MARS HILL COLLEGE
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
V.
Q*he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL N. C„ SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1957
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Pi henry IV denounces the traitor WORCESTER in the
(p^®*"® Incorporated production of Shakespeare’s HENRY IV,
(Left to right) Nick Bedessem, as NORTHUMBER-
Slp^^> Christopher Kotschnig as WORCESTER, Frank Fabin as
c-^ .WALTER BLUNT, Edmund Torrance as KING HENRY,
*’°le Macho and Constance Schneider as Ladies in Waiting.
layers Inc. To Present
Tfing Henry IV” Tonight
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am Incorporated of Washington, D. C., will present Shakespeare’s
ne\Y in the Mars Hill auditorium at 8:00 tonight.
and classic is really two plays in one: a brilliant comedy
;pie
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constf^j Ijy heroic tale of adventure. The comedy is provided principally
i'3s the fat and funny knight who is so great a creation he
a legend and a symbol. The excitement derives from the
*on of hot-headed Hotspur and his showdown in battle with young
Prince Hal.
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Organ Recital
lo\y ^^*-ticia Jones, Joanna Mar-
Frances Young, all or-
grad, ®tits, will be presented in
Hill recital in the Mars
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ge auditorium on Mon-
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^'’^ningj February 25.
of Goldsboro, Patricia
*•0 continue her study of
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Hcf*! East Carolina College.
tts will include “Sleep-
b-
y a Voice Is Calling”
?^nte and the “An-
con moto,” and
Horn c Maestro” movements
°nata V by Mendelssohn.
&ni
Itom Front Royal, Vir-
th to major in organ
She ^ University of Michigan.
plera^^I 1“Dialogue” by
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^OsoT*^^ Erahms, “Behold, A
N. blooming,” and “World
Must Leave Thee”;
two chorale pre-
t
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G Major (“Gigue”)
Johann S. Bach.
beTj^ded in Frances’ recital will
Fugue, and Cha-
Buxtehude: and from
by
Adao*'^^ movements:
|>so g ’ ’ and “Allegro Maes-
•Var. (^y^tvace.” Frances is from
jo ent S. C., and expects
Hll Furman University next
Mendelssohn the
“Grace,”
YWA’S, Singers
Are Attending
N. C. Houseparty
Thirty-four Mars Hill YWA’s
left vesterday to attend the two-
day N. C. State YWA House-
party at the First Baptist Church,
Greensboro.
Thirty members of the Choral-
ettes under the direction of Miss
Irma Helen Hopkins and accom
panied by Joanna Marlow are
being featured at the Houseparty.
Since this is the Fiftieth Anni
versary of the Young Women’s
Auxiliary', many prominent persons
—State leaders. South-wide lead
ers, returned missionaries and
others—will participate on the pro
gram.
Traveling by chartered bus to
the Houseparty were Jean Berry,
Suzanne Mims, Luanna Krause,
Nancy Picklesimer, Ann Cross,
Paddy Wall, Nancy Brooks, Joyce
Brookshire, Bonita Benfield, Pat-
tie Sue Hackney, Reva Blanken
ship, Yukie Tomooka, Mary Alice
Fetner, Barbara Perrin, Barbara
Elliott, Bettie Page Herbert, Jan
ice Brooks, Judy Brittain, Linda
Price, Melba Murphy, Rozella
Jewell, Carolyn Phillips, Barbara
Corpening, Betsy Olive, Louise
Wallen, Betty Shoaf, Marilyn
Hughes, Rachel Mixson, Betty
Ray, Tommy Prestwood, Peggy
Hester, Wanda Harris, and Kay
Breitenbach.
Honor Clubs Initiate
Members At Meetings
New members of respective honor clubs were inducted for the second
semester during programs on February 11 and 12.
At the Orpheon Club meeting, eight new members were introduced.
They are Bobby Burroughs, Patricia Jones, Polly Lantz, Linda Pierce,
Tommy Reynolds, Edith Shepherd, Tommy Teague and Carolyn Todd.
During the business meeting the club selected the following com
mittees: Gail Colvard and Brenda Bridell, refreshments; Phyllis
Stough and Hannah England, pub-
organ major.
Heading the cast will be Broad
way actor William Callahan, who
recently played thirty-six weeks in
the Broadway production of
Anastasia. Mr. Callahan has act
ed in practically all the great
classic roles from Oedipus Rex to
Othello and Macbeth. In this per
formance he will be seen as the
funniest of Shakespeare’s comics,
the mountainous Falstaff.
Edmund Torrance will be cast
in the role of King Henry IV.
Among the other actors are Ken
Lynch, Jr., Hotspur; Dan Rus-
lander. Prince John; William
Starrs, Henry, Prince of Wales;
and Constance Schneider, Mistress
Quickly.
One of the finest touring at
tractions in the field today. Play
ers Incorporated has steadily
grown and matured in the seven
years of traveling that have taken
it from one end of our country
to another. Twice, this remark
able aggregation of young actors
has played for the Defense De
partment in Europe. Last season
they played Shakespeare in the
Arctic Circle.
All members of the company are
former students of the famous
Speech and Drama Department
of the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. C.,
noted for the many Broadway hits
which have originated from the
University Theatre. The C. U.
Drama Department is under the
direction of Father Gilbert V.
Hartke, O.P., one of the most
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5taff Omits
Tk ree
The Hilltop staff regrets the
accidental omission from the
Dean’s List of the names of Mary
Elizabeth Moore and Ellen
Shearin.
Also advertently left off the
staff of the freshman edition was
Anna Owens. Anna assisted in
both advertising and circulation.
Tea Given For
Team Members
Religious Focus Week was
launched on Monday with an in
formal service in the Mars Hill
church.
Sarah Sigmon presided and Dr.
William Hall Preston, coordinator
of the week’s activities, introduced
the members of the team. Follow
ing group singing and special
music by a quartet. Dr. Preston
spoke briefly on the general plans
for the week.
On Monday afternoon the col
lege honored team members with
a tea in the Faculty Lounge of
the Memorial Library. Girls
from the Home Economics De
partment were hostesses, and Miss
Nancy Medford poured. The tea
table was centered with an ar
rangement of red roses and green
bells of Ireland. The color scheme
of red and green was carried out
in the refreshments. Faculty and
staff members were invited to
meet the visitors.
Later in the afternoon a semi
nar on “Christian Standards for
Love and Marriage” was conduct
ed by Mrs. Carlyle Jennings and
Miss Joyce Gregory. Dr. Bruce
Whitaker was chief speaker at the
evening service, after which group
seminars were held.
The general plan outlined above
was continued through the week
with speakers alternating from
service to service. Classroom visi
tations and individual counseling
were also parts of the week’s pro
gram.
Seven Girls Compete
For Miss Lmrer T\i\z
Brenda Briddell, Barbara Ann
Carmichael, Bea Champion, Han
nah England, Margaret Ann Mat
thews, Suzanne Mims and Jo
Weber have been chosen by the
student body as candidates for the
1957 “Miss Laurel.” Pictures of
all seven will appear in the Laurel
beauty section.
Brenda starred in the fall play,
“Peg O’ My Heart.” She is presi
dent of the YWA, a member of
the Nonpareil society, and a mem
ber of the Choralettes. A music
major, Brenda was named ideal
Mars Hillian as a sophomore su
perlative. Barbara, a freshman,
belongs to the Clio Society.
Bea, another freshman, is a
cheerleader, a liberal arts student
and secretary of her class. She is a
Clio. Hannah, a sophomore, be
longs to the Touring Choir and
the Nonpareil Society.
Margaret, the 1957 May Queen,
is the sophomore superlative chosen
best-looking. She is a Nonpareil
and a business major. Suzanne is
Training Union director, a Clio,
and was voted most dependable by
the sophomores. Jo, Maid of
Honor in the May Court, belongs
to Nonpareil. She is a music major
and is in the Touring Choir.
All seven are members of the
1957 May Court.
Pictures of these girls will be
submitted to a professional judge
for consideration and the final se
lection of a “Miss Laurel”.
licity; Bob Burroughs and Tom
my Teague, arrangements; Caro
lyn Moore and Kathleen Shelton,
program.
Orpheon’s program centered
around the topic “A Tribute to
Toscanini.” Phyllis Stough led
the devotion. Joanna Marlow gave
a talk on the passing of Toscanini.
Doris Cole presented the talk on
Toscanini’s life. Hannah England
told the members about Toscanini’s
recording of Beethoven’s “Ninth
Symphony.” This record was then
played.
The Spanish honor club wel
comed nine new members. They
are Gwen Sloan, Jim Taylor, Pa
tricia Carroll, Dean Brigman, Pa
tricia Dupree, Dana Soles, Frieda
Wierse, Patricia Sechrist, and Jo
Weatherford.
A program on Latin American
music was presented. Oleta
Barnes played several piano solos.
There was group singing of Mex
ican folk songs and records of
Chilean music were played. Amy
Brooks gave a reading on Mexican
folk music while Patricia Pritch
ard presented a reading on the
Chilean folk dance, “Cucca.”
French Club met at the home
of Mrs. Nona Roberts. Inducted
into the club were Mary Miller,
Elaine Yates, Jean Quillian, Joyce
Smith, Karen Bailey, Nova
Rhodes, Tommy Tillman, and
Hyatt Gibbs.
New members were initiated in
a candlelight service, and present
ed with “Fleur -de Lis”. The
group listened to French folk
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Mars Hill Choir
To Give “Efijah”
The Mars Hill Baptist Church
choir will present the “Elijah”,
an oratorio by Mendelssohn, in a
special evening worship March 3,
at 7:30 p.m.
Guest soloists for the program
will include former students,
tenor John Boyd Sutton, minister
of music for the First Baptist
Church of Hendersonville, and
baritone Bill Stapleton of Char
lotte. Mrs. Dorothy Weaver
Roberts, formerly of the Mars
Hill College music faculty, will
be contralto soloist and Jo Ann
Weber of Statesville, soprano.
The “voice of the youth” will
be sung by Gail Colvard of New
Bern, soprano soloist.
Accompanists for the service
include organist Mrs. Robert E.
Seymour and pianist Joanna Mar
low of Front Royal, Virginia.
The presentation is under the
direction of J. Elwood Roberts,
minister of music.