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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Our Thanks
To Trustees and
Donors for the
New Auditorium
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MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1960
Number 2
JeS”M;rDllve Dwellers”
loan, Judy Po' p j.
ler, and Maude r3|| PISY
irst tenors are All T^ n .. i
ve Dwellers a three-
ime Jackson, Bijy William Saroyan
Davis WilliamSsented Saturday, No
ton; second tenoiat 8:00 p. m. in the
erfield, Ron d-itorium by the Mars
?s, Ed Alexander,^*'^^''*'
y concerns four pen-
)le who take refuge
include, Icient theatre. The
t, Ron Stamey, actress, will be
.h Halliwell, aii'y ^oj^us. Su-
• will play the Queen
second basses: f. • - ^
er
isses
girl. John Morrow
:r, Robert Car^y the king, an old
^ue, and Dick Naudeville actor. The
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Bill Deans. B. J.
he Best in Laun^ portray a girl who
ior Shirts. Wash factory.
Linens. UndefV^^l’^
father and mother
Socks. etCfj^g main characters
fight for survival.
DRIED AND F(^ bear, will be played
ehaffey.
PhE LAUNDlaining characters are
Mors Hill, Richard Dilling-
crew boss, Wendell
Larry Vaughn;
Ray O’Bryanj and
with a dog, Adrienne
erson and
2casions
lower
from
3RIST
etcher is the
stage
of the Acting and
t Classes will have
the staging, lighting,
and make-up.
I “Angel Street” will
the Dramateers meet-
y night, October 17.
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lan 35 years. . submitted, the Hill-
is decided to alter the
/ERY BEST! -oUecting manuscripts
aual Hilltop Literary
Mars Hill Hordf*^ published in April
ach English class of
>aper for which course
WENTS! jiven, as has hereto-
customary, all con-
will be on a purely
,• • I basis. It is our be-
iCtlCS, inclUlmong the one thou-
5r»,‘r.p. students enrolled at
:5pice, there are some who
g t, who would like to
who would feel re-
, „ , ’ seeing their efforts
th Candy,
ig now, the staff
f'yi GlC. like to accumulate
e coming weeks a va-
I « n mv iUaterial suitable for
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Robinson Journeys
To Nal’l FFA Meet
Joyce Lockhart and Maude Wells prepare for reign over the
Homecoming Festivities this afternoon.
Lockhart, Wells Crowned Queens
Of Today^s Homecoming Festivities
Joyce Lockhart and Maude Wells will be crowned Homecoming
and Football queen, respectively, during the half time activities
in today’s game with Gardner-Webb.
Joyce, a native of Greensboro, will be escorted by Jim Melvin
also from Greensboro. She will be crowned by President Black-
well.
Maude is a native of Kenansville and is now living in Boston.
Her escort will be Fred Linken-
hoker from Roanoke, Virginia.
The co-captains of the football
team. Buddy Windle and Ford
Parker will crown her.
Four girls representing various
clubs on the campus will make
up the Homecoming Court.
Jayne Stephenson from Fuquay
Springs will represent Philoma-
thia. She will be escorted by
Ron Cooke from Hickory. Rep
resenting Euthalia will be Faith
Edwards from Leicester. Mackie
McLendon from Oakboro will
be her escort.
The M-Club has chosen Judy
Hudson from Kannapolis as its
representative. She will be es
corted by Bud Schoolar from
Richmond, Va. Donna Sue
Burdick will represent the Men’s
Student Council. She is from
Miami, Florida, and will be es
corted by Bill Meacham from
Charlotte.
Halftime events will begin
with the playing of several num
bers by the Mars Hill band, di
rected by Mr. Sumrall.
Among the numbers will be
“Home Sweet Home,” “Hail,
Hail,” “Men of Ohio,” “Hot
Time in the Old Town To
night,” “Auld Lang Syne,” and
the “Alma Mater.”
After the band’s performance
the girls will ride around the
field in cars furnished by two
Asheville firms. The girls will
then be escorted to the center
of the field where they will be
crowned. The queens and the
court will carry yellow chrysan
themums with blue ribbons,
furnished by Davis Florist of
Mars Hill.
This week Bobby Hugh Rob
inson has been representing
North Carolina at a National F.
F. A. meeting in Kansas City,
Missouri. Bobby Hugh is pres
ident of the North Carolina As
sociation of the Future Farmers
of America, having been elected
at the closing session of the
32nd annual State F F. A. con
vention in July.
Bobby, who lives near Mars
Hill, is a 1960 graduate of Mars
Hill High School and is now a
freshman in Mars Hill College,
taking a pre-med course. He
plans to transfer to either Wake
Forest or the University of
North Carolina.
Bobby has been in the F. F. A.
for five years. He served as vice-
president of the Mars Hill Chap
ter for two years and was presi
dent his senior year in high
school. He also served as pres
ident of his district rally his
senior year. He was State High
Man in tobacco judging for two
years. He has served on live
stock, dairy, land, and tool judg
ing teams, and has been on the
preliminary procedure team for
three years.
As official North Carolina del
egate to the National meeting,
Bobby Hugh will participate in
all business and policy making
sessions.
Founders’ Day, Homecoming Celebrated;
Dr. Nelson Speaks, Other Events Slated
The 105th anniversary of Founders’ Day and the 1960 Homecom
ing of Mars Hill College are being observed today, highlighted
by the laying of the cornerstone of the Robert Lee Memorial Audi
torium and Fine Arts Building.
Dr. Dotson N. Nelson, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Greenville, S. C., will deliver the address of the morning at 10:15
in the Mars Hill Baptist Church. Dr. Nelson is South Carolina’s
member of the Foreign Mission
Board, and received his Doc
torate from Furman University
in 1958. He was graduated
from Mississippi College, where
his father was then president.
The program will also include
a prelude by Miss Donna Nagey,
college organist; invocation by
the Reverend Charles Davis,
pastor of the church; recognition
of visitors and alumna; “A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
by the congregation; and a his
torical sketch of the college by
Dean R. M. Lee.
The College Choir will sing
two Brahms selections “Create
in Me O Lord” and “Grant Unto
Me the Joy of Salvation.”
Following the church service
will be the cornerstone laying
at the auditorium. After recog
nition of the builders, Mr. Em
ory McCall of Lenoir, alumnus
and former trustee of the Col
lege, will pay tribute to Dr.
Moore, who was a personal
friend.
Mr. Carey G. Harrell, chair-
(Cont. on p. 4, col. 3)
Enrollment at MH
Exceeds 1,050
There are 1,056 students en
rolled in Mars Hill for the fall
term. North Carolina leads
with 713 students and from this
total 290 are from Western coun
ties. There are representatives
from all other parts of the world
as well as the United States.
China sends 3, while Canada,
Cuba, and West Africa send one
each.
There are 200 men and 143
women from out of state. The
number of students from indi
vidual states are: Virginia, 136
Florida, 40; South Carolina, 57
Maryland, 22; Georgia, 20; and
Tennessee, 19.
From other states: New York,
7; Alabama, 6; Connecticut, 6;
District of Columbia, 6; Penn
sylvania, 5; West Virginia, 2;
New Jersey, 2; and Kentucky, 2.
California, Illinois, Indiana,
Louisiana, New Hampshire,
Ohio, and Hawaii each have
one representative.
Nell Rankin, Mezzo-Soprano Star
Of Metropolitan, Appears Tonight
Miss Nell Rankin, mezzo-so
prano star of the Metropolitan
Opera, will appear in a concert
in the Mars Hill College audi
torium at 8:00 p. m., October
15. She will be accompanied by
Miss Lucille Dumas at the pi
ano.
“Per Pieta” by Alessandro
Stradella and “Star Vicino” by
Salvator Rosa will be Miss Rank
in’s first numbers. The second
portion of her program will be
made up of selections from
Brahms and Schubert, including
the latter’s “Ave Maria” and
Der Erlkonig.” Excerpts from
Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusti-
cana” will consttiute the third
section.
After intermission. Miss Rank
in will sing a variety of brief
songs including the Appalachian
Mountain Ballad “Black Is the
Color of My True Love’s Hair”,
“Song of the Open” by Frank
Forge, and familiar bits from
“Carmen.”
Miss Rankin, a native of Ala
bama, became at twenty-four
the youngest mezzo star in the
history of the Metropolitan
Opera. She has since won ova
tions in leading opera houses
of the world, including La Scala
in Milan, Vienna State Opera,
London’s Convent Garden, the
San Francisco and Chicago Op
eras and others. Among her
leading roles at the Metropolitan
Opera have been Carmen, Am-
neris, Azucena and Ortrud.
(Cont. on p. 4, col 4)