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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Best Wishes
Graduates
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. MAY 24. 1958
Nui^ber 15
Inlator To (Jive
jiate Schot
rsacealanreate
^and Reverend William W. Fin-
“ntion Pastor of Pullen Memorial
t option Church, Raleigh, will de-
the baccalaureate sermon, Sun-
and tra'P’ 1> 11:00 a. m. in the
lie to soiC* Baptist Church,
lent if nO Fittlator, a native North
to make «received his B. A. de-
four winni'f. ^rom Wake Forest College
nentary ^ graduate of Southern Bap-
’nternatioh^^°^°?^^^^ Seminary at Louis-
s Kentucky.
present he is a member of the
bmitted
lext stage
on a
®td of trustees of Meredith Col-
- Raleigh, and also of Southern
ceived Theological Seminary. He
'd States, f ^®rved pastorates in the Pitts-
irs Hill f°‘^ttlee-Liberty circuit; Wel-
ace in ll baptist Church, Weldon; and
te Oratorii
Mars
Baptist Church, Elizabeth
' before taking his present pas-
Philip at Raleigh.
North Cal' addition, Mr. Fmlator is
•ontest to '*^*^an of the social action com-
D C. '^he North Carolina
ust. ' ***'''*^ Churches of which he
student, I ^ Member of the executive com-
)us activil also. He is president of the
i winner i ^'8^ chapter of Protestants and
the o'b
ullinax,
all of A
;*age One-
meeting
Washin;
present I
dressed
toms of
ey are sp'
be a p
b will
the hons
ora Ro
er, meni|
;sent vaP'
M *“ a scene from “Christmas in the
market t-Iace , the performance that won first place in the Spring
Dramatic Festival at Chapel Hill. Seated are (1. to. r.) Jan
Caudle, Carl Olney, Barbara Ann Carmichael,
and 1 om Lawrence. In the performance given at Chapel Hill, Mary
Lawrence replaced Mis, Carmichael.
inter-soCiC‘ Americans United for Sep
imation Church and State and a
ii-ill repres‘’'*^^r of the National Executive
Day conto *'*':tittee of the same organiza
f Louisb' 1
p in the c* Finlator is married to the
Mrs. E. (^5 Mary Elizabeth Purvis
Snnday School Traioing lliioa
EM Ufm For li8-99
The Sunday SchTOl and Training Union officers for 1958-1959 have
recently been installed.
The new Sunday School general officers are superintendent, Bob Blan-
Sar k"''" j "T ' ton, assistant superintmdent, Peggy BeShears; secretary, Jonita Harris;
l^/lisbury, and they have three music director, Sandra Thorne; pianist, Madeline Bragg
T presidents are Mrs. Vann, Joyce
MirFi“ sSla S? m"‘“
md sto:
rehim
lED
ER5
Nents Present
"'ing Art Exhibit
^ Mars Hill Art Department
^how over 100 pieces of art
j ‘n its annual spring art ex-
^May 26 - June 2, in the
''isual room of Memorial Li-
j ^tid in the Art Room, an-
Joe C. Robertson, Mars
^^rt director.
^ final student art exhibit of
u'®*’ will consist of work com-
t>y the 25 art students dur-
l^ond semester. Each student
I I ® represented by several se-
in the exhibit, which will
paintings, drawings, and
^ work. The ceramic ex-
i^'''ill be shown in a glass case
■j first floor of the library,
'vork in the exhibit will
from abstract to realistic,
Sparks, Kay Archer; Dr. 'pierce,
Joyce Anderson; Mrs. Wilhelm’
Pat Glass; Mrs. Ammons, Barbara’
Dill; Miss Caroline Biggers, La-
Wana Seagroves; Dean Lynch, Rob
ert Smith; Mr. Smith, Jim Lang
ford; Mr. Lance, Jim Sheppard.
The general officers for the
Training Union Department for
1958-1959 are training union di
rector, Eugene Funderburke; assist
ant director. Jack Henson; pro
gram chairman, Mary Jo Gossett;
secretaries, Peggy Cabanias and
Tom Foster; music director, Phillip
Kelley; and pianist, Madeline
Bragg.
Receiving keys of challenge were
the new Training Union presidents,
Paul Jacobs of Daddy Blackwell;
Larry Fink of New Hope; Grenfell
Leonard of H2S04C; Frances Stew
art of Gro-Glo-Go; Emily Hester
of Joy; Larry Holder of Emoclew;
Marvin Gold of John Lake; Kay
Taylor of Pro-Christo; Ken Spain-
hour of John Lawrence; Jolyn Sea-
wright of Bykota; Frances Keen of
Living Christ; Pat Glass of IXL;
Ken Hayes of Arthur Gillespie;
Bill Suter of young married peo
ple; and Gresh Northcott of Meth
odist Youth Fellowship.
ein medium to oils, and
|.'Sure drawing to imaginative
Showers Honor
Staff Members
Recent social events include
showers for Miss Betty Shoaf and
Miss Earline Martin.
Miss Shoaf, bride-elect of Coy
C. Privette, is being honored to
day at the home of Mrs. Don
Henderson. Miss Martin, fiancee
Band To Present
Concert June 1st
The Mars Hill College Band will
give a concert at 3:00 p. m. Sun
day, June 1, in the college audi
torium.
The band under the direction of
Mr. Philip Magnus, will present a
program of varied music. The pro
gram will consist of the "National
Emblem March” by E. E. Bagley;
"Light Cavalry Overture”, Voii
Suppe; Mardi Gras” from AUssis-
Stppi Suite by Ferde Grofe; "First
Suite” in E Flat by Holst.
During the intermission Golden
Keys will be presented to thirty-one
students. These keys are earned by
loyal and active participation in one
of the campus music organizations
tor two years. The music organiza
tions who have members earning
the keys are the band, campus
choir, college choir and the string
ensemble. These organizations are
under the direction of Philip Mag
nus, John C. Christian, Rufus Nor
ris, and Mrs. Hobart VJ^hitman, re
spectively.
The remainder of the program
will be composed of "Fantasy on
American Sailing Songs” by Grund-
man; "Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry
Pranks” by Richard Strauss; "Sabre
Dance” from the Gayne Ballet,
Khachaturian; "An American
Week-End” by Morrissey; and the
"Footlifter” by Fillmore.
of Frederick Guy Walker, will be
feted on the evening of May 29,
in the Blue Room of the Coyte
Bridges Dining Hall. Both plan
early summer weddings.
Dr. W. E. Oates To Be
Graduation Speaker
Speaker at the one hundred and second graduation exercises of Mars
Hill College will be Dr. Wayne E. Oates, professor of the psychology of
religion at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ken
tucky. The exercises, in which approximately- two hundred and fifty stu
dents are scheduled to graduate, are to be held at 9:45 a. m., in the Mars
Hill Baptist Church.
Dr. Oates, an alumnus of Mars Hill, attended Wake Forest College,
- Duke Divinity School, and has re
received his B.D., Th.M., and Th.D.
degrees from Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He has
served as pastor, assistant pastor,
and educational director at church
es in North Carolina and Ken-
mcky. He was also chaplain at the
Kentucky Baptist Hospital and the
Kentucky State Hospital.
As an instructor, Dr. Oates has
taught psychology and philosophy
at Wake Forest College. Since 1948
he has taught psychology of relig
ion and pastoral care at Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary. For
five summers he has been visiting
professor in pastoral counseling at
Union Theological Seminary and
Columbia University.
In addition to being a pastor and
professor. Dr. Oates is also an auth
or. In the last seven years he has
had seven books published. These
books deal with psychology as per
taining to religion. Also he is on
the editorial advisory board of Pas
toral Psychology, The Journal of
Pastoral Care, and the Review and
Expositor. He has contributed to
four other books which have been
published recently. In addition he
is chairman of the commission on
the Ministry of the conference on
counseling and psychotherapy of
the New York Academy of
Sciences.
Choir To Give
Religious Concert
The Mars Hill Touring Choir
under the direction of Rufus N.
Norris, will give a program of re
ligious selections at the Mars Hill
Baptist church, at 8:00 p. m. Sun
day, June 1.
In the program will be included
an original composition, "Gloria”,
composed by Mr. Norris and sung
for the first time.
The program will include an or
gan prelude, "Prelude and Fugue in
E Minor—Cathedral” by Bach; "Al
mighty God Who Hast Me
Brought” by Ford; "O Vos Omnes”
by Vittoria; "Let All Ye Sons and
Daughters Sing” by Liesbring; two
"Chorales” from the "Christmas
Oratorio” by Bach; "Grant Unto
Me the Joy of Thy Salvation” by
Brahms; "Hallelujah, Amen” from
"Judas Maccabeus” by Handel;
"A4agio” from "Chorale in A Min
or” by Franck; and a solo, "Thanks
Be to Thee” by Handel, sung by
Jean Cox, mezzo soprano.
Next on the program will be
four 'Negro spirituals: "Ride the
Chariot” in an arrangement by
Smith, with Barbara Stevens, so
prano, as soloist; "In Dat Great Git-
tin up Mornin’ ” by Lockwood, ar
ranged by Hairston, with Gerald
Deaton, tenor, as soloist; and "Ain’a
That Good News”, arranged by
Dawson. Concluding the program
will be "The Creation” by James
Weldon Johnson, arranged by Tom
Scott, with Tom Lawrence as nar
rator.
Banquet To Honor
Alumni And Grads
Members of the class of 1958 of
Mars Hill College will be special
guests at the Alumni Banquet to
be held May 31, at 5:30 p. m. in
the college cafeteria. The speaker
of the evening will be Earle E.
Bradley, Mars Hill ’28.
Mr. Bradley attended Wake For
est College and the Divinity School
of Duke University. He has served
as pastor of churches in Spencer,
Asheville, and Wilmington.
For the past thirteen years, he
has been Secretary of Promotion
with the North Carolina Baptist
State Convention.
Presiding at the banquet will be
Frank H. Watson of Spruce Pine,
president of the Alumni Associ
ation. Other officers of the As
sociation are Mrs. Katherine Rob
erts Harrell of Newton, vice-
president; and Miss Bex Ramsey,
Mars Hill, secretar}^
(Continued on Page 4)
Laurel Dedicated
To Mrs. 1. L. Lann
The 1958 Laurel has been dedi
cated to Mrs. Cornelia H. Vann,
thirty-seven years teacher of Ger
man and Spanish at Mars Hill
College. Miss Barbara Ann Car
michael of Thomasville is Miss
Laurel.
Mrs. Vann has been in the field
of education for forty-one years.
In addition to teaching subject
matter, she has “aided and in
spired her students to achieve the
very best in life.” Her life is an
example of Christian living.
Coming to Mars Hill in 1920
from Texas, Mrs. Vann has
served Mars Hill College as
teacher of Spanish, German, and
as Dean of Women. She is a
graduate of Baylor College for
Women with an A.B. degree. She
attended Columbia University,
was a graduate student in Spain,
and received her M.A. degree kom
the University of North Carolina.
M rs. A. H. Becker, only daugh
ter of Mrs. Vann and the late
Dr. L. L. Vann, was present for
the dedication service. Mrs.
Becker’s husband is a captain in
the Air Force stationed at Fort
Knox, Kentucky.
(Continued on Page 4)