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Volume XXXn
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1957
Number 1
Spring Term
Dean’s List
Is Released
T'he Dean’s List for the 1957
Spring Semester names a total of
one hundred and twenty-seven
students, with ten having straight
A’s. Sixty sophomores and sixty-
seven freshmen made the list.
Those with straight A’s are
Craig Black, Marcia Black, Bea
Champion, Dan Compton, Horace
Hawes, Coleman Markham, Don
ald Shaw, Edith Shepherd, Joyce
Smith, and Jo Ann Thomas.
Others appearing on the dean’s
list are Joy Anders, Patsy Ander
son, Rebecca Ashley, Rubynel Aus
tin, Frank Baker, William Stephen
Ball, Barbara Jean Berry, Rose
mary Bolton, Barbara Brackett,
Helen Brooks, John Brown, Ju
dith Ann Burgin, Barbara Ann
Canady, Patricia Carroll, Pruette
Carter, Shirley Carter, Carolyn
Cauthen, Dong Myung Choi,
Doris Cole, Katherine Collins,
Frances Corn, Lynda Jean Craw
ford, Richard Croom, Daniel
Crouch, Charlton Davis, Frank
Davis, Shirley Donahoo, James
Ellen.
Also, Beverly England, Barbara
Eubanks, Jud Force, Peggy Frith,
Ann Gallimore, Ann Garner, Bev
erly Gibbs, Hyatt Gibbs, James
Gibbs, Margaret Ann Gidney,
Stanley Gregory, Barbara Grif
fith, Clarence Groce, Don Guffey,
Derenda Gulledge, Pattie Sue
Hackney, Kathryn Harper, Rob
ert Haycraft, David Haynes,
Dorotha Hemphill, Eugene Hens
ley, Ophelia Hildreth, Richard
Hirata, John Hodges, Robert
Holland, Margaret Hood, Shirley
Hoover, Charles Huffstetler, Peg-
Ky Hughey, Ann Ingle, Rozella
Jewell, Doris Jones, Mary Ann
Jones, Arnold Joslin, Rebecca
Keller, Patricia Kenyon, Eugene
Knoefel, David Koontz, Luanna
Krause, Mary Lee Latta, Ramona
Lawton.
Pattie Ledford, Carolyn Lewis,
Norma Lockaby, James Massey,
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Enrollment
Totals 1,059
A total of 1,059 students have
enrolled at Mars Hill College for
the fall semester. This figure,
■'yhich does not include those clas-
®*'fied as special students, is com
posed of 442 women and 617 men.
This is 28 more than the 1,031
lull-time students who registered
'Or the first term last year.
Eleven foreign , students are
utnong those enrolled. There are
two students each from Korea and
Malaya, three each from Canada
and Hawaii, and one from Cuba.
More than 700 of the students are
tom North Carolina, but 20 other
ft.utes and the District of Colum-
‘u are represented. 302 of the
'Orth Carolinians are from West-
North Carolina including 111
'"om Buncombe County.
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Additions to the faculty and staff are (seated 1. to r.) Miss
Patsy Anderson, Miss Ann Mauney, Mrs. Stafford L. Compton,
Miss Edna Eaves, and Miss Anna Hines; (standing 1. to. r.) Mr.
Gentry Crisp, Mr. Jerry Amacker, Mr. John Sinclair, Mr. Robert
Coley, and Mr. David Young. Not present, Mr. Stafford L.
Compton and Mrs. Hobart Whitman.
welve
MHCF
embers Join
acul
y an
Gentrj' Crisp, of Canton, and
Bob Coley, of Concord, both
graduates of Mars Hill are new
members of the English faculty.
Mr. Crisp is a graduate of Fur
man University with an M. A.
in speech from Northwestern Uni
versity. Mr. Coley also holds an
A. B. degree from Furman, and
has his M. A. from George Pea
body College.
The new head librarian is Miss
Edna Eaves, of Athens, Alabama,
A B. S. graduate of Athens Col
lege, she has an M. S. in library
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Haywood Club
Is Organized
The Haywood County Club
met September 19, to elect officers
and to make plans for the coming
year. Tom Garrett was elected
president. Other officers are vice-
president, Eugene Brackett; sec-
retarj'-treasurer, Janice Arnold;
and social chairmen, Barbara Grif
fith and T. L. Francis. The fac
ulty advisers are Miss Collie Gar
ner, Miss Nancy Medford, Miss
Evelyn Underwood, and Mr. Gen
trys Crisp. Approximately thirty
people are members of the club.
Several regional and state clubs
such as Florida, Maryland, South
Carolina, and Virginia will soon
be reorganizing.
Any other groups of students
who are interested in forming a
county, regional, or state club
should begin to make plans now.
At least fifteen people must be
interested before a club can be
started. Each club must elect a
president, a secretary-treasurer,
and a faculty adviser.
Mr. Kendall, chairman of the
societies, classes, and clubs com
mittee, should he notified when a
club is formed. Although these
clubs may not hold regular meet
ings, they may eat together in
the Blue Room and may have one
picnic each semester. Anyone who
wishes to form a club may post
an announcement in the Student
Center.
Student Groups Hold
Campus-Wide Parties
An all-campus Get-acquainted Party to welcome the freshmen was
given by the Y. W. A.’s Friday, September 20. The B. S. U. held
their annual Get-Acquainted Party in the cafeteria, Saturday, Sep
tember 14.
The party, held in the gym, carried a gypsy caravan theme. On a
table was a gypsy scene and a gypsy doll was on the piano. The
entertainment consisted of group songs, a soap opera, and a song,
“Got Along Without You’’ by
d Staff
Twelve new members have joined the faculty and administrative
staff of the college this fall.
Jerr)' B. Amacker has become a teacher in the Business Department.
Mr. Amacker is a native of Louisiana. He graduated from Hardin-
Simmons Universitj-, and obtained his M. R. E. from Southwestern
Theological Seminaiy. He has been minister of education at Poplar
Springs Baptist Church in Meridian, Mississippi.
David N. Young of Clinton,
Aliss., is a new member of the
history faculty. He holds a B. A.
degree and an M. A. from the
University of Alississippi, and has
recently completed a tour of active
duty with the U. S. Navy.
Three new instructors have
joined the Department of Music.
John V. Sinclair, of Tyler, Texas,
is teaching piano. He received his
B. M. from Louisiana State Uni
versity, and did graduate study at
Juillard School of Alusic. His
M. AI. is from Eastman School
of Music, and he has done two
}-ears of study to-ward his doctor’s
degree at the University of In
diana. His teaching experience in
cludes work at Tyler, Texas,
Alontreat College and Flora Mc
Donald College.
Miss Anna Hines of Washing
ton, N. C., also teaches piano.
Miss Hines holds a B. A. from
Flora AIcDonald College and an
AI. AI. degree from the University
of Kentucky. Teaching violin and
voice is Airs. Hobart Whitman oL
Asheville. She studied at Brenau
College and is choir director at
Trinity Alethodist Church in
Asheville.
Freshmen Attend
Society Activities
On September 24 and 25, the
two girls’ literarj^ societies held
their annual pajama parties in the
dorms, for the freshmen girls.
Their pajama parties are mainly
for the purpose of building friend
ship and enthusiasm in society
work.
The Clios presented a “Stormy
Weather Show,” a take-off on the
relaxed type of show. The main
part of the program was “Gone
With The AVidow,” a parody on
“Gone With The Wind.” The
playroom of the dorm was dec
orated as a southern plantation.
Officers of the Clio Society
are as follows: Barbara Ann Car
michael, president; Bea Champion,
vice-president; Rose Corum, sec
retary; and Ruth Corum, censor.
The Nons played host to the
freshmen girls in Huffman dorm
with their pajama party, “Eve
ning With The Girls.” The girls
all took part in a giant slumber
party. The party’s main aim was
to make all the girls feel as if
they were an actual part of the
surroundings. Decorations were
stuffed animals, record players,
and various other items found at
teen-age slumber parties.
Officers of the Nonpareil So
ciety are June Perry, president;
Oleta Murphree, first vice-presi
dent; (Jerald Hall, second vice-
president; Glenda Lawrence, sec
retary ; and Rae Tuck, censor.
Plans Arc Made
To Limit Tests
Plans to limit the Selective
Service College Qualification
Tests to one in the 1957-58
school year instead of three per
year as in the past have been an
nounced by Lt. General Lewis B.
Hershey, Director of Selective
Service. The single test planned
for the next school year probably
will be held in the Spring.
Scores on the tests, and student
class standing, are criteria used
by local boards in the considera
tion of requests by college students
at both the undergraduate and
graduate level for deferments from
induction in order to continue
their studies.
Beverly Gibbs, Barbara Dale
Rodgers, and Marilyn Hughes.
The last was taught to the group.
Games were played, with partners
being matched by singing phrases.
The refreshment table was cov
ered with a green cloth bearing
The YWA insignia. The punch
bowl was banked with abelia. Re
freshments were orange punch and
doughnuts.
The B. S. U. Party began with
lively music by the band. A skit
“The Farmer’s Daughter” was
presented. The skit was followed
by punch and cookies and “get
ting-acquainted,” accompanied by
a piano and drum duet. The
progressive party then moved to
the athletic field for a bonfire.
Songs around the campfire were
led by Jim Gibbs.
Faculty, Students
Attend Annual Tea
On Sunday, September 15, the
annual President’s Tea was held
in Edna Moore parlor, from 3:00
to 6:00. Miss Frances Snelson,
assistant to the president, received
at the door and presented the
guests to the receiving line, which
was headed by President Hoyt C.
Blackwell and Mrs. Blackwell.
Others in the receiving line were
vice-president R. L. Holt and Mrs.
Holt; Dean R. M. Lee and Mrs.
Lee; Dean of Students AV. L.
Lynch and Mrs. Lynch; and Dean
of girls, Miss Caroline Biggers.
College marshals met guests on
the terrace and provided each with
a name tag. Chief marshal, Cole
man Markham, directed guests to
the refreshment tables.
The parlor was decorated with
masses of dahlias in all shades.
Punch bowls were banked with
flowers and foliage in fall colors.
In charge of arrangements were
Mrs. J. V. Howell and Airs. J.
Raymond Nelson, co-chairmen,
and assisting them were Miss Car
oline Biggers, Miss Mildred Bing
ham, Airs. O. E. Roberts, Mrs.
J. A. McLeod, Mrs. Josie Liver-
man, Mrs. Alex AVilson, and Mrs.
Cora Charles. House officers of
the girls’ dormitories assisted in
serving refreshments.
Approximately 600 guests at
tended the tea.
The Carson-f^ewman - Mars
Hill football game scheduled for
last night was postponed because
of illness in the C-N squad.