>ruary 8, 19L
Cheer Up
Everyone!
Q*Ke Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
spring Begins
March 21
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MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1958
Number 10
Ocorgta Carroll Kyscr
To Select ''A^tss LaureP
t varied sele
ig are “Prai:
^ery Tongue,
rd of Hosts
Go N(
The God i
Is,” "Tt Georgia Carroll, wife of orchestra leader Kay Kyser and former
od of GracePowers model, will select the Miss Laurel of 1958.
the HeavenI Rorn in Texas, Miss Carroll went to New York and for three
years was a fashion model for John Robert Powers agency. She also
ular ague and Harpers magazines. She was then under con-
d in the coi'^c^*'*' Warner Brothers studio in Hollywood for a year, where
“Dinl^^ attended school with Eleanor Parker, Faye Emerson, Alexis Smith,
High,” “jt Armes, and Gig Young. ====^^=^^=^=„
for Singing. Upon meeting Kay Kyser, Miss
)own in tlUarroll began singing with his
rtown,” an °*^chestra; she continued for two
years both before and after their
rnarriage. The Kysers have been
You and Kec married for thirteen years and
the concert, have three daughters, Kim,
A V. Uarroll, and Amanda. For the past
t-rr.. ^ 1 . Hill, since Mr. Kyser’s
. u„i j ^ ^^tirement from the entertain-
Lawton Selected
Freshman Editor
*^^*^*'! "^orld. Prior to coming to
North Carolina, they lived in
the cafeterii New v i i .
hearsals hav
final one t In addition to her modeling,
4:00 in th ^*^Sing, and acting talent. Miss l.w
reparation fo ^®Toll is interested in painting, she is a reporter on the present
Uso include ®'ng at Chapel Hill has given Hilltop staff. She is a member of
a have bee an excellent opportunity to of Nonpareil and made the honor
;nt and d interest into a hobby. roll. In high school she was a
^ has been taking classes in member of the National Honor
f I, n/T University since com- Society and the art club. She was
’ ^ ^ North Carolina. She says also winner of the Senior Essay
iMusic, hi that her future plans for study Medal,
le clinic wit '^^*ude some courses concerning Arlene Edwards of Kannapolis,
uest directoi _ e history of art and related sub- will serve as associate editor. Ar
lene is a member of the present
Hilltop staff; she was editor of
her high school newspaper and
worked for a year on the staff of
the Kannapolis Star.
The remainder of the staff will
consist of Jimmy Taylor as sports
editor; Eleanor Riley and Clai
borne Hopkins, assistant editors;
Wanda Davis, feature editor; Mil
dred Ketner, girls sports editor;
Hilton Bonniwell, advertising
manager; Ron Searcy, circulation
manager; and Joyce Anderson,
Joyce Joyner, Lynn Sowder, and
Betty Early reporters.
The Freshman Edition is an an-
Jects.
f these schol Miss Laurel of 1958 will be
58-59 schoc ^cted on the basis of photo-
Hoyt Blacl ^'"^phs submitted to Miss Carroll
the college her judgment as to the girl
ilarships wil P^^^cssing the qualities of beauty.
:ulty scholai
the basis c
lility to su£
indicated b!
d in higi
Missionary To Speak
At YWA Banquet
fE
to McRae, missionary
the Gaza strip, will be the
speaker at the annual YWA ban-
February 28. This banquet «ual feature of the Hilltop. In
. climax a period of emphasis this edition all of the work is
the campus YWA’s. done by the freshmen members of
wi _ the staff in preparation for their
conc ^ of the banquet will taking over the task of publishing
the P^^y^d by love in the paper the next year.
world missions. Any freshman interested in
even; *’'*°^_to the speaker of the journalism and desiring to help on
Will K^’ • ^tid special music the staff in any way is asked to
c included. make his interest known.
P^.^tbara Dale Rodgers, YWA
5o^.®*dent, and Beverly Gibbs,
of u '''ee-president, are in charge
fo ^ k ^trangements. Committees
the banquet are as follows:
P fman, programming and pro-
]^Pts; Stroup, decorations; Edna
ca decorations and place
; . and Spilman, publicity and
''‘tations.
Dramateers Elect
File President
$7.50
Bill File was elected president
of the Dramateers at their last
meeting held February 13. Marii'
t ickets may be purchased with Martha Lawrence is vice-presi-
thg ^P°ks at the cash register in dent, with Martha Caudle as sec-
th ifP^Pteria the week preceding retary and Ronnie Montgomery,
banquet. treasurer.
J
^ntion Freshmen!
rg ,^ted writers needed! Major
^8Uirement is a willingness to
• Leave your name at the
Wi, ^ office. Don’t call us;
call you.
Tennessee Williams’ The Long
Stay Cut Short was presented.
Oleta Murphree played the part
of Aunt Rose about whom the
play centers. Nancy Carroll
played the part of “Baby Doll”
Bowman, and Eddie Previtte did
the part of Archie Lee Bowman.
Beverly Norris
Carol Ann Lawton of Green
ville, South Carolina, will be
editor-in-chief of the Freshman
Edition of the Hilltop to be pub
lished March 15.
An art major, iliss Lawton has
been active in newspaper work
both in high school and at Mars
Hill. She was feature editor of
the Greenville High News and
Clut A
nnounces
Ml
leting
D
ate5
At the last Radio Club meeting
the decision was made to hold
meetings on the first and third
Thursdays of each month. Meet
ings are held at 7:30 in the base
ment of Dr. Holt’s home.
Vocational Emphasis Week
To Be Observed At MHC
Persons outstanding in their own vocations will be chapel speakers
during annual Vocational Emphasis W^eek to be observed on Mars
Hill campus, March 3-6.
Speakers on Monday, March 3, will be Dr. W^. H. Plemmons and
Attorney J. M. Baley. Dr. Plemmons, an alumnus of Mars Hill
College, now president of Appalachian State Teachers’ College, will
discuss “Opportunities in the Field of Teaching.” Mr. Baley, a
native of Marshall, is U. S. At-
Mrs. Norris Gives
Recital Tonight
Beverly Hunziker Norris, so
prano, will be featured in a con
cert tonight at 8:00 p. m. in the
College Auditorium.
Mrs. Norris, wife of Rufus N.
Norris of the College Music De
partment, is a native of Stratford,
Connecticut, who has been living
in Mars Hill for the past three
years. She is a graduate of Ober-
lin Conservatory of Music and
has studied privately in New York
City.
Known in both the United
States and Canada, she has ap
peared on both radio and tele
vision. She has appeared in all
the mediums open to a vocalist.
She has been on “Metropolitan
Auditions of the Air,” Arthur
Godfrey and His Talent Scouts,”
Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the 
Town,” and CBS radio.
She has done concert oratorios
with both the Connecticut Sym
phony and the Cleveland Little
Symphony. In addition she has
had many church soloist positions.
She has done solo work frequently
at Grace Covenant Church in
Asheville and last year she was
the soprano soloist for “The Mes
siah” presented by the Mars Hill
College Choir. Mrs. Norris has
also appeared in engagements at
the Manor in Asheville.
Accompanying Mrs. Norris will
be John Sinclair of the Music De
partment. He will also present
a group of piano selections. These
will include “Scherze-Valse,”
“Maids in the Garden,” and the
prelude from “Pour le Piano” by
Debussy.
Mrs. Norris will sing an
operatic air from THE medium^
a group of American songs,
French selections by Devussy and
Deparc, a motet, Mozart’s “Ex-
ultate Jubilate,” some of Brahms’
melodies, and “Depuis Le Jour”
by Charpentier.
Faculty Presents
Annual Production
The Devil and Daniel Webster
by Stephen Vincent Benet will be
presented as the annual faculty
dramatic production during chapel
on February 26 and 27, with Dr.
A. E. Jenkins and Dwight Wil
helm portraying the title roles.
The play opens with the scene
of merriment following the wed
ding of Jabez and Mary Stone,
who will be portrayed by Robert
Chapman and Mrs. Robert Holt.
Daniel Webster, Mr. Wilhelm, is
one of the guests. The mood quick
ly changes as an uninvited guest
appears. He is Mr. Scratch, the
Devil, who has come to claim
the soul of the bridegroom.
Ten years before, Jabez had sold
his soul to the Devil in exchange
for the promise of prosperity and
fame. Daniel Webster comes to
the aid of the hapless New Hamp
shire man, and in an unusual trial
before a jury of the damned, wins
an acquittal for Stone.
Also in the cast are Joe Robert
son as Fiddler, William Pegg as
Justice Hawthorne, R. L. Holt
as Justice Hawthorne’s clerk, John
Christian as King Philip, Emmett
Same as Teach, Gentry Crisp as
Walter Butler and Robert E.
Coley as Dale.
Filling dual roles in the pro
duction are Ann Mauney, Evelyn
Underwood, Edith Swann, Mar
tha Linney, Jerry Amacker, Wil
liam Sherwood, L. M. Outten and
Elwood Roberts, members of the
jury. They, along with the judge
and the clerk, will take the parts
of the men and women of Cross
Corners, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Watson, director of the
production, will be assisted by Glen
Rast and Sam Wingfield. Mem
bers of the section 1 class in act
ing and stagecraft serve as the
stage crew.
Nursing Club
Holds Meeting
Plans were made at the meet
ing of the Nursing Club for the
group to tour Memorial Mission
Hospital in Asheville on February
22.
A report of the visit of Mrs.
Williams, a representative from
the Emory University School of
Nursing, and her advice for nurs
ing students was presented as part
of the program.
torney for the Western Judicial
District and will talk of careers
in the field of law.
Dr. W. Perry Crouch, pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Asheville and a prominent figure
in Baptist work, will speak on
Tuesday on “Opportunities in Re
ligious Vocations.” Dr. Jack
Flanders, Associate Professor of
Religion at Furman University,
will also speak on Tuesday. His
topic will be “Opportunities in
Religious Education.” Dr. Flan
ders was on our campus in 1955
as a participant in Religious Em
phasis Week.
Wednesday’s speakers will be
Avery Fonda, of the First Na
tional Bank and Trust Company
of Asheville, discussing “Oppor
tunities in Business,” and Mr.
Ford, of the American Enka Com
pany, speaking on “Opportunities
in Industrjk”
On Thursday, Dr. Otis Duck
of Mars Hill, college physician,
will talk on “Opportunities in
Medicine”, and Henry I. Gaines,
Asheville architect who has de
signed several of the buildings on
the Mars Hill campus, will dis
cuss “Opportunities in Engineer
ing.
In some instances the visiting
speakers will be able to hold per
sonal conferences with students in
terested in their particular fields.
MHC Station Begins
Broadcasts March 3
The newly organized radio sta
tion of Mars Hill College plans
to go on the air March 3. The
station, 540 on the dial, will be
on the air each evening from
7:30 until 11:00. The proposed
schedule is: Sign on at 7:30 —
7:30 to 7:40, campus news cast;
7:40 to 10:15, music to study by—
which will consist of soft instru
mental music; 10:15 to 10:30,
world news cast; 10:30 to 10:45,
varied programs-something differ
ent if possible every night; 10:45
to 10:55, repeat of campus news
cast; 10:55 to 11:00, thought for
the day-vespers; 11:00, sign off.
There will be an occasional sta
tion break. The station will be
operated by the members of the
radio production class. This will
be considered as a lab for the stu
dents. There may be some spots
on the campus that will not be
able to receive the broadcasts at
first, but work will be done as
quickly as possible to see that each
person can pick up the station.