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Montague Library Mars Hill College /Utend deiUaal Se^uUce^ CThe Hilltop Published by the Students of Mars Hill College Heat Volume XXIII MARS HILL, N. C„ SATURDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1948 Number 2 Dramateers Present ‘The Happy Journey’ At seven-thirty p. m., October 5, 1948, the student body was entertained with Thornton Wil der’s delightful comedy, The Happy Journey, presented by Dramateers under the direction of Miss Imogene Cowan. When Papa Kirby (Clyde Moody) gets three day’s vacation from the laundry. Mama Kirby (Beulah White) overjoyed, im mediately packs daughter, Caro line (Josie Kester) and son, Arthur (Rudolph Singleton) into the faithful old “Chevie” and takes off to visit the married daughter, Beulah (Marilyn Flem ing) in Camden. The miraculous thing is that they travel all the way from Newark to Camden, N. J., in the short space of forty-five minutes (time out for a funeral procession and hot dogs!) while casually loutiging in four chairs on the stage! Stage Manager (Williard Callis) sits near-^by filling-in lines for people who are not present for the production. Only when the family drives up to the filling station does he energetically rouse himself from the chair to play the “talkative” filling station at tendant. The Happy Journey was the Sec ond in a series of one-act plays ^oing presented by the Drama teers every first and third Tues days. Next will be Edna St. Vin cent Millay’s Aria de Capo. Berke ley Square, three-act fantasy, is now in the early stages of pro duction and is scheduled for Nov. 13. Personnel Dept. Plans Group Discussion In the belief that a number of mtal areas are not considered in the regular college program, the Personnel Department stands *'eady to sponsor another activity for the student body. The only requirement is your indication of interest and regular participation. Such a program as the one pro posed is for a discussional group on a number of topics which get the matter of better life ad justment—vocations and vocation al opportunities, educational plans, on-the-job adjustments, ap plying for and being interviewed a job, and investigations of your interests and abilities. f hundred C-I’s indicated, entrance testing pro- e am, a desire for such a program. sure 7’ C-II’s, are are to be interested. me?H Monday, October 11, a such those interested in such a course will be held at 4:30 Plan Hall, room 22. regular ^ present and become a regular participant! Vets Make Year’s Plans The Veteran’s Club of Mars Hill College initiated its activities for the year on Monday evening, September 19, with the adoption of a constitution, the election of officers, and a discussion of the purpose of the Club. Following the adoption of the constitution, Frank Harris, Army, was elected president; Jim Kelly, Navy, vice - president; Johnny Little, Army, recorder; and Bill Everhart, Marine, chaplain. The purpose of the club is to promote understanding and har mony among students and ad ministration. The Veteran’s Club was organized in the fall of 1946 with a membership of 250 student veterans. The veteran enrollment for this year is 109. 931 Students Register for ’48- ’49 Session at MHC Of the 931 students enrolled for this session at Mars Hill 483 are men and 461 are women. It is interesting to note that 87 coun ties are represented. Moreover, there are students from 20 states registered, including people as far north as Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania; as far south as Florida and Louisiana; and as far west as California. The state enrollment is headed by North Carolina with a total of 652 students compared to a total last year of 769 and the year be fore of 714. North Carolina is followed by Virginia with 91, South Carolina MHC Band Performs at Freedom Train Exhibition The 1948-49 Mars Hill College Band made one of its outstanding appearances of the season on Tuesday, October 6, in Asheville as it played for the Freedom Train. The band composed Of 46 pieces played at the Biltmore Railway Station from 3:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M., presenting a varied program of marches, light classical, and popular music of a patriotic type. Pictured is the Mars Hill College Band as it marched for the American Legion Convention in Asheville, Saturday, September 11. This was the first appearance of the season of this 46-piece band. (Photo by Sumner). Anderson-Philips Put Laurel On Road to Production The 1949 Laurel staff had its initial meeting September 15 in Moore Hall for the purpose of mapping out definite pla>is for this year’s work with David Anderson, co-editor of the Laurel, presiding. Edwards and Broughton Print ing Company in Raleigh have again been given the contract for publication of the book. The staff set aside September 27 as the date for making the indi vidual pictures of the students. Each person was allotted four poses and four minutes. The names were called alphabetically and a list of appointments posted. The staff for this year includes David Anderson and Katherine Philips, Co-editors; Bill Smith, business manager; Jack Coffee, assistant business manager; Robin Ann Kellum, literary editor; Ruth Lineberry, feature editor; Wynn Whitley, and Betty Gene Saun ders, art editors; Barbara Myers and Allen Dunn, sports editors; Carolynne Warren and Bob Scalf, society editors; Curt Thompson, snapshot editor; Margaret Potts, assistant snapshot editor; and Mr. Robert Chapman, faculty ad visor. The editors have announced that they plan to enlarge this staff pri marily from the freshman class. Prince Appointed D ean of Men James Roy Prince, professor of modern languages at Mars Hill col lege, has been appointed Dean of Men of the college and began his duties this fall. Mr. Prince, formerly of Easley, S. C., received his A.B. degree at the University of South Carolina, his M.A. degree in French at the University of North Carolina, and has recently begun study for the Ph.D. degree at the University of North Carolina. After three years in the public schools of South Carolina and thirteen years as head of the mod ern language department of Oak Ridge Military institute, in 1947 he became a member of the Mars Hill college faculty. He teaches French and Spanish and coaches tennis. He is a member of the American Association of teachers of French and of Spanish and a member of the South Atlantic Modern Lan guage association. He is president of the modern language division of the North Carolina Education association. In addition to the Mars Hill band, the music for the Freedom Train’s appearance was rendered by seven other bands each giving a two-hour concert. Mr. Sam Fox of Asheville was responsible for obtaining the services of all these bands. This was the only stop in Western North Carolina of this train which carries the documents that have made America great. On October 8, the Convention of the Western District of the N.C.E.A. listened to a pre-meet ing concert by the band at Lee- Edwards High school. Compo sitions used included Autumn Overture by Leidzen, The Lord’* Prayer by Malotte, Pilgrim’* Choru* by Wagner, The Way You Look Tonight by Kem, and Pa- vanne by Gould. At the annual Madison County Fair on October 22, Mars Hill college will be represented by the college band and a float in the gigantic parade which is being planned. The float will present an educational theme. The committee in charge of the plans for the float in the fair are Mr. V. E. "Wood, Chairman, Dr. Pierce, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Hall, and Tilson. Mr. James Hall, director of the band, returns to Mars Hill for his (Continued on Page 4) Dr. Heaton Will Begin Revival Services Monday The annual fall revival of the Mars Hill Baptist Church will begin tomorrow evening, October 10, and last through Saturday. The per sons on the program will be Dr. George Heaton, pastor of the Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, and Mrs. Berman, minister of music in that church. with 60, Florida with 38, and Georgia with 31. There are also students from the British West Indies, Brazil, Cuba, Hawaii, and Portugal. Alto gether there are five foreign stu dents on the campus. There are 608 C-I’s and 419 C-II’s. There are 42 first year vet erans and 67 second year veterans. It is also of Interest to note that there is only one woman veteran and 108 men. Thirteen religious faith are represented with Baptist predominating with 762 members, and Methodist and Presbyterian following with 82 and 26 respec tively. Dr. Heaton will speak each eve ning at 7:30. He will also conduct one chapel program each day on the subject of Christian education. Mrs. Berman, who is a graduate of the Westminster Choir, will work with the college choirs in church music. She will have charge of one chapel program each day. On Friday evening aft er the service, Mrs. Berman will present a musical program. Saturday night is to be student participation night, which will climax the week. Those with definite reactions from the serv ices are asked to contact Mr. Link Mr. Link is “expecting Dr. Heaton and Mrs. Berman to lead us into a deeper appreciation of spiritual values and to present the challenge of Christianity on a very high plane.” The religious committee has re quested that students do not leave the campus during the revival week-end. The local theater will not run during the time of the revival services. It is also en- Congratulations to the Mars Hill News Mars Hill and the surrounding country now has a newspaper! The fact that it is small and somewhat mysterious does not keep it from being eagerly read. In September, 1948, the first copy of The Mar* Hill New* appeared in the post of fice boxes of Mars Hill folks. In it they found editorials, news of in terest, and hints on buying. The mysterious side of the pub lication is the question: “Who is the editor of The Mar* Hill New*?” At the date of this publi cation neither his name nor the name of any member of his staff appeared on the paper. couraging to note that there are not to be any “pop” tests through out the week of the revival. It is hoped that these measures will en able more students to attend the services.
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