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EIizabi!''olunie XXXI
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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
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Holidays!
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Mars Hi;
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. MARCH 9 1957
Niunber 11
lamateers Enter
L“i;Spring Festival
I pleasatf
jrought H ‘ lars Hill College Dramateers
t coulHL'l enter two plays in the Spring
-Ijr- —
ing in pf ''^■na Festival at Chapel Hill
11-13^ the original play “The
tory of by Elizabeth Webster
Edwin n ^fson and “Hands Across the
[D. by Noel Coward, as a pro
be DraiP“''«ion play.
Sign ' “-p! Lawrence will play in
utenbnf be Sparrow” the leading part
f To®J j. K^g Edward of Northumbria;
|l, Chan ' Filcj Lilia, the king’s beloved
, Bill C" ch’^'f Maynard, Coifi,
I HensH (ef of tbe Northumbrian pagan
Quact^i^N Harvey Bail, Don Guf-
=y. j ; ^ Whitley, Roger Woodard
bines . Harry Qrr, hall thanes and
audien'' j, ’^’‘jors of King Edwin; Louis
, ^°b Holland and George
upon ' Co/ • ’ the king’s
lunt of n p, *^cil; Len Evans and Ronnie
fiery f®' »®'-^nnbush, servants,
er bits ‘ Preston will appear as
e sepat^'[jj.. Ethelberga of Northum-
ntenvo': ^ ^ Christian daughter of the
tuation,'’ Kent; Rozella Jewell and
/^orld VP ^ . yveber, the queen’s ladies-in-
, Charles Parker, Paul-
me of spj*.’ a rnan beloved of God,
shared ^ guide to the queen; and
eve# ' bn
yed by
ft 'b th,
le street'
Hammond, Eumer, assassin
b pay of Cwichelm of Wes-
T'
L ‘ate of the play is the night
01°^^. Easter, 627 A.D., and the
'? the great hall of King Ed-
'.b^. Northumbria.
H' “The Sparrow,”
be consists of three songs to
by the king’s minstrel,
and Cbo b°*tiposed by Noel Watson,
dt' ra„ , for the harp were ar-
blav^a Robert E. Hopkins and
W by Rosalind Ammons of
tbe ^jbesville. Jatties Gibbs sang
teeb ^b'cs. Dwight Wilhelm was
itig b>cian in charge of the record-
toq’"’bich was done in the band
Scboojb^ the Waynesville High
"Th
C(j • be Sparrow” will be present-
« '^bapel on Alarch 13 and 14.
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4ef f’f’baring in Coward’s “Hands
the Sea” will be Mary
Pijj.’^pce as Lady Maureen Gil-
Piji’ q ^ Eile as Commander Gil-
bandra Brothers, the Honor-
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Instructors
Attend Meeting
Co^gb® members of the Mars Hill
^ipsf^ faculty will journey to
I '1
tea^" °n-Salem next week to at-
i Business and Social Science
meeting of the instructors
«>3HiCoo clllii OUdtl OLlCllLC
*'ba u^bients of the North Caro-
tviii i,bP^Et Colleges. All sessions
Ppj b on the Wake Forest cam-
I g .
I science teachers who will
i tfaj ^He trip are Miss Evelyn
Members of the faculty of Mars Hill College formed the cast
for a recent chapel production of Zona Gale’s comedy “The
Neighbors.” Kneeling is Miss Irma Helen Hopkins, as Ivey, pre
senting a ball of carpet rags to Grandma, Mrs. Elizabeth Watson,
whose boredom with rug-making is relieved by playing Cupid’s
assistant. Also seated is Miss Evelyn Underwood, as Miss Carey
Ellsworth, who suffers deep disappointment. Standing (1. to r.)
Miss Martha Linney as Mis’ Elmira Moran, who has trouble with
her bach; Andrew Horn as Peter, a bashful lad; Robert Chapman
as Ezra Williams, short on patience but kind at heart; Mrs. Ruby
Cox as Mis’ Dianthy Abel, who wears her hat to discourage linger
ing callers; and Miss Virginia Hart, distressed about bugs in her
carpet. All forget their personal concern in being good neighbors.
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Is Sliige Presenlafion Here
Returning to the jVlars Hill campus tonight is the traveling troupe
from Players Incorporated who will present Charley's Aunt at 8:00
in the auditorium.
1 his rollicking comedy classic by Brandon Thomas is internationally
known and beloved. For more than half a centurj' Charley's Aunt
has regaled audiences in every corner of the world and in every
language.
When young Lord Babberly is
shoved onto the stage dressed as
his best friend’s aunt and
Harley E. Jolley and
I
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/bBey, and Carl Holland.
gr.
Holland will accompany the
iVje’ ,
fy gfjbers of the Business facul-
Mis, ^il'fmg the meeting will be
^Uby ^Bdred Bingham, Mrs.
^nd R®Bert R. Chapman
Chapman, and Kenneth
Robert Hopkins
To Give Concert
Robert E. Hopkins, member of
the faculty in the Department of
Music, will be presented in a
piano concert March 16, at 8:00
P. M., in the College Auditorium.
The program will begin with
“Partita in E Alinor” by Bach,
followed by “Sonata in F Minor”
(“Appassionata”) by Beethoven.
The featured work of the evening
will be “Fifth Piano Sonata” by
Dr. Claude Almand who is the
Dean of the School of Music at
Stetson University, Deland, Flor
ida. Mr. Hopkins also played this
composition in a concert in which
he was featured as guest soloist
at Stetson. The program wdll
conclude with “Barcarolle” by
Chopin.
Adr. Hopkins has pla5’ed with
the North Carolina Little Sym
phony as guest soloist. He hopes
to secure a leave of absence for
next year, in order to attend East
man School of Music in Roches
ter, N. Y., to study toward his
doctor’s degree. He is at present
the organist for the First Baptist
Churcli of Marion, N. C.
an
nounces, “I’m Charley’s aunt
from Brazil, where the nuts come
from!” the audience knows the
fun is just beginning.
First performed in London in
1892, the comedy was an over
night sensation. According to rec
ord, the Duke of Cambridge was
so overcome with laughter that
his seat collapsed beneath him and
he remained sitting on the floor
speechless with mirth. Never a
day passes without a performance
of Charley's Aunt somewhere on
the globe.
Heading the cast will be Broad
way actor William Callahan as
Stephen Spettigue. Other members
include Edmund Torrance, Col.
Sr. Francis Chesney; William
Starrs, Jack Chesney; p'rank Fa-
bin, Charles Wykeham; Ken
Lynch, Jr., Lord Fancourt Bab
berly; and Christopher Kotschnig,
Brassett.
Women performers are Con
stance Schneider, Donna Lucia
d’Alvadorez; Mary van Valken-
burgh, Amy Spettigue; Carole
Macho, Kitty Verdun; and Pa
tricia Kern, Ela Delahay.
Possessing a university setting,
Charley's Aunt centers its action
in the garden of Jack Chesney’s
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College Choir Plans
Carolina ^Uirginid Tour
The Mars Hill College Choir, under the direction of Rufus N.
Norris, will begin their tour March 17. Mr. Norris says that he
plans to take approximately 45 people for this tour. They will travel
extensively through North Carolina and parts of Virginia and South
Carolina.
The choir will travel as far east as New Bern, North Carolina,
with stops in Newton, Ashboro, High Point, Kernersville, Pilot
' Mountain, Williamston, Green
ville, Raleigh and Goldsboro.
Danville, Virginia, is also a sched
uled stop.
Miss Patricia Jones and John
C. Christian will alternate as ac
companists. Dr. Robert L. Holt
will also accompany the choir in
the role of business manager. To
him has fallen the job of plan
ning the program to send to the
printers and scheduling stops. The
program will include ten numbers.
These are “Create in Me, O
God, a Pure Heart,” Brahms;
“Two Chorales from the Christ
mas Oratorio,” Bach; “Hospidu
Pamelooy” (I^rd Have Mercy),
Lvovsky; “Christ Rising Again,”
Byrd; and “Gloria in Excelsis,”
Mozart. The choir will also
present “There Is Balm in
Gilead,” Dawson; “Soon Ah Will
Be Done,” Dawson; “Were You
There?” Burleigh; and “The
Hallelujah Chorus,” Handel.
Also included on the program
will be “The Creation,” by James
Weldon Johnson, narrated by
Tom Lawrence.
Dr. Holt says that the choir
plans to hold morning programs
in high schools and evening pro
grams in churches. To do all this
traveling the choir will use a big
double-decker sceni-cruiser bus.
They will close their tour on
March 23.
On Adarch 10, the choir will
travel to Greenville, South Caro
lina, to sing at Central Baptist
Church for the morning service.
Then in the evening they will
appear at the Northside Baptist
Church in Rock Hill, South Caro
lina.
Joan Hlellon
To Choose
niiss Laurel
Miss Joan Melton of Albe
marle, Miss North Carolina of
1957, has consented to select Miss
Laurel from photographs submit
ted to her of the seven entries.
The seven girls whose photo
graphs are to be submitted are
Brenda Briddell, Barbara Ann
Carmichael, Bea Champion, Han
nah England, Margaret Ann Mat
thews, Suzanne Mims, and Jo
Weber.
Miss Melton, a young musician,
is currently living with Mrs. Hans
Barth whose late husband headed
the Hans Barth School of Music,
held for several summers on the
Mars Hill campus and attended
by music teachers from all over
the South.
Individual pictures for the
Laurel have been completed and
group pictures are being made.
Copy is being readied for the
printer and it is expected that it
will be on the press on schedule.
Art Dept. Shows
Gasein Paintings
During the month of March the
Art Department is exhibiting 20
water-color and casein paintings
by May Clinedinst of St. Peters
burg, Florida, and Lucy Doane
of Rutland, Vermont.
In this exhibition, arranged by
Studio Guild of Redding, Con
necticut, a much-varied approach
toward subject matter is presented
and refreshing interpretations re
sult. Included are water scenes,
mountain views, and flower paint
ings.
From, the New England artist
come such paintings as “Rock-
bound Coast,” “Old Dock at
Sunset,” and “Morning Light.”
The Florida resident has painted
“Florida Moss” and “Night
Scene.”
Other pieces are entitled “Flight
Into Egypt,” “Garden Bouquet,”
“A Country Road,” “Tides,” and
“Underpass and Overpass.”
One interesting painting “Cob
web and Mt. AJonadnock” depicts
a bleak mountain scene penetratng
through a lacy cobweb. The paint
ings may be viewed in the art room
at any time.
BTU Conducts
Speech Contest
Eliminations in the Baptist
Training Union Better Speakers’
Tournaments were conducted in
chapel Wednesday and Thursday
of this week.
Participants in the tournament
included Beverly England, Sherra
Mashburn, and Dan Clark, speak
ing on the topic “The Field is
the World,” and Wendell Hol
land and Bob Holland whose sub
ject was “Power Through Prayer.”
“Every Christian a Mission
ary” was the topic selected by
Mary'e Shelton and Jean Pickle-
simer. Ann Ingle spoke on the
subject “The Great Commission”
while Tommy Bodkin’s topic was
entitled “Christ Our Example in
Service.” Names of winners are
not available as the Hilltop goes
to press.