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MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College *
MABS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1956
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NEW OFFICERS
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.Pictured above are the newly elected BSU council members.
*ney are (front row left to right); Gail Colvard, Paddy Wall,
ebecca Keller, and Toni Carter. Second row in the same order;
^ammy Frazier, Suzanne Mims, Carolyn Cauthen, Cecil Green,
Raymond Laws. Herbert Brown stands in the background,
^bsent when the picture was made were Doris Cole and Brenda
, “‘■iddell.
SU Officers
o Be Installed
Jammy Frazier will be installed as president of the Baptist Student
,aion executive council in the B.S.U. installation ceremony on Sunday
yil 29 at 8:00 P.M. in the Mars Hill Baptist Church. He will head
^>gious activities on the campus for the 1956-57 college session.
I Others to be installed are first vice-president, Carolyn Cauthen of
fhmond, Va.; second vice-president, Paddy Wall of Winston-Salem •
^ vice-president, Raymond Laws of Gastonia; recording secretary’
Rebecca Keller of Roanoke, Va.;
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Band
corresponding secretary, Doris
Cole of Winterville; treasurer,
Cecil Green of Charlotte; and
music director, Gail Colvard of
New Bern. Also, associate Sunday
School superintendent, Herbert
Begins Tour
'T'he Mai^ Hill College band,
Ner the direction of Mr. Philip „ -
?agnus and accompanied by Dr. of Huntersville; associate
Robert Holt, will make its annual director, Suzanne
April 24-28. Edgefield, S. C.; Y.W.A.
On Tuesday, April 24, the band
play at Marion High School
Statesville High School; ’
f ednesday at Hanes in Winston- c ’ • i ,
Wprv, FTtrrb opccial music Will bo presented
president, Brenda Briddell of
Crisfield, Va., and town repre
sentative, Toni Carter of Mars
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Nem, and at Thomasville High , music will be pi
^ool; Thursday at Laurinburg ® Choralettes.
Wadesboro High Schools. , present a
^*0, an evening performance wll rn^sage in cha lenge to the
Ik presented at Laurinburg’s First ^^“^‘^lately follow-
htist Church. On Friday, the “Vh/rTtI ‘uf . c
will perform at Mt. Holly ^ B.S.U. will attend a State
^gh School and give an evening C ‘p.’ Conference at
^fformance at the First Baptist ■ ^ * ap st Church in Ashe
■^Prch.
I Selected numbers to be played
“French National Defile
Uarch” by Turlet; “Ballet Egyp-
by Luigini; “Bugler’s Holi-
1^7” featuring Bill Gibson, Denny
’'t'^J'dham, and John R. Lackey,
!(!• as trumpeters, by Anderson;
Joodance” by Cacavas; “The
^^nch Quarter” by Mirrissey,
“A Salute to Grofe” by Grofe.
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Non-Eu, Clio-Phi
Slate Contests
In Spealin3 Events
Literary Societies at Mars Hill
are in the process of choosing con
tenders for the various forensic
contests to be held at the inter
society competitions May 19- 22,
and June 1.
The girls’ societies, Clio and
Nonpareil, have chosen winners in
the temperance reading contests
and dramatic reading contests.
Winners in the temperance contest
are Paddy Wall and Frances
McCroskey for Clio, and Mary
Carolyn (Jrant and Mary Belle
Moore for Nonpareil. W^inners in
the dramatic reading contest are
Caroline Jackson, Sandra Hick
man, and Hetty Corey for Clio,
and Barbara Coram, Rosella
Jewell, and Peggy Frith for Non
pareil. An essay contest will be
held on April 27.
Euthalia and Philomathia have
held elimination contests for tem
perance readings. Winners are
Tommy Holland and Don May
nard for Euthalia and Carlisle
Driggers and Wallace Taylor for
Philomathia. Winners in the Phi
declamation contest are Paul Cau
dill and Tommy Bodkin. Euthalian
declamation contest has not yet
been held. Both societies will hold
oratory contests in the near future.
Debaters for Euthalia will be
Steve Blackwell and Don Kroe.
Philomathian debaters have not
been chosen.
Both Non-Eu and Clio-Phi have
recently held joint meetings. The
Non-Eu meeting was held April
13, and the Clio-Phi meeting on
April 20. The Non-Eu meeting
featured a debate between Norman
Hupp and Don Kroe for Mars
Hill and two debaters from Mary
ville College, in Tennessee. The
finale presented the songs from
the musical Showboat.” T'aking
part on the program were Donnie
Smith, Doris Phillips, Dan Par-
due, Bill Gregory, Earl Kirkland,
Charles Kinney, and Stanley Grif-
Bn. Plans for the Clio-Phi meet
ing were incomplete at press time.
Business Alumni Assn.
Holds Annual Session
The Business Club Alumni Association is holding its annual meetinn
and banquet today. Miss Peggy Huss of Statesvilfe is pSingTer
anauel'mnighrT^ ceremonies at Ihe
banquet tonight. The other officers are Thomas Brookshire of Hickory
vice-president, and Miss Bet^ Jean Hartsell of Thomasville. secreta^!
Ti3 ™ the Coyte Bridges Dining Hall at 6-30
The theme of the program is “Then and Now,” in keeping with the
centennial celebration of the col-
k A , I I program features a skit
Mondav Niaht Retrospect, 1856.”
ay Participants are Fieldy Dize and
Q i P D "a I Misses Eileen Gerringer, Barbara
ror IxCCital Coram, and Barbara Funderburk.
. ^ Several events of 1856 will be pre-
Three music majors will be fea- sen ted in tableau. Miss Jo Ann
tured in a graduation recital Mon- Weber will be the guest soloist,
day night, April 23. Piano selec- The address of the evening will
tions by Sylvia Brissie, Eulene be delivered by Robert S. Wig-
Wilson Gray (Mrs. Robert E. gins, the Applied Science Repre-
Gray) and vocal numbers by Doris sentative of the Asheville area for
Phillips, soprano, will constitute International Business Machines
this program. Corporation. He will speak on
Sylvia Brissie will perform “So- Progress in business, particularly
nata in F-Sharp Major,” Bee- lY’om the standpoint of business
thoven; “The Cuckoo,” Daquin; machines.
and Bach’s “Three-Part Invention winner of the Business
No. 4 in D Minor.” Sylvia, from Medal will be announced at
Rock Hill, S. C., will attend Win- . banquet; however, the medal
throp College in Rock Hill next awarded at graduation,
semester. The one who wins this award is
Eulene Wilson Gray will ner- person that the Business De
form “Papillons,” from Opus 2 lives up to
by Schumann; “Prelude in E- i ^ following standards which are
Flat,” from Opus 23, Rachman- members of
inoff; and “Impromptu in F
Minor,” Opus 31, Fauri. Mrs.
Nancy Kendall
Plays With
Violin Group
-- must posess:
superior scholarship, Christian
Gray is a commuter from Erwin pleasing personality,
Tennessee. She will attend Car- eomrnendable deportment, and
son-Newman College next vear. Pr^ise of future attainment.
The vocal recital of Doris Phil i guests will be the
L -Enfant ¥t’digt', Det^y Td vtln t^hTd '
SoZ -T4/r”k “'r" HuTflr X ' The'Vd nX
bongs, Kabalevsky. Dons, whose Club Alnmr,,' a.... •
hometown is Roanoke, Va., will ganized in 1939
attend Baylor University after her Lering on rhfe
graduation here. X‘"f =ach year
Since that time.
Home Economics Club
Announces Open House
Robinson Reigns
Saturday, May 5, will be ob-
!^-‘a1so, “Funiculi Funicula” by served as May Day on the college
Jhza; “Pavanne” by Gould, and campus.
^^Ihe Fairest of the Fair” by The day’s activities will begin
_ with a Recognition Service honor-
^^^^^’Jrning from the tour April ing students who have been out-
ijj ’ band will give a concert standing in various aspects of col-
be Owen building which will lege life.
jj| 3. repetition of the numbers
7cd on the tour. v.^ueen, .rviin jNouinson, will he
R. Lackey, Jr. is president crowned and a dramatic perform-
band. Other officers are ance, featuring “The Birthday of
Dyer, vice-president; Bill the Infanta” will be given on the
suh’ librarian; Phyllis Stough, outdoor stage.
Phyllis Further details will appear in
*s, secretary. the next edition of the Hilltop.
boro on April 20-22. They will
also attend a study course on cam
pus April 15, 18-19. Dr. Ella J.
Pierce is the B.S.U. faculty ad
visor.
May Day Planned*
^ ^ J dall, is a member of a violin en
semble which has been invited to
play on two programs at the meet
ing of the State Federaton of
Music Clubs in Raleigh on April
20 and 21.
In the afternoon the May
Queen, Ann Robinson, will be
The ensemble, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Elizabeth Krauss of
Asheville, will form a part of the
All-State Orchestra which is
scheduled to appear on television
from the Raleigh station the after
noon of April 21.
Five children eleven and twelve
years of age compose the ensemble.
In addition to being a violinist,
Nancy is also an accomplished
pianist.
The date for the annual open
house for high school home eco-
nomics students of a d i s o n
County, college students, faculty
and townspeople has been set for
May 1, in the college Home Eco
nomics Department. Tentative
plans for the program include a
fashion show, exhibits of work
done by students in art, sewing,
and home furnishings classes,
demonstrations, movies and/or
slides. Hours for high school stu
dents will be from one till three
o clock, and other guests are es
pecially invited to attend between
the hours of three and fve.
Miss Pauline Gordon, State
Home Furnishings Specialist with
headquarters in Ralegh, will be
guest demonstrator and speaker in
the college home furnishngs class
May 2 at 1:30. Home Demon-
stration Club members of Mad
ison County along with their
County Home Agents are urged to
hear her.
Guest speaker at the recent
meeting of the home economics
club was Miss Martha Bailey, a
1S7T television station
Miss Bailey discussed ca
reers in home economics with spe-
cial ei^hasis on opportunities in
radio, I V, and journalism. Other
included
ree igh school home economics
students from Burnsville accom
panied ^ their instructor. Miss
tp/1?^ Hancock, home economics
^acher at Marshall; and Miss
McConnell, teacher of home eco
nomics at Mars Hill High School.
Attending the annual Workshop
w College Clubs’ Divsion of N C
Economics Association’ at
the Woman s College of U. N C
in Greensboro, April 13-14 were
voting delegates, Frances Ander
son and Shirley Smith. Non-vot-
mg delegates included Mary Belle
Moore and Jackie Thomas, with
• J" V. Howell, advisor.
The State Workshop was pre-
sided over by Sybil Lennon a
senior at W.C. and a ’54 graduate
of Mars Hill College.