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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HIU, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1949
Number"?—^
Exams Begin
[Monday; Registration
Elans Near
Completion
Examinations on the work of
[the first semester of the 1948-49
college year will be held January
lcCoil7-22. The schedule is printed
to talelsewhere in this issue. Registra-
f thetion for the spring semester will
whj_ e conducted in the Science Build-
i Monday and Tuesday, Jan-
24-25, beginning at 9:00
Students whose last names
begin with the letters M-Z will
*'6&ister on Monday. Those whose
names begin with A-L will regis-
er Tuesday. This procedure is a
I’eversal of the usual alphabetical
3 ha®r er. Nq changes will be made
ndoTt^n class schedules except where
all. t on licts occur, or where a student
aking up a new subject. De-
*^^^nges must be discussed
r tii» 1 the heads of departments in-
Pictured are the presidents of the girls’ dormitories at Mars
Hill College. They are (left to right) : Macklyn Mackie, Edna
Moore; Jeannette Jones, Stroup; Jessie Barnard, Spilman;
and Peggy Garren, Huffman. (Photo by Walters).
volved.
Deli During
•Mo ° spring semester
College will provide
remedial reading for
;enti# ose students who feel the need
• rv, their reading skills.
^bich will be taught
Iniogene Cowan, will meet
iwn 0 hours each week. They are
shinnon credit courses.
‘ ®®fbbing courses offered for
*^?*j*ounV History 11, Ac-
11, English 23,
I(Zooi°"'^'l Geography, Biology 11
11. Typing 1,
Poetry by Four MHC Students
Published in America Sings
Christmas Sees Two
MHC Students Wed
The Christmas holidays were
certainly extra-special occasions
for two MHC students.
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Election
Bobby McElrath was married to
Betty Duck, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Duck of West
Asheville, December 24. The wed
ding took place in the West Ashe
ville Baptist Church. The pro
gram of wedding music was pre
sented by Jim Crisp and Bill
Smith, also students of the college.
The bride attended Sand Hill High
School and was also in the class
of ’46 at Mars Hill College. The
couple are now living in Mars
Hill.
This year Mars Hill college is
greatly honored by having poems
of four of her students accepted
for publication. Betty Ferrell,
Katherine Philips, Walter Smith,
and Clyde G. Moody submitted
poetry and a poem by each was
accepted.
term officers of
'^ere society
6- Thev ^^ursday, December
xuey are t». .
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Literary Society
lemphis^*^'^®.*'''’ ^^^tba Maxwell,
Hne Jeu„-^*‘^®'P^®®»^ent; Cath-
Eoanoke, secre-
censor^
•'aplain; Miri ^ampa,
horister- n ^^*^y'es, Trion, Ga.,
e^> S. c’ Myers, Lancas-
lerganto’n P°'ly Patton,
Aniu
Ala., reporter.
December 27, Carl Sims was
married to Virginia Rebecca Hens
ley, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Clifford Hensley of Enka.
The wedding took place at the
Enka Baptist Church. The bride is
a graduate of Sand Hill High
School and attended Asheville
Biltmore College. Mr. and Mrs.
Sims are now living in Mars Hill.
All four students have taken an
active part in the campus publi
cations. Miss Philips and Mr.
Moody are editors of the Laurel
and Hilltop respectively, and Miss
Ferrel and Mr. Smith have done
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Home Ec Club
Elects Officers
Dramateers to
Stage Arsenic and
Old Lace
tea
prominent
1948. December 22,
Mr. \y
vember ’retired last No-
Trustees of°M Board of
» College,
facuiK years.
^®nt body evf’ stu-
’^my sympathy to
^ other relatives.
The Home Economics club elect
ed new officers at the regular
meeting, December 13, 1948. They
are: Katherine Dobbs, president;
Kathleen Coston, vice-president;
Eunice Hiatt, secretary; Annie
Jean Mosteller, treasurer; Nancy
Ijames, reporter. They were in
stalled January 10 by the old of
ficers: Nellie Joyce, Claire Bow
ers, Kathleen Coston, and Beth
Lennon. The meeting was conclud
ed with talks on etiquette and
fashions. A social hour brought to
an end the first 1949 meeting.
Miss Imogene Cowan, director
of the Dramateers, has recently
announced that the principal ac
tors of the forthcoming comedy.
Arsenic and Old Lace, have been
chosen. The production is sched
uled for the latter part of Febru
ary. Jo Pittard, who is playing
the part of Abby Brewster, and
Beulah White, who is dramatizing
Martha Brewster, will lead the
roster of characters. Other cast
members who have been selected
are: Rudy Singleton, Willard Cal-
lis, Katherine Philips, Herbert
Gray, Clyde G. Moody, Bob Solo
mon, and Dan Stallings.
The remaining members of the
cast will have been selected by the
date of publication.
Dorm Officers Work With
House Mothers For Better
Dormitory Government
Southern Premiere of
Down in the Valley
Acelaimed Success
The Music and Dramatic De
partments of Mars Hill college
presented, on the evening of Janu
ary 8, 1949, the colorful new folk
opera, “Down in the Valley.’’
The National Poetry Association
of Los Angeles, California, each
year publishes an anthology of
representative American college
poetry entitled, America Sings.
The anthology is a compilation of
the finest poetry submitted to the
association by college men and
women representing every state in
the union. The poems were select
ed from a group of approximately
twenty-five thousand poems which
were submitted.
The story of an old American
ballad, “Down in the Valley,’’ the
opera is the work of Arnold Sund-
gaard and Kurt Weill, who have
collaborated and produced a de
lightful libretto and a superb
musical score. Woven around the
theme song, “Down in the Valley,”
are the ballads, “The Lonesome
Dove,” “Hop Up, My Ladies,”
“The Little Black Train,” and
Sourwood Mountain.”
Stars of the production were
Margaret Lee of Mars Hill, Dean
Minton of North Wilkesboro, and
Bill Stapleton of Charlotte, who
were magnificently supported by
a chorus of thirty picked voices
and the College Orchestra. The
opera was under the musical di
rection of Mr. James Hall, of the
Music Department; and Miss Imo
gene, Cowan, of the Dramatics
Department, staged the produc
tion.
During February 4 and 5, the
Music Department of the College
will sponsor a Choral Clinic on our
campus. This Clinic will be com
posed of one hundred young peo
ple from all over this part of the
state. These young people will be
picked from their high school glee
clubs and will prepare a concert
here under the direction of Paul
Young, Director of the Glee Club
of the University of North Caro
lina.
For the second consecutive year,
the girls in each dormitory have
organized themselves in order to
participate jointly with the Dean
of Women and house mothers in
dormitory government.
Last year the girls worked out
a constitution and experimented
with improving their organization
al set-up.
Officers for each dormitory are
elected in house meetings at the
beginning of each semester. They
are: the president; vice-president,
who has charge of social activities;
secretary; and chaplain, who con
ducts devotional activities.
Council Is Formed
The house presidents and secre
taries from the different dormi
tories jointly form the Girls’ Coun
cil which elects its own presiding
officer. The council is a medium
for disseminating inform ation,
planning activities, and, acting
with the house mothers, for deal
ing with minor cases of discipline.
The president of the council is the
connecting link between the girls
and the administration. Jessie Bar
nard is council president this
semester.
The girls’ organization takes
care of many problems among
themselves. Other .problems of
maintaining satisfactory living
conditions, giving permissions, is
suing supplies, comforting the
homesick, and all the miscellane
ous duties implied by the word
“mother,” still fall to the house
mother.
Council Has Manifold
Purpose
The inauguration of a limited
form of student participation in
campus government is designed to
serve a manifold purpose: to give
the girls some voice in their house
affairs, help develop a sense of
responsibility, and further co
operation between students and
administration.
SchecJuIe Of First Semester Examinations
January 17-22. 1949
AH classes meeting at Will have examination on
8:00 MWF Monday, Jan. 17 ( 8:00 - 10:00)
2:30 TTS Monday Jan. 17 (10:30 - 12:30)
8:00 TTS Monday, Jan. 17 ( 2:30 - 4:30)
9:00 MWF Tuesday, Jan. 18 ( 8:00 - 10:00)
1:30 TTS Tuesday, Jan. 18 (10:30 - 12:30)
9:00 TTS Tuesday, Jan. 18 ( 2:30 - 4:30)
10:00 MWF Wednesday, Jan. 19 ( 8:00 - 10:00)
3:30 TTS Wednesday, Jan. 19 (10:30 - 12:30)
10:00 TTS Wednesday, Jan. 19 ( 2:30- 4:30)
Thursday, Jan. 20 ( 8:00 - 10:00)
minn Thursday, Jan. 20 (10:30- 12:30)
li.UU lib Thursday, Jan. 20 ( 2:30 - 4:30)
19IS 21 ( 8:00 - 10:00)
Mww Friday, Jan. 21 (10:30- 12:30)
1:30 MWF Friday, Jan. 21 ( 2:30 - 4:30)
"',■■■■■' Saturday, Jan. 22 ( 8:00- 10:00)
Others and Specials Saturday, Jan. 22 (10:30- 12:30)