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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Volume XXVm
MARS HILL, N. C., SAURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1953
Number 3
Newly chosen society presidents for the 1953 Anniversary-Reception
Term are, left to right: Mitchell Carnell, Philomathian president; Dot
Childers, Clio president; Pat Loving, Nonpareil president; and Palmer
Mills, Euthalian president.
Scholarship Groups Take In
New Members For Semester
The October meetings of the honor clubs were held Monday and
Tuesday, October 12 and 13, in the parlors of the girls’ dormitories.
The Business club met in Huffman Parlor on Tuesday evening. A
program was presented on the ideals of the club. Taking part in the
program were Joyce Strickland, Charles Bobo, Jane Cook, Bobby Coley,
Joanne Watson, Jeanette Watson,
Stuilents To Attend
RS.II. Conrentien
The Baptist Student Union will
hold its annual state convention at
the First Baptist Church in Win
ston-Salem, November 6-8. Each
eligible student at Mars Hill is
urged to attend. To qualify one
must be active in religious activities
on the campus, and must be do-
1*^8 good work in his classes. Reg
istration is in progress each day in
the cafeteria.
More than 1000 students from
North Carolina colleges are expect
ed to attend. A special BSU Choir
will provide music for the conven
tion, and about 100 students will
participate in the programs.
The theme is "Worship And
Work”. Among the speakers will
he Dr. Nels F. S. Ferre, Professor
of Philosophical Theology at Van
derbilt University. Dr. Ferre, a
native of Sweden, was formerly Ab
bott Professor of Christian The
ology at Andover-Newton Semin
ary.
With Dr. Ferre will also be Dr.
John Oliver Nelson who is Pro
fessor of Christian Vocation at Yale
University Divinity School. Dr.
Nelson is editor of the Intercol-
legian and serves on the national
committees of the Interseminary
3^nd Student Volunteer Movements.
Miss Emily Lansdell, president of
Ae Carver School of Missions will
^ so speak. These and other per-
sona ities on the program will
make the I953 State BSU Conven-
tion an outstanding one.
Societies Elect Officers
Childers, Loving, Mills,
Ernestine Corbett, Shirley Pope,
Carolyn McCaskill, and Alice
Owen.
In the French Club meeting the
program was based on three French
musicians, Chopin, Gounod, and
Bizet, and their works. The meet
ing was held at the home of Mrs.
Nona Roberts. New members of
the club are Betty Jo Huskins,
Betty Jean Lambert, Cathy Yates,
and Faye White.
The home of Mrs. Mahlon Fish
was the meeting place of the Span
ish club. The members of the club
gave an account of their summer
vacations. New members of the
club are: Loretta Walker, Norma
Bridges, Nelia Gonzalez, Leila
Cassis, and Enrique Hernandez.
The Science club program was
based on the life of Albert Ein
stein. Those taking part in the
program were Ruth Poston, Alicia
Osteen, Helen Brown, Mary Ann
Elliott and John Blake. Newly
elected officers to fill the vacant
offices are: President, John Blake;
treasurer, Betty Stacy. A new mem
ber, Artelia Bailey, was initiated
into the club.
The Scribleus club met in Edna
Moore Parlor on Tuesday night.
The program was centered around
the writings of Archibald Mac-
Leish and Ernest Hemingway.
Those on the program were Pat
Loving, Wanda Chason, Phan-
alia Blackstone, Dan Pace, Shirley
Owen, Roberta McBride, Dottie
Phillips and Alva Wallace. New
members of the club are: Paul
Stauffer, Ann Poplin, and Hal
Jacks.
The program for the Orpheon
club consisted of four songs by
Mrs. Fred Poplin, voice teacher
and two piano solos by Miss Dor
othy Blakely, piano teacher. The
meeting was held at the home of
Mr. J. Elwood Roberts.
The German club program was
Mars Hill Clinic
To Op en Nov. 22
A new community health center,
to be located at the corner of Chest
nut and Cherry Streets, is now in
the process of construction and is
expected to open on November 22.
The clinic will house the offices of
Dr. Otis Duck, Dr. William Ernest
Powell, and Dr. Bruce Sams, dent
ist.
Contrary to several rumors, the
one-story modernistic building will
not include hospital facilities. Its
17 rooms, including a reception
room, will be occupied by offices
and in the building itself.”
Another feature of the new clin
ic will be a parking area with a
capacity of from 20 to 40 automo
biles. In commenting on the new
clinic building. Dr. Powell said
that it would contain "better and
newer facilities both in equipment
and in the buildinug itself.”
College students who need medi
cation which is unavailable at the
college infirmary will be given ap
pointments with Dr. Duck and Dr.
Powell at the clinic. The new
building will mean increased facil
ities for college students as well as
the town’s residents.
Carnell To Lead Halls
Dot Childers and Pat Loving have been elected presidents of Clio
and Nonpareil Literary Societies, while Palmer Mills and Mitchell
Carnell were chosen to lead the Euthalian and Philomathian Societies
respectively during the Anniversary-Reception Term.
Other Clio officers are Betty Wyatt, reception vice-president; Bar
bara Barr, regular vice-president; Violet Overton, secretary; Terry
- Thomas, censor; Nan Long, chap-
Touring Choir
Reveals Plans
Touring choir plans for the
1953-1954 season have been com
pleted and include a tour of east
ern North Carolina on April 3-11.
The tentative itinerary has been
mapped out and the towns includ
ed are Winston-Salem, High Point,
Durham, Rocky Mount, Roanoke
Rapids, Elizabeth City, Edenton,
Greenville, Kinston, Wilmington,
Lumberton, Fayetteville, Spencer,
and Kannapolis.
In addition to the Spring Tour,
the choir is planning two programs
in South Carolina and two in Ten
nessee. An added feature in the
choir’s schedule will be the De
cember production of Mendels
sohn’s oratorio, '"The Elijah”. Ad
ditional personnel from the com
munity and campus have been in
vited to join the choir for this pro
gram. Soloists will be announced
at a later time.
Mrs. Dorothy Weaver Roberts is
director of the College Choir with
Miss Pearl Francis as accompanist,
and Robert R. Chapman, business
manager.
centered about the life and works
of Gounod.
The I. R. C. met Monday night
in Stroup Parlor. The program
was on “The Present Conditions
in France.” Those on the pro
gram were Gena Jo Fant, Dean
Propst, Ken Freeman, Doris Mil
ler, Carolyn Black. New members
of the club are Barbara Barr,
Gene Allen, Ceicle Vaughan, Jim
my Ballard, Pat Reeves, Charles
Miller, and Allen Garrison.
library Receives
Gilt Oi Records
Jackson Hooper, a C-I from
Miami, Florida, has donated to
the library a set of three long-play
records of Bach’s “Clavierbung,”
Part III.
Jackson has also loaned to the
library his personal record collec
tion containing the albums of
“Popular Orchestral Favorites,”
“A Melachrino Concert,” “A
Wagner Concert,” “Twilight Con
cert,” “Lily Pons,” and “First
Piano Quartet.” Besides being
valuable record collections, they
add greatly to the musical collec
tion of the library. The library
staff, speaking for the student
body, wishes to express their
thanks to Jackson Hooper for his
thoughtfulness.
These albums include such selec
tions as “Pomp and Circumstance
March No. 1,” by Weber; “Dance
of the Hours,” “Intermezzo,” “Air
on the G String,” by Schubert;
“Malaguena,” by Chopin; “Die
Meistersinger,” by W a g n e r ;
“William Tell Overture,” by Ros
sini ; “Clair de Lune,” by Debus
sy; and “Russian Sailor’s Dance,”
by Gliere.
House Officers Will
Observe Hallowe’en
The house officers of both boys
and girls dorms are planning a
Hallowe’en party to be held on the
athletic field following the foot
ball game next Saturday night.
The celebration will include a bon
fire, games, stunts, skits, and
group singing.
Appropriate refreshments will
be served at the conclusion of the
festivities. Mary Frances Cowart ^ ^ ^
is in charge of arrangements for College and the Grand National
lain; Agnes Congleton, chorister;
and Irma Styles, pianist. Chief
marshal is Faye Lavender, and the
others are Evelyn Funaki, Nancy
Porter, and Ruby Hodges.
Nonpareil officers are Janet
Scent, reception vice-president;
Linda Bridges, regular vice-presi
dent; Martha Swanson, secretary;
Faye White, censor; Roberta Mc
Bride, chaplain; Jean Cooper,
chorister; and Judy Northern,
pianist. Chief hostess is Jan Isen-
hour, and the other hostesses are
Kitzi Miller, Cynthia Knight, Er
nestine Corbett, Mary Ann Long,
and Mary George Pennell.
Dot served Clio as vice-presi
dent during the last term. Coming
to Mars Hill from Kannapolis,
she is also social vice-president of
the Y. W. A. and a former train
ing union president.
Pat was a Nonpareil vice-presi
dent during the last term. She is
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DEBATE aUB WILL
BEGIN WORK SOON
Forensics have gotten off to a
good start this year with some
twenty new members trj'ing out
and four Debate Club members
returning from last year.
The group has already held sev
eral meetings and one practice de
bate. Those debating were affirm
ative, Tom Waller, John Huff;
negative, Paul Stauffer and Mitchell
Carnell. The National Collegiate
debate question for the 1953-1954
season is Resolved that the United
States Should Adopt a Policy of
Free Trade.
, Harley E. Jolley, sponsor for the
club, said that plans are already be
ing made to attend a tournament
sponsored by Agnes Scott College
in Atlanta, Ga., November 20 and
21.
During the year the group also
plans to represent Mars Hill at the
Mountain Tournament sponsored
by Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, the South Atlantic Tourna
ment sponsored by Lenoir-Rhyne
the party.
Another recent activity of the
girls’ house officers has been the
Tournament sponsored by Mary
Washington College at Fredericks
burg, Va.
Mr. Jolley is also encouraging a
hall meetings of the C-I girls in greater interest in society speaking
the dormitories, during which they 26^2^7^ chapel on November
were instructed in the rules and t-u j u • r i
, . . , T, , 1 debaters returning from last
regulations of the Blue Book and year are Janice Earl Dennis, Nancy
Alma Porter, Doris Miller, and Mitchell
Carnell.
Other phases of forensics besides
required to memorize the
Mater. A test was given on both
at the conclusion of the third
meeting on each hall.
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