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MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1955
Number 4
lub, the Ch
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ia Club,
'Wpareil,Euthalia
•' “ iect Committees
J
)r Coining Events
Groups To Sing
. Officers
)ters are Bo;
ne Alice Frar
irer; Raymof
laiLan; J”= Northern, president
A/Tn riT" T^q t' 3.n.cl N^orm3,n jriippj
^ iident of Euthalia, have
led the committees and their
meeting, pla'rtnen for Anniversary, Thurs-
a New Yea» November 24, and Reception,
at the Masor/ember 26.
L, December 5"he members of the Reception
idents recentmittees are as follows: decora-
ution for tht — Ann Bolton, Joan Adams,
1 Pate, Barbara Odom, Lois
npsey, Margaret Griffin, An-
Ciub, whii Hollifield, Martha Phillips,
rth Monday ;en Gerringer, Eleanor Ted-
Room of tr costumes — Ann Robinson,
two meetinii Nelson, Margaret Tankers-
;Xt session, Q backdrops — Pat Smith,
or the curreiolyn Kistler; music — Joy
Gee; lights — Ella Frances
, Knight, Mary Redwine; re-
^^hments — Suzane Nordstrom,
j D c a> '-r
1 pOi-’ u ^o^'^ittee chairmen for ar-
president Euthalian Anni-
ectively, • Bill Wiley
Oregon-, a/'®*''"’ effects props, and
were 'electP'"''" direction; Fieldy Dize
song leadiP^Sym printing chairman ;
ler, respectiv'' ~ director.
entatives fro: —
t were presei
on was a gu
It sponsors
^ Dr. and Mi l f*
Miss Miidr^ atate tonvention
ryland D. Two musical organizations from
? “ ™™‘>,'lrs Hill will participate on the
in the stride,
ptist Convention to be held in
First Baptist Church of Ashe-
e, November 14-17.
\ppearing at the Monday eve-
g session, the Men’s Glee Club
1 sing “I Wonder As I Wan-
by John Jacob Niles; and
iallelujah, Amen,” by George
jderick Handel. This group will
0 sing during the conference
pastors’ wives in the Youth
ilding of the church on Mon-
r night.
The Touring Choir will per-
m before the Ministers’ Con-
ence at the 1 uesday and 1 hurs-
y night sessions. They will sing
low Lovely Is Thy Dwelling
ice,” from “Requiem” by Ran-
1 Thompson; “God Be In My
;ad,” by Walford Davies; and
Inward, Christian Soldiers,” ar-
iged by Harry Simione.
Both organizations will be un-
r the direction of Mr. Rufus
irris, vocal instructor at Mars
11.
A number of persons from the
dlege and community will rep-
ient Mars Hill Baptist church
the approximately 2000
■issengers attending the conven-
m as spokesmen for 781,000
orth Carolina Baptists.
In addition to regular reports
d routine business, segregation,
Ilding programs for Baptist
lieges, a goal for the cooperative
Dresses Pgram, and retirement plans for
inisters and church employees
111 be among topics discussed.
; Convention speakers will in-
Ude Ivan L. Bennett of Wash-
jgton, D. C., former chief of
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In the farewell scene of “Lute Song”, being given tonight
in the college auditorium, Tsai Yong (Tom Bodkin) bids a musical
goodbye to Tchao-Ou-Niang (Sandra Hickman).
—Photo by Stringfield
BEST
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Study Course Begius Monday;
Twelve Areas Of Study Offered
Twelve vital areas of study, all directed toward the single objective
of developing college students into effective church members, will be
featured in the annual Sunday School and Training Union study
course, November 14-18. Members of the faculty will teach the various
books during an extended chapel period following the same schedule
as last year.
Mrs. John B. Lane, Young People’s Secretary in the Training
Union Department of South
Carolina, will come to teach the
Iticfrrilpfnrc Baptist Young Peoples Union
llldll UvlUl V imllCllll Administration to the Training
rfc • I r* r Union officers. A native of
RB&lOnal toniercnce North Carolma, Mrs. Lane
^ served for some time in the
Miss Evelyn Underwood and Training Union Department of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley E. Jolley North Carolina. She now lives
are attending the twenty-first re- jjj Columbia, South Carolina, and
gional convention of the Southern works under her husband who is
Historical Association, meeting in the State Training Union Sec-
Memphis, Tenn., November 10, retary.
11, and 12. Books to be taught during the
Topics scheduled on the pro- five day period and teachers are
gram for discussion include Re- follows: Every Christians
Thanksgiving Program
Features Dr. Brown
Mars Hill’s informal program in observance of Thanksgiving Day
will be held in the church sanctuary beginning at ten o’clock. Features
of the occasion will be the reading of the President’s Proclamation,
the presentation of the traditional Thanksgiving pageant “Lest We
Forget,” and an address by Dr. Fred F. Brown.
Dr. Brown was graduated from Mars Hill in 1904 with an A. B.
degree, has an honorary D.D. degree from Wake Forest, and from
, , , Southern Seminary, a Th.D. de
gree. He has been pastor of the
Baptist Church in Paducah, Ken
tucky, and in Sherman, Texas.
For twenty-five years he was
pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is
now pastor emeritus. In 1932
and 1933 he was President of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
In addition to the morning
services a variety of activities is
planned for the day. The mid-
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Language Group
Will Meet Here
Instructors in the Modern
Language Department of Mars
Hill College will be hosts to the
approximately twenty-five lan
guage teachers from North Caro
lina Baptist colleges on Novem
ber 18 and 19.
The convention session will be
launched with a dinner meeting in
the Blue Room at which Dr. Hoyt
Blackwell will welcome guests.
Highlight of the Friday evening
session will be an address by Dr.
Quentin McAllister, head of the
Department of Modern Languages
at Meredith College, on the
theme “The Development of
Language Teaching in the Last
One Hundred Years.”
Saturday morning’s session will
be devoted to group discussions
on practical aspects of language
teaching. Topics considered will
include “Language Testing,” with
John V. Myers of Campbell Col
lege leading the discussion; “Ob-
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DR. FRED F. BROWN
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cent British History,” “Latin
America and the South,” “Mod
ern French History,” “The Yalta
Jobj Dr. A. E. Jenkins; Alcohol
and Abstinence, Vernon E. Wood;
What Baptists Believe, M. H.
From These Stones
History of Mars Hill
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Papers,” and “Medieval History.” Kendall; B.Y.P.U. Administra-
A number of areas in the field tion, Mrs. John B. Lane; Fields
of Southern history and current of Service in the Church, Walter
problems will also be considered p. Smith; The Technique of
such as “Southern Education,” Conducting, Elwood Roberts;
“Southern Agricultural History,” Growing a Christian Personality,
“Southern Indians,” and “The Ramon DeShazo; The Bible and
Segregation Decision.” Prayer, Dr. Ella J. Pierce; Our
Speakers for the various occa- Baptist Heritage, Harley F. Jol-
sions include, in addition to an Ry; God’s Hurry, Miss Mildred
array of historians from leading Bingham; Why They Wrote the
colleges and universities, maga- Hew Testament, Dr. Raymond
zine writers Katherine and Hen- Nelson; Vital Problems in Chris-
ry Pringle, Nobel Prize winning tian Living, J. A. McLeod.
novelist, William Faulkner,
Charles B. MacDonald of the De
partment of the U. S. Army, and
Hodding Carter, famous Missis
sippi editor and journalist.
Miss Underwood, Mr. and
Mrs. Jolley are members of the
Art Dept. Exhibits
Work Of Petroff
During the month of November,
Mars Hill faculty in the Depart- the art department is exhibiting
ment of History.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert L. Har
ris, class of ’43, have returned to
their missionary field of service in
Peru after a furlough in the
United States. Rev. and Mrs.
Harris visited Mars Hill during nected with the architectural engi-
Focus Week last year. Their ad- neering firm of Lyles, Bisset, Car-
dress is Apartado 3177, Lima, lisle, and Wolff of Columbia, and
Peru. (Continued on Page 4)
25 watercolor paintings by Gil
mer Petroff of Columbia, South
Carolina.
Mr. Petroff was formerly a
member of the faculty in the
School of Architecture at Clem-
son College. At present he is con-
just off the press is From These
Stones, a volume bearing the sub
title “Mars Hill, the First Hun
dred Years.”
The book is the culmination of
many years of living with and
collecting materials on the part
of the author, John Angus Mc
Leod, member of the faculty in
the Department of English. In
the original plan for the writing
of a history the centennial year
was selected as an appropriate
time for its publication.
In keeping with the author’s
declared purpose “to trace the his
tory of the college in relation to
the area in which it is located”
the volume shows clearly the
growth of the College from the
day when Mrs. Edward Carter
expressed to her husband the wish
that she could send her twelve-
year-old son to a school near
home to its present modern well-
equipped campus and buildings.
Descendants of persons connected
with the early days of the insti
tution still fill positions on the
campus.
Without sacrificing readability,
Mr. McLeod has included in his
book an astonishing array of facts
pertaining not only to the College
but, at the same time, to the ac
tivities of the Baptist denomina
tion and to the lives of the persons
connected with the development of
the school. Fitting tribute is paid
to early benefactors, who gener
ously gave labor, land and, when
they had it, money to keep Mars
Hill College alive.
The modern age of the institu
tion may be said to have begun
in 1897 with the coming of Dr.
and Mrs. R. L. Moore. For fifty-
one years the Moores devoted
themselves to Mars Hill College
and lived to see it a widely rec
ognized and highly respected edu
cational institution. Undertaking
in 1935 the responsibility of an
extensive enlargement program.
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell has carried
forward the campaign for new
buildings, adequate equipment, and
general campus improvements.
Frojn These Stones gives a full
account of the achievements of
these three builders of Mars Hill
College.
Bound in Mars Hill blue and
bearing on the cover the seal of
the college, the book is attractive,
in appearance as well as informa-;
tive and inspirational in contents