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Published by the Students of Mars Hill Colleg,
MARS HILL. N. C.. MONDAY. JANUARY 29. 1951
Number 8
Music Faculty
Glee Club Will Make
Annual Singing Tour
mong the RoLhs, M^r? J^'^wood Francis, Miss Dorothy Weaver, Mr
sr have to V These faculty’nfemlbers wire M^^tha Riggers, and Mrs. Douglas Robin:
i weather n of Schools of Music last December being admitted into the National Associa-
first date;:hty senior colleges in the AssocTation ^ ^ °"® ® colleges and one hundred and
well verse
ituation.
ror of the
; is advanA
Seminary Choir
ifere for Chapel
radio listetf
iing by y\
[ill men
•aft age on
rattle off
what hapf ^
of draft February 15, the Southern
ninary Choir will sing at the
it jumibleailar chapel service on the Mars
jnt body, P* campus. This choir, represent-
g is clear-^ the Southern Baptist The-
a ten-stu?ical Seminary of Louisville,
list, one . is making a tour through
(tb up to'th and South Carolina during
le close ef first part of February.
loys wholhe choir has made four tours
vIare°Wl Southern
•ysare. es: Kentucky, Tennessee,
n Carolina,
I ?f M'ssassippi, Alabama,
Seawall, isiana, Oklahoma, Texas Mis
|id Banks h and South Carolina tLI
them Seminary Choir has also
e several appearances before
Southern Baptist Convention.
Direct Choral Cl inic
vyuiivennon.
• SeconJiccording to Ellis A. Fuller
I*n 22 * f Theological Seminary, the
Jan. 22,„ T Chumh Music of Ihich
(Continued on Page 4)
The Third Annual High School
Choral Clinic will be sponsored by
the college on Februay 2-3. The
program will consist of rehearsals,
conferences, and a performance
Saturday night, February 3, at
7.30 to climax the occasion.
Representatives from twenty
schools will compose the 170 voice
chorus in a program consisting of
three groups: sacred, folk and
modern-secular music.
Director, Mr. Charles Bryan,
arranger and composer, member
of the faculty at Peabody College
for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn.,
will have two of his own numbers
included on the program.
Accompanisits will be Mrs. J. R.
Owen, Choral director from the
Chandler High School. Dr. O. E.
Hoffman, state supervisor of
music, will also be present to lead
conferences with the directors and
to speak at a dinner meeting Fri
day night.
Jan.
^'mphasis Week
' In February
(-re^stejiy Life, His Plan, Our Mis-
I which is the theme for the forth-
ng Religious Emphasis Week
held the week of February
TO V(- Gill, of the Baptist
: Coal’d, and Mr.
OF V'ist Church in Shelby, will be
foT of the services. The two
Ve conduct chapel services
ruNE d will hold conferenc-
I „.e„ie2'‘.r,:3r
Gin^^V* father of Ever-
Ih Car«P“'> a C-II student here.
Reading Glass
Begins Programs
Students of the interpretative
reading classes will be responsible
for a reading hour program, con
sisting of good literature from the
prose and poetry divisions. Every
one is invited to attend these pro
grams. 'The selections will be
chosen by the students presenting
the program every two weeks and
will be arranged and prepared
under the direction of Mrs. D. N.
Rogers. These bi-monthly pro
grams will be given in the River-
mont Playhouse beginning Tues
day, January 30 at 4:30 p.m.
The first program will consist
of the following numbers: “The
Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen
Poe, read by Harold England;
“Thanatopsis,” by William Cullen
Bryant, read by Jack Burnette;
(Continued on Page 4)
N.C. Symphony
Plans Tour
The sixth annual tour of the
North Carolina “Little” Symphony
will begin on January 18, 1951.
The Orchestra will be here Feb.
22 immediately after the Religious
Emphasis meeting. The “Little”
Symphony is expected to cover
approximately 5,000 miles during
the ten weeks of the tour, and
will play eighty concerts.
In addition to its usual varied
program of music, the orchestra
has in its pocket the Mendelssohn
Symphony No. IV (in A Major*)
to be played in full.
Twenty-four members make up
the orchestra directed by Dr.
Joseph Swalin.
The late poet, Edna St. Vincent
Millay said of the return from a
concert: “. . . I shall only be a
little taller than when I went.”
Department Gets
A Face Lifting
The Modern Language Depart
ment on the top floor oif MoConnell
Building has had a face-lifting.
The Spanish and German room
was equipped with Venetian blinds.
The whole department was paint
ed a delicate cream color.
Mrs. Nona Roberts, French
teacher, studied at the Royal Vic
toria College of McGill University
in Montreal, Canada, last summer.
Montreal is in the province of
Quelbec and is primarily a French
Province. Mrs. Roiberts brought
back four large pictures of France
to place in the French classroom.
While at McGill University, she
spoke nothing but French since
the professors taught in French
and the students were not allowed
to speak any other language in the
dormitories, in the cafeterias, or
in the classrooms.
Mrs. Cornelia Vann, head of the
modern language department,
studied Spanish in Alicante, Spain,
after studying in America. She
attended La Escuela Para Mae
stros in Alicante. Mrs. Vann
studied German here at Mars Hill,
at Wake Forest, and at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. She has
obtained German pictures for her
classroom but is still looking for
the Alhambra, a picture of the
most beautiful Moorish Palace in
Spain. The Alhambra is rather
plain on the outside, but on the
inside it is composed of delicate
and exquisite art.
Modern language students now
find it more pleasant to study in
the language rooms.
During the month of February
the Glee Club will tour several
North Carolina and Tennessee
cities.
The programs will be typical
worship services in song, consist
ing of anthems and hymns.
Such selections as “Now Let
Every Tongue Adore Thee,” Bach;
“How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings,”
Brahms; “There Is a Balm in
Gilead,” spiritual arrangement by
Dawson; “Jesus Our Lord We
Adore Thee,” James; and “The
Lord Bless You,” Lutkin, will be
presented in the programs.
Members of the Glee Club whO'
will go on tour are as follows:
Sopranos: Alda Jean Clarke,
Gaynelle Chandler, Ruth Ellen
Monroe, Lib Parker, Emily Brant
ley, Patty Yates, Iris Summers,
Norma Jean Banner, Alma Davis
and Miriam Sheffield.
Altos: Catherine Ray, Mary El
len Gregory, Ruth Durham, Jean
Poston, Ellen Sprinkle, Edith
Plemmons, Joann Greene, Jean
Jarvis, Armeta Rho'des, Deanne
(Continued on Page 4)
Former Student ,
Is Elected To
Magazine Staff
Miss Nancy Ijames of Mocks-
ville, a former Mars Hill stu
dent, has been appointed as one
of the five Woman’s College stu
dents of the college board of
Mademoiselle Magazine to repre
sent the campus for the Journal
during the remainder of the year.
While a student at Mars Hill
Nancy not only was active in the
work of the Home Economics De
partment but contributed to The
Hilltop, and served as student as
sistant in college publicity.
Popular Impersonating Team
Will Be Next Lyceum Number
Tommy Alexander
Dies of Leukemia
Murphy — Thomas Norwood
Alexander, 18, student at Mars
Hill College died at 11:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 14, in a Murphy
hospital of leukemia, following
an illness of two weeks.
Funeral services were held at
the First Methodist Church
Tuesday after his death on Sun
day. Burial was at the Sunset
Cemetery with Alexander’s
classmates acting as pallbearers.
Alexander was an outstand-
^*^1 valedictorian of
his high school graduating class
here in 1950. He graduated
with a 98 average. He attended
the first semester at Mars Hill
and was taken ill during the
Christmas holidays at home. His
record at Mars Hill was one of
excellence.
A program of sparkling theatre
will be presented by Hal and Ruby
Holbrook on February 10 in the
MHC Auditorium.
Hal and Ruby Holbrook will
present several scenes from their
“Theatre of Great Personalities.”
Their characterizations cover a re
markable range, including such
striking figures as Mark Twain,
Elizaibeth and Essex and the
Brownings. Their newest comedy
number is a delightful episode
from Moliere’s comedy, “The
School for Wives,” featuring its
two principal characters, Arnolphe
and Agnes. Costumes and make-up
highlight this diversified program.
The Holbrooks have developed a
technique of swift and startling
changes of appearance which keep
the program moving smoothly with
little time wasted between scenes.
The most striking feature of the
program is its unusual versatility.
The Holbrooks, two of the fast
est rising stars in the platform
field, have made outstanding p.ro-
gress since their graduation from
college only three years ago. In
that short time, they have per
formed before more than four
hundred audiences, totaling 200,-
000 people, from coast to coast.
The word has been spreading
rapidly that this young couple
may be the new Lunt and Fon-
tanne in the theatre. Margo Jones,
director of such Broadway hits as
“Joan n't Lorraine” and “The
Glass Menagerie,” describes them
as having “great talent,” adding
that she hopes “we will get a
chance to work together some
day.”
In addition to their platform
Work, the Holbrooks have lately
invaded the television field with
such success that a featured pro
gram has been O'ffered them. The
greatest problem thus far is the
question of time since they are
booked solidly this season.