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Mrs. Davis 
re re also guS® to press, the fall
)avis conduct of 1056 is only six
rs Hill Bapt record enrollment of
957-58 However, ad-
tudents entering be-
the mcmh/^tnester is over will
) planned thg”® the figure above
f the StudeiL,,,, . ,
• oilmen t is composed
eme of laifen and 435 women,
used throu705 freshmen and 346
gladiolas c^®- We also have en-
red with a unclassified adults,
lite linen, l^^^ting one or two
he remainder of the
guests wet
tdoor court adents, who are tak-
ith other gue music lessons in the
'^rtment.
■two states and two
~ 'Untries are represent-
for the schcitudent body this year,
uture of a !;n countries are Cuba
f Albert Sd China with 2. North
r, author, eads the states’ enroll-
ian. As he; 696; Virginia follows
; medical t The third state in
>, he is out is South Carolina,
)us living plorida comes in fourth
^er gave up:
Protef the other states rep-
.trausbourgre Maryland, Georgil
n order to New York, Ohio,
1. An au Oklahoma, Pennsyl-
=ave recitall Alabama. ArkansL,
works oveut, District of Colum-
)ney for th^u, Indiana, Kentucky,
'Pshire, and New Jer-
liss the moi^o represented.
The
Cbanges Made
A Program
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IS Undergoing a policy
A S rneetings this year.
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^s in previous years,
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Lois
Y. W. A. prCsi-
^ ^ason for the change
^ the girls more op-
participate.”
|y the Y. W. A. is pre-
. u study course on
ission work around
hich will be held on
, The study will
A , hy Raymond
ollege Park, Georgia.
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sident, was host to
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, ^he program about
* Itidians.
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the auditorium.
campus officers
e|j *1 Yates, vice-presi-
Lancan, secre-
' ttud nLovingood,
Oilliam, pub-
crtie Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
I
Congratulations,
Officers!
MARS HILL N. C., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1959
Number 2
_ Leading the Sophomore class for the 1959-60 term are (left to
right) Nelson Tunstall, vice-president; Henri Fisher, treasurer; Mel
Luther, president; and Ann Woodall, secretary.
Sinclair To Give
Faculty Recital
Mr. John Sinclair, pianist, a
member of the Music Department,
will present a faculty recital Mon
day evening, October 19 at 7:30
in the college auditorium. All
members of the student body and
faculty are cordially invited to
attend.
The program will range from
selections by such old masters as
Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and
Chopin to some of the lighter
selections such as “Mickey Mouse”
by Castelnuvo-Tedesco.
Eight New Members
Join College Staff
Eight new members have be
come a part of the Mars Hill
College staff for the 1959-60
tenn. Mrs. Mary B. Hamrick,
formerly of Asheville, has be
come the hostess in Brown Dor
mitory, a building named for
her grandfather, H. A. G.
Brown, the first president of the
college
Mrs. Mamie B. Littlefield of
Campobello, S. C., formerly at
Connie Maxwell Orphanage, is
the new hostess in Melrose Dor
mitory. Miss Mary Elizabeth
Kenyon, a graduate of Mars Hill
College and Woman’s College
of the University of North Caro
lina with a B.A. in home eco
nomics, has become the dieti
tian in the dining hall, succeed
ing Miss Carolyn Haynes.
Miss Patricia Kenyon of Hills
boro, an honor graduate of
MHC in 1958, has become the
secretary in Dean Lee’s office,
succeeding Mrs. Myrtle S. Rich
ardson, who resigned because of
illness.
Mrs. J. L. Lowery of Charlotte
has become the secretary in the
public relations department,
taking the place of Mrs. Walter
Smith, who will be devoting her
time to her home. Miss Myra
Putnam of Easley, S. C., a 1959
graduate of MHC, has become
the secretary in the president’s
office, succeeding Mrs. Patsy
Henderson, who will be with
her husband at Furman Univer-
city.
Air. IVade Meadows has re
turned from ASTC at Boone to
resume work as assistant man
ager of the Student Center. Miss
Joyce Edwards of Mars Hill is
secretary in Mr. Tilson’s office.
Honor Clubs Plan To Meet
New Members Are Invited
Honor clubs will meet Monday and Tuesday nights, October
12 and 13. Several new members are expected at each of the clubs.
IRC meets on Tuesday night. Their program will be concerned with
“Current English Election and the Effect on the United States.”
Seven new members have been accepted by IRC. They are Carol Ann
Harris, Mildred Hurt, Bob Richardson, John Stanton, H. C. Johnson,
Tommy Swain, and Zoro Guice.
The French honor club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Nona
Roberts, the sponsor. Mr. Joe
Robertson will be the main speaker
of the evening. He will discuss
the subject of French art.
The Legothia club will meet
Monday night at Mr. Kendall’s.
The topic of the evening will be
“Old Testament, Forerunner of
the New Testament.” The of
ficers for Legothia have been an
nounced and are president, Peggy
Hill; Jackie Hutchins, vice-presi
dent; Bob Hancock, publicity
chairman; and Kenny Aydelette,
devotional chairman. Two new
officers will be elected to serve
as secretary-treasurer and social
chairman. The only new member
is Glen Hodge.
The Scriblerus Club will meet
October 13. Six new members
have been accepted. They are
Nancy Brunt, Malinda Duncan,
Lillian Creech, Ray Craddock,
Nancy Dillingham, and Mary
Etta Mann. The program of the
evening will consist of three
Pulitzer Prize winner reports.
A program on Secretarial De
velopment, adapted from the Un-
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Luther Chosen SophPrexy,
Tunstall VP In Elections
Officers for the sophomore class were chosen after chapel on Sep
tember 28. Mel Luther was elected president; Nelson Tunstall, vice-
president; Ann Woodall, secretary; and Henri Fisher, treasurer.
Mel is a liberal arts major from Raleigh. At Mars Hill, he is
president of the Brotherhood, literary critic of Philomathian literary
society, president of Sams dormitory, president of a Sunday School
class, and a member of the touring choir.
= Qf jjjg election Mel says, “I have
never had such a privilege be
stowed upon me in all my life.
It makes me feel both honored
and humbled that people have
placed that much confidence in
me. We have a lot to do, but
with everyone’s cooperation, we
can do it. I am only an officer;
the class is the success.”
Nelson is from Raleigh and is
an engineering student. His ac
tivities include chief marshal,
B. S. U. treasurer, secretary of
Philomathian literary society, and
Scriblerus honor club. Nelson says
of his selection, “I appreciate the
opportunity to serve and hope that
I can fulfill the duties of this
office to the satisfaction of my
classmates.”
Ann is from Spindale and is a
liberal arts major. She is presi
dent of the Nonpareil literary so
ciety, assistant Sunday School su
perintendent, and a member of
Scriblerus honor club. Last year
Ann served as treasurer of the
freshman class.
Henri Fisher, also from Raleigh,
is a liberal arts major. She is
a cheerleader, treasurer of WRA,
secretary of Clio literary society,
and a training union vice-president.
Forensics Team
Prepares Debates
The Mars Hill Forensic Team
for 1959-1960 is now being or
ganized. The team, under the
sponsorship of Mr. Gentry
Crisp, is meeting in Moore 21,
every Wednesday night from
6:30 to 7:30.
At present, members are work
ing on the National Debate
Question for Colleges: Resolved:
That Congress should be given
the power to reverse Supreme
Court decisions.
The first debate will be a
practice debate on October 22,
with Gardner-Webb College at
Mars Hill.
The Novice Debate Tourna
ment will be held this year at
Wake Forest College, on Novem
ber 6-7. We would like to send
one or more teams to this Tour
nament, so if you are interested
please see Mr. Crisp.
The Appalachian Forensic
Tournament will be held this
year at Boone, on December 4-
5. This tournament will include
competition in oral reading, ra
dio, speech, public address, prob
lem solving, and six full rounds
of debate. Anyone who is talent
ed in any of these phases of
forensic competition should con
tact Mr. Crisp as soon as pos
sible.
A big event is being planned
for the near future in debate.
You will be reading more about
this in the later editions of the
Hilltop.
College Band Plans
Varied, Busy Year
Instrumentations for the
thirty-nine member Mars Hill
College Band are complete, and
plans for the fall have been an
nounced.
Band day for 1959 has been
tentatively scheduled for Oc
tober 24. On that date Mars
Hill will play host to a num
ber of high school bands A
band show will be arranged for
the Lees-McRae — Mars Hill
game that night.
Plans have been made for the
band to accompany the football
team to the Wingate and Gard
ner-Webb games. Other activi
ties slated include an annual
tour, a Christmas concert, a
spring, and a commencement
concert.
"The Hasty HearF
To Be Fall Play
For their major fall produc
tion the Dramateers have chosen
“The Hasty Heart”, to be pre
sented in the college auditorium
on November 14.
Feriel Forbus as the English
nurse, Margaret, and John Mor
row as the Scottish soldier, Lach-
len, will play the leading roles.
Yank, the chief supporting role
of an American soldier, will be
taken by Lowell Dotson.
A comedy-drama in three acts
by John Patrick, “The Hasty
Heart” portrays events in a con
valescent hospital within the
Southeast Asia Command.
Other members of the cast
will be Roy Mehaffey, as the
British soldier. Tommy; Richard
Braswell, the Australian soldier.
Digger; Ned Slagle, the New
Zealand soldier, Kivi; Jimmie
Wiggins, the African soldier.
Blossom.
Also Bill Culver as the
Colonel and Joey Stanley as the
orderly.
Ned Slagle will be stage man
ager.
We of the Hilltop staff express
Majorettes chosen in a recent sincere sympathy to Peggy
election are Ann Moore, head Cantrell upon the death of her
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grandparents.