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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1955
Number 6
lis Symphony
* of Sy“pimatecrs Give
tings will be , |^ ■
. , ^ ;i$tmas rlay
tional Commii “ .
n has design Child Is Born’ promises to
he Associatiofhighlight of the Christmas
the approvalies. This one act Nativity
5 on a nati'^ill be presented by the Re-
le of these n^ Drama Class in Chapel on
L significant bnber 14 and 15.
1 of music ede play is one of Stephen Vin-
try. Benet’s most moving plays
he NASM las been presented on radio
son Keller, P television by professional
rvatory, Bost. The cast, taken from the
nk B. Jorious Drama Class, is as fol-
y, Des Moil narrators, Jo Ellen Brad-
William Dnd Joyce Pope; innkeeper,
xas, Austin; Id Odom; his wife, Joyce
■. Tuthill, Ml; Leah and Gorah, servants
^usic, Mempe inn, Brenda Briddell and
riff in; a soldier, John Nel-
Joseph of Nazareth, Charles
ird; Dismas, a thief, Len
rom Page 1)^5 shepherds, Bill Archer and
-jj. , , lie Sparrow; and the Kings,
Huskins Jyg Driggers and Charles
1, Anne ShacL^
Ianus, Jo Br
Peggy Barn
ry "W/ Mm Ms
9/ Prtw
ber 25. Mart ^
dent nresidei^’^^ week has been observed on
. ’ , rs Hill Campus as the Week
late on the sK , A • t\t- •
That blon?‘’‘‘»'y. Missions
than husban.“2 ‘™'=
■ the progr/^°^^ opportunities to partici-
Nancv Stpvf praying and in giving
tirmative, Lottie Moon Christ-
Joyce HusklP^y^S
Three of the college musical organizations will present a Christmas
Concert tonight in the College Auditorium. The College Choir directed
by Rufus Norris will present “Carol of the Russian Children”
from White Russia, arranged by Harvey B. Gaul; “Deck the Halls”;
“For Us A Child Is Born”, a Christmas Cantata by J. S. Bach with
soloists Hannah England, alto, from Weaverville, Tommy Stogner,
bass, from Charlotte, and Keith Gage, tenor, from Chase, Maryland;
“The Holly and the Ivy”
ar-
Robertson’s Work
Selected For Exhibit
Pictured above are Paul Caudill and Jane Blake who were voted
‘Ideal Mars Hillians” by the C-II class.
Blake, Caudill Chosen
"Ideal Mars Hillians
ranged by Erie H. Thirnan; “Hal
lelujah Chorus” from G. F. Han
del; and “Silent Night.”
The Choralettes, directed by
Miss Irma Helen Hopkins, will
Joe Chris Robertson, head of present “The Babe in Bethlehem’s
the Mars Hill Art Department, Manger Laid” by Buebendorf,
was honored by having his paint- with Sue Tuttle from Winston-
ing “Autumn” recommended as Salem, Barbara Coffey from
one of seven for purchase consid- Boone, and Carolyn Moore from
eration by the jury in the Eigh- Spartanburg, S. C., as soloists;
teenth Annual Exhibition of work “Cherubim Song” by Bortiansky;
by North Carolina artists in the “Christmas Music” arranged by
State College Union in Raleigh. Endres; and the following three
His painting is among the twenty- compositions by Benjamin Britten:
nine paintings and six sculptures “Balulalow” with soloist Brenda
being shown currently in the ninth Briddell from Crisfield, Mary-
annual competition sponsored by land, “There Is No Rose”, and
the N. C. State Art Society. “Wolcum Yole!”
Paintings, drawings and sculp- The Men’s Glee Club, under
tures by 25 men and seven women the direction of Rufus Nor-
comprise the exhibition, a few ar- ris, will render the following se-
tists having more than one work lections: “Lord, We Wotship
chosen. Other artists whose work
has been selected come from
Chapel Hill, Davidson, Durham,
Fort Bragg, Greensboro, Milton,
Thee” by Mozart, “Pilgrim’s
Chorus from ‘Tannhauser’ ” by
Wagner, “Come Again, Sweet
Love” by Dowland, and “Halle-
Pine Bluff, Raleigh, Randleman, lujah. Amen” by Plandel.
Thomasville, Tr>mn, Washington, Later in the program the Men’s
’•ative Young Woman’s Auxil- Selected from among the C-II’s as Ideal Mars Hillians, in an election Wilrnington, Wilson Glee Club \^ ill sing 1 Wonder
he Future” ™der the direction of San- held recently, were Jane Blake and Paul Caudill. Jane is from ston-Salem. as well as one from I Wander, an Appalachian
ae future w ^ ^ . r i,,r -r „r.-n New York. folk carol arranged by Niles with
rand Finale Hickman, president, has in- Lumberton, and Paul is from Memphis, Tennessee. They will represent
three episo^^^®^ plans and has the senior class in the 1955-1956 Laurel.
is general nJ^ responsible for executing
Mr. Robertson, of the Mars Seth Kirbv and Lovs Iordan as
Ede::' Sni'erind'’Bd'r CoS'“w»e cho_sen, as Most Studious. Hill College Faculty, hi. been ap- solohts^ Odier selections include
speakers inti”- rhe following members of Eileen is from Hazelwood, and Bill is from Whitehaven, Tennessee, pointed membership chamman of J he Galway Piper,
speaKers inn . . , ^ ’ n i .. tt.-.i the state of North Carolina tor song by Davison; Black is the
the Southeastern College Art Con- Color,” Kentucky folk song ar-
Scene one Tl organization have conducted
before a bac Morning Watch Services held
an old ^ o’clock in the
;ent, before Building: Sara Ellen Do
mic bomb Peggy Barrett, Doris Cole,
Future befo^y Hester, Marion Batts and
inces McCroskey. The Y. W.
der the dire was responsible for vespers,
Driggers aflich was conducted at 6:45 in
e with the si Owen Building Thursday
Haycraft aflht.
Two well-known leaders have
on campus this week. Mrs.
orth Grant, missionary to Ja-
1 and Miss Janet Wilson, State
lung People’s Secretary for the
. M. U. have spoken in both
Dormitories Give
Christmas Parties
and Tom Fryer of Miami, Flor
ida. Lucia Holder and Bobby
Robinson were selected as Most
Athletic. They are from Green
ville, S. C., and Asheville, re
spectively. Chosen Most Depend
able w’ere Jo Ellen Bradley of
Greenville, S. C., and Frank
ference which is held annually.
The forthcoming meeting will be
held at the University of Missis
sippi in April.
ranged by Simeone; and “Hoodah
Day,” folk song arranged by Bar
tholomew.
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season,
decorated and various parties have
been planned following the Christ
mas concert tonight.
ur
To celebrate the bright }mle . . .
, dormitories have been gaily Mj^ers of Alexandria, Virginia.
Selected as Most Likely To
Succeed were Doris Phillips and
Don Kroe. Doris comes from
Roanoke, Virginia, and Don from
Stroup, Huffman, Spilman, and Baltimore, Maryland. Anne Rob-
Edna Moore dormitories will en- inson and Joe Mamlin were
terrain in their respective parlors, chosen as Most Popular. They
I and C-II chapels this week. The faculty, visitors, and residents both are from Asheville. Re
addition to these speakers, the of bovs’ dormitories are invited to ceiving the title of Most Orig-
film released by Foreign Mis- attend the party in the dormitory inal were Janet Lett of Atlanta,
|n Board, “Recruits for Christ” of their choice. Georgia, and Howard Seymour
fs shown. of Concord, Carol McManus of
ILast night, December 9, cli- Parlors of all dormitories have Hampton, Virginia, and Don
ped the week of Prayer Activi- been trimmed for the season with Midkoff of Mount Airy were
|s as the girls met in Huffman all the traditional decorations, chosen Cutest,
jayroom at 7:00 o’clock to study Christmas trees, nativity scenes, Martha Barnes and Bill Butler
■.ri mission book, Afina- wreaths, stars, candles, and pine were selected as Friendliest. Mar-
'"'ts, dealing with the Moslem re- adorn the interiors of the build- tha is from Camden, S. C., and
;;ion. Miss Mildred Thomas, ings. A window scene in Edna
i ucational director of the First Moore depicting the church steeple
iiptist Church of Asheville, as seen from a third floor win-
;ught the book. To aid in carry- dow of that dormitory was painted
[g out the theme of the book, the by Sally Reagan.
rls were asked to lend the proper hplrl its tra- Stanley Griffin of Fay-
mosphere by dressing according- Christmas^ tea last Sun-
in any clothes which may ex- , t-v u„,. a 5*^0 Nonchalant.
nplify the Moslem world. Miss , ^f^^Ued members of 'the Furches and Earl Kirk-
aroline Biggers, Dean of Worn- i Mother Snark’s Looking,
h, assisted the Y. W. A.’s in ^ ^ Reba is from Mocksville and Earl
Ramona Lawton Wins
National 4-H Honor
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Bill is from Wilmington. Chosen
as Campus Leaders were Sara
Ellen Dozier of Tokyo, Japan,
and Steve Blackwell of Forest
City. Jo Ann Roberts of Wen-
: repping the authentic Arabian
ookies which were served.
Bible class.
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is from Spartanburg, S. C. Chosen
(Continued on Page 4)
Ramona Lawton, C-I from
Beaufort, S. C., has just returned
from attending the National 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago, at
which she was named national
winner in the Home Grounds
beautification contest.
Prior to this award Ramona had
received the state and regional
awards in the same competition
through completing 110 4-H
projects. These included Home
Grounds Beautification, Frozen
Foods, Canning, Home Irn-
provements. Home Electric Appli
ances, Poultry, Insect and Disease
Control, Entomology, Plant Iden
tification, Livestock, Clothing,
and Dress Revue.
From the proceeds of her proj
ects, Ramona has earned enough
money to pay for one year of her
college education. Among her sep
arate prizes and awards have been
a $50.00 bond in the Frozen Food
contest and, as the state award in
1955 Home Beautification project.
a wrist watch.
In the beautification of her own
home grounds, Ramona has land
scaped the grounds and planted
and cared for the lawn and shrub
bery. On a one-acre plot in front
of her home she has planned and
supervised the dredging of a fresh
water pond and worked with the
Soil Conservation service in stock
ing the pond with fish. The sur
roundings were planted to grass,
azaleas, palmettos, holly, water
lilies, and other plants.
In addition to her 4-H work
Ramona has been an active leader
in school, church, and community
work.
Three North Carolina girls
were also national winners at the
Congress. Joan Crawford of
Hayesville was national clothing
winner; Phyllis Corbett of Foun
tain, national record award; and
Nancy Lee Tuttle of Walnut
Cove, public speaking national
award winner.