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MARCH 18-28
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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
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ELECTIONS
MARCH 14-16
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Societies Elect
Commencement
Term Officers
Nonpareil, Euthalian, Clio, and
Philomathian Literary Societies
have selected officers for the Com
mencement term.
Nonpareil Society elected as
president, Martha Maxwell from
Memphis, Tennessee; vice-presi-
Jent, Catherine Jennings, Roa
noke, Virginia; secretary, Ann
Owen, Tampa, Florida; censor,
Anita Watts, Greenville, Alabama;
nnd chaplain, Jo Sloan, Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Elected by Euthalians were
bale Hooper, president, Asheville,
M. C.; Spencor Thornton, vice-
President, Charlotte, N. C.; Luther
Ounn, secreitary, Winsboro, S. C.;
Bob Wade, censor, Asheville, N.
0-; and Oscar Northern, chaplain,
Wilmington, N. C.
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Officers of the Clio Society are:
president, Peggy Garren from
Asheville; vice-president, Lorraine
Bennett, Ducktown, Tenn.; secre-
*^^ry, Marilyn Gaines, Gainesville,
censor, Glida Rector, Val-
*^®se, N. C. chaplain, Virginia
Bpyder, Charlotte, N. C.
Bhilomathia selected for presi-
^ent, Bryan Thornburg from Gas-
lonia, N. C.; vice-president, John
^eAllister, Raleigh, N. C.; secre-
Tom Tobey, Salem, Va.;
«enson, Walter Smith, Pensacola,
and chaplain. Bill Huff, Roa-
®'>he, Va.
Forensics Take Over
Thelma Angell, Dickie Phillips,
^Pd Anne Bailey won first, second,
PPd third places respectively, in
^h® annual temperance readings in
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“Deep River Singers” To Appear
As Part Of Lyceum Series Apr. 2,
Hope to Help Interracial Good Will
The “Deep River Singers” will perform in Mars Hill College
Auditorium on Saturday, April 2, 1949.
compete with the best Tem
perance Readers of the Nonpareil
eciety, Diane Williams, Ann Rob-
and Mary Stroman, during
e chapel period, April 4, 1949.
he Dramatic and Essay Contests
dl be held later.
Euthalian Society held its An-
nal Oration contest Monday
*ght, March 7, 1949. Their De-
ating Contest will be held soon.
® honors in declamations were
^ep by Frank Litaker, Bob Wade,
,j^Pd William Moore. The Annual
Ppiperance winners are Ed Ram-
■-^Pr, Frank Grlbble, and Bob
Wade.
, bhilomathia Society oration
Ppors Were won by Kelly Caudell,
jj^fold Newman, and Charles Sin-
^air. rpj^g declamation honors
j^P'e George West, Bill
Walter Smith. The win-
j of the debating contest were
SajP ^pAllister, John Claypool,
j, Allen Dunn. The temperance
Pdings will be announced soon.
MH Dramateers
Present Plays
Thursday, March 10, 1949, the
Mars Hill College Dramateers pre
sented two one-act plays at the
W^estern North Carolina Drama
Festival held at the Lee H. Ed
wards High School in Asheville.
The first play presented was an
original one-act play. Tied ,
■written and directed by Clyde G.
Moody, lit depicts the story of a
mountain boy who is determined
to get an education despite the
obstacles against him.
The play was cast as follows:
Martha Abner, Beulah White;
Fate Abner, Herbert Gray; Jim
Abner, Willard Callis; Grandma
Jones, Marilyn Fleming; Sally
Wright, Elaine Gibson; Josh
Wright, John Andre-ws; and Jodie
Mae Wright, Josie Kester. Stage
Manager for the play was Berrel
Riley.
“Tied” will also be presented
in the Mars Hill College Audi
torium on Tuesday March 15, at
7:30 o’clock.
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s popu
lar “Aria Da Capo” was next pre
sented. Directed by Miss Imogene
Cowan, of the Speech Department,
the cast was as follows: Colum
bine, Virginia Rogers; Pierrot, Ru
dolph Singleton; Cothurnus, Her
bert Gray; Corydon, Willard Cal
lis; and Thyrsis, J. Faulton Hodge.
The stage manager was Clyde
Moody.
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Dr. & Mrs. Dyer
Aid Program
During chapel hours for the past
week, the BSU council ^nd the
Personnel Department have pre
sented programs designed to help
Mars Hillians to better their life
adjustments.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Dyer of
Gardner-Webb Junior College
spoke in the church and the audi
torium on alternate days. Wednes
day Mrs. Dyer presented in the
C-II chapel a vocal recital includ
ing such songs as “Lift Thine
Eyes,” by Logan, “‘Mah Lindy
Lou,” by Strickland, “The Holy
City,” by Adams, and “The Lord’s
Prayer,” by Malotte.
Dr. Dyer spoke on the “The
Dynamics of Life Adjustment” in
both chapels and on “The Criteria
for Happiness” in the C-I chapel.
Mrs. Dyer spoke on “Successful
Li-ving for the Modem Girl” in
both chapels.
One of America’s foremost male
quartets, the “Deep River Sing
ers,” will appear here Saturday,
April 2, at 8:00 o’clock, as part of
the regular lyceum series.
In giving to the public their ren
ditions, they hope to create inter
racial good-will. In 1930 they were
entered in the CHICAGO TRI
BUNE Musicland Festival in which
they won the award for the best
quartette to appear. Later appear
ing in the Chicago World’s Fair in
1933 and 1934 they received out
standing recognition.
Until now, they have appeared
in the.leading concert halls on the
major networks, many indepen
dent radio stations, and also have
made 38 National tours besides
trips to Mexico, Canada, and
Cuba. Some of the recent appear
ances include Duke University,
University of Colorado, Girard
College, Edgewater Beach Hotel
• (Marine Dining Room)., Black-
stone, and Drake Hotels.
Absence. Regretted
Mars Hill students and faculty
regret the recent absence of Mr.
John W. Huff and Dean R. M. Lee
from the campus. Mr. Huff
traveled to Washington, D. C., for
the funeral services of his son,
William, who was killed in the re
cent war, in the Pacific. Dean Lee,
having completed plans to accom
pany Mr. Huff, received word of
the death of his younger brother,
who died in Washington. The
bodies of both Mr. Huff’s son and
Dean Lee’s brother, Oliver, were
buried in Arlington Cemetery.
Caudill Leads
Youth Revival
Mars Hill’s annual youth revival
led by Dr. R. Paul Caudill, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, Mem
phis, Tennessee, during the week
of February 27-March 6, provoked
much interest and decisive think
ing from Mars Hill students. All
of the meetings held in conjunc
tion with the revival drew record
crowds. Students speakers had
charge of all the Morning Watch
services.
Each afternoon at five o’clock.
Dr. Caudill gave lectures and
showed movies on the war effects
in European Countries and on
present conditions in Paraguay
and Uruguay.
At the evening services. Dr.
Caudill delivered the messages and
the Rev. Howard Cates, music di
rector in First Baptist Church of
Roanoke, Virginia, led the congre
gational singing and the youth
choir. During the week, many
young people dedicated their lives
to full-time Christian service to be
ministers or missionaries.
In appreciation to Dr. Caudill
and Mr. Cates, the Baptist Student
Union sponsorecf a tea in Spil-
man parlor on the afternoon of
March 2. At this tea Miss Evelyn
Hampton from the Baptist Book
Store in Charlotte had a display
of Dr. Caudill’s book, Broadman
Comments for 1949.
The revival closed Sunday,
March 6, with Dr. Hoyt Blackwell
leading the final service.
Commencement term ten of
twenty society officers are
°ut of North Carolina. Last
eut^ ^"’elve out of twenty were
ef state students. Perhaps
Carolina public schools are
efficient in building leader-
en/' '^^^racteristics or perhaps
ha ^ leaders of other states
IgJ® the initiative to attend col-
® far away from home.
Jones, Newman
Head New Staffs
The Hilltop and Laurel elections
were held in Moore Hall and Little
Circle on Wednesday, March 9.
Peggy Jones was elected editor-in-
chief of The Hilltop, and Gerry
Fossum, associate editor. Winnie
Pringle was elected advertising
manager. Harold Newman was el
ected editor-in-chief of the Laurel
and Wanda Taylor was elected as
sociate editor. John Claypool was
chosen as business manager of the
Laurel.
MSO To Meet,
Discuss Social,
Personal Life
The Methodist Student organi
zation, composed of all Methodist
students on the campus, will meet
Sunday, March 13, at 6:15 p. m.
in Huffman playroom. The topic
for discussion is “The Value of
Social Life in Personal Develop
ment.” Both the formal program
and the informal fellowship period
afterwards, will carry out this
theme.
At its last meeting the club de
cided on a “Prayer in Action
Project”. The project consists of a
drive to obtain clothes to send to
a Greek family with which the
club has contact. Any articles of
clothing that any member may
wish to bring will be appreciated.
The Methodist Student organi
zation has Mr. John P. Daughtrey
as its faculty advisor. The officers
of the club are Bettye Roberts,
president; Clark Davis, vice-presi
dent; Eleanor Kraft, devotional
leader; Dottie Brinson, secretary;
and John Andrews, treasurer.
Any student of any denomina
tion is cordially invited to meet
with the group.
Little Symphony To Bring Concert
To Mars Hillians, Feature Pianist
Caroline Taylor Of Wadesboro
Monday night, at 8:00 o’clock, the North Carolina Little Symphony
will present a concert in the college auditorium. Accompanying the
orchestra will be Miss Caroline Taylor, talented young pianist of
Wadesboro (and daughter of Lieu- =========z
tenant Governor and Mrs. H. B.
Taylor of Wadesboro and Ral
eigh). The Little Symphony, com
posed of twenty-two musicians, is
under the direction of Dr. Benja
min Swalin.
The program for the concert
will include: Wagner’s “Siegfried
Idyll”; Mozart’s “Symphony No.
40 in G Minor”; Mendelssohn’s
“Overture to Ruy Bla*,” Tschai-
kowsky’s “Waltz” from “Serenade
for Strings;” Rimsky-Korsakov’s
“Dance of the Buffons”; Strauss’
“Overture to the Gypsy Baron,”
and a piano solo by Miss Taylor,
the Second Movement of Mac-
Dowell’s “Second Concerto in D
Minor, Opus 23.”
This concert on our campus this
season is part of a state-wide tour
by the Little Symphony which will
continue through March.
Miss Taylor