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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Greetings,
Choral
Clinic!
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1957
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Leading the freshman class are (1. to r.) Bill Currie, treasurer,
Oxford; Bea Champion, secretary, from Dublin, Georgia;
°nnie Erwin, vice president, from Baltimore, Maryland; and
jyj '•’•ny Hogan, president, from Oxford. Bea is a member of the
Court, Clio Society, a cheerleader, and a liberal arts student,
pj.. '• active in Dramateers, a member of the Brotherhood and
j 1 omathia Society, and a liberal arts student. Ronnie is presi-
g the Maryland club, a member of the ministerial confer-
and is taking the liberal arts course. Tommy is a member
1 ® Brotherhood and Philomathia and also is a liberal arts
*t«dent.
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ars will be held in the after-
at 4:30 and at 8:00 p.in.
aft evening service. The
seminars will concern
Th ^ ^'^yal Road to Romance.”
abl^ ^P^akers will also be avail-
'^Us- n ''isits to classes to dis-
t|,e ,r"''*atian service pertinent to
Son 1 concerned and for per-
'Conferences.
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Carl T. Hahner,
Che
head of
of
aemistry Department
fgr'^*''’'''^owman College of Jef-
a Citv, Tennessee, will be
of the team. He stands
and profession of teaching
>ko„i':'i'O of science. He
tnc - many group confer-
interviews with all stu-
are-** actively
ter'
- interested in this
E)''. Hahner married the sis-
C)r. Maxfield Garrett,
onarjf serving in Japan.
0|,^.^*”'^senting the claims of
^nitv in the field of medi-
r
SQfi he Dr. Robert P. Crouch,
tisf PL pastor of the First Bap-
ry p ourch of Asheville, Dr. Per-
'-'■'’Uch.
A
'Ornier summer missionary,
^tud* Gregory, is a graduate
ia^lj^'^’- hrom Southeastern. Orig-
eho ^ Oklahoma, she was
one summer as the repre-
from Oklahoma Baptist
nigj, Unions to serve as a sum-
Qrp ^'^aionary in Hawaii. Miss
inj> subject will be “Mak-
Christianity Attractive.”
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Dean’s List $vi^a|j|| jq Diiect CoHcert,
i2AUA^s^’ Carringer To Be Soloist
Liean, Sigmon Chosen
focus Week Chairmen
^^Charles Dean of Waynesville and Sarah Sigmon of Mount Holly
co-chairmen for Religious Focus Week, which will be held
theme will be “Christian Witnessing, My
Sen,- Imperative.” The activities of the week will include
oiars, devotional services, and classroom discussion.
D
th,
A total of one hundred and
twenty-five students made the
Dean’s list, sixty-eight fresh
men and fifty-seven sophomores.
Twelve students made straight
A’s.
The freshmen with straight A’s
are Rubynel Austin, Bea Cham
pion, Hyatt Gibbs, David Hajmes,
Patricia Kenyon, and Coleman
IVIarkham. The sophomores are
Craig Black, Carolyn Cauthen,
Mary Ann Jones, Rebecca Keller,
Donald Shaw, and Jo Ann
Thomas.
The freshmen appearing on the
dean’s list are Virginia Arm
strong, Betty Bagwell, Frank
Baker, William Ball, Marcia
Black, Rosemary Bolton, Barbara
Brackett, Barbara Canady, Pa
tricia Carroll, Martha Caudle,
Ralph Cauthen, Daniel Compton,
Lynda Crawford, Norma Jean
Crew, Patricia Curry, Charlton
Davis, Frank Davis, John Ed
wards, Joyce Ewing, Use Lore
Feichter, Robert Fitts, Ann Gar
ner, Beverly Gibbs.
James Gibbs, Margaret Gid-
ney, James Greene, Ralph Greg
ory, Barbara Griffith, Derenda
Gulledge, Frances Hardin, Hor
ace Hawes, Ronald Henson,
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^•■ing the week members of the Focus Week team will be presented
Chapel hour in the church and for evening services at 7:00 p.m.
Ohnrch Groups Pick
Slate Of Officers
Officers have been elected foi
the Sunday school classes and for
the unit organizations in Train
ing Union. They will serv’e for
the spring semester.
The following were chosen
presidents by the various Train
ing Union groups: Bykota, Mar)e
Shelton; Arthur Gillespie, Lou
Farmer; , Christ for Me, Ruby
Hickman; Daddy Blackwell, Ann
Ingle; Emoclew, Kitty Collins;
Excelsior, Jean Parker; Forrest
Feesor, Rachel Stephens; Gro Glo
Go, Gerald Allen; Howard Ro
per, Ann Stanley.
Also H2S04, Jean Humphries;
IXL, Dan Compton; John Lake,
Arnold Joslin; John Lawrence,
Charles Parker; Joy, Ann
Mooney; Living Christ, Patsy
Long; New Hope, Orville Hood;
Radiators, Ben Farmer; Shining
Light, Ann Wilson; We Live
Christ, Nancy Angel.
The following were chosen
presidents by the various Sunday
school classes: Mr. DeShazo,
Doug Boyce; Air. Lance, Joel
Land; Air. Wilhelm, Fick Guin;
Air. AIcLeod, Jerrj" Jackson; Air.
Corbin, Tommy Bodkin ; Air. Lee,
Jim Gibbs.
Recital Dates
Are Announced
The Alusic Department has an
nounced the schedules of ’ the
Graduating Recitals and the stu
dents presented in them as follows:
February 25
Pat Jones
Frances Young
Joanna Alarlowe
Alarch 4
April 22
April 29
Alav 6
Alav 13
Hannah England
Arce Rose Rich
Phyllis Stough
Carl Anderson
Doris Cole
Gail Colvard
Kathy Rumfclt
Katharine Shelton
Henry Thorne
Seth Kirby
Brenda Briddell
Janelle Wise
Jo Ann Weber
Lois Ashley
Nancy Stephenson
Also Airs. Vann, Jean Pickle-
simer; Airs. Fish, Sara Sigmon;
Airs. Wilhelm, Johnsie Russell;
Airs. AVatson, Eloise AIcBee;
AI iss Alartha Biggers, Beverly
England; Dr. Pierce, Elaine
Abernathy; Mrs. Sparks, Luanna
Krause; Aliss Caroline Biggers,
Kathy Rumfelt; Aliss Bingham,
Betty Fleming.
Walter Carringer, tenor soloist of North Carolina and New York,
will appear with the North Carolina Little Symphony Orchestra at
its annual concert at Alars Hill College on Saturday, February 9,
at 8.30 p.m.
The program, directed by Dr. Benjamin Swalin, has been selected
to combine the best in symphonic music with lighter selections of
popular appeal. Alozart’s “Overture” to the opera. The Marriage of
Figaro, will open the program,
which will continue with the
“Concerto Grosso in D Alinor”
by Vivaldi. W^agner’s “Siegfried
Idyll” and Liszt’s “Hungarian
Rhapsody No. XIV” will com
plete the first part of the program.
Carringer’s four solo numbers
to orchestral accompaniment will
launch the second part of the pro
gram. He will sing “Preach Me
Not Your Alusty Rules” from the
masque Coinus, by Arne ; “If With
All Your Hearts You Truly Seek
Ale” from Mendelssohn’s ora
torio Elijah; “Ah, Aloon of My
Delight,” Lehman; and “Recon-
dita Armonia” from Puccini’s
opera, Tosca.
The orchestra will then play
two popular numbers, “Fireworks
Clubs To Admit
New Members
Aleetings of Alars Hill honor
clubs on Alonday and Tuesday
nights, February 11 and 12, will
feature the initiation of new mem
bers from the freshman class and
timely programs on subjects per
tinent to the work of the clubs.
Following the induction of
new members, the IRC will stage
a simulated TV Roundup with
Sarah Sigmon acting as MC and
the following persons reporting:
Don Shaw for Hungary; Rebecca
Keller, Poland; Jim Steele, Mid
dle East; Modena Weatherly,
London; Luanna Krause, Wash
ington; and Nancy Hayes, At
lanta, on the segregation issue.
Scriblerus will have its regular
Februarjr anniversary program.
After a devotion b}^ Carolyn Cau
then, the initiation ceremonial will
be conducted by Jean Berry, Kit
ty Collins, Nancy Alumford,
Nancy Picklesimer, and Jean
Parker. Rozella Jewell will give
the history of the original Scrib
lerus Club. Alembers of that club
will be represented by Bob Hol
land as Jonathan Swift; Tom Hol
land, John Gay; and Paddy Wall
and Sue Cooke reading excerpts
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Faculty Production
To Be Presented
Rehearsals have begun for “The
Neighbors,” a comedy in three
acts written by Zona Gale, to be
presented in chapel February 27
and 28.
The cast, composed entirely
of faculty members, includes the
following: Airs. Ruby Cox as
Aliss Diantha Abel, Robert Chap
man as Ezra Williams, Mrs.
Elizabeth Watson as Grandma,
Kenneth Horn as Peter, Aliss
Irma Helen Hopkins as Ivey,
Aliss Alartha Linney as Alis’ El
mira Aloran, Aliss Virginia Hart
as Alis’ Trot, and Aliss Evelyn
Underwood as Alis’ Carey Els-
worth.
The .setting of the play is a
small town in the midwest in the
early years of the century. The
plot centers around the efforts of
a group of neighbors to be help
ful. Though their good intentions
do not work out exactly as they
expected, in the end everj^body is
happy.
Walter Carringer
Polka” by Strauss, and “Banjo
and Fiddle” by Kroll, and will
conclude with five excerpts from
the Broadway hit, “Kiss Ale,
Kate.”
Dr. Swalin started violin les
sons when he was only seven years
of age and at sixteen he was teach
ing music. Dr. Swalin received his
Alaster of Arts degree from Co
lumbia University and his Ph. D.
from the University of Vienna. He
served on the music faculty at
the University of North Carolina
for ten years before devoting all
his time to the Nortii Carolina
Symphony.
Carringer first appeared with
the North Carolina Symphony Or
chestra last year as one of the
winners in the auditions which
the Symphony Society holds each
year to encourage promising young
musicians in their careers. In ad
dition to his appearances in many
cities, he has sung the premiere
performance of several new works
and recently appeared as soloist
with the National Symphony Or
chestra in Washington.