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1 Montague Library Mars Hi!! Coi!ei!e MERRY CHRISTMAS CTKe Hilltop HAPPY NEW YEAR Published by the Students of Mars Hill College Volume XXVra MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1953 Number 6 combined Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs will furnish part of the music for tonight’s Christmas Concert, to be held in the auditorium at eight. Thirteen of the members were not present when the above photo was made. (Photo by Stringfield). M H Forensic Team Wins El even Firsts Six representatives from Mars Hill College attended the Thirteenth Annual Appalachian Mountain Forensic Tournament sponsored by Chapter 219, North Carolina Epsilon and Pi Kappa Delta of Appalach ian State Teachers College, Boone, North Carolina, December 3, 4, and 5. _ The debating team, composed of Roberta McBride and Nancy Porter, ' affirmative, and Janice Dennis Clio-Phi Presents Annual Festivities It Can Happen Here” was the theme of the sixty-third Philoma- thian Anniversary held Thursday evening, December 3, in the.audi torium, while Clio built,her fifty- eighth Reception program around the theme, “Lost Through Ne- glest,” The Anniversary meeting was opened by Phi President Mitchell Carnell. “God of Our Fathers” was^ sung by the audience, accom panied by Gene Ellis and Mar- ^^^wford, trumpeteers, after Charles Miller’s presentation of the^ devotion. The Phis presented their Clio sisters with two desk pen sets. Resolved: That there should be censorship of speech and press, was the debate topic in which the nega te team, composed of Jackson ooper and Charles Green, were Winners. Speaking for the affirma- Charles Cook and Eddie and Tom Waller, negative, won eight out of thirteen debates. In the women’s division Roberta Mc Bride won first place in oration, and poetry reading, and third place in impromptu speaking. Mouise Simpson took first place honors in after dinner speaking and second place in oration, Janice Dennis was second place winner in prob lem-solving. In the men’s division David Pittman placed second in prob- (Continued on Page 4) Drama Class To Give Christmas Prodnction Following special music by Fred . the Phi octet, an ora- Wyatt, a declamation 1 -rj.,' —a. ucciamauuii y ayne Cooper, and a poem by Tommy Pearce. ,, . the grand finale was presented. ^^\^^^hdrop gave the effect of a bombed out U. S. city. Roger blam P^’-^^ayed a Negro who tern ^ destruction on the in- ^oiTuption and discrimina- the played part of a man insane from the tt^ontinued on Page 4) CHRISTMAS CONCERT TONIGHT Work On ’54 Innwl Dorm Parties To Follow Progressing Steadily Music Program At Eight Work on the 1953-54 Laurel is progressing nicely, according to editors Skeeter McCauley and Bobby Coley. The printer has fin ished with the layout of the book, and the first proof of the cover is expected shortly. Copywriting for the annual is now in progress. The pictures will be the future chief concern of the staff, and in this connection a box will be placed in the student cen ter, Into this box students are ask ed to deposit all negatives which might possibly be of use to the Laurel, with the student’s name attached. Further information con cerning this will be announced in chapel. News Briefs Dr. Robert L, Holt attended college days in high schools in Fayetteville, Dunn, Farmville, Greenville, Ahoskie, Concord, Kannapolis, and Mecklenburg County between November 30 and December 10. The Religious Drama Class will present at general assembly at Sunday School tomorrow morn ing, a one act play entitled “White Christmas.” The play is directed by Mr. D. T. Holland. Student director is Shirley Owen. Characters include Lloyd Far thing, who portrays the part of William Marshall; Gwen Cole, Kate Marshall; James Wright as Bob Marshall; Shirley Heath, Carolyn Marshall; Jackie Rob erts, Junie Marshall; Macel Ezell, Charlie, a Chinese servant; David McKee, John Liang; Caro lyn Byrd as the small one, Char lie’s daughter; and Gladys Price will play the part of Mrs. Milton Craig. The play is staged in the living room of William Marshall. Pal mer Mills and Margaret Tomber- lin are in charge of costumes and Gayle Brown is stage manager. Miss Frances Snelson attended college days in seven South Caro lina high schools on December 1-4. Those attended were Blacksburg, Gaffney, Chester, Union, Whit mire, and Spartanburg high schools, and Spartanburg County high schools. Led by the state and national flags and five men on horseback, the Mars Hill Christmas parade proceeded through the center of town last Saturday afternoon,with Mayor Ralph M, Lee following the leaders. Both the college and the high school bands participated, and floats included were a Blood Drive float, a Jaycee float, a Non- Eu float, and Boy Scouts’ float. Santa Claus followed the other floats on a large one of his own. Other features were several clowns and a Cub Scout troop. Mars Hill College will hold its campus Christmas celebration tonight, beginning with the Music Department’s annual concert in the auditor ium at eight o’clock, and closing with the Christmas parties in the girls’ dormitories following the concert. The College Touring Choir, under the direction of Mrs. David M. Roberts, will open the concert with Aycock’s “Celestial Voices.” Other ■' numbers to be sung by the group New Medical Center In Mars Hfll are “A White Christmas,” by Opens The Beauty section of the year book is being handled differently this year, with various campus or ganizations each selecting and sponsoring a candidate. Organiza tions acting as sponsors are Clio- Phi, Non-Eu, the Baptist Student Union, the M-Blem Club and the Women’s Athletic Association (jointly), the M-Club, and the C-I, and C-H classes. Mars Hill’s new Community Health Center located at the cor ner of Chestnut and Cherry Streets observed its initial open house on November 22, from 2 to 6 P. M. Mr. J. V. Howell told what the new Health Center would mean to the citizens living in and Mars Hill. near The very modernistic brick and concrete block one-story building contains 17 rooms. The rooms are painted in pastel colors and are furnished with modern equipment. The reception room window which covers the west side of the room is framed by predominantly red drapes. The building contains the offices of Dr. William Ernest Powell and Dr. Otis Duck, physicians, and Dr. Bruce Sams, dentist. Opening from the reception room is a pharmacy in charge of Mr. J. C. McGee. Mrs. Brown Am mons is assistant to Dr. Sams. Miss Irene Willis is nurse to Dr. Duck and Dr. Powell. Miss Helen Maxwell is receptionist for the physicians. English; “Carol of the Bells,” by Wilhousky; “Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells,” by Cain; and “Sing We All Noel,” by York. Accompanist for the group will be Miss Pearl Francis. The band, under the direction of Mr. Phillip Magnus, will then play Long’s “Christmas Rhapso dy,” and Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” The audience is ask ed to sing with the band on the. following carols: “O Little Town: of Bethlehem,” by Redner; “Hark,, the Herald Angels Sing,” by Mendelssohn; “Jingle Bells,” by Pierpont; and “Joy To the World,” by Handel. A triple trio, twenty singers, and the combined Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs under the direction of Mrs. Fred Poplin, will present the following: “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,” “Lulla- bye for Humming Chorus,” “The (Continued on Page 4) Reception-Anniversary Presented By Non-Eu Rosenburgs To Be Here January 13 Persons who hope to graduate next May are advised to consult with the registrar immediately af ter Christmas to see that their credits are in order. Irene and Sylvia Rosenberg, a piano-violin duo, will present a program of concert music Wednes day, January 13, in the Mars Hill College auditorium at 8:00 o’clock. The sisters have performed both in the United States and abroad, where they appeared in Paris, France, Zurich, Switzerland, and Oslo, Norway, as well as in other foreign cities. The two are famous for their performance of Brahms’ “Sonata in D Minor,” and have been highly praised for their crafts manship as a team. It has been said of them that each has “a deep understanding of the other’s art,” and that they are “two of the most gifted instru mentalists on the musical hori zon. “Let Freedom Ring” was the theme of the sixty-third annual Euthalian Anniversary program, held Thursday evening, November 26 in the auditorium, while Non pareil presented her fifty-eighth reception built around the theme “Peace and Plenty,” in the science building on the following Satur day evening. Euthalia’s president Palmer Mills presided behind the society desk at the Euthalian program, flanked by vice-president Gene Lawrence and secretary Glain Pennell. Following the initial ceremonies and the devotion by Macal Ezell, the program opened with a debate on the query, Resolved: That every able-bodied male citizen in the United States should be re quired to have one year of military training before the age of twenty- one. John Hough and Dean Propst, for the affirmative side won. Kim Cole and Dick Hughes debated the negative side of the question. The grand finale presented a scene set in an underground bunk er on a foreign battlefield, where a company of soldiers was prepar ing to move out on a mission that would mean death for some of them. Other events on the program in cluded an oration by David Pitt man, “Let Freedom Ring,” a dec lamation by Harold Smith, “Stand (Continued on Page 4)
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