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Attend In Ani,Sophocle’s III ^'*^edipus Rex (eat Pc Tonight Miss Carok=r=: Q^he Hilltop Published by the Students of Mars Hill College See The Spring Football Game March 7 xxxni nd a regull loyees, Mr/ ties keep hiir'' l^ offooTier Miss America Will Choose le campus, JSiena™cr^959 EditioR Of Miss Laurel I' McKnight, Miss America of 1956, will choose the Miss Ir. Caldweof 1959. Miss AlcKnight’s selection will not be revealed in August- Laurel is distributed some time in May. IS duties aito winning the title of Miss America, Marian was a sophomore : found oner College in Hartsville, South Carolina. This beautiful and lege cafetei young lady, who so well rej^resented her state of South :il Novemt, is from Manning. After a year’s reign, she transferred to students i. in Angeles where — MARS HILL. N. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1959 Number 10 e building liied dramatics. Just Dormitory.ie married a young actor, cafeteria Wiof dorms for voung ern featurestages, and town residents on to the cien its representative for Mr. Caldi^st. Miss Patricia Robin- asks is the I represent Treat; Connie irge quantif Myers; Loretta Mill- canned goo^elrose; Peggy BeShears stored as rfried Cottages; Carol Ann dvance of Town Homes; Marta lust go on “rown; and Helen Kelly ig food pric price of H Fredy, editor of 1959 pproximatel'ok, said, “We would like >d bill, has fne faculty, students, and year. Sincc^'ons for their co-opcr- ibout 400 ' the staff of pho- leal and up’^®- ’ es of meat — ' see that iportant )b. s Convening On March 6-8 ■tant mem« iff is Mis :ge dietitiat planning • hundred and fiftv girls iparation aCster„ North Carolina will Iiss Hanes g the college on the week- ils with v-lVlarch 6-8 for the YWA to insure a|rty. Mars Hill YWA’s to the girls, who iting the ^Img in the girls’ dorms, mately lO^|t canipus will be approxi- two-hourS' Ruest speakers and con- I by the cO ^ders for discussion ;is and use ., * Wa methods, mission pay their ‘ etc. The theme of g'“'’«''ty will be “Now Is vellisespef Fime”. A banquet hat a deleg*,fg _ Saturday night in rolina Coll'f, j'*’ II campus f)f j, Home Missions 1 tour of 0 emphasis ern Carol'. ^ Annie Armstrong ich will tuary 22-27 was many of tWt * "’eek, climaxed by les which Lenn P^^her was Mrs. ised at MVifU missionan- home M residing at Wake Lennon is a gradu- holidays the new 1. "'ill be elected and [ay hese girls will take ar' begin plans for "'ork. Omitted D ean s triej^ ^'lition of the IliUtop f_ tvere "''Pt the unfortunately JernV ’s List. % a' j ^ Cason, a fresh- ^de .,1] ^''son. South Caro- ^ir»: . Celia Eleanor Lee Gibson, and Harris also attained 9 to congratula- Cr St 1 as to /^Qr. tYfwho earned pititj regret that the '"ere omitted in last Lankford Is Editor OfFreshmanHrfftop Carol Lankford, of North Wilkesboro has been chosen as editor for the Freshman Edition of the Hilltop which will come out in late Alarch. While in high school Miss Lankford served as president of the Beta club and was a superlative. This year at MHC Carol has been active as a reporter for the Hilltop and is a member of the Scriblerus. Linda Simmons of Winston- Salem will serve as associate editor of the edition. In high school she was editor of the school paper. Assistant editors w'ill be Rosa Lymn Gruits and Eldridge Hol land with Sybil Whisnant as feature editor. Along with re porters these will compose the editorial staff. John Yonce will be sports edi tor with Tom Croom as a.ssistant. Claude Royall will serve as ad vertising manager. Circulation manager will be Tom Gattis and Carol Southerland will act as as sistant, Lois Biggs, will be in charge of Girls’ Sports. Reporters for the Freshman Edition are as follows: Gerald Murdock, Linda Sherwood, Joan Blythe, Ron Denton, John Jen- nette, and Richard Buddine. We the senior members of the staff wish to extend hearty best wishes for a successful freshman paper. Dramateers Give Play March 9-10 “Christ in the Concrete City”, a modern religious drama by P. W. Turner, will be presented March 9 and 10 in chapel period in the auditoriums. The play, within the limits of a cast of .six, attempts to portray the Passion of Christ from three points of view. Firstly, there is the story of something that hap pened. Secondly, the story of the Passion is presented as one of universal significance, speaking tirelessly to all mankind. Thirdly, The Crucifixion and Resurrection arc given as events of personal significance speaking intimately to the individual in the secret places of his own soul. March 14 the AIH dramatics department will present a program of rhythmic choir interpretations of hymns, spirituals, prayers, and scripture at Allen High School in Asheville. Mrs. Elizabeth Wat son, MH drama director, will lecture on rhythmic choir along with the student demonstration given by both the religious drama cla.sses. John Ciardi Famed Poet, Ciardi Lectures Saturday John Ciardi, poet, critic, and educator, will be on the Mars Hill campus Saturday, March 7. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Air. Ciardi will be in the Faculty Lounge in the library for an in formal question and answer period. I'he Scriblerus Club is sponsoring this event. Any members of the faculty or student body who are interested in modern poetry are invited. At 8 o’clock Air. Ciardi will lecture in the auditorium. A native of Boston, Air. Ciardi is professor of English at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, poetry editor of the Saturday Review, incoming presi dent of the College English As sociation, and director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Air. Ciardi received his edu cation at Bates College, Tufts College, and the University of Alichigan. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has been Instructor at Har vard, lecturer on American Poetry at the Salzburg Seminar on Amer ican Studies, and lecturer on Poetry at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Air. Ciardi has won numerous awards for his literary contribu tions. Among them he received a (Continued on Page 4) MHC Scrutinized By Committee In keeping with a plan adopted in 1957, Alars Hill College was visited Februan,- 23-25 by a com mittee from the Southern Asso ciation of Schools and Colleges. Dr. Rabun L. Brantley of Mercer University served as chairman. It was decided two years ago that all member schools should be evaluated once each ten years on a rotating basis. Alars Hill vol unteered to ser\e as one of six pilot schools participating in the first annual check-up. In preparation for the commit tee’s visit, even,’ department of Alars Hill conducted an intensive self-study and presented a report. Other members of the commit tee are President John M, Carter, Campbellsville College; Dean F. (Continued on Page 4) Oedipus Rex, Greek Classic, Being Enacted By Players, Incorporated Players, Incorporated, will present in Oedipus Rex, a tragedy by Sophocles, at 8:00 p,m. tonight in the college auditorium, with Robert Alilli, who plays Oedipus, King of Thebes, and Dolores Viola, Jocasta, Queen of Thebes, as leads. Believed by many theatre scholars to be the greatest play ever written, Oedipus Rex unites the elements of pure tragic stature and nerve- tingling theatricality. The downfall of the great ill-fated King of Thebes moves through Oedipus’ step by step tracking of the mur derer of his predecessor with the finely drawn skill of a masterful detective story. Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary,’ season, the touring company of Players, Incorporated, has become the longest-running national repertory theatre in the United States in the 20th centurj’. The troupe is made up of 15 actors who can each play as many as ten different parts on call. The Players are noted lor their “com plete” productions. The adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex used on the 10th tour was written expressly lor Players, Incorporated, by Leo Bradley, Professor of Speech and Drama at the Catholic University of America. Alembers of the com pany are graduates of the Catholic University in Washington, D. C., noted for the many Broadway hits which have originated in the uni versity theatre. The C.U. drama department is under the direction of the Rev. Gilbert V. Hartke, O.P., one of the most prominent figures in the American theatre today. The actual range of the troupe’s Mars Hill Debaters Enter Tournament The Adars Hill College Debate Team is traveling to the South Atlantic Forensics Tournament in Hickory on March 5, 6, and 7. The meet is sponsored by Lenoir- Rhyne College. This will be the first tourna ment of the new semester in which the Adars Hill speakers have par ticipated. There will be a wide variety of forensic events, and in tercollegiate debates will be held on the national debate topic, “Re solved: That further development of nuclear weapons should be pro hibited by international agree ment.” Debating for Mars Hill will be, affirmative, Stan Jackson and Bob Hancock, and negative, Clai borne Hopkins and Morrison Lawing. Training Union Officers Listed All BAptist Training Union unit organizations are carrying on second semester activities under the leadership of new officers recently elected and installed. Eugene Funderburke is general BTU su perintendent. AREOGAPUS Union has elected Patricia Robinson, presi dent; Wayne Roberts, vice-presi dent; Judy Elam, secretary; and Faith Edwards and Carol Kendall, group captains. The new president of VANCE is Kay Wright, with Bettie Jean Adeyers serving as vice president; Lois Briggs as secretary; and Vol- lis Summerlin as group captain. The members of JOY have elected Betty Jo Cox, president; Ruth Teague, vice-president; Lib Harbor, secretary; and Frank Pit man and Clyde Triplett, group captains. AVESTMINSTER FELLOW SHIP elected Ann Adoore lor president; Don Shuman, program chairman; Chiles Calhoun, vice- program chairman; and Judy Faust, secretary-treasurer. 'Phe new officers of ARTHUR GILLESPIE are Wade Radford, president; Evelyn Lawton and Richard Childress, co-vice presi dents; and Barbara Warren and Ronald Searcy, group captains. Anne Adercer serves as secretary. Ann Aldridge serves BYKOTA Union as president. Peggy Be Shears is vice-president; Jeanne Hardy, secretary; and Adartha Colburn, Doug Suddreth, and Bar bara Robinson, group captains. Dolores Viola travels is more international than national. The company has made six trips abroad under the aus pices of the Department of De fense to entertain troops. Fish, Seymour Births Two charming additions have been recently added to the college campus population. Adalona Ann Fish is the new baby daughter born on Feb. 7 to Air. and Adrs. James Fish. Adrs. Fish is a Spanish teacher here at AdHC and Air. Fish is a member of the athletic department. Frances Jane Seymour is the daughter of proud parents. Dr. and Airs. Setraour. Dr. Sej'raour has been pastor of the Alars Hill Baptist Church for four years, and Airs. Seymour served as church organist during this time.
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