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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
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MARS HILL N. C, SATURDAY. MARCH 13. 1954
Number 11
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Mege Choir to Begin
Spring Tour On April 4
first 1 he forty-three voice Mars Hill Touring Choir under the direction
lovtof Mrs. David Roberts and the business management of R. R. Chap-
' oirnan will begin its annual spring tour April 4, and will continue it
' olthrough April 11. This year the choir plans to tour North Carolina,
making fourteen separate appearances in cities throughout the state.
^ rie choir has scheduled appearances at Needham Broughton high
Raleigh, and Hester Baptist Church in Oxford on April 5. On
rlejApril 6, the choir will sing at First '
ing aptist Church, Elizabeth City
rideand on April 7, at Edenton high
nei^hool, Edenton, and Memorial
■ettj«aptist Church, Wilmington.
arrangements have been
appearances at North
anf inston Baptist Church, Win-
thston-Salem and Green Street Bap-
. Church, High Point on April
^'uston high school and Sunset
•netBaptist Church in Wilmington
lexV^ill play host to the choir on April
!.ss« . On April 9 the choir will sing
R'Juiberton high school and Sny-
. hi er Memorial Baptist Church in
»^^^^'^^ville. The choir will be at
'A Baptist Church on
10) and at the First Baptist
^^^h, Kannapolis, and the First
Church, Asheville, on
FayApril 11
choir will also sing at
school on March
, ’ will give a special pro-
“ before the Strinfigeld Music
Rutherfordton on May 6.
crnbers of the choir are: so-
ranos Billie Marie Peek, Agnes
Doris May, Katy Kat-
if’ Poplin, Ruth Zelinski,
pfr ^^4 Rarr, Carolyn Royal,
Blackstone, and Shirley
St'’ Alt,
Societies Choose
Contest Winners
The Temperance Reading Con
tests held last week were the be
ginning of a series of competitive
forensic contests which will be
held in each of the four literary
societies on campus this semester.
Winners of the Temperance
Reading Contests, their topics,
and their standings in the compe
tition were announced as follows:
For Clio, Mouise Simpson, “I Am
An American,” first place; Janice
Edwards, “It’s Up To Us,” sec
ond place; Ann Poplin, “Hand’s”;
and Doris Wardlow, “Youth
Challenged.”
Nonpareil, Phinalia Blackstone,
“The Reform Will Go On,” first
place; Doris Miller, “Youth
Challenged: Where Do We Go
From Here,” second place; Joyce
Cherry, “Lady of Distinction,”
third place; Marianne Long, “Ef-
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Robert Aura Smith
Far East Expert
Speaks Tonight
Robert Aura Smith, far East
ern correspondent for the New
York Times and expert on inter
national affairs will address the
student body on the subject, “Stu
dent, and Let It Go At That,” at
8:00 this evening in the college
auditorium.
Mr. Smith has recently return
ed from a comprehensive survey
trip through the Far East, where
he talked to the leaders of eleven
foreign countries in an effort to
find out what the Asians think
about their policies and ours. In
addition to this, he has had a quar
ter of a century of study in the
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Eighteen To Take Trip
To New York, Washington
During the week of March 20-28, eighteen Mars Hill students will
take a trip to AVashington and New York, sponsored by the college
Histor}" Department, and under the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Jolley, and Miss Evelyn Underwood.
The group will leave Mars Hill on March 20, the opening day of
Spring Holidays, and travel to New York by way of Mount Vernon
and Washington. They will spend three nights in Washington’s Con-
tinental Hotel, and will see all the
MH Debaters Tie
For Second Place
M ars Hill’s debate team com
peting in the meet held at Lenoir
Rhyne College in Hicory, March
4, 5, and 6, equaled the record
made by the winners of second
place. Because Mars Hill’s team
was a mixed one it was not eligible
for an award in either men’s or
women’s divisions.
The affirmative team composed
of Tom Waller and Mitchell Car-
nell won five out of their seven
debates. They defeated Mercer
University, V. P. 1., Appalachian
Teachers College, Carson-New-
man, and Lenoir Rhyne. They lost
to Tennessee Tech and Wake For
est.
. Bert McBride and Janice Den
nis, upholding the negative, won
four of seven debates. They beat
Carson-Newman, AVake Forest,
Appalachian, and a second Carson-
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^oj'don, Ann Wakefield,
rgenia Rutland, Betty Wyatt,
Kilpatrick, and Lasell
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Holt Addresses
Athletic Banquet
3anq ^ ^'Club held its annual
Thursday evening at
^heine*^ ^he college cafeteria. The
informal program
a Days ” of Boyhood
Henderson served
he nr ceremonies during
ress which included an ad-
elcotr,^ Robert L. Holt, a
ilackwell
'^ood T ’ ^ toast by Arthur
(ocati' Outten gave the in-
Rctini?^’ ^"^^^tt Sams the bene-
lesnrv...’ ^nd Conrad Godshall the
In conjunction with the Mars Up Your Heads O Ye Gates,”
Hill College Touring Choir, the “Worthy Is the Lamb,” and the
Little Symphony of the North “Hallelujah” chorus.
Carolina Symphony Orchestra will Selections on the program pre
present a concert here next Mon- sented by the orchestra, under the
day night at 8:15 in the college baton of Benjamin Swalin, will
auditorium. include the following: Overture
The choir, under the direction to the opera, “If I AVere King,”
of Mrs. David Roberts, will sing by Adam; “Coppelie” by Delibes;
with the nationally recognized or- excerpts from Handel’s “Mes
siah” with the Mars Hill College
Choir as soloist; “Round of the
Princesses” from the ballet, “Fire
Bird” by Stravinsky; waltzes front
the operetta, “The Merry Wid
ow” by Lehar; “The Typewriter”
chestra, excerpts from Handel’s
“Messiah”: “O Thou That Tell-
est Good Tidings to Zion,” “Glory
to God,” “Surely He Hath Borne
Our Griefs,” “And With His
Stripes We Are Healed,” “Lift
by Anderson and “Finlandia” by
Sibelius.
Sy One of the few state-supported
orchestras in this country, the
North Carolina Symphony receives
nearly one-sixth of its annual bud
get from the State. This support
comes because of the contribution
that the symphony is making to
cultural and music growth in
North Carolina. Each year the or
chestra gives more free programs
to more school children than any
other professional orchestra in the
United States.
Snn^^ toast,
thle*-^-^—^ Health and
;as Committee, the banquet
’ers served by mem-
Couni:i ® M-Blem and W. A. A
'Oach V
tinder The direction of
the’^ M-Club members
bann^ t^ates, those attending
I ^^alth j ^®te members of the
thpiV^^ Athletic Committee
i^ion’s officers of the
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places of interest and attend a ses
sion of Congress. A side trip is
planned to Philadelphia, where
they will see Independence Hall
and the home of Betsy Ross. Also
planned is a visit to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. McBride, parents
of Bert McBride, on Alonday the
22nd.
Leaving AA^ashington, the group
will travel to the Hotel Royalton
in New York for a stay of three
nights. Radio City Music Hall
and the Luiited Nations are two
chief places of interest that will be
visited here. 'I'hey will see TV
broadcasts also. Leaving New
York, the group will return by
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Nine Honor Groups
Hold Monthly Meets
The nine campus honor clubs
held their regular monthly meet
ings on March 8 and 9. The Span
ish club, meeting at the home of
M rs. Cornelia A^ann, had as their
guest speaker, Joe C. Robertson,
who spoke on Spanish artists and
their outstanding works.
A formal initiation was held in
Spilman parlor for the newly or
ganized Bible honor club. The
program consisted of “Studies in
the New 4'estament” with Betty
Proctor, Frances Gardner, and
Doris Raxter taking part.
“Heredity vs. Environment”
was the subject of a panel discus
sion held by the Science club in
Edna Moore parlor. Caryl Guth
was chairman of the panel; other
participants were AVinifred Moore,
Shirley Sumeral, Florence Carter,
and Scotty Thomas. Coleen Pate
led the devotional period.
An imaginary trip to Frankfort,
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Home Ec Group
To Show Fashions
The program of the Home Eco
nomics club meeting on Alarch 15
will be high-lighted by a fashion
show, “Clothes for A'^arious Oc
casions on Mars Hill Campus,”
featuring clothing made in the
clothing classes. The script for the
fashion show was written by the
clothing class last spring.
The following officers were
elected to serve during the first
semester next fall: President,
Carolyn Pate; vice president,
Joyce Mahaffey; secretary, Ann
AViley; treasurer, Clara Ruth
Herron; reporter, Nell Ramsey.
The newly-elected president and
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