ry 11. 1958
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Welcome
New Students
CThe Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
ensic Term XXXII
respectively
MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, lANUARY 25, 1958
Number 8
secretary;
n, chorister,
offey, vice-
im AlorrisJ
McIIvaine,
Bowen, (Copeland To Speak
During Christian Focus Week
L)r. Claud Bowen, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Greensboro
serve for vice-president of the State Baptist Convention, and Dr. E. Luther
ring which Copeland, professor of Christian missions at Southeastern Seminary-
in the sep- Wake Forest, will be the featured speakers during Christian Focus
ater in the ” ^ek to be observed on Mars Hill Campus February 17-20.
compete in
in chapel. ^)r. Bowen was graduated from Southwest College, Memphis, Ten-
phases of ”^*see, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary-, Louisville. He
are debates, served as pastor in Opelika, —
interpreta- ^^l^hama, and Jackson, ^Mississippi,
gs. is now pastor of the First
Ilaptist Church of Greensboro,
ietv elected he has been for eight years.
Term Bowen is no stranger at Mars
ral arts stu- Davis, is a member
eorgia. She ?/ freshman class, and Dr.
I term vice- vi-as the featured speaker
‘'f Convocation in September,
1956.
ition vice-
Students Select
Court Attendants
f T-i ki- . Mars Hill alumnus. Dr.
o u in, Copeland received his B.A. at
vice-presi- Funnan University, his Th.M. at
ot tast bt. Southern Baptist Seminary, and
\ I’h.D. from Yale University.
1948 he and his wife were
lasyi e, as appointed missionaries to Japan,
vir- IS the hi Japan he was professor of
Church History- at Seinan Gaquin,
1^‘iptist Alission School, in
farcy- Cobb, 1 ukuoka City, Japan. Later he
e Alonroe, became dean of the college de-
with Linda P^ttment. Dr. Copeland was presi-
‘ ^nt of the Japan Baptist Con-
'■ention in 1951-52.
f ear s party
y hall Jan-
I were blue
1 given to
aing of the
A part of the Christian eiii-
P 'asis program will be a study
™Urse offered by the Mars Hill
l^-ipHst Church.
During the week the first si.\
IC-ed the sh*^*°^* school day will be
ters, Larry
rtha Law-
iety cheers,
reading by
the Greek
VIC called
Akers and
the music
owing the
ts were
: party-.
,°*^’^ened five minutes m orcier
at the chapel hours may be
engthened to one hour to
® speakers more time.
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YVVA members on Mars Hill
^^>Ppus will participate in the ob-
'^•■vance of Southwide YWA
Week, February- 9-14.
Prough posters, meetings, and
othi
means they will attempt to
Dye YWA’s a better insight into
'vhole
th:
issions, and the campus as a
a better understanding of
;n s
BS
purpose of YWA.
State YWA Houseparty
of k ^ clima.x and highlight
the Week. It is to be held Feb-
jj^ty- 14.15 Winpite College,
jgbe to limited facilities, only thir-
'vill be attending from Alars
Three of these are state
are Nina Fay-e
Ka^k Beaufort, vice-president;
trp ”'^tine Satterfield, Greensboro,
S^i^jPfer; and Patsy Truelove,
ord, U^itidow representative.
Alars Hill girls will be
arg Part on the program. They
y-ajL.^Pkie Tomooka, Carol Koba-
Da] ’ Campbell, and Barbara
Rodgers, who is campus
president.
The ten attendants for the 1958
Alay Court have been selected by-
the student body-. Five girls are
from the sophomore class and five
are from the freshman class.
Representing the sophomore
class are Bea Champion, Dublin,
Georgia; Jama Keene, Bristol,
Tennessee; Carolyn Laughlin,
East St. Louis, Illinois; Ann Reid,
Asheville; and Barbara Dale Rog
ers, Thomasville.
Freshman class representatives
are as follows: Janet Caudle,
Raleigh ; Mary Lawrence, Boone;
Beverly Rogers, Atlanta, Georgia;
Sandra Rogers, Waxhaw; and
Peggy- BeShears, Boger City.
The attendants were chosen
from a slate of nominations made
by the student body in chapel Jan
uary- 13. Ten representatives from
each class were listed on the final
ballot. Each candidate was to
have the same qualities of beauty,
cleanliness, good personality, school
spirit, and honesty that were re
quired of the three members of
the honor court.
Creative Papers
To Be Assigned
As usual second semester Eng
lish classes will begin with the
assignment of “creative” papers.
From these papers most of the
material for the “Literary- Edi
tion” of the Hilltop, coming out
in the spring, will be selected.
The staff urges all students to
think over their experiences, hopes,
home communities, tastes, and at
titudes and write sincerely of
things which really- interest them
and about which they have defi
nite ideas or information. All
ty-pes of material are acceptable.
Originality is a matter of prime
importance. The Hilltop does not
wish to be put, for a second
time, in the embarrassing position
of having to apologize to the actual
author for material plagiarized by
a Alars Hill student, nor does it
wish to have the reputation of the
college placed in a questionable
light.
Although the “Literary- Edi
tion” does not come off the press
until early April all work on it
must be done before Spring holi-
davs.
Harvey L. Woodruff
Art Exhibit
To Be Given
The annual student art exhibit,
sponsored by the art department,
will be held from January 27 to
February- 14 in the audio-visual
aids room of the library-.
The w'ork exhibited will include
drawings, paintings, anc^ design
work which students in the art
department completed during the
first semester. There will also be
a display of linoleum block prints
that students made for Christmas
cards.
Woodrulf To Direct
MHG Choral Clinic
Harvey L. Woodruff, director of music at Wingate College and
choral director for Charlotte College, will be guest director of the
Tenth Annual High School Choral Clinic to be held here February 7
and 8. J. Elwood Roberts of the College Department of Alusic is in
charge of the clinic.
The two-day program w-ill include many rehearsals, interspersed with
directors’ conferences, relaxation periods, and entertainment. Climaxing
the clinic will be a public concert
Saturday- evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Rooming accommodations will
be provided on campus for the
guests. The visiting girls will
-share rooms with the Mars Hill
girls, and the boys will stay- in
-Myers attic and in the gymnasium.
-Mr. Woodruff received his
B.Sc. degree in music education at
New York University and his
-M.A. degree in music education
at 'Teacher’s College, Columbia
University. Further graduate
work was done at Juilliard School
of Music, Christiansen Choral
School, Rutgers University-, and
AVestminster Choir School.
Included in his e.xtensive pro
fessional background are positions
in leading high schools, and church
choirs, memberships in Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia—national honor
ary music fraternity-—the West
minster 'Pouring Choir, and the
National Association of 'Feachers
MHC Graduates
Koontz, Shearin
Conley Koontz and 'Fom Shear
in will be graduated this semester,
w-hich ends January 25, with
majors in Industrial Relationships
and Pre-AIed respectively.
Conley, from Asheville, has at
tended Mars Hill as a commuter,
and has made the Dean’s list. He
plans to attend the University- of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill to
continue his major in Industrial
Relations.
Tom, who is from Whitakers,
has served as library assistant while
at Alars Hill. He also plans to
attend the University of North
Carolina after graduation, where
he will continue his pre-medical
studies.
Joel Land Heads
Among the students exhibiting
work are Joe Benthall, Jill \/ K il * • j.
Browne, Hazel Bryant, John Bur- • OUlig fVliniSterS
well, Rhuemma Carter, Caroly-n
Caudle, David Cole, Judy Faust,
Marlene Guthrie, David Lackey, *
Carol Ann Lawton, Carolyn Mar
tin, Jim Meador, Bob Poe, Sylvia
Smith, Kay Stanley, Patsy Wag
oner, Rose Corum, Tim Kenney,
Anita Keyes, and A1 Whitley-.
There are fifteen art majors in
cluded in this group.
'Fhe North Carolina Little
Symphony- will present a con
cert on the Alars Hill College
campus the evening of Feh. 8.
Joel Land is the newly elected
president of the Oscar E. Sams
Ministerial Conference, which is
composed of the ministerial stu
dents of the college.
Other officers are John Simp
son, vice-president; 'Fed Purcell,
secretary; and Robert Alann, re
porter.
'Fhe Conference meets each
Fhursday night in the Owen
Building. Its purpose is to give
its members practice in conduct
ing services and in organizing and
delivering sermons.
Vernon E. Wood is advisor to
i! e group.
Mars Hill To Set Up
Private Radio Station
Beginning second semester. Mars
Hill College will have its own
radio station. Although programs
will not be broadcast outside the
college area, each of the dorms
will have a hook-up to the station
so that broadcasts can be heard in
the dormitories over private radios.
The presentation of programs
will be given by the students en
rolled in the new course in radio
production. This class will be of
fered as an elective for all students
interested in learning the mech
anisms of radio production. It
will be open to anyone who is in
terested, with sophomores having
priority. 'Fhe class will be given
as a two hour course meeting at
2:30 Tuesdays and 'Fhursday-s,
and it will be considered as Eng
lish 1 7. 'Fhe programs to be pre
sented will be regarded as labora
tory- work for the students taking
the course.
During the evening study hours,
soft music will be provided. Be
sides this feature, items of campus
interest, a world news round-up,
and items pertaining to the stu
dents will be presented. It is
hoped that by- next year, in addi
tion to the aforementioned fea
tures, broadcasts can be made of
Alars Hill’s football and basket
ball games, church services, and
college performances.
J. Elwood Roberts
of Singing, of -which he was presi
dent in 1957.
'Fhe clinic is sponsored by the
college to give talented high school
singers an opportunity to work
with students of similar tah-nt in
other schools. A secondary- pur
pose is to stimulate the students
and their directors to greater en
thusiasm for the finest choral
music and to finer standards of
performance. Choral groups from
high schools throughout -ivestern
North Carolina are invited.
High schools participating this
year include A. C. Reynolds (Bun
combe County), Albemarle, Bel
mont, Canton, Crossnore, Dallas,
Enka, Harris (Spruce Pine), Hen
dersonville. Hickory, Kings Moun
tain, Lee Edwards (Asheville),
McKee Training School ( Cullo-
whee), Marshall, Mars Hill,
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