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Join Society CThe Hilltop Published by the Students of Mews Hill College Give Blood Ixxxv MARS HILL. N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, I960 Number I |n to Speak lunder’s Day ers’ Day and Homecom- be observed on Mars Ipus, October 15. |otson M. Nelson, pas- Greenville, South Car- bt Baptist Church, will Ihe faculty and student T the Mars Hill Baptist |at 10:15. Dr. Nelson Ited in Religious Focus Ire four years ago. Music lurnished by the college |I5 the cornerstone will the Robert Lee Moore ll Auditorium. The col- |d will play and officials allege ancl trustees will Ite in the ceremony. I afternoon th Mars Hill II battle Cardner-Webb football field. At half ‘be picture. Iband will perform and lens, homecoming and |will be crowned. 'lell Rankin, mezzo-so- the Metropolitan Op- aany will sing the first F of the 1960-61 concert (8:00 P. M. I information about the rents will be given in edition of the Hilltop. Joining the faculty and staff of Mars Hill College for the 1960-61 session are ( 1 to r) W. C. Burriss, Mrs. Allen Cantrell, Tommy Edwards, Mrs. Ruby Swen, David M. Tucker, Lawrence P. Ray, Mrs. Don Cox, Miss Mary Ihrig, Mrs. Valentine Parkas, John M. Sumrall, and Joseph R. Taylor. Frank C. Townsend was not present rs List Names Girls Achieve 84 Students All-A Averages ,-four Mars Hill students, forty-two sophomores and forty- pmen, made the Dean’s List for the 1959-60 spring semester. to be eligible, the student must have attained forty quality rith no grade below C. py J. Gilliam and Maryan Tate Smith, sophomores, made Brenda S. Bell, Cynthia Sue Perkins, and Edwina Tart, of |man class, also made all A’s. sophomores making the iList were Kenny M. t, David Bradley, Celia [dwell, Shault L. Coker, )ennis, Malinda Duncan, Colleen Fisher, Judith frisbee, Thomas Gattis, I. Graham, Zoro Guice, [Anita Huffman, Jacque- lutchings, David C. Hall, I. Herron, Jarnes G. Har- |lliam Hubert Hawkins, Lenoir Hood. iDoris Jacobs, William lohnson, Carol Kendall, lie Lovingood, Robert 1, Gerald Murdock, k. Porter, Brenda Poston, [Powell, Lucy Ramona [Robert Lee Richardson, vobinson, Thomas Royal, Schneider, Roger A. Frances Shirley, Aubrey ' Smith, Lydia L. Spivey, [ex Stephens, Ruth C. John Nelson Tunstall, Woodall. pers of the freshman class 1 list were Douglas W. p, Ralph Franklin Ander- u Glenn Beard, Cecelia oome, Ernest N. Causby, Elaine Collins, Linda Quse, Thomas Bobby larry O. DeLoach, Shir- Devonshire, Faith Ed- lulia Ann Elam, William lEverhart, John Boyce ■Jane Fogle. College Offering Extention Courses Mars Hill College is now of fering extension courses to the employees of Kearfott Company of Black Mountain. Faculty members Harvey Lance, of the math department and Arthur Wood, of the Science Department, will be instructing the fifteen employees who have enrolled for the courses in math and physics. Mr. Lance will teach a first year engineering math and Mr. Wood will teach a beginning physics course. The courses will be taught on Mondays from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. for the next seventeen weeks. Others were Fredina Carol Hart, Martha E. Herren, James Morris Hooton, Alarlene How ard, Latane James, Phil Lai, Douglas S. Lilly, Joyce I. Lock hart, William O. Long, Ronald McClamrock, Anna Sue Milburn, Nancy Miller, Wanda Jean Nor ris, Lynda Lee Reighard, Mary Jacqueline Reutiman, Elizabeth Lucille Spoon, Faye Irene Stone, Melba Vance, Doris Jean Waller, Juanita Ann Williams, Jimmy K. Williamson, Hugo Wong, Sharon Lee Wood, and Peggy Wood. Gamble Is Scheduled to Preach In Annual Fall Revival Services The Reverend Harry Y. Gamble, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia, will be the guest minister for the annual fall revival at the Mars Hill Baptist Church, October 9-14. Mr. Gamble, who was born in Waxhaw, North Carolina, attended Wake Forest College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before his present pastorate, he served at the First Baptist Church of Statesville and in his student pastorate at David’s Fork Baptist • Church, Lexington, Kentucky. Band Schedules Various Events New Members Join Faculty and Staff; Dr. Hopkins Returns to Head Music DepL Twelve new members have joined the faculty and staff of Mars Hill. Of these, three are additions to faculty numbers; three replace persons on leave; the others take the places of those resigning for various reasons. ' Dr. Robert Hopkins has reunited with the faculty as the head of the Music Department. During a two-year leave he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music. By - means of a Fulbright scholarship. Dr. Hopkins was able to study a year in Vienna, 1960-61. The former band director at Chattanooga, Tenn. and Laurel, M iss., John M. Sumrall, has joined the faculty as band director and teacher of band instruments. Mr. Sumrall studied at Louisiana State University and Teachers College and Columbia University. At present, Mr. Sumrall holds a B.M. degree from the Eastman School of Music. While in Chat tanooga, he performed as a mem ber of the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra and formerly played in the United States Military Acad emy Band at West Point. Coming from Wingate, Wil liam C. Burris joins the So cial Science Department. Mr. Burris first brought his services to our campus for the preceding summer term. A graduate of Wingate College, he received a B.S. degree from Wake Forest College, an M.A. degree from Emory University and has previ ously done graduate work at New York University. English Department Joining the English faculty, is Miss Mary Ihrig of Hannibal, Mo. A graduate of Hannibal Le- Grange Junior College, she ob tained an A. B. from Shurtleff College, an M. Ed. from Washing ton University, St. Louis, Mo.; and a B.D. degree from South eastern Baptist Theological Sem inary. Miss Ihrig has also done extensive church work as organist and secretary. She serves as church organist here. Joseph R. Taylor of Collins ville, Ala., and Frank C. Town send of Durham have recently be come members of our faculty in the Department of Natural Sciences. Mr. Taylor is a grad uate of Berry' College, has a B.S. from the University of Alabama, (Cont. on p. 4) The Mars Hill College Band, under the direction of John M. Sumrall, has organized its sched ule of activities for October. The band’s first official ap pearance will be at the East Yancey High School on October 7, playing for that school’s home coming program. On October 15, the band will participate in the ceremonies at the laying of the cornerstone of the Robert Lee Moore Memorial auditor ium. On October 22, the band will go to Lees-McRae with the foot ball team and on October 29, to Maryville, Tennessee, for the game there. They will also par- tiicpate in other athletic events and later in the season will play host to visiting high school bands. Butch Suttles is president of the group. Those holding oth er offices are John David Mc Gee, Ann Dameron, and Susie Brown. Members of the band include Nancy Bates, oboe; Brenda Scbtt, Susie Brown and Judy Poyner, flute; Sandra Miller, Margaret Bruce, Latane James, Trina Rathbone, Mary Sue Mc- Intire, and Carl Traub, clarinet; Brooks Barnhardt, tenor sax; Morris Wray, baritone saxa- phone. Also Larry Boyd, Don Spriggs, Dave Griffith, and Becky Law- ton, trumpet; Charles White and Bill Mariner, trombone; John David McGee, baritone; Mary Ann Price, Henry Davis, and John Lackey, horn; Dick Hutchins, Sandra Allen, Linda DeLoach, Buddy Call, Peggy Eppig, and Don Shepherd, per cussion. Ann Dameron is head ma jorette. Others are Sandra Al len, Susie Brown, Judy Poyner, and Mary Ann Price. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the Kazion Shriner’s Temple, as well as the Board of Missions and Education of Vir ginia Baptists, and the Clergy-In dustry Advisory Council. Married to the former Frances Niven, the Rev. Gamble has one son Harry Y. Gamble, Jr., and one daughter Angela Ruth. Services will be held in the church at ten o’clock each morning Monday through Friday, and at 7:30 each evening. Students, fac ulty, and townspeople are cordially invited. Mobile Plans Visit The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Mars Hill on Tuesday, October 4, from 1:30 - 5:30 j). m. in the Mars Hill Baptist Church. Volunteers from the Mars Hill Community will assist the Red Cross. All persons who are interested in giving blood should contact Coach Hart or some member of the WRA. The WRA is in charge of the promotion and jmblicity of the Blood Bank. Persons under 21 must have a release signed by their parents. Choir Announces Plans and Roster The Mars Hill College Tour ing Choir will make its first on-campus appearance of the year on Founders’ Day, October 15, when it will participate in ceremonies at the laying of the cornerstone of the Robert Lee Moore Auditorium. Thomas J. Cole, is director of the choir, and Allen Cantrell is president. Plans of the choir for the fall include singing at the meeting of N. C. State Baptist Conven tion in Asheville in November and the presentation of the con temporary cantata, “Hodie,” by Ralph Von Williams, in Decem ber. Members of the choir include first sopranos; Janice McCrady. Judy Thames, Zella Moore, Jill Richardson, Derith Morris, Betty Morgan, and Ton; Snyder; sec ond sopranos; Feriel Forbus, Jayne Stephenson, Bclva Hud son, Martha Com})tcn, Julia Tet ter, Gloria Rotan, and Mary Beth Bi iindage. Also first altos: Linda James, Hazel West, Faye Shelton, Patsy Bowers, Phyllis Moore, and (Cont. on p. 4)