!6,195 CONGRATS, PHI PREXY! Q*he Hilltop Published by the Students of Mars HUl College TALMADGE! PENLAND! V whic ake tlf olume XXV lees MARS HILL, N. C., MONDAY. MARCH 12, 1951 Number 11 ( 3 dorij I .t watc I •alk wil' stayi: b is al! j boys I will rii btly vi it cup furnii on th«i s not ts mij n of 1 with ti in, as 1 tine. ; at nig lur ni^ ilr. Toll'l sement the doiPic^red above are the members of the Mars Hill College Touring Choir. Last night they appeared at the e coils Baptist Church in Gastonia, N. C. rom a 1— workit leir cig* said tt scene * t a ma' ie the :y immS 1 in hS( saved ^ fi Students and Faculty To Aid in Revival Dates for the spring holidays were changed a few weeks ago in order that students and faculty members might assist in the Simul taneous Revival which takes place March 25 - April 8. Members of the faculty who are working in churches during this revival in clude Dr. Blackwell, Dr. Nelson, and Mr. Kendall. Student body members ore also helping in various churches in this and neigh-' boring states. _ Douglas Newton, Cora Mae Rickey, Jean Jarvis and 'Winifred Cockman will team up at Jupiter Baptist Church, Jupiter, N. C. Winifred Cockman is pastor of this church, and Douglas Newton will preach in the two weeks’ Revival there. nan Literary Societies Elect Officers *lalph Hunt ^.eplaces L F. Smith of the P iss on ' •hman P'^^halia held its election of he coll®^'^®*^® Commencement award Pdday night, March 2, 1951. one oN^ *'®Sular meeting preced- the election, a musical “Radio ogram” was presented. George 'bo acted as Master of Cere- >nies, with Walter Schlechter, Peterson, Everett Gill, Gene idson, Arno Stable, J. C. Mainer, a n Crouch and John Hatcher aid- ociety' usins «In the election, Ralph Hunt FebrUpped up from secretary to re- lor. .ce R. p. Smith as president, agram ell Breland advanced from n Hertplain to vice-president, the you Ace which Ed Dowdy held for the Iding deeding term. Brent Kincaid was follofcted secretary, with Grimes Love, sason as chaplain and John nafrtcher as censor, ianist. loV ntryjhis Annouiice chi n n e r s o f ^’I.nnual Contest of Winchester Leads Non On Thursday, March 1, the Non pareils held elections for the Com mencement term officers. Betty Winchester will serve as president for this term, while Doris Shirley and Lib Parker are vice-presidents. Betty is from Asheville, is a mem ber of the International Relations Club and the Forensic Team, and was Forensic term vice-president. Doris Shirley, from Charlotte, is president of the Business Club and a member of the Glee Club. Lib is a member of the touring choir and was Forensic term secretary. Mary Burch, of Charlotte, will serve as secretary. Judy Hender son, of Jacksonville, Florida, will (Continued on Page 4) t • hree contests. Declamation, joperance Readings and Ora- f were held in the month of 'ruary by the Philomathian jrary Society. ^i^mners of the various contests first, second and third places lectively are as follows: Decla- ion contest—Harold England, n Wells, Jim Gibson; Temper- 3 Reading Contest—Jack Price, old House, Ed McGowan; Ora- Contest — Jim Gibson, Bill roy, Roy Campbell. ebate contests are to be held L the negative side be Alan Gragg and Jim ene. Bob Melvin and Demauth iton will be the affirmative iters. They will debate on the onal query. Dramateers Stage Drama “Escape by Moonlight,” a play written by Kenneth Crotty, was presented last Friday night, March 8, in the Rivermont Playhouse. Vicky Ogle was the producer and director of the psychological drama. The cast included Betty Ann Turner who played the part of Kathy, a young girl whose mind is warped into believing that her sweetheart, Jeffrey Flynn, played by Tommy Olive, is not dead, al though he has been killed. Ken Byrd, playing the part of the family physician. Dr. Hartwell, tries to persuade her that her fiance is dead. Others in the one- act production were Rose Carol .Atkinson, the elevator girl, and .Anna Hoyle, the telephone opera tor. Charlie Tomlinson was the set designer and technical director; Paul Everhart, stage manager; .Anna Hoyle, costume designer; and Rose Atkinson, make-up direc tor. The stage crew consisted of Earline Collier, Ken Byrd and Bernard Williams. Clios Elect Sara Swann President Clio Literary Society elected their Commencement term officers of the year. Sarah Ellen Swann will serve as Clio president. Sarah Ellen is from Statesville. She serv ed as Clio censor the C-I term and as Vice-president the Forensic Term. She is also a member of IRC. Mary Evelyn Luttrell, who is from Knoxville, Tenn, will be Clios new vice-president. Mary Evelyn was the chaplain of Clio prior to her election to the vice-presidency. Carol Richardson, from White- head, was elected secretary. Carol is a mission volunteer; she is a member of IRC, corresponding secretary for the Y. W. A., and she has served as treasurer of Clio. Berniece Limer, from Norlina, was elected censor; Berniece is on the Y. W. .A. Council and is Business manager of the Hilltop. Alice Cook, of Clinton, will serve as the new Clio chaplain. .Alice is a member of the Scriblerus Club and an all-A student. MH Glee Club Continues Tour of Carolina Mars Hill College Glee Club continued its series of off-campus concerts with appearances a t Marion and Gastonia the week-end of March 11. Among numbers included on the programs were “Sanctus,” “Jesus, Priceless Treasure,” “We All Be lieve,” and “There Is a Balm in Gilead.” Members of the Glee Club who are in the touring choir are as follows: Sopranos: Alda Jean Clarke, Gaynelle Chandler, Ruth Ellen Monroe, Lib Parker, Emily Rose Brantley, Patty Yates, Iris Sum mers, Norma Jean Banner, Alma (Continued on Page 4) IRC Delegation Attend Meeting Thirteen members of the IRC, accompanied by Miss Evelyn Und erwood, Miss Pearl Francis, and Mr. Harley Jolley, journeyed to Lincoln Memorial University, Har rogate, Tennessee, March 1 and 2. Mars Hill, the only junior college represented at the IRC Confer ence, had the largest delegation of any visiting school. In addition to participating on the program and attending meet ings, the group drove over the Wilderness Trail through historic Cumberland Gap. They also visited Norris Dam and the Atomic Energy Museum at Oak Ridge. They were entertained at lunch at the home of Miss Francis in LaFollette, Tennessee. “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay” Cast for April 14 Production date for “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay,” is April 14. Dramatized by Jean Kerr from the book by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough, the play tells of the adventures of the authors when they, at the age of nineteen, made their first trip abroad — alone. The parents, fearful for their children’s safety, might well have spent more time worrying about the ship’s passengers and damage expenses. The characters are in order of appearance as follows: Steward, Bill Bowen; Mrs. Skinner, Ruth Durham; Cornelia Otis Skinner, Joan Schwab; Otis Skinner, Har old England; Emily Kimbrough, Betty Winchester; Purser, Ralph Riley; Stewardess, Margaret Mor gan; Dick Winters, Norman Frit ter; .Admiral, Glen Holt; Harriet St. John, Helen Scarborough; Winifred Blough, Marie Ellis; Leo McEvoy, Everett Gill; Inspector, Jessie Thompson; Therese, Patsy Stubbs; Madame Elise, Mary Ellen Holloman; Monsieur de la Croix, Willis Pence; Window Cleaner, Arno Stable. Settings and lighting will be done by Ted Fulp. Prompting will be done by Bonnie Hulsey. Pub licity is by Joan Schwab and Ever- (Continued on Page 4) Henry Register and Max Kell will work at Flagpond, Tennessee, at the Flagpond Baptist Church, of which Henry is pastor. Max Kell will preach also for two weeks. Odell Breland, John Wells and George Bobo will officiate at a week’s meeting in Waterboro Bap tist Church, Waterboro, South Carolina. Bob Melvin, R. F. Smith, George Bobo and John C. Wells will be in a Youth Rally in Salisbury Baptist Church on March 30, 31 and April 1. Pre-revival prayer meetings will be held in and around Burnsville on March 21. Those taking part are: Luther Mann, George Bobo, Bob Melvin, Douglas Newton, Alan Gragg, Bill Jennings, Max Kell and John Wells. Also in Burnsville, the Mission Council team will be in a Youth Rally on April 8. Back to the revival, Jim Heizer will be leading singing in a church in Burnsville, and Luther Mann will preach for two weeks in a Mission in Phoenix City, Ala. Alan Gragg will preach at his own church in Brunswick, Georgia, Albert Leath and Jim Green will work in the Ridgecrest Baptist Church. Trustees T Meet Here Members of the Executive and Building committees of the Mars. Hill College Board of Trustees will meet with Dr. Hoyt Blackwell in Moore Hall on March 20. Principal topics for discussion at the meet ing will be the site for the new auditorium, the improvements on the campus landscaping layout, and the new social security plan for the faculty and staff. Members of the Executive Com mittee are R. O. Huffman, Morg- anton, who is chairman of the board; George Pennell of Ashe ville, secretary; Dr. William M. Scruggs of Charlotte; Dr. C. G. Mumford of Raleigh; C. C. Wall of Lexington; Dr. Bruce Sams of Mars Hill; and R. H. Broyhill of Lenoir. C. G. Fox of Hickory, A. W. Whitehurst of Marshall, and Grady B. Welton of Rutherfordton are the members of the building committee who will be present for the meeting. IslO®

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