Newspapers / Mars Hill University Student … / Feb. 23, 1957, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Mars Hill University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
i Page Two THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL, N. C. February 23, cThe Rilllop PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING Published by the Students of Mars Hill College PRESS *1 Second-Class mail privileges authorized at Mars Hill, N. C., February 20, 1926, at the Post Office at Mars Hill, North Carolina, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published semi-monthly during the college year. Volume XXXI February 23, 1957 Number 10 STAFF Editor-in-Chief ^eggyFrith Girls Sports Nancy Edwards News Editor Rachel Mwson Managing Editor Gemld Davis Exchange Editor Advertising Manager - ------ Wiley Circulation Managers Carolyn Tolbert and Kenneth Blackwell Typists Eleanor Boyd, Nannette Loftis CONTRIBUTORS Tommy Tillman, Barbara Elliott, Leslie Timms, Cecil Dobson, Eleanor Boyd, Ophelia Hildreth, Barbara Griffith, Barbara England, Patricia Hill, and Lucy Wilson One Continent— No Islands “No man is an island . . . Any man’s death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind,” said John Donne in the seven teenth century. He spoke words of truth and like all truths this statement remains credible in the twentieth century. The world in 1950 saw the violent death of a number of people of different nationalities, Arab, Israeli, Egyptian, British, French, Polish and Hungarian. These people all died fighting for a cause they believed in and were, therefore, willing to die. Some fought for a cause which we in America did not support, but the fact remains that they all died to help their respective countries realize a desired goal. Although the United States did not send troops to any war areas in 1956, our president has realized that in the future we may need to send military aid to weak countries in the Middle East in order to protect them from Communist attack. He realizes fully how “involved” every man is in the fate of mankind and he would have all of us be conscious of the needs of other countries and be ready to help them. For this reason he also advocates that we make economic aid available to Middle East countries so that they may strengthen their econorny and raise their living standards, becoming less and less susceptible to the promises of Communism. We are involved in the fate of these countries because we wish to support freedom and democracy and because we believe in using our strength to help those who are weak; but, more practically we cannot afford to stand idly by and watch as people massacre each other in desert no-man’s lands, or starve to death in refugee camps, or starve their souls and minds through years of forced labor. If we do not offer them a helping hand they may turn in desperation to a Communist offer, and we will have lost one more skirmish in the great cold war in which the world is engaged. We are involved in mankind and the death of every foreign soldier is our death—mine and yours. Brotherhood Ahead? 5 an !M.artin D ue Salute Glen Clanton Gets Grant Jose de San Martin, whose birthday will be celebrated Mon day, February 25, was a South 'American patriot. A very versa tile person, he was a general as well as a statesman. Baylor Frances gillespS Hi, This is brotherhood week. The National Conference of Christians and Jews has since its founding in 1928 sought to promote better relations among racial and religious groups in our country. Be ginning with the idea that God is the father of all mankind, regardless of the color of skin or accent of voice, brotherhood demands a concern for one’s fellow man equaling the concern for one’s own blood relations. The Spaniards had been occu pying parts of South America for many years. De San Martin, a Creole by birth and sympathetic to the cause of the South Ameri cans, resigned a colonelcy in the Spanish army in 1812 to go to Mendoza to recruit soldiers. His plan was to cross the Andes into Lima, Peru, to capture the city from Spain. In three years he recruited 4,000 men and whipped them into topnotch condition. In 1817 he began his expedition which was soon to become one of the most famous in military history. The Spanish suffered their first defeat February 12, 1817. He pushed on and pro claimed Peruvian independence in 1821. Glen F. Clanton, associate professor of mathematics at Bay lor University, has been named as a recipient of the Danforth Teacher Study Grants for a year of graduate study and research. A graduate of Mars Hill College, Clanton received a B.S. degree from Baylor and has completed work for the Ph. D. in math at Brown University. Professor Clan ton plans to continue his study at the University of Minnesota with the internationally known Scandinavian scholar and profes sor of mathematics, Bjarni Jons- son and do research in abstract algebra. Numerous honors and offices were offered him. He refused to accept any of them, but conceded these favors to the prominent lib erator, Simon Bolivar. He left for France, where he died in self- imposed exile and poverty' in 1850, at the age of 72. Janet Lett, a 1956 graduate of Mars Hill, now attending Bay lor, has had calculus with Dr. Clanton, making the only A in his class the first quarter. Janet, a math major, will take Modern Algebra with him next quarter. She comments, “I hate to see him go. He is a brilliant teacher and Baylor is losing something.” No one knows why this great and talented man was so seem ingly shy and retiring. His life has long been the subject of scru tiny by many leading historians. A M. By PATRICIA HILL Night lay down . . . Spread And became a Stain, An oil droplet on Water. Rainbow-flecked darkness Smudged reality Fondled steel, concrete, glass Glazed the steady drizzle And slept . . . Smiling. NO BETTER WORDS TO DESCRIBE "BROTHERHOOD" On this same principle the Negro, the Jew, the Italian, and all others must be admitted without discrimination to all areas of human circulation. The creation of boundaries and off limits against certain groups works to the detriment of both the one excluded and the one who excludes. Limited association and friendships deprive individuals of the knowledge and appreciation of culture patterns and approaches to life unlike their own. Prejudice often breeds under cover of so-called goc)d humor. The undermining phrase or the stabbing word spoken in ridicule of a member of another race not present to defend himself is such an example. In the interest of promoting brotherhood, such remarks should be eliminated from casual conversation. By chal lenging the basis for unkind remarks aimed at the discrediting of ancjther individual, misconceptions and erroneous beliefs rnay be erased from the mind. Constructive thinking and positive attitudes may then replace the former unhealthy viewpoint. Although the forces of organized bigotry are being combatted in America, much yet remains to be done. Racial and religious discrimination is still present. As Bernard M. Baruch has said, “Nothing is more destructive of unity than the hate, discord, suspicion and bitterness which prejudice breeds.” For a strong nation, for a prosperous nation, brotherhood is essential. It is ignorant to bear prejudices; intelligent to bury them. Have you noticed the lit®^ expressions lately on the fact* MHC students? These lofty!®' ^nd are results of having to write £■ Set ative papers for the literary f tion of The Hilltop. One lamented that he had no ideas would have to write on the sj of the moment. “What a won®, ful subject!” was the answet' received. Hetty Corey, Mars Hill stu dent 1954-56, is one of four Car- son-Newman students chosen to serve as Summer Missionaries un der the State Baptist Student Union. Hetty will travel to the West to work with language groups in California. Another student worried that jq “not only had to write the th® Thi but punctuate it too!” In complimenting the hasketl®' team for a fine season, let’s ® forget to give fifteen rahs fot cheerleaders who have been faithful in attending the dis! i whi and leading our cheering. f ■ pop corn ognition. girls also deserve Song Appropriate During a French test, there'' ffic fin in Hi in much biting of nails over the Q®' tions asked. Penetrating the ■ lence of the room, a voice heard from the boiler room ing, “Farther Along.” Was it^ a coincidence that the singer ^ more loudly the lines, know more about it all by by”? Overheard: He is a wond®'^ W( by Students at the University of Mexico took things into their own hands after one of their members suffered a broken leg when he was struck by a bus. They seized several buses and refused to re turn them until the bus company had paid damages to the unlucky student. teacher; at the close of evetj ture, there is a great awakening' pa the an. COl gai lac tin Aliss Hopkins has asked clarify a little matter for her. 'j there has not been a great in her life; no, she has not ^ dyeing it; no, it did not turn v ri overnight. She has merely P®'' ' her hair a different way. bet Bi Dennis the Menace has noth ing on young Steve Hocsak, Jr., son of a Hungarian refugee fam ily which has been adopted by Davison College. Not only does Stevie resemble Dennis in appear ance, but his mischievous antics and inexhaustible energy are also similar to Hank Ketchum’s pro verbial prankster. Ruby Hickman, Sandra ers and Joann Massingill arc ^ cently displaying “sparklers j their fingers as well as star® their eyes. Coed Defined What is a coed? Of co" we all know it is a candidate a Mrs. degree, but the ACP a more complete definition, sal' “Between the innocence of sox and the sophistication of ^ there lies a curious, carefree ture called a coed. Coeds equipped with assorted pedal ers and hairdos, but they all ,* hold the same creed; to every minute of every' houf every college day. • • * “A coed is a curious miX' j She has the eating hahits canary and displays the energ) j a mountain trout. To her adm' Li 12 E. an a Or tb Pi a tr b' b b a she has the mind of EinsteiOi tb looks of Kim, the personalia. Grace, and the figure of MarVj||, To the other coeds, she has personality of a wet mackerel) the mind of a beetle. She lea'lj, martyr’s life. No one else .ekpl>S Stand time limits on calls, the frustration of bobbypins, and the pain of wa'' for a date.” St®!®! Who knows when it will I’^l pen again? “Shorter” sho'' have been the rule lately in A of the girls’ dorms since the supply can’t quite make the heir of the hill. As The OBU Bison “Breathes there a man with * so dead who never to hi6j' hath said”—Guess I’ll cut afl^ to bed.
Mars Hill University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 23, 1957, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75