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Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
Volume XXXVI
MARS HILL. N. C., SATURDAY. JANUARY 13. 1962
Number 7
N. C. Convention
Elects Trustees
Seven new trustees of the college the First Baptist Church of Mor-
appointed by the Baptist State , ganton, where he owns the Burke
Convention at its recent meeting in Furniture Co.
Cteensboro. They began their
our-year terms on Jan. 1, replacing
others on the 28-member
whose terms are expiring and
bo Cannot be re-appointed for at
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■^11 of the new appointees have
members of the board on
Previous occasions except two, the
ey- Elwood Orr of Wilmington
and Dj._ Haynes Baird of Char-
The other five are Mr.
obert Wren, Mr. Carl Meares,
C. C. Harrell, Mr. Don C.
and Mrs. E. N. Carr.
Mr. Wren, owner of Akers Mo-
Line, lives in Gastonia, where
*s a prominent civic leader and
active member of the First Bap-
Church.
j^Mr. Meares, a former student of
has several business en-
in his hometown of Fair
^^^Mr. Harrell, also a Mars Hill
is an active member of
We/ Progresses
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for May Edition
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S^.^bnfare, according to Walter
the faculty advisor.
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Mil p *-''ib>ution early in May,
entirely new
and will contain more
of campus life. The
and the dedication have
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' decided on and much of
photography has already
stiT done. Numerous campus
stjjj dots have been made by
gat) photographer John Rea-
of seven coeds, nominat-
'%^j*'he residents of the var-
bp dormitories for men, will
the as “Miss Laurel,”
fitjjj^bapus beauty queen. The
Wad *®^oction, which will be
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bp L^'^dl not be revealed until
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Witv" "^y an off-campus person-
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?'^ito comes from the press.
>Ug Virginia MacNeil is try-
W nf brrange for Miss Ameri-
^^62, Miss Maria Beale
"hjAer
W j^'one who does not expect
'''at^tj^brn next semester but
• LauVel
of Asheville, to pick
hlr,
b Copy of the book should
Smith. All students
f b h
Wts f ve paid their tuition and
the first semester are
?d to a copy, Mr. Smith
Wttijjbed. Eligibility will be
Qth^d by the bursar’s office,
leaders of the Laurel
q, ^*ides Virginia and John
pW, a Carver, assosiate ed-
j John Baskin and Gary
*s *tt, sports editors. Typ-
W sf. d other willing workers
d needed.
Mr. Young, an Asheville Lawyer,
is the college attorney. He is an
active member of the First Baptist
Church of Asheville and is active
in the work of the Buncombe As
sociation.
Mrs. Carr of Hickory has shown
great interest in Christian higher
education and has assisted several
worthy students through college.
The Reverend Mr. Orr, pastor of
the Winter Park Baptist Church, is
also a Mars Hill graduate and has
served as president of the Alumni
Association and on several state
convention committees.
Dr. Baird, a native of Mars Hill
and also an alumnus, is a prom
inent physician in Charlotte. He is
active in the Myers Park Baptist
Church and is a leader in the civic
life of Charlotte.
The trustees whose terms are ex
piring include Mr. W. M. Brooks
of Charlotte, Mr. Otis Broyhill of
Marion, Mr. J. E. Gibson Sr. of
High Point, Mr. R. O. Huffman of
Morganton, the Rev. John Knight
of Asheville, Mrs. C. M. Palmer of
Albemarle, and Mrs. George Pen
nell of Asheville.
Frosh Register
January 22nd
Mars Hill College’s second se
mester begins on Monday, Jan.
22, with Freshman registration.
Sophomore registration follows
on Tuesday. Each day’s sched
ule consists of meeting with fac
ulty advisors at 8:00 and class
sectioning in the gym from
10:00 until 5:30.
The new semester will start
with 44 new students and more
courses in eight departments.
The Art Department will offer
a course in ceramics and pot
tery. The Business Depart
ment’s new courses will be per
sonal finance, elementary ac
counting, and beginning typing.
The English Department is to
offer a creative writing course.
There will be drama courses
for students to take as electives.
For the first time the Home
Economics Department will
have a course in house planning
and home furnishing. Mathe
matics of investment and differ
ential equations courses will be
available. An elective for any
student, music appreciation,
will be taught in the Music De
partment.
Introductions to geology may
be taken in the Natural Sciences
Department. The Social Sci
ences Department will offer psy
chology and sociology courses.
Seminary Choir Visits
Mars Hill Campus
The touring choir of Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary will
give two concerts in Mars Hill
during its winter tour Jan. 26-
Feb. 5.
The 37-voice mixed chorus, in
which at least four Mars Hill
graduates sing, will appear in
Moore Auditorium on Saturday
evening, Jan. 27. The group, di-
rected by William C. Bushneli,
will spend the night here and sing
Sunday morning during the regu
lar worship hour of the Mars Hill
Baptist Church.
From here the singers wdl con
tinue their trip through North and
South Carolina, Tennessee and
Kentucky, returning to their
campus at Louisville for a con
cert in the Alumni Memorial
Chapel on Feb. 6. ,,
The choir has established a
reputation for being able to satisfy
the musical tastes of varied audi
ences The musical program this
year is entitled “Sacred Music of
America.” It is divided into three
parts, sacred music of the settlers,
sacred music of our fathers and
sacred music of our time.
The choir is composed of men
and women pursuing gj^^^bte
study in the Schools of Church
Music, Religious Education and
Theology.
Dr Bushneli has been a mem
ber of the faculty in the School
of Church Music for five yeare,
teaching conducting and voice. He
serves frequently as a choral clin
ician and conductor at festivds
and music workshops. His back
ground also includes teaching
schools and serving as minister of
music for churches in California,
Utah, Colorado and New York.
Vernon Hurt
After Fall
Glenn L. Vernon, faculty
member who suffered a broken
vertebra last Friday (Jan. 5)
in a fall from a 16-foot step
ladder, is recovering slowly, doc
tors report.
Mr. Vernon is a patient at
Mission Hospital in Asheville,
where he was taken shortly af
ter he fell while adjusting over
head lighting on the stage in
the new auditorium. College
physicians, who first adminis
tered treatment, reported he
sustained a compression fracture
of a lumbar vertebra.
Get-well cards and messages
may be addressed to him in
care of the hospital.
B.S.U. Plans Retreat
The B. S. U. is planning a
mid-year retreat on Monday,
January 22. The council will
discuss plans for the spring se
mester.
Among the events planned are
a Bible Study Week, Jan. 28-
Feb. 2: a valentine party; a chap
el program introducing Focus
^Veek; and tentative plans for
a youth revival on April 6-8.
Charles^ Carver, associate editor of the 1962 Laurel, appreciatively
eyes nominees for the beauty title “Miss Laurel.” The co-eds, nomi
nated by the various residences for men, are (L to R) seated, Toni
Snider and Elaine Teague; standing, Patricia Byrd, Linda Shelton,
Mary Lee Hurt and Kathy Dunevant. Absent when the picture was
made was Virginia Scruggs.
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Men Nominate Girls
To Vie For “Miss Laurel”
When the Laurel for 1962 ar
rives in May, one of seven girls
nominated by the men’s dorms
will occupy the place of honor
as “Miss Laurel.”
Hailing from Hicko^, Elaine
Teague has been nominated by
Myers. Piercing the atmosphere
Choral Clinic
Set Feb. 9-10
The thirteenth annual high
school choral clinic sponsored
by the Department of Music of
Mars Hill College, will be held
on the campus Feb. 9-10. Dr.
Walter Ehret, choral clinician
from Scarsdale High School in
Scarsdale, N. Y., will be guest
director.
The clinic is under the direc
tion of J. Elwood Roberts. Ap
proximately 300 students, rep
resenting 29 high schools, will
attend with their directors.
Each school will enter its best
singers in an octette or quar
tette.
The program includes several
rehearsal-instruction sessions
and a variety of recreational ac
tivities. On Friday night the
singers and directors will be
guests of the college at a ban
quet in the college dining hall.
The Mars Hill Touring Choir
will perform before the guest
musicians. The clinic will be
climaxed by a public concert on
the night of Saturday, Feb. 10,
in which all singers will par
ticipate.
The purpose of the clinic is to
give talented high school sing
ers an opportunity to work with
others of similar ability, to deep
en the appreciation of both the
students and their directors for
the finest choral music, and to
encourage them to higher per
formance standards.
for 5’3”, she is a sophomore bus
iness major with red hair and
blue eyes. She graduated in
June of 1960 from Claremont
Central High School.
Kathryn Dunevant, a pre
nursing freshman from Rox-
boro, is the nominee of Brown
Dormitory. Miss Dunevant has
green eyes, brown hair, and mea
sures 5’6” in height. Kathy is
a graduate of the Roxboro High
School.
Toni Snider from Franklin-
town is an entrant in the con
test as the result of nominations
by the Mars Hill homes. Miss
Snider — an honor role student
— has previously held the po
sition of vice-president of Ed
na Moore dormitory and is a
member of the student council
and the WRA council, the
French honor club and college
choir. Toni has brown hair,
green eyes and stands 5’6”.
Virginia Scruggs, a graduate
of Hermitage High School, is
the Melrose nomination. Ma
joring in liberal arts, “Ginger”
is a freshman from Richmond.
Spilman selected Miss Patricia
Byrd from Jonesville. Her
brown hair and brown eyes
matching, she is currently plan
ning to enter the business field.
Miss Byrd is a sophomore.
A freshman music major
from Camden, S. C., Mary Lee
Hurt, is the representative of
Sams. Her physical make-up
includes brown hair, blue eyes,
and 5’7” of feminity.
The cottages nominated Miss
Linda Shelton, a native of Chat
ham, Virginia. A freshman lib
eral arts major with hazel eyes.
Miss Shelton marks the tape at
5’7”.
The judge, usually a noted
public personality, has not been
decided on; however, efforts are
being made to get Miss America
to select the winner from photo
graphs and biographical data
sheets.