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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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