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THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C.
Mar. 12.19'
Singing Couple To Present Classical Semi-Popular Honor Clubs Hold Meetings;
Musical Program In College Auditorium
Carolyn and Earle Blakeslee,
two outstanding young singers
who fell in love and married, pre
sent a program of light classical
and semi-popular music in the col
lege auditorium at 8:00 o’clock to
night.
Both husband and wife have
studied at Eastman School of
Music as well as at other Ameri-.
can schools of music and schools
abroad. Mrs. Blakeslee is a so
prano and her husband, a tenor,
both soloists who have performed
on every major New York radio
station and network. Carolyn car
ried the role of Angel More in the
opera, “The Mother of Us All,”
and Earle was tenor soloist in the
recent Carnegie Hall performance
of Horegger’s “King David.”
Often it took weeks of research
by both artists in the music li
braries of Los Angeles, Rochester,
and New York, to find a single
duet for tenor and soprano by an
early Italian master or an old
French court musician. To find
great music originally written
especially for tenor and soprano
has been the goal of the couple.
In their program here tonight, the
Blakeslees will render selections
from Felix Mendelssohn, Robert
Schumann, Victor Herbert, Jerome
Kern, and Rudolph Friml.
The Earle Blakeslees sang be
fore the Crown Princess of Italy,
rendering songs by one of Mr.
Blakeslee’s composer friends of
the American Academy of Rome.
Dimitri Metropolus, the great con
ductor, after discovering young
Carolyn on a ship returning from
Europe, served as her accom
panist. The Blakeslees have a
small blond daughter, Carol, al
most two years old.
BSU Elects Officers
For Coming Year
Former Student
Visits Campus
Baptist Student Union officers
for the 1949-50 term will be elect
ed March 14, 15, and 16 during
the regular chapel period. The stu
dents will make nominations for
the B.S.U. president on the 14th.
On the 15th, they will elect one
of the three persons receiving the
highest number of nominations. At
the same time nominations will be
made for the other BSU officers.
In order to he eligible for the BSU
presidency, a candidate must have
at least thirty quality points for
the proceeding semester. He
should be a Baptist student with
a definite spiritual experience,
since the religious activities of the
campus are under his leadership.
Hubert Elliott, former Mars
Hillian and editor of The Hilltop
in 1936-37, recently returned to
visit his school and campus before
beginning work on the staff of the
Asheville Citizen Times.
Elliott, after leaving Mars Hill
in ’37, studied journalism at the
University of Missouri, where he
proved to be active in campus pub
lications. Later, he became editor
of a paper in Suffolk^ Virginia.
Following this, Mr. Elliott crossed
the continent and worked in the
field of radio in San Francisco.
During the recent war, he served
in the armed forces, and later was
employed at Oak Ridge, Tennes
see.
Tall, dark, dignified Mr. Elliott
proves to be an interesting and
attractive gentleman, and Mars
Hill hopes to enjoy his presence on
the campus more often in the
future.
Other BSU officers and their
duties are: BSU enlistment vice-
president, who keeps students in
unit organizations, works tactfully
on absentees and new members or
prospects, and presides in the ab
sence of the president. Social vice
president plans and promotes the
general BSU socials throughout
the year. Director of all devotion
al life for the general BSU is the
devotional vice president. He seeks
to deepen the spiritual experiences
of the students. To keep records
of all BSU meetings and make
monthly reports, the recording sec
retary should be a dependable sta
tistician. Because the correspond
ing secretary is also the publicity
director, he must let the outside
world know what is going on by
means of magazines, bulletins,
periodicals, and posters. In ad
dition ito leading the music of the
general BSU and council meet
ings, the chorister is responsible
for special music on weekly pro
grams.
Art Club
Presents
Prayerful consideration of these
nominations before submitting
them is urged by the present Bap
tist Student Union council.
Prog
MHC Glee Club
Performs For
Music Club
The monthly concert meeting of
the Asheville Music Club was held
Tuesday March 8, at 8:15 p. m. in
the chapel of the First Baptist
Church with Mrs. Graham Reams
as program chairman.
Members of the music depart
ment of Mars Hill College, under
the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Souther and Miss Martha Biggers.
presented the program.
The program was as follows:
“Send Forth Thy Spirit,”
Schuetky; “Let Us Walk in the
Light of the Lord,” O’Hara-Wil-
son, Martha Maxwell, soloist;
“List, the Cherubic Host,” Gaul,
Bill Stapleton, Barbara Morris and
Gretchen Rufty, soloists; “There
Was Great Darkness,” Haydn, and
Psalm 150, Lewandowski, sung by
the glee club.
“lit Was a Lover and His Lass,”
Morley; “Lo! Hear the Gentle
Lark,” Bishop with Barbara Mor
ris as soloist and flute obligato by
Josephine Snyder; “How Sweet
the Moonlight” by Callcott, and
“Hark; Hark; the Lark” by Schu
bert, sung by the ensemble.
Piano solos, Gigue, Bach-Mac-
Dowell, played by Louise Stewart;
Arabesque No. 2, Debussy, played
by Anne Morgan; Sarabande by
Bohm played by Edward Getzman;
“Romance” by Sibelius played by
Josephine Rice; “Rigandon” by
MacDowell played by Nancy Cook.
The glee club sang “I Dream of
You” with Bill Atkins as soloist;
“The Erie Canal” with Bob Scalf
as soloist; “You’ll Never Walk
Alone”; “Set Down Servant,”
with Alice Page and John Brig-
man as soloists; “Battle Hymn of
the Republic” with Bob Scalf as
soloist.
Student directors included Allen
Brown and Barbara Morris, and
accompanists were Bert Clay Ed
wards and Edward Collins
Present Variety Of Programs
The honor clubs held their March meeting with a variety of pi
grams being presented. In the Spanish Club, Maria Sosa presentei"**^
talk on schools in the South American countries.
Claude Warren and George Hale
presented a skit, Progresso, after
which popular Spanish songs were
sung, and the initiation of new
members took place.
The program of the Music Club
consisted of the graduating recital
of Jim Crisp, Macyln Mackie,
Nancy Cook, and Valeria Wallace.
After the recital, refreshments
were served in Spilman parlor for
the members.
The theme of the French Club
program was “France in Ameri
ca.” Reviews of books relating to
the subject and talks on the lives
of famous French explorers in
America were given by the new
members of the club.
The program of the Internation
al Relations Club consisted of dis
cussions on the topic “As Others
See Us,” and musical numbers
presented by a quartet composed
of Tom Tobey, Bryan Coates, Bob
Scalf, and Edgar Ferrel.
At the Business Club meeting,
Etta Sue Richardson presented a
talk on “Collective Bargaining and
its Relation to Business Students”
after which a debate was given on
the quorum, “Resolved: That the
Taft-Hartley Act Should Be Re
pealed.” To conclude the program,
a piano selection was played by
Ruby Putnam.
The theme of the German Club
program was German poetry. Se
lections were read by various
members of the club whose meet
ing was held at the home of Mrs.
Cornelia Vann, the adviser of the
club.
Irish poems and legends was the
theme of the Scriblerus Club at its
March meeting. Each member
answered the roll call with an Irish
work, and selections from Irish
literature were given by various
members of the club. The Hilltop
staff wishes to apologize for
omitting Doris Link’s name from
the list of new members initiated
into the Scriblerus Club.
The March meeting of the Sci
ence Club consisted of a Scientific
Radio Quiz program which was
under the direction of Shirley
Schellenberg, vice-president.
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Dramafeers Vi.cit
Chapel Hill
The Dramateers have been in
vited to the annual North Carolina
Drama Festival at the University
North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
of
N. C., to be held March 23-26,
where they plan to present “Aria
Da Capo.” The cast and crew will
be that mentioned in the preceding
paragraph.
Dr. Moore
Back Again
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Everyone rejoices to see I
Moore back on the campus, i
has recently been confined to I'
home by a slight illness. Dr. Moo|
is such a vital part of the collef
that we miss him greatly when
is absent from his accustom'
places.
MHC Camp us
Landscaping
Progresses
Progress is being made in laH'
scaping some parts of the camp"
There has been a consideral
amount of grading done aroui
the cafeteria, and this work will t
continued as soon as there is a k
up in the weather. The grade wo^
on the hill directly in front of t''
cafeteria will be finished tt'
spring with steps and walks to
main campus. Work is bek
planned to connected the gh'^
dormitories on the hill with tl
dining hall. There are also poS-‘
ble developments being advance
of connecting the boys’ dorrf
tories with the dining hall. Wof
is being done, too, on the parkk
areas, a new one to be develop®
on the west side of the scieo'
building. In the coming mont'
keep your eyes open for these a"
other new improvements.
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Art Club met in the Art Studio
with Connie Fahnestock presiding.
The highlight of the program was
a talk “Ignorance Abroad” by
Miss Beulah Bowden, art instruc
tor. She related her own travel
experiences. An art exhibit ar
ranged under the chairmanship of
Ruth Jean Bolt was on display.
Visitors were welcomed.
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