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Thanksgiving Day
To Be Big Occasion
On College Campus
Thaniksgiving Day . . . Home
coming Day. Mars Hill College
Alumni Association will again ob
serve Thanksgiving Day, NovSmb-
er 23, as its Homecoming Day.
A large number of former stu-
dents and other friends of the col
lege will be present for the occa
sion. A traditional Thanksgiving
Day program will be given at the
chapel hour. Luncheon will be
served in the Coyte Bridges Dining
Hall at twelve-thirty. At two-
thirty there will be a football game
'between Mars Hill and Brevard at
Brevard. Transportation will be
arranged for all visitors and stu
dents who wish to attend the game.
Those going to the game are ex
pected to present their bus tickets
and be served lunch early in order
to leave in time to reach Brevard
before the kickoff.
At eight o’clock in the evening
the Philomathian Literary Society
will give its annual anniversary
program in the college auditorium.
Plans for this event are a care-
fully guarded secret.
_ It is believed that visiting alum
ni will be well pleased with the im
provements that have been made
on the campus during the pas.t
year.
The Alumni Association has as
sumed responsibility for the build
ing of a new auditorium on the
srs Hill campus. At commence
ment last spring it voted to name
toe structure the Robert Lee
ooi^ Auditorium in memory of
gave more
than fifty years of his life to the
upbuilding of the college.
Temperance
Council Plans
Social
ance Council will have its social
ing on Novemiber 27 The
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• L. L. Vann who is widelv
fered. Refreshments will be serv-
ed^ Anyone who is interested in
tempera,.,
The president of the Mars Hill
v.i.L. announces that during this
month of November a drive will be
initiated to collect $60 in order to
support a native missionary fo?
^ne year. This activity is 7n ac
®ordance with the Plan of Work
as issued by the Y.T.C stat»
were'on^the^"'*
[a.o^a;e\r:rr:i4Ter:
^serves the
student and facutly member
Another project of the YTC
has been the setting up and supp^
ing of a tract rack in the rear It
the Reserve Library. TracS n.
varied subjects are availah^ ^
lall who desire them
Our Mars Hill Preachers
Smith To Lead Philomathia;
Mainer Moves Up For Eus
Bob Smith will lead the Philomathian Literary Society as president
during Anniversary-Reception term. Smith is from Bartow Fla Cl
term he was vice-president of Philomathia. He is chaplain of Spilman,
on the Hospital Committee and the Mission Council.
Charlie Tomlinson will fill the position of Anniversary program vice-
president, while Albert Leath will be vice-president in charge of the
„ regular literary programs. Tomlin
MAINER REPLACES WELLS
J. C. Mainer has moved up from
vice-president to president of the
Euthalian Literary Society since
David Wells had to leave for the
army.
Everett Gill, from Richmond,
Va., has been elected vice-presi
dent of Euthalia to succeed Mai
ner. Gill is also treasurer of his
Sunday School class and treasurer
of the Dramateers.
Honor Club
Meeting Week
MHC honor clubs will hold reg
ular monthly meetings November
13 and 14. International Relations
Club will meet in Stroupe parlor
on Monday night, No'Vember 13.
The program under the direction
of Ramona Allen will concern In-
do-China. Taking part in the dis-
cussdon will be Dewey Coin, Sara
Ellen Swann, Mary Ellen Holle-
man and Luther Mann.
Business Club meeting in Huff
man parlor will center around the
theme “The Road to Anywhere.’’
Participants in the discussion of
different vocations will include
Frankie Crowe, speaking on Teach
ing and Bill Hanes and Peggy
Buckner on Accounting.
Scrdblerus Club, also meeting on
November 14, will have a program
featuring Ballads. Among the
numbers will be the reading of
English ballads by Brooksie Mc
Gee and of American ballads by
Sue Eller. David Gaddy and Ever-
eitt Gill, guest performers, will
sing both English and American
ballads. The program will be con
cluded with group singing.
Spanish Club plans a program of
riddles and jokes. French Club,
meeting 'at the home of Mrs.
Roberts, will feature a Thanks
giving program. German Club ex
pects to have a visiting speaker.
Plans for Science Club and Or
phean Club have not been an
nounced.
Laurel Beauties
Are Elected
In a recent contest twenty girls
were nominated for the beauty
section of the 1950-61 Laurel. The
entire student body voted on these
candidates, but the winners of the
honors will not be announced until
the Laurel comes from the press.
Those nominated were Ramona
Allen, DeeAnn Canady, Gaynelle
Chandler, Euna Day, Carolyn
Getzman, Carolyn Havner, Caro
lyn Winberry, Augusta Ingram,
Helen Hutchins, Phala Jones, Jan
et Ponder, Sarah Thomas, Louise
Norwood, Patty Yates, Jean Jar
vis, Mary Evelyn Luttrell, Vicky
Ogle, Jo Ann Ferguson, Joan
Schw'ab and Dot Rose Morgan.
Those making nominations in
cluded the society presidents, B.
S. U. president, C-II president,
editors and business managers of
the Laurel and the Hilltop, faculty
members and house mothers.
Dramateers To Present
“Joan Of Lorraine”
Ministers Are
Active Group
On Campus
Among the active organizations
on the campus is the Ministerial
Conference. All ministerial stu
dents are automatically members.
The purpose of the organization is
to give its members training and
experience in preaching and in
local missionary work. Bible read
ing and pastoral problems are also
stressed.
Meetings are held every Thurs
day night at 7:30 in Wall Building.
Members of the Conference are
Burlen Aldridge, J. R. Ball, Ern
est A. Banner, George Bausum,
Thomas Bailey, Ed Bangs, De-
mauth Blanton, Odell Breland,
George Bobo, Jarvis Brock, Fred
Brown, Hugh Bumgarner, Jack
Burnette, Paul Byas, Jack Casey,
Winfred Cockman, Joseph Coffey,
Lionel Cornell, James Cole, Lester
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son is from Winston-Salem. He is
a cheerleader and is a member of
the Dramateers. Leath is from
Asheville. Last year he was presi
dent of the Brotherhood, and this
year he is a member of the BSU
Council and is president of his
Training Union Class. Cl term he
was Philomathian censor.
Tom Simmons is secretary and
Tom Price is censor. Simmons
comes from Greensboro and is
president of his Sunday School
class. He is also circulation man
ager for The Hilltop. Price is from
Kannapolis. He is a B.T.U. group
captain.
Chaplain is Luther Mann, who
comes from Miami, Fla. Mann is
president of the Florida Club,
Chairman of the Colored Missions,
vice-president of the Ministerial
Conference, chaplain of Wood
Cottage, and a member of I.R.C.
Stahl Elected
CII Treasurer
Peggy Stahl was chosen treas
urer of the Senior Class in an
election held on November 2, in
the college auditorium. She de
feated Mary Jo Isaccs, of Winston-
Salem, and Jo Anne Pope, of
Hickory.
Peggy is from Miami, Florida.
In addition to being a member of
the Clio Literary Society, she is
an officer in both her Sunday
School and B.T.U. classes. She is
taking a liberal arts course and
plans to major in sociology.
Peggy replaces Betsy Baker,
who found it necessary to leave
school early in the year.
Joan of Lorraine, by Maxwell
Anderson, will be given by the
Dramateers on Novemiber 18 at
8:00 p.m. It is a play in two acts,
and according to Mrs. D. N. Rog
ers, drama instructor, “It is a play
about a group of actors who are
trying to produce the play Joan of
Lorraine.’’
Vickie Ogle, an outstanding
member of Dramateers last year,
is taking the part of Joan in the
production, and Charles Tomlin
son, ano.ther active Dramateer, is
playing the part of Jimmy Mast
ers, the play director.
Other members of the cast are:
Al, the stage manager, and the
Dauphin, Kenneth Byrd; Tessie
and Saint Catherine, Betty Ann
Turner; Father Massieu, Tim
Brown; Jean de Metz and Georges
Tremoilles, Harold England; Ca-
uchon, Willis Pence; Marie, the
Costumer, Ilda Lide; Bertrand de
Poulengy, Jim McKee; Le Hire,
Ted Fulp; Pierre d’Arc and the
Executioner, Ralph Riley; Durand
Laxart, Norman Fritter; Arch
bishop of Rheims, Durwoo’d Hill;
and Alain Chartier, Arno Stahle..
Charles Tomlinson is directing
the play, and Rubert Gooch is the
stage manager. The stage crew in
cludes Dennis Stines, Dick Priode,
Kenneth Sanford, Mary Layton,
Jewel Beaufbrt and Nancy Craig.
Jim McKee is publicity chairman
for the production.
Cl Officers Are
Nominated
The officers for the Cl Class
will be elected at the chapel hour
on Friday, November 17, 1950.
Nominations for president, vice-
president, secretary, treasurer and
faculty sponsors were made by
members of the Cl Class on Fri
day, November 10. The class
meeting on November 17 will be
devoited to selecting class leaders.
These officers are in complete
Martin England
Speaks To YWA
Mrs. Martin England, missionary
on furlough from Burma, spoke
on Friday, November 10, in the
college auditorium, to a joint
meeting of the Young Women’s
Auxiliary and the Brotherhood.
Mrs. England has served with
her husband as missionary to
Bhamo, Burma since 1934. She
spoke in an informal manner of
needs, and of the mission work
the people, their customs and
among the Burmese. She showed
to the group native Burmese cos
tumes.
The speaker stressed the need
for additional workers in foreign
fields and pointed out the oppor
tunities for service in mission
work.
cha^e of class activities and the
Junior-Senior Banquet which is
held during the spring term.
Training Union Course
Is Given To MHC Students
Mars Hill held its annual Train
ing Union study course November
6th through the lOth.
Four state approved workers
from Raleigh were here to aid in
the courses. They were: Miss Kay
Teague, Miss Betty Brewer, Mr.
Harvey Gibson and Mr. James
Ray.
Some Mars Hill faculty members
assisted in the courses. They were
Mrs. Nelson, Mr. Kendall, Mr.
Lance, Mr. Ashworth, Mr. Mc
Leod and Mr. Wood. Mr. Martin
England also taught a course dur
ing the week.
Courses taught and their in-
fiitructors were as follows: Baptist
Young People's Administration,
Mr. Harvey Gibson and Miss Kay
Teague; Training in Church Mem
bership, Mr. James Ray; Vital
Problems in Church Membership,
Miss Betty Brewer; Deepening' the
Spiritual Life, Mrs. Nelson; Our
Bible, Mr. Kendall; Planning a
Life, Mr. Lance; Investments iq
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