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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Welcome
Business
Alumni!
XXXI
MARS HILL. N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1957
Number 13
bss Fetes
lOOO Guests
^^^renade in Blue” was the
for tjre Spring Baiujuet
the Coyte Bridges Uin-
|“hall, which was named “Ho-
T,°titain Bleu” for the night
r'prd 13. Approximately one
P^sand students, faculty and
t 'iiembers, husbands and
1 ts entered the Fontain Bleu
,Sh a large blue canopy
Ithe front entrance.
, entering the lobby, which
’ Arranged as a hotel lobby,
L^ests were greeted by Bar-
[jj ^armichael, Barbara Rod-
Barbara Goodnight, and
^ weid as hat check girls.
jtijjp'^t'ing the dining room the
.were presented “Blue
perfume as favors by
|!lil(l ^^!tie Tomooka and Miss
|itfv„* Adams, and the guests
"fe
''tes
||sla,7 blue candles with
|)t
leaves and blue flowers
'ax
j^!te base, with gold spray
|>5j .weely. A large fountain
feio*^ the center of the hotel
flip , ,
t)alcony was decorated as
them garden used in the
jf ^et of the entertainment
*''tisic contest, where the
Was selected and later
let/ .d the Hotel Fountain
Vitij ‘t” entertainer, along
,j,^tiiany of her friends.
[htio^ *tage downstairs was the
ht j the hotel and the cen-
.ption of the dining room
|'>l ij’I^^d with skyline murals
fihted buildings across a
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ontinued on Page 4)
i *nd To Give
Wg Concert
April 23, the Mars Hill
Ijhih^® hand will give its annual
f w ^^ncert at 7:30 in the col-
ditorium. Phil Magnus is
ttf of the forty-one mem-
[^esj^^tid, and David Dyer is
IKfo^^hers scheduled for the
'Jail,,'^‘tnce include “On the
J^y Goldman, “American
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p'lapsody arranged by
‘ttiiir - . .
h m^ttti, “Ballet Parisien”
.hijjj^denbacli, “Soliloquy for
Oh P^t” by Morrissey,
S, „p^ and Alleluia” by Han-
\ ^tiban Fantasy” by Kej)-
^d “Stars and Stripes For-
hy Sousa.
J Fordham, trumpeters,
hyllis Curtis, clarinetist.
baxley will be the an-
^isf '■h^ group. Featured
^ ttiy he Seth Kirby and
ij.'hhe I
iris ^^tid went on tour April
!'kh "^^hing appearances at
KtQ^'-hools in Marion, Mor-
h)rexel, Taylorsville,
Springs, Winston-Salem,
'‘''die, Mt. Holly, and
State Leadership Conference
Draws Campns Delegates
^ David Haynes, incoming president of the Baptist Student Union
Council, and practically the entire membership of the new council will
attend the Leadership Training Conference at the First Baptist Church
in Sanford, April 26-28. Dr. Ella J. Pierce, faculty advisor, will
accompany the group.
Carolyn Cauthen, retiring president and a few members of the
1956-57 council will also attend the conference.
Pictured above is the forty-five voice touring choir who will
will present a spring concert in the auditorium next Saturday
evening. The group, which has presented special music for various
occasions throughout the years is under the direction of Rufus
Norris.
^^ated at the tables which
decorated with center
College Choir To Sing
Tour Numbers, April 27
The Mars Hill College Choir will present their commencement
concert on April 27, in the college auditorium.
They will give the same program which was used on their recent
four-state tour. This will include: “Create in Me, O God, A Pure
Heart” by Brahms, two Chorales from the “Christmas Oratorio” by
Bach, “Hospedee Pomeeloy” (Lord Have Mercy) by Lvovsky “Christ
Rising Again” by Byrd, “Gloria in Excelsis” by Mozart, “The
==^====^^^== Creation” by Scott, “There Is
Cole, Colvard
Present Recital
Doris Cole and Gail Colvard
will present graduation recitals
Monday evening, April 22, at
8:00, in the college auditorium.
Doris is a piano student of Rob
ert Hopkins, w'hile Gail’s voice
instructor is Miss Irma Helen
Hopkins.
Included among Doris’s num
bers will be Three Sonatas (L.
93, L. 358, and L. 413) by Scar
latti ; “Scherzo in E Minor,”
Mendelssohn; “Waltz in C Sharp
Minor,” Chopin; and “The Cat
and the Mouse,” Copland.
Constituting Gail’s program are
“Bist Du Bei Mir,” Bach; “Salu”
and “Ave Maria” from Otello,
Verdi; “La Chevelure,” Debussy;
“Thy Sweet Singing,” Olmstead;
and “Joy,” Watts. Mr. Hopkins
will accompany her.
Doris is the daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. Edward G. Cole of
Winterville. While majoring in
music here at Mars Hill, Doris
has participated in Choralettes,
served as corresponding secretary
of the B. S. U. Council, chaplain
of Nonpareil Literarj^ Society, vice-
president of Orpheon honor club,
and was voted most versatile
sophomore.
Gail, from New Bern, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie
Colvard. Among her extra-cur
ricular activities are Nonpareil,
Choralettes, Orpheon honor club
and B. S. U. Council, on xvhich
she is music director.
Balm in Gilead” by Dawson,
Soon Ah Will Be Done” by
Dawson, “Were You There”
by Burleigh, and “Hallelujah
Chorus” by Handel.
Rufus Norris is director of the
choir; John C. Christian is ac
companist, and Dr. Robert Holt
is business manager.
Personnel of the choir includes
the sopranos: Donna Allen, Gail
Allen, Barbara Coffee, Florence
Edwards, Claudia Greene, Nancy
Hayes, Sherrel Humphries, Arce
Rose Rich, Barbara Stevens, Jo
Ann Weber, Frances Young, and
Sara Woodle.
The altos are as follows: Jan
Benner, Jean Cox, Hannah Eng
land, Sylvia Hunt, Jan James, Pat
Jones, Mary Jane Joyner, Rose
Lake, Polly ^ntz, Carolyn Todd,
and Ann Wilson.
Also the tenors include the fol
lowing: Denny Cain, Gerald
Deaton, Ed Ferrell, Larry Frakes,
Sonny Jordan, Coleman Mark
ham, Ronny Montgomery, Rich
ard Phillips, Judsin Rotan, Charles
Tanner, William Savage, and
James Morris.
The basses are as follows:
Tommy Bodkin, Dean Coffey,
Ralph Cauthen, Douglas Cole,
David McManaway, Joe Purcell,
Tommy Reynolds, Tommy Teague
and James Gibbs.
Prexies Visit MHC
Yesterday Alars Hill campus
played host to the president of
other Baptist colleges in the state.
Ministers of the surrounding area
joined the educators for some dis
cussion sessions. During the past
week Dr. Blackwell visited the
campuses of other Baptist colleges.
Parks Talks
At Banquet
Guest speaker for the Business
Club Alumni Banquet on April
27 will be Paul E. Parks, execu
tive secretary of the Council of
Spartanburg County, South Caro
lina.
His subject will concern the
place of the citizen in his com
munity. Mr. Parks is a member
of the Mars Hill class of 1939.
Troy Day of Granite Falls,
president of the Mars Hill Busi
ness Club Alumni, will preside
over the business session at 4:30
in Moore Hall. The banquet will
follow at 6:30 in Coyte Bridges
dining hall.
Other officers of the club in
clude Cecil Tallent of Asheville,
vice-president, and Barbara Herrin
of Statesville, secretary'.
At the banquet the winner of
the Business Club medal for 1957
will be* announced. The medal
will not be presented until gradu
ation. The winner of this award
is selected on the basis of the fol
lowing standards: superior scholar
ship, Christian character, pleasing
personality, commendable deport
ment, and promise of future at
tainment.
A reception is planned for the
alumni, faculty, and Business Club
in the faculty lounge of the Me
morial Library'. The anticipated
attendance for the meeting held
annually since its organization in
1939, will be approximately ninety.
Light Attend
Speech Event
Seven Mars Hill students are
attending and participating in the
Grand National Forensic Tourna
ment, sponsored by Mary Wash
ington College of the University
of Virginia, in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, April 17-20.
Among the events being held
Sara Sigmon and Tommy Law
rence will give impromptus on
“Mass Communication in Amer
ica”—exact topic to be announced.
Sara Sigmon will also give an in
formative speech on “The Place
of Art in Civiliaztion.” Book re
views will be presented by Bonita
Benfield and Jimmy Harris, re
viewing Ernest T. Gann’s Soldier
of Fortune.
“Our Witness to the Campus”
is the conference theme. The Rev
erend Warren T. Carr, pastor of
Watts Street Baptist Church of
Durham, Dr. Jack Noffsinger,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Gainesville, Florida, and the
Reverend Sam Hill, Jr., graduate
student at Duke Divinity School,
will have the three major ad
dresses. These addresses will deal
with the content of our witness,
the context of our witness, and
the imperative for our witness.
In addition to the general em
phasis of witnessing on a college
campus, there will be three hours
of time given to workshops in
which the new officers will be
Sam Hill, Jr.
trained to assume their various re
sponsibilities. Members of the staff
of the North Carolina Baptist
Student Department and other
highly qualified leaders and stu
dent assistants will have charge
of the workshop sessions.
One of the most Interesting
items of business during the Con
ference will be the election of the
new State BSU officers on Sat
urday afternoon.
Also the following Mars Hill-
ians will be taking part in the
tournament: declamation by
Bonita Benfield and Charles Par
ker; dramatic reading by Rozella
Jewell and Charles Parker; dra
matic scene (dialogue) by Rozella
Jewell and Charles Parker; ad
dress reading by Sara Sigmon and
Tommy Lawrence; after dinner
by Bonita Benfield and Jimmy
Harris; ecomium by Nancy Hayes,
Bonita Benfield, Jimmy Harris,
and Tommy Lawrence; original
oration by Nancy Hayes and
Jimmy Harris; and poetry read
ing by Nancy Hayes, Rozella
Jewell, Tommy Lawrence, and
Charles Parker.