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::t;|y Hans Barth
-presjff^os Barth, leading composer
pianist, will serve as con-
Tona ^or for a clinic of music
f sdiers on Mars Hill campus
ia ar(!^^ ''O August 9, with an ex-
■ representation from
forri/^^'^^ or more states.
bell^'^o^g music lovers he is
o tried for having written a con-
=■ ovel!^*^ quarter-tone pianos and
"f The quarter-tone pi-
)f th^ having four times as
’ notes as the regular piano.
orchestras with which he
fi” rtk- Performed include those in
00 jHadelphia, Cincinnati and
---'1‘avana.
^lany Mars Hill piano stu-
^nts Use a technique book writ-
•n by ]VIr. Barth.
MARS HILL, N. C.. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1952
Number 15
Pictured above are the C-II officers for the 1952-53 school year. They are
(left to right) Joyce Seawell, vice-president; John Dean, president; and Mar
garet Marr, secretary. Warner Bumgaidner, treasurer, was not present for the
picture.
^ohn Dean To Head C-II Class
John Dean was elected presi-
oot of next year’s C-II class at
o^Hed meeting Friday, May 9.
^t°yoe Seawell will be vice-presi-
oot, Margaret Marr, secretary,
Ug ^^’^ner Bumgardner, treas-
^John is from Oxford, has been
.^he touring choir, and is a
lining union president for
M year. Joyce, from St.Pauls
secretary of the C-I class, a
fining union president, and in
touring choir. Margaret
[ Andrews, was a beauty at-
l^ttdant to the Homecoming and
tjueens, and was in the
^^®tity section of the Laurel.
^tiier, from Charlotte, is a
Officers Elected
Honor Clubs
—
ties chosen at special busi-
^ tiieetings recently.
Pc^.^t'garet Wilson was elected
of the Scriblerus club.
— vipg ^ officers are Gene English,
cun f^^^^ident; and Doris Honey-
ffie I ^^^t"etary. The officers of
dp^ . C. are Bill Jones, presi-
grg ’ ^ary Jane White, pro-
lajj? ''ice-president; Bessie Hol-
Jpg ’ Social vice-president; and
^ Echols, secretary.
arg S^^an club officers elected
P^yJ^En Garren, president; and
Gar^ Carter, secretary. Ellyn
of was elected president
cers^^ Spanish club. Other offi-
dp^|.^re Jarvis, vice-presi-
bpa ’ John Anderson, secretary-
Carole Altman, social
and Evelyn Dupree,
Heading the French
idpjj.f*"® Martha Williams, pres-
^OUt. Lyday, vice-presi-
Rebecca Church, sec-
Benfield is the new
of the Business club.
Ijarr- is vice-presideht;
n*’'' Rudd, secretary; Jer-
Colpjj^^ge, treasurer; and Mar-
® Johnson, reporter.
onor club officers for next
member of International Rela
tions club, president of the C-I
class, and Sunday School super
intendent for next year.
Clios, Nonpareils
Elect C-I Officers
Officers for the C-I term of
both the Nonpareil and Clio
Literary Societies were elected
at the regular weekly meeting
Thursday, May 1.
Jean Colvard was elected pres
ident of Nonpareil. Other desk
officers are Jeanne Upton, first
vice-president; Eliza DeLoach,
second vice-president, J e^ a n
Sheets, secretary; and Hilda
Young, censor.
Betty Ann Snider was chosen
president of Clio. Serving with
her as desk officers are Nina
Ruppelt, vice-president; Dee
Davidson, secretary; and Court
ney Isenhour, censor.
Other officers include Nancy
Wesson, chorister; Eunice Hunt,
pianist; Gerry Brown, doorkeep
er’ Margaret Wilson, reporter;
Bessie Bell Holland, scrapbook
keeper; and Carolyn Gragg, par
liamentarian. Sara Galloway is
head marshal. Other marshals
are Joyce Seawell, Libby Jor-
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R. L Humber To Address
Graduating Class May 26
Dr. Robert Lee Humber, authority on international relations,
is to be the speaker at the graduation exercises Monday morning.
May 26, at 9:45 o’clock. At this time 214 C-Il’s will receive diplo
mas. Dr. Humber, of Greenville, is a graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege, Harvard University, Oxford University, and was a fellow at
- the University of Paris. He has
Band To Present
Concert May 25
Dr. Stringfield Is
Medical Specialist
Dr. P. C. Stringfield, son of
“Pop” Stringfield is now the
specialist in internal medicine
at the new million dollar Wilkes
Hospital in North Wilkesboro.
Dr. Stringfield holds the title of
Diplomate of the American
Board of Internal Medicine.
To attain his present degree.
Dr. Stringfield studied for four
years after receiving his M. D.
degree. His training included
study under noted specialists on
the staffs of Harvard Medical
School, Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, and Veteran’s Hos
pital in McKinney, Texas.
Dr. Stringfield was graduated
with highest honors from Mars
Hill College, Wake Forest Col
lege, and Bowman Gray School
of Medicine. He served for two
years in the Army Medical
Corps with a part of that time
spent in Tokyo, Japan.
The Mars Hill College Band
will present its Commencement
Concert at 4 o’clock Sunday,
May 25, in the College auditor
ium.
The program is as follows:
march, “The Fairest of the Fair”
by Sousa, “Humoresque” by
Dvorak, novelty, “Military Es
cort in Five Ways” by Fillmore,
and “Ballet Egyptian” by Lui-
gini. An intermission will fol
low with honors and awards be
ing given at that time. The pro
gram will continue with a
march, “His Honor” by Fill
more, “Victor Herbert Favor
ites” by Herbert, and overture,
“Morning, Noon, and Night in
Vienna” by von Suppe.
The following compose the
band personnel: Carolyn Cow
an, flute; Evelyn Hoyle, L. R.
Liles, Bonnie Hulsey, Lionel
Cornell, Peggy Gray, Pauline
Sherlin, Tom Edwards, clari
nets; John Brock, Hannah
Blackwell, alto saxophone; Kay
Hooper, tenor saxophone; Bob
Watson, Jane Brown, French
horn; Jack Burnette, John Dan
iels, Bill Jennings, Wilson El
liot, Arnold Stanton, Albert
Blackwell, Bob Owens, John
Smith, John Vance, Bill Steph
enson, trumpets; Bill Page, Bill
Jones, baritones; J. L. Bell, Da
vis Bame, Dan Winstead, basses;
Gordon Luther, Margie Lilly,
Bessie Holland, Sue Pruitt, per
cussion; and Bennie Farquhar-
son, bells. Lowell Boroughs is
director.
Five Students To
Do Mission Work
Five Mars Hill students have
been selected by the Home Mis
sion Board, Atlanta, Georgia, to
work this summer in connection
with home missionaries or super
visors of their respective assign
ed states. The students and their
assignments are as follows: Bob
Moss, Oklahoma City, Okla
homa; Joyce Taylor, Alberquer-
que. New Mexico; Gerrie Ott,
Jacksonville, Florida; Wayne
Pennell, Jefferson City, Mis
souri; and Wendell Gross, Wich
ita, Kansas.
Annual Society Day Competitions
To Be Held Commencement Week
Saturday, May 24 will be Society Day on the campus, and will be
highlighted with inter-society contests in declamations, readings,
orations, essays, and debates. The declamations will be given at
9:30 in the college auditorium, with James Gibson and George
Pullium competing for the Phi’s and Ted Buckner and Eddie Gray
entered for the Eu’s. Ethel Evans
and Barbara Donehoo will enter
the dramatic reading contest at
10:30 for Clio and Dottie Todd
and Elizabeth DeLoach for Non
pareil.
At 2:30 orations will be given
with James Powell and Warner
Bumgardner for Philomathia,
and Marion Powell and Ira
Greene for Euthalia. Julia
Horne and Joyce Taylor for
Clio, and Margaret Hudspeth
and Hilda Young for Nonpareil
will enter the essay contest at
3:30.
Highlighting the day will be
the inter-society debate at 8:30,
Sloan, substituting for Ned
with B. C. Philips and Ben
Teague, who is ill, entering for
Euthalia, and Alan Gragg and
Jim Greene entering for Philo
mathia. Following the debate
will be the presentation of So
ciety honors. Winners of the in
ter-society temperance reading
contest who will receive med
als are as follows: Margaret
Johnston, Nonpareil; Julia
Horne, Clio; and Joe Bennett,
Euthalia.
A society luncheon will be
held at 11:45 in the college cafe
teria.
served as a tutor in the depart
ment of government and history
at Harvard and was a lawyer
and business executive in Paris
from 1930 to 1940.
He launched at Davis Island
a movement for world federa
tion, the principles and objec
tives of which originated from
a resolution approving world
federation that had been passed
by 14 state legislatures. Dr.
Humber represented the South
ern Council of International Re
lations at San Francisco in 1945.
He is the author of “The Dec
laration of the Federation of
the World.” He is the father of
John Humber, who is a mem
ber of the graduating class.
Dr. Claud U. Broach, pastor
of St. John’s Baptist Church of
Charlotte, will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon. May 25, in
the church auditorium.
An alumni banquet will be
held on Saturday evening. May
24, at 5:30 o’clock. Marion Jus
tice, Mars Hill, ’32, head of the
international branch of the De
partment of Labor, Washington,
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Dramateers Stage
Spring Production
“Great Expectations” will be
given by the Dramateers in the
college auditorium at 8:00, May
23, as their commencement pro
duction. The three-act play was
written by Charles Dickens and
dramatized by Alice Chadwicke.
Members of .the cast are as fol
lows. Pip, Glenn Holt; Mrs. Joe
Gargery, Ruth Durham; Joe
Gargery, Eddie Gray; Provis,
Jack Loadman; Sergeant of the
Guard, Bill Jones; Miss Havi-
sham, Sara Lunsford; Estella,
Joan Schwab; Sarah Pocket, Ro-
wena Gee; Biddy, Patsy Stuhbs;
Mr. Jaggers, Gordon Luther;
Herbert Pocket, Lionell Cornell;
Skiffens, Nancy Wright; Molly,
Dottie Todd; Clara Barley,
Llewellyn Landers; and Bentley
Drtimmle, John Brock.
Stage manager for the produc
tion is John Brock. Other com
mittee chairmen are Wilson El
liot, lights and sound effects;
Mary Ammons, properties; Bar
bara Donehoo, costumes; Ro-
wena Gee, make-up; and Frank
Burton, staging.
The setting of the play is
England around a hundred years
ago. The main character of the
play is Pip, a country hoy who
is apprenticed to become a
blacksmith. Summoned to the
home of a recluse, an eccentric
spinster named Miss Havisham
to be a playmate for her young
ward, Estella, Pip soon falls a
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