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^he Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
‘Little Man’
Gomes to
MH Campus
(See P. 2)
Volume XXXVI
MARS HILL. N. C.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1961
Number 1
BSU Gives ‘Country Fair’ Tonight
Get Acquainted
Party Goes Rural
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Three Musical Groups Select Personnel,
Plan Year’s Performances And Tours
i^Iars Hill’s three musical or
ganizations, touring choir, band
and college chorus, have selected
personnel and laid plans for a
full year of musical activities.
Although the band has already
Riven its first public performance
at the football game last Satur-
day night, several more qualified
jnusicians coidd be accepted in
Its ranks. Director fohn Stimrall
’’aid this week. Interested per-
■‘'Uns should see him. Rehearsals
Societies Planning
Big Fall Programs
With eyes on increased mem
bership, joint meetings in Oc
tober and anniversary and re-
t^sption programs in December,
me officers of the four literary
societies are pushing their or-
Ranizations off to a hopeful start.
First meetings of the Cl term
'vere held Thursday and Friday
b’Rhts, and pep rallies to pro-
niote interest and enthusiasm
"'ere held last week.
. Plans for various society ac-
I'vities throughout the year are
leing made, but special atten-
tion is being given to finding a
’'Oitable time for joint meetings
Clio-Phi and of Non-Eu some
,'nie in October and to prepar-
’bR anniversary and reception
Programs — Dec. 1 and 2 for
^o.n-Eu, Dec. 8 and 9 for Clio-
Some members are already
yoking forward to the com
petitive programs of the forensic
yd commencement terms and
ave begun working on their
b’aterial.
Officers of the four societies,
no invite and urge interested
, "dents—especially freshmen—
b join, are:
Olio—Ann Brookshire, presi-
Audrey Bunce, vice presi-
.^bt; Mary Ann Price, secre-
Sheila Hopkins, censor.
,1 Futhalia — Jim Bone, presi-
(l^bt; Gary Stiffler, vice presi
ft bt; Don Spriggs, secretary;
ynie Gaylor, censor.
K T^npareil — Bette Kelley,
^ysident; Mickey Bowell, first
president; Rosalyn Skelton,
secretary; Marsha Byasse,
are at 4 p.m. Monday, Wednes
day and Friday.
Among the activities planned
for the band are Band Day on
Oct. 7, when about 400 'Western
Carolina high school bandsmen
will be on the campus; a trip to
Wingate for the football game
Oct. 21; and a Christmas con
cert, tentatively set for the sec
ond week in December.
Members of the band include:
Jo Cabe, Suzy Brown, Gloria
Christopher, fhite; Becky Wat
son, Glenda Robinette, Clara
Vee Denton, Kaye Sloan, Trina
Rathbone, Karen Owenby, Kay
Dixon, Afartha Midgette, Janet
Graham, clarinet-, Jack Gardner,
Jim Helderman, Brooks Barn-
hardt, Carl Traub, Grace Jones,
saxaphone; Johnny Dalrymple,
Ralph Epperson, Bob Edwards,
David Cole, Tommy Moncrief,
Wesley McMurray, Dave Grif
fith, trumpet-. Bob Kemp, Otis
Broyhill, A. D. Frazier, trom-
ho7ie; Mary Ann Price and Ed
gar Parker, Frenchhorn; “Butch”
Suttles and Ben Boney, bass
horn; Linda DeLoach, Charles
Yelton, Don Shepherd, Sandy
Allen, Tommy Yonce, Terry
Miller, percussion.
(Continued on P. 4, Col. 3)
SO Persons Join
Faenitj And Staff
A total of 20 persons, eight
teachers and twelve administra
tive and clerical personnel, have
been added to the college staff
for this year.
The new teachers, well-known
to students by now, include Da
vid Knisley and R. L. Crisp, so
cial science; Mrs. Ethel Moyers,
English; Miss Judith Brammer,
chemistry; the Rev. H. Page Lee,
Bible; Glenn L. Vernon, speech
and dramatics; and Robert C.
Rich Jr., music.
Richard Hoffman, who was
(Continued on P. 4, Col. 1)
1,054
Final enrollment statistics
for the fall semester will not
be available for several days
yet, but a preliminary count
by the Registrar’s Office re
vealed a total of 1,054 students
registered.
Giving a rousing cheer for the football team are the members of the
new cheerleader squad (L to R) Janean Pierce, (alternate), Dottie
Wood, Sylvia Greene, Susie Henderson, Tommy Hastings, Pat Taylor
(captain), Beverly Wells, Jane Slate, Nancy Holley and Pat Kenning-
ton. The group, chosen by audition, got its first action “under fire”
at the game last weekend and is scheduled to make the trip to Banner
Elk today for the second game.
New Voices Join
Cheering Squad
Something new has been
added to the cheerleader squad
this year—a boy. He’s Tommy
Hastings, a freshman from
Richmond, Va.
Although the squad has in
cluded both boys and girls in
years past, it has been two years
since a boy earned a place on
the squad.
This year’s yell leaders in
clude three members of last
year’s squad—Pat Taylor, Bev
erly Wells and Susie Hender-
soti—and six newcomers: Jane
Slate, Nancy Holley, Dottie
Wood, Pat Kennington, Sylvia
Greene and Janean Pierce, who
was selected as an alternate, in
addition to Hastings.
Pat Taylor will captain the
group.
Judges who listened to the
tryouts and chose the yell squad
were Mr. Chapman, Miss Med
ford, Mr. Hoffman and Mr.
Sams.
Miss Hart, who coaches the
cheerleaders, said she favors a
mixed squad and eventually
hopes to see six girls and three
boys chosen each year.
Dedication Slated
On Fonnders Day
Visiting Artists, MHC Faculty
Featured In NewLyceumSeries
isor.
pj,^hilomathia — Don Shepherd,
Joe Newsome, vice
t;|^*’"|cnt; Barrow Carter, secre-
Richard Bennett, censor.
This year’s lyceum series, de
scribed as the “best ever,” will
feature outstanding guest artists
and members of our own music
faculty during the first semester.
___ Programs scheduled in the
Jx new auditorium far surpass any
*"ebaters Sought
I yn’ch, who heads a committee
wliich’selects the features and
arranges the schedule.
Counted as part of the series
will be the dedication recitals
of the two new pipe organs in
the new building during Found
ers Day ceremonies Oct. 12-13.
Oi
toi- Vernon, new instruc-
4nd speech and dramatics,
fftj, Rail Clark, captain of the
team, are seeking new
for the year’s competi-
'Itte ^'iterested persons should
" team meeting Monday
^ P- m. in Fine Arts 145.
The first of a series of recitals
by members of the music depart
ment faculty will be on Oct. 30
and will feature Dr. Robert
Hopkins, head of the depart
ment who is a pianist.
The duo-piano team of Hin
son and Sams will perform on
Nov. 6 and organist Clair
Hardenstine will present a con
cert on Nov. 31.
T'ffc second music faculty re
cital, on Nov. 21, will feature
Thomas J. Cole, tenor who di
rects the touring choir and col
lege chorus and teaches voice.
(Continued on P. 2, Col. 2)
Formal dedication of the new
auditorium and fine arts build
ing will highlight the Founders
Day celebration on campus Oct.
12 and 13.
The million dollar building
will be dedicated at a special
ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 12,
at which time Dr. Daniel A.
Poling, editor of the Christian
Herald, will deliver the principle
address. A bronze tablet will be
unveiled in the lobby to the
memory of Dr. Robert Lee
Moore, president from 1897 until
1938 for whom the structure is
named.
That night the two-manual
Moeller organ in Spainhour Hall
on the ground floor will be
dedicated in a recital by Mrs.
Donna Nagey Robertson of the
music faculty. The $15,000 in
strument is a gift of Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Thomas of Gastonia.
On Friday evening the four-
manual Aeolian - Skinner organ
in the main auditorium will be
dedicated in a recital by Dr.
David Craighead, head of the
organ department of Eastman
School of Music. The instru
ment, valued at $94,000, is a
gift of the family of the late
T. H. Broyhill of Lenoir.
Full details of the Founders
Day activities will be presented
in the next issue of the Hilltop.
An old-fashion “Country Fair”
will be staged in the Coyte
Bridges Memorial Dining Hall
at 7:30 tonight as the feature of
the Baptist Student Union’s get
acquainted party.
A color scheme of familiar
red, white and blue will deco
rate the building; and, as the
theme of country fair suggests,
an informal atmosphere will
lend itself to fun and relaxation.
Objective of the annual party
is two-fold, to give everyone an
opportunity to get better ac
quainted and to help everyone
become better acquainted with
the organizations and the pro
gram of the BSU.
Archer Turner, BSU presi
dent, and Sherry Greene, social
chairman, are especially eager to
have a big crowd at the fair and
invite everyone to come and
bring a date.
A program will be carried out
by members of the BSU and will
include a mustached barbershop
quartet, a display of “hayseed”
characters found at any country
fair and an acrobatic perform
ance by talented sophomore
gymnast Pat Thompson.
Along the midway there will
be refreshment booths, kissing
booths, colorful side shows, bark
ers and clowns. To add to the
merriment, games have been
planned for all who wish to par
ticipate.
As the agency which coordi
nates and promotes religious ac
tivities on the campus, the BSU
is composed of various organiza
tions. Among them are the Sun
day School and Training Union
programs of the church, the
Young Woman’s Auxiliary, the
Ministerial Conference, Student
'Brotherhood, Volunteers for
Christ and Youth Temperance
Council.
A program of off-campus mis
sionary work is fostered by the
Mission Council, which is a divi
sion of the BSU.
Home Eg Programs
Discussion Topic
The Home Economics Club
program for the first semester,
having as its theme “Living in
Home Economics,” was the pri
mary topic discussed at a called
meeting of club officers last
week.
President Judy Poyner out
lined the program, and the
group discussed plans for invit
ing outside speakers to club
meetings, scheduled as follows:
Oct. 2, “Etiquette and Citizen
ship”; Oct. 23, tentative speak
er; Nov. 6, Cl program; Nov.
20, tentative speaker; Dec. 4,
Cl’s and CII’s Christmas Ideas;
Jan. 8, business meeting.