Q*he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, N. C.. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1951
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n hostesses. College Touring Choir pictured above will sing at the Baptist State Convention in Ashe-
November 13-15. Row 1 (1 to r) Lydia Berghauser, Ellen Sprinkle, Catherine Ray, Nancy Wesson
■n? Jeanette Lollis, Julianne Sinclair, Iris Summers, Caroline Hartsell, Norma Jean Banner’
/| o^yn Anderson, Alma Davis. Row 2, Dorothy Weaver, Meredith Tyson, Ruth Durham, Beverly Page’
LflUrCim ®^ith Plemmons, Betty Morgan, Wilda Bell, Wanda Hart, Miss Pearl Francis. Row s’
-“^umgardner, Bobby 'Heafner, Corbin Cooper, Gay Chandler, Mary Ann Jones, Ansel McGill’
I Gray. Row 4, Ted Buckner, Wendall Gross, Joe Hucks, Jim Heizer, Joe Bennett’
CrWflV Dean, Ed Bangs. Row 5, Eugene Hudson, Paul Berry, Carrol Owenby, Ben Sloan
• Wilhelm, Bill Stenhenson. Charles Storey. John Bush.
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Bill Stephenson, Charles Storey, John Bush.
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ublication of College Hilltop
caches Twenty-fifth Year Mark
include BobEhis year is the 25th anniversary of the Hilltop. It was the
Joyce ^ Tayltgrowth of several prior publications.
L. Crisp, blithe first college publication on the Mars Hill campus was
Jeizer, feat© Quarterly, of which one issue was referred to as the “Stu-
eit Issue.”
ons, copy issue.” The “Student Issue^
•t, art edit® later expanded into a lit-
Betty Hartsiry magazine called the Laurel.
•ale Torrenbecame a monthly literary in
Glen Mitch*2. Then there arose a demand
ir. Other st a campus newspaper. The
IcGowan, ceased publication in the
eene. mg of 1926; the following fall
3ams and J campus newspaper, the Hill-
e sponsors i- took its place.
lall Studios iliss Ethel Gregg, Mr. J. A.
il photogra^eod, and two student editors!
published . Huskins, of Burnsville, now
u g h t o n tor of the Statesville Record
t Mary E. Carter of Mars Hill,
n a chance eposed the first editorial staff.
1 as work pfhe namo
name the Hilltop was
>sen from suggestions submit-
/ ^ ^be student body. Laurel
® left for the name of the an
il.
^hen it was established the
°P Was intended to combine
^ news with certain features of
■ ^ magazine. Gradually
Hilltop has grown into a
'^spaper with a national as well
state rating.
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to.
Art Classes Send
Work to Children
“Art for smiles” is a project re
cently adopted by the college Art
Club. The purpose of the project
is to create paintings to send to
children in the state polio hos
pital in Greensboro.
Grimes Creason, an art student,
is responsible for the idea. He
heard that the hospital was badly
in need of pictures within the
scope of the hospitalized children.
Paintings have been collected
primarily from the art education
classes. They vary in subject mat
ter from illustrated fairy tales to
realistic landscapes. Tempera as
well as oil and water color has
proved to be a popular medium.
Art students who have contrib
uted paintings to the drive are:
Patsy Stubbs, Lou Henry, Mona
Pennington, Gladys Draper, Clyde
Umphlett, John Garrow, Willa
Dean Freeman, Doyle Robinson,
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He debaters have been invit-
° attend a practice tourna-
at Wake Forest, Saturday,
1951, by Pi Kappa Delta,
will be three rounds of de-
ion topic: price stabili-
■ "rwenty-one persons at-
j , ^ preliminary meeting
by Miss Underwood and
ch*^ From these a team will
to go to Wake Forest,
^^uaents, faculty and Hilltop
ttv^w deepest sympathy to
■her death of her
(2; ’ H. Z. Harris of Hudson,
Give! Give!
Monday is blood donation
day for Mars Hill. Almost one
hundred students have pledged
a pint of blood for the drive.
The donation of blood is
stressed by the American Red
Cross and the WAA, local
sponsors for the drive. All who
have pledged are urged to go
ahead with their decision and
students who have not pledged
and are over 21 are urged to
contribute also.
Former Student
Publishes Book
John Foster West, alumnus of
Mars Hill College and associate
professor of English at Elon Col
lege, has announced the publica
tion date of his first volume of
collected poetry.
The book, entitled up ego! will
contain twenty-six poems in ad
dition to the one from which the
title is taken. Some of these have
appeared previously in The At
lantic, The Carolina Quarterly,
and elsewhere; one was first prize
winner in the 1951 poetry contest
sponsored by the North Carolina
Poetry Society.
John Foster West attended
Mars Hill from 1940 to 1942, and
was graduated in June of the lat
ter year. While here he was sports
editor of the Hilltop when a C-I
and editor-in-chief his second
year.
College Alumni Shape
Plans for Homecoming
The student body will elect a homecoming queen to preside
over the homecoming game between MHC and Asheville-Bilt-
more to be played here, November 22, at 2:30. Reigning with
the homecoming queen will be a queen elected by the football
. represent the —' =
Euthalia Elects
Powell President
Marion Powell was elected
president of the Euthalian Lit
erary Society for the anniversary
term in a special meeting for the
election of officers and second de
gree initiation. The other Eutha
lian officers elected were: Jim
Ward, vice-president; Joe Free
man, secretary; Bill Bowen, cen
sor; and Don Neal, chaplain.
Second degree initiation was
completed following the election.
This completed all initiation and
the pledges became full-fledged
members.
Plans are proceeding for Eu
thalian anniversary under the di
rection of Jim Ward, the anniver
sary vice-president. Try-outs for
debating, declaiming, and oratory
are being arranged. Arrange
ments are also being made for the
anniversary finale.
team.
two outstanding features of the
afternoon: football and homecom
ing.
Four attendants to the queen
will be selected by four campus
groups: the M-Club, the W. A. A.
Council, the Cl class, and the CH
class. Coach Hart announced. The
girls will choose escorts.
Plans for the ceremony at the
half, when the queens will be
presented, are being made by the
Health and Athletic Committee,
consisting of Coach Henderson,
Mr. Sams, Miss Brewer, Mr. How
ell, and Coach Hart.
At eight o’clock in the evening
the Euthalian Literary Society
will present its annual anniver
sary program in the auditorium.
Plans for this event are arranged
carefully.
A large number of former stu
dents and other friends of the
college will be present for the oc
casion. A traditional Thanksgiv
ing program will be presented
during the chapel hour and lunch
eon will be served in the Coyte
Bridges Dining Hall at twelve
thirty.
Students Select
Campus Beauties
Campus Beauties have been
chosen for the beauty section of
the 52 LaureL Outcome of the
contest will not be officially an
nounced until publication of the
Laurel.
Contestants in the contest made
individual appearances and final
group appearances to aid students
in their choices.
Nominees were Jo Anderson,
Carol Benfield, Dot Buchanan,
Leila Cassis, Gay Nell Chandler,
Maxine Chappell, Dee Davidson,
Caroline Day, Gladys Draper,
Betty Jo Frazier, Irma Garland,
Lavina Hollifield, Margaret Huds
peth, ugusta Ingram, Mary Ann
Jones, Margaret Marr, Phyllis
McCarn, Wanda Peek, Kay Pear
son, Janet Ponder, Joan Schwab,
Sarah Thomas, Dottie Todd, Gin
ger Wimberly, and Hilda Young.
Staff Attending
Raleigh Meeting
Three members of the faculty
are representing Mars Hill Col
lege in a joint meeting of faculty
members from the Baptist col
leges of the state at Meredith
College this weekend. Those at
tending are Dean R. M. Lee, Dr.
Ella J. Pierce, and Mr. Ramon De-
Shazo.
Chief emphasis of the meeting
will be upon social science and
English. Dr. Pierce and Mr. De-
Shazo will participate in the pro
gram.
Dramateers Become Member of
Carolina Dramatic Association
The Dramateers have officially
joined the Carolina Dramatic As
sociation which is the first step
toward attendance at the Spring
Drama Festival, to be held April
23, 24, 25, and 26 in the Playmak-
ers Theatre, Chapel Hill.
The two main contest divisions
of the Festival are the production
division, consisting of groups
competing in the production of
professional one-act plays, and
the original play division consist
ing of individuals competing in
the writing of one-act plays.
All those interested in writing
one-act plays to be judged for
possible production are urged to
begin work immediately. The en
trance deadline for one-act plays
is January 21. The Betty Smith
Awards, consisting of cash prizes,
will be presented the authors of
the three best original one-act
plays.
During the Festival the mem
ber groups will present their best
productions of selected original
and professionally written one-
act plays. There will also be ex
hibits in costuming, make-up,
stage models, posters, playbills,
scrapbooks, and puppetry. Cer
tain sessions of the Festival will
be devoted to criticisms, demon
strations, and discussions of the
atre problems.
Those interested in participating
by writing one-act plays are asked
to contact Mrs. Watson for fur
ther details.