bound” as Betty
Pringle and Clarice Collier sang a
duet. Joyce Wheeler and Betty
Brooks ended the journey with
“Reminiscence and Resolutions.”
At the “Journey’s End,” Anne Mc
Manus and Blanche Willis gave
their pledges.