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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Montague Library
Volume XXIII
MARS HILL N. C., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1948
Mars Hill College
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MHC GleeClub Announces
Concert Plans for ’48-’49
Pictured are the leading characters in the forthcoming dramatic
production, Berkeley Square. Seated, left to right, are: Elaine Gibson,
Helen; and Jo Pittard as the Lady Anne Pettigrew. Standing, left to
right, are: Katherine Philips as Kate; Dan Stallings as Peter Standish;
and Bob Solomon as Mr. Throstle. (Photo by Stringfield.)
Dramateers to Present
‘Berkeley Square’ Saturday
On Saturday night at seven-thirty, November 13, the Mars Hill
College Dramateers will present their first three-act production of the
season, “Berkeley Square,” by John L. Balderston.
The setting of the play is the ancestral mansion of Peter Standish
on Berkeley Square in London. It is set in two periods, first in the
twentieth century and then in the eighteenth century.
In “Berkeley Square” are found
the many gorgeous and hooped
skirt costumes which were so
P>:ominent in the eighteenth cen
tury London world. The stage set
IS to be one of the most elaborate
used for many years by the
Dramateers. It is now being built
in the prop room under the di
rection of Miss Cowan, director,
Willard Callis, technical director,
and Hubert Gray, stage manager.
The cast will present many C-I’s
who are new to Mars Hill audi
ences, including Dan Stallings of
Norfolk, Va., as Peter Standish;
Jo Pittard, of Albany, Ga., as
Lady Anne Pettigrew; Elaine Gib-
^u, of Durham, as the heroine,
elen Pettigrew. C-I actors with
w om Mars Hill is already fa-
^1 iar through their appearances
in one-act plays are Keith Shealey,
o Mooresville, as Tom Pettigrew;
eulah White, of Appamattox,
a., as Marjorie Frant; and Josie
tester, of Lakeland, Fla., as the
roaid. C-II participants are Bob
o omon, of Asheville, as Mr.
rostle; Katherine Philips, of
Kate Pettigrew;
of South Hill, Va.,
of Clinton; Beulah Durham,
ickory, as Miss Barrymore;
Spartanburg, as
0 uchess of Devonshire; Doris
Matthews, as Mrs. Bar-
ck the housekeeper; and Clyde
of Union, S. C., as the
orican Ambassador to London.
paU^^T hours of work both on the
Well ° student committees as
have Cowan and the cast
thi« ^^0 preparation of
i^nis production.
Study Course
Begins Next
Week
The annual Baptist Training
Union study course will be taught
the week of Nov. 8-12 during the
chapel period. Students will select
the topic they wish to take. Full
credit will be given with the pres
entation of seals or certdifcates
after the course has been satis-
factorly completed. Following is
a list of the courses and their
teachers: Deepening the Spiritual
Life by Dr. Pierce; Alcohol the
Destroyer by Miss Stephens; In
vestments in Christian Living by
Mr. DeShazo; The People Called
Baptists by Mr. Wood; What We
Believe by Mr. Howell; Planning a
Life by Miss Sawyer; Fields of
Service by Mr. Kendall; Pilgrims’s
Progress by Dr. Moore. There are
approximately 850 enrolled for the
study course this year.
The Mars Hill Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth
Logan Souther, already has on its 1948-49 schedule several out-of-
town engagements in addition to on-the-campus programs.
First on the list of out-of-town activities is a trip to Charlotte, No
vember 16 and 17, for the Baptist State Convention, to be held in the
First Baptist Church.
The Glee Club will sing several
—! numbers for the sessions of the
convention on the seventeenth at
9:50 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. Miss
Martha Biggers will accompany
the group on the piano, and Miss
Lucille Sawyer will accompany on
MHC Float Wins
First Prize At
Madison C.0unty tmr the organ, a selected group will
Teachers Attend
Wingate Conference
In its July meeting at Mars
Hill college, the North Carolina
Baptist Education Council decided
to inaugurate this school year the
practice of holding conferences at
the various colleges of all teachers
in the separate departments. Hith
erto, conferences have been limit
ed to heads of departments. The
first of the departmental confer
ences, Social Science, was held at
Wingate college, October 22 and
23.
Dean R. M. Lee, Miss Evelyn
Underwood, Mr. William Cotton,
and Miss Alice Reed represented
the Mars Hill college Social Sci
ence department.
Topics for discussion at the
meeting were: objectives of the
Social Science departments, the
courses offered by the Social Sci
ence department, and other prob
lems of Junior and Senior col
leges. Dr. J. Henry Highsmith,
state supervisor of high schools,
was a guest speaker.
“The conference was well worth
the while,” states Dean Lee, “and
we are anticipating similar meet
ings of members of other depart
ments at future dates.”
Mars Hill college has invited the
English teachers from other Bap
tist Colleges to meet here.
Former
Hilltoppers
Visit MHC
On the week-end of October 29-
31, Mars Hill College was host to
a number of former HILLTOP
staff members. Miss Phylis Ann
Gentry, 1947-48 advisor, and A.
C. Snow, feature writer during the
same year, came up from Chapel
Hill, where both are students at
the University of North Carolina.
Earl Gibson, associate editor 1946-
47, also a student at U.N.C.
stopped in Mars Hill en route to
Knoxville to see the Carolina-Ten-
nessee game. Miss Mary Ann
Campbell, editor-in-chief 1947-48,
who is now with the First National
Bank of Hickory, was here for the
week-end. Mrs. Lillian Miller
Hearne, a member of the 1944-45
staff was on the campus Sunday,
October 31. She is a housewife
and the mother of two little daugh
ters.
The visitors were entertained
informally by several individuals
and groups.
The Mars Hill college Float
made a fine’ showing in the Madi
son County Fair, in Marshall on
Friday, October 22, winning first
place and a cash prize. The float,
which was decorated by a faculty
committee and a group of art stu
dents, was covered with white
crepe paper, and bore on either
side the college seal. At the front
were the United States flag and
the Christian flag and at the rear
were Society pennants.
The general theme of the float
was Christian Education, the vari
ous aspects of which were repre
sented by the following: Netta Sue
Caudill, Christian Education; Har
riet Ellis and Holmes Clay, a girl
and boy seeking an education;
Pauline Watts, Medicine; Paul
Porter, Engineering; Valeria Wal
lace, Fine Arts; Frank Yandall,
Physical Education; Kenneth Rus
sell, Religious Education; Bettye
Roberts, Business; Janice Aiken,
Homemaking; and Loretta Ash
worth and Eric Blackwell, Chil
dren.
The prize money is to be used to
purchase a stand and a Christian
flag for the auditorium.
make the trip.
Many invitations have been re
ceived by the Glee Club from
churches in the state, and a tour is
being planned in April in which
the Club will present an hour of
sacred music.
Also on the agenda will be a
Spring Concert presented in the
college auditorium. This program
will consist of both sacred and
secular music.
Engagements in the near future
will be the Christmas programs.
Combining with the Men’s and
Women’s Church Choirs and the
String Ensemble, and orchestra,
the Glee Club will present a pro
gram of Christmas music on Sun
day, December 12 aj; 8 p. m.,
which will include several num
bers from Handel’s Messiah. Also,
a Christmas program will be pre
sented at the Veteran’s Hospital
at Oteen the third week in De
cember.
Officers who have been chosen
by the Glee Club are: Martha
Maxwell, president; Dean Minton,
vice-president; Valeria Wallace,
secretary; Betty Stiles, treasurer;
Charles Sinclair, business man-
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MHC Students to Attend
BSU Convention in Castonia
C-I’s Elect
Officers
In a recent chapel period the
C-I class elected their class of
ficers for the year. Those holding
offices are: John Claypool, presi
dent; Ham Riner, vice-president;
Ann Lynn, secretary; and Jimmy
Page, treasurer. The student
forum representative is James
Johnson.
The sponsors for the C-I’s are
Mr. and Mrs. Ramon DeShazo.
The annual convention of the
North Carolina Baptist Student
Union will be held at the First
Baptist Church in Gastonia, the
week end of November 12, 13, and
14.
Registration is open to all col
lege students, and many colleges
are always represented at these
meetings. Mars Hill has over 75
students who will make the trip to
Gastonia. Those attending will be
lodged in the homes of members
of the congregation. The dele
gation from Mars Hill will be ac
companied by Miss Evelyn Under
wood and Miss Rachel Swann.
Convention activities begin with
registration on Friday. The first
meeting will be at 7:00 o’clock on
Friday evening. Forums will be
held on Saturday morning for the
discussion of timely topics. Racial
Problems in the South, Building a
Christian Home, and many other
topics of interest to young people
are on the list. Pastors from vari
ous churches in the State will lead
these discussions.
Many well-known Southern Bap
tist leaders will be present at this
convention. Among them are Rev.
Maxie C. Collins of the First Bap
tist church of Gastonia, Dr. Theo
dore Adams of the First Baptist
church of Richmond, and Dr.
Harold Basden from the Depart
ment of Sociology in Mississippi
State college. Also present at these
meetings and in charge of special
muisc will be the state music Di
rector of the B. S. U., Milton Bliss,
a former Mars Hill student now at
the University of North Carolina,
and Leonard Rollins, another Mars
Hillian, who is now the devotional
vice-president of the State B. S. U.
As special entertainment fea
tures a chicken supper will be
given, and an informal group
social held on Friday night.