Montague Library
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Volume XXVIII
CThe Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL. N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 1. 1954
Three Weeks
Till Exams
Number 14
‘Mississippi Melody’ Theme Of Mayday
• queen and her court who reigned over the May Day exercises this afternoon are, first row, left to
ri? McBride, maid-of-honor; and Barbara Barr, queen. Second row, seated, are: Pat Loving,
Kitzi Miller, Marianne Long, Martha Swanson, Lou Mary Switzer, Edna June Funk, and Mollie Fennell.
Standing are: Toni Snider and Cathy Crain.
Hough, Bishop To Lead
Commencement Marshalls
Chief marshal for 1953-54 will be John Hough, with Louise Bishop
as assistant chief. A la\v student from Goldsboro, John graduated from
Tri-City High School. Louise is a business student from Hickon', \vhere
she graduated from Hickon' High.
Other marshals are Charles Jenkins, of North Charleston, S. C., min
isterial student; Shirley Styles of Burnsville, a'business student; Mollie
Parrish of Atlanta, Ga., a music student; James Beane of Lmvell, music;
— Mart’ Martin, of Elkin, business:
Music Students
Present Recital
News
Briefs
Four music majors presented
their final recitals before the stu
dent body last Thursday evening
at eight o’clock. George Payne and
Erma Styles, organists, Barbara
Gordon, contralto, and Agnes
Congleton, soprano, gave selected
classical numbers including works
of Bach, Brahms, Mozart, and
others.
Agnes Congleton, soprano, sang
Mozart’s “Non so prie,” Hahn's
“Offrando,” Hugo Wolf’s “Er
Tst’s,” Rachmaninoff’s “Oh Cease
Thy Singing,” Tyson’s “The Li-
Lasell Light, of Old Fort, physical
education; Charles McCall, of Le
noir, medicine; Kim Cole, from
Asheville, ministerial student;
Paul Gillespie, of Oxford, North
Carolina, ministerial student; and
Hannah Blackwell, of Alars Hill,
liberal arts.
Marshals are chosen from the
members of the C-I class, and the
choices are based on scholarship,
leadership, and campus citizenship.
The touring choir will engage
in one more concert during the
year. I'his concert wfill bfe held at
the First Baptist Church at Ruth-
erfordton, N. C., and will be
sponsored bv the Stringfield Music
Club. ]\ ilrs. Dorothy Weaver Rob
erts will direct the group.
Temperance readings will be
held this year May 4 and 5, dur
ing the chapel period. Readings
for the young men will be held in
the old church, and for the young
women in the auditorium.
Recognition Day
To Be Monday
The annual Recognition Day
will be observed next Monday
, » -V -T., j morning during the chapel period
lacs Are In Bloom, _ and Carpen- amphitheater.
ter s W^hen Bring To You students who
Colored Toys.” have taken part in special activities
Barbara Gordon, contralto, sang or have won various honors will
“My Eurydice” by Gluck, “Trau- be recognized before the student
meri” by Wagner, “Slumber body. Those groups include the
Song” by Carpenter, “Love Went B. S. U. Executive Council; the
A-Riding” by Bridge, “He’s Goin’ mission council, the Hilltop staff.
Away” arranged by Katherine the Laurel staff, the Student Coun-
Davis, and “Fog” by Roy Harris, cil, the band, the glee club, the
George Payne played Bach’s football, basketball, tennis, track,
“Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.” and baseball teams, the W. A. A.
Erma Styles played Bach’s “Fugue officers, the M-Blem club officers
in G Minor (Lesser),” Beach’s and standouts, the commencement
“Prelude on an Old Folk Tune,” marshals, the Dean’s list students,
Vierne’s “Allegro Vicace” from and others excelling in forensics,
“Symphony No. 1,” Brahm’s “Be- dramatics, and home economics,
hold A Rose Is Blooming,” and Each group will be recognized
Farnam’s “Toccata on ’O Filii et by the faculty member who spon-
Filiae!” sors it. Outstanding officers, hon-
Other recitals are planned for orees, etc., will be seated on the
the near future. stage.
Jean Echols, a ’53 graduate of
Mars Hill College, is attending
the University of Tennessee on
the co-operative plan. She is as
sistant county agent, working with
the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Lennon Elected
^Miss Home Ec^
Miss Sybil Lennon, a sopho
more from Whiteville, has recent
ly been elected “Miss Home Eco
nomics” by Mars Hill Home Eco
nomics club.
Miss Lennon, a home economics
major, was elected on the basis of
activity in the club and loyalty to
the college. During her two years
at Mars Hill, Miss Lennon has
served the club as reporter, vice-
president, and is now president.
She has served as secretary of the
North Carolina College Clubs
Division of the American Home
Economics Association.
Tom Sawyer, Hockleberry Finn Star
In Operetta Based On Twain’s Books
Tom Sawyer, Huckleberrj^ Finn, Puddin’head Wilson and the rest
of Mark Twain’s famed characters sang their way through Charles
Georges Mississippi Melody” in the college amphitheater this after
noon in a celebration of the annual May Day Festival. Preceded by the
crowning of May Queen Barbara Barr, the two-act operetta was jointly
presented by the athletic department and the touring choir, who fur
nished the chorus.
Against a backdrop of the Mis
sissippi river, a corner in a small
Missouri town in the year of once-
upon-a-time formed the setting for
the actions of the mischievous Tom
Sawyer, the unwanted Huck Finn,
Sydney the sissy, Puddin’-head the
philosopher, motherly Aunt Polly,
the sharp-tongued Widow Doug
lass, and numerous others. Dressed
in gingham and overalls, and sup
ported by the touring choir as a
chorus, the troupe interspersed
their spoken lines Avith solos, duets,
and choral numbers as they de
picted some of the adventures of
the leading characters in Mark
J AA’ain s hooks Totn Saivycr and
Huckleherry hinn, on AA’hich the
operetta AA\as based.
The opening processional of the
May Queen and her court moved
down the right aisle of the amphi
theater to begin the festivities, and
the Queen was croAvned by May
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Graves To Speak
At Honor Banquet
Dr. John Temple Graves, II,
will be the chief speaker for the
sixth annual Honor Clubs ban
quet, sponsored this year by the
Business Club, to be held in the
cafeteria on May 8, at 7:00 P.M.
All honor club members are urged
to attend this formal occasion.
Charles Bobo, Business Club
president, and Peggy Huss, past
president. Avill preside during the
preliminaries of the program. Mrs.
David Roberts is in charge of the
music.
Dr. John Temple Graves, II,
columnist of the Birmingham Post-
Herald Avas educated as a laAA'ver,
trained as a historian, prefers eco
nomics to either of these, but
makes his living by Avriting. He is
America’s most ardent “Free En
terprise” columnist. He Avrites the
Avidely syndicated column “This
Morning” and “This Afternoon”
for morning and evening papers.
He is the author of the Fightiny
South and several other books.
Dr. Graves comes from a long
line of writers and orators, his
father having been one of Amer
ica’s greatest orators. He, himself,
is one of the South’s finest public
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Drama Group Wins
Honorable Mention
The Mars Hill College Drama-
teers won an honorable mention
in the Carolina Dramatic Associa
tion’s Drama Festival held April
21-24 at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill. Their
entry in the contest was “Corn
Husk Doll.”
Forty-two plays were entered in
the festival, including 300 partici
pants. High schools, junior and
senior colleges, private schools and
dramatic groups competed for
highest awards and honorable
mention, the second highest award.
Plays were judged on director
ship, acting, costume, and choice
of play. The comments of the
judges on the Mars Hill produc
tion were favorable toward e\'ery-
thing except choice of play.
Highest awards went to the
following Western North Caro
lina schools: Appalachian State
Teacher’s College, for “Home of
the Brave”; Asheville School, for
“From Paradise to Butte”; the
Plonk School, Asheville, for “The
Spinsters of Lushe.”
Easter Crowd
Breaks Record
Records shoAv that 495 college
students attended Sunday School
along Avith 309 tOAvnspeople as
April 18 marked the opening of
the ncAv church. The newly install
ed Adult Departments Avere Avell
attended. The Intermediate De
partment under the direction of
Miss Virginia Hart and Mr. Rob
ert Chapman Avas one hundred per
cent.
More than 100 chairs Avere
placed in the aisles of the sanctu-
arA' Avhich has a seating capacity
of 1100. Many people turned
away because of lack of space. Rev.
Oscar Magnum, former pastor of
the Rev. L. F. Sodeman, was on
the platform along with President
Blackwell and the Rev. Sodeman.
Training Union records show
that 66 towns-people and 388 col
lege students were present on Sun
day night. In the Young People’s
Department B, nominating com
mittees were appointed to nomi
nate the officers for the coming
year. Following the cantata by the
Adult choir, 17 people were bap
tized during the evening worship ^
service.
A group of rules and policies
for the care of the church and the
equipment was presented by the
Rev. Sodeman at the Midweek
Service on Wednesday night. This
equipment is designed to meet the
needs of community and college
people alike. Everyone is urged to
co-operate by following these rules.
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