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MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1956
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som^g candidate in Tuesday’s
nev«al presidential election, was
in a I the favorite choice of 10,-
anotltudents in the Carolina -
t of lia tri-state area,
r fai|a poll conducted by 26 col-
“ up and university newspapers
e bojiower was favored by a two-
^e m( majority. Students en-
to li\( the Republican ticket with
1 uiglper cent of the total vote,
ig tOemocrats trailed with 35.9
e freint.
alloTe States Rights Party polled
selve^r cent of the vote, the In-
faitldent ticket, 1.4 per cent, and
Y ^ candidates received .5 per
to 4f the total vote.
Its trth Carolina, usually Demo-
andj turned to the Eisenhower-
y reii team by 58.5 per cent of
3ted rate’s popular vote on the
part;iate level.
wairee North Carolina colleges
is haiained the traditional Demo-
vith majority: Louisburg College,
aour.ian’s College of the Univers-
North Carolina, and Pres-
ian Junior. The Indepen-
)ee States Rights tickets to-
;r with all individual candi-
polled 1.1 per cent of the
North Carolina vote,
the woman’s colleges of the
states, the Democratic and
, iblican Parties were more
ly matched in number than
le male and co-ed institutions,
re were no collegiate woman’s
[Ol submitted for the States
its Party, and very few were
s#w^ed for individual candidates,
woman’s college except
-^.U.N.C. favored Eisenhower-
arSm.
_ he male institutions went in
y instance for the Republican
y. All other parties and can-
tes combined totaled only
' per cent of the male yote.
se same colleges, however, re-
led a higher number of States
Its and individual candidate
E s than the co-ed and woman’s
:ges combined.
dthough as a body the co-edu-
^^wonal colleges supported the Re-
»s#s#^ican Party, one third of them
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riloiing the sophomore class through their second year at mars
Hill are the newly-elected officers shown above (1 to r): Gerald
Davis, Barbara Knighten, Kitty Collins, and Charles V^ebb.
Honor Clubs Select Topics
For Approaching Meetings
The honor clubs of Mars Hill College will hold their regular monthly
meetings November 12 and 13, 1956 at 7:30. They will consider a
variety of themes.
The Orpheon Club will have as their theme the life of Mozart, in
commemoration of his 200th anniversary. Carolyn M^oore will give
a brief biography. Janelle Wise, program chairman, will discuss events
of the “Mozart year”, 1956. Doris Cole will have the devotion.
Alumni To Attend
Annnal Service
"Lest We Forget”
Henry Thorne will play selec
tions from Mozart’s piano works.
Brenda Briddell will give his vocal
and operatic works. His orches
tral works will be presented by
Seth Kirby, and Rose Rich will,
present his choral works.
The Business Club has taken
as its theme “Ideas for a Good
— . Secretar}^” The devotion will be
Approximately 200 alumni and given by Garva Da}^ David Dav-
visitors are expected to be on the gj^pgrt will tell of the secretary
Mars Hill campus for the tradi- * ^ -n . n
tional Thanksgiving pageant,
“Lest We Forget” to be given in
the Baptist Church at 10:30
A.M. on Thanksgiving Day un
shortages. Pat Allen will talk
on “The Secretary as a Public
Relations Officer.” Phyllis Clif
ford will play a piano solo. James
Bame will give “The Business
Four Societies Crioose
Anniversary Leaders
Mary Belle Moore, Nancy Stephenson, Bob Hale-Cooper, and Len
Evans are the new presidents of the Nonpareil, Clio, Philomathian and
Euthalian Literary Societies respectively for the Anniversary-Reception
term.
Other officers who will work along with Mary Belle Moore for
Nonpareil are Ph^dlis Stough, reception vice-president; Beverly England,
literary vice-president; Ruby Plickman, secretary; Esther Milligan,
_.=-^============== ggggQj-j Mary Julia Swift, chap
lain; Mary Ann Nichols, pianist;
Hannah England, chorister; Mary
Lou McClung, chief hostess; and
Tucky Hinton, Joy Anders, Car
ole Deaton, Genene Bailey, and
Shirley Hudson, hostesses.
Clio officers assisting Nancy
Stephenson are Nancy Pickle-
simer, reception vice-president;
Louise Wallen, literary vice-
president; Jean Picklesimer, sec
retary; Betsy Olive, censor; June
Mann, chaplain; Jan Benner,
chorister; Frances Young, pianist;
Luanna Krause, chief marshal;
and Libby Price, Linda Reep, and
Grace Carswell, marshals.
Officers for Philomathia are
Bob Hale-Cooper, president; Car
lisle Driggers, anniversary vice-
president; Cecil Green, literary
vice-president; Gary Harris, sec
retary^; Ronnie Sparrow, censor;
Harold Odom, treasurer; Tommy
Bodkin, chaplain; Ed Ferrell,
critic; Sonny Jordan, chorister;
Charles Dirr, pianist; John Ty
ner, dues collector; Harry Tor
rence, fines collector; and Paul
Beatty and Dewey Davis, mar
shals.
Euthalian officers are Len
Evans, president; John Baxley,
anniversary vice-president; Bobby
Sessoms, literary vice-president;
Tom Holland, secretary; Bob
Holland, censor; Jim Sherling,
chaplain; David Gallemore, chor
ister; and Martin Johnson,
financial secretary'.
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der the auspices of the Baptist Man’s Idea of a Perfect Secretary”
Student Lfnion Council. Miss Frances Snelson will
Principal parts of the pageant, ^^g group from the view-
which is directed by Dr. Ella J. point of an experienced secretary.
Pierce, will be taken by Council The Spanish Club will assem-
members. Assisting will be the ^ Mexican supper. They
Sophomores
Elect Officers
Charles Webb was elected presi
dent of the sophomore class in a
meeting held on October 29.
Other class officers are Gerald
Davis, vice-president; Kitty Col
lins, secretary^; and Barbara
Knighten, treasurer.
Coming from Charlotte, Charles
has been active in society, serving
as president of Philomathia last
term. He is president of his Sun
day School class and is on the
basketball and track teams.
Gerald comes from Walhalla,
South Carolina. He is a math
major and managing editor of the
Hilltop. He is also a Phi, a mem
ber of the Science Club, vice-
president of a training union, and
is the college postmaster.
Kitty, who comes froom Green
ville, North Carolina, is presi
dent of her Sunday School class
and is a training union social
chairman. She was a Clio mar
shal C-I term. This primary edu
cation major was a Dean’s List
student both semesters last year.
Barbara is from Asheville and
has been a majorette both years.
She is vice-president of her Sun
day School class, vice-president of
the W.A.A., an honor roll stu
dent, and song leader for Spilman
dormitor\^
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ans Are Made
gnsSr Focus Week
Wiliam Hall Preston, asso-
e in the Student Department
rds Baptist Sunday School
ird in Nashville, was on the
R” irs Hill campus the week of
^^^^tober 29—November 2 for the
^^pose of conferring with Charles
an and Sarah Sigmon, general
hairmen in charge of plans
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Christian Focus Week.
L ocus Week, an annual event
£ college campus, will
J1 observed February 18-22 1957.
team of eight or ten leaders
different tields of young peo-
i activities and interests will
here at that time. A roster of
e team members and student
mmittee members will be an-
y -unced m a later edition of the
College Choir and other musical
organizations. Several local chil
dren will join a group of college
students in the representation of
Puritans and Indians attending
the first Thanksgiving feast.
Dean R. M. Lee will read the
President’s proclamation. Dr.
Robert Seymour, pastor of the
Mars Hill Baptist Church, will
give the Thanksgiving message.
Vice-president Robert L. Holt
will also have part in the service.
At noon a regular Thanksgiv
ing dinner will be served in the
Coyte Bridges Dining Hall for
students, faculty and homecoming
guests.
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will then discuss the customs of
the people of Mexico.
The Science Club has chosen as
its theme “Mars Today.” They
will discuss Mars in its relation
ship to the other planets of to
day.
The French Club will con
sider French Painters. Joe C.
Robinson will give the program.
“Europe” is the theme of the
I. R. C. Club. Members of the
club will discuss the developments
in the current revolts.
Short stories appearing in the
current volumes of “Best Short
Stories” will furnish material for
the Scriblerus Club meeting. Sev
eral stories of different types will
be reviewed. Presenting short
stories will be Frances Gillespie,
Katy Katsarka, Mars Hill ’55, “The Country Husband”; Jean
continues to pile up honors at Berry, “The Prize”; Don Guffey,
Furman. Now she has been chosen “A Matter of Price”; Helen
for Who’s Who among American Brooks, “Bachelor of Arts”; and
Colleges and Universities. Katy Mary Sue Cooke, “The Decline
comes from Saloniki, Greece. and Fall of Augie Sheean.”
Currin, Deaton Lead
In Barrie Production
Katsarka
Wins Honors
Bill Currin, a freshman from
Oxford, will play the leading role
of the butler Crichton, in^ the
Dramateers production of “The
Admirable Crichton” in the col
lege auditorium on November 17,
at 8 P.M. Playing opposite him
as leading lady will be Miss Carole
Deaton of Asheboro.
The play, a fantasy by J. M.
Barrie, pictures the reversal of
leadership when the Earl of Loam,
his family and friends are ship
wrecked on a desert island and
find themselves dependent for sur
vival upon the ingenuity and re
sourcefulness of their butler.
Members of the cast include the
following: George Spittle, Earl of
Loam; Bill File, Ernest; Roger
Woodward, the Rev. Treherne;
Philip Slusser, Lord Brocklehurst;
Tommy Hagan, naval officer;
Jerrie Preston, Lady Mary Lasen-
by; Janis Avery, Lady Catherine
Lasenby; Bonita Benfield, Lady
Agatha Lasenby; Sandra Brothers,
Countess of Brocklehurst; Bobby
Whaley, Tompsett; Rose Lake,
Fisher; Paddy Wall, Mrs. Per
kins; Irene Merritt, Madame
Fleury; Harvey Dail, Rollestan;
Elizabeth Forbes, Simmons.
Working behind the scenes to
make the production a success will
be the following members of vari
ous committees: Jan Hensley,
stage manager; Louis Burch, Tom
Holland, Bobby Sessoms, James
Shurling, and Edmund Spence,
stage crew; Beverly England,
Cecil Dobson and Nancy Hayes,
property committee; Harry Orr,
lighting; Nancy Edwards and
Joseph Britt, sound effects; Su
zanne Mims, Shirley Hoover,
Helen Lucas, Nancy Pickelsimer
and Dee White, costumes; Rinda
Law, Joan Edwards, Elaine
Moore and Dorotha Hemphill,
make-up; and Don Guffey and
Rhuemma Carter, prompters.
The production will be directed
by Mrs. Elizabeth W. Watson.