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MARS HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1961
Number 8
His Plan, Our Mission” Theme of
Focus Week To Be Held Feb.13-18
from Atlanta, Ge
J literary vice-prei
dent. Feriel is fr^
le Collins, secretai
, chaplain. The
:hief, Bobbie Ship*® Plan, Our Mission” will be the theme of the bien-
udson. ® Focus Week to be observed on Mars Hill College
uary 13-18.
Connie Edwardeaders representing different vocations and a wide
Virginia, is Forefarea will be on hand to lead in the week’s activities,
of Nonpareil. G regular chapel programs and services in the church
IS literary vice-f there will be scheduled classroom visitation, seminars,
i n g Anniversapdiscussions and personal interviews.
;erm. Nonpareil he week’s program
Day and Helen Stvailable. Speakers
offices of first anCd Seabough, direc
oresident respectit Student Work in
-T-u • • « Department of the
Voody, chaplain ,1? f ^ 'g
or Nonpareil are, , ^
hief, Judy Clo ‘ uu , , •
d a y w o o d , Rhodenhiser,
Vnne Morris and the faculty in
iamo “nt of Religion at
, of Richmond; Dr.
Fletcher H*iweitzer, of the De-
Euthalian
leciea K.nea rie associate sec-
aauderdale, Fla. t n. c. Department
A f Raleigh, an
.resident last Hill, and a
on also from Fj. appointment to
'as elected vice-p.jssion field.
Euthalia also el, i„eiuded
iriggs, secretary;
sll, censor; andp Mrs. Catherine
haplain. lerson City, Tenn.;
;er, pastor of Knoll-
Chris Hardy Church, Winston-
own, Tenn. wasd R. Grant, asso-
ent of Philomatbr of Political Sci-
mniversary vice-Iderbilt University,
og the past tenTenn.; the Rev!
ow of Chplotte Iryan, missionary in
11 the office of ':a; Ramsey Mason,
Other Phi Tech, now
'im Hill, secre’‘‘^
enhoker, censor;^„^^^‘f™ Seminary;
.eagan.
Glad to be
the job for the events
Will appi*'e under the super-
your patt^*ttient committees,
MRS. Gfy, with a faculty ad-
ThE LAU^’l*“ee co-chairmen
.#s#^s#.#^.r^widvisers are the fol-
chairmen: Fred
and Marlene How-
ed Additio^;^'^
Robinson and
rir'vefvf Mildred Bing-
uryers. Luck and Ed-
/T f-n 11 •Oflf- Elwood Roberts;
1. LO --l*^;erature: Bob Baker
,S*^^^^y> Edna
CLEAN
it Committee*
F-SeRVICE flicity: Gene Mc-
Juanita Williams,
> seminar: Archer
Sandy Ragsdale,
tis; spiritual repre-
oue Milburn and
p ¥ IVT 17 C A. McLeod; hospi-
L J. 11 ill |J Coker and Ralph
liss Virginia Hart;
Ed Newman and
;s, Harley Jolley; in-
C A wn J***^*^ Ledbet-
V/iAllL/ 'ie Lawing, Dr. Nel-
lassroom visitation:
Phyllis Jarvis
VaP foV //^^hapman.
etails of the week’s
^ U A D appear in the next
n A K Hilltop.
Dramateers Attending
Charlotte Festival
The Dramateers of Mars Hill
College will present “The Gift
of Tenyin” at a religious drama
festival to be held at First
Church, Charlotte, January 26-
28.
It will be jointly sponsored
by the Church Recreation Serv
ice of the Sunday School Board
and the Training Union depart
ments of North and South Car
olina. Local arangements and
plans are being made by James
Ivey, educational director of the
host church.
The festival’s purpose is to
acquaint churches with the val
ue of drama as an unexcelled
method of presenting truth. Five
one-act plays will be presented.
Other presentations will be
“Roger Williams and Mary”,
presented by the First Baptist
Church, Kanapolis, North Car
olina, and “The Black Sheep”,
presented by the First Baptist
Church, Shelby, North Carolina.
The cast in “The Gift of Ten
yin” consists of Richard Dilling
ham, Roy McHaffey, Donna
Day, Faith Edwards, Kay Sha-
doan, B. J. Boling Rosalyn
Skelton, and Belva Hudson.
The production staff consists
of Elizabeth Webster Watson,
Director; William Dean, stage
manager; Tim Sellers John Mor-
and Feriel Forbus crew.
Sidney Roberts Is
Victim of Accident
Robert Sidney Roberts, 24, a
native of Mars Hill, lost his life
in an automobile accident early
Thursday morning, January 19,
on highway 19-23, just east of
Sylva.
Roberts was a senior student
at Western North Carolina Col
lege and commuted from his
home in Mhaynesville. Accord
ing to eye witnesses, his small
foreign car struck an icy stretch
on the highway and skidded
over an embankment, coming to
rest 250 feet below. Death was
almost immediate.
Sidney is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Helen Brooks
of Asheville, who attended Mars
Hill; a brother, Wayne, now a
student at Clemson College; his
mother and step-father Mr. and
Mrs. J. Elwood Roberts.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Mars Hill Baptist
Church at 2:30 on Saturday by
the pastor, the Reverend Charles
Davis.
. two wicked half-sisters of Cinderella berate the unfortunate
girl tor her clumsiness in a scene from “La Cenerentola” which will
Company”*^*^ Mars Hill on February 4, by the National Opera
Twelfth High School Choral Clinic
To Occur on Campus Next Week
T^ twelfth annual High School Choral Clinic, sponsored by
t e epartment of Music of Mars Hill college, will be held on
t e rampus, February 3-4. Dr. Lee W. Fiser, associate professor of
music and director of choirs at Marshall College, Huntington,
second year be guest instructor-conductor.
Y,/*J**' *® under the direction of J. Elwood Roberts of the
ars Hill Department of Music. Approximately 275 students and
irectors, representing 30 high schools from western North Caro-
ina will attend. Each school will enter its best singers in an octette
or quartette.
The program includes six re- ~
hearsal-instruction sessions and
a variety of recreational activiti-
ties. On Friday night the sing
ers and directors will be guests
of the college at a banquet in
the college dining hall. Music
will be provided by the Mars
Hill Band and Touring Choir.
The clinic will be climaxed by
a public concert on Saturday
night at 7:30 in which all sing
ers will participate.
The purpose of the clinic is
to give talented high school sing
ers an opportunity to work with
others of similar ability, to deep
en the appreciation of both the
students and their directors for
the finest choral music, and to
encourage them to higher per
formance standards.
High schools participating,
with their directors are Bethel
(Canton), Mrs. Helen Roberts;
Biltmore, Miss Wilda Bell; Can
ton, Wawne Pressley; Central
(Rutherfordton), J. G. Blanton;
Clyde, Mrs. Edgar P. Israel;
Clyde Erwin (Asheville), Mrs.
Anne Clodfelter; Cool Springs
(Forest City), Miss Frances
Cardwell; and Dallas, Mrs.
Grady Friday.
Also Edneyville, Mrs. Annie
J. Burley; Enka, Joseph
Berggrum; Glen Alpine, Miss
Martha Thomasson; Glenwood,
Miss Hope Bailey; Henderson
ville, Miss Melanie Rochow;
Hickory, Robert H. Ellis; Hil-
derbran, L. D. Walker; Hudson,
Arthur Morley; King’s Moun
tain; and Lee Edwards (Ashe-
ville), Josephine Osborne.
Others are Marshall, John
R. Lackey; Mars Hill, H. C.
Edwards; Mount Holly, Bob
Black; Murphy, Edward J. Rey
nolds; Newton-Conover (New
ton) , Miss Betty Esther Smith;
(Cent, on p. 4, col. 3)
Banquet Scheduled
Tonight at? o’clock
Calypso music, vocal quartets,
athletic awards, and a general
good time will enliven the an
nual Sports and Athletics Ban
quet, which will be held in the
Coyte Bridges Dining Hall at
7:00 p.m. tonight, January 28.
“South of the Border” will be
the theme of the program, of
which Zella Moore, vice-presi
dent of the Women’s Recrea
tion Association, is in charge.
All MHC lettermen and the
cheerleaders are the invited
guests of the banquet, which is
sponsored jointly by the W.R.A.
and the Health and Athletic
Committee.
Emmett Sams will serve as
master of ceremonies and Mrs.
Elizabeth Watson of the Drama
Department will deliver the
speech of the evening. Others
participating will be Coach Har
rell Wood, who will give the in
vocation; Dr. Hoyt Blackwell,
who will give the welcome; Mr.
Walter Smith, who will make
the toast; and Johnny Fisher, M-
Club president, who will give
the response. Coach Don Hen
derson will present the athletic
awards and introduce team cap
tains. Mr. William Lynch will
give the benediction.
The plans for entertainment
are incomplete; however, one vo
cal group will consist of Jody
Powell, Dixie Chastain, and' Zel
la Moore. There will also be
male vocal groups participating.
All W. R. A. members will
serve at the festive occasion.
“La Cenerentola’’
To Be Presented
The National Opera Com
pany will present “La Ceneren
tola”, a Cinderella story with
music by Rossini, February 4,
in the College Auditorium at
8:00 p.m.
“La Cenerentola” is an Italian
version of the Cinderella story.
While the basic story will be
familiar to all, it is not a chil
dren’s fairy tale, but a sophisti
cated comedy. The music is
characteristic of Rossini’s best
florid style.
The story presents several
sharply delineated characters,
the step-father of Cinderella
who is anxious to marry one of
his own daughters to the Prince,
the two wicked step-sisters who
vie with each other for the royal
attentions, the conniving Dan-
dini, servant of the Prince, and
the shy, appealing Cinderella.
The National Opera Company
was founded in 1948 by A. J,
Fletcher of Raleigh. The
young group of singers tours
thirty states each season and has
given approximately 890 per
formances.
The aims of the company are
to give employment to talented
and professional young singers
and to give the public an op
portunity to hear opera in Eng
lish.
Other performances which the
company has previously given in
clude “Carmen”, “Hansel and
Gretel”, “Faust,” and “The Im-
pressairo.”
“ ‘Cenerentola’ has snap and
sparkle ... the charm of the
. . . story, the sophistication of
Rossini’s wit, and the remarkab
ly capable voices of the National
. . . bright, snappy and lively
. . . Perfectly blended, musically
excellent.” Daily Herald, San-
for, N. C. Oct. 23, 1959)
Art Dept. Sponsors
Exhibit In Library
The Art Department is exhib
iting, through • January 31, in
the audio-visual room of the Me
morial Library and in Moore
31, sixty-five paintings done by
art students during the first se
mester.
Represented is the work of
three sophomores: Lance Hen
derson, Keyser Levering and
Juanita Williams. Twelve fresh
men have work on display. They
are Michael Randleman, Mi
ch a e 1 Davis, Alice Robbins,
Frances Fickling, Sarah Sever
ance, Bobby Taylor, John hfor-
row, Joan Leonard, Suzanne
Beck, Peggy Padgett, Gary Stif-
fler and Bud Schoolar.
^ A variety of media is used
m the pictures shown, including
crayon, crayon resist, casein, ink
wash, college woodcut, and tom
construction paper.
Noted among the exhibits
were two completely different
works by Juanita Williams.
“Still Life of Flowers”, in casein,
(Cont. on p. 4, col. 3)