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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, N. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1958
Number 9
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Darlene Miller Appears Dean’s List
In Little Symphony Concert Names 119;
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msoring Am Darleen Miller, soprano, will be guest soloist with the Little
he is a secreSymphony under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Swalin in its twelfth
nber of tbappearance on Mars Hill campus tonight at 8:30 p. m. in the College
member oauditorium.
Miss Miller, winner of the 1957 Eleanor Steber award, will sing
leorgia, numbers. They are “O, Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me”
cnt Melrose^^°^J “Non So Piu Cosa Son” from The
tudent. of Figaro by Mozart; —
president o Eternal Love,” Brahms; and
vice-presi^® recitative and aria of Mrs.
term presi ^rom The Merry Wives of
iber of thi '^^^dsor by Nicolai.
. Presently, Miss Miller is study-
p at the New England Conser-
onng eggvatory of Music in Boston. After
.1' engagements with the North
id ’ Symphony, she will re-
.damembeiturn to Boston where she will
Sive her debut recital in March,
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Murphree Has Lead
In Mountain Tragedy
On February 17 a play. The
Long Stay Cut Short, by Tennes
see Williams, will be presented at
the Dramateer's meeting. Nancy
Carroll plays the part of Mrs.
“Baby Doll” Bowman; Eddie
Previtte plays the part of Archie
Lee Bowman; and Oleta Mur
phree plays the part of Aunt Rose.
The stage manager will be Bill
File.
The play presents a tragic story
of an old lady who is not wanted
in the home of any of her rela
tives. The setting is a shotgun
cottage in Blue Mountain, Mis
sissippi.
After the play the election of
officers will be held.
Darleen Miller
in
all contest- P^htute of Music; while m
the Beaut) ‘^veland, she was soloist with
'look. Mis' ^he Music Institute in Pergolesi’s
picture, wil' ^obat Mater and Mozart’s Ex-
ytate. Jubilate Motet. She has
P So had the soprano lead in the
oie Kauffman, and
Comedy on the Bridge by
Martinu.
, ”Phe Little Symphony is under
g ® direction of Dr. Benjamin
aim, who holds degrees from
Plumbia University and the Uni-
j^^fsity of Vienna. In addition to
‘s Work as violinist, teacher, and
g'fector of the North Carolina
ci^^PPony, he has composed
*axaben” for symphony orches-
> Violin pieces, chamber music,
- Pd songs. He is author of “The
Concerto: A Study in Ger-
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man R
me UNC press. He took over
P^o Symphony in 1939.
J^^P Romanticism,” published by
UNC press.
Qf^^^^ding that he was a member
me music faculty of the Uni-
p/**ty of North Carolina
"=*Pel Hill.
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6 first part of the program
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consist of UArlesienne “Suite
1” by Bizet and Haydn’s
Mil
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jC^Piphony No. 102 in B flat
Pro'°*^‘" latter part of the
will include four num-
contemporary musicians.
Shanley will be the flute
R >st for “Night Soliloquy” by
bvTpP; “The Peanut Polka”
Sb ^Pon; “Emperor Waltz” by
SIKbo**’ PPd “Finlandia” by
Students Receive
Scholarship Funds
Five Mars Hill students are
holders of scholarships from the
Arthur W. Whitehurst Alemorial
Scholarship Fund. They are Lu-
cile Ponder, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Ponder of Route 1,
Mars Hill; Shirley Wilds, daugh
ter of Air. and Mrs. Walter Hen
ry Wilds of Route 2, Marshall;
Harlon Ingle, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Ingle of Route 2,
Marshall; Tony Ponder, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ponder of
Route 1, Mars Hill; and Harold
Garry Wilde, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Wilson Wilde of
Route 2, Marshall.
In 1945 the board of directors
of the Citizens Bank of Marshall
voted to set aside $500 to help
young men and women from
Aladison County attend Mars
Hill College. They also agreed
to add $500 annually for an in
definite number of years. In its
regular meeting earlier this month
the board confirmed this agree
ment again by voting to add $500
to the fund for 1958.
The fund bears the name and
perpetuates the memory of the late
Arthur W. Whitehurst, who was
executive secretary of the bank
and a trustee of the college.
When the directors voted to
set aside the initial $500, the
fund was to be used to lend money
to students to help meet college
expenses; however, in 1955 the
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The names of fifty-one sopho
mores and sixty-eight freshmen
appear on the Dean’s List for first
semester. Three sophomores and
five freshmen made straight A’s.
All-A sophomores are Lynda
Crawford, Hyatt Gibbs, and Cole
man Markham. Freshmen with
straight A’s are Albert Blackwell,
Jeanne Coleman, Barbara Dean,
Jeanene Hardy, and David Price.
Sophomores appearing on the
list are Rubynel Austin, Marcia
Black, Linda Boone, Bill Brink-
ley, Patricia Carroll, Bea Cham
pion, Dong Choi, Donald Con
ner, Jane Davies, Charlton Davis,
Frank Davis, Jeannette Davis,
Pete Evans, Judson Force, Ann
Garner, Margaret Ann Gidney,
Barbara Griffith, Derenda Gul-
ledge, Gerald Hall, Frances Har
din, Marilyn Hughes, Patsy Ken
yon, Robert Key, Conley Koontz,
Doug Land.
Also, Don Lawson, Norma
Lockaby, Patsy Long, Herschel
McDaris, Mary Elizabeth Moore,
Anna Reyes, Thomas Reynolds,
Nova Rhodes, Paul Rice, Charles
Rutherford, Neigel Scarborough,
Patricia Sechrist, Edith Shepard,
Sonja Snyder, Rayford Sowell,
Don Thomas, Tommy Tillman,
Lee Wagoner, Ann Walker, Ann
Walton, Sonja Watson, Shirley
Wilds, William Wright, and
Elaine Yates.
The freshmen whose names ap
pear on the Dean’s List are Kay
Archer, Claudia Arrowood, Peg
gy Avant, Marie Barnes, Robert
Carroll, Shirley Chandger, Rich-
Blanton, Sue Campbell, Nancy
ard Childress, Cornelia Crimin-
ger, Lanny Cross, Wanda Davis,
Barbara Dill, Loretta Duck
worth, Emily Dunn, Jane Ed
wards, Edward Ellen, Dorothy
Eller, Paul Ewing, David Fock,
Marta Fredy, Eugene Funder-
burke, Marilyn Gillespie, Pa
tricia Glass, Mary Gossett, Don
ald Groce, Wilda Grogan.
Also, Roberta Gunnett, Jonita
Harriss, Emily Hester, Julia
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Societies To Hold
Valentine Tea
The Nonpareil and Clio So
cieties will entertain with a Val
entine Tea in Huffman parlor on
Thursday evening, February 13
from 7:30 to 9:00.
Guests will be society members,
women faculty, faculty wives, and
housemothers.
The following committees will
be in charge: refreshments, Pat
Monday and Ophelia Hildreth;
decorations, Oleta Murphree and
Patsy Long; coat check, Joyce
Martin and Lynda Crawford;
music, Marilyn Malone and Jean
Cox; invitations, Margaret Dun
can and Kathryn Johnson; clean
up, Pat Sechrist and Rubynel Aus
tin.
Soprano Will Present
February 22 Concert
Mrs. Rufus Norris, soprano, will present a concert February 22,
at 8:00 p.m. in the college auditorium. John Sinclair, pianist, will
assist Mrs. Norris.
Mrs. Norris, the wife of Rufus Norris of the Mars Hill College
department of Music, will be presenting her first concert on this
campus. An outstanding artist, she has given concerts in New York
City, Cleveland, Ohio, and Connecticut.
An operatic air from The
Clubs Initiate
New Members
The February meetings of the
Honor Clubs are to be held on
February 10 and 11. These meet
ings will be highlighted by the
initiation of new students who
qualified for the honor during the
previous semester.
IRC will center its program
around the theme “NATO and
Problems Facing Western Allies.”
Topics to be discussed will in
clude the history of NATO and
its organization, its military and
non-military activities, and the
future of NATO. These topics
will be presented by Sonja Sny
der, Dan Compton, Ann Garner,
and Melba Murphy. Frank Davis
will give the devotions.
After the initiation of new
members, Scriblerus Club will
present a skit showing the origin
of the club’s name. In this skit,
David Haynes, Joel Land, and
Ralph Cauthen will portray Jona
than Swift, John Gay, and
t Alexander Pope, respectively.
Scriblerus will also present ex-
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Mission Council
Conducts Revival
A student mission team under
sponsorship of the Mission Coun
cil left yesterday to conduct a
three day youth revival in Roa
noke, Virginia, February 7-9, at
the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
The pastor of the church is
Thomas L. Reece, a former Mars
Hill student.
Services on Friday and Satur
day nights and Sunday morning
will be conducted by the team,
which is composed of eight Mars
Hill students. They are Ted
Purcell, Asheville; Eddie Moore,
Washington, D. C.; Jack Chal
mers, Weaverville; Dan Compton,
Greenwood, S. C.; Nina Faye
Kirk, Beaufort; Yukie Tomooka,
Hawaii; Beverly Gibbs, Hickory;
and L. D. Young, Lenoir City,
Tennessee.
Other trips to be sponsored by
the Mission Council will be to
High Peak Baptist Church, Val-
dese, and the Rutherfordton First
Baptist Church. On February 9,
Sunday morning worship service
will be conducted at Flat Creek
Baptist Church, Weaverville, by
members of the Mission Council.
Medium, a group of American
songs, French selections by De
bussy and Duparc, a motet,
Mozart’s “Exultate Jubilate,”
Brahms’ melodies, and “Depuis
Le Jour” by Charpentier, will be
some of the numbers included in
the concert.
In addition to accompanying
Mrs. Norris, Mr. Sinclair will
present a group of piano numbers.
Some of them will be “Scherze-
Valse” “Maids in the Garden,”
and Prelude from “Pour le
Piano” by Debussy. Mr. Sinclair,
of the Mars Hill Music depart
ment, will be making his second
appearance on the campus in a
concert.
Faculty To Present
Annual Production
Members of the faculty will
present their annual dramatic pro
duction on February 26 and 27.
The play will be The Devil and
Daniel Webster by Stephen Vin
cent Benet. Mr. Scratch, who is
the devil, will be portrayed by
Dr. A. E. Jenkins. Dwight Wil
helm will appear as Daniel Web
ster.
Robert Chapman will play the
part of Jabez Stone. His wife
will be portrayed by Mrs. Robert
Holt. Joe Robertson will be the
fiddler. Other members of the
cast will include Barbara Stewart,
Ann Mauney, Evelyn Underwood,
Edith Swann, Martha Linney,
John Christian, Robert Coley,
Emmett Sams, Jerry Amacker,
Walter Smith, William Sherwood,
L. M. Outten, Elwood Roberts,
Gentry Crips, R. L. Holt, and
William Pegg.
The play takes place at Jabez
Stone’s farm in Crosscorners, New
Hampshire in 1841.
Mrs. Watson will direct the
production. Stage managers are
Glen Rast and Sam Wingfield.
The members of the section 1
class in acting and stagecraft will
be the stage crew.
Party Postponed
Watch For Date
The get - acquainted party
planned for February 4 to launch
social events for the second semes
ter was unavoidably postponed be
cause of the icy weather.
The party will be held in the
near future. Watch for announce
ment of place and date; and con
testants take advantage of the op
portunity to get in a few extra
practices.