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rhosen as feature editor.
Is from Lenoir with Rosa
Gruits of Alexander, Vir-
3s her assistant. The re-
position on the editorial
’''ill be filled by Linda Sher-
Irom Vilas.
■ Denton of Lake Wales,
3 has been chosen as sport’s
Ron is the new president
vva> 'I'ders, and has been on foot-
® ’id track teams this year.
L ,,'istants will be John Yonce
pest 'liniond, Virginia, and Tom
of Fayetteville.
Circulation staff will consist
Gattis, manager, of Dur-
lOpi Carol Southerland of
ady I’ Kr'ild, Florida, assistant.
■“I Lankford, when ques-
concerning her selection as
ll-f editor said, “It has been a
■' ^ful experience to work with
^'Ihop staff members this
T am looking forward to
J il *ihe college to the best of
,vn iuity in the coming year.
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V ACP Rating
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i^ere! The ACP rating for
I 8-59 semester Hilltop was
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lation, the Hilltop received
‘^ociated Collegiate Press
second class honor rating
, Andrews, of the public
staff of the press.
fating, sent in guidebook
&ves a compact, compre-
,, ^orm of evaluation of pub-
* and a digest of standards
Mestions which are valu-
^nalyzed and rated in its
j Ossification, The Hilltop
■ jged in comparison with
^^fom other colleges of ap-
j?*ely similar enrollment,
,li’’'ilar method of publication
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j^ter. The Hilltop had
’’tions first semester.
•ection* which were rated
I y *ttt were editorials, sports
headline schedule, name-
^"•>ning head, and mast-
a comment at the end
'‘oklet Mr. Andrews said
the news extensively.”
booklet the primary
^ college newspaper is
evident: to cover the
of the college.
|,§ood college newspaper
an organ of information
faculty, parents, and
1^' T'o fulfil this status, be-
V organ of information,
Port of a good staff is
Well as the support of
’*^0 student body.
MARS HILL. N. C.. MAY 9, 1959
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fcl Lankford, a freshman from North Wilkesboro, has been
)f ” as editor of the Hilltop for the coming year. Carol, a liberal
®ajor, is a member of the Scriblerus honor club and a Clio. In
ichool Carol was Beta club president, on the annual staff, and
illative.
’lia Simmons, associate editor, from ^Winston-Salem was Library
lant of the Month and is a Clio. Linda was editor of her high
Paper. Sybil Whisnant has -
Gruits, Porter, New
Council Leaders
Old and new members of the
Men and Women’s Student Coun
cils recently selected council offi
cers for the coming year. Rosa
Lynn Gruits of Alexander, Vir
ginia, was elected president of the
Women’s Student Council for the
1959-60 term. Rosa Lynn, presi
dent of Huffman dormitory, is a
member of Scriblerus Honor Club,
a HILLTOP reporter, and Vol
unteers publicity chairman.
Sallie Graham of Bakersville
was elected as vice-president. Sal-
lie is president of Stroup dormi
tory. Virginia Gibson of Balti
more, Maryland, is the new secre
tary. Virginia is from Huffman
dormitory. Doris Elrod of Gas
tonia is the incoming chaplain.
Doris lives in Spilman dormitory.
The Men’s Student Council se
lected Charles Porter of Charlotte
as president. Charles, a pre-med
student, is president of Myers
Dormitory.
Max Lennon of Evergreen is
the new vice-president. Max is
president of Treat. Ron Denton
was elected to serve as secretary
and treasurer for the council. Ron
lives in Landers cottage and is
from Lake Wales, Florida.
House officers for the men’s
dormitories were chosen in a re
cent election. Myers elected
Charles Porter, Gene Braddy, and
Richard Sellers for president, vice-
president, and secretary-treasurer,
respectively. Robert Meldrum is
president of Melrose for the com
ing year. Jack Harron is vice-
president of Melrose, and the sec.-
treas. is Melvin Twiddy.
John Damewood, Perry Allen,
and Ray Jackson were chosen of
ficers in Brown dormitory. They
are president, vice-president, and
secretary - treasurer, respectively.
(Continued on Page 4)
Annual BSU
Banquet Held
On April 28, the BSU banquet
was held in the cafeteria. Speaker
for the occasion was the Rev. Tho
mas Funderburke, interim pastor
of the Pritchard Memorial Baptist
Church in Charlotte, and former
president of the Mars Hill BSU.
Entertainments was furnished
by Bob Freund, Nelson Tunstall,
and Peggy Lois Tatum. Karen
Hopkins presented Dr. Ella P.
Pierce, advisor to the council, a
gift from the retiring council. Al
len Page, BSU president, chal
lenged the new council to continue
the growth of BSU work. The
Rev. Dean Minton pronounced the
benediction.
Carol Lankford
College Marshals
Selected for 59-60
Nelson Tunstall of Raleigh and
Lucy Rhodes of Tryon have been
elected chief and assistant chief
marshals respectively for the 1959-
60 school term, Dean R. M. Lee
announced recently.
Nelson is a member of the band,
a Philomathian, treasurer of the
B.S.U., and a member of the Scrib
lerus honor club. Lucy is a music
major who made all A’s for the
first semester. She is a member
of the touring choir.
Other marshals are Celia Ann
Caldwell of Boger City; Jackie
V. Harron of Weaverville; Eliza
beth Ann Miller of Greensboro;
Jimmy D. Poe of Greensboro;
Brenda Poston of Mooresville.
Hie Linn Rice of Jerico Springs,
AIo.; Francis Shirley of Ander
son, S. C.; Maryan Smith of
Memphis, Tenn.; and Billy Rex
Stephens of Tabor City.
Marshals are selected on a basis
of scholarship, character and will
ingness to serve at college func
tions. New marshals will assume
their duties at commencement this
year and will act throughout the
1959-60 term as ushers and mar
shals at evening entertainments and
other public events on the campus.
Number 14
Auditorium Bids
Will Be Received
The Executive Committee of
the Board of Trustees, with Mr.
R. O. Huffman as chairman and
the Building and Grounds Com
mittee of the Board of Trustees
with Mr. C. C. Harrell as chair
man will meet Monday, May 11
to receive bids from approximately
twenty contractors. The bids are
in competition for the construc
tion of the Robert Lee Moore Au
ditorium and Eine Arts Building.
The contract will be awarded
by the board of trustees. Mr.
Henrj' T. Gaines is the architect
and ilr. Lee is the chairman of
the auditorium committee.
The new auditorium is expected
to be well over a year in con
struction. Cost of the comings
building will be well over one mil
lion dollars.
Roger Shaw Chosen As laurel Editor,
Parker, Landrum, Twiddy Will Assist
Roger A. Shaw of Richmond, Virginia has been chosen editor of
the IP^O Laurel. Roger is a liberal arts major planning to go into either
accounting or advertising. He takes part in various activities on campus.
He works as a library assistant and is a member of Dramateers. He
also belongs to I.R.C. and is an active participant in the religious ac
tivities on campus, going to Cane River much of the time and taking
part in Training Union activities.
The major staff members of
the 1960 Laurel have been chosen
and they are as follows: associate
editor, Jean Parker; business man-
ager, Jimmy Landrum; and staff
photographer, Melvin Twiddy.
The Editor of the 1960 Laurel
says that the remaining staff mem
bers will be chosen later on.
Roger made some comment con
cerning the work of the LAUREL
for this year: “I feel that I have
learned a great deal from work
ing on this year’s staff and I
have enjoyed it very much. It
is our hope to make the 1960
LAUREL even better.”
Assisting Marta Fredy as edi
tor of the 1959 Laurel are Roger
Shaw as associate editor, and June
McCoy as assistant editor. Tim
Murray serves as business man
ager and Morrison Lawing as
photographer.
Doing the typing are Mary
Richerson and Suzanne Gantt.
The layout staff consists of Ann
Mercer, Ronald Keller, Kathy
Glore, and Rex Stephens. Gene
Yarborough and Gwen Pidkle-
simer make up the editorial staff.
Faculty advisor assisting the staff
is Miss Martha Linney.
Marta says, “It has been a
great responsibility to edit an an
nual. The staff this year has been
smaller than usual, but ‘it has been
of the highest calibre.’ It has been
a pleasure to work on the Laurel.
Roger Shaw, I am sure, will make
an excellent editor. Best wishes to
him and the 1960 staff.”
According to the editor, the
1959 Laurel will be distributed
some time in May and it is the
hope of all the staff that the stu
dents will be pleased with this
X 4 I year’s annual.
i^^USIC ^jrdcludtcs
Present Recitals
Mars Hill College’s Department
of Music will present in graduat
ing organ recital on Sunday, May
17, at 3:00 P. M. in the Mars
Hill Baptist Church Barbara
Dean, Clinton Flowers, and Betty
Early. On Monday, May 18, at
8:00 P. M. Elton Freund, Phillip
Kelley, and William Mcllvaine
will be presented in the college
auditorium. ,
Barbara, a native of Walkerton,
an organ student of Miss Donna
Lou Nagy, and piano student of
Miss Martha Biggers, will play
the following numbers: “Chorale,
Prelude on Sleepers Wake, A voice
is calling”. By J. S. Bach; “Toc-
cato in D minor (Dorian)” by J.
S. Bach, and “Piece heroique” by
Cesar Franck. Barbara is a mar
shal, president of the Orpheon
Club, and organist at the Mars
Hill Baptist Church.
Among numbers to be played by
Clinton Flowers will be “Basse et
Dessus de Trompette” by Louis-
(Continued on Page 4)
Our Toufn Will Be
Gommencement Play
The Dramateer’s commence
ment play, Thornton Wilder’s
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Our
Town, under the direction of Mrs.
Elizabeth W. Watson, MH dra
ma director, will be presented on
Friday, May 29, at 8 p. m. in
the college auditorium.
The play which is centered
around the citizens of Grover’s
Corners, New Hampshire, tells of
the universal experience of living,
and attempts to explain the phil
osophy of life and the failure of
men to realize life sufficiently.
Phil Kelly, who played the lead
ing role in Caesar and Cleopatra,
is narrator in Our Town. Others
in the cast are Mary Lawrence,
Bill Culver, Martha Colburn,
Anne Loftis, Gene Yarborough,
Karen Hopkins, Paul Jacobs, Bob
Freund, Loretta Duncan and many
others too numerous to mention.
The production crew will be su
pervised by Ronnie Harris, the
lighting will be handled by Don
Shuman, and the prompter will be
Emily Dunn.
Our Town is quite unique in
that there is very little scenery
used, therefore the actors through
symbolic propts create the com
plete effect of the story. All mem
bers of the faculty and student
body who wish to see an excellent
play concerning the three adven
tures of living — Life, Love, and
Death are cordially invited.
Roger Shaw
Need some spine-tingling ex
citement? Then be sure to read
David Wood's short story
Strange Girl Was Melody." See
for yourself why Melody was
indeed a strange girl. We highly
recommend this short short
story for a rare moment of
enjoyment.