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Page Four THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C. October 21. 1961 Varied Actioities Produce Successful Founders Day-Homecoming Celebration By MARIETTA ATKINS The Founders Day - Home coming celebration last week end, with all its varied activi ties, was perhaps the most suc cessful the college has enjoyed since the centennial. Nearly 500 alumni and other visitors registered at a recep tion desk in the foyer of the Fine Arts Building. Dr. Daniel Poling, editor of the Christian Herald who de- divered the dedicatory address, spoke on the importance of re examining the political free doms under which we have our Christian freedom. “Our times have made and will yet make privileged oppor tunity more than a word,” he said. “We are yet creating a new opportunity for man. Plaque Unveiled Following the dedication ad dress, a bronze plaque with a bas-relief portrait of Dr. Rob ert Lee Moore was unveiled by John David and James Oren Roberts, young sons of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Roberts of Mars Hill and great-grandsons of the late Dr. Moore. The first verse of “How Firm a Foundation,” Dr. Moore’s favorite hymn, was sung in the concluding part of the unveiling service. Mrs. Robertson’s dedication recital on the organ in Spain- hour Hall included Concerto No. 5, in F Major by Handel, in which she was assisted by the Mars Hill College orchestra and by Mrs. Mary Ford of Ashe ville, violinist; Mrs. Agnes Whitman of Asheville, violinist; N. P. Boorzhinsky of Asheville, cellist; and David Williams of High Point College, cellist. Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Whitman, and Mr. Boorzhinsky are members of the Asheville Little Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Williams is a former student of Mars Hill. Craighead Presents The concert in the main au ditorium Friday by David Craighead, included such varied works as Concerto in A Minor by Vivaldi - Bach, and Two Casual Brevities, ‘The Desert’ and ‘Chollas Dance for You,’ by Rowland Leach. Following intermission the two pipe chambers on either side of the auditorium were lighted so the audience could see the huge organ in opera tion. Receptions were held in the Faculty Parlor immediately fol lowing each recital. The first, on Thursday night, was given in honor of Mrs. Robertson and of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Thomas, donors of the organ. The sec ond, on Friday night, was giv en in honor of Mr. Craighead and the Broyhill family which gave the larger organ. An art exhibit, which will be continued throughout the month in the new gallery on the second floor of the new auditorium displaying works of former students, received much comment from the guests at the Founders Day exercises. Styles of paintings, ranging from the pictoral accuracies of Dwight .VI. Holland, to the controlled and geometrically figured ab stractions of Grove Robinson, to the moody and intense ab stract expressionism of Robert Poe, were represented by such paintings as Holland’s “Maine Coast,” and “Winter White,” Robinson’s “Sweetheart” and Poe’s “The Actor.” Perhaps the best example of the contrasts between the styles of the individual artists is found in the extreme contrast between “Fall of Richmond, April 3, 1865” by Edward Tim othy Kenney and “Wind” by Mary Liirville Jumper. “Fall of Richmond,” a picture of two soldiers seated across from each other at a campfire in the dusk, has almost genuine smoke rising above the flames, while across the river and in the distance, the city stands in detailed mini ature. “Wind,” simply a few swirls of brown paint on a sand-colored background, is a rarity, a successful abstraction. Among other paintings of note are Robert Haycraft’s “Composition in Blue,” Dian Bost Jones’ “Nativity,” and two paintings by Bobee Linville, “Sage” and “Sky and Seven Gi raffes.” Exhibition ‘Intriguing’ Rush T. Wray of Burnsville, who studied at the Plonk School of Creative Arts, was one of many who found the entire ex hibit, “Intriguing.” The many visitors on-campus for the Founders Day - Home coming programs were appreci ated as much as the varied pro gram itself, at least by three lit tle boys who are playing under a tree near Moore Auditorium Saturday morning. Standing under the tree, tossing yellow leaves, they watched the cars go by. One little boy screamed gleefully, “Happy New Year! Happy New Year!” John McLeod, who wai chairman of a faculty committee which designed and arranged for the casting of the bronze tablet in the foyer of the new Fine Arts Building, explains to the audience at the unveiling the significance of the wording. Composed of expressions meaningful in the life of Dr. Moore, the dedication reads: “Great Heart of the Mountains. Teacher and Inspirer of Youth. Performer of the Word of the Spirit. Example of ‘Plain Living and High Thinking’.” WE HAVE A Complete Line of Revlon, Tussy, Old Spice, Goty, Yardley, Mennen & Other Toiletries Hollingsworth Gandy -- Eaton’s Stationery BUS STATION Tickets Anywhere and Information MARS HILL PHARMACY THE MARS THEATRE 2 Shows Nightly 6:30 and 8:30 Phone 3591 Sohirday 1:30 Continuous WEEK OF OCTOBER 23-28 MON. & TUES.—’Strangers When We Meet— • Kim Novak, Kirk Douglas WEDNESDAY—’Fast and Sexy— Gina Lollabrigida, Dale Robertson THURS. & FRI.—’Cry for Happy—Glenn Ford, Donald O’Conner SATURDAY—Johnny Concho—Frank Sinatra, Phyllis Kirk ’The Sins of Rachel Cade— Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch WEEK OF OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 4 MON. & TUES.—’Pepe—Cantinflas, Dan Dailey—All-Star Cast WEDNESDAY—Tarawa Beachead—Kenwin Mathews, Julie Adams THURS. & FRI.—The Mountain Road—James Stewart SATURDAY—’The Trapp Family—All-Star Cast Stop, Look & Laugh—The Three Stooges ’In color Members of the four societies, wliich have been growing rapid ly the last few weeks, are eager ly looking ahead to the election of yVnniversary - Reception term officers next Thursday and Fri day. All four groups have already started working on plans for the Anniversary and Reception programs. Scripts are being written and committees have been appointed. The naming of leaders for the new term will be an important part of the ])lanning. In addition to selecting new officers, Nonpareil will hold its initiation next week. The oth er three societies have already had their initiation activities. Joint meetings of both broth er-sister societies were held last week. At its joint meeting Clio - Philomatliia welcomed 10 new members, five for each. Eight new Nous and seven Eus were received at the Non-Eu joint session Thursday night, and eight more Eus joined at the regidar meeting Friday. After meetings were ad journed last week Clio had 65 new members. Phi 39, Non 83 and Eu 57, the officers reported. '61 Graduate Wins Allstate Scholarship .Anna Sue Milburn of Kan napolis, who finished here last spring, was pictured in a recent edition of “Baptist Topics,” a publication of the Baptist Hos- ])ital in ^Vinston-Salem. She is one of two students awarded three-year full scholar ships in nurses’ training by the .All-state Foundation. Logothia Organizes The Logothia (Bible) Hon or (dub, which clid not com plete its organization for the 1961-62 term when the other clubs did last spring, elected officers at its first meeting Oct. 10. Binkie Hunter was named president and Rosalyn Skelton, vice - president. Other officers chosen are Dan Keels, chaplain; Betty Buckner, social chairman: Pat Byrd, secretary - treasurer; and Dick Frith, publicity chair man. For That Special Person and Those Special Occasions Select Your Flower Arrangements FROM MARS HILL FLORIST Go To THE MARS HILL SODA SHOPPE AND RESTAURANT in The Heart of Mars Hill for “SIPS AND SNAGKS” “THIS ’N THAT” Luncheon Plates - Specialty Dinners Sandwiches Desserts & Drinks Phone 2501 Volume ;
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