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MARS HILL. N. C„ SATURDAY. MAY 20. 1961
Number 15
^ in the Blue Room
* the Scriblerus Club
ftogram entitled "In
Officers chosen are
1 ^Ptesident; Mary Ann
David ' ^ident; Judy Sitton,
ley:
Glenda Cannon, treas-
officers for fall
Ferguson, president;
. ’ ''ice-president; Mar-
Jptr, secretary; Hazel
and Jeannie Brown
1 IS incoming presi-
\ ?'onal Relations Club.
^ first vice-president;
Dercuss' ifcond vice-president;
^amrick, secretary-
'•Itib for its last meet-
Outing to Coleman’s
f officers for Or-
^ ^ Leon Raper, presi-
P ^ Bruce, vice-presi-
I ivlorrison, secretary,
f /.'■ais chose Jerry Jor-
IDLY ent; Anne Marie
Qpd hce-president; and
f secretary-treas-
:crted
tiiAt newly elect-
Hill P the German Club;
''ice-president; Mary
'tetary; and Millard
Be New
; BA4f Education
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tch
Christian Education
of Deacons unani-
accept the pastor’s
'that the church ex-
the Reverend Noel
|i'Osition of Minister
?tation in the Mars
treh. This matter
'We the congrega-
'^tion and approval
a native of Mount
y. He received his
’t) the University of
j^'lle, Kentucky. He
■ D. degree from
Wary last May and
fh. M. degree from
''On this month. He
Wta, have two chil-
ttionths and David
idie*
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Ivy Chain cere-
by the WRA
Wednesday eve-
at 6:45 on the
of the cafeteria,
form the letters
'"'n. After a brief
Sophomores will
Campus, while the
^ back to the little
the transfering
W responsibilities
’''ores to the fresh-
Art Graduates
Display Work
The Art Department’s spring ex
hibition of student work done dur
ing the second semester will be on
view in the Memorial Library, May
16-28.
Featured in this showing of over
70 examples of creative work will
be paintings and ceramic objects by
three graduating art majors: Lance
Henderson, Keyser Levering, and
Juanita Williams.
Besides paintings and drawings
in many media and styles, examples
of collage, montage, advertising de
sign, architectural rendering, and
ceramic pottery will be displayed.
Eight freshmen art majors are rep
resented in much of this work.
The student body and general
public are invited to view this ex
hibition in the audio-visual room
and the display cabinet on main
floor of the library during the hours
10:00 - 5:00 daily.
Hudson, Collier Win
Society Contests
Wednesday, May 10, the societies
competed in dramatic reading and
declamation contests in the Owen
Building.
Don Shepard and Page Shelton
represented Phi, and Art Collier and
Gary Stiffler were the participants
from Eu in the declamation contest.
Art Collier won first place with
"President Nixon’s Inaugural Ad
dress.” Second place was taken by
Page Shelton, delivering "Men,
Women and Antennae.” Gary Stiff
ler presented "President Kennedy’s
Inaugural Address,” and Don Shep
ard, "New World.”
In the dramatic reading contest,
Belva Hudson and Anne Brookshire
were the entrants from Clio, and
(Cont. on P. 4, Col. 3)
«4 , ir
‘61 Laurel Honors
Garner and Edwards
The 1961 Laurel was dedicated to
Miss Collie Garner, Hilltop advisor
for the past fourteen years, on Thurs
day, May 18, at 4:30 in the Owen
Building. Miss Garner has been a
member of the English Department
since coming to Mars Hill in 1944.
The Laurel used as its theme a
newspaper using various editions of
the Hilltop to carry out the theme.
Faith Edwards of Leicester was
chosen by Kays Gary of the Char
lotte Observer to be Miss Laurel
1961. Faith representing the Mars
Hill homes, was chosen among a
field of seven girls, who will make
up the annuals beauty section. 'They
are Joyce Lockhart, Cyndy Cochran,
Merle Love, Judy Poyner, Joyce Pin
to, and Maude Wells.
Reid, Wee President
To Deliver Address
Dr. Paul A. Reid, president of
Western Carolina College at Cullo-
whee, will be the speaker of the
Graduation Exercises at 9:45 Mon
day, May 29, in the Mars Hill Bap
tist Church.
Dr. Reid received his A.B. and
M.A. from the University of North
Carolina. He has been working with
the schools of North Carolina as a
teacher, superintendent of schools in
Roanoke Rapids and Elizabeth City
and principal of schools in Roanoke
Rapids and Raleigh.
He served as Controller for the
State Board of Education before be
coming president of Western Caro
lina in 1949. In 1956 he resigned
as president of WCC and became
Assistant Director of the North
Carolina Board of Higher Educa
tion. In 1957 he returned to West
ern Carolina College.
Training Union
Officers Announced
Gene Hawkins will be serving as
Training Union director for the
coming year. Other general officers
are Don Spriggs, associate director;
Joyce Payne, program chairman;
Jayne Tomlinson and Morris Wray,
secretaries; Ralph Halliwell, song
leader; Sherry Greene, pianist.
The officers of the individual
Training Unions have been elected
and they are as follows: Daddy
Blackwell Union elected as presi
dent, Carolyn Sydnor, vice-president,
Gwynn Franks; secretary, Pat Brink-
ley; and group captain, Catherine
Powell. Arthur Gillespie Training
Union elected Joe Newsome as pres
ident, "Vic Ku as vice-president; Jan
ice Eiland, secretary; and George
Mumford, group captain.
Yvonne Roberts was elected to
serve as president of the John Lake
Training Union. John Kelly will
serve as vice-president; and Jeanne
Nethercutt, secretary.
The members of John McGee
elected Pat Dixon, ptesident; Mike
Davis, vice-president and Glenda
Cannon, secretary.
Ken Honeycutt and Jean Seay
will serve as president and vice-
president respectively of Pro Chris
to.
The Radiators elected Howard
Bridges to serve as next year’s pres
ident. Linda Pipes was elected vice-
president, Merle Love, secretary, Pat-
(Cont. on P. 4, Col. 4)
MHC Alumni Association Holds
Annual Commencement Meeting
The Mars Hill College Alumni Association will convene on the Mars
Hill College campus for commencement, May 26-29. The alumni will
arrive at Mars Hill on Friday for the art exhibit in the library, the inter
society debate, and the awarding of society honors.
Following the meeting of the board of trustees on Saturday, the business
meeting of the alumni association will take place, and the new officers will
be elected. The officers serving at the present time are Mr. Elwood R. Orr,
:■' —minister of Winter Park Baptist
Church in Wilmington, who is pres
ident; Mr. Julian A. Glazener, pro
gram planning specialist at State
College, who is vice president; and
Mrs. William F. Pegg, wife of Mr.
Pegg of the Mars Hill College math
department and a teacher in Bun
combe County, who is secretary.
Class reunions of the classes of
1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916,
1921, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941,
1946, 1951, and 1956 will be held
Saturday afternoon.
Saturday night Mr. Harold Austell
of the class of 1941 will be the
speaker at the alumni banquet. Mr.
Austell is vice president of F. E.
Compton and Company, publishers
of Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia,
having risen to the vice presidency
from the position of salesman. Fol
lowing his graduation from Mars
Hill, Mr. Austell studied at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, from
which he received his B.S. degree in
business administration. He, Mrs.
Austell, and their three children
now reside in Northbrook, Illinois.
At 8:00 Saturday night the alum
ni association will witness the pres-
FoPIlItU Tn PrOCOnt emanon of Show Boat by the Mars
IfluUlLjf lU I ICwGIIL Hill College music department and
nr r J 1. the Dramateers.
Tea For Graduates
The annual tea given in honor of
the graduates will be held on Sun
day, May 28, at 4:00 in the faculty
lounge of the Memorial Library.
The color scheme will be white and
gold, the sophomore class colors.
In the receiving line will be Dr.
and Mrs. Hoyt Blackwell, Dean and
Mrs. Lynch, Dean and Mrs. Lee, and
Miss Caroline Biggers. Also in the
line will be the class president Ron
Stamey, and the class sponsor. Miss
Nancy Medford.
The committee for the tea con
sists of Mrs. Lynch, Miss Snelson,
Miss Bingham, Miss Hart, and Mrs.
Nelson.
All graduates and their parents
and friends are invited to attend.
Sophomores Elect
Bruce President
Larry Bruce, Moses McCall, Judy
Poyner and Audrey Bunce were re
cently elected by members of the
Freshman Class to serve as class of
ficers for the coming year.
Larry Bruce, president, served as
vice-president of the freshman class
and is a member of the track team.
Serving as vice-president will be
Moses McCall from Acworth, Geor
gia, who was recently elected presi
dent of third floor Meyers and sec
retary of the Men’s Student Council.
Judy Poyner of Atlanta, Georgia,
will serve as secretary of the class.
Judy was a representative for the
Miss Laurel contest and a member
of the May Court.
Audrey Bunce, recently elected
C-I vice-president of Clio from Sted-
man, will serve as treasurer of the
sophomore class.
Home Ec. Graduates
Receive Scholarships
According to information received
by Mrs. Mary N. Howell, Nancy
Dillingham, MH ’60, has been
awarded a .senior scholarship of 1500
at the Woman’s College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. She
topped a field of fourteen appli
cants.
Nancy is majoring in Home Eco
nomics. She also has a grant for six-
weeks summer study in dietetics at
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington,
D. C.
Joanna Powell, MH ’60, also a
Home Economics student at WC,
has been awarded a $250 scholarship
by the Pfizer Company of Indiana,
which annually offers a scholarship
to a girl interested in Four-H work.
Smith To Advise
LAUREL,HILLTOP
Mars Hill’s two student publica
tions, The Hilltop and The Laurel,
will be under new faculty advisor-
ship next year.
Miss Collie Garner and Mr. Rob
ert Chapman recently asked Presi
dent Blackwell to be relieved of
their duties as faculty advisors and
Dr. Blackwell appointed Walter
Smith, director of publicity, to suc
ceed them.
Virginia MacNeil, sophomore
from Richmond, Va., was recently
named editor of the 1962 Laurel.
She and Mr. Smith will work to
gether in selecting a staff soon after
school begins next fall. The Hilltop
staff also will be organized at that
time.