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se XXXIII
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1958
Ntunber 1
uner School
iduates 23
graduation exercises held
t 8, an unprecedented
-three students graduated
Mars Hill as a result of
completed work in the
ler session. There were nine-
eceiving Associate in Arts
as in the literary course,
in Business and one a Com-
1 Certificate.
'se receiving Literary di-
were as follows: Ivey
Baker, Jr., Snow Hill;
irn Randolph Call, Jr., Ashe-
John Ashby Carroll, Hook-
> Dudley McAuley Greene,
larle; Robert Samuel
1, Charlotte; Walter O’Neil
jhries, Jr., Roxboro; Phyllis
ine Kiser, Kannapolis; Will-
Tuggle Long, Roxboro;
flin Lee Malone, Gastonia;
arvin Leon Manuel, Thom-
0 receiving Literary diplomas
Milton Vines Massey,
esville; Monroe Talton
pn, Marshall; Barbara Ellen
Ms, Asheville; William Ken-
adgett, Walterboro, S. C.;
idney Prevost, Jr. Waynes-
j Edgar William Ray, Burns-
Richard Douglas Ruff, So-
Hill, S. C.; Monroe Mar-
Southern, Mocksville; and
cs Louise Wooten, Graham.
lose receiving Business di
ps were Ruth Elaine Lance,
I'lle; Patsy Ann Ruleman,
P3> Fla.; and Barbara Dawn
Pi Kinston. Theodora Head
lenney, Chesnee, S. C., re-
¥ 3 Commercial Certificate.
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VICTORY CHEERS for the Mars Hill Lions will be led this year
by a lively group of girls. They are bottom row (L to R) Kay Wright,
Jane Phillips, Nancy Carroll, Alice Maney and Peggy Collins; top
row (L to R) Beverly Rogers, Peggy BeShears, Anne Elder and
Barbara Dees.
Sophs Nominate Leaders;
Elections Held Recently
As we go to press, elections for sophomore class officers are being
held. Nominations were held last Friday, September 19. M. H. Kendall,
chairman of the committee on clubs, classes, and societies presided at
the call meeting. The regulations pertaining to sophomore class elec
tions were given and the importance of the offices stressed. The floor
was opened for nominations and those present were given the oppor
tunity to vote for one of the nominees for each office. The three
receiving the highest number of
Mrs. Vann Retires;
32 Years Of Service
Nrwood Continues
ies At Carolina
p Evelyn Underwood, for
pt fourteen years a member
faculty in the Department
astory, is on leave this year
toward a doctorate at
diversity of North Carolina.
Underwood was the re-
■ of a $1500 scholarship
from Delta Kappa Gamma,
honorary fraternity for
teachers. Her major field
:®rest is American History,
^ddition to her academic
Miss Underwood served as
|Osor for the International
°Os Club and was faculty
for the Baptist Training
'• She was in frequent de-
. a speaker for clubs and
izations, both on and off the
'• Holding both A.B. and
degrees from the Univer-
I'f North Carolina, she has
I one graduate work at the
^rsity of Edinburgh and has
extensively in Europe.
votes for each office were placed
on the ballot for the final election.
The nominees were as follows;
president, Paul Jacobs, Clifton
McClure, Joe Greene, David Mil
ler and Haskell Ezell; vice-presi
dent, Sandra Rogers, Sally Rigs-
bee and Frankie Stewart; secre
tary, Mary Lawrence, Olene
Swain, Pegg\" BeShears and Nan
cy Carroll; and treasurer. Jack
Hinson, Charlie Trammel, Sally
Holbrook, Bob Nicholson, and
Harriet Ligon. Mr, and Mrs.
Fred Corbin are continuing as
class sponsors.
'.facing Miss Underwood in
'Story Department is Robert
a graduate of Mars Hill
'"’mer BSU president here.
^ graduate of Baylor Uni-
^ holds a B.D. degree
^ Southeastern Theological
For the past four years
n cen the pastor of Grove
^Pfist Church, Clinton.
Scriblerus Chooses
Richerson As Head
Mary Richerson was chosen
president of the Scriblerus Club
for 1958-59 at a recent called
meeting. Other elected officers are
Kay Wright, vice president;
Frankie Stewart, secretary; and
Emily Hester, treasurer.
From Spartanburg, S. C., Mart’
is majoring in secretarial science
and is a Nonpareil marshal. Kay
is a liberal arts major from Biyson
City. She serves the student body
as a marshal this year. Frankie is
from Elkin and is majoring in
liberal arts, while Emily is a
pre-medical major from High
Point.
Committees and their selected
chairmen are as follows: arrange
ment, David Miller; program,
Kay Wright and Frankie Stew
art; hostess, Loretta Duncan and
Melissa Yelton; refreshment,
Janice Howell; and kitchen and
clean-up, Mildred Ketner and
Betty Sue White.
Mrs. Cornelia Howell Vann,
for many years head of the De
partment of Modern Languages,
and teacher of Spanish and Ger
man, retired from the Mars Hill
faculty at the close of the 1957-58
college year.
She was honored at the annual
alumni banquet May 31, at which
time her retirement was an
nounced. After a brief address of
appreciation. President Blackwell
presented her with a silver bowl
from the College, and Mrs. Nona
Moore Roberts, teacher of French,
pinned on her an orchid corsage.
Mrs. Vann, a native of Texas,
holds a B.A. degree from Baylor
University, an M.A. from the
University of North Carolina, and
has done graduate work also at
Columbia University and in Spain.
During a portion of her thirty-
two years at Mars Hill, Mrs.
Vann served as Dean of Women.
In addition to her teaching, she
has taken an active part in re
ligious activities, her particular in
terests centering around missions
and temperance work.
A permanent resident of Mars
Hill, Mrs. Vann lives on the
Asheville highway at the south
entrance to the campus, and shares
her home with several college
students.
Mrs. Nona Moore Roberts is
serving as acting head of the De
partment of Modern Languages.
Joining the department as
teacher of German and Spanish is
Miss Anna B. Holt of Finley,
Tenn. Aliss Holt holds a B.A.
degree from Union University and
an M.A. from Peabody.
MHC Adds 4 Profs;
Makes Replacements
Faculty Expansion Witnessed
Four additions have been made to the Mars Hill faculty for the
ensuing school year. They are A. W. Edye, James M. Fish, Kenneth
S. Jones, and Mrs. Allen H. Fish.
Mr. Edye joins the natural sciences department as a chemistry
teacher, having graduated from Pennsylvania State and earned an
M.S. degree from the Colorado School of Mines. A graduate of
Mars Hill, Mr. Fish is associated with the Physical Education depart-
ment. He received a B.A. degree
f J from the University of North
U6BnS List KClCHSCd Carolma and is married to
Gwyndola Fish, Mars Hill Span-
For Second Semester A teacher of economics and
The freshmen, whose names history, Mr. Jones earned B.A.
appeared on the Dean’s Honor and M.A. degrees at the Univer-
List last semester of the 1957-58 sity of Houston and is a B.D.
term with an A average were: graduate of New Orleans Theo-
Albert Lemuel Blackwell, Jeanne logical Seminary. Mrs. Fish has
Davidson Coleman, and Altha become a member of the Memorial
Jeanene Hardy. Library staff as secretary. She
Other last year’s freshmen f«ended Western Carolina Col-
whose names are also on the list ^as been employed by
are: Cecil Murray Akers, Kay ^avy Department in Wash-
Frances Archer, Claudia Arro- >''^on ct, f
wood, Robert Alden Blanton, ^’
Linda Boone, James Everett To°be Cashwell and Miss
Bridges, Thomas Fletcher Bryant, Marline Martin, all of whom re-
Suzannah Elizabeth Campbell, *‘fi
Nancy Anne Carroll, Cheok Wah Walter Smith, Fred H. Brown,
Chan, Dana Lee Conn, and Bar- ^iss Carolyn Haynes
bara Kathryn Dean. Mrs. Smith returns to the pub-
lie relations staff after a year s
Others are Emily Nelson Dunn, absence. She is the wife of Wal-
Frances Arlene Edwards, Doro- ^.g,. Smith, director of publicity,
thy Clay Eller, Marta Jean Fredy, Brown, a graduate of Mars
J. Thomas Garrett, Marilyn Hill, Furman University, and
Amelia Gillespie, Patricia Ann Southern Baptist Theological
Glass, Mary Jo Gossett, W^ilda Seminary also has joined the pub-
Marteen Grogan, Sylvia Roberta iJc relations staff. Miss Haynes,
Gunnejt, Nancy Jonita Harris, ^ graduate of Berea College, is
Kenneth Edgar Hayes, Julia dietitian in the dining hall. She
Frances Hicks, Taree Tonette had experience in Boone
Long, Betty Jean Myers, Allen Tavern at Berea.
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Price
Dramateers Plan
Also on the list are Lynda Kath
leen Ridings, Sally Adair Rigsbee,
Janette Robinson, Gerald Lewis
Roper, Barbara Susan Shepard,
Sarah Jane Stienbeck, Albert Don
ald VanDeVeer, Betty Sue White,
Alice Kay Wright, Carol Ann
Young, and Victoria Elizabeth
Norris.
Myers Elects
Warfford Prexy
Election of house officers in
Myers Dormitory was held Mon
day night, September 22. The
new Meyers house officers are
president,. Dick Warfford; vice-
president, Jim Smith; secretary-
treasurer, Jack Briggs; chaplain.
Bill Pennell; and assistant chap
lain, Shault Coker, Jr. Dean
Lynch was present for the election.
Shaw Production
The first Dramateers meeting of
the new academic year was held
on September 15 in the auditorium
with Victoria Norris, President,
presiding. Mrs. Elizabeth Wat
son, director of dramatics, an
nounced that tryouts for the fall
production, Caesar and Cleopatra,
by George Bernard Shaw will be
held October 2 and 3. The pro
duction will be staged Saturday,
November 15.
The play has a very large cast
with opportunity for freshmen and
sophomores alike, experienced ac
tors and beginners.
Be prompt! Go on time to
have your Laurel pictures taken.
Because of a rigid schedule one
minute can destroy hours of
careful planning.
Gals, wear dark slipover
sweaters and guys wear shirts
and dark coats and ties. Don’t
forget to bring your smile!
The New Look Has
Come To Mars Hill
During the short summer
months while many of us were
away from Mars Hill, the Build
ings and Grounds crew under the
direction of Mr. Tilson has
achieved a marked improvement
in the appearance of the campus.
Paving of the road by the men’s
dormitories and the President’s
home, as well as the parking lots,
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