Jr 30, 195i Volume XXX Mars Hill Observes Founder’s Day A Hearty Welcome tl rm s hill right' olina Dust dormitory,; 'e is proud ul for the e. Besides they have “ilee Will Conduct fe way. ere about Revival Services tions sys- amiliar is The Rev. G. Avery Lee, pastor )n calling of the First Baptist Church of iton call- iRustin, Louisiana, will conduct lird floor, Iservices at the fall revival of the ou don’t Mars Hill Baptist Church, Oc- 'Ut their - tober 23-30. Services will be held anyway, i each morning at 10:30 and each I evening at 7:30. The revival has been an object of prat^er by the Baptist Student Executive Council since the be ginning of this school year. Spe cial prayers in morning watch, dormitory prayer meetings, and vespers will begin very soon. The one minute prayers in the cafe teria will begin on October 17, and the chain of prayer will be observed beginning Friday noon, October 21, and continuing through Saturday noon, October 22. Mr. Lee has vital contact with local college students at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. Students on college campuses in seven Southern states have discovered in religious emphasis weeks that Avery Lee “speaks to their con dition.” He has written for Bap tist papers and magazines, has had a weekly column in the Rustin Daily Leader, and has a^ popular Hm new Broadman book. Lifers Every- j day Questions. Mr. Lee was also the writer for last quarter’s Sun- day School Young People’s Quar- IHI ■ I CThe Hilltop Published by the Students of Mars Hill College To Our Visitors MARS HILL, N. C., OCTOBER 15, 1955 Number 2 remem- 1 Myers ling evi- 8-armed ir (only Fough) ; for a e some- r in the ble was ’t un- came n each r dorm ant to id we ■A LIBRARY FCR kks miL COLLEGE A..AT-.. Pictured above is Mars Hill’s Memorial Library, built through the generosity of anonymous donors and formally opened in to day’s Founders Day ceremonies. ^ sketch) „ Dr. Gordon Palmer Is Featured Speaker Mars Hill College is observing Founders’ Day with an elaborate day-long program of activities. Since the Baptist junior college is now celebrating its centennial anniversary, the Founders’ Day program this year is more extensive than in the past. The schedule of events for today includes a morning program with Dr. Gordon Palmer, evangelist from Los Angeles, as the speaker and afternoon services at which the ConHeoticnt Exhibit In Art Department New Members Welcomed As Honor Clubs Hold Meetings The nine scholastic honor clubs on campus held legular meetings on October 11 and 12. .,^111 The topic for the opening meeting of the Scrd^lems Club, held on October 12, was Wallace Stevens. Stevens was awarded the Pulitzer prize for poetry in 1955. By interpreting his poems the Club discussed him as a man, a legend, and a poet. Being shown in the Art De partment during the month of October is an exhibition of paint ings by a group of Connecticut artists. They are Ralph Read, Pauline Stack, Carlton Read, Margo Ridabook, and Gould Chalker. The exhibition was made pos sible through an arrangement by Miss Grace Rickett of the Studio Guild. new Memorial Library and Myers Dormitory for ]\Ien are being of ficially dedicated. About 500 special guests have been invited to participate in the morning program, held in the auditorium of the Mars Hill Baptist Church beginning at 10:00 this morning. Representatives from all South ern Baptist Colleges and Univer sities and from all colleges and universities in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Geor gia, Tennessee and Florida were invited. The board of trustees of the college and special friends of the Notable among the pictures are school are present; also several e Club discussed him as a man, a legcim, aim a puci. Miss Stack’s water colors of land- m„jor industries in Western A variety of programs is being planned for this year, but perhaps scapes and seascapes done m deh- North Carohna are represented. the most outstanding one will cate pastel shades. Mr. Chalker s j p] Miller, assistant supenn- be the joint meeting of the Or- abstract painting present striking Dramteers To Give Cbinese Pky Soon pheon Club and the Scriblertis Club. The meeting will be held in January^ 1956. Officers for the Scriblerus Club are: Vernon Culpepper, president, Martha Barnett, vice - president, and I he Is.terary tioccucs ^ secretary, their chapel competition this ,, eek^ The societies opwe n.r„ker first meeting of this year on Oc- W°anlhCtit? speake'rs to- tober 10, The Science Club an- ine the subject "How Shall the tiounces that they have hve new South Comply With the United members this year. Othcers of Society Competition Opened In Chapel The Literary Societies began color combinations An arresting single picture is “Haitian Nuns” by Carlton Read. It is in semi-abstract style, tendent of public instruction, rep resents the Department of Public Instruction of North Carolina; and Dr. M. A. Huggins, general secretarv and treasurer of the JLX.V--V4. V* • A-W **-» *** , f the vivid color contrasting with Baptist State Convention of North the white head dresses of the nuns. Carolina, represents that group. Application of the paint with the Dr. L. A. Peacock, academic palette knife gives it richness. (Continued on Page 4) "The Lute Song” by Kao Tong Kia will be presented by the Dramateers in the college the Science Club are: William Deal, president; Lloyd Bailey, vice-president, and Benny Hel ton, secretary. October meeting of the Inter national Relations Club was held in Stroup Parlor on Oc- States Supreme Court Ruling Re garding Segregation?” the Dramateers m tne coiieee Each Society chose one speaker the _ Dramateers m tne college auditorium on the evening of Th^main cast includes Sandy ants, selected the """f Fallin as the Stage Manager A ^ The "mm wpic of , /and also Trhanix • Tommv female speaker. Ihe speakers ^jig^ussion at the meeting will X S) » — , were limited to five minutes each "Peron” and “Argentina and for presenting the problem and New Government.” Inter discussing the possible solutions. The talks were recorded on tape for use on college radio programs in the future. Those taking part in the discus sion on the segregation problem Clio, Jo Bradley and Anne Ferguson Donates Pieces Of Pottery To New Library Bodkin, Tsai Yang; Charles Parker, Tsai; Marcia Taylor, Madame Tsai; and Sandra Hickman as Tshao-on-Niang. Rehearsals are under way and Chinese costumes are being col lected. "What Men Live By,” by Leo Tolstoi will be presented by the Tolstoi will be presented by the W n a n ‘'“T" religions drama class as a chapel ’• F tbnl members. Officers for the ^ .— •• -.v-v,rv A/4#i *>-10 orirl Arxn riOMOn * _lLU lUcII” *-1 #-» 1 "D olof-1/Anc I'.l n lA esting and timely programs are being planned by the Interna tional Relations Club. This year, the I. R. C. is in viting all the students from for eign countries to meet with them. They also have three program on October 19 and 20. Mrs. Elizabeth Watson is spending the week end in Chapel Hill attending the an nual State Conference oT Di rectors of Dramatics. Mrs. Wat son is president of the Carolina Dramatics Association and will ^reside at the meeting. The pro- Iram includes a performance of Ondine” by the Carolina Play- aakers on Friday evening, Oc- ober 4. Luncheon speaker on laturday will be Richard Bur- lick, actor, writer and director. Adams and Ann Bolton; Euthal- lan, Norman Hupp and John Bax ley; Philomathian, Paul Caudill and Hugh Wilder. Those taking part are all C-IF’s with the ex ception of John Baxley. The societies will sponsor a contest each week. Next Monday and Tuesday, October 17 and 18, the competition will be centered on dramatic reading. Clyde McGoogan International Relations Club Hugh Freeze, president. are: and Joan Adams vice-president. The Business Club met on October 11, in Spilman Parlor. The topic of this program de picted the high ideals of the club. Mrs. Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Puckett were host and hos tesses at the social hour. At a called meeting on Sep tember 20, the Business Club selected Herbert Garland, Jane Dr. Ella J. Pierce, head of the Winn, Alma Lee Ferguson, Bet- College English Department, has ty Lynch, and John Lackey as Those attending the meeting been appointed a member of the new members. Officers of the -Lv-t-i. ± ciguo^ii, ^ x vill be guests of the Carolina Public Relations Representatives Business Club are: Fieldy Dize, ate of Mars Hill, has developed Forge Pottery appeared m the Tlaymakers and of the Univers- of the National Council of Teach- president, Eileen Gerringer, his own technique of potte^ American Maffaztne about a yeixr Jfy ^ ers of English. (Continued on Page 4) making. While an employe in the ago. With his skillful artist’s hands Douglas Ferguson shapes and molds a pottery jar at his Pigeon Forge Pottery. Douglas Ferguson, owner of Pigeon Forge Pottery, near Gat- linburg, Tennessee, has contribu- uted twenty pieces of pottery to the new library. The donation includes both lamps and purely decorative pieces. Mr. Ferguson, a 1933 gradu- T\^A Ceramic Research Labora tories in 1937, he visited an old water mill on Little Pigeon River. It was full of dirt dauber nests. Firing some of these, Mr, Ferguson found the clay excellent for pottery and located his Pottery nearby. Local clay is still used to a great extent. All designs and creative works are done by Pigeon Forge crafts men, utilizing native subjects and materials. Decorations are hand- painted with a liquid clay called “slip”. Glazes are made from minerals collected in the Great Smoky Mountains. The mixing and firing of glazes is a difficult and complicated art taking }Tars to learn. Pigeon Forge pottery is famous for its beautiful and un usual glazes. ]\Ir. Ferguson is leaving Oc tober 18, for a two months tour of Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Scotland. He will studj'^ pottery making in these countries and will deliver a num ber of lectures. 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