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Page Two THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C. NovemJiS. 1959 In Festiveness Of Season Is True Meaning Forgotten? Mars Hill is once again preparing for the Thanksgiving and home coming seasons. The air is filled with welcoming plans for the many returning alumni and other guests to the campus. With all gaiety and holiday festivities, what has happened to the true spirit of the season? The Thanksgiving spirit seems to be a vanishing element across the “bread basket” of the free world. Oh America, recant for your heditage! Thanksgiving is here. Fall on your knees and thank God that a small group of Pilgrims had the faith to journey across a bleak and hardly charterer ocean to found this land of the plenty. “This is my country, land of the free. This is my country, grandest on earth. I pledge thee my allegiance, America the bold, for this my country, to have and to hold!” (Guest editorial by Mel Luther, Sophomore Class president.) At Thanksgiving Remember Newest Community Blessing In this Thanksgiving season as we stop to consider the many blessings which have been ours, we at Mars Hill should remember the blessing which was added to our community last week. Rev. Charles Davis was welcomed as the new minister of the Mars Hill Baptist Church. Mr. Davis is filling a vital need in our college community. The coming of a new minister also makes it possible for Dean Minton to return his attention to his full time job as educational direc tor. Mr. Minton should be complimented on the work he did in acting as pastor for the long period that the church was without a regular minister while carrying out his other activities. The Hilltop extends its welcome to Mr. Davis. We hope that the relationship between the students of the college and the church will continue to be a strong and vital one. Success Formula-. Almans toughest competitor should be himself. PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING Published by the Students of Mars Hill College Q*he Hilltop Second-Class mail privileges authorized at Mars Hill, N. C., February 20, 1926. Published semi-monthly during the college year. Volume XXXIV November 28. 1959 Number 5 STAFF Editor-in-Chief Carol Raye Lankford Associate Editor Linda Simmons Feature Editor Sybil Whisnant Assistant Feature Editor Rosa Lynn Gruits Sports Editor Ron Denton Advertising Manager Norris Tisdale Circulation Manager Tom Gattis Assistants in Circulation— Lillian Robinson, Ronald Carpenter and Melba Vance Staff Reporters Linda Sherwood, Joan Blythe Faculty Advisor Collie Garner CONTRIBUTORS Jean Yoder, Bobbie Shiplett, Cynthia Finch, and Art Jacobson. The apparent ungratefulness of America has spread - far since she first ate that piece of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. Ever since the first observance of Thanksgiving many years ago, the spirit of the season has been the victim of its founder, the public. For the vast majority of people. Thanksgiving is just another holiday away from the business world of strife; a day for hunting, outing, fishing; a day to go to the races, and perform numerous other secular activities. Is it not a disgrace that most Americans are privileged with two or three weeks of vacationing time each year, and yet they must also take the meaningful spirit away from Thanksgiving with their many diversions? Shame, shame on America! Was the landing of that small group of weary Pilgrims so long ago in vain? Sometimes it seems that way! America, wake up and realize that the forefathers of this country came to escape oppressive religious, social, and economic injustices. Even as the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620, they fell in humility and prayer. That faithful band of people had journeyed a great distance, but what eloquent spirit was there! The first effort for a free nation was started, and America dares to jeopardize that which took generations to gain. Ungrateful America, the land of the noble free was not solely built at Plymouth Rock. America the bold has weathered Indians, cleared land for its towering cities, endured hardships and disease, withstood Valley Forge, Lexington, Bull Run, Germany, Japan, Korea, and other threats. America has not deserted its citizens, why do they desert her? The thought may not have struck anyone else yet, but one young man claims that every time he passes through those swinging doors of Moore Hall, he feels like he is walking into a saloon on a western movie set. A coed received a report from her brother recently concerning the health of her sister. He de scribed her thus: “She is getting to be so skinny that when she practices the piano, her fingers get caught between the keys.” Artistic **Attention*^ A few weeks ago passers-by may have been surprised to see two girls sitting on the balcony of Moore Hall, painting diligently, supposedly oblivious to their fel low students. Both had been cau tioned not to fall over the side and not to engage in conversation with anyone below. Finally one girl could stand it no longer. When someone asked her what she was drawing, she promptly replied “Attention.” And went on with her painting. Its “hats off” to Miss Watson and the cast of “The Hasty Heart” for their performance. There have been nothing hut rave reviews given it by the students who say “Let’s have more of the same.” A hug and a kiss to all returnees. And welcome back to “God’s country!” You’ve been missed by one and all Who came to know you just last fall. Enjoy yourself the next few hours. Peak into those hidden bowers, Stand and watch the sun go down, Amhle into dorms and town. Greet the old familiar faces. Visit old familiar places. Survey all with knowing eyes, And when you leave, don’t say good-bye. Homecoming- Wond erful Tr^ Adds iSparkle X o Xkanksgi Thanksgiving . . . homecoming . . . cheers for returning alumni . . . Euthalia’s excellent anniver sary . . . Non’s rollicking recep tion ... all are listed on the “high” spots of this week-end. Again I delve into . Mars.._Hill history but have gi musty odor of old quarterlies for that of back editions of The history being dealt with in this story concerns ever) student, past and present—Homecoming. Along about tl, November everj' year, there is an air of excitement all ove: and everybody is buzzing with big plans for Homecoming" alumni, who are very' dear to those of us still here, are T Thanksgiving, one of the most eagerly awaited seasons of the year, has been in the process of being prepared for since school began in September. One of these preparations included the waxing of the Treat parlor floor and steps leading to the second floor. While the wax was drying, the girls on the second floor patiently waited in line, then precariously crawled through the window out onto the fire escape, and proceeded to their next class with all the se dateness and dignity they could muster. Radiators Sing In the process of preparing for Thanksgiving many students lose a great deal of sleep. Undaunted, they continue in their attempt to pursue knowledge, but there are flaws in this system of trying to learn when half asleep. For in stance, one sleepy-eyed young lady remarked to her more alert room mate when she heard the radiators were clanking, “My the birds sound lovely this morning.” to “the Hill.” In the Homecoming issue of the 1952 Hilltop, I noted, “After the program, a typical Thanks giving dinner will be served to the approximately 300 returning alumni, as well as other visi tors. . . .” From 1955, the high light for the Thanksgiving after noon program on the athletic field was the crowning of the three queens.” And from 1949, “Recent visitors on campus were Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman (class of ’37) who are in this country for about two weeks before returning to Venezuela.” Of course, there was the tra ditional Thanksgiving program by the BSU, the football game, crowning of the homecoming queen and even more that added to the excitement of the day. No homecoming could have been complete without Anniver sary-Reception by the societies. Themes of optimism, hope, free dom, etc., were carried out in grand array, while the girls bat tled with long evening dresses and hopes and the boys tugged away at their stiffly starched collars. Yes, this was Homecoming— indescribable excitement. The sophomores can know what this feeling can mean and the freshmen can catch from them a spark of it to burst into flame next year. And of course, we could not for get the day. Thanksgiving, and for what it stands. We have indeed much for which to be thankful; and one of these countless treasures is our great heditage here at Mars Hill. As we will see depicted in the BSU Pageant, let us bow in thanks, “Lest We Forget.” Sandy Ragsdale Debaters Express Thanks To Party (The following is a copy of a letter received hy Mr. Crisp last week from the Cambridge Debators.—Editor’s Note.) For the second time this week we are without a debate when we thought we had one planned; we discovered on arrival here that we were scheduled to speak to morrow morning—so now we are speechless. As our time at Wake Forest was filled down to the very last minute—we even visited the Reynolds cigarette factory and came away with pockets bulging with packets (I am a non smoker) —this is the first opportunity I have had of writing to thank you for the good time you gave us at Mars Hill. It was a great pity that we had to leave so early in the morning—but we do have the memorj' of an enjoyable—not to say lively!—debate, and of the many very kind people we met in our short time at Mars Hill. I spoke after the reception to the photographer who had been taking shots throughout the debate, and asked to send some of the pictures on. We should be very' grateful if this could be arranged, as we have no pictures of ourselves ac tually “in full flight.” Library Re( '^Mars Hil Gift Of ecide whe We are very pr(i for the ( newest gift to the t to press, two beautiful plantsg Gardne front of the glass follows- the lobby. They wars Hili Mr. and Mrs. Wefjogatg aunt and uncle of,rdner-We Fish. They have les-McRae their motel in AsE . vern Springs Court, ter season and have . trin ahrnaH dependin, trip abroad. October was a bui^^'d'ng on the library. We (A^o stayed a record of the many^ there we reference books, bod^ team wa cals, current peridPo^tsmansl newspapers, but tP^^d per: that we did keep of^“. Most culation books, recd*'^ to have serve books, was 11,^ privi tuck togeth All Christmas pi worthy ch terial is on reserve stairs of the libraryas, on road The following is in a series of article! the working studenL brary. It was writL..,^ respec Beard, Jr., who the main desk. aacte^'^Th Work Helps S' *u having , , T U ^ ^°otb Although I have, or of the ing in the library c time, the work has that everyoi much to me. TlMe football i value has been small Well anyvi pared to my increasoianner that edge gained by learfes. use the various pari brary. My class ww easier and better a: being familiar with’ er’s Guide,’ card cab odicals, and other terial. “Since I am plail an engineer, I will| a ‘general education am to be a well-rou^ I must have a good of the fine arts as matics and science. edge can only be ga^ansas and teaching, and the have been its wide selection ^«atn by ^be on many subjects placed t uable aid. By n® "American working with the si’er 12_ ^j.| faculty of the collefjirevard. have I made manf have also been taC^*^ i^f the •fk“ courteous and heliE^, expr This has made my L ^ i^and s very interesting ari^ *Pade th I am looking forwa\j^ meinder of the year pation of discoveril^ cinating aspects of NE\ I think we shall ref Hill as the College reached by DC-3 Main s ought to be rememC? College on the Hills-' ever we remember iU happy memories. eaks Yours Roger Y
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