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e-9'i HOMTAOIB USKAK) CThe Hilltop Published by the Students of Mars Hill College Volume XXIII MARS HILL, N. C„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1948 Number 1 Last Rites Held For Dr. L. L. Vann Dr. L. L. Vann, 83, retired physician of the community, died in an Asheville hospital, Monday, September 20. Dr. Vann, who was a prominent resident of Mars Hill, was quite active in edu cational movements of the Bap tist State Convention and was also noted for his leadership in temperance movements. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Howell Vann, who heads the Modern Language Department of Mars Hill College; three sons. Rev. L. L. Vann, Jr., of Danville, Virginia, Dr. Herbert M. Vann, who is Registrar at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine; Dr. J. W. Vann, who is a Captain in the Medical Corps of the U. S. Navy, stationed in San Diego, California; and two daughters, Mrs. Wm. D. Irvin of Chicago, Illinois; and Miss Cornelia Vann, who is a student at the University of North Carolina. Funeral services were held at the Mars Hill Baptist Church, Tuesday, September 21, with the Rev. John R. Link officiating. Interment followed, Wednesday, in Danville, Virginia. Draft Registration Plans Work Registration, under the Selective Service Act of 1948, for all male students who are eligible, is .under the direction of Miss Frances Snel- son, assistant to the president, who is affiliated with the draft board at Marshall. Miss Snelson, in an interview, stated that for the week ending September 11, thirty-two men had registered. This group was the older registrants, and most of them Were draft exempt having taken part in the combat from December T, 1941, until September 2, 1946. The prospective draftees have re ported 82 strong, this category em bodying the 19 and 20 year olds. Registration has already secured the necessary data on the men in 19-25 year age groups, leaving only that on eighteen year olds to he completed. All data received by Miss Snel son is sent to Marshall to the Madi son County Draft Board where it IS forwarded to the local board of the registrant. 923 Enrolled . hi**’* Hill College has opened *• *>inety.gecond year with an enrollment to date of 923. Of IS number 446 are women and ' are men. , Forty - niners constitute argest CII Class in the his- y of Mars Hill College. This e ass has an enrollment of 417 • “dents. Mars Hill campus is C ? "‘••■•ying the weight of 506 students, the fourth largest junior class. Pictured are: (Standing, left to right), Mr. James S. Pickering, Miss Betty Ann Crowell, Miss Dixie Hollowell, Mrs. Pearl Head, Mr. James Peterson, Mr. James A. Martin, Mr. Raymond Wyatt. (Seated), Miss Imogene Cowan, Miss Frances Hegler, and Miss Gerry Stevens. Mrs. John Marr was not present when the picture was taken. (Photo by Stringfield). MHC Band Parades for Legion Convention The 1948-49 Mars Hill band paraded Saturday, September 11, in Asheville for the American Legion Convention. This was the first appearance of the year of the 46 member band, which was parading with 6 other bands of the state. The parade started at 4:30 at the courthouse and paraded through streets of downtown Ashe ville ending at the Carolina Scenic Bus Station at 6:15. In addition to the seven bands, a naval reserve unit, a national guard detach ment, and numerous drum and bugle corps marched. Four jet planes and eight Mustang fighter planes from the nearby Greenville, S. C., air base whizzed overhead. Crowds thronged the streets as the parade passed by and each section of the mile-long proces sion was greeted with shouts of exhilaration. On September 16, the band made its second appearance as it played in the Chapel program. Numbers for the chapel concert in cluded America, The Beautiful; Alma Mater; Fight Song (On Wis consin). The band is scheduled for an other Asheville performance when the Freedom Train comes to Ashe ville, on October 5. This concert is slated to last two hours either in the late evening or at night. New Moiler Organ Has Arrived The Music Department has re cently installed a two-manual Moller pipe organ in the music building. This organ, with pipes enclosed in a walnut cabinet, was purchased in the summer from the Moller Company in Hagerstown, Maryland, for approximately $3,- 000. The addition of this organ will aid those students interested in organ music and will greatly facilitate practicing. The church organ will continue to be used for practicing purposes. Where Credit Is Due The Hilltop staff wishes to ex press their gratitude to the college for improved surroundings and equipment. We are grateful to Dr. Blackwell’s office for our new typewriter. We are indebted to Mr. Tilson for a typewriter desk and for several small changes which make our working quarters more satisfactory. We deeply ap preciate the consideration and co operation which has been accord ed us. 150 to Work In Glee Club, Choral Choirs The Music Department at Mars Hill College is adopting this year a new system for the musical or ganization of the school. In ad dition to the regular Glee Club, two choral clubs will be organized for use on Sunday nights in the church. More than two hundred voices were tried for these three organizations before a hand picked group of one hundred and fifty were finally accepted. The Glee Club under the di rection of Mrs. Elizabeth Logan Souther will be made up of ap proximately seventy students. From these seventy students a se lect group of forty will make nu merous appearances on a week’s tour which is being planned for the spring. The group will sing in many churches and hospitals dur ing the fall. Mrs. Souther has an nounced that the Glee Club will also do some radio work this year. As has been the tradition at Mars Hill, gold honor keys will be awarded to those students who have good attendance at rehearsals and performances. The Glee Club will work with the Dramatics De partment in an Operetta in the spring. (Continued on Page 4) Eleven New Members Join MHC Faculty Mars Hill College has added eleven new members to the faculty and staff this year. Of this number five are either former residents of Mars Hill or Mars Hill alumni. Miss Frances Hegler and Miss Gerry Stevens of the ’48 graduating class have remained at Mars Hill to serve on the staff this year. Dramateers Present ’Riders to the Sea’ At seven-thiry p.m. September 21, 1948, the Dramateers opened a new season with the modern Irish classic. Riders to the Sea, by John M. Synge. The production was directed by Miss Imogene Cowan of Ellerson, Virginia, a former student of Westhampton College of the Uni versity of Richmond and a grad uate in fine arts from the Rich mond Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary. The members of the cast were the following: Netta Sue Caudill, Betty Jo Steele, Doris Carter, Clyde Moody, Ann Owen, Kath erine Phillips, Lurene Ransome, Spencer Thornton, and Bob Solo mon. After the production the Drama teers had their first meeting in the studio. Plans for the season were discussed. Suggestions were made that a one-act play be pre sented every first and third Tues day nights in the College Audi torium for ’ members of the Dramatic Society. These plays are for training and entertaining mem bers of the Dramatic Society. Three act plays will be presented for the enjoyment of the student body occasionally. Those interested in dramatics, please see Miss Cowan. Miss Imogene Cowan, of Eller son, Va., a former student of Westhampton College of the Uni versity of Richmond and a grad uate in fine arts from the Rich mond Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary, be gins her duties as teacher of speech and director of dramatics. Miss Betty Ann Crowell, of Tuxedo, N. C., a graduate of Stratford Junior College and Con verse College, teaches Spanish. Mrs. Pearle S. Head, formerly a resident of Mars Hill, now of Ra leigh, returned this fall to be asso ciated with Mr. John E. Marr in the new Book Store and Student Center. Her many friends welcome her back to the community. Miss Dixie Hollowell, of Hender sonville, a Mars Hill College gra duate, who was graduated second in a class of 239 members at Fur man University last spring, is an instructor in the Department of English. Mrs. John E. Marr, Jr., who has been with the college in other ca pacities, has been employed as bookkeeper for the college. Mr. James A. Martin, of Ashe ville, begins his duties as steward in the dining hall. He has had eighteen years of experience in cafes and cafeterias and was a Chief Commissary Steward in the U. S. Navy, serving twenty-three months on an L.S.T. in the Pacific area. Mr. James.Peterson, of Norfolk, Va., comes to assist Mr. Marr in the College Bookstore. Mr. Peter- (Continued on Page 4) BSU Launches Year With Early Retreat Program The annual Baptist Student Union Pre-School Retreat was held on the Mars Hill campus September 2-6. Those who attended the retreat were the members of the B.S.U. Council. The theme of the year’s retreat was “Thy Will Be Done.’’ The scripture was Proverbs 3:5-6, and the song chosen was “Have Thine Own Way Lord.’’ Many inspiring and helpful mes sages were delivered during the four-day conference by various members of the Mars Hill faculty. Among those who talked with the council were Reverend Mr. Link, who stressed a closer tie between church and school; Dean Lee and Dr. Blackwell, who challenged their hearers to do a better job this year; and Mr. McLeod and Miss Underwood, together with other members of the faculty, who also offered challenges to the council. A day’s program included com mittee meetings, discussion groups led by Mr. Kendall and others, and workshops in which different units of the council made plans _ for the year ’48- ’49. These plans were largely con cerned with cha pel programs. The aim of the r e t r eat was to enlist and keep more students in S u n d ay School I a n d Training ' Union. The B.S.U. off icers for 1948-49 are: Frank Ingle, president; Ra chel Ammons, town representa tive; Harriet Ellis, Y.W.A. presi dent; Netta Sue Caudill, devotion al vice-president; Milton Snyder, president of Volunteers for Christ; Janet Harris, social vice- president; Julius Mahon, mission council chairman; Bill Bowen, en listment vice-president; Sarah (Continued on Page 4) Ingle
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