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Dramateers’ production of the Barretts of Wimpole Street on
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Congratulations
Graduates!
Q^he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY. MAY 18, 1957
Number 15
reston Will Play Lead
n ‘Barretts’, May 31
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‘•■I Octavius, Septimus, Alfred,
^ Varies, Henry and George—will
played by Bill File, Ronnie
ickenbush, Roger Woodard,
Guffey, and Harvey Dale,
■Pectively.
Other characters in the produc-
are Robert Mann as Doctor
'ambers; Anita Jarrett as Wil-
; Rhuemma Carter as Bella
•ley; Bob Holland as Henry
'''ans; and A1 Whitley as Doc-
Waterlow'. The dog Flash
11 be portrayed by Tip Sams,
^tage managers for the produc-
a are Louis Burch and Joan
I'vards. Properties, lighting,
?lte-up, and costume committees
'll be composed of members of
four drama classes,
n May 20 at 7:00 the Dra-
_ will have a banquet in
Coyte Bridges Dining Hall.
J is the first of such events
'’itsored by the club and it is
'Ped that this will become an
itTual occasion.
The uests, faculty members
7 have participated in dramatic
’Ivities for the last two years,
'll see a program centering
'I'Und the theme “All the world’s
.Stage.’’ All members of the
‘'ninateers will be in costume.
Entertainment wUll include
Jp scenes from the nine plaj’S
^Ich have been given on the
t>pus in the last two years,
^tsentation of awards will cli-
the banquet. Medals will
given to members who have
'''led fifty points or more ac-
“ding to the Dramateer point
'em.
Citations will also be given to
^ best actor and actress of the
best supporting actress, and
best backstage worker.
Jd'iteers
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Brown To Give
Banquet Speech
Haynes Brown, Erwin, Tennes
see, business man and brother of
Mrs. Hoyt Blackwell, will be the
speaker at the annual Alumni
Banquet in Coyte Bridges dining
hall at 5:30 on Saturday, June 1.
'Phe Reverend Knoland Ben-
field, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Hickory, 1956-57
president of the Alumni Associa
tion, will preside.
On that occasion the citation
will be given to the alumnus of
the year, the reunion classes rec
ognized, and the 1957 graduates
inducted into the Association.
After graduation from Mars
Hill in 1937, Air. Brown attend
ed Carson Newman College, where
he received his B.S. in Com
merce in 1939. Three years later,
he took his LLB degree from
Duke University. Following this,
he attended the Harvard Gradu
ate School of Business Adminis
tration and later served in the
U. S. Navy.
Air. Brown actively partici
pates in community and civic af
fairs. He has held the chairman
ship of both the Unicoi County
Board of Education and the Ale-
morial Hospital Board of Control
for the same county. In 1954, he
was president of the local Kiwanis
Club and is now director of the
Committee for Industrial Expan
sion of Erwin, Tennessee. He
is married to the former Bend
Stoker, of the class of 1937.
Other officers of the Associa
tion are Aladeline White Pennell
(Mrs. George) vice-president,
and Mildred Newsom Bruce
(]\Irs. Charles C.) secretary.
AND PLANS
IIAY CONCERT
.^iiiong the numbers to be in-
Pclcd in the college band’s con-
T on Sunday afternoon June 2
t three marches.
1 he concert band, under the
i''^ction of Philip Magnus, will
'^ent “Americans We,” Fill-
“Marche,” Prokofieff; and
hunder Song,” Finlayson.
Also among the afternoon’s of-
Jitigs will be “Folk Song Suite,”
^'tghn Williams; “Concertino,”
■^^ber; “South Pacific,” Rogers;
^borale and Alleluia,” Hanson;
'J “Cuban Fantasy,” Kepner.
W. J. Harrelson
Four Win Awards
In Roberts Contest
Four Mars Hill students won
cash awards in the Roberts Edi
torial Writing program sponsored
by the Intercollegiate School of
Alcohol Studies at Nebraska Wes
leyan University.
Successful contestants were Kay
F. Breitenbach, Barbara Jo Good
night, Pat Cunningham, and
David Haynes. In addition to the
cash awards to be presented at
commencement each of the four
will receive a year’s subscription
to the Intei'national Student.
Winners are also invited to at
tend the 1957 summer session of
the School of Alcohol Studies to
be held at the University of Chi
cago, August 24-29.
W. J. Harrelson To Make
Address At Commencement
Dr. Walter J. Harrelson, Dean of the Divinity School of the
University of Chicago, will deliver the commencement address Mon
day, June 3, to approximately 275 students who will receive their
diplomas.
Dr. Harrelson, a native North Carolinian and an alumnus of Mars
Hill College, received his A. B. degree from the University of North
Carolina, his theological education at Union Theological Seminary,
and did advanced study at the
Leaders Elected
For ’57-58 Term
Elections have been concluded
for Training Union and Sunday
School officers for the fall semes
ter 1957.
Serving in the respective Train
ing Unions will be Bill Davis,
president of Daddy Blackwell
union; Ruth Corum of New
Hope; Dorothy Matheson of Ex
celsior; Sarah Simmerson of
H2 SO"^ C; and Bill Currin of
Gro Glo Go.
Heading Joy union as presi
dent is Gwen Sloan; Emoclew
president is June Perry; Christ
for Ale, Raymond New; John
Lake union, Joel Land; Forest
Feezer union, Glenda Langdon;
John Lawrence union. Alary Mar
tha Lowrance; and We Live
Christ, Dinorah Bertot.
The following unions have also
chosen presidents: Ronnie Lackey,
president of Bykota; Dale Routh
of Living Christ; Wendell Hol
land of Howard Roper; Margar
et Duncan of I. X. L.; Barbara
Elliott of Radiators; Donna
Campbell of Shining Light; and
Georgia Todd of Arthur Gilles
pie.
Training Union programs touch
a variety of fields, such as campus
problems, missions, witnessing and
vocational choices. Bible study is
encouraged by group leaders. The
unions also afford to members op
portunities for entering speaking
contests.
Sunday School presidents in
clude Alargaret Gidney, president
of Dr. Ella J. Pierce’s class; Bob
Sadler, Harvey Lance; Barbara
Lawrence, Miss Alildred Bing
ham; Peggy Hester, Airs. Eliza
beth Watson; Tommy Tillman,
Dean Lee; Doris Puryear, Miss
Alartha Biggers; and Tommy
Reynolds, Dwight Wilhelm.
Presiding on Sunday morning
in the follovving classes will be
Jerry Hagar in John A. AlcLeod’s
class; Aggie McCall in Miss Car
oline Biggers; Bea Champion,
Mrs. Ruby Sparks; Patsy Long,
Mrs. Dwight Wilhelm; Joe
Benthall, Frederick Corbin; and
Nancy Fowler, Airs. Cornelia
Vann.
Hilltop Rates
First Class
The Hilltop has received from
the Associated Collegiate Press a
first class rating for the fall
semester of the current year.
“First class” is the equivalent
of a rating of “excellent,” and is
topped only by “all-American.”
Comments of the judges included
“good coverage of religious ac
tivities,” “generally neat appear
ance,” and “good coverage” of
sports.
Constructive criticisms suggest
ed tighter editing and more uni
formity in headlines.
Judges were Gareth D. Hiebert,
columnist and former assistant
city editor of the St. Paul Dis
patch; Robert T. Smith, city edi
tor o fthe Minneapolis Tribune;
Carl Rossini, St. Paul advertis
ing and public relations man.
Also Mrs. Peter Pafiolis, for
mer reporter on the Redwood Falls
Gazette and former editor of the
Colleffe Reporter, Mankato State
College ;• Dean Schoelkopf, re
porter for the Minneapolis
Tribune and former editor of the
Minnesota Daily; and Quinton
Hietpas, former editor of the
A quin, St. Thomas College, St.
Paul, Alinn.
University of Basel, Switzerland,
and Harvard.
At present Mr. Harrelson is
Dean of the Divinity School of
the University of Chicago where
he has been since 1955. He was
instructor in philosophy at the
University of North Carolina,
tutor assistant and instructor in
Old Testament at Union Theo
logical Seminarjq professor of
Old Testament at Andover New
ton Theological School, and as
sociate professor of Old Testa
ment, Federated Theological
Faculty.
An ordained Baptist minister,
he is a frequent contributor to
Baptist denominational publica
tions as well as to scholarly jour
nals.
Dr. Harrelson’s major fields of
interest include Biblical theology,
ancient Near-Eastern history,
languages and religion, and Old
Testament studies. Although his
field of specialization is Old Tes
tament, he has had a great in
terest in the Dead Sea Scrolls
since their discovery and has been
at work on them since 1949. He
has been particularly interested
also in the community which pro
duced these documents both be
cause of its historical importance
and because of the quality of re
ligious faith present in the com-
munitv.
CautkenWill Deli
iver
jBaccal
accaiaureate ASermon
Baker J. Caulhen
tive Secretary of the Foreign Alis-
sion Board of the Southern Bap
tist Convention.
A Texan, Dr. Cauthen received
liis A. B. degree from Stephen
F. Austin Teachers College,
'I'exas; his AI. A. and D. D.
degrees from Baylor University;
and his Th. AI. and Th. D. de
grees from Southwestern Baptist
'rheological Seminary.
Dr. Cauthen is an ordained
Baptist minister and .served as
pastor of the Polytechnic Baptist
Church, Fort Worth, Texas,
from 1933-39. Prior to accept
ing the position of Executive Sec
retary in 1953, he was professor
of missions at Southwestern The
ological Seminary from 1935-39,
missionary for the Foreign Mis
sion Board from 1939-45, and
secretary for the Orient from
1945-53.
At present Dr. Cauthen’s home
Delivering the Baccalaureate is in Richmond, Virginia, and his
address Sunday, June 2, will be two children, Carolyn and Ralph,
Dr. Baker James Cauthen, Execu- are students at Alars Hill College.