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Volume XXVI
Eleven Become
MHC Graduates
Eleven students were gradu
ated from Mars Hill College at
the end of the 1951 summer ses
sion. Ten finished the literary
course and one completeed the
, two-year business course.
Lovie Catherine Cashwell, of
I ^^iaton, has entered Baylor Uni-
I versity for her advanced work.
] President of the 1951 Class, Dan
j Glenn, is now at Davidson College.
Other summer school graduates
outstanding ball players,
I Emerson English, Mars
! ^1, and Christopher Columbus
Roberts, Jr., Greenville, S. C.;
j erbert Stevens Howell, Jr., Ashe-
Piug-pong champion; James
It Lambert, Phoebus, Va.;
Oaniel Frazier, Louisburg;
jKoy Walter Metcalf, Mars Hill;
I izabeth Savage, Washington, D.
f •. Elizabeth Marshall Smith, Bla-
I denboro.
Wade Ryan McSwain, of Kings
ountain, was the graduate in the
business course.
I ^uformation is incomplete con-
I cerning the present location of
I of the graduates.
MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1951
Number 1
Enrollment Is Off;
Draft Canses Drop
jAlber And Hardy
I On Lyceum Series
Louis J. Alber and David E.
[Hardy -win speak in the Mars Hill
I College auditorium, Saturday, Oct.
^ subject will
J, ® The Key to American Security
|dud Freedom.”
■i Alber, an American, main-
I Athat Europe is the key to
security; Mr. Hardy, a
Ijj * citizen, advocates the im-
iBoth^*''^^ of Asia in world security.
|tra 1^^” have spent the summer
linv'^f iu the various sections
|add°K ^ds visited, in
|of countries west
land tu Curtain, Asia Minor
|trav 1 ®
|don ^ southeastern Asia, In-
Phillipines, Malaya,
I'. “Pan and Korea.
|Hon*i.^°™®’^ ‘^^’^sotor of Radio
and special correspon-
|com British Broadcasting
|the Hardy has lived in
|a many years and has
land * ^ acquaintance with people
|recen?'^^**^*oas there. During the
I tain’ served with Bri-
lin tif ^oyal Marine Commandos
|| Par East.
iVij. A],
|yearg’> is a lecturer of many
]both A ®^P®i'iaiice and knows well
servg^P'oi’ica and Europe. He has
loffjgi ®ar government in several
Positi^* capacities. Among the
n®inb'e'^ be has held are these:
r^theT Executive Committee
Pubiijj p^^ae to Enforce Peace, in
^®^ations Division of the
Ithe ^ Executive Director of
ational Housing Committee.
ififof^arpose of the debate is to
ileveio public of the latest
as world conditions
NEW MEMBERS of the Mars Hill College faculty who began their
duties with the opening are. Left to Right: Floyd R. Collins, Cerro
Uordo, the chemistry department; Joe C. Robertson, Charleston, Ark.,
the art department; and Lowell Boroughs, East Chicago, Ind., teacher
in the music department, director of band and orchestra.
Faculty Members Added;
Former Teachers Return
' Faculty changes at Mars Hill for
1951-52 include the acquisition of
three new members and the return
of two former members.
Lowell Boroughs of East Chica
go, Ind., has become a member of
the music faculty as teacher of
string and wind instruments and
director of the band and orchestra.
Boroughs is a graduate of the
American Conservatory of Music,
Chicago, 111., where he received a
bachelor’s and a master’s degree.
He has been teacher of wood
winds in the extension division of
Indiana University, conductor of
the orchestra at Olivet College,
Kankakee, 111., and director of
numerous bands and orchestras.
Joe C. Robertson of Charleston,
Ark., has succeeded Miss Dorothy
Turner as teacher and director of
the Art Department. He attended
Arkansas Tech and is an A. B
graduate of the University of
Arkansas.
In 1950 he received a Master of
Fine Arts degree from the Univer
sity of Iowa, where he held an
assistantship.
During the past summer he
studied at the University of Cali
fornia, Berkeley. He has exhibited
in Des Moines and Davenport,
Iowa; Minneapolis, Minn., Spring-
field, Miss.; Little Rock, Ark., and
Chicago, 111.
Floyd R. Collins of Cerro Gordo,
is a new instructor in chemistry
and physics. He is a B. S. and
M. A. graduate of East Carolina
Teachers College and was for two
years teacher of science in the
Wilson High School. During 1944-
46 he spent 26 months with the
U. S. Army.
Robert R. Chapman Jr. has re
turned to the College this fall after
a year’s leave of absence at the
Woman’s College, University of
North Carolina, where he complet-
(Continued on Page 4)
Dorms Accept
New Government
College residence halls have a-
dopted a constitution setting up
student government among the
men’s dorms on the campus. The
constitution was framed before
the opening of school by a com
mittee of men active in dormitory
life.
The constitution was unanim
ously adopted by the dorms and is
to go into immediate effect upon
election of the officers called for
in the document. The officers are
to include a president, vice-presi
dent, secretary-treasurer, chaplain
and a council consisting of from
two to seven men. These officers
will comprise the executive coun
cil which is to handle all breaches
of dormitory conduct.
College Loses
Faculty Members
Five members of the 1950-51
college faculty did not return for
the fall term.
Miss Myrtle Edwards, who
taught mathematics here for four
years, has returned to Brenau Col
lege in Gainsville, Ga. Mr. Walker
H. Ford of the Chemistry Depart
ment and his wife, Mrs. Ford, who
assisted in the main library, re
turned to work in their home town
in South Carolina. Mr. Arthur
Wood of the Science Department
and Mrs. Wood, who worked in
the reserve library, are on the
Clemson campus where Mr. Wood
is doing further graduate study.
Mr. L. Outten has a leave of ab
sence to study at Cornell. He hopes
to finish his Ph.D. this year. In
Mexico, Miss Dorothy Turner is
continuing her study of art. At
Rice Institute in Texas, Mrs. Lor-
rena Rogers has resumed her post
graduate study.
Mars Hill College has enrolled
for the 1951-52 session, not in
cluding those doing special work,
679 students, from 18 states and
four foreign countries. The girls
outnumber the boys, there being
358 and 321 respectively. This is
less than last year’s enrollment of
750, but the decrease can easily
be understood, since the armed
forces and production plants have
claimed so many young men.
North Carolina leads with an
enrollment of 469; South Carolina
follows with 86; Virginia with 32;
Florida, 26; Tennessee, 16; Geor
gia, 16; Maryland, 8; Washington,
D. C., 4; Pennsylvania, New York,
and Alabama, 2 each; New Jersey,
Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, In
diana, Wisconsin, and Massachu
setts, 1 each.
Two students come from Cuba,
one from Honduras, and one from
Hawaii.
®y affect us.
Campus Receives
Face Lifting
Construction of a thirty-four
foot driveway with a side walk on
either side was completed during
the summer on the Mars Hill
campus. The driveway was ex
tended from Main Street to the
gymnasium where it terminated
with a semi-circular stone wall and
steps which join the walks leading
to the dining hall.
Other improvements made this
summer include laying hardwood
floors throughout the music build
ing and painting the walls in pastel
shades, painting the interior of
Moore Hall and installing drinking
fountains on two floors, painting
and renovating the library, dormi
tories and cottages.
The removal of overhead wires
and the placing of 24 artistic
lamps about the grounds have
added to the beauty of the campus.
Conduit is now being laid to put
the telephone lines underground.
Lights are being installed on the
athletic field and they will be in
use for the first game of the
season.
Clubs Announce
First Meetings
Honor Clubs will hold their
regular monthly meetings October
9.
In order to be eligible for mem
bership a student must make “B”
on the subject represented in the
, club, a passing grade on all other
subjects, and thirty quality points.
Students who became eligible at
the end of last spring’s semester
will be initiated at the October
meeting. C-I’s who qualify during
the fall semester will be admitted
to membership in February.
The clubs and their presidents
are as follows: Scriblerus Club,
James Heizer; Science Club, B. C.
Phillips; International Relations
Club, Howard Hartness; French
Club, Ruth Anderson; Spanish
Virginians Form
Cavalier Club
Virginians at Mars Hill have
organized a new regional fellow
ship, the Cavalier Club. Heading
the club is Carl Cannon of New
port News, president, and Marg
aret Morgan of South Hill, secre
tary-treasurer. Mrs. DeShazo is
the club’s sponsor.
Tentative plans call for a party
in November and informal meet
ings held frequently throughout
the fall semester.
The Virginians wait to hear
from Virginia’s Governor Battle
who has been asked to become an
honorary member of the Cavalier
Club. Governor Battle is an alum
nus of Mars Hill College and it was
his father.who coined the college’s
favorite phrase concerning itself
—“A Gem in the Emerald Ring of
the Hills.”
Club, Rita Crowell; Music Club,
Norma Jean Banner; Business
Club, David Garrett.
Playwright Launches
Crusade for FreedonC^ Drive
Revival Planned
Annual fall revival in the Mars
Hill Baptist Church will be held
October 15 through 21. Services
will be conducted each evening at
7:30 with the Reverend Archie
Ellis, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Salisbury, doing the
preaching. Special services will
also be held at the chapel hour in
the college auditorium.
'Truth is the answer to Soviet
propaganda,” said Kermit Hunter,
noted playwright and author of
Unto These Hills,” in a talk that
officially opened the Madison
County Crusade for Freedom
Drive.
Immediately following the talk,
which was held in the college audi
torium on Sept. 17, a freewill
offering was taken which netted
$187 for the drive.
Mr. Hunter gave several ex
amples in which the Crusade-spon
sored “Radio for Freedom” has
produced amazing results in stim
ulating action behind the iron cur
tain. One particular service which
the radio brings to the suppressed
democrats in Soviet controlled
countries, according to Mr. Hun
ter, is the broadcasting of the
names of Informers who plague
guerillas. “Once an informer’s
name is broadcasted,” said the
playwright, “he is disposed of in
short order.”
Helium balloons were mention
ed by Mr. Hunter as one of the
latest innovations in the spreading
of propaganda. Large balloons are
filled with helium and thousands
of tracts expounding the cause of
freedom and are let loose to float
over communist-held territories.
When the balloons reach a certain
altitude, pressure causes them to
explode spreading the tracts for
miles.
Mr. Hunter especially emphasiz
ed the need for slgnatuies on the
Crusade Scroll. He stated that the
number of Americans who actively
supported the movement was one
of the greatest weapons the “Cru
sade” has for combatting the Rus
sian propaganda.