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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Volume XXXVI
MARS HILL. N. C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1961
Number 6
Bear Scare Leads To
Grave Consequences
by 5LiUC, LUUbCU
^ ^ hungry bruin who was brave
ougij traverse Mars Hills
(. o- to traverse
q^Pns, has led to grave conse-
— for the bear, that is! It
was killed by Angle Ed-
"^ns of Democrat, N. C., after it
tracked down by hounds owned
j tanley Marshbanks of Weaver-
t'^ard:
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excitement over the strange
qj.'Ptis visitor began early on Sat-
morning, Nov. 18, when the
t-ain
tttd
ifq, t:atne out of the woods and
across the campus. First re-
- segjj jjgjr Treat
gym, looking in some trash
«nd
^^tts
iiDU bruin proceeded across
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feet
'^y 213 and passed within 50
t'f Moore Auditorium.
was
tig the electric transformer sta-
,i reside the new building the
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the ^ apparently stumbled down
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Embankment and walked
^8h a mud hole. There he left
set of paw prints as he
*^t bank and disap-
llo. . *^t:o the woods near Brown
Asi^ ^.tory which appeared in the
igj'[die Citizen-Times the next
stated that several persons
^d 'some college boy” saw the
g That boy was Eddie Johnson
Dormitory. He said he
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°*^d of the incident spread
“Okly
Blood Donors
Earn Praise
Mars Hill has received high
praise for its recent donation of 212
pints of blood to the Asheville Reg
ional Blood Center.
A letter from Miss Elizabeth Mc-
Cutchen, administrative director of
the Center, to Miss Virginia Hart,
who was in charge of the donation
program on the campus, said, "We
are more than proud of Mars Hill
College and deeply grateful to you
for the splendid response at the
Bloodmobile operation.
"It gives us a happy feeling to
be able to say 'yes’ — as we can
do today — when our 35 hospitals
ask 'Do you have any blood?’ It has
been a struggle to meet needs re
cently, even with borrowing from
other Centers, so your 212 pints
gives a real boost.
"I know that a lot of thought
and hard work went into making
the day such a success. To you, to
each donor, each volunteer worker,
and everyone else who had a share
in the accomplishment, we express
our appreciation.”
Miss Hart said 250 persons of
fered to donate blood and that 212
— 131 men and 81 women —
were accepted. Of this number 202
were first-time donors.
WilliamWarfieldGives
Guest Recital At MHC
One of America’s best-known
musicians, William Warfield, a
Negro baritone, will visit the Mars
Hill campus on Jan. 5 to give a
recital in Moore Auditorium. He
will be the first Negro artist to ap
pear on the campus under the spon
sorship of the college’s lyceum
series.
In 1958 Warfield made a world
tour at the request of the U. S. State
Department, giving 28 recitals in
Asia. He sang at the Brussels World
Fair and has performed in "The
Messiah” by Handel on four dif
ferent occasions with the Philadel
phia Orchestra. One of these per
formances was in Carnegie Hall.
In addition to his concert work the
famous singer is also a Columbia
recording artist.
His program at Mars Hill will
consist of "I Feel the Deity With
in”; "Arm, Arm, Ye Brave” from
"Judas Maccabeus” by Handel;
"Evening Hymn” by Purcell; "Salve
Corpus”; two songs by Schubert;
two by Wolf; a selection from Ver
di’s opera "Don Carlo”; "Heavenly
Grass” by Paul Bowles; "Joy” and
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by
Howard Swanson; two songs by
good print was left in the mud bes.de the new auditorium and
arts building by the bruin which visited the campus recently. This
gives an indication of the relative size of the track in
'“■^Parison to the print of a Size 10 shoe. Hundreds of townspeople,
'»ell as students, came to view the imprint.
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bear scare, caused recently community, bringing large num-
' " ’ • bers of people to the spot to see the
tracks in the mud. One of these
was Wildlife Protector Raymond
Ramsey of Mars Hill, who definite
ly identified the tracks as those of
a bear. He expressed the opinion
that the bear was looking for food
because of a shortage of rations in
the woods.
Shortly after the bear was seen
and the tracks discovered, Mr.
Marshbanks put his hounds on the
trail. They tracked the animal to
the Democrat community about five
miles from Mars Hill, where Mr.
Edwards shot it. Mr. Marshbanks
identified the tracks on the campus
as being those of the animal that
killed.
DemocratsElectBryan,
Republicans Organize
over the campus and the
Picture Orders
Ready Tomorrow
Students who ordered prints of
their pictures made for the Laurel
will have them in time for Christ
mas.
The photographer, Mrs. Juanita
Shope will deliver picture orders
on tire sun porch of Spilman from
9 a m. until 4 p. m. Saturday and
Monday and from 9 a. m. until
noon 'Tuesday.
Orders must be paid for at the
time of delivery, Mrs. Shope said.
The first concrete steps in the
formation of Young Democrats and
Young Republicans clubs on the
campus were taken Monday night
when the Young Democrats Club
held an organizational meeting in
the Owen Building.
Ninety-two charter members
elected the following officers for
the remainder of the school year:
Tom Bryan, president; Ann Brook
shire, first vice president; Tom El
ler, second vice president; Faye
Coker, secretary; and Mike Ran-
dallman, treasurer.
Tuesday night the Young Re
publican Club elected Charlie
Young, president; Roy O’Bryan,
vice president; John Baskin, secre
tary; Pat Bowers, assistant secre
tary; and Mose McCall, treasurer.
Mr. Richard Hoffman of the so
cial science department is assisting
in the organizational planning.
There is an alarming lack of inter
est on our campus in political af
fairs, he says, and the new clubs
will offer avenues of escape from
such disinterest.
Stimulation of interest in good
government, the preparation of bet
ter-informed citizens and training
for future political leadership are
the chief objectives of the new
organizations.
Outside speakers, including elect
ed officials from the local, state
and national levels, are being sought
to add interest to the monthly meet
ings of the clubs. Members will
follow the state, national and local
elections carefully and perhaps hold
mock elections of their own here
on the campus.
"The YDC hopes to send two or
three members to a YDC conven
tion in Durham. Also, there is a
possibility that the two opposing
party organizations will stage po
litical debates on the campus.
By pointing out that most of
Mars Hill’s current students will
be able to vote in the next presiden
tial election, Mr. Hoffman and the
students helping to organize the
two clubs hope to arouse addition
al interest. "Will you cast your vote
wisely?” they ask.
Fund Office Opens
Headquarters for the $2,300,-
000 fund-raising campaign
launched here Founder’s Day
have been opened at 2 Char
lotte St., in Asheville across from
the First Baptist Church.
Dr. M. A. Huggins, who is
serving as director of the cam
paign, is teaching at Fruitland
Institute near Hendersonville
and will be in the office only
on weekends until the end of
the semester; then, he will take
up his duties full time.
Celius Dougherty; and a group of
Negro spirituals, including "Oh,
John,” "Let Us Break Bread To
gether,” "Bless My Soul ’an Gone,”
"L’il Boy” and "Ain’t Got Time to
Die.”
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock the
college band, under the direction
of John N. Sumrall, will present a
special program of Christmas music
in the new auditorium.
Two other Christmas music pro
grams were presented earlier by the
touring choir and by the college
chorus, both directed by T. J. Cole,
and the college orchestra, directed
by Dr. Robert Hopkins.
Yule Programs Given
First was the presentation of
"The Messiah” by Handel by the
college chorus in the auditorium on
Sunday afternoon, Dec. 3. Mrs.
Donna Robertson, organist, and
sophomore Margaret Bruce, pianist,
played the accompaniment. Soloists
were students Diane Yelton, so
prano; Mrs. Mollie Rich, mezzo-
soprano; Robert Rich, tenor; and
Ronald Luck, bass.
A Christmas program was pre
sented jointly by the touring choir
and the orchestra on Sunday after
noon, Dec. 10. Together they per
formed "Gloria” by Vivaldi; then,
without accompaniment the choir
sang several Christmas selections,
including some carols of other na
tions and two selections from '"The
Peaceable Kingdom” by Randall
Thompson.
Mrs. Robertson was soloist with
the orchestra in- the performance of
Handel’s "Organ Concerto in F.”
WRA Spotlights
Christmas Parties
Members of “the WRA Council
will enjoy two Christmas parties
tomorrow. After the parties in the
dormitories Saturday night, the
council will have its own party in
the gym. A special program, volley
ball and basketball games and plen
ty of good food will be featured.
Miss Hart and five of our mem
bers were privileged to take part in
the State WRA Conference earlier
this month at Guilford. Our presi
dent, Judy Ferguson, and vice pres
ident, Mary Ann Glasgow, led a
discussion of the topic, "The WRA
and Its Responsibility on an Inter
collegiate Basis.” 'The discussion
blended well with the conference
theme, "Time Out for Responsibil
ity.” The other three Mars Hillians
attending the meeting were Roddy
Edwards, Bobbie Hohman and Me-
rinda Bennett.
Girls’ intramural basketball be
gan after the Thanksgiving holi
days and is progressing satisfactor
ily.