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THE HnXTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE, MARS HILL, N. C.
December10,
CThe Hilltop
PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Entered as second-class matter February 20, 1926, at the
Post-Office at Mars Hill, North Carolina, Under the Act
of March 3, 1879. Published semi-monthly during the
college year.
PRESS
Vol'^me XXX
December 10, 1955
Number 6
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Mary Elizabeth Kenyon
Sports Editor Hugh Wilder
News Editor Boyd Falls
Religious Editor Nancy Fant
Exchange Editor Nancy Hayes
Advertising Manager Mary Jane Rowan
Circulation Managers Louis Ensley, Ann Pate
Circulation Assistant Mary Frances Collis
Typists Bettye Stroman, Anne Shackleford
Contributors
Patsy DuPree, John Blevins, Helen Brooks, Nancy Edwards, Peggy Frith,
Helen Brash, Wayne Stancil, Carolyn Tolbert, Phyllis Wiley,
Rachel Mixsom, Don Powell, Ted Carpenter, J. C. Hinson,
Ken Blackwell, George Herd, Fieldy Dize and Sandra Hickman.
Ashevdle Citizen Views M.H.
Recently, the Asheville Citizen published a Mars Hill College edition
of their paper in honor of the Centennial year of the oldest educational
institution of continuing existence in Western North Carolina.
Walter P. Smith, director of publicity, assisted by John A. McLeod,
was responsible for collecting and writing the information about the
centennial program and phases in the development of the college as
well as highlights in the curriculum of the college students. One such
article announces that alumni are found in forty-three states, the District
of Columbia and twenty-one foreign countries. The one hundred year
old Baptist college once had more students enrolled than did the Uni
versity of North Carolina, the oldest state university in the United
States, one article reveals.
The college boasts of ten unit organizations of the Baptist Student
Union. Through participation in these various phases of church-related
organizations the young people are challenged to live more active Chris
tian lives. The far-reaching results of such organizations upon young
people can be realized by the fact that thirty-three former Mars Hill
College students are now actively serving in foreign countries as Baptist
missionaries.
Photographs accompanying the articles depict the various phases of
the students’ life here at" Mars Hill, giving the public a good idea of
what goes on in a Baptist junior college during its Centennial year.
The Light Is The Life OfMen
THE LIGHT IS THE LIFE OF MEN
The Creator said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Utter darkness is cold, unfriendly, forbidding.
Even one light is warm, friendly, inviting.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light.
The people seek warmth, friendship, welcome.
Through the Creator’s supreme gift, the Light, they receive all this.
“I am the light of the world.
“He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life.”
Through the Creator’s Light came freedom from death, the promise
of life.
Campus Offices
Make Changes
Faith A t Work '
By NANCY FANT
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The long-anticipated moving
day came for the public relations
and alumni offices recently when
the staff members excavated the
files, typewriters, desks, records,
broadcasting equipment and other
office furnishings from the base
ment of Spilman dormitory and
transported them across the street
to the building formerly known
as the main library. These work
ers have been handicapped because
their offices have not been parti
tioned and many varied phases of
college program have been carried
on in these limited quarters. The
offices will be somewhat isolated
their new surroundings with
ou are om
Volunteers for Christ met on December 6, at 7:00 in th’t yet had
Building. A Christmas program entitled “Let’s Keep Christr the books
presented under the direction of Martha Barnett after a very^t your st
devotion based on the Biblical Christmas story. The VolunteePome on dc
out their November mission project on November 27, at wl support tl
they visited the Orthopedic Hospital in Asheville carrying need our
scrapbooks to the children.
in
Dr. Holt’s office on the mezzanine
and the other two offices opposite
each other on the ground floor.
Vespers began November 5, to
be held twice a week, Monday
and Thursday, at six-thirty. Al
though the services will be inter
esting and inspiring ,they will last
only a few minutes, and surely
we can give God these few min
utes in the evening twice a week.
The services for the month of De
cember concern the promise, birth,
and significance of Christ.
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Miami Meetinf^'
It is surprising what a little bit
of work has done for the old li
brary in adapting for these offices.
Because of lack of space, books
had been stacked in such a way
that one might believe that win
dows had been omitted from the
original plans of the architect.
The library did have windows and
with the removal of book shelves
the rooms look twice as large. A
little bit of paint has been added
to keep the old library a “bright”
place even though the students will
no longer study there.
The Ministerial Conference
meeting for the week of Novem
ber 10, opened with a hymn, fol
lowed by a prayer led by Jimmy
to say
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this proj
'arsity men
Representing Mars B Club hav
lege at the annual meetir are: Peg
Southern Association of Nelson, I
and Secondary Schools wEinks, Cai
Ralph M. Lee and Vice-f, Janet I
Robert L. Holt. Deanon, and A
secretary^-treasurer of tDall was oi
College Division. season and
.Y plaving 1
Among subjects whi^i^ter Sp(
Harley. Don Price and Harry major topics of discussiotij^bej. 5^ ^
Poovey read the scripture and Bill meeting were the matter ^ chance
Gregory sang a solo. A business fications necessary for go( the be
meeting followed in which Na- ers and means of induciix^y your
than Brooks was elected president; ising candidates to enter tlj^g^ whic
^ ' McCorvey, vice-president, ing profession, problemSygar meet
Paul
For the basement of Spilman—it
will not go to waste. Some of the
faculty members have not been al
lotted a little “nook” to counsel
with their students simply because
space has not been available.
Neither has the Laurel staff nor
the B S U been designated a spe
cific place to work heretofore.
With the moving out of the
alumni and public relations of
fices, Dr. Jenkins, Miss Linney,
the Laurel and the B S U will
Harry Poovey, secretary; Mike from increased enrollmCand Wee
Terrell, pianist; and Donald methods of handling th^er as chai
Price, reporter. The Ministerial the urgent importance ofer chairn-
Conference met again on Novem- cated citizenry. Speaking)/meets
ber 17, in a joint meeting with last-named topic, Phillipsday at 4:
the Volunteers for Christ. author-critic stressed the t is basket
of Americans becoming hday and
In a very few days we will be in order to combat Com,ck with (
going home for Christmas. As we He said, “Today man 1. Indoor
leave wonderful Christian Adars educated or nothing he d meet wii
Hill, let’s not become just another be effective; the fate of tlj on Tue;
move in.
College Should Fit Your Needs
Alost students at Alars Hill are faced with the problem of choosing
a senior college. Clarence E. Lovejoy of New York, professional college
counselor and author of two books on the subject of selecting a college,
offers in a recent issue of the Saturday Lvening Post pertinent advice
from which we borrow a few ideas.
The most important thing to remember in choosing a college is to find
the one that best suits yout individual needs, A student should not
go to a school just because his father went there if that school does not
fit the student’s own particular needs in his chosen vocation.
The United States Department of Labor lists some 20,000 ways to
earn a living, and most of them can be learned in college. Colleges
offer courses in just about everything from flying to floral display.
Lack of money need not keep a student from furthering his college
education. Several schools offer what is known as a Co-Op or
and-learn plan. This means that a student can alternate work and
studies throughout the 3^ear. Scholarships are now offered by business
concerns and other organizations, and should be looked into by inter
ested students.
Prdper counseling and planning are the best gateway to college. Be
sure to plan }^our education carefully.
Don Caldwell and Wade
Meadows attended the two-day
convention of the Southeastern
Regional Convention of the Na
tional Association of College Book
Stores at the University of Ten
nessee last week-end. They heard
discussions on sales promotion and
arrangement of stock as it affects
price control.
The association is made up of
approximately sixty colleges, uni
versities, and denominational
schools in the southeastern district.
Alars Hill was one of four North
Carolina colleges represented.
half-hearted Christian; let’s take
Christ with us and give him first
place, the place he deserves in our
lives. Let’s go to Sunday School,
prayer meeting. Training Union
and Church and take an active
part in these services. Give your
home church something that \^ou
have learned here at school and
then bring back to us what }^ou
learn at home. Are you planning
to have a wonderful Christmas
of giving and receiving from \^our
family and friends? Yes, this is
nice, but let’s remember what
Christmas really means. Christ,
our Savior, was born on Christ
mas morning many years ago. He
gave his life for us. Surely we
can give a little to him by help
ing others. This year, let’s show
Christ just how much we really
love Him by doing something for
that needy family in town or that
invalid down the street. Let’s
make this Christmas one of peace
and good will to all men.
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Among North Carolini^^ M-Bh
participated on the progi^^^^^^ ^
C. Svlvester Green, vice-{^ party t
of Wake Forest College.'
dressed the conference on*^. • ^
related colleges on the j
“The Role of the Church^^^' ,
College in Teacher EducL^
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Educational Improve* be a few
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ern Association is to impfc sleep—a
cation in the South throu;
cise of leadership and thrf
promotion of cooperative|]'^£|.L
among schools, colleges,
lated agencies. ^
This purpose is pursuec
vising appropriate standa.
the accreditation of s
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schools, colleges, and uni
and by working with agen ^
cerned with the improved
education in other regit i
countries. The Associatio/"^ ^ u
ates programs designed th
“Ye are the light.of the world. A city that is set upon a hill cannot
be hid.
The Light of the world must burn more brightly each day in the hearts
it has lighted if it is to shed its beams to hearts 3^et darkened.
“Let your light shine before men.”
A light must shine continually, never tiring, never ceasing, else darkness
will conquer.
about specific and conc^ contr4
provements in education^ ^
tice. When intolerable ^
ments arise, the Associatio
as a voice for the profek^^*
speaking against them. a ®
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“If I be lifted up from the earth I will draw all men unto me.”
Men are drawn to the Light seeking warmth, friendship, welcome.
A small light’s reflection of a greater Light manifests the greater
only when it minimizes itself.
“We have seen his star, and are come to worship him.”
When they saw the star, they rejoiced.
As often as one from the darkness sincerely seeks the Light, his search sociation, and partly becaU those si:
will be rewarded and he will find warmth, friendship, and welcome, excellent standing with ' a Treat
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‘Whosoever will may come.
The Light may shine in every heart. _
Someday it will.
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sirable ones. Through the i ^ ,
division it discovers and ^ ^ °
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solution of important edif”^^ secon
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Alars Hill College ha»s and fir
number of \^ears been on a pass fr
credited list of the South, Xhe exi
The time may be long or short, the effort great or small, !
But one day all the world will be bright as each heart manifests
Warmth, friendship, welcome: God’s love.
For with God, nothing shall be impossible.
experience no difficulty ii^-stars, bi
their credits accepted byl,
tions throughout the natio^pj^g All-s
accreditation depends to s' gggt
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