Noted Architect At MHC For Consultation On Building Program
Githens Suggests
Two Sites For
New Library
Mr. Alfred M. Githens, of Volume XXL
New York City, a noted library
architect, visited the campus from
Thursday, January 30, through
Saturday, February 1, for the
purpose of consulting with Mr.
Henry I. Gaines, college architect,
of Asheville, on the new Mars
Hill College Library.
Mr. Githens has written, in
collaboration with Dr. Joseph L.
Wheeler, former librarian of the
Enoch Pratt Memorial Library, in
Baltimore, Md., the first book on
public library architecture in the
United States. He has been a
teacher of architectural design at
Princeton and Columbia Univer
sities.
He is now planning a public
library for El Paso, Tex., is plan-
mng the University of Georgia
Library, an dis planning the en-
largement of the University of
North Carolina Library at Chapel
Hill.
While here, Mr. Githens made
A careful study of the campus
and made several suggestions for
^^e placement of buildings in
S®neral. He suggested two sites
for the new library. One is the
^ot now occupied by the Robinson
f®o*ne and the other the location
now occupied by Treat Dormi-
tory. collaboration with Mr.
Gaines, Mr. Githens will draw
^°or plans for the new library
and ■w;|| design the exterior of
i tHe building.
The book capacity of the new
building will be approximately
^00,000 volumes and the seating:
capacity will be from 350 to 400
readers.
The present inadequate build
ing seats seventy-five people and
the reserve room extension forty
people. Thousands of books are in
storage and are thus inaccessible
the students.
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Published By The Students Of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1947.
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Youth Revival Reaches Half-Way Mark
Spring Holidays
Spring holidays this year
year will last for ten days, be
ginning on Saturday, March
22, at noon, and lasting
through Tuesday, April 1, at
8:00 A.M., Miss Frances Snel-
son has announced.
Edison’s Birthday
Gcalls Visit Here
^ Tuesday, February 11, was the
hundredth anniversary of the
Jirth of Thomas A. Edison, a fact
Thich brought to the minds of
>veral Mars Hillians, including
and Mrs. R. L. Moore, Edi-
|n’s last visit South.
jMr. Edison, Mr. Hetiry Ford,
y- Lansing Burroughs, the
ytanist, and Mr. Harvey Fire-
ine Were traveling through the
'untains of Western North
rolina in search of minerals of
nous sorts for use in experi-
nts. They visited the Mars Hill
Apus and someone took a
■tograph of Mr. Edison and
Moore shaking hands.
Sunday School Study
Course Is Concluded
Mars Hill College’s 1947 Sun
day School study course, with a
total of thirteen classes in pro
gress during the period usually
alloted to daily chapel programs,
ended Friday, February 7, after
five consecutive days of study.
Two of the study course classes
conducted by Baptist State Sunday
school instructors. The “Young
People’s Department course, de
signed for students interested in
Sunday School officer summer
field work, was conducted by Mr.
L. L. Morgan, State Sunday school
secretary; while Mrs. Myra Motely
State Sunday school representa
tive, taught the “Vacation Bible
School Guide.”
The other courses and respective
college instructors were: “New
Testament Studies,” Mr. Harvey
N. Lance; “Studies in Romans,”
Mr. M. H. Kendall; “Why They
Wrote the New Testament,” Mr.
John Link; “Personal Factors in
Character Building,” Dr. Ella J.
Pierce; “What Baptists Believe,”
Mr. Vernon E. Wood; “Soul Win
ning Doctrines,” Dr. R. L. Moore;
“Let Us Sing,” Mr. Elwood
Roberts; “Church Loyalty,” Mr.
Outten; “Worldliness Out,” Mr.
J. A. McLeod; “Prayer and Medi
tation,” Miss Mildred Bingham;
and “Christian Ownership,” Mr.
R. P. Ashworth.
World Relief Drive Begins March 1
Brotherhood And
YWA To Sponsor
Benefit Program
The campus-wide World Relief
program will get under way about
March 1. The Y.W.A. and the
Brotherhood have accepted the
sponsorship of it and their presi
dents, Alice Puryear and Frank
Lawton, respectively, are serving
as advisory co-chairmen since D.
T. Carowan has given it up after
his election to the vice-presidency
of the B.S.U.
The' World Student Service
Fund committee, having as its
chairman Carl Weistm or eland, has
plans to raise money for student
relief through benefit programs
and in other ways. Plans are being
made so that the one thousand
dollars originally set as a goal may
be reached.
Sewing Equipment Needed
The Sewing Kits committee
having as its chairman Audrey
Blevins, plans to distribute to each
dormitory room, in the girls’ dor
mitories, a small draw-'String bag
to be filled with scissors, thread,
needles, pins, and other sewing
equipment. These simple articles
are vitally needed in Europe where
clothes must be remade or
patched.
The Parcel Post Committee, co-
chairmen, La Verne Austin and
Eddie McElrath will collect and
send clothing to individuals in
needy countries. Anything which
can be worn will be accepted.
Food After Holidays
The Care, Incorporated com
mittee, chairman, Dwight Wilhelm,
will begin its drive after spring
holidays. It will collect money to
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Contractors Bid
On Dining Hall
Contractors’ bids for the con
struction of the Coyte Bridges
dining hall were received on Sat
urday, February 15. On Friday,
February 28, members of the
Board of Trustees, Mr. Tilson
and Dr. Blackwell, will meet in
the office of Henry I. Gaines, ar
chitect of Asheville, to decide
which contract shall receive the
bid.
Forum Sets Up
Organization;
Reveals Aims
A significant organization was
formed recently in the form of a
Student Forum to improve and
act upon the spirit and problems
of the college campus.
This is the second attempt at a
form of representative student
government at Mars Hall. The
Forum, however, is directed to
wards consulting and correlating
student opinions. Dean Lee and
Dean Diggers, as advisory leaders,
work with the class presidents,
Henry Crouch and Harold Bennet,
the B. S. U. president, J. C.
Mitchell; and two class representa
tives, Quentin Harper and Bill
Stapleton.
A suggestion box has been
placed outside the college audi
torium. All students are urged to
make use of this means of ex
pressing opinions or offering sug
gestions to the Forum.
‘King Cole And The Queen Of Hearts’
Clios Entertain Sister Nons With Annual Tea Party
Mclver, Langley,
Former Students,
Visiting Speakers
The annual Mars Hill Youth
Revival began on Sunday, Feb
ruary 23, and will close on Sun
day, March 2. Dr. Blackwell open
ed the meeting, for which two
former Mars Hill students, Bruce
Mclver (’44) and Ralph Langley
(’43) now of the Southwestern
Theological Seminary at Fort
Worth, Tex., are guest speakers.
During the week of the re
vival Mars Hill College students
will speak in chapel in the morn
ing, with D. T. Carowan, second
vice-president of the B.S.U.
Council, presiding. The evening
program will begin with a song
service lasting from 7:16 to 7:30.
The speaker for the evening ser
vice will be one of the two visit
ing speakers.
J. C. Mitchell, B.S.U. president,
presided at the morning and eve
ning services of the opening Sun
day, and Leonard Rollins and
Rolen Bailey, respectively, will
preside at the morning and even
ing services of the closing Sun
day.
Ralph Lagley was the first un
animously elected B.S.U. presi
dent Mars Hill has had, and Mc
lver served as B.S.U. vice-presi
dent of the Euthalian Society
and Y.T.C. president.
Charles Wellborn, a professor
at Baylor University, and out
standing Christian and an able
speaker, had planned to be here
for the week-end of Friday, Feb
ruary 28, through Sunday, March
2, but due to unavoidable cir
cumstances, he will be unable to
do so.
On Thursday, February 13, the
Clio literary society held for their
sister Nons the annual tea. The
societies gathered in both Edna
Moore and Stroup parlors for the
occasion, and in keeping with the
spirit of the time, the entertain
ment centered around Valentine’s
Day. The theme of the program
was King Cole’s Court, with King
Cole and the Queen of Hearts en
joying their momentary reign. The
“kings for a day” were Greta
Swaringer and Dorothy Fuller,
while their queens were Naomi
Cumbia and Frances Hegler,
The fairy-tale characters and
the actors were: Little Jack Hor-
IviLL^
ner, portrayed by Mahala Coch
ran and Martha Gillian; Little
Miss Muffet, played by Jane Ray
and Eleanor Burleson; Mary, Mary
Quite Contrary, Rae Woodle and
Nancy Teague; Mary Had a Little
Lamb, by Joyce Wheeler and Mol
ly Lou Cox. King Cole’s Trio was
composed of Muriel Burns, nlez
Burns, and Jewell Spain, for Edna
Moore; and Betty Pringle, Dorothy
Lew, and Dorothy Stowe for
Stroup. The pianists were Fay
Carol Allred and Audrey Blevins.
Refreshments consisted of gin
ger lae, ice cream, and almond
macaroons, and the favors were
tea-cups with peanuts inside. Mints
shaped as hearts, were also served,
with letters spelling out Non and
Clio. The waitresses wore aprons
shaped as hearts.
Ex-Mars Hillians
To Present Movie
Two former Mars Hill students,
John Goodman, of Asheville, and
C. C. Hope, of Charlotte, both
now connected with the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey, plan
to bring to the campus a movie
entitled “Meet North Carolina.”
The movie will be shown between
suppers in the auditorium on
Tuesday, February 27.
Court Attendants
Are Elected
The election of the members of
the 1947 May Court was complet
ed on Saturday, February 1, with
the election of the attendants
from the two classes. The queen
and mjaid-of-rhoner are respec
tively, Audrey Baker and Nell
Thornton.
The attendants from the C-11
class are: Gretchen Philbeck,
Joyce Wheeler, Ruth Scroggs,
Joanne Stevens, and Doris Font.
The attendants from the C-1
class are: Polly Jean Yandell,
Betty Pringle, Cleta Whitaker,
Ruth Childs, and Lois Keller.
The annual May Day program
will be on May 3, in the amphi
theater.