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cThe Hilltop Published by the Students of Mars Hill College Volume XXVni MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1953 Number 4 Delegation Attends BSU Convention In Winston-Salem A delegation of 112 Mars Hill students are attending the B.S.U. convention in Winston-Salem this week-end. Of this group, there are 54 C-I’s and 58 C-II’s, accom panied by Misses Edith Swann and Caroline Biggers as chaperones. Those attending have qualified by being active in religious activities on the campus, and by doing good work in their classes. Iris Jo Cundiff, Janice Edwards, Jim Otis, and Doris Wardlaw were selected to sing in the State B.S.U. Choir. They sang at the 11:30 session this morning and will sing again tonight at the 7 :30 session of the Convention. Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock, they will sing in the First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, wearing the choir robes of the Winston- Salem Church. This will be the final session of the Convention. Another group of Mars Hillians will^ sing in the Sunday morning service in the Reverend W. R. Wagoner’s Church, Winston-Sa lem. They are: Barbara Barr, Harold Collier, Jim Grant, Bob Hensley, Doris May, Joanne Nix on, Marion Rector, and Spur- genia Rutland. The College Touring Choir will sing at the First Baptist Church in Greensboro on Tuesday morning, preceding an address by Dr. Frank Laubach, noted author and lecturer. The forty-two mem ber choir will sing “Sanctus” by Gounod, and “The Creation” by Richte^ Mrs. Dorothy Roberts will direct the group and Miss Rearl Francis will be the accom panist. Katie Katsarka of Salonica, Greece, was soloist at the Friday evening meeting of the Conven tion. She sang “The Stranger of Galilee.” The group is expected to return Sunday evening about 8 o’clock. Pictured as they rehearse for the fall production are members of the cast of Tweedles, 1. to r.: LaVerne Hinson, Dale Johnson (seated), Florrie Patrick, Howard Webb, Elizabeth Powell, Violet Overton, and Carl Barker. Tweedles Cast Complete; Rehearsals Are Underway Cast and stage crews for the Dramateer’s annual fall production, "Tweedles,” are now complete, and rehearsals are well underway as the production date of Tuesday, November 17 draws closer. The nine-member cast of the play includes Florrie Patrick as Mrs. Rickets; Violet Overton as Mrs. Albergone, Elizabeth Powell as Win- sora, Howard Webb as Julian, Dale Johnson as Mrs. Castlebury, La Verne Hinson as Mr. Castlebury, Carl Baker as Tweedles, Dick Agee as Ambrose, and James Parton as Philemon. — Stage crew for the play consists Chanticleers To Give Tonight’s Program The Chanticleers, a male quar tet composed of four former solo ists of the Robert Shaw Chorale, will be presented in the audi torium tonight at 8:00 o’clock as part of the college lyceum pro of Dewitte Holland, director; Dottie Phillips, assistant director; Macel Ezell, stage manager; Da vid McKee, house manager; El- dom Smith, costume manager; Vivian Jenkins, property manager; Toni Snider, make-up manager; and Rossie Newsom, publicity manager. Dress rehearsals will be held November 14 and 16. Built around the idea that a “tweedle” is a fam- gram. The quartet will offer a ily-proud snob, the play by Booth (Continued on Page 4) Clio, Phi Wai Hold Joint Meeting Friday The joint meeting of the Clio Bizet’s “Flower Song”; and Philomathia literary societies Bible Honor Club Chooses Officers V At an organizational meeting of ^'t'^^^wly instituted Bible Honor Hub, on October 12, Nancy Por ter was elected president. Sponsors of the club are M. H. Kendall and Raymond Nelson, both of the col lege Bible Department. ■ officers chosen are Mu- 1 ^^^fstickler, vice-president; ar ara Newton, secretary-treas- Johnson, chaplain; Al- Y^J^ee, social chairman; and chairm publicity and poster meeting of the club be held in Spilman parlor on November 9. The subject for dis- cussi^ jjg “Translations of e Bible.” Anyone eligible for membership in the club is invited to atend this meeting. program of folk songs, spirituals, operatic and musical comedy ex cerpts, and solo numbers. Included in tonight’s program will be such compositions as: Schuman’s “Holiday Song” ; Verdi’s “La donna e mobile” from Rigoletto; the “Gershwin Fan- tasy” _ and the quartet’s theme song,“Song of the Chanticleer.” Along the more popular line will be: “There’s Nothing Like A Dame,” from South Pacific; “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” from Carousel; “They Call The Wind Maria,” from ‘Paint Your Wagon; “Deep and Dot Childers, the program River” ; and “MacNamara’s will consist of a debate, dramatic Band.” will be held Friday evening at eight o’clock in the auditorium, when the C-I officers of both so cieties will participate. Joanne Nixon, as Clio C-I president will preside. Planned by Mitchell Carnell Organized in the fall of 1952, the Chanticleers adopted their name from the Chaucerian char acter in the Nun’s Priest’s Tale, who wooed his favorite dame by singing “merrier than a mermaid in the sea,” and who, “in all the land, for crowing,” had no peer. Members of the group are Mi chael Carolan, tenor; Richard Wright, second tenor; Raymond Keast, baritone; and Thornton Marker, bass. Michael Carolan is a native of readings,*'poetry readings and a fi nale. The meeting has been post poned twice due to mid-semester examinations; hence the C-I offi cers participate, even though their term of office has expired. The Anniversary joint meeting of the two societies will be held in the auditorium on the evening fol lowing Thanksgiving, in order that the returning Clios and Phis who are on campus for homecom ing may attend. Mitchell Carnell, as Anniversary president, will pre side; and the program will be planned by Paul Johnson and Bar- Oregon and a winner of Arthur bara Barr. Nonpareil and Eutha- Godfrey’s talent scout contest. He lian officers will be guests at both has studied at the Mannes College meetings; and members of all so- of Music in New York. Richard cieties, as well as non-members, Wright is a graduate of the Ober- are invited to attend both meet- (Continued on Page 4) ings. B.T.U. Announces Study Course Plan The annual Training Union Study Course will be taught on Novem ber 16-20 during the regular chapel hour. Sixteen books are being offer ed on subjects which cover everything from music to marriage. “These courses will be extensive, inspirational, and informative for the entire student body,” stated Ken Freeman, Training Union Director. Fred Scott, a state training union worker, will teach the Training Union Alanual; Miss Mildred Thomas of Asheville, The Baptist Young — People's Administration', Lowell Funds To Be Given For New Buildings In order to meet the conditions of a proposed gift from an anony mous donor of $250,000 with which to build a new library, the trustees and other friends of Mars Hill College have drawn up and published a resolution in the Oc tober 24 issue of the Biblical Re corder to the effect that they seek approval to borrow an additional $250,000 to build a new dormitory for men. Announced for the first time in this issue of the Recorder, the plan asks for the approbation of the State Baptist Convention to borrow the sum, in order that cer tain friends of the college may contribute the money for the li brary. In addition to the $500,000 which will go into the two build ings, approximately $65,000 is to be provided for equipment and furnishings. Arrangements have been made to borrow the $250,000 at an interest rate of four per cent, (Continued on Page 4) Plans Underway For Thanksgiving Plans are now being made for the annual homecoming activities which will be held on Thanksgiv ing day, Thursday, November 26. Included in these plans are the Homecoming football game, crowning of the Homecoming queen and football queen, the an nual Thanksgiving pageant, and the Euthalian Literary Society’s Anniversary program. The traditional Thanksgiving pageant sponsored by the Baptist Student Union executive council will be presented at 10:45 a.m., Thursday, November 26. Carl Mears, President of the Alumni As sociation will bring greetings. The Reverend Lowell F. Sodeman will be the speaker and music will be furnished by the Men’s and Wom en’s Glee Clubs, under the direc tion of Mrs. Fred Poplin. The mixed glee clubs will sing “Prayer of Thanksgiving,” “Amer ica the Beautiful” (Lester), and “God of Our Fathers” (Warren). “Recessional” (Kipling) will be sung by the Women’s glee club. Iris Jo Cundiff is pianist for these two orglinizations. Kick-off time for the Home coming game between Asheville- Biltmore Bulldogs and the Mars Hill Mountain Lions is set for 2:30 p.m. At this game a Home coming queen elected by the stu dents and a football queen elected by the team will be presented in (Continued on Page 4) F. Sodeman will conduct the course in Training In Church Membership; while Elwood Rob erts will offer a new book entitled Technique of Conducting. A book offered especially for fu ture educational workers in the Church Library Manual. For those who wish to explore Christianity, a book entitled. Deepening the Spiritual Life is being taught by J. A. McLeod. A book of timely information on beverage al cohol is Alcohol the Destroyer, be ing taught by Art Wood. In the field of Bible Study the following books will be offered: Dean Har vey Lance will teach Our Bible; Dr. Ella J. Pierce will teach The Bible and Prayer; Dr. Richardson will teach Studies in the Acts] and the book. Studies in Ephesians will (Continued on Page 4) Honor Clubs To Hold Meetings This Week Honor clubs will held their sec ond meeting of the year on Mon day and Tuesday nights of next week, with new members atending the regular programs for the first time. The Business club, meeting on Tuesday night, will present a pro gram built around the theme “Looking at Men in Business.” Opportunities in the fields of secre tarial work, internal auditing, public accounting, etc., will be dis cussed, and short sketches of “big men” will be given. Scriblerus, the English honor club, plans a program to be held at the home of Mrs. Watson and centered around Wordsworth and the Lake Country. The motif will be that of the traditional English tea, and the interior will be pat terned after Dove Cottage, the home of Wordsworth. Appropri ate music will furnish a back ground for the meeting, and Mr. DeShazo will read several of Wordsworth’s poems. “Germany” will be the subject of the International Relations club meeting, where a panel discussion will be held on the topics “East Germany and the Communist Con trol,” “West Germany,” “Ger man Union and Peace Settle ment,” and “Germany and the European Army.” The French club will have Mr. Joe Chris Robertson as guest speaker on the subject of the me chanics of French art. Club mem bers will give short commentaries in French on different pieces of French art. Thanksgiving music down through the years will be the basis for the Orpheon club program. Other clubs had not planned their programs as the paper went to press.
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