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.. . ...i.-'’ I.''- Hello lEveryone cxiv Edward Radford, Jim- Roberts, Beverly Faye lennifer Rose Ruff, and jforman Webber also re- plomas. Betty Mays Wil- received a business cer- littee Chosen |tudy Plans ™niittee has been chosen faculty members, trus- alumni of Mars Hill [ to study the proposed transforming MHC into college. Faculty mem- pog on this committee are [M. Lee, chairman; Mr. "cLeod, and Mr. R. R. jtrustees are Mr. Carl [Chairman, Mr. R. O. and Mr. C. C. Harrell, oni are Mr. Noland Ben- C. C. Hope, and Mr. ^rown. Plans are under- this nine member com- oieet before Christmas. , stressed that it would to exchange a first I*®*" college, which Mars ^ second rate senior "Therefore it will take ■ ®ars to make this change Y®**ng the high standards College possesses. cThe Hilltop Published by the Students of Mars Hill College MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1959 iteen Receive las In August fcommencement exercises [summer session of Mars liege took place Friday, |> 11:00 A. M. Speaker ccasion was Dr. Perry pastor. First Baptist lAsheville. pen graduates were pre- |ith Associate in Arts di- ISome of these are Marian leek, Wiliam Theodore Martha Wray Deal, !.llen Dees, and J. Tho- frett. Igraduates are Steve Gen- |iam King Knight, James vangford, Margaret Sue paries Michael Patterson, larold Poe, and Linda Number 1 An old story comes alive once again as students register classes for the fall semester. Standing in line were approximately ten percent more students than last year. Seven Make All A’s In Spring Term; Dean’s List Contains 100 Other Names Seven students made all A’s for the 1959 spring semester. They are Albert Blackwell, Celia Ann Caldwell, Dorothy Gilliam, Doris Jacobs, Lucy Rhodes, Frances Shirley, and Maryan Tate Smith. Others appearing on the Dean’s List include Marj^ Adams, Wayne Adams, Kay Archer, Claudia Arrowood, Kenny Aydelette, Carolvn Ball, Celia Beale, Ralph Beattie, Bob Blanton, Hilton Bonniwell, Linda Boone, Thomas Bryant, Frances Cason, Cheok Wah Chan, John Wayne Clarke, Paul Dennis, Nancy Dillingham, Loretta Dun can, Emily Dunn, Eddie Ellen, Dorothy Eller, Johnny Elliott, Martha Fisher, Marta Fredy, Judith Frisbee, Shirley Garrison, and Thomas Gattis. inan Resumes '/ Advisorship Chapman, registrar, is ad- the 1959-60 LAUREL ^ position which he held pi years prior to 1957. ''tha Linney acted as ad- the LAUREL staff bnapman is a graduate of ' College and Furman y and completed his work ^^ter’s degree at U, N. C. Phomore year at MHC of the HILLTOP. the HILLTOP staff 1. ^ sincere sympathy to 'fSinia Hart upon the h. rnother. Also listed are Tucker Gibson, Marilyn Gillespie, Harry Golden, Mary Jo Gossett, John Graham, Wilda Grogan, Roberta Gunnett, Jeanene Hardy, Jonita Harris, Jackie Harron, Hubert Hawkins, Kenneth Hayes, Julia Helms, Emily Hester, Sally Holbrook, Northrop Hood, Graydon Hud speth, Alma Huntley, Jacquelyn Hutchings, Paul Jacobs, Phyllis Kellough, Tonette Long, Patricia Loveridge, Emmabelle Lovingood, Stuart Luce, Edward McLean, Alice Maney, Marvin Marchman, Robert Meldrum, and Elizabeth Miller. Others are Judith Miller, Ann Moore, Gayle Morse, Gerald Murdock, Betty Jean Myers, Jean Parker, Jane Phillips, Gwen Picklesimer, Frank Pittman, Rob ert Poe, Brenda Poston, Harvey Young, Joanna Powell, Edward Price, Myra Putnam, Patricia Quillen, Wade Radford, Robert Richardson, Sally Rigsbee, Pa tricia Robinson, Judith Rogers, Sandra Rogers, Louise Scarbor ough, Carolyn Schneider, Richard Sellers, Susan Shepard, and Thomas Smith. Lydia Spivey, Sarah Stainback, Billy Stephens, Frankie Stewart, Olene Swain, Ruth Teague, John White, Sandra Williams, Peter Wong, Doris Wood, Ann Wood- all, Kay Wright, Katherine Wylie, E>oris Yates, Melissa Yel- ton, and Carol Ann Young also made the list. Dramateers Plan Fall Activities Tucker Gibson from Baltimore, Alaryland, is the newly elected president of Dramateers. The first meeting of the drama group was held Alonday night, nd plans were made for the coming year. Trtmuts will begin October 12 for the fall play entitled “The Hastv Heart” bv John Patrick. This is a comedy drama in three acts and the date of presentation will be November 14. Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, Dramateers di rector, invites everyone to try out for the play. The Dramateers presented “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde on September 15 in the college auditorium at eight o’clock. Consisting of three acts, the play was a trivial comedy for serious people. Ned Slagle, Ray Bradley, Charles Bishop, Mrs. Watson, Helen Hembel, Clotilda Wed- dington, Judy Elam, Tucker Gib son, Bud Triplett, and Marietta Atkins were members of the cast for the first play of the season. C ongratulations! There were two members added to our college family during the summer vacation. Congratula tions to Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Compton on the birth of a daugh ter, Kathy Lynn, and to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith on the birth of Karen Marie. On September 22, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Narron also became the parents of a daughter. Six New Members Join Mars Hill Faculty In Six Separate College Departments Six new members have joined the ranks of the Mars Hill College Faculty for the 1959-60 term. Thomas J. Cole of Greenville, South Carolina, a graduate of Furman University with an M.A.' degree from Eastman School of Music, will teach voice and direct the college choir. He will succeed Rufus N. Norris, member of the music faculty since 1955, who will be studying in New York. Richard L. Hoffman of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, comes to our department of social science to succeed David N. Young who will be studying as an assistant at tbe University of Alabama. Mr. Hoff man was graduated from East Carolina College and has an M.A. aegree from the University of North Carolina. Miss Martha Linney is now at Wingate College after four years at Mars Hill as a member of the English department. Her suc cessor is Joe E. Price, graduate of Wake Forest College and Southern Seminary with an M.A. degree from Yale University. Robert Lee Edwards, a mem ber of the Physical Education de partment of MHC for twelve years, is leaving college work to become principal of the Marshall High School. Succeeding Mr. Edwards in the department is Harrell Wood of Paragould, Ar kansas, who is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist College. Mr. Wood has an M.A. degree from George Peabody College. A native of Szeghlom, Hun- gar>% Valentine Farkas will suc ceed Miss Anna Holt in the mod ern languages department. Mr. Farkas received his B.A. degree from State Commercial College in Hungary and his M.A. degree from the University of Berlin, Germany. He will teach German and Spanish. R. Paul Caudill, graduate of Mars Hill College, will teach in the chemistry department. Mr. Caudill received his B.A. degree from Wake Forest College and did additional work in ATemphis, Tennessee, last year. He is re placing Dr. Richardson who re signed because of the illness of his wife. Dr. Richardson is now teaching in a high school in Mo bile, Alabama. Student Union Reveals Year’s Plans Students at Mars Hill have perhaps become acquainted with the BSU council. It is one of the more important groups on the campus. The council has several things planned for the students. President Bob Hancock made the following statement for publica tion. “We are anticipating a very good year for the BSU this year. It is my sentiment, personally, that the caliber of the incoming students this semester is higher than usual, and therefore, we may well expect to have a good year. “I would like to say for the benefit of the new students, and the sophomores as well, in behalf of the BSU council, that we are here only to serve, not to be glori fied. We have been elected to offices by the popular vote of the student body because of the con fidence which they have placed in us. We will strive to uphold that confidence throughout our term in office. We are all fellow stu dents who help to make up the student body. Ours is not an attitude of piety. We want you to feel as though we are the ‘guy’ or ‘gal’ sitting across from you in biolog}", or math, or band. We urge you to get to know the dif- (Continued on Page 4) New Auditorium Gets Underway Work began early this summer on the Robert Lee Moore Audi torium and Fine Arts Building. This new building, considered to be the most ambitious project ever undertaken on this campus, is ex pected to cost over one million dollars. The general contractor is L. B. Gallimore of Greensboro, North Carolina. There will be a main audi torium seating 1800 on the second floor; On this floor also will be a band room and rehearsal room for the choir, individual music practice rooms, two classrooms, and six music studios. Included with the dramatics de partment will be a classroom with a stage, offices for the technical director and the department head. There will be a sewing room, cos tume storage room and a work shop for building and repairing scenery. There will be a music library and facilities for the departments (Continued on Page 4) Local Young Man Granted U. S. Patent Wm. R. Edwards has been granted a U. S. patent on a process for producing durene, a new raw material for chemicals front petroleum. He is a member of the section in Humble Oil & Refining Company’s Research and Development Division at Bay- town, Texas, that is engaged in research on chemicals development. Edwards attended Adars Hill College a year then continued his Judies at North Carolina State College to receive the bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He was a member of the Alars Hill College touring choir and the sci ence honor club. At N. C. State he served as president of the stu dent chapter of American Institute of Chemical Engineers a year and as manager of the Square Dance Band for three years. He was (Continued on Page 4)
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