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Volume XXXVI
CThe Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
MARS HILL, N. C.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1961
See Your
LAUREL
Proofs
Number 2
Auditorium Dedication Thursday
Founders Day - Homecoming
'^'ebration.
three-act play is a simple,
f °^uent and reverent picture of the
smily of Jesus. The story encom-
P^sses the last three years of Christ’s
y It begins in Nazareth, which
has just left to enter upon his
br^ where his remaining
?mers understand only that in the
j^^'ght of tf,g building season He
Jeft them and depleted the
orking force.
continues in Capernaeum,
ere tavern keepers and promoters
capitalized on His growing
j^'^'er and popularity. It returns to
o^^^reth where He is denied by his
antT “ Jerusalem
to the upper chamber where,
yj.^r the Last Supper, Mary awaits
return from Gethsemane.
Family Deluded
jj. be final scene is laid in Naz-
fi fb, Several years after the cruci-
"'bere his family still labors
rhe selfish and blind delusion
,y^bey have been disgraced.
On n "Family Portrait” opened
^ ^roadway in 1939 with Judith
erson in the leading role of
]oh^^ rhe Mother of Christ, Critic
^riynes Holmes said, "This is
bo remarkable play on the
bea • present time. It is
tn_^.^*rul, exquisite, tremendously
I feel that it ought to be
gjn^pUated, like the Oberammer-
r^n "mission Play, and be given a
every season.”
In the role of Mary, the mother
of Christ, is Suzanne Brown. Her
four other sons James, Joseph, Sim
on, and Judah are played by Arlis
Suttles, Richard Greene, Michael
Roch and Larry Huls.
The play is under the direction of
Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, director of
the dramateers. Setting and light
ing were designed by Glenn L. Ver
non of the speech and drama de
partment.
(Continued on P. 4)
Alumni Artists’ Work
Exinbited This Month
During the month of October an
exhibition of 32 paintings by for
mer art students of Mars Hill Col
lege is being shown as the first ex
hibition held in the new Fine Arts
Gallery of the Robert Lee Moore
Memorial Auditorium and Fine
Arts Building.
Former students who were art
students here during the years 1951-
61, and who have earned degrees in
art at senior colleges are represent
ed. They are; Dwight Holland,
Asheboro, N. C.; Mary Linville
Jumper, ^Vinston-Salem, N. C.; Di-
an Bost Jones, Oxford, N. C.; Grove
Robinson, New York, N. Y.; Wil
son Hasty, Atlanta, Ga., Bobbee
Linville, Wintson-Salem, N. C;
Robert Haycraft, Baltimore, Md.;
Anita Reyes, Atlanta, Ga.; Tim
Kenny, Flushing, N. Y.; Robert Poe,
New York, N. Y.; Carol Ann Law-
(Continued on P. 2)
Oct. 9-13, Last Founders Day-Homecoming
Chance to Sec Activities Are Combined
Laurel Proofs
j^Mai-y (right), the mother of Jesus, played by Suzanne Brown; Mary
^agdalene (left), played by Donna Day; and Mary Cleophas, played
y Jo Whatley, examine the robe of Jesus, the only tangible object
have left to remember him by. The trio are part of the cast
y ‘Family Portrait,” a three-act play which will be staged in the
auditorium next Saturday night, the final event of a three-day
“Unders Day-Homecoming celebration.
*****★**★*****■*■**■*★★★*★★*★**★*★*★★*★★★*★*★*★**★*★
Family Portrait,’ Story of the Family
^ Jesus, Next Dramatic Performance
, Family Portrait,” a story of the
j®mily of Christ, will be presented
y the Dramateers at 8 p. m. Sat-
■^“ay, Oct. 14, as the final event of
Next week, Oct. 9-13, will be
the final opportunity for students
and faculty members to arrange for
their pictures to be in the 1962
Laurel.
Proofs are being shown in the
Owen Building as follows: numbers
551 through 660, Monday from
9 a. m. until 4 p. m.; 661-770,
Tuesday; 771-880, Wednesday; 881-
990, Thursday; 991 and up, Friday.
Numbers 1-550 were shown this
week, but anyone who missed see
ing his proofs on the proper day
may see them during the coming
week.
Purpose of showing proofs is to
allow each person to select the pose
he wants used in the yearbook and
to order extra prints.
Any student or faculty member
who has not been photographed
should see the photographer as soon
as possible and make an appoint
ment.
*Hams* To Revive
MH Radio Club
Several students with amateur
radio licenses and other individuals
interested in becoming "hams” met
Thursday to attempt a revival of the
Mars Hill Radio Club. It has been
inactive since 1958 when Dr. Rob
ert Holt, former sponsor, left.
William Pegg, a member of the
math faculty and a citizens’ band
operator, is sponsoring the club and
extends an invitation to any stu
dents interested in radio transmit
ting and receiving to join. The
only requirements for membership
is to have an interest in shortwave
radio operations. This means that
girls may join although Mr. Pegg
says he has "never heard of a girl
with an interest in radios.”
The college owns a HQ - 150
Hammarlund Communications Re
ceiver, a gift of the Hammarlund
Manufacturing Company which
produces similar equipment in a
plant just west of the campus. The
receiver operates on all bands from
540 kilocycles to 34 megacycles and
is one of the finest receivers made.
The college also owns a 90-watt
Globe Chief transmitter, which was
donated in 1957.
When revived, the club will be
subject to the rules and regulations
of the Federal Communications
Commission.
Lackey Named New
President of Band
John Lackey of Asheville, former
band director of Marshall and Mars
Hill high schools who has re-en
rolled at the college to continue his
music education, has been elected
president of the band for 1961-62.
(Continued on P. 4)
Formal dedication of the Robert Lee Moore Memorial Auditorium and
Fine Arts Building will highlight a three-day program celebrating Found
ers Day and Homecoming, which will begin on campus next Thursday.
Dr. Daniel A. Poling of Philadelphia, editor of the nationally known
magazine, Christian Herald, will deliver the dedication address at 10:00
a. m. 'Thursday in the new auditorium. Afterward, a bronze tablet will be
unveiled in the foyer to the memory of Dr. Moore, who was president of
the college from 1897 until 1938.
A recital on the two-manual organ in Spainhour Hall will be given at
8:00 p. m. by Mrs. Joe Robertson, organ teacher in the music department.
Due to the limited seating space at
tendance at this recital will be by
invitation only.
Another recital will be given the
following evening on the four-man
ual concert organ in the main audi
torium by Dr. David Craighead of
the Eastman School of Music, Uni
versity of Rochester. He is one of
the nation’s most popular organists
and has been heard in cities
throughout the country. Dr. Craig
head says he is not a dedicated
"long-hair” musician and that he be
lieves good music must not only ed
ucate but also entertain. Attendance
at this recital is open to the public.
Mrs. Robertson was a student of
Dr. Craighead’s when she studied
at Eastman.
The Founders Day - Homecom
ing celebration will continue Sat
urday with the homecoming foot
ball game here at 2:30 p. m. be
tween the Lions and Lees-McRae.
The Homecoming Queen will be
crowned during half-time ceremon
ies.
Final event of the three-day ob
servance will be the presentation of
the three-act play. "Family Portrait,”
by the Dramateers at 8 p. m. Sat
urday in the main auditorium.
Hundreds of former students and
friends of the college have been in
vited to the various events of the
three-day celebration.
(Continued on P. 4)
Debaters Enter
Mce Tournament
Mars Hill’s debate team will be
among the entries in the annual
Novice Debate Tournament spon
sored Oct. 18 by Wake Forest Col
lege. It will be the first tournament
of the season for the Lions.
The national debate topic, which
will be the subject of contests for
the entire year, is "Resolved: 'That
labor organizations should be under
the jurisdiction of anti-trust legis
lation.”
Mars Hill teams also will partici
pate in tournaments at Duke and
Appalachian.
Seven persons have already joined
the team and meet in Speech 27
class every Monday from 3 until 5
p. m. with Glenn L. Vernon, new
speech instructor and coach of the
team. They are Captain Paul Clark
and ^sophomore Johnny Grier, who
were on the squad last year; sopho
more newcomers Suzanne Beck,
Ken Huneycutt and John Reagan;
and freshmen Don Dalton and Bill
Maddrey.
Competition will be held this
year in speaking, oratory, radio an
nouncing and oral interpretation, ac
cording to Mr. Vernon; and anyone
interested in forensics is urged to
join the team.
Rhodenhiser Is Speaker
For Annual Fall Revival
The annual fall revival of the
Mars Hill Baptist Church will be
gin Sunday morning, Oct. 15, with
Dr. William Rhodenhiser, Jr., as
sociate professor of religion at the
University of Richmond, as the
guest minister.
Services will be held at 8 p. m.
each day through Friday, Oct. 20, in
the sanctuary of the church. Both
students and residents of the com
munity are invited to attend.
Dr. Rhodenhiser will be remem
bered by sophomores as a member
of the Focus Week team which vis
ited the campus last spring. He is
widely known for his work in the
field of pastoral counseling, espe
cially in the areas dealing with the
relationship between psychiatry and
religion.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
the University of Richmond, he has
enjoyed a varied career. He served
as a chaplain at Kentucky State
Mental Hospital and at the Baptist
Hospital in Louisville and later at
Duke University Hospital and at
the Baptist Hospital in Winston-
Salem.
One of his most significent ex
periences was working with Dr.
Russell L. Dicks, a pioneer in the
field of religious counseling and
former professor at Duke.
Dr. Rhodenhiser’s services are
valued by numerous religious
groups and he is constantly in de
mand as a speaker and discussion
leader. For the past two summers
he has been one of the central fig
ures in a leadership conference held
here for Baptist college teachers
throughout the nation.