er 14, 1957
Good Luck
on Exams
cThe Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
reception of
Volume XXXll
MARS HILL, N. C„ SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1958
Number 7
Honor Clubs Hold
Annual Joint Meeting
The
turning of
played the
Carroll as
re, and
horus coll
ars, Sandra
ees, Patsy ‘Romanticism in music, literature, and art” will be the theme of the
olce, Janet annual joint meeting of the Orpheon and Scriblerus Clubs in Edna
|Carmichael| iVIoore parlor, on Tuesday, January 14, at 7:30 p. m.
issn, clton
arle Sallv Anna Hines and James Sinclair, of the Music Department, will
[lourne two-piano concerto by Franz Listz. Mrs. David Roberts,
former director of the Touring Choir, will sing a group of poems
en and di- *^0 music by modern composers. They will be “Love’s Philosophy”
ughlin and Percy H. Shelley and “Now
Sleeps the Crimson Petal” by
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, both with
had the tnusical settings by Roger Quil-
peep.” Pea ter; and “Silent Noon” by Dante
he guests in Gabriel Rossetti, with music by
eral thought Vaughn Williams,
concerning i • , , , ,
in spite of ^'oda Crawford, of the Scrib-
lerus Club, will present a paper
fti the English romantic poets,
lary Law- Selections from the works of
varen Hop- ^ordsworth, Coleridge, Pyron,
lers of the J^eats, and Shelley will be read
and Ann ^5' Ann Walton, president of the
lirected the Scriblerus Club.
.Toe Chris Robertson, of the Art
am refresh- l^^Pttrtment, will discuss the ro-
1 the Pible I^^titic movement in art and il-
rated as the ^^-‘’’^nate his remarks with slides
, the U.S.S- 'yorks by French, Spanish, and
lents were ”^lian artists. Among painters
foot silver ’!®P''psented will be Delacroix,
Gericault, Giorgione, Correggio,
and Titian.
decorations
the science
;d to repre
ocean with
d, and sea
as decorated
surrounded
j landing a
welry over-
nded with
. The coat
orated with
the ocean
1 he International Relations
Llub program will be concerned
^tth problems affecting East and
'Vest Germany. Details of this and
other Honor Club programs are
"ot available as the Hilltop goes
to
press.
(^onventiun Chooses
Six iew Trnstees
Registralion Plans
ke Annonneed
Seven new courses are to be
offered second semester. These
courses include ones from the His
tory, Math, Science, and Pusiness
Departments.
Registration for .second semester
will begin Monday, January^ 27,
at 8:15 a. m. Freshmen whose
names begin with AI-Z will regis
ter from 8:15 a. m. Alonday to
12:15 p. m. Freshmen with last
names beginning A-L will register
Monday from 1:30 p. m. to 5:30
p. m.
Sophomores will register Tues
day, January 28. Those with last
names beginning M-Z will regis
ter from 8:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m.
Sophomores with last names begin
ning A-L will register from 1:30
p. m. to 5:30 p. m.
The new courses to be offered
are as follows: History 11, Math
11, Piology 23, Accounting 11,
Personal Finance, Solid Geometry,
and Introduction to Radio Produc
tion.
Class work for second semester
will begin Wednesday, January'
29, at 8:00 a. m.
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j Six trustees for Mars Hill Col-
ege Were appointed for a term of
years at the 127th annual
•Peeting of the Paptist State Con-
'’^Ption held in Raleigh.
Rhe new trustees are Robert O.
Huffman, Morganton; Otis Proy-
Pk ’ Vlarion; W. AI. Prooks,
Parlotte; Mrs. George Pennell,
Asheville; John H. Knight, Con-
Mrs. C. AI. Palmer, Albe-
P'arle. Three of those appointed
succeed themselves on the board,
'sr a y'ear’s absence according to
P ruling of the convention. They
^re Air. Huffman, Airs. Pennell,
Mrs. Palmer.
T his year’s appointees succeed
following, whose terms e.x-
"■ed in 1957: John A. Pailey,
Pnington; Harry Caldwell,
w^ensboro; Thomas Cornwell,
^.Prganton; Alyron Gordon,
n ^rioii; Dr. C. Ray Lawrence,
Carr, Hickory;
TJ- AI. Whitaker, Andrews.
j T he faculty', staff, and stu-
extend their sym-
fath' Pilly R. Evans whose
P^r, Lawrence Evans, died
Y ^j^Pectedly December 21, at
P'un, South Carolina.
Lei by
H ome
Becomes
Ec
th
rexy
Nancy Leiby was installed as
president of the Home Economics
Club at a regular meeting held
on Alonday, January 6.
Other incoming officers in
stalled were Rae Tuck, vice-presi
dent; Ann Wilson, secretary;
Carolyn Pennison, treasurer; Su
san Wentzell, devotions chair
man ; and Linda Alanuel, reporter.
The program of the evening cen
tered around the theme “What is
going on in the fields of Home
Economics in training for the job
and on the job.” Taking part in
the round tabic discussion of the
topic, which was led by Imogene
Harrelson, were Sarah Abel, Jane
Crawford, Alargaret Sue Alay,
Dorothy Owens, Lucille Ponder,
Nancy Querry, and Alargaret
Ann Saunders.
Petty Jean Alyers reported on
her trip to the National 4H Con
ference in Chicago.
Serving as officers for the past
term were Karen Pailey, presi
dent; Nancy Lieby, vice-president;
Rae Tuck, secretary; Ann Wil
son, treasurer; and Gay Howell,
devotions chairman.
Tuck, Arnold,
Carmichael Head
’58 May Court
Rae Tuck from Atlanta,
Georgia, will reign over the 1958
Alay Court with Joe Arnold,
Pristol, Virginia, as king. Par-
bara Ann Carmichael, Thomas-
ville, is the maid of honor.
Rae, a home economics major,
was Anniversary term censor of
Nonpareil and was secretary- and
is now vice-president of the Home
Economics club. Joe is president
of Humphrey cottage and was Cl
president of Euthalia. Parbara
was a member of the ’57 May-
Court and Cl Clio president. She
is second vice-president of the
P. S. U.
The three candidates were se
lected from a slate of nominations
made by the student body- in chapel
January 6.
Each student nominated one
girl and one boy. The eight girls
and five girls receiving the most
nominations and meeting the quali
fications .set up by the Health and
Athletic committee were placed on
the final ballot.
1 he Health and Athletic com
mittee set up qualifications for the
persons who would be eligible for
the honors. The Queen, her Maid
of Honor, and the King had to
be from the sophomore cLass. Each
member of the court must possess
the qualities of beauty, honesty,
cleanliness, wholesome personality,
and school loyalty-. Each member
also must have passed ten hours’*
work during the previous semester
or, as in the case of a freshman,
must have had satisfactory- grades
on ten hours of work at mid
semester.
The attendants for the Alay
Court will be chosen during the
coming week. There will be ten
attendants, five from each class.
These girls will be selected in the
same manner as the Honor mem
bers of the court and they must
have the same (jualifications.
Bascom Lunsford Donates
College Ballad Collection
Pascom Lamar Lunsford, noted ballad singer, folklorist, and pro
moter of folk festivals, has announced the gift to Alars Hill College
of his extensive collection of ballads and other folk materials, including
personalia and much of his library.
In the collection are two sets of the master records, twelve-inch
aluminum discs, which he transcribed for the Columbia University
library- and for the Library of Congress. Eighty-seven books, most of
which concern folk music will be
Annual Staff Alters
“Miss Laurel” Contest
The 1958 Miss LAUREL con
test will be sponsored this year by
the men’s dormitories. The mem
bers of the LAUREL staff have
changed the procedure somewhat
this year and are hoping to create
more interest in this contest.
Alyers, Melrose, Prown, Treat
and Sams dormitories, all of the
cottages combined, and all of the
outside homes combined will select
one girl to represent their respec
tive dormitory'.
I'he procedure by which each
of the girls will be chosen in each
dorm is as follows: Every man
in each dorm, house, and cottage
will list seven girls which he
considers to be the best-looking
or most beautiful girls on cam
pus; these lists will be submitted
to the house president who will
in turn list the seven top candi
dates on a master sheet in the
order of the number of votes re
ceived.
The master sheet will be sub
mitted to the LAUREL business
manager who will take the seven
top girls from all of the master
sheets. From this final list one
young lady will be chosen to
represent the dormitory in which
she received the highest number
of votes.
Pictures of the candidates will
be mailed to a national celebrity,
who will .select the Aliss
LAUREL of 1958.
Exams Scheduled For January 20-25
First semester examinations are to be held Jan. 20-25, 1958.
Class
Examination Time
11:30 MWF
Monday
( 8:00 -
10:00)
12:30 TTS
January
(10:30 -
12:30)
1:30 MWF
20
( 2:30 -
4:30)
11:30 TTS
Tuesday
( 8:00 -
10:00)
2:30 MWF
January
(10:30 -
12:30)
8:00 TTS
21
( 2:30 -
4:30)
9:00 TTS
Wednesday
( 8:00 -
10:00)
2:30 TTS
January
(10:30 -
12:30)
10:30 MWF
22
( 2:30 -
4:30)
9:00 MWF
Thursday
( 8:00 -
10:00)
3:30 MWF
J anuary
(10:30 -
12:30)
10:30 TTS
23
( 2:30 -
4:30)
8:00 MWF
Friday
( 8:00 -
10:00)
12:30 MWF
January
(10:30 -
12:30)
1:30 TTS
24
( 2:30 -
4:30)
3:30 TTS
Saturday
( 8:00 -
10:00)
Others - Specials
(10:30 -
12:30)
cataloged and shelved with the
regular book collection in Ale-
morial Library. With the consent
of his family, Mr. Lunsford is
including in his gift a scrapbook,
which will be of considerable his
toric interest. The book contains
many clippings and records of
persons and events of other days,
records of folk festivals and bal
lad collecting, pictures and ac
counts of entertainers and other
personalities.
Air. Lunsford was born in
Alars Hill in 1882, the son of
James Passett Lunsford, one time
a teacher at the College, and
Luarta Leah Puckner Lunsford,
granddaughter of T. S. Deaver,
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
one of the original trustees of the
College. Air. Lunsford did not
attend Alars Hill College. He
received his education at Camp
Academy at Leicester, Rutherford
College,. Trinity College (now
Duke University) and at Trinity
Law School. For several years
after leaving Trinity College he
taught at Rutherford College. He
then turned his attention to law,
politics, and journalism, serving
during World War I as a Depart
ment of Justice agent in New
A'ork and for a while editing a
country newspaper.
In the field of folklore, he has
made his most valuable contribu
tion and has received wide recog
nition. He is a native of the moun
tains with a first-hand acquain
tance with the customs of other
days, and he has devoted his knowl
edge and talents to the preserva
tion of indigenous songs and
lances of the area. He has con
sistently- refused to exploit these
materials or yield to demand for
pseudo-folk entertainment.
Air. Lunsford, known as the
“Alinstrel of the Appalachians,”
enjoys a three-fold distinction in
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