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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C.
Lowdown on Hilltop
In the fall of 1926 the first
Hilltop was printed. Faculty and
students put their heads together
to establish the first student
newspaper. A name was chosen
and Mars Hill campus had The
Hilltop,
Year after year the editors
change and a new staff steps into
position, ready to wage the dead
line battle. One person remains
to face the problems of a new
year; the faculty advisor, now
Miss Garner and formerly Mr.
McLeod.
The paper was established in
response to a need brought about
by a growing college. What place
does The Hilltop occupy on Mars
Hill Campus; what gap does it
fill? The Hilltop gives recogni
tion to individuals and groups
who participate in campus activi
ties or win distinction in any field
of endeavor. It serves to give in
formation to students concerning
activities in which they have not
participated.
In articles and pictures, it re
cords the growth of the college
as well as the college life of Mars
Hill students. Because of a lack
of an alumni journal. The Hilltop
is a link between alumni and the
college.
This paper gives any student
desiring to participate in the
world of journalism a chance to
gain experience.
The Hilltop is the campus pa
per. The co-operation of every
person on campus is necessary to
its further development and
growth.
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Casual
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Opporiunily for Talent
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Ma Nature and a few mid term
exams collaborated to make last
week one which we wouldn’t go
through again for three marbles
and a Dewey button. Exams have
the malign characteristics of
spreading the blues; and we re
quire a goodly bit of intestinal
fortitude to withstand them.
When they are teamed with bad
weather, only something slightly
less than a human Rock of Gi
braltar can resist the urge to
throw in the towel.
Swor Is Optomistic fcr Future
Of Present-day College Students
By Margaret Morgan and Joan Schwab
Those young people who are extremists in self-induk
® training in Christian leader
scales of
A statement to this effect was
made by Chester Swor in conclu
sion of an interview
Letter from Harry
Are you interested in journal
ism or creative writing, but lack
the electives to take offered jour
nalistic subjects within your
course? At least a working knowl
edge of journalism can be used in
almost any vocation.
The Hilltop is offering two op
portunities for people who per
haps have never written for pub
lication before: its Cl edition and
its Literary edition.
The Cl edition, the first paper
in February, wiU be edited and
entirely reported by Cl’s. Those
who are interested in helping with
this issue should be doing report-
ing jobs on the paper now, gain
ing experience. The Cl edition,
while it has some creative writing
in it, deals primarily with the in
teresting presentation of news.
All students are asked to sub
mit short stories, poems, sketches,
essays, or other original material
to the Hilltop for possible publi
cation^ in the literary edition of
the Hilltop, before the deadline,
in February. The English teach
ers will cooperate in helping stu
dents to give their articles a final
polishing and will credit their
contributions as a substitute for
a regular theme.
One More /dliraclion
Snow covered the Mars Hill
Campus for the first time this fall
last week end. It was greeted
with enthusiasm by students from
Florida, Cuba and other regions
where snow is a rarity, but the
majority of students from more
northern states griped bitterly
about it. When one is faced with
having to trudge around the many
hills on the campus, snow loses
much of its appeal to the student
body.
Along with cold hands and
noses, and just plain colds, snow
brings a beauty that challenges
any other feat of nature. Mt.
Bailey wrapped in a blanket of
snow stands an impressive exam
ple of the beauty of the flakes.
Mars Hill under snow can equal
the beauty of the campus in any
season. 'The green, rolling hiliQ
of summer and the rich autumn
hue of the many trees, are con
sidered unparalleled for beauty
but when one looks
across the slopes the magic of
snow surpasses them.
At this moment snow seems the
outstanding seasonal beauty of
the campus; a few weeks ago it
was the colorful leaves, and be
fore that the green hills of sum
mer. The Mars Hill we have
come to love is made up of all
these beauties.
The aforementioned facts have
given the Casual Observer a pes
simistic attitude. While caught
in the middle of an abundant
sprinkling of exams and enough
cold germs to attract a bacteriol
ogist’s attention, one of his boon
cornpanions an outstanding hoop
artist of the college basketball
squad, Ernie Brown, gave him “a
why not end it all look” and stat
ed that he had received a per
sonal letter from Harry S. As
Ernie is not on the most intimate
terms with the “Man from Inde
pendence,” we accurately deduct
ed that the man of the Pentagon
had decided he would look neat
in khaki.
Just as we were in the midst of
moulding a permanent troubled
expression on a face that had al
ready received a raw deal from
Mother Nature, Ernie came
around to see us again, saying
that the government had granted
him permission to linger around
for six months or so.
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 November 10. 1951 Number 4
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor Gene Roberts
Managing Editor Schwab
Sports Editor Margaret Norgan
Girls’ Sports .... Torrence
Business Nanager Martha Looper
Associate Business Manager Ralph Riley
Advertising Assistants Marv AmmZ= Belote
Circulation Manager ^ Ammons - John Brock
Faculty Advisor Glen Holt
Collie Garner
CONTRIBUTORS
Mary Jean Brown, Ethel Evans, Marie Bell, La Verne Bell Mar
Martin Resigns
The resignation of Mr. Martin
as manager of the cafeteria came
as another bad deal to many stu
dents. During Mr. Martin’s stay
there was plenty of griping about
the food, but as our mother used
to tell us, that’s a healthy sign.
When students get too weak to
complain, one can safely ascer
tain the food is bad. Laying aside
the feeble attempt at humor we
can honestly say that we hate to
see him leave. The meals he
planned surpassed any we have
eaten at other colleges. We wish
him much success in his new busi
ness.
Mustering up a little cheer it is
refreshing to note that so many
attended the BSU Convention in
Charlotte.
an interview with two
inexperienced reporters after his
chapel talk on Wednesday.
At first Dr. Swor was reluctant
to give his opinion about whether
the youth, who have turned to
riotous living outnumber those
who are influences for Christ He
said that many authorities claim
that the youth of today are going
downhill, basing their opinions on
the notoriety given to youth on
he front pages of our newspa
pers. Such offenses as drunken
ness, drug addiction, gambling,
and juvenile delinquency in gen
eral are considered “news” and
always receive prominent display
in the papers. This is only one
Side of the picture.
While hastening to add that he
does not consider himself an au
thority on such matters. Dr. Swor
did say that in his dealings with
niany thousands of young people
he has seen every day youths that
are sincerely consecrated to clean
Christian living. Dr. Swor stated
that he believes there are more
consecrated young people in the
world today than ever before
When asked if this generation
would produce good leaders for
tomorrow. Dr. Swor said that the
religious leaders of tomorrow
would definitely be superior to
those of today. Asked this same
question about politics, he replied
that while he could make no defi
nite statements, he had talked to
more young Christians in the past
few years than ever before who
indicated an interest in the field
of political science.
Dr. Swor said that for the first
tiine, youth is leading out in re
ligion. Religion used to be con
sidered for adults only, but now
the young people are occupying
a prominent place in the churches
and are also displaying their abil
ity through conferences and con
ventions which are planned and
conducted mainly by the young
people themselves.
At the close of the interview
Dr. Swor said, “I have never had
the pleasure of speaking before a
more responsive and attentive
group of young people than those
which I encountered on Mars HiU
Campus.”
Between tUe
BoaA. SndU
CamfuU 2uifLl
Mr. Jolley is going to bring up
his baby right—by letting him
cut his teeth on history books.
The boys up at Melrose study
so hard they have road-maps on
their eyes.
A lanky girl approached Moth
er Wilson s door. In she walked
and boldly asked, “Can I have
late lights?” A small blond in
the corner corrected, “May I have
late lights?” The lanky girl
promptly replied, “What I want
is late lights with no grammar
thrown in.”
WORLD SO WIDE. By Sinclair
Lewis. 250 pp. New York: Ran
dom House. $3. Reviewed by
Margaret Morgan.
This, the last novel written by
Sinclair Lewis, certainly falls far
behind Mam Street, the one most
critics consider his best, in almost
every characteristic of a good
novel. Before his death in Italy
last January 10, this Nobel Prize
winner had had published twenty-
one novels over a period of thirty-
seven years. Since World So Wide
rnade the twenty-second and was
his final one, it is unfortunate
that this novel should be one of
the weakest of all his books.
It is the story of a year in the
life of a successful young archi
tect, Hayden Chart, from Newlife,
Colorado, who, after his wife’s
Alumni Office
Has Many Job
Holding the secretarial pos ‘
in the Alumni Office this yC‘ ’
Mrs. Donald Cox. She was a i!
uate of the ’44 class of Mars \
College. Previous to her pr«
position, she was secretary to |
registrar for four years. Si
ably assisted by Miss Katli *
Wallin. Miss Wallin was a ^
dent of Mars Hill in ’51. ‘
The Alumni Office is locate j
Spilman Dormitory, room
Some of the duties of the 0 *
are as follows: The records (
addresses of all former stutf f
are kept on file. Items of inte
concerning alumni are clil
from newspapers and filed, j.
Mars Hill College Quarterly,' |
taining alumni news, is publi' t
every four months. ^
The newest and perhaps ti
most active feature of the d
is promoting Lions’ Athletic C
which was organized July a
1951. At present the member
is limited to Western North ^ (j
olina but plans are being ma^
extend it to wherever Mars qi
alumni are located. The purl ^
of this club is to improve the
letic facilities at Mars Hill, y
Otis Duck, ’37, is president y
James R. Cox, ’43, is secretary
The major long term proje^ re
the Alumni Association as a cc
is raising money for the buil hi
of the Robert Lee Moore Merf g(
al Auditorium. Local units si
being organized over a wide ^ cc
and satisfactory progress is oi
made toward raising the pr ^
sary funds to assure the ^
building by 1956, the centeH
of the founding of Mars Hill
death in an automobile acci*
traveled abroad and remains'
Florence, Italy for a year. ^
here in Florence that he
and faUs in love with Dr. d
Lamond, an assistant professi^
history at the University of ^
nemac. In fact he is serious!'
danger of marrying her until 1
lywood professor, Lorenzo L'J'
gard, arrives on the scene.
Although this book is inl'^
to many of Mr. Lewis’
works, it does contain many '''
descriptions of Florentine li^^
Hayden, and some suspense.