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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1956
Number 11
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zsictured above are eight of the eleven senior music students
^ will he appearing in recitals this spring. They are standing
wr 1 A right: Gerald Hewitt, Keith Gage, Doris Phillips, Noel
‘Y WatCiies Aison, Sue Bishop, Eleanor Reese, Carolyn Ward and Janis
'fS B B piano. Not present were Harry Mamlin, Eulene
and Sylvia Brissie.
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Graduation Recitals
r oitle of Eygjj C-II music majors will present graduation recitals this
ilST FOOD e The dates of these events are April 16, 23, and May 7.
Ever H jd recital on April 16 will feature Eleanor Reese, Carolyn Ward,
Noel Watson in organ selections and Harry Mamlin in trombone
)ers.
selections by Eulene Wilson Gray (Mrs. Robert E. Gray)
IE YOU Sylva Brissie and vocal numbers by Doris Phillips, soprano, will
{JIYIJYQ9 itute the April 23 recital.
cm Re ri May 7 Keith Gage, tenor, and Gerald Hewitt, baritone, will
y ^^;nt a recital. Also performing on this date will be Sue Bishop
S GrOCCl*^Hightower, piano majors.
"ffrfReese will play the following organ selections: “Wind
Pine Trees,” Joseph W. Clokey “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,”
■0| • .jj i; and “Fantasia,” Richard I. Purvis. Eleanor, from Winston
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«>e FWrJminations For
iciety Forensics
«4 cif„ In Progress
rds Now OJ
The C Philomathian and Eu-
iian Literary Societies are now
for Society Day, June
'^'^'^'^^'^'^'^^^'^Run-offs for first and second
akers to represent the societies’
ious phases of competition are
, _ Y being held. The speaking
s store ^ Ids ^re debate, declamation,
Jur BusineSition, and temperance reading.
;s full list of the society rep re
latives is not complete at this
Speakers Stress
Vocational Choice
The week of March 12-15 will
be set aside as Annual Vocational
Emphasis Week. There will be
speakers in each of the chapel as
semblies speaking on different pro
fessions.
On March 12, Dr. Edward W.
Glazener of State College will
speak in C-H chapel and Superin
tendent C. E. Funderburke of the
Asheville City Schools will speak
in C-I chapel. Funderburke’s
topic will be “Teaching as a Pro
fession.”
“Medicine” will be Dr. Weis-
enblatt’s subject in C-H chapel on
March 13, and Dr. Lacy of the
Mission Memorial Hospital in
Asheville, will speak on “Nursing
and Medicine” in C-I chapel.
Dr. Gaines Rogers, Dean of
the School of Business Admin
istration, of Wake Forest College
will be the C-H speaker on
Wednesday. The name of the C-I
speaker is unavailable at this time,
but the subject will be in the field
of business.
“Opportunities in Church Re
lated Vocations” will be the sub
ject used by both speakers on
March 15. Dr. M. O. Owens of
Lenoir will speak in C-H chapel,
and Dr. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., also
of Lenoir will be the C-I speaker.
Band, Choir Plan
State - Wide Tours
Mars Hill College Band and the College Choir have recently com
pleted plans for their annual spring tours. Both groups will present
concerts in a number of cities in North Carolina. The Choir will
present a concert in the Mars Hill church tonight at 8 p. m.
Mars Hill College Band will begin its Spring tour at Marion,
April 23. Giving a concert in the local college auditorium, the band
will complete the tour on April 28.
Famed Violinist
Performs Here
The tour will include these
cities in North Carolina: Marion,
Statesville, Winston-Salem (four
schools), Laurinburg, Wadesboro,
Mount Holly, Thomasville, and
several others. While on tour the
band members will stay in private
homes.
This year the band has increased
from thirty-two members to sixty
members. There will be fifty with
the touring band. Only ten mem
bers are C-Hs. Members of this
band are from Alabama, North
Ricardo Odnoposoff, interna
tionally known violinist, will pre
sent a concert in the Mars Hill
College auditorium on the eve
ning of March 17, at eight o clock,
as one in the college series of pro
fessional entertainment numbers. ^
Mr. Odnoposoff made his first Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
appearance on the concert stage Mississippi, Virginia, and
when he was five years old, and Maryland.
since then he has studied and per- band, under the direction
formed in all parts of the world. Philip Magnus, has purchased
He toured Europe during the uniforms, three new clar-
years from 1932 to 1937, when drum equipment,
he won the highest awara a vio- jg largest band in Mars
linist can attain—the Concours College’s history.
International Eugene Ysaye in Robert Hopkins will be
Brussels, Belgium.
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t-Top&
On February 26 and 27, ora-
»n competition was held in
apel. In C-I chapel on the 26th
athalia took top honors. Len
'*'^'^'♦'#'#'#'^.#^##^/Yans won in the men’s division
Bonita Benfield won in the
Oman’s division. On the 27th,
C-II chapel, the victory went
Salem, plans to attend Wake For
est College following her gradua
tion.
Carolyn Ward’s recital will in
clude “Prelude and Fugue in E
Minor,” from La Cathedrale,
Bach; “Aria,” Flor Puters; and
“The Bells of Riverside,” Seth
Bingham. Carolyn’s hometown
is Ladson, South Carolina.
Comprising the program of Noel
Watson will be “Les Cloches,
“Nicholas Le Begue,” “Toccata
in B Minor,” “Andre Fleury,”
and “Rejoice Greatly O My
Soul,” Siegfrid Karg-Elert. Noel
is a resident of Mars Hill and
plans to continue his studies at
Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa,
next year.
Harry Mamlin will perform
“Concerto for Trombone and
Piano,” Blaghewich; and “Elegie
for Mippy II,” Leonard Bern
stein. From Asheville, Harry plans
to attend Appalachian State
Teachers College. Charles Dirr
will accompany Harry.
The program to be given by
Eulene Wilson Gray includes
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V PK-l “Papillons.” from Opus 2, by
the Philomathians._ Tommy Sehumann; “Prelude in E-FIat,”
oalcin won in the men s field over ‘ - --
amrny Frazier. Martha Barnett
"on in the women’s division com-
eting against Joan Adams.
Elections of Commencement
erm officers were held in all four
ocieties March 8 and 9. Results
if the elections were not available
vhen the Hilltop went to press.
Opus 23, Rachmaninoff; and
“Impromptu in F Minor,” Opus
31, Fauri. Mrs. Gray is a com
muter from Erwin, Tennessee.
She will attend Carson-Newman
College next year.
Sylvia Brissie will perform
“Sonata in F-Sharp Major,”
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Dramatics Groups
In District Contest
The Dramateers and the
Chapel Players of Mars Hill Col
lege will each present a play at
the District Festival of the Caro
lina Dramatic Association at the
Plonk School of Creative Arts,
March 16. “The Birthday of the
Infanta” by Oscar Wilde, and
“Abraham and Isaac” by Laur
ence Hauseman will be entered in
the competition under the direc
tion of Mrs. Elizabeth Watson,
with Ronnie Sparrow as stage
manager.
The scene for “The Birthday of
the Infanta” is laid in a room in
the royal palace of the Spanish
kings in the 1600’s. Classes in
acting and stagecraft are making
elaborate court costumes and con
structing the set.
“Abraham and Isaac” has two
scenes, the first in Abraham’s tent,
the second on the top of Mount
Moriah, The religious drama
classes are working on the tent
which is to contain 48 square
yards. The costumes for the per
formance are also being made by
that class.
Also in the competition will be
Micaville High School and the
Plank School of Creative Arts.
Winners in the contest will go to
the State Dramatics Festival in
Chapel Hill early in April.
Miss Laura Plonk is hostess to
the District Festival.
NEWS FLASH
William Deal and Don Kroe
won the two Morehead scholar
ships open to 1956 Junior College
graduates.
featured as piano soloist.
The forty-five voice Touring
Choir, under the direction of
Rufus Norris, presented concerts
on March 4, at North Wilkes-
boro and Lenoir. They will leave
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lun Februar>'^ 1944, Mr. Odno
posoff made his American debut
in Carnegie Hall. Since that time,
he has been on concert tours all
over the United States and Can
ada; he has also made many re
cordings for the RCA Victor and
Columbia labels. Mr. Odnopo
soff is a violinist of international
standing. He is equally at home
in Latin America, Europe, or
North America; and he speaks
fluently seven languages. He and
his lovely wife dream of owning
a real home someday, but they
quite comfortable in hotel
are
rooms; the charming Mrs. Odno
posoff has a genius for making
even cubbyholes homelike.
Mr. Odnoposoff, if he were not
a concert violinist, would prob
ably have a career in the field of
engineering or advertising. He
loves to putter around with ma
chinery and knows the working of
an automobile engine almost as
well as the inside of his violin.
Also, he enjoys designing his own
brochures and promotion pieces.
But the concert world is exceeding
ly glad he stuck to his violin; his
strings serve him well.
Dean Attends N.Y.
Directors’ Meet
During the past week Dean
R. M. Lee has been in New York
attending a meeting of the Amer
ican Junior College Association.
He is a member of the board of
directors of that organization and
on March 6 and 7, participated in
business sessions and committee
meetings.
The regular program got un
derway March 8, with a visit to
the United Nations building. On
Thursday morning the first gen
eral session met and that after
noon there were group discus
sions.
In these group discussions there
were speakers such as Dr. Norman
Cousins, editor of The Saturday
Review of Literature; King Whit
ney, director of Personnel Labora
tory, New York City; and Dr.
Wilson Compton, president of the
Council for Financial Aid to
Education.
The business and general ses
sion Friday morning featured
such speakers as Dwayne Horton,
editor of Think magazine; Ted
Silvey of the AFL-CIO of Wash
ington, D. C.; and Eric Walker,
Dean of the (College of Engineer
ing and Architecture of Pennsyl
vania State College.
The meeting climaxed with a
banquet Friday evening with
Francis O. Wilcox, Assistant
Secretary of State, as the prin
cipal speaker.