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Hooper, Cat Dormitory presidents for the 1952-1953 school year are front row
d Heizer, Wh to right: Dudley Smith, Melrose; Doris Rhyne, Spilman; Mary Jane
dia Blackstoi/hite, Stroup; Louise McCall, Huffman; and Ted Buckner, Treat. Back
ill Stephenso>w: Chester Boyd, Brown; and Fred Knott, Humphrey Cottage. Wanda
ordon Luth^^rt, Edna Moore, was not present when the picture was made,
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beginning of the fall semester, student officers were chosen
be chosen tli dormitories and cottages on the campus. These officers preside
t the house meetings and are in charge of the general functions which
carried on at their respective dormitories.
TT A/T r? of Spilman Dormitory
O JVl tit > Doris Rhyne. Other officers are
NTS Wells, vice-president; Bernice
'leal, secretary; Jeanette Radford,
R 9 O haplain; Kay Hooper, chorister;
nd Loraine Carter, pianist.
• Officers of Huffman Dormitory
UZCe ire Louise McCall, president; Caro-
tteries And Hartsell, vice-president; Nina
nition And Ifuppelt, Secretary; Courtney Isen-
“•■k lour, assistant secretary; Martha
th Carolina chaplain; Roberta Mc
Bride, assistant chaplain; Beth Liles,
''■''■'"'■'^''^■'^horister; Theresa Feezor, pianist;
H’+^rH-d-^.+Bobby Jean Thompson, social chair-
I _ .. Jnan; Jean Upton, assistant social
iNI thairman; and Emma Lou Chappell
■and Harriett Rudd, historians.
t Mary Jane White is president of
U S iStroup Dormitory; Eliza DeLoach,
jvice-president; Margaret Wilson,
^secretary; Margaret Marr, chaplain;
IGH iijulianne Sinclair, chorister; Barbara
jBarnes, pianist; and Betty Ann Sni-
P der, social secretary.
J Edna Moore president is Wanda
h Carolina ^Hart; Doris Hearon, vice-president;
f.f Redmon, secretary; Phyllis
Nations, chaplain; Billie Lollis,
chorister; Eunice Hunt, social chair
man; Wilda Bell, pianist; Jenny
Hanshaw, treasurer.
At Treat Dormitory Ted Buckner
is president; Jim Ziglar. vice-presi-
Ident; Tommy Morris, secretary;'
.Holmes Bumgardner, pianist; Bill
}Stevenson, chorister; and Gordon
Luther, chaplain.
President of Brown Dormitory is
Chester Boyd; Donald Thomas,
vice-president; Wally Ferguson,
secretary and treasurer; and Rich
ard Madison, chaplain.
Dudley Smith is president of
Melrose Dormitory; Bob Watson,
vice-president; and Tommy Austin,
chaplain. The secretary, pianist, and
chorister will be chosen at the next
house meeting.
Humphrey Cottage officers are
Freddy Knott, president; Dewey
T Young, vice-president; and Palmer
i Mills, chaplain.
A Landers and WockI Cottages have
not elected officers, but they plan
to do so in the near future.
MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1952
Number 2
REVIVAL BEGINS OCTOBER 13
Home Economics
Club Has Initiation
New members will be initiated
into the Home Economics club at
the regular meeting Monday night,
October 6. All home economics
and nursing students are eligible to
join.
"Introducing Contempor ary
Home Economists” was the theme
of the organizational meeting held
September 22. Emma Lou Chap
pell, vice-president, had charge of
the program which was presented
in three parts—"National AHEA
and College Clubs,” "State AHEA
and College Clubs,” and "Local
AHEA and Club Symbols.”
Virginia Mumford is president
of the club, and Jean Echols is sec
retary.
Choir, Glee Club
Complete Tryouts;
Begin Rehearsals
Tryouts have been completed and
rehearsals are underway for the
Mars Hill Touring Choir and Glee
Club.
The tentative list of Touring
Choir members consists of thirty-
three voices. These are sopranos;
Julianne Sinclair, Agnes Congleton,
Wilda Bell, Jeanette Lollis, Caroline
Hartsell, Kay Hooper, Carolyn An
derson, Joanne Nixon and Joyce
Seawell. Altos are Betty Lou Mor
gan, Beverly Gage, Nancy Wesson,
Wanda Hart, Vencie Kilpatrick,
Barbara Barr, Pat Sherwood, Bar
bara Gordon, and Janet Scent.
In the boys’ section, singing bass
will be Bob Chapman, John Bush,
Paul McLendon, Wayne Cooper,
Art Fore, Bill Stevenson, Charles
Strong, Roger Martin, John Dean,
and Bennie Barr. In the tenor sec
tion are Holmes Baumgardner, Ted
Buckner, Harold Collier, George
Payne, and Jim Shepard. The tour
ing choir began rehearsals Monday,
September 29 at 4;30 under the di
rection of Miss Dorothy Weaver.
Selections for the Glee Club were
Janice Aydelette, Phinalia Black-
ston, Agnes Bradley, Jo Ann Brooks,
Gerry Brown, Elaine Buss, Imogene
Carter, Barbara Conner, Joan
Cooper, Jane Cook, Ruth Cope
land, Barbara Crawford, Janice
Edwards, Mildred Fuller, Paige
Gentry, Jennie Lee Hanshaw,
Carolyn Harter, Pat Hendrix,
Carolyn Hutchinson, Eunice Hunt,
Jean Jackson, Vivian Jenkins,
May Johnson, Mary Jones, Betty
King, F a y Lavender, Carolyn
Lawton, Pat Loving, Glenda Madi
son, Jacqueline Mendenhall, Betty
Ruth Moody, Margaret Moody,
Jean Nelson, Kitty Obenshain, Bar
bara Priddy, Louana Prince, Pat
Reeves, Carolyn Royal, Dinorah
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Seventeen States, Three Countries
Represented on M ars Hill Campus
Residents of 17 states, the Dis
trict of Columbia, two foreign
countries, and the Territory of Ha
waii are present on the Mars Hill
campus this year, not to mention
representatives of 74 counties with
in North Carolina alone.’
The grand total of 743 includes
one student each from the Terri
tory of Hawaii and Honduras, and
two from Cuba. North Carolina
leads the states with 494, while
neighboring South Carolina is
firmly established in second place
with 96. Virginia is third with 49.
and the Sunshine State, Florida, is a
close fourth with 30.
Sixteen blue-grass residents from
Kentucky are here and an equal
number of Georgia peaches. Mary
land claims 11, and there are 10
H. W. Baucom Returns
To Mars Hill Campus
Dr. Herbert W. Baucom, Jr., pastor of the Takoma Park Baptist
Church of Washington, D. C., will be the speaker for the annual fall
from Tenn. Alabama sends four,
while the nation’s capital is rep
resented by three. Two each hail
from New York State and Michi
gan. Texas sports one lone star, as
do Mississippi, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, West Virginia, and Wash
ington.
Seventy-four counties in North
Carolina are represented. Bun
combe, which includes the city of
Asheville, leads with 70 students.
Madison, of which Mars Hill is the
county seat, is second with 38. Oth
er counties with 10 or more stu
dents at Mars Hill are as follows:
Wake, 22; Mecklenbury, 20; Guil
ford, 19; Henderson, 16; Gaston,
15; Cabarrus, 15; Yancey, 12; Cald
well, 12; Iredell, 11; Forsyth, 10,
and Alamance, 10.
revival to be held October 13-19.
Honor Clubs Plan
Future Programs
The honor clubs will hold their
meetings during the first week of
October. Only smdents making 30
or more quality points and main
taining a B average in the required
subject are eligible to join an honor
club.
The Business club program,
which will be given especially for
the new members initiated at that
time, is built around the five ideals
of the club: high scholarship, Chris
tian character, pleasing personality,
commendable deportment, and
promise of future. The meeting
will be held in Huffman Dormi
tory-
The French Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Nona Roberts,
sponsor. The program, “Les
Ecoles et les Universites de la
France,” will be given entirely in
French. It will describe the
school system in France and the
history^ of its universities.
The Spanish club program will
revolve around Spanish customs and
oddities. This, meeting will be held
m the home of the sponsor, Mrs.
Fish. 0
The theme for the International
Relations Club, which will meet
in Stroup Parlor, is “Effect of
Election on Europe.” Those par
ticipating in the program are Bill
Jones, Elaine Buss, and Dudley
Smith. After the program new
members will be initiated under
the direction of Bess Holland.
The Scriblerus club program, "A
Miracle of Integrity and Wit”, is
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Plans Underway
For Camera Club
Efforts are now underway to
start a camera club at Mars Hill
with the possibility that it will be
come a photography class in years
to come if enough interest is
shown.
Most of the equipment needed
for the initial effort, the purchase
of which wa.s. authorized by the col
lege administration, has already ar
rived. Mr. Tilson has begun a plan
for setting up laboratory facilities
in what was formerly the down
stairs supply room of Spilman Dor
mitory.
John E. Jones, Promotion Direc
tor for The Asheville Citizen and
The Asheville Times, has encour
aged the project and has offered
his assistance, as has “Pop” String-
field, a photographer of long
standing on the campus.
Further details will be announced
in chapel as soon as they are worked
out, and interested students will be
given a chance to join.
There will be services each morning
during the regular chapel period
and each evening at 7:15 o’clock.
Dr. Baucom, a native of North
Carolina, assisted in the Religious
Emphasis Week program on cam
pus last February. A graduate of
Wake Forest College and the
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary, he served as pastor of the
Western Avenue Baptist Church in
Springfield before accepting his
present pastorate. Dr. Baucom has
done much work with young peo
ple and is interested in them.
Beginning at 7 p. m., Friday, Oc
tober 10, Mars Hill students will
participate in a continuous prayer-
chain, which will go rhrough 9 a. m.
Sunday, October 12. Prior to this,
prayer meetings for the services will
be held nightly in the dormitories,
according to Bob Graham, B. S. U.
president.
Further details of the meeting
will be posted in the Student Cen
ter.
Barbara Donehoo
Plays Star Role
Barbara Donehoo plays the lead
ing role of Cornelia in "Family Cir
cle”, a dramatization of the book
by Cornelia Otis Skinner which will
be given as the fall production of
the Dramateers on Tuesday, No
vember 4, at 7:30 p. m!
Other members of the cast are
Mrs. Otis Skinner, Dee Davidson;
Otis Skinner, Tom Waller; Char
lie, Dean Propst; Mab, Jean Smith;
Enid, Dottie Phillips; Amy, Mary
Ausband; Grace, Margaret Wilson;
William, John Bush; Henry, Phillip
Scott; Gordon, Charles Green; and
Abby, Alice Owen.
At the next meeting of the Dra
mateers on October 7,.the Religious
Drama group will give a devotional
number entitled "A Mighty Fortress
Is Our God” after which some Mars
Hill students will tell of their par
ticipation last summer in North
Carolina’s four historical pageants.
Katie Calhoun will tell of her ex
periences in costuming in' Unto
These Hills. Bill Gibson will tell of
his work at Manteo in The Lost
Colony. Bob Brown will discuss his
part in Thnnderland, and Mary Aus
band will tell of the portrayal of
Daniel Boone by Ned Austin, a
former Dramateer, in Horn in the
West.
The Dramateers held its first
meeting of the new school year
Monday, September 22, in the play
house. The program began with a
playlet, "The Lost Book" which was
presented by the Religious Drama
group. The cast consisted of Josiah,
Wayne Riddle; Fedidiah, Doris Mil
ler; Hamutel, Violet OverttMi; and
Saphan, Ted Robinson. Afterwards,
Barbara Donehoo presented the dra
matic reading, 'Madame Butterfly”.