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THE HnXTOP. MABS Hm COLLEGE. MASS HILL, N. C.
Last Regular Aicettngs
Miss Sfioaf Joins
MHC Alumni Staff
April 21, 1956
Sentimental Seasons
Campus honor clubs on April 9 and 10 held their last regular
meeting of the year. Climaxing the year’s activities will be a loint
bai^uet on May 12, at which Jonathan Daniels will be guest speaker.
Tucky Hinton was elected president of the Spanish Club at a regular
meeting on April 11 for the Fall Term of ’56. Also, the foSng
were elected, ^n Ingle, vice-president; Amy Brooks, secretary-treas^
urer; Alma Hildebrand and Shirley Hoover, hostesses; Nancy Edwards
news reporter; Mary Nesbitt, scrapbook chairman; Martha Reao’
poster chairman, and Mrs. Fish as critic. ^
The program was centered around Spain with talks by Joyce Bishon
^_ckSpanish Fiestas” and “A Bird’s-Eye View of Spafn’’ by Woody
The Bible Club is going to have a called meeting Friday April 20
for election of next year’s officers. The club is planning^ne Lfe
program with refreshments, some ^
time in May. Discussed at the “°''==================^
111 xviity. i^iscussea at tne
last meeting was “Theoriesof the D C TT 71/T 7
Atonement”. £5 o u IVlembers
Vive La French Club! A weiner
roast was given for the French ■^TTetla I OUmeV
Club at their last meeting held at
Mrs. Roberts’ home. The Club
enjoyed slides of historical scenes
of interest, accompanied by a text
written in French, read by stu
dents.
The regular meeting of the
Music Club was held April 10.
“The Story of The Violin” was
the movie shown at their meeting.
The same movie was afterward
shown for all music majors in the
audio visual room.
The newly elected officers for
the Science Club are Fred An
derson, president; John Thomas,
vice-president; Doris Jones, secre
tary-treasurer; devotional leader,
Toni Carter; social chairman,
Barbara Canady. The science club
was taken on a trip to outer
space, with background music dur
ing their last meeting. Intergalac-
tic travel, along with jet propul
sion in outer space was discussed.
Five B.S.U. members, Jo Ellen
Bradley, Martha Barnette, Peggy
Frith, Ed Ferrell and Jimmy
Steele, attended the state-wide
B.S.U. Speech Tournament spon
sored by Appalachian State Teach
ers College.
Jo Ellen Bradley won first
place in women’s oration with a
superior rating. Second place in
women’s extempore speaking was
taken by Martha Barnette with a
rating of excellent, almost su
perior. Ed Ferrell receiyed a rat
ing of excellent in men’s extempore
speaking, and Jimmy Steele’s poetry
reading was judged superior.
Peggy Frith, Martha Barnette,
Ed Ferrell, and Jimmy Steele en
tered the Debate division which
used the_ query: “Resolved, that
the examination and ordination of
Baptist ministers should remain
solely the responsibility of the local
church.”
Miss Betty Shoaf of Kan
napolis, joined the Alumni Office
staff as secretary, April 10. Miss
bhoaf replaced Mrs. Pat Smith,
who has accepted the position of
secretary to the vice-president. Dr.
R. L. Holt. Mrs. A. E. Jenkins,
. former secretary to Dr. Holt re
signed recently.
Walter Smith, Assistant Direc
tor of Publicity, has been granted
a leave of absence effective June
until September,
rT- Graduating from Baylor
Umversity in 1951, he came to
l College August 1,
1954. At the University of Texas
beginning in July, Mr. Smith will
work ^ on his Master’s Degree
majoring in journalism and minor-
ing m educational administration
and English. His wife, Pat, who
IS a former resident of Austin,
lexas, will accompany him to
Texas.
Mars
Hill College in 1951, Miss Shoaf
received her A.B. degree from
Baylor University in 1953, with
a m^'or in English. Since that time
she has been Educational Director
of Oakhurst Baptist Church in
Charlotte. There she was active
m the YWA, WMU, and church
choir. She served as study course
leader in the Charlotte area.
y^hllc at Mars Hill College,
Miss Shoaf served a term as presi
dent of Clio Literary Society, and
she was art editor for the ’5l
laurel.
Is Theme Of Banquet
Entertaining the C-II class at* fho • 1 T • -
Ap^il'ItTe^OI cks" ples^ted^a J“n!or-Senior banquet,
mental Season. ” • . musical program entitled “Senti
mental Seasons.” As this irtbl fl “Senti-
idea of seasons and the ineyitaMe 1 Tn® birthday year the
as the theme. "evitable weather closely aligned was selected
UlVldpW
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f-s,. . — • ■' —vvao ocicl;lcu
Divided into three arfu
actwities of the autumn, winL^aTdV-”' P^^™” ‘'=Pi«''
The firat number portrayed ^ P
■Sb J'"'''*^’'’'^LindUMartin Eleanor Cope-
«imn
^ Helen Rose, Bill Clegg and Cindy ~d
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Haycraft Wins
State Art Pi
ri2e
The grand finale “Moments To
Remember” concluded the eve
ning performance. Gail Elliott
served as master of ceremonies.
A band composed of Mars Hill
students also provided program
music. David Dyer served a! dT
wh
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fr ^'’UliyPtaft, C-I art student Harn n “fganization and
,™”A""bmgton, D. C., has be™ Piano.
the .Pti“ of $25 in "'"e planned in
awarded second prize of Decorations
af-^ Student Art Exhibit ^ distinct sections, autumn-
at the Mint Museum of Art Th'’ ,™‘erville, and springville.
his tempera oat.■ contained" sSes
Chari -bv-iuseum o
in^^^‘%-n’l tempera paint- of the k'TT*" -DULamea sketches
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The program entitled “One
Hundred Years Ago” was given
at the meeting of the Scriblerus
Club on April 10. This program
was based upon social, cultural and
literary conditions in America in
1856, the year that Mars Hill
College was founded.
Jo Ellen Bradley also entered
the women’s poetry and Scripture
reading contest.
Forensic Group
Given Ratings
hibition, April 4 2Q This ex- Mars Hill CnIlpo-« J l
-r.rc=sr'» •„
The Mars Hill Ar- r» favnr=^ favors. Autumnville
is showing an eiiih;?"'"*"?’™' coWd T"" brightly
paintings durhw rcc^^r ‘“''“i ™nterviHe ^ests
Wkmr Pa4 py®'' “^Kean of their toes”aL S'"
Teann/ft; f-’ his wife and Mr? sponsors. Mr.
Jeannette Genius; David H ’ th i • ’ Ramon De Shazo pre
Phreys, native of Vermont- D^?i’ H “ ^^^isors to the C-I class C II
Squiers. an David class sponsors are Mr. and Mrl
be
staf
Taking part on the program
were Rosella Jewell, devotions;
Elizabeth Forbes, “America in
1856”; Lynne Courtney, “The
New England Renaissance”; El
len Shearin, “Readings From New
England Poets”; Mary Elizabeth
Farmer, Howard Seymour, Sarah
Ellen Dozier, Suzanne Nord
strom, and Jo Bradley gave “Songs
of the Period”; Tom Holland,
“Backwoods Literature”; and Jo
Bradley, “Humor.”
Dramatics Dept.
Enters Competition
^ Mars Hill College participated
in the Carolina Dramatic Asso
ciation s thirty-third annual dra
matic festival on April 12, 13, and
14 at Chapel Hill. Twenty-one
plays were presented by drama
groups from high schools, colleges,
community theaters, and little the
aters.
The I.R.C. Club held their
meeting in Stroup Parlor April 9.
Discussed at the meeting was “Red
China and the Communist Threat
in Far East”. Lillian Liu talked
on the “Changes in China Under
the Communist Regime”. “For-
The Chapel Players from Mars
Hill presented Abraham and Isaac
by Laurence Housman. Charac
ters were Harry Mamlin, Abra
ham; Marcia Taylor, Sarah; and
Don Guffey, Isaac. Harry Orr
was stage manager for this pro
duction.
mosa and the Red Threat
.»j
was
given by Ed Ferrell. Sarah Sigmon
gave “Our Interest in Far East”.
We are happy to learn that
O. E. Roberts is continuing in
satisfactory condition since his re
cent illness.
The Dramateers presented The
Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar
Wilde. The stage manager for
this play was Ronnie Sparrow.
Although the Mars Hill en
tries were not award winners, the
judges complimented them highly
on diction, costumes, and portray
als by individual actors, as well as
details of settings.
A delegation of Mars Hill Col
lege students participated in the
Southern Speech Association Fo-
rensne Tournament at Hatties
burg, Miss., April 2-4.
In impromptu speaking Don
Kroe of Baltimore, Md., won a
superior rating. Steve Blackwell
of Forest City was rated superior
m debating. The Mars Hill de
bate squad consisting of Kroe,
B ackwell, Jim Shurling of Ashe
ville, and Norman Hupp of South
Boston, Va., was rated excellent.
Other ratings won by Mars
Hill contestants were these: Don
Kroe and Bonita Benfield of
Hickory, ^d Joan Adams of
Memphis, Tenn., excellent in oral
interpretation; Bonita Benfield,
^cellent in after dinner speaking;
Don Kroe and Norman Hupp, ex
cellent in extempore speaking. Nor-
man Hupp and Joan Adams, ex
cellent in impromptu speaking.
All contestants were competing
against established standards of
superior excellent, good, and fair
rather than against each other. ’
poup was accompanied to
Hattiesburg by Harley E Tollev
forensics coach. ’
UnStr fch'" " Emmetrsa”
and Robert Mich.; was that if Si’i:
Va of Norfolk consisted of '
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All The Boys Come To
Us — Why Not You?
On^ the strength of his inter
pretation of the part of the Cham
berlain in the Infanta, Charles
Parker has been asked to audition
with David Sampler for a char
acter role in the new historical
drama at Staunton, Va., this
summer.
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