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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Volume XXVIII
MARS HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1953
Number 5
Bloodmobile To Be
Here December 11
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will return to Mars Hill on De
cember 11, in another blood drive
for which the quota is this year
300 pints. The collecting equip
ment will be set up in McConnell
Gymnasium, where students will
go through the testing and do
nating process under the care of a
doctor and a staff of trained
nurses.
Students under 21 will be re
quired to get their parents’ per
mission to donate blood by means
of a signed release mailed to the
home. On Monday night, student
campaigners will visit the different
dorms to speak to students and
distribute the releases.
Both of Coach Harts’ hygiene
classes have undertaken publicity
for the campaign. One has given
two chapel programs in both C-I
and C-II chapels, presented last
Monday and Tuesday. The other
class is soliciting contributions
from the people of the town by
means of posters and a sound car.
The following students will visit
the dorms: Melrose—Dean Protpst,
Bert Adler, and Pat McCoy;
Brown—Tommy Jones, and Er
nest Ferrell; Treat—David Mor-
row, John Hough, Tommy Ward,
and Harold Smith; Humphrey—
David Morrow; Landers — Moe
Benjamin;Wood—Roger Martin;
Pop Lance’s—Bob Plyler; Wall
basement — Lewis Collins; and
Mrs. Vann’s—Paul Lackey.
Edna Moore—Lib Frye, Lex-
yne Stackhouse, Jean Brooks, and
Sarah Donehoo; Stroup — Janice
Edwards, Janice Pipes, Barbara
Barr, Joanne Nixon, June Con
nell, Carol Killian, and Carole
McCadams; Huffman—Charlotte
Venable, Faye Taylor, Louise
Cash, Annie Mae Ellen, Sybilene
Blinson, Molly Fennell, and Jan
ice Isenhour.
Hiffldred-Doyar Goal
Set For Seal Drive
The 47th annual Christmas Seal
Sale sponsored by the Madison
County Tuberculosis Association
ppened Thursday, November 18,
in Madison County, and will con
tinue through Christmas vacation
ss far as Mars Hill is concerned.
With a 1953 goal of $100 for
the college, the drive will easily
top its quota if each student con
tributes ten cents or more. Dor-
initory representatives will collect
t e contributions ineach dorm dur
ing the drive, and distribute the
^^^.^'."Phe seal symbol this year is
^ c oir boy singing against a back
ground of snowy scenery, and
^presents the spirit of Christmas.
. ^'’^nty-hve percent of the re-
remain in
County, and will make
possible assistance to county pa-
j^iniinum rate chest X-rays,
^ ^ permanent X-ray unit,
Th ^ ^^°Sram in health education,
k ^^niaining 25 per cent is used
^ und nation to further
medical research.
Chairman of the sale is Miss
Officers of the C-I Class elected November 13 in a meeting of the
Class are, left to right: John Hough, Goldsboro, president; Mouise
Simpson, Monroe, secretary; Pat Thomas, Greenville, S. C., treasurer;
and Rodolph Dixon, Greenville, vice-president.
Enthalia M Nonpareil Lead
Innivensary - Reception Series
The Euthalian Literary Society leads off the society celebration series
tonight with their 63rd Anniversary at eight o’clock in the auditorium.
Saturday’s Nonpareil Reception in the Science building at the same
hour will be followed by Philomathia’s Anniversary on December third,
and Clio’s Reception on December fifth.
In charge of the program for the Euthalian Anniversary is an
niversary vice-president Gene Lawrence. Returning alumni and
' students are invited to the anni-
MH Debate Team
Enters Tournament
The Mars Hill Debating team,
which includes Heyward Moore
and Tom Waller, affirmative
speakers; and Mitchell Carnell
and John Hough, negative speak
ers, participated in the Carolina
Forensics Tournament sponsored
by the University of South Caro
lina on November 20-21.
Six rounds of debate on the
national college debate topic, and
extemporaneous and impromptu
speaking on tonics in the field of
free trade werK, included on the
program and all Were engaged in
by the Mars Hill representatives.
The debaters were guests of the
school at the Wofford vs. South
Carolina football game.
A schedule of events to be held
in the Mountain Forensics Tour
nament sponsored by Chapter 219,
North Carolina Epsilon, Pi Kappa
Delta of Appalachian State Teach
ers College has been received here.
They include debate, extemporan
eous speaking, impromptu speak
ing, oratory, after-dinner speaking,
poetry reading, radio newscasting,
and problem solving.
Irene Olive in the Church Office.
Campus representative is Dick
Sale, and the representatives in
the various dorms are: Edna
Moore, Mary Martin; Stroup,
Doris App; Huffman, Janice Den
nis; Brown, Jackson Hooper;
Treat, Bob Wyatt; Spilman,
Muriel Huffstickler; and Melrose,
Paul Gillespie.
versary program. The theme, as
usual, is secret.
Nonpareil presents her Recep
tion program for her brother so
ciety in the Science building next
Saturday evening at eight o’clock.
Humorous and serious programs
will be presented twice in succes
sion in the Nonpareil and Clio
halls respectively, so that the en
tire audience may see both pro
grams. Preparations in the attic of
Huffman dorm have been in pro-
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Combined Glee Clubs
Give Music Program
A special program of Thanks
giving music is being presented by
the Men’s and Women’s Glee
Clubs this morning in the church,
preceding the annual Thanksgiv
ing program of the B. S. U.
Beginning with Prayer of
Thanksgiving, a Netherlands folk
tune, the program will proceed to
Warren’s God of Our Fathers, ac
companied by a trumpet fanfare.
The Women’s Glee Club will sing
Recessional by Kipling-De Koven,
with Marianne Long of Winston-
Salem as soloist. Barbara Redmon
will sing Thanks by Geoffrey
O’Hara. Highlighting the pro
gram will be Lester’s new America
the Beautiful.
George Payne and Iris Jo Cun-
liff will be the accompanists.
On December 12, the Band,
Glee Club, and Touring Choir
will present a joint program con
sisting of Christmas Carols of
various nations.
Thanksgiving Celebration
Highlights Day’s Program
Thanksgiving and Homecoming celebrations combine today to crowd
the schedule with events for faculty, students, and alumni. Included
in the day’s program are the B. S. U. Thanksgiving pageant, the home
coming game with Asheville-Biltmore College, the crowning of the
homecoming queen, and Euthalian Anniversary.
Numbers of former students are returning to campus to take part in
the day’s activities. An information desk, sponsored by the W. A. A.
' has been set up in the lobby of
Honor Groups Plan
December Meetings
On Tuesday, December eight,
the Scriblerus Club will present
a masque, Christmas Spirits, by
Leslie Hollingsworth. Characters
are Paul Stouffer, Spirit of
Christmas; Tom Waller, the wise
father; Pat Loving, the wise moth
er; Wanda Chason, the wise
youth; The Nativity scene will be
presented in a tableaux with Phyl
lis Anderson as Mary. Betty
Threatt plays the part of Earth;
Hal Jacks, the Spirit of Christian
Education; Claire Buckner, the
Spirit of Youth; and Mary Fran
ces Cowart, the Herald. A girl’s
choruS) led by Phinalia Blackstone
and Ann Poplin, will sing Christ
mas carols, and there will be group
singing. A special feature of the
program will be the bringing of
toys to give to needy children in
the community.
The Spanish Club is planning a
traditional Christmas program for
their December meeting on the
eighth of that month. Besides the
regular members, all students who
have an A average in Spanish up
to the time of the meeting will be
invited. The program will consist
of a play, “Una Navidad En Me-
juo,” and will end with the break
ing of the pinata, in which all the
students will take part.
The November meeting of the
club dealt with Spanish foods, in
cluding a Spanish dinner consist
ing of Ensalada Mexicana (salad),
frijoles negroes (black beans), ar-
roy (rice), tamales, cafe (coffee),
panecellas (rolls), and fruit. The
meal was followed by reports on
Spanish foods.
Miss Mary Jean Smith will
speak on the celebration of Christ
mas in Paris, at the December
meeting of the French club, which
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Nona Roberts. Miss Smith has
been in Paris for the past five
years.
The Orpheon club had a
Thanksgiving program for its No
vember meeting. The background
consisted of cornstalks, corn, au
tumn leaves, and fruit. Speakers
were Roger Martin and Jean
Nathan. Bud Conner and Barbara
Gordon sang. Refreshments were
served following the program.
Mary Ann Elliott opened the
November meeting of the science
honor club with a devotional read
ing. The program, “The ABC’s of
Science,” consisted of approximate
ly one hundred questions conduct
ed in the form of a spelling bee by
Vernon Wood. Dr. Richardson, a
member of the science faculty was
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Spilman dormitory to direct them.
Classes for students will cease at
10:30 when the day’s program
will begin.
“Lest We Forget,” the tradi
tional pageant sponsored by the
Baptist Student Executive Coun
cil, assisted by members of the
touring choir, glee clubs, and band,
will be held this morning at 10:45.
The speakers and events in the
pageant include: Prologue by
Charles McCall; “The Landing
of the Pilgrim Fathers in New
England” by Rodolphe Dixon;
Retrospection and Exhortation,
John Hough; and Scripture read
ing by B. S. U. president Tommy
Funderburke. Musical selections
by the Glee Club will be included
in this program.
Members of the B. S. U. coun
cil and other organizations taking
part in the pageant as Pilgrims
and Indians include Phyllis Ander
son, James Beane, Hannah Black-
well, John Blake, J. C. Boone,
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Diggers Represents
Mars Hill At Meet
Miss Martha Biggers, head of
the Mars Hill Department of
Music, is attending the 29th an
nual meeting of the National As
sociation of Schools of Music this
week at the Palmer House in
Chicago, Illinois. In addition to
being the official representative of
Mars Hill College, Miss Biggers
has been asked to serve on the
committee for junior colleges.
Mars Hill College has'been a
member of the National Associa
tion since 1950. This association
was founded in an effort to solve
problems confronting music edu
cators and today its function is
the approval of music standards
on a national basis.
Over two hundred of the na
tion’s leading music educators rep
resenting schools of music, colleges
and universities will attend this,
meeting. Highlights on the agenda
include a symposium on “Litera
ture and Materials,” headed by
Dr. William Schuman, president
of the Juilliard School of Music;
a forum on “Opera Workshop,”
under the leadership of Boris Gol
dovsky and Hans Heinsheimer.
Discussions on the economic
problems of the symphony orches
tra will be held under the leader
ship of M^rs. Helen M^. Thomp
son, executive secretary of the
American Symphony Orchestra
League, Inc. All the delegates will
be guests of the Chicago Orches
tral Association at a concert given
by the Chicago Symphony Orches-
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