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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Volume XXVIII
MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1954
Number 7
Honor Clubs Hold
January Meetings
Mars Hill honor clubs held
their regular meetings last Mon
day and Tue day nights, in the
parlors of the girls’ dormitories.
A joint meeting of the Fine Arts
Clubs, Orpheon and Scriblerus,
were held Tuesday at 7 ;30 p.m. in
the parlor of Edna Moore. Rachel
Baird, president, presided and gave
a welcome to the club members.
The response was made by Dexter
Conner, Orpheon president. Mary
Frances Cowart had the devotions,
and a program entitled “Italian
Renaissance Poetry, “Music, and
Art” was presented. “The Rise of
the Madrigal” was presented by
Amy Fisher, Madrigals were sung
by the Orpheon Club, and “The
Madrigal and Poetry” was given
by Janice Earle Dennis. Hal Jacks
told of Michaelangelo’s Sonnets.
The Orpheon Club sang the son
nets, and the program was closed
Joe C. Robertson’s talk on
Renaissance Art.” A social hour
followed.
J he International Relations
Club met in Stroup parlor Mon
day night, with the program cen
tering about the Middle East.
Jean Gilreath, Barbara Barr,
Marshall Wilson, David Pittman,
and Gena Jo Fant participated.
Atomic Energy in Peacetime”
"was the subject of the Science Club
meeting held Monday night in the
Edna Moore parlor. Those on the
program were Marj^ A. Elliot,
medical uses; Helen Brown, in
dustry; Nan Long, power plants;
and Sally Everhart, research labs.
The Spanish Club held its Jan-
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Mahlon Fish. Nancy Lowder, vice
of the club, had charge
o the program, which consisted
® group singing of Spanish songs,
istening to Spanish records, and
rief talks on the several Spanish
composers.
The French Club held its
^nthly meeting at the home of
rs. Nona Roberts, spgnsor of
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MHC Vets
Form CInb
will include numbers by Otto
Luenig, Vaughn Williams, Bar
ber, and Britten. Selections by
Deems Taylor, Burley, Davis and
Luvaus will be sung in the third
group.
Approximately eight students
and a director from each of the
following schools will attend the
clinic: Albemarle, Bessemer City,
Dallas, Fran klin, Weaverville,
Kinston, Gastonia, Hickorj^^,
Mooresville, Mount Holly, New
ton - Conover, Wilkes Central,
Shelby, Statesville, Valdese, Cand
ler, Asheville’s Lee Edwards,
Black Mountain, Canton, Hen
dersonville, Spruce Pine,
shall, and Mars Hill
Schools.
News
Briefs
Mar-
High
c thirty-five veterans present on
1-/ ^‘tmpus to adjust to college
shfj ^ consolation and fellow-
p With each other, and to pro-
college among
frorn ''veterans being released
the armed forces.
Bill of Joe Sanders,
selertPrt^f^’L^”.^ Hooper was
itv for i-l!° ^®Sin plans and public-
when rneeting in January
nnal details worked out. All veter-
uarv to attend the Jan-
uaty meeting.
Play To Be Given
Here January 30
William Shakespeare’s tragedy,
Othello, will be presented by Play
ers Incorporated, International
Repertory Company, of Washing
ton, D. C., on Saturday, January
30, at 8 p.m. These players, many
of whom are noted actors and ac
tresses, are now in their fifth sea
son. Last year they toured the Far
East war zone, for the second time,
under the auspices of the Depart
ment of Defense.
Other schools where this group
is playing in January and Febru
ary are Agnes Scott, Western Car
olina, Carson-Newman, Notre
Dame, Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina, Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute, N. C.
State, and the University of Vir
ginia.
The Art Department is show
ing, during the month of January,
fifteen oil paintings by Grace Bliss
Stewart, a New York artist. Spon
sored by the Studio Guild of New
York, the exhibit is divided be
tween realistic and abstract works.
Joe Chris Robertson had two
paintings accepted for showing in
the North Carolina Artists Six
teenth Annual Exhibition in the
state art gallery in Raleigh, De
cember third through January
sixth. The two were entitled “City
Night,” and “Night Forms.” The
former was one of six selected by
MHC To Begin Broadcasts
On Radio And Television
For the first time in history. Mars Hill College i> to have a regular
broadcasting schedule on radio and television. Beginning today, station
WWNC of Asheville will carry a regular radio broadcast, the schedule
of which was still indefinite as the paper went to press. The program
manager of WLOS-TV, also of Asheville, has asked the college to
supply a thirty minute program twice monthly, the time of which will
probably
Two Will Graduate
At Semester’s End
King and Queen of May—Barbara Barr and Art Fore were elected
May Queen and King, January 5 and 6, fom ballots drawn up from C-II
nominations. Bert McBride is Maid of Honor. Practices for the annual
event are expected to begin shortly.
Twenfi-Tliree High Nohools
Expected To Ittend Elinic
Representatives from twenty-three North Carolina high schools are
expected to attend the Sixth Annual Choral Clinic here on February 5-6.
Paul Young, from the University of Illinois and conductor of the first
clinic in 1948 will again serve in this capacity.
The two-day practice session will culminate in a concert on Saturday,
February 6, at 7 :30 p.m. The concert will consist of three parts, the first
being the pre-classic group with selections by Arcadelt, Bach, Nanino,
and Purcell. The second group
Only two students are graduat
ing from Mars Hill at the end of
the present semester. Both are in
the Business Department.
Leila Cassis, of Tela, Honduras,
daughter of Senor George and
Senora Anita Kaivas Cassis, grad
uates from the two-year business
course. While at Mars Hill Leila
has been in the Beauty Section of
the Laurel and in the 1953 May
Court. She looks forward to tak
ing training for work as an airline
hostess.
Dinorah Salgado of Alanzanillo,
Cuba, daughter of the late Senor
Jaoquin Salgado and Senora Val
eriana Salgado, also graduates in
the two j^ear course. On January
27, Dinorah plans to be married
to Ramiro’ Palma in Miami. Senor
Palma is connected with the coun
try club of Coral Gables. Dino-
rah’s mother and brother, Cesar,
will attend the quiet wedding cere
mony, The couple will live at 900
N. W. 39th Avenue in Miami.
the jury from the 85 works shown
as being recommended for purchase
consideration.
be from four to four-
thirty on Sundays.
Until the new auditorium is
built, most of the radio broadcasts
will be transcribed on professional
tape-recording equipment which
the college has secured. The new
auditorium will contain a studio
with modern radio equipment. The
television programs will be made
at the station in Asheville.
The program will feature indi
viduals, music groups, the forensic
teams, dramatic productions, and
ideas in home economics. Although
the same groups will be featured
on both radio and TV, more em
phasis will be place on home eco
nomics on television th n other
groups.
It is hoped that this is only the
beginning of Mars Hill’s radio ca
reer. In speaking of this. Dr. Ro
bert L. Holt, general chairman of
the broadcasting committees, said,.
“We hope, in the near future, to
have a network of radio programs
over North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Tennessee and Virginia.”
'Fhose on the committee in
charge of radio and TV are Har
ley E. Jolley, D. T. Holland, Da
vid Roberts, Fred Poplin, Miss
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Eight chemistry and physics ma
jors from Mars Hill acted as
guides at the Atomic Energy Ex
hibit, sponsored by the Asheville
Citizen-Times Company and held
in the Asheville City Auditorium
January 5-7. Also attending were
members of the photography class,
who shot several pictures of the
exhibit.
The boys who participated were
Jim Potts, Clyde Austin, Julian
Wingfield, Bob Wiley, Bob Brown,
Bob Phillips, Phil Reece, and Paul
Jackson. Members of the photog
raphy class present were Anne
Thompson, Bert Adler, Nora Wil
lis, Lloyd Farthing, Vencie Kil
patrick, Bill Mejunkin, Jimmie
Mohorn and Gena Jo Fant.
President Hoyt Blackwell and
Dean R. M. Lee will attend a
Baptist Educational Council meet
ing in Raleigh, January 18 and
19.
Plans for the new library for
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Several lew Courses
To Be Offered Here
Mars Hill students are being
offered a number of new courses
during the second semester.
The Engineering program has
been greatly strengthened by the
addition of three new courses:
Electrical measurements; chemi
cal processes; and American liter
ature, English 26.
Among the first semester courses
being re-taught during the second
semester are: Math 11, English
11,^ English 23, zoology, botany,
sociology and office practice.
There are special courses being
offered in other subjects to fulfill
the needs of the various courses.
Art 15 is being taught for the
home economics majors. Geology
and Bible 14 are being offered as
electives.
The new courses are designed to
broaden the curriculum of the col
lege in keeping with the policy of
other members of the Southern As
sociation of Colleges.
Registration Begins
Monday, January 24
Monday morning, January 25,
all C-I’s will meet with their fac
ulty advisors to arrange their
schedule for the second semester.
Registration for the C-I’s will be
held Monday afternoon, and the
C-H’s will follow the same pro
cedure on Tuesday. Classes will
meet as usual beginning at eight
o’clock Wednesday morning.
The following examination
schedule will be in operation be
ginning this coming Ylonday. No
regular classes will be held at that
time.
Classes Exams
January 18
8:00 MWF ( 8:00-10:00)
3:30 MWF (10:30-12:30)
8:00 TTS ( 2:30- 4:30)
January 19
9:00 MWF ( 8:00-10:00)
1:30 TTS (10:30-12:30)
9:00 TTS ( 2:30- 4:30)
January 20
10:30 MWF ( 8:00-10:00)
2:30 TTS (10:30-12:30)
10:30 TTS ( 2:30- 4:30)
January 21
11:30 MWF ( 8:00-10:00)
12:30 TTS (10:30-12:30)
11:30 TTS ( 2:30- 4:30)
January 22
2:30 MWF ( 8:00-10:00)
12:30 MWF (10:30-12:30)
1:30 MWF ( 2:30- 4:30)
January 23
3:30 TTS ( 8:00-10:00)
January 23
Others & Specials.... (10:30-12:30)