Q*he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Volume XXV
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1950
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On Monday and Tuesday nights,
October 9 and 10, the honor clubs
held their first regular meetings.
The Intern ational Relations
Club had an interesting program
entitled “Korea - What Next?”
They held the regular initiation
ceremony for the following new
members: Roy Campbell, Richard
Hicks, Mary Ellen Holleman, Sa
rah Ellen Swann, Luther Mann,
Ralph Hunt, Herbert Jones, and
George Pressley.
The French Club met in the
■home of the sponsor, Mrs. Nona
Roberts. The title of their pro
gram was “Places Of Historical
Interest In France.” The follow
ing new members were received
into the club: Lellon Carden,
Frances Beatty, Nancy Haynes,
Tom Curtis, James Burroughs,
and David Hodge.
The Scriblerus Club presented
a pogram on “The 1949 Pulitzer
Prize Winners In Poetry And
Drama.” Those initiated into this
club were: Jean Jarvis, Jo Ann
Pope, Cornelia Watson, Bill Rit-
■chie, and Sarah Anderson.
The Business Clilb had the in
stallation of the new officers and
the initiation of the new members
^ its meeting. Max Davis, Bill
Hines, Carolyn McBride, Peggy
Buckner and Frankie Crowe were
the new members.
The Spanish Club met on Tues
day night. New members wel-
^med were: Alfred Connell,
franklin Moore, Hermes Gonzalez,
and Noemi Milian. A discussion
was held on “The Colonial Life In
ima. Mr. Liles, the new spon
sor, taught the club members sev
eral songs in Spanish.
The German Club met with Mrs.
ann and an interesting program
of and talks on early Ger
man legends was presented.
Dramateers
Do Work On
Playhouse
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Mission Council
Plans Projects
The Mission Council has been
busily at work during the past few
weeks. CII chapel was sponsored
by the Council on October 3, when
an inspiring program was given
by John Wells, Chairman of thf
Mission Council, and other mem-
PWcp if ^Jack
^ Hicks, Jean Jarvis
M m Da
vid Matthews, and Luther Mann.
Recently the Mission Council
has been enlisting students
through volunteer commitment
cards which the students have
signed for mission work in such
places as the Veterans’ Hospital
m Oteen the Negro Mission aJ
Mount Olive, and for week-end
reiavals in neighboring towns and
cities. Each person on campus has
been made aware of the work
dune by the Council by informa
tion sheets which were placed in
HI postoffice boxes for this pur
pose.
Glenn Elected
As CII Prexy
Dan Glenn was chosen president
of the CII class in an election held
on “Little Circle,” September 29.
Glenn replaces Julian Parks who
entered military service.
Dan is a 1949 graduate of Lee
Edwards High School in Asheville.
While there he was prominent in
both schools and extra-curricular
activities. He was president of his
senior class, president of the Stu
dent Council, and belonged to
several school clubs. In both foot
ball and basketball he was an out
standing athlete.
As a Cl on the Mars Hill
campus Dan continued to be a
leader in activities. His fame rose
during football season last year,
and at the beginning of this year
he took over the position of cap
tain of the Mountain Lions. Dan
was also a member of last year’s
Cl championship intramural bas
ketball team.
Dan is a Euthalian. He plans to
transfer to Davidson College for
his junior and senior years.
Other officers of the CII Class
are: Vice - president, Harold
House, of Henderson; secretary,
Carolyn Winberry, of StatesviUe.
A treasurer is to be elected to
replace Betsy Baker, of Asheville,
who found it necessary to leave
school.
Dr. Albert Hale Is Speaker
For Annual Youth Revival
Dramateers, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Rogers, are working
daily on Rivermont Playhouse.
Each member of the Drama Class
spends two hours a week in actual
labor. Rapid progress is being
made both inside and out.
At the rear of the entrance hall
is the auditorium equipped with a
small stage and removable seats
for about seventy-five. Behind the
stage is the prop room. Additional
rooms in the building are makeup,
costume, studio and office. Some
improvements in the makeup room
include indi'vidual mirrors for the
cast over the long makeup table.
Lights are above each mirror, giv
ing the room a very theatrical ap
pearance. Running water has been
installed in this room. The cos
tume room is equipped ■with a
chest of drawers and storage
shelves.
Drama students are scraping,
varnishing and upholstering furn
iture for the studio and office.
The studio has a settee, chairs,
and new draperies. In the office
besides the regular furniture there
are bookcases for supplies and ma
terials.
Posters and announcements of
forthcoming productions will be
displayed in the office window.
Lights from the new marquee will
be beamed upon this window.
Martin England
Spends Furlough
In Mars Hill
A new resident in the town of
Mars Hill is Martin England who
returns here to live during his
year’s furlough from Burma. Mr.
England was a teacher at Mars
Hill College when our own “Dad
dy” Blackwell came here to teach.
Dr. Albert Hale, of the First Baptist Church of High Point, will be
principal speaker for the Annual Youth Revival, held under the aus
pices of the B.S.U. Students of the College will assist Dr. Hale in the
daily services, which will begin on October 15th and will extend
through the 22nd.
— The revival hymn, “Jesus Calls
Us,” will go hand in hand with
the revival theme, “Christ Calls
Youth.”
I.R.C. Sponsors
Freedom Crusade
Sponsored on this campus by
the International Relations Club,
Mars Hill College has joined with
other colleges in the United States
and millions of other Americans
in the Crusade for Freedom. Con
tributions and signatures from all
over America are being flown to
Berlin to be used for propaganda
purposes against the Communists.
The money is being used for the
expansion of Radio Free Europe
and a “freedom radio station” in
Europe, and the scrolls -will be
enshrined in the foundation of
the eight-foot bronze Freedom
Bell in Berlin.
Martin England
After teaching here for several
years, Mr. England furthered his
education in the seminary. In the
year 1933, he married Mabel Orr
of Birmingham, Alabama, and re
turned to Mars Hill for his honey
moon.
Since 1934, Mr. England has
been a missionary to Bhamo,
Burma. He now has four children,
who were all born in Burma.
The villages of Bhamo are loca
ted in the hills, and the people
farm for a living. Farming condi
tions in Bhamo are very poor and
one of Mr. England’s jobs has been
to improve these farming condi
tions. Rice is the Burmese chief
crop, but each planter makes only
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Noted Humorist
Gives Address
Dr. Murray Banks, noted hu
morist and psychologist, spoke to
the students on Saturday night,
October 14, on the topic, “Things
My Mother Never Told Me.”
A graduate of New York and
Columbia Universities, Dr. Banks
was head of the Psychological De
partment of Pace College in New
York for five years. He has also
taught psychology at Long Island
University and has given lectures
in a number of other colleges and
universities.
In addition to being an out
standing psychologist, he is au
thor of “How To Live With Your
self” and “Things My Mother
Never Told Me,” both of which
are best sellers. He is also a
newspaper columnist and one of
the incoming television stars.
Glee Club Begins New Year
By Entering Music Festival
Mars Hill College Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Dorothy
Weaver, began the year’s activities with a trip to Rutherfordton, N. C.,
to participate in the College Choral Festival, sponsored by the Western
District of the North Carolina Federated Music Clubs. Thirty-two
members of the Mars Hill Glee Club sang with members of other glee
clubs in Western Carolina in a combined chorus, which was directed by
Dr. Jan. P. Schinhan, of Chapel Hill.
Newly elected officers of the —
Glee Club are: President, Tom
Olive; Secretary, Jean Poston;
Corresponding Secretary, Eliza
beth Parker; Treasurer, Jean Jar
vis; and Librarian, Catherine Ray.
Sopranos in the Glee Club in
clude: Carolyn Getzman, Cora
Mae Rickey, Barbara Matthews,
Norma Jean Banner, Carolyn Red
ding, Peggy Page, Ann Webber,
Eliza Smith, Alma Davis, Carolyn
Barker, Gaynelle Chandler, Anita
Robinson, Frances Loftis, Peggy
Buckner, Miriam Sheffield, Betty
Privette, Mary Ann Jones, Ruth
Ellen Monroe, Alda Jean Clarke,
Emily Rose Brantley, Sarah Ellen
Swann, Sara Elizabeth Parker,
Jackie Ammons, Betty McAllister,
Carolyn Havner and Shirley Davis.
Members of the alto section are:
Marie Ellis, Betty Brig^man, Dean-
ne Canady, Gerry Ott, Iris Sum-
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Dr. Hale is a graduate of Wake
Forest College and the Southern
Baptist Seminary in Louisville,
Ky.
Morning s e r v ices throughout
the week will be carried on simul
taneously in both the church and
the auditorium, due to the fact
that no one building is able to ac
commodate the entire student
body. Dr. Hale will deliver all his
messages from the church and
members of the student body will
speak in the auditorium. The ser
vices will be carried out during
the daily chapel hour. Night ser
vices will be conducted in the
church by Dr. Hale at 7:30 o’clock
each night.
This revival will be held in the
fall for the first time in the re-
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Elizabeth Bridges
Replaces Avant
As Laurel Editor
staff members for the Laurel,
yearbook of Mars Hill College,
have been announced this week
and have begun work on the pub
lication. Lloyd Avant, Kanna
polis, editor-in-chief of the Laurel,
failed to return to the College
this year, shifting Miss Elizabeth
Bridges, co-dditor, of Bartow,
Fla., to the top editorial position.
Kenneth Byrd, Kannapolis, has
assumed the associate editorship.
Other editorial staff members are:
Miss Sammy Jean Johnson, Ra
leigh; Miss Mary Dean Hedrick,
Lexington; Miss EarMne Collier,
Charlottesville," "Va.; Miss Joanne
Hiers, Bartow, Fla.; Miss Frieda
Stiles, Franklin; Miss Martha
Snow, Charlottesville, Va.; Ted
Fulp, Lewisville; Miss Mary Am
mons, Mars Hill; Miss Gaynelle
Chandler, Albemarle; Miss Sally
Anne Madison, Jonesville; Miss
Jewel Beauford, Burlington; Fred
Youngblood, Pickens, S. C.; and
Miss Betty Shoaf, Kannapolis.
The business staff is headed by
R. F. Smith, Lenoir. Those aiding
Mr. Smith are: Mary Ruth Lin-
ville, Henry Lucas, R. L. Crisp,
Tom Simmons, Carolyn McBride,
Mary Catherine Jolliffe, Durwood
Hill, Beth Savage, Charles Tom
linson, Marshall Pennell, and
Brent Kincaid. The student photo
graphers are: Clifton Jenkins,
Washington, D. C.; and Ed Bangs,
Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Emmett Sams, of the Col
lege Department of Mathematics,
is faculty advisor for the 1960-61
LaureL