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MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1955
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me, Speakers, And Seminars
Announced For Focus Week
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CaroJ/*^’- Surmounts Today’s Crises” has been chosen as the theme
ents were^^t>us Focus week to be held on Mars Hill campus during the
hour. 1*^. February 14-18. A number of Christian men and women
. V. their profession will direct various seminars,
as gift^ nbers of the team that have been announced to date are Mr.
Irs, Robert Harris, Baptist missionaries; Dr. Bruce Whitaker,
secretary of BSU work; Walton Connelly, pastor; Mrs. Agnes
g commit, Director of Church Rec- --
tPr Service of Baptist Sun-
' ‘ Un tichool Board; Mary Ltre
Janen, Counselor at Carver
d Frnesti of Missions; Billy Cody,
director of Baptist Stu-
• larunion work in the Southern
presidentit Convention; Dr. George
n7i- Dr. Jack Flan-
s me uprofessor of religion; and
^ac, re Lillian Harris. The list is
tne noraiplete at present,
resident le seminar committee has
^ tentative topics for dis-
c VVeJls. )n in the seminars that will
the week. They
ussed foi Christian Mission in the
ch will World Crisis,” “Chris-
icers willj"^^ Relations,” ‘"The Chris-
Da^rnm Facing the Present
^ “Christian Rec-
Christian in Social
. "‘Opportunities in Re-
S GivEI^s Education,” “Christianity
Paot. , /'■actice of Medicine,”
3ml Issues Confronting Chris-
^DROM/ vt ‘.‘Finding God’s Will
^ ly Life,” Character De-
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Hill College office
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Mars
tsonnel gave a reception
noring Mr. and Mrs. Walter
trewly weds of Mars
» last Friday evening in Ed-
ip parlor. The receiving
oi the fonnal occasion in-
«'«1 Dr, and Mrs. Hoyt
c '^Tll, the bride and groom,
olt^'"' Robert L.
*/ ^ McLeod served as mas-
• o ceremonies, coordinating
the evening. Doris
r. sang two selections, ac-
Ta *^Fe piano by San-
Rtillen. Piano numbers
rendered by Pearl Francis.
evpJ’i ^^tnon DeShazo read
ai love poems.
imith! presented to the
Team ^ sterling silver
Foil and sugar bowl,
cabe *^he cutting of the
ref roc bride and groom,
som/^ie^Rts were served to
ception^ attended the re-
were
on n Antonio, Texas,
RiversTrf”^^^"' 21, 1954, at the
Rrotho^^ Baptist Church.
best bride served as
a sistov^^ groomsmen, and
S as maid of honor.
SraduaL a Mars Hill
the usE 1950, was one of
^Ushers.
i ColW^^“h came to Mars Hill
Heparirv,^^ ^all to head the
^ions. Public Rela-
Scholastic Groups
Present Programs
Members of Orpheon and
Scriblerus Clubs met Tuesday
evening in Edna Moore parlor
for a joint meeting. Following
the greeting by Mary Lee Bec-
ton, Mrs. Charles Jenkins
brought the devotional thought.
Members of the group pre
sented The Story of Mrs. Ed
ward MacDoivell and the Mac-
Dowell Colony, written by
Helen Hanff.
“Knowing Our Neighbors of
the World” was the theme for
the International Relations
Club program Tuesday night.
Four of the foreign students
spoke to members of the club;
Tommy Yamakawa of Japan;
Iris Wilson of Chile; Katy Kat-
sarka of Greece; Khun Kung of
Burma; and Carol Ahn of
Korea.
The group appointed a com
mittee to nominate officers for
the second semester. An election
will take place at a called busi
ness meeting. -
Last month members of the
club sold Christmas cards for
the Children’s Emergency Re
lief Fund of the United Nations.
On Monday evening the
Spanish club had a program of
Mexican folk music. The pro
gram consisted of a report on
the background of many of
these songs, including informa
tion concerning the lives of the
composers. Records were played
by the group, and several of the
Mexican songs were sung. Re
freshments were served follow
ing the program.
“Germany Today” was the
topic of discussion for the Ger
man Club meeting this past
week. The study centered
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Dr. and Mrs. Hoyt Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Smith, and
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Holt were included in the receiving line at
a reception given in honor of the Smiths recently.
Students Elect Funk, Crisp
To Reign Over Festivities
Elections for the May Court, which will be held on May 7, 1955,
have been completed. As a result of a student wide election, Edna
June Funk will reign as queen and Fred Crisp as king. Faye Taylor
has been chosen maid of honor.
Edna June is a C-H from Fries, Virginia. She was a member of
the May Court last year. She appeared in the Laurel beauty section.
This year she represented the C-H class at Homecoming. Edna June
' is a business student,
Dramateers Reveal
Plans For
Spring
EntremonttoPresent
P/m Concert Here
Philippe Entremont, famous
pianist from France will present
a concert on January 29, at 8:00
P, M., in the Mars Hill College
Auditorium.
Mr. Entremont is now making
his second tour of the U. S. at
the age of twenty.
When he was seventeen, and
prior to his U. S. visit, he toured
Spain, Portugal, Austria and
France, performing in solo re
cital, with orchestra and over the
radio in those countries. Since his
first American tour he has played
throughout North Africa, Ger
many, Switzerland, Belgium and
F ranee.
Just as he has made a success
of playing before the public, so,
too, has Philippe been fortunate
whenever he has played before
juries of the most eminent mu
sicians in the world.
First of all, when he was twelve
he xvon first prize in sight-read
ing at the famed National Con
servatory in Paris; at fourteen,
first prize in chamber music; at
fifteen, first prize in piano; at
sixteen, or ten years after his first
piano lessons, he became Laureat
in the international Long-Thibaud
Competition held annually in
Paris, and at seventeen was named
Laureat again, this time in an
other international piano compe
tition, the Queen Elizabeth of
Belgium Contest in Brussels. Last
year he became First Laureate and
and Grand Prize Winner, City of
Paris, in the Long-Thibaud Com
petition.
Dramateers will begin their
spring series of public perform
ances with the presentation of
J. M. Barrie’s “The Twelve
Pound Look”, at chapel hour Feb
ruary 23 and 24.
“The Far-Away Princess” by
Herman Sudermann has been
chosen as Mars Hill’s entry in
the Spring Drama Festival spon
sored by the Carolina Playmakers
of Chapel Hill. In keeping with
the custom of some years ago,
schools will participate in district
contests. Winners in these pre
liminary competitions will go to
Chapel Hill.
A manuscript by Leon Rooke
is being submitted in the original
play contest of the Carolina
Drama Association. If the script
is considered a high quality piece
of work, this play will also be
produced and presented by the
Dramateers at the Spring Festival
of Drama.
Fred, an art major, is from
Durham. The home town of
Fa)T, a liberal arts student, is
Lumberton.
Representing the C-H class
will be five girls: Shirley Daniels
from Clarksville, Virginia; Molly-
Fennel from Newberr}^ South
Carolina; Dale Johnson from
Hudson; Kitzi Miller from Ashe
ville, and Betsy Wood from
Asheboro.
The C-I class chose Alartha
Britt from Georgetown, South
Carolina; Anne Robinson from
Asheville; Harriet Hobby from
Newbern; Shirley Alayberry from
Statesville; and Alona Hyde from
Atlanta, Georgia, to be their rep
resentatives.
The May Day festivities will
be under the direction of Coach
Hart.
Announcement
Vliss Frances Snelson, assistant
to the president, announces that
beginning Alonday, February 7
(7:30 A. AI.) and going through
Saturday, February 12, students
may come by the President’s Of
fice and sign up for rooms which
they will occupy during the 1955-
56 session. Your present room
will be held for you until Alon-
day, February 14.
Room rates effective as of Sep
tember 1, 1955, are as follows:
Young Women
Huffman $65.00
Stroup 65.00
Edna Aloore 65.00
Spilman 55.00
Young Alen
Myers 70.00
Melrose 55.00
Brown 55.00
Science Building 65.00
Treat 60.00
Robinson Home 60.00
Humphrey Home 60.00
Wood Cottage 30.00
College Choir
Reveals Plans
The Alars Hill College Choir
has three engagements slated in
the coming weeks.
On February 8 the choir will
sing at a statewide conference
on evangelism at the First Bap
tist Church in Greensboro.
The choir will be at the
Hociitt Memorial Church in
Burlington on March 6. The
Joint occasion is the 42nd an
niversary of the founding of the
church and the cornerstone lay
ing of the new educational an
nex.
At the First Baptist Church
in Asheville on Alarch 15, the
choir will sing at the State
Women’s Alissionary Union
Convention.
Plans are being made for the
annual spring tour which tvill
be the last week in April.
Seymour Leads
Worship Service
Dr. Robert Seymour, a native
of South Carolina, preached at
both services on Sunday, Jan.
9. A former Navy chaplain.
Dr. Seymour has recently com
pleted his graduate work at the
University of Edinburgh. He
came to Mars Hill at the invi
tation of the pulpit committee
as a possible candidate to fill
the vacancy left by the resigna
tion of the Rev. Lowell F.
Sodeman.
Forensic Group
Plans Activities
The Alars Hill Forensic team
is preparing for three debate tour
naments in the coming semester.
In February a tournament will be
at Emory University and in the
months following tournaments are
scheduled at Lenoir-Rh}me and
Fredericksburg.
Three practice debates were
held during the past two weeks.
A panel discussion was recorded
for an off-campus radio broad
cast. Those taking part were
Charles McCall, Charles Jenkins,
Norman Hupp, Steve Blackwell,
Jerry Crowe, Fieldy Dize, Mary
Ann Hunter, Wallace Taylor and
Janet McNeil.