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Congratulations
to Those Honored
n"he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
In Recognition
Day Ceremonies
Volume XXXI
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. MAY 4. 1957
Number 14
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filed Officers
The Men’s Dormitories held
ttieir elections for new house of
ficers last week.
In Melrose Dormitory Ronald
fester was elected president. He
!f a liberal arts student from
hpencer and is a member of Scrib-
®fns and Philomathia and was
also elected BSU vice-president,
^tnold Freshour, liberal arts stu-
from Marlon, was elected
''■ce-president. Freshour was a
fffcniber of the football and track
'cams.
Charles Adams, of Silver
Springs, Maryland, was elected
Secretary while Ray New of
^ampa, Florida, was named treas-
lllct- Larry Frakes of Arlington,
. ffginia, was named chaplain.
^*try is a member of Philomathia,
^ffd the touring choir.
Clarence (Buck) Lyda was
'fccted president of Brown Dor-
^>tory. A liberal arts student
Torn Weaverville, he was also a
^pniber of the football team,
'fee-president Dicky Kirby is an
^gineering student from Mount
ffolly and was on the football
earn. Tracy Faires, engineering
*hfdent from Mount Holly, won
election for secretary-treas-
fffer.
. Robert Key, engineering student
fotn Mount Airy, was elected
Jfesident of Myers Dormitory.
f'Obert was also elected vice-
Pfesident of the Science Club and
* ^ member of Philomathia. Vice-
•ffesident Ron Lackey is a liberal
student from Chapel Hill.
^ jCfetary-treasurer Bill Prevost is
hberal arts student from Waynes-
‘IJc. Chaplain Horace Hawes is
liberal arts student from Wil-
j ‘ffgton. He is president of Min-
I ferial Conference and a mem-
“'f of IRC.
j Claude Sitton is the new presi-
^^fit of Treat. He is a liberal arts
ffdent from Drexel. He was a
ypmber of the football squad,
j fee-president Lee Shumaker of
Pencer has been named president
i^fhe Business Club. Jerry Hager
. btatesville is secretary-treasurer.
jj°bn Honeycutt of Rockwell was
j^ed chaplain and Douglas
3ckey of Statesville was elected
^•stant chaplain.
^Dege Learns
UUREL Honorees
^ Highlight of Recognition Day
f^^monies this morning was the
.ffOouncement of Laurel honorees.
pbe dedication to Robert R.
^ bapman, registrar of the college
for several years past, adviser
h fbe Laurel staff, was read by
Chloe Payne, editor.
fHr. Chapman is a graduate
Mars Hill, Furman, and
CUNC. He has taught in
Business Department and
as assistant registrar prior
becoming registrar.
^ Margaret Ann Matthews was
|. flounced as Miss North Caro-
aJ?® (Joan Melton) choice for
'^'ss Laurel.
Jo Ann Weber, left, and Margaret Ann Matthews, right, reigned
over fe»t«y.t.es dur.ng the May Day ceremonies this afternoon in
^e amph.theat^. Miss Weber is the maid of honor and Mars
Hill s queen is Miss Matthews.
University of North Carolina.
He has lectured during summer
sessions at William and Mar)’,
Tennessee, Duke, Missouri, and
Columbia. Dr. Fletcher is the
author of two current books.
Essays on Southern History and
The Lides Go South—and West.
The banquet is sponsored this
year by the International Rela
tions Club. I.R.C. is the second
oldest honor club. It was found
ed in 1923.
The program will be centered
around the theme “The New
American.” Dr. Robert Seymour
will present the invocation. The
welcome will be given by Jim
Steele, who is also presiding. Dean
Lee will take charge of the intro
ductions.
A choral group will present a
selection of American folk songs.
Members of the choral group are
Phyllis Stough, Kitty Collins,
Nancy Hayes, Brenda Briddell,
Suzanne Mims, Jean Parker, Ann
Wilson, Rebecca Keller, Jim
Gibbs, Gerald Deaton, Ronnie
Montgomery, Richard Phillips,
Carl Anderson, Tom Reynolds,
Tom Teague, Bob Haycraft, and
David McManaway.
Choralettes
Sing Tonight
To night at 8:00 the Choral
ettes, under the direction of Irma
Helen Hopkins, will present their
spring concert in the auditorium.
_ On Alay 12, the Choralettes will
give a concert in Hendersonville.
Finishing their musical tour on
May 19, they will perform in
Charlotte on that day.
The Mars Hill College choir,
directed by Rufus N. Norris, is
scheduled to sing for the First
Baptist Church in Weaverville on
May 5, the First Baptist Church
in Fry'on, May 12, and on May
26 at the First Baptist Church in
Canton. The choir’s concert at
graduation, June 2, will end their
1956-57 season.
The College Band supplied
the music for the May Day exer
cises today. Their final perform
ance will be at graduation also.
The music department present
ed the college choir in a concert
in the auditorium last Saturday
night and the string ensemble in
a chapel recital Wednesday and
Thursday of last week.
Benfield, Harris
Win Nationals
Dr. Fletcher Green
To Speak At Banquet
Green, head of the department of social sciences
at the University of North Carolina, will be guest speaker at the
Honor Club Banquet to be held May 11, in the Coyte Bridges
Dining Hall. ^
Dr. Fletcher, a native of Gainesville, Georgia, holds degrees from
Emory University and the University of North Carolina. He has
been professor of histor)- at Sparks College, Vanderbilt, Emorv
University, Harvard, and the =====——
Matthews, Bullard Reign
At May Day Ceremonies
.Margaret Ann Matthews, May Queen, and Herbert Bullard, King,
reigned over the May Day ceremonies held this afternoon in the
amphitheater.
The May Queen and her attendants were dressed in blue with
the exception of the Maid of Honor, Jo Ann Weber, and the crown
bearer, Susan Holt. Miss Weber wore a pink dress of crystallette
and carried deep pink roses in an arm basket. Susan wore a pink dress
■' and had a corsage of sweetheart
roeses. Miss Matthews and the
other attendants wore light blue
nylon dresses with a white floral
design and carried- red roses ar
ranged in arm baskets with rib
bons to match the dresses.,
The sophomore attendants were
Brenda Briddell, Hannah Eng
land, Suzanne Mims, Jerrie Pres
ton, and Dorothy Walker; the
freshman attendants were Bar
bara Ann Carmichael, Bea Cham
pion, Rose Corum, Ruth Corum,
and Jacque Davenport.
The festivities were highlight
ed by the play “When Shakes
peare’s Ladies Meet.” This was
under the direction of Mrs. Eliza
beth Watson, head of the dra
matics department.
The characters in the play were
six of Shakespeare’s heroines, who
met at the home of Juliet in
Verona. The heroines, in addition
to Juliet, are Portia from “The
Merchant of Venice,” Katharine
from “The Taming of the Shrew,”
Desdemona from “Othello,”
Ophelia from “Hamlet,” and
Cleopatra from “Antony and
Cleopatra.”
Juliet was portrayed by Carole
Deaton, Portia by Sandra
Brothers, Desdemona by Rozella
Jewel, Cleopatra by Helen Lucas,
Ophelia by Elizabeth Forbes, and
Katharine by Barbara Elliott.
Other members of the cast in
cluded Shirlee Hudson, Barbara
Knighten, Genene Bailey, Joyce
View, Nancy Caldwell, and
Gwen Nanney as friends of Ju
liet; Rhuemma Carter, Cecil
Dobson, Joan Edwards, Patsy
Long, and Rinda Law as slaves
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Bonita Benfield and Jimmy
Harris received grand national
awards at the Grand National
Forensic Tournament at Mary
Washington College in Fredericks
burg, Virginia. The event, held
April 17-20, was attended by eight
representatives from Mars Hill
College. Bonita Benfield won the
oration championship with her
“Touch of Immortality.” Jimmy
Harris reviewed Soldier of For
tune to cop a second grand na
tional championship.
Other Mars Hill contestants
were Sarah Sigmon, Nancy
Hayes, Rozella Jewell, Charles
Parker, and Tom Lawrence. All
Mars Hill speakers won prelim
inary rounds in the respective
contests to place in the finals.
Nancy Hayes, Jimmy Harris,
and Bonita Benfield all were in
the final encomium tournament
while Sara Sigmon competed in
the Informative final. In poetry
reading Charles Parker went to
the final eliminations.
Rozella Jewel placed in dra-
reading while Sarah Sigmon com
peted in the final address reading
contest. Bonita Benfield went to
the final declamation elimination.
Harley H. Jolley of the social
science department coached the
group and accompanied them to
Fredericksburg.
Boyd, Davis To Head
Hilltop, Laurel Staffs
Eleanor Boyd of Greensboro
and Charlton Davis of Waynes-
ville have been chosen editor-in-
chief of the Hilltop and Laurel
respectively for the 1957-58 term.
Miss Boyd, a liberal arts stu
dent, was business manager for
her high school paper, a member
of the Beta Club and F.T.A.
This year she has served as typist
and reporter on the Hilltop staff
and as editor-in-chief of the fresh
man edition.
Charlton, a veteran and a busi
ness student, worked on the fresh
man edition and is a marshal for
1957-58.
Other members of the editorial
staff, with exact positions to be
determined, are Barbara Elliott,
Barbara England, Barbara Grif
fith, and Tommy Tillman.
A liberal arts student from
Kernersville, Miss Elliott is a
member of Y.T.C., Y.W.A., Clio,
Dramateers, I.R.C. and the Laurel
staff. Miss England is a member
of Non society and (jerman Hon
or Club. She was on the editorial
staff of her high school paper in
Rural Hall. Incoming vice-presi
dent of Stroup dormitory, she is
taking a pre-medical course. Miss
Griffith is secretary-elect of Edna
Moore dormitory, treasurer of
the Business Club, and a member
of the Choralettes. She comes
of Cleopatra; Patsy Anderson
and Jo Ann Massingill as trum
peters; Dorotha Hemphill and
Ruby Hickman as pages.
The band under the direction
of Phil Magnus played the Pro
cessional and Recessional for the
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