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1953 l-fbraif ^Ke Hilltop : Volume XXVII MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1953 Number 14 punderburke Gains p.S. U. Presidency; ICouncil Installed t'oinmy Funderburke was in- **alled president of the baptist “hident Union for the 1953-1954 ^hool year, Tuesday, April 28, the regular chapel period. He head the B. S. U. council lead the religious activities for I'w year. Other officers appearing in the i^^®llation service were Alva l^^^iace. Dotty Phillips, and Tom who were chosen to serve I ^ second, and third vice- I ’’^sidents respectively; Phyllis I ”derson, who was elected cor- [ ^Ponding secretary; Nan Long, j)l'^°’'‘ling secretary; and Richard ^tson, treasurer. Others are Betty Lambert, town U^'^psentative; Janice Edwards, L'^sic director; Ken Freeman, B. 0. director; David Pittman, I '^nday School superintendent; Royal, Y. W. A. presi- Martha Miller, president of lu.^nteers for Christ; Dan Pace, I'Ulr' ‘ - J(0*^’*terial Conference representa- Ifip’ Hal Jacks, Mission Council |(?^>mian; Ruth Bramlett, Y. T. Ij' president; and John Blake, ’^ptherhood representative. ^ he service began with both old (Continued on Page 4) College Observes ^^cognition Day I'fci; "^he annual recognition day ex- lij| will be held during the reg- chapel period, Monday, May tj|' this time brief accounts of |l(.i].'''ork in the different activities ■' be given and the leaders in activities will be recognized. H.-^’^ong the activities represented he religious, with the B. S. U. % rnission council included; pub- Hilltop and Laurel; Lj'^^'cs and dramatics; women’s ' I '^en’s student councils; music, [^^Pding band, glee club, and choir; athletics, with M- )U ’ club, and W. A. A. •isf'cil; students making Dean’s college marshals. Ill As a project for the year, the 1952-1953 B. S. U. council is sponsoring a drive to raise funds to assist in taking care of the ex penses of two foreign students, who will be studying at A'lars Hill next year. The goal was set at $700 and at the present $665 has been received. The two students are Miss Katy Katsocka from Thessalonika, Greece, and Miss Cong In Ahn from Pusan, Korea. Miss Kat- tocka, daughter of a merchant, will graduate in June, 1953, from the high school department of Anato lia college in Thessalonika, where Mr. and Mrs. Warren F. Benson taught for two years on a Ful- b right scholarship. She plans to study music. Miss Ahn graduated from Ewha high school in August, 1951, and attended Kuck Min college where she attained a high scholastic rec ord in her study of law’. She is now employed as a statistician with the 8194th American Army Unit. She was recommended by Sgt. Grover C. Bangs of Spring Lake, who is w’ith the publications divi sion of the unit, to continue her study of law at Mars Hill. om ^X^allcr Chosen Chief Marshal; 'velve Others Selected By Faculty Om Waller was chosen chief ^^hal "bee at a recent faculty corn- meeting, and Gena Jo Fant, for the 1953-54 school „J;ant marshals, chosen mainly e basis of scholarship, are \ Phillips, Ruth Carolyn Pos- llj’, Janet Spangler, Peggy Huss, ^3^*’ara Barr, William Clay Fer- James Potts, Kenneth Free- •\j ’ Charles Bobo, Heywood and Bobby Coley. '^Piing from Dublin, Georgia, is ^ .'jHss president Tom Waller tdij^hberal arts student. Religious Of ation is the vocational choice Jo Fant, who is from ^0;,j{J*horo, S. C. Janet Spangler, Boston, Va. and Peggy Gastonia, are majoring in and plan to enter the sec retarial field. Being a teacher is the vocational choice of Dotty Phillips, a Winston-Salem liberal arts major. Ruth Carolyn Poston, Mooresville, and Barbara Barr, Charlottesville, Va., are majoring in pre-med and liberal arts, respec tively. Asheville is the home of Hey ward Moore who is taking pre law, while James Potts of Char lotte is planning to be an engineer. Kenneth Freeman,Training Union Director for the coming year, is a liberal arts major from Elkin. Charles Bobo from Florence, S. C., and Bobby Coley from Con cord are majoring in business and accounting, respectively. William Clay Ferguson, Asheville, is tak ing a pre-med course. Three Organ Majors Presented In Recital The music faculty presented three organ majors, Theresa Fee der, Joyce Seawell, and Nancy Wesson, in a joint graduating re cital in the college auditorium, Thursday night, April 30. I heresa, who is from Lexing ton, played “O Hail This Bright est Day of Days” (Bach), “Trum pet Tune and Air” (Purcell), “Vision” (Rheinberger), and “Fi nale” (from “First Symphony” by Vierne). Joyce, from St. Pauls, played “In Thee Is Jov” (Bach), “Com munion” (Purvis), “Now Thank We All Our God” (Kark-Elert), ‘‘Priere” and “Toccata” (from the Gothic Suite” by Boellmann). Nancy, who is from Charlotte, concluded the program with “Sleepers, Wake” (Bach), “Inter mezzo” (Verrees), “O God Our Help In Ages Past” (Verrees), “Canzona” (Purvis), and “Fan tasia” (Purvis). All three are pupils of Miss Pearl Francis, organ teacher. Queen of May Reigns Over Annual Event Margaret Marr reigned as queen over the May Day exercises this afternoon in the amphitheater at 4 o’clock. Dee Davidson served as maid-of-honor and John Dean, as king. Martha Hyde was flower girl and Rick Funderburke was crown bearer. Other attendants in the May Court were Gerry Brown, Sara Gallo way, Carole Garren, Roberta McBride, and Joyce Seawell from the C-H class; and Barbara Barr, Sharon Ford, Iris Merritt, Edna Smith, and Lou Mary Switzer from the nr are the two new foreign students who will study at Mars Hill College beginning next fall. They are Miss Katy Katsocka, of Greece, and Miss Cong In Ahn, of Korea, respectively. B. S. U. Sponsors Drive To Help Foreign Students Honor Clubs Hold Banquet May 9th The annual HonorClub banquet, which is sponsored by the Orpheon club this year, will have Charles Faulkner Bryan, noted authority on American folk music, as guest speaker. The banquet, which will be A'lay 9, in the cafeteria, will be centered around folk music. Born in middle Tennessee where he gained hisbackground in folk mu sic, Air. Brj an is nationally known for his folk song compositions, mu sical plays, operettas, and opera. At the present he is director of music at the Indian Springs school, Helena, Ala. He has previously taught at George Peabody college, and was head of the music depart ment of Tennessee Polytechnic In stitute. In addition he has served (Continued on Page 4) Robinson To Star In ‘Quality Street’ The cast for the commencement production of James M. Barrie’s “Quality Street” has been chosen and has begun rehearsals. The play will be presented Friday, Alay 29, in the college auditorium. Included in the cast are Ada Robinson as Phoebe Throssell; Jeanne Upton as Susan Throssell; Eliza DeLoach as Miss Willough by; Jean Smith as Fannie; Mary Ethel Buckner as Henrietta; Dot- tie Phillips as Charlotte; Kay Wells as Pattie; Mary Ausband as Isabella; Betty Ann DeBorde as Harriett; Jack Loadman as Valentine Brown; Bill Jones as a recruiting officer; John Westbrook as Ensign Blades; Tommy Rowe as Lieutenant Spicer; Bill Jones as Major Bubb, a Waterloo veter an ; David McKee as William Smith; Leonard Tilson as Arthur; Johnson Owle as a lamp lighter; and .Charles Varni, Louise Met calf, David Morrow, Sarah Gallo way, and others as miscellaneous officers, ladies and school chil dren. The parts of small school children will be played by Nancy and Holland Kendall, Jonatha Roberts, Eric Blackwell, and Su san Sodeman. The production staff for the play includes Johnson Owle, stage manager; Wilson Elliott (chair man), David McKee, and Tommy Rowe, lighting and sound effects committee; Amy Fisher (chair man), Bryce Cook, Barbara Done- hoo, and Wanda Chason, costume committee; Alargaret Wilson (chairman), and Jeanette Rad ford, make-up committee; Phin- alia Blackstone (chairman), and Linda Messer, properties commit tee ; and David Adorrow, promp ter. Girls* Dormitories Select Leaders Girls’ house officers for the 1953-1954 session have been elect ed in the various dormitories. The presidents, vice-presidents, and secretaries will serve on the Wo men’s Student council. In Edna Aloore Pat Loving is president; Hilda Goode, vice-pres ident ; Linda Bridgets, social chair man ; Artelia Bailey, secretary; Wanda Chason, chaplain; Irma Styles, pianist; and Pat Sherwood, chorister. Judy Northern is president of Huffman. Other officers are Doris Stephens, vice-president; Jackie (Continued on Page 4) C-I class. Jean Gilreath and Marcy Jones were trumpeteers and Nancy Hou ser and Louanna Prince were pages in the exercises. After the processional and crowning of the queen, a program, “A Dream Fantasy,” was given under the direction of AJiss Vir ginia Hart, director of women’s physical education. The fantasy, which was set in a fantastic forest with flowers and animals, is a stoiy^ for all people who have at one time or another visited the “Dreamland of Fan tasy.” Taking part in the program were Carolyn Anderson, a young maiden searching for the fulfill ment of her dreams; Betty Anne Snider, a pixie who finds the maid in the forest and introduces her to dancers from six different coun tries ; Charles Storey, a young prince seeking the girl of his dreams; and David Morrow, nar rator. The dancers from the six coun tries, England, Denmark, Scot land, Russia, Alexico, and Amer ica, were girls from the physical education classes. The script was written by Dee Davidson, Eliza DeLoach, Bar bara Saunders, and Miss Hart. (Continued on Page 4) PublicaHons Cboose Staffs For 1953-54 Anne Thompson was elected editor and A'lildred Scroggs, as sociate editor, of. the college news paper, the Hilltop; and Bobby Coley and Skeeter AIcCauley were chosen co-editors of the annual, the Laurel, in recent student elec tions. Others elected to the annual staff were Charles Bobo, business manager, and Beverly Beauford, assistant business manager. Charles is from Florence, S. C., and Bever ly is from Burlington where she was advertising manager of her high school annual. Janice Earle Dennis, Kannap olis, and Calvin Metcalf, Mar shall, were elected business man ager and assistant business man ager of the Hilltop respectively. Janice will be in charge of adver tising, while Calvin, who has worked with circulation this year, will manage the circulation de partment. Anne, who is from High Point, has served as managing editor of the Hilltop this year. Alildred worked for two years on her high school paper in Thomasville. Bobby is from Concord and was editor of the high school annual there, while Skeeter, who is from Charlottesville, Va.
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