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lume XXVI
Q^he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL. N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1952
Number 10
jittle Symphony
To Present
[lown p \nnual Concert
The Little Symphony of the
Carolina Symphony So-
consisting of twenty-five
. tyers, all leading members of
rineS; full symphony, will present
annual concert here Thurs-
y evening, March 13.
program which will cover
o o%i(jg range of types of select-
icers ™ is has been selected by Dr.
Swalin, Director of
•«' Symphony. According to
"Pibers of the college family
heard the symphony,
[ua ro Will be equally enjoyable to
s abou' .P^an well versed in great
traininL^^y,.^*^^ individual who
2 or vK^ ^or fun.”
AtlantJ^^' Swalin started violin les-
as when only seven years of
_ _ _ __ .and at 16 was teaching
asic. When only 18, he became
. youngest member of the
‘Pneapolis Symphony and
left to continue study of
''l^*r>lin with the famed Le-
P d Auer and Franz Kneisel.
a a Master of Arts degree
Pa Columbia and a Ph.D
Pa the University of Vienna,
^ addition to seven years of
Jical advanced study at the
of Musical Art in New
, ^^la qualified to start
--~^ching.
LS ANP|^l^a'‘afessor Swalin, he served
E j. • ® Pausic faculty at the Uni-
, '’■q of North Carolina in
'*erV rp^i ten years be-
^ ^ e kt all of his time to
^aroli^ North Carolina Sympony.
TS
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^^baters Launch
i
Pn’ng Season
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) P.M. he Mars Hill College De-
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^ ^aib initiated its spring
(C ®^eason with a contest
3F North Greenville here,
rville He North Green-
.y Abaters were Billy Billing-
^a’ J ailian Cave, Donald
^^^Mter^y’ Tom White. De-
tao-! Mars Hill were Ned
Jim Powell, Alan
^tad Jim Greene.
sch a'cgular tournament
'• a for February 28,
Y hynp^ i^'larch 1, at Lenoir
H College in Hickory. The
ent * ,^fn, the second tourna-
ashi held at Martha
tr» College, Fredericks-
ati;jj^J''gmia, April 9-13. The
year
Noted Baritone
Appears At ‘Hill’
Robert Speaker, baritone was
presented in concert Saturday
night, February 16, in the col
lege auditorium. Mr. Speaker
sang as one group in his concert
four works of Charles Ives, an
American composer who is just
becoming recognized. Mr.
Speaker’s program covered a
wide range of composers, from
Schubert to Jerome Kern.
Best known in the field of
oratorio, Mr. Speaker has ap
peared in more than one hund
red concerts in Europe and
America. He is a member of the
faculty of the American Con
servatory of Music in Chicago,
Illinois. Mr. Speaker was accom
panied by James .\ngell.
Traveling Choir
ins Concerts
Beg
Vocational ^X^€l
To Begin March 3
To acquaint students more fully with the different vocations
a Vocational Emphasis Week will be held March 3-7, as an
nounced by Dean R. M. Lee. Each day during the chapel period
a representative from the different professional fields will
~ ^ speak. On Monday, Dr. C. C.
Reading from left to right above are four of the leading Mars Hill de
baters: Jim Green, Ned Teague, Jimmy Powell, and Alan Gragg.
Scholastic Honor Clubs Initiate
New Members For Second Semester
Six new members who were initiated into the German Club
Monday, February 11, at the home of Mrs. Vann, are John
Garren, Bernice Neal, Eugene Hudson, Faye Carter, Jimmie
Jones, and Betty Jean Greenwood. The meeting featured the
showung of pictures of famed
German artists and a series of
slides on landscapes in Ger
many.
The newly initiated members
of the Scriblerus Club are Mar
garet Whlson, Eloise Bates, J.
L. Bell, Tommy Morris, Mar
jorie Hicks, Virginia Mumford,
Mona Pennington, Rowena
Gee, Bonnie Hulsey, Doris
Rhyne, Gene English, Colleen
Redmond, Wanda Hart, Bar
bara Saunders, Mary Ethel
Buckner, Frances Royal, Geral
dine Brown, Dottie Todd, Hil
da Young, Doris Huneycutt,
Betty Ann Snyder, and Imo-
gene Carter. The initiatory pro
gram included the customary
initiation ritual, the history of
the first Scriblerus club, founded
by Pope and Swift, and con
cluded with an excerpt from the
Greek drama, “Antigone.”
Fourteen new members were
taken into the Science Club
Monday, February 11. They are
Kenneth Meadows, Bob Bruton,
Bill Reeves, Phil Scott, Ann
Carol Carter, Joan Johnson,
Bill Edwards, Leonard Lam
bert, Paul Montgomery, Archie
Jones, Frances Jenkins, Frieda
Dramateers Play
Will Be Monday
“Crinoline and Candlelight”
by Jean Lee Lathan will be pre
sented Monday night at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Dramateers.
Those who are to take part
in it are: Jeanie Creech, Bar
bara Donehoo, Llewellyn Lan
ders, Peggy Styles, Mary Am
mons, Ruth Thames, Eliza Jar
vis, Frank Burton, R. L. Crisp,
Warner Bumgardner, Joe
Hucks, Jack Buckner, Bart
Daniel, Glen Holt, and John
Brock.
The group has received a let
ter from United Nations Edu
cational Scientific and Cultural
Organization asking that they
stage a foreign play in March
to boost foreign relations.
A play is planned by the re
ligious drama class for presen
tation in chapel soon. The title
will be “A Mother’s Gift.” It
will be directed by Dr. Ella
Pierce.
Carpenter will speak on the
field of medicine; Tuesday, Dr.
Paul Reed will talk on edu
cation; Wednesday, Dean A. R.
Dooley of the University of N.
C. will inform the students of
the possibilities of the business
world; and on Thursday, Rev.
L. F. Sodeman will speak on
Religious Education.
Friday, the students will have
the opportunity to meet with
representatives in group meet
ings to ask any questions about
the field in which they are
interested.
Carolyn Bryant
Dies After Fall
Carolyn Bryant of Charlotte
died Friday morning, February
15, in an Asheville hospital as
the result of head injuries re
ceived when she fell down a
Its Collegiate query for
is Resolved: That the
dopt Government Should
fice i*ermanent Program of
> nd Wage Control.
'e Lpk i® president of
Ce Club; Julia Horne,
^e, jY^sident; and Rowena
Other members
-Ammons, Carl Can
dle Donehoo, Chris-
William Gardner,
t G Ji’^ Greene, Har-
’^'^fiell ’
> Jim Powell, Ned
’ ^nd Charles Varni.
The Mars Hill College tour
ing choir, composed of selected
voices and specializing in sacred
music, has announced its spring
itinerary.
The first concert will be given
in the First Baptist Church of
Hendersonville, at 11:00, Sun
day, February 24. That same
evening the choir will present
a program at Greenville, S. C.
at 7:30.
The program will include
“God Is a Spirit” (Kopyloff);
“Almighty God of Our Fathers”
(James); “Steal Away” ((Arr.
by Hall); “Lost in the Night”
Is
Literary Edition
Needs Material
Material is now being selected
for the annual April Literary
Edition of the Hilltop, which
will appear April 5.
Through the years a few
changes have been made in
format and in methods of as
sembling material. For the past
few years English classes have
been asked to write creative
themes. From these many of
the essays, articles, and stories
are selected. Independently
written manuscripts are also so
licited.
The staff rvill welcome fur
ther contributions from aspiring
authors. Final deadline is
March 1.
Smithwick, Mary Ann Jones,
and Belmont MeSwain. Officers
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■ -SiS^SiSi!
The Y. W. A. Banquet will be
held Friday, February 29, at
6:30 P. M., with the theme
“Your World Also.” The pro
gram is to be presented in two
parts: first, a humorous pro
gram, and then, a serious one.
The former will consist of hum
orous things taken from the
(Christiansen); “Salvation' Is various countries. The latter
Created” (Tschesnokoff); wB present the political and
“Psalm 150” (Franck); “Create spiritual phases of the countries.
(Continued on Page 4) The purpose of the serious pro-
Young Womens Auxiliary Banquet
Will Promote Foreign Missions
gram will be to present the
needs of the world to American
Christians.
The serious program will
picture: Japan, as it calls for
missionaries and the Bible;
China, tvhere Christians are
carrying on despite Communist
domination; Russia, with the
picture of a Russian peasant;
India, as Literacy Campaigns
are being carried on there; Eur-
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flight of stairs in the dormitory
the Sunday before as she was on
the way to participate in ser
vices at Oteen Hospital. She
was hospitalized Sunday and
underwent an operation Tues
day. She was unconscious most
of the time before her death.
Memorial services were held"
in the Mars Hill Baptist Church
last Monday from 10:00 to 10:30
o’clock. Rev. Lowell F. Sode
man, pastor, delivered the me
morial message; Larry Power
sang^ “It Is Well With My
Soul”; the benediction was of
fered by President Hoyt Black-
well; and organ music was pro
vided by Miss Pearl Francis.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 17, in the
Pritchard Memorial Baptist
Church of Charlotte.
Carolyn was a member of
several religious organizations
on the campus and was a mem
ber of the Clio Literary Society.