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This
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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, N. C.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1957
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Number 8
Robert Hopkins, member of
iu the Department of
* rusic, will participate in the pro
gram at the Regional Meeting
° the National Association of
cnools of Music, at Stetson Uni-
t'crsity, in DeLand, Florida, Feb-
‘■'"ary 1 and 2.
On Friday evening Mr. Hop-
as will be pianist for the con-
^rt staged by teachers from
; ASM member schools in Flor-
^a, Georgia, South Carolina, and
'rginia. Air. Hopkins will play
a sonata by Dr. Claude Almand,
Can of tfig School of Music of
ctson University. Other num-
crs on the evening’s program
Ol include a Braham’s trio from
csleyan College and a clarinet
1°A***- Lorn Virginia State Col-
dVlr. Hopkins will also lead a
• Hussion of good and bad points
rnusic buildings.
L topics to be considered
“C convention will include:
. edit for ensemble participa-
applied music study,”
faculty recitals,” “Fac-
and "Teacher recruitment
and teaching programs”,
, “et projects of individual
member^’
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actiy'A^'^'* Llub and has been
larly*^ ."t forensic events, particu-
Uate ,.i James is a grad-
^ Lee Edwards High School.
Padgett, a resident of
datg is a ministerial candi-
of L l^e has served as president
and 'p Sunday School class
to tfj t-aining Union. He belongs
cig( ^ Philomathian Literary So-
is 3 ^*^fl Logothia Club. Rae
SchoQ.®'*«ate of Union Mills High
dntv •’ Itas spent several years
Alasi^J*^ the U. S. Army in
Uoong Tack Kim from Seoul,
Korea, and Madeleine Marie
Reynaud from Havana, Cuba.
M iss Reynaud has previously at
tended this college one year.
7'he following students plan
to take liberal arts courses:
Carol Ray Baker, Sumner, Illi
nois; Maxine Truesdale Bowers,
Heath Springs, South Carolina;
Alacfie Anderson Caldwell, Ashe
ville; John Burton Derrickson,
Newark, Delaware; Gaither Ed
win Briggs, Mars Hill; William
R. Call, Asheville; Charles Fin
ley Cook, Hiddenite; David Pres
ton Grimes, Springfield, Virginia;
Pattie Sue Hackney, Guilford
College; David John Heafner,
Whiteville; M. T. Morgan, Mar
shall ; Ronald William Quack-
enbush. South Hill, Virginia;
John Bonner Sams, Winston-
Salem; and Waites James Ward,
Swannanoa.
The students slated to take en
gineering courses are as follotvs;
Stewart Dean Dale, Morganton;
James Franklin Austin, Hickor}-;
Lowell Myron Bachman, Chica
go, Illinois; Kenneth William
Parker, Winston-Salem; Thomas
Eugene Smart, Asheville; James
Grady Smith, Beaufort; Mr.
Kim, Seoul, Korea; and John
Rogers Sechrest, Lexington.
'I'here arc several new students
planning to take business admin
istration or secretarial courses.
They are the following: Bertha
Lynell Cochran, Tampa, Florida;
Ernest Eugene Hopkins, Winston-
Salem; Joseph B. Mulvaney; AVil-
liam Cloice Plemmons, Walnut ;
Harry James Oxford, Fort Eustis,
Virginia; Lucinda Carol Pace,
Asheville; Kenneth Woodrow
Tallent, Franklin; David Rose
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Reisman Trio Will Perform
For Students, February 2
The Reisman Trio, consisting of Shirley Reisman, pianist; Mona
Reisman, violinist; and Barbara Reisman, cellist, is scheduled to appear
in the Mars Hill College auditorium February 2 at 8:00 p.m.
The trio is the only professionally concertizing piano-violin-cello
trio in America that is genuinely a family affair. Their professional
paths separated them for a number of years, but four years ago they
joined forces officially and formed a permanent ensemble. -i
The program will include
The Reisman sisters, who will appear in concert on Saturday,
February 2, in the Mars Hill College auditorium.
MH(] Will Weleomel
M Students This Term
Mars Hill will be welcoming to its campus forty-nine new students
for the second semester. Of the forty-nine students, there are two
foreign students who will be entering. The other students represent
seven states and the District of Columbia. Twenty-seven students are
natives of this state. There are three each from Virginia and South
Carolina, and two from Illinois. New Jersey, Delaware, Florida,
and Washington, D. C., have one student each enrolling.
The two foreign students are ^=^==—=^===
Officers Chosen
For Spring Terra
At regular and called meetings,
the honor clubs on Mars Hill
campus have elected officers for
the spring semester.
Scriblerus elected Tom Hol
land, president; Bob Holland,
vice-president; Jean Parker, secre-
tar>', and Nancy Picklesimer,
treasurer.
Officers of the Science Club are
president, Joe Wilson; vice-presi
dent, Bob West; secretary-treas
urer, Toni Carter; and social
chairman, Jo Ann Thomas.
Ann Engle was elected presi
dent of the Spanish Club, with
Patricia Pritchard as vice-presi
dent; Alma Gene Hildebrand,
secretary; Nancy Edwards, re
porter; Louise Waters, social
chairman; Mary Nesbit, historian.
IRC elected Jim Steele, presi
dent; Rebecca Keller, program
vice-president; Mary Julia Swift,
s(Kial vice-president; and Priscilla
Griffing, secretary.
Bob Haycraft was elected presi
dent of the French Club with
Nancy Angel as vice-president and
Janice Murphy as secretary.
Sandra Owen and Stanley
Gregory are president and vice-
president, respectively, of the
German Club.
Officers of the Music Club are
Janelle Wise,, president; Doris
Cole, first vice-president; Joanna
Marlowe, second vice-president;
Seth Kirby, secretary; Richard
Phillips, treasurer.
Freshman who make at least B
on the subject involved and a
minimum of 30 quality points will
be eligible to join honor clubs for
spring semester.
“Trio in G Major” by Haydn;
“Trio in B Major, Opus 8,”
Brahms; a group of solos for
cello, piano, and violin, the sep
arate numbers to be announced;
“Vienna Life,” by Johann Strauss;
“Ave Maria,” Bach-Gounod; and
“Danse Espanol,” from La Vida
Breve by De Falla-Battista.
The pianist studied at the Fon
tainebleau Conservatory of Music
with the French pianists Robert
and Gaby Casadesus. Appearing
on the concert platform since her
childhood, Shirley Reisman has
performed extensively in the East
both as a soloist with symphony
orchestras and in recital.
Mona Reisman, in private life
Mrs. William Schoen, numbers
among her teachers the eminent
violinist Oscar Shumsky. When
not performing with the Reisman
Trio, she makes frequent appear
ances with various ensembles, in
cluding the Bach Aria Group Or
chestra and the Westchester
String Quartet.
Barbara Reisman, the youngest
of the three, has followed the pat
tern set by her sisters, winning
scholarships and studying with re
nowned teachers. At Juilliard
School of Music, where she held
a four-year scholarship, she worked
with the distinguished cellist,
Leonard Rose. Her television
credits include the winning of
both the Arthur Godfrey and Paul
Whiteman shows. A gifted singer,
as well, she studied voice at the
Mannes College of Music.
Eastern concerts, radio and TV'^
appearances preceded the current
cross-countr)' activity of the Rais-
mans. Their reception by audi
ences and by critics has been un
usually warm. Each artist brings
to the family trio a skill and a
temperament that illuminates the
ensemble.
Keister Heads
Choral Clinic
Dr. Elwood Keister, faculty
member in the Department of
Music at East Carolina College
and director of the College Choir,
will direct the eighth annual
Choral Clinic for high school stu
dents on the Mars Hill campus,
February 8 and 9.
Dr. Keister received his train
ing as a musician at the Eastman
School of Music and at Columbia
University. Prior to going to East
Carolina College in 1953, Dr.
Keister taught at Iowa State
Teachers College. He has been a
member of the Robert Shaw
Chorale, and he was selected to,
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Dr. Elwood Keister
Club Elects Officers;
Chooses Spring Plays
George Spittle was elected
spring semester president of the
Dramateers at a meeting held in
the Rivermont Playhouse on Mon
day evening, January 21.
Officers .serving with George
are Carole Deaton, vice-president;
Janice Avery, secretary'; and Ruby
Hickman, treasurer.
Both George and Carole played
important roles in the Drama
teers’ fall production “The Ad
mirable Crichton.” All four of the
incoming officers have been con
stantly active in a variety of pro
ductions and have also assisted in
other areas of dramatic work.
“Hands Across the Sea,” by
Noel Coward, will be the Mars
Hill entry in the District Dra
matic Tournament to be held at
Lenoir-Rhyne College, March 22-
23. If the play survives competiJ
tion there, it will be entered in
the Chapel Hill Festival, April
11-13. :
I he cast is now being select
ed for ‘ 1 he Neighbors,” by Zona
Gale, which will be put on in the
respective chapel assemblies on
February 27-28. Faculty members
w'ill play all roles in the produc
tion.