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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C.
Oct. 27. iPc
Tune is Fleeting
Time is fleeting and names have
appeared on a delinquent list.
Some students never have to give
this matter a thought, but others
•who are not so fortunate will find
it a gentle reminder that work has
to be done. C-I’s are beginning to
learn that “Promptness strengthens
Character.”
There are various and sundry
reasons for being on the delin
quent list. Sometimes, appearing
there is not fatal, but serves as a
prompter to those who are prone
to neglect or put off school work.
Keep in mind that this semester
is well underway. Mid-semester
tests will show each student where
he stands. Take an account of
yourself; see your teachers and
begin to correct your faults.
Never become self-satisfied, but
strive to conquer greater heights.
If you are not worried about the
delinquent list, then start thinking
about the Dean’s list and try to get
your name there. Honor clubs hold
a place of respect on Mars Hill
campus. Make the honor points
and join.
Tte
Casuial
Otserver
Halloween Goblins Spring From
Evil Spirits of Pagan ^X^orship
Appreciation of Ellis
Archie Ellis, during his week’s
stay as revivalist, gave the campus
a week of meaningful sermons,
which were designed to answer the
students’ and townspeople’s ques
tions concerning such vital Chris
tian problems as salvation, prayer,
and Christian living.
We like that type of sermon and
we also liked Mr. Ellis’ way of pre
senting them. In his talks he seem
ed to divine the questions which
were of immediate importance to
the listener, and he gave workable
answers concerning them. We had
the privilege of sitting in on one of
his informal talks to the men’s
dorms. The personal way in which
he answered questions and deliver
ed his “man to man” message
made a deep impression.
A large portion of the credit for
the success of the revival goes to
Alan Gragg and the B.S.U. Coun
cil, Mr. Sodeman, and the many
students who actively worked be
hind the revival. Personal talks,
such as Mr. Ellis and the above
persons, gave, do much to get re
sponse during a revival.
Mars Hill’s high Christian ideals
support Christian living through
out the year on the campus. Var
ious religious organ izations do
much to keep the Mars Hill student
body a Christian student body, but
a revival such as this does much to
add to the momentum of the cam
pus religious movements and de
serves the support and apprecia
tion of all the students.
Mars Hill comes into its own
during the autun:n season. Mount
Bailey in the background and the
multi-color trees of the campus
make a picture worthy of any gal
lery. Boys up in Melrose and
Brown Dormitories are partially
repaid for all the climbing they do
at this time of the year. One of the
most beautiful views anywhere on
the campus is seen from that hill;
one can look down on the two
orange-clad maples in front of the
science building and on up to Bai
ley with its dozens of colors. “The
gem in the emerald ring of hills”
has turned into a treasure chest of
ruby, beryl, amethyst, topaz and
garnet. The noted landmark of the
Tarheel State, the pine, stands as
the only emerald in the hills during
autumn.
Rebel Troops
That old Confederate spirit has
risen around the Hill. Rebel hats
are perched upon the heads of a
number of students and many
others have been lamenting the
fact that every time they go into
Asheville the hats have just been
sold out. But in spite of this, there
appears to be enough of the Con
federate gray to muster up a full-
sized platoon.
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Hojc^h £nd6.
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Paint Smears
Ground the Campus
Overheard in Pop Stringfield’s
class: “Does the moon affect the
tied or the untied?”
^ ^
Jessie: “Ruth! Hey, Ruth! Roo-
uth!”
Ruth: “What?”
Jessie: “You there?”
... the boys in the Treat Dormi
tory porch, watching “the scenery”
go by. * * * *
Phylis Nations wondering why
the post office boys kept cluttering
up her box with yellow slips of
paper bearing her box number
when she already knew it.
John Brock received a shock one
night recently when he decided to
hit the sack. Someone apparently
had removed all but two of the
coils that support the spring in his
bunk and Brock’s 200-pound frame
did not stop until it had hit the
floor.
Dale Torrence has been noticed
inquiring of all who have been in
the vicinity of Honey Run if they
have by any chance found a class
ring.
The big question at Huffman
Dormitory: Who short-sheeted Mr.
Ellis’ bed?
Miss Mary Augustine, field rep
resentative of the W.M.U. Train
ing School: “There is something I
want to tell you before I begin
speaking.”
^he Hilltop
PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Entered as second-class matter February 20, 1926, at the Postoffice at
Mars Hill, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Published semi-monthly during the college year.
Volume XXVI October 27. 1951 NumberS
Editor-in-Chief Gene Roberts
Associate Editor Schwab
Managing Editor Mary Ruth Linville
News Editor Margaret Morgan
Sports Editor Torrence
Girls’ Sports Martha Looper
Business Manager
Associate Business Manager janet Belote
Advertising Assistants Mary Ammons - John Brock
Circulation Manager
Faculty Advisor Collie Garner
CONTRIBUTORS
La Verne Bell, Paul Boyles, James Gibson, Glen Mitchell, Truett
Allen, Carl Cannon, Jerry Padgett, Valena Dixon, Ethel Evans, J. C.
Massey, Sally Ann Madison, Sue Tillman, Glen Holt, Christine Ferrell,
and Ann Rogers.
“Who got paint happy?” is the
question that the college staff
would like answered. Just a few
days after the Lions dropped a
game by a one-point margin to
Asheville-Biltmore there appeared
signs in large red letters proclaim
ing the fact on the steps leading to
the dining hall and the stone wall
in front of “dormitory hill.” If it
were Asheville-Biltmore students,
it may be a little too soon to crow.
The Lions play them again on
Thanksgiving.
One event that has stimulated
some excitement on the campus
has been the s e 1 e c t i o n of the
beauty section of the Laurel. Guys
were busy during the nomination
period trying to get a few nomina
tions for that special one, while the
girls were promoting their friends.
Strictly from an impartial point of
view, the Casual Observer had a
rough time trying to pick out the
five he wished to nominate (the
campus is loaded with beautiful
belles) so he threw the idea of be
ing impartial over board and cam
paigned for a few secret passions.
THESE POUND THE WAY. Edit
ed by David Wesley Soper. The
Westminster Press. 175 pp. $2.50.
This book contains the stories of
thirteen converts to Protestant
Christianity. David Wesley Soper,
who compiled these stories, tells
his own experience as one of them.
Mr. Soper says, “In their own
words, thirteen people of diverse
backgrounds and interests tell of
the personal experience that led
them to accept Protestant Chris
tianity. Each story is a pilgrimage
to Christ; each represents a differ
ent starting point; each expresses
in the dramatic language of human
experience the creative impact of
Christianity upon the human soul.”
Mr. Archie Ellis says of These
Found the Way: “It deals with the
spiritual problems which all of us,
with few exceptions, experience in
more or less comparable degree as
these men who have written of
their experiences. It is the seeking
of Truth and Reality which is the
most thrilling quest imaginable
and I believe that the reading of
this book would help us to come
out of the shadows of a vagueness
in Christian experience and to the
light of truth.”
It may seem surprising to lea
that Halloween means hallowed
holy evening, and it was so-cal
because it is the eve of All Sai;
Day, which was the Church-deS
nated day for honoring all
Saints. Halloween is actually^jj
Christian feast established in
seventh century, although many.j^,
the beliefs and observances
nected with it arose long bef( j
the Christian era. Thus, paitjj
customs mingle with the Christ^g^
element.
:hn
Halloween occurs at the timeiav
the ancient autumn festival of Wti
Druids, at which time they ope&,hei
the stores made in the summer atwo
celebrated with merriment %nd
great feasting. It also marks Was
beginning of winter, with nigb o
becoming longer; hence they asLee
dated with it ghosts, hob-goblhav
and witches, fairies, elves, send
divinities. It is these elements, fecoi
pealing to popular imaginatithe
which have survived and increatnin
while the others disappeared. be c
The present day practice of tM.H
ing Halloween ghost stories is prden
ably a carryover of the ancif R
custom of gathering around ^on’i
great bonfire built to keep aV°n 1
the evil spirits, and relating gho^^er
ly experiences with queer nois^am
strange flutterings, trembli*^ a
shadows and mystic practices. Ren:
VVes
M‘iUland>
Walton Connelly, B.S.U. presi
dent at M.H.C. in 1944-45, writes
in a letter to Noel Watson that he
is now established as pastor of the
First Baptist Church, South Bos
ton, Va. He and his wife, the for
mer Catherine Jennings, Mars Hill
49, live in a fifteen-room par
sonage !
Imagine the bewilderment of
eighteenth century puritan
he able to visit us as we celebnu'^
Halloween. He would withe*'*®
doubt throw up his hands in hori '
at our brazen defiance of
spirits by imitating their dress ^ ®
even daring to venture out into t***®
darkness where they lurk witl**®*
the ghostly fluttering shadows «*®‘
by the pale rays of the moon.
Wil
ed.
Oh yes, time changes, and
too ultra modern to believe ^
ghosts, but remember; It was uf
Riei
Halloween eve, as the moon sail,
>as
From Ohio Wesleyan University
Stanley Kanzaki sends best wishes
and inquires about activities on the
campus.
Dick Heller ’42, who married
Oneda Vass ’43, has completed his
Th.M. degree at Southwestern and
has gone to the First Baptist
Church, Round Rock, Tex. He says:
“Mars Hill abides ever near to our
hearts. We love it and all it has
meant to us.”
1 . w
low carrying upon its face Ig
shadow of a huge, bleak, bK^jj
form upon a floating broomst|.j^*^
and the dim atmosphere was filj,
with wierd and ghostly mutteri*jj^l
and moanings, that Little Le'^jJ;
Lopkins, who tied the tin cans
’the;
the poor kitty’s tail, was compk^j.^
ly swallowed by the darkness Sqj.
never glimpsed again.
vill,
Halloween
con
her
Hoo
Hulumn
Of all the seasons. Autumn alone
abounds
In soft colors of red, gold, and
brown.
Individually painted and design
ed.
Each leaf—a drop of love from
God to mankind.
—Ethel Evans.
Ha Graham ’50, received her
B.S. at Appalachian State Teachers
College, and is teaching third
grade in Roxboro.
Betty Shoaf ’51, writes that
twenty-two former Mars Hill stu
dents at Baylor met recently for a
picnic supper. The subject of con
versation was, of course, the Hill.
Soon comes the time of HaH‘
.the:
e en.
When spooks and witches P'
around.
The corn is shucked and in
bin;
The leaves of all the stat'
oaks
Have turned to golden brown
Former
‘Hilltoppers’
Two former Hilltop staff mem
bers have by-line articles in their
senior college papers. Nancy
Craig, 1950-51 associate editor,
has a news feature in the current
issue of Black and Gold. Paul Bar-
wick, 1949-50 sports editor, is a
contributor to the editorial page
of the Daily Tar Heel.
Among recent visitors on the
campus were these: Mrs. Ted Jol-
Ry> formerly Nora Wills, secretary
in the Alumni Office ’50-51;
Vicky Austin ’46, now a labor
atory technician in St. Petersburg,
Fla.; “Pinkie” McLeod ’45, teacher
of English in Central High School,
Charlotte; Wallace Bearse ’51,
Wake Forest; and Morris Wil
liams ’51, Furman.
Soon comes the time of HalK
e’en.
With spooky tale and ghoS;;
sound;
Then will the jokers all begin ■
To have their fun; so I am tol^*',
Though at their tricks the/
found.
—J. C. Massey, I^'
A special notice from Meredith
College stated that enough Mars
Hill girls transferred this fall to
make the students consider form
ing a “Mars Hill Club” on the Ra
leigh Campus. The girls who trans
ferred to Meredith are: Betsy Mc
Gee, Beth Ann Dixon, Dixie ^
shee, Nancy Crawford, Pat
Joyce Phillips, Millie Jean ScrU^^I
Bernice Limer, Julia Hough,
Lennon, Elizabeth Smith, Virg>’
Harris, Mary Burch, and Marf;
Isaacs. All are Juniors except
Lennon who transferred as a
omore.