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Published by the Students of Mews HiU College
'Volume XXXVI
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1962
Number 9
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MRS. GRANT
MR. REES
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Girls Outnumber Boys
2*1 On Dean’s List
vj,/^ary Etchison of Mocks-
Itd ^ Sandy Brooks of Pembroke
^ the first semester dean’s list with
j, tr>tal of 56 quality points, al-
.j.°righ neither made straight A’s.
° Virginians, a Texan and two
j native North Carolinians
straight A’s. As usual the
tat'^ riutnumbered the boys by a
P of two to one.
Qf^rol Hunt of Forest City is one
for Ai
""A xiuiic ui ruiCbL vyuv-
St- . ^ North Carolinians to make
A’s. Carol was Miss-Hi-
r* v>^uui wa:>
of Cool Springs High School
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g ^aynesville.
stj,^Photnore Sandra L. Harvey
year at Mars Hill Sandra
rr member of the Beta Club,
other North Carolinian, Judy
ff/^oard, is a pre-nursing student
her f. Virginia soil. During
"'as Sandra
den ^°opareil hostess, vice-presi-
sej,/ of the Science Honor Club,
and president of the pre-
club, and secretary of BTU.
gnj ‘'’g from Roanoke, Sandra is
ton ^ nursing. Paul L. Hous-
otij’ ^ native of Farmville, is the
Virginian to receive straight
jN Sanford Makes A's
'l’ejj^''fa Sanford, born in Amarillo,
Qj but now living in Savannah,
g;also
c made straight A’s.
hst P^omores who made the dean’s
iojo'^fode Priscilla Beck 52, Reg-
Atn/i.^bck 51, Patsy Bowers 43VS,
BtQ^*^ Brtx)kshire 51, Jeannie
Bto *^ 43, Mary Brown 40, Shirley
47, Suzanne Brown 46V^,
at, Bruce 451/2, Thomas Bry-
tougi ’ -4^udrey Bunce 48, Jon Bur-
■nju ^ 42, Marsha Byassee 52, Reg-
50 Carter 47, Kenneth Cathey
A I
J'ldy Clark 53, Patricia
Joyce Craft 41, Anne
Marilyn England 42,
UtJ4 Estes 40, Mary Etchison 56,
5l, j^Earrell 48, Judith Ferguson
"ty 54*'^ Glasgow 45, Sandra Har-
l?Ns / Bobbie Hohman 42, David
5alh Marion Keller 51, John
Chin-Ho Ku 44, John
Alf Sandra Merrimon 45.
included are Laura Nash 48,
''ie Nussbaumer 48, Peggy
Ctot)^,45, Joyce Payne 48, Judy
.j, ^1, Patricia Sparrow 40, Bob-
40, Susan Towe 44,
V^V t ''ncr 45, Hazel West 42,
\y ^Woodard 54, and Morris
Freshmen who achieved a dean’s
list stams are Basil Akers 40, James
Baley 43, James Bates 54i/, Bren
da Beasley 45, Ruth Brinkley 42,
Joyce Bradley 43/2, Mary Briggs
41, Olivia Brooks 421/, Sandy
Brwks 56, Philip Cerveny 50, Dud
ley Chandler 43, Brenda Collins 50.
Also, Betty Crawford 44, Johnny
Dalrymple 41, Joyce Edmonds 4l,
Carolyn Ellis 42, Patricia Everhart
491/, Stephen Fleetwood 43, Mary
Forbes 5014, Adolphus Frazier
4914, Ernest Gruetter 45, Lorena
Hines 42, Marilyn Henson 41,
Marilyn Hogsed 4114, Nancy Hol
ley 45, Harold Honbarrier 42, Fred
erick Horton 48.
Also, Paul Houston 54, Carol
Hunt 54, Charles Hunt 44, Eliza
beth Jones 44, Miriam Jones 49,
William Jones 40, Mary Moseley
40, Edward Murray 47, Kenneth
Murray 4014, Mary Lou Newman
40, Myrtle Owenby 4414, David
Parks 42, Patricia Perkinson 47,
Beverly Piper 42, Nancy Plemmons
42, Peggy Plemmons 46, Verna
Popplewell 45, Angela Priester 40.
Also, Marguerite Robbins 45,
Darla Sanford 54, Mary Shearon
40, Frances Smith 42, Blanche Staf
ford 4114, Charles Stevenson 50,
Ronald Stewart 41, George Tun-
stall 53, Elizabeth Vernon 45,
Vivian Wang 41, Lindsay Watkins
45, Walton Whittaker 40, and
Mary Yoder 40. , , .
In addition to those on the dean s
list 198 others received c-nough
quality points (30 or more) to
qualify for the honor clubs.
Alumnus Raised
By Humble Oil
W. R. Edwards, Mars Hill alum
nus, has been promoted to senior
research chemical engineer in
Humble Oil and Refining Com
pany’s Research and Development
at 4ytown, Texas. He is engaged
in the development of processes for
the manufacture of ch^ical raw
materials and intermediates that
may be used for the production of
synthetic rubber, plastics and other
finished products.
Edwards attended Mars Hill Col
lege 1951-52 and received his B.b.
degree at North Carolina State.
M. H. Student
Elected To
Political Post
Seventeen Mars Hill students at
tended the N. C. State Republican
Convention at Greensboro Feb. 3-4
at which 450 young Republicans
assembled.
Bob Johnston, a Mars Hill Col
lege sophomore, was elected vice-
president of the eleventh district
college council at the convention.
Bob is to serve a one-year term,
during which he will be trying to
reactivate clubs and to form new
ones.
Mr. William E. Cobb, chairman
of the N. C. Republican Party,
spoke to the Mars Hill YRC con
tingent Feb. 5. Mr. Cobb discussed
the N. C. political situation, in
cluding the rise of the Republican
party. He emphasized the openings
for Republican Party leadership in
N. C. and opportunities available
for promising young Republicans.
The Mars Hill YRC is starting
a membership drive with its goal
set at 300 for this year.
Oldest Alumna
98 Years Old
Celebrating her 98th birthday
Feb. 12, Mrs. Jackson (Granny)
Clouse, is the oldest living Mars
Hill Alumna. The former Miss
Eliza Jane Sams, she is still living
near Mars Hill, the community in
which she has spent most of her
life.
She is a member of the Sams
family which has meant much to
the college almost since its found
ing. She is the daughter of the
Rev. Leroy W. Sams and Mrs. Alsie
Brown Sams, who sent their twelve
children to Mars Hill. Mrs. Clouse
attended Mars Hill College in
1879-1881. Her father was pastor
of the Mars Hill Baptist Church in
1861-1862 and 1878-1890. His
son, John Robert Sams, who served
as president during the trying years
of the Civil War, was one of Mars
Hill’s staunchest friends.
Mrs. Clouse still enjoys remark
ably good health and is alert men
tally and cheerful spiritually. Mr.
and Mrs. Clouse had seven children,
six of whom are still living.
Secretary, 2 Missionaries
To Speak At Focus Week
Christian Focus Week, which be
gins at Mars Hill Monday and will
continue through Friday, Feb. 23,
will be based on the theme "Christ,
the Christian, the World.” Guest
speakers will be Mr. Howard Rees
and Rev. and Mrs. Worth Grant.
Christian Focus Week services
will consist of evening worship
from 7:15 until 8:15 Monday
through Friday nights in the Mars
Hill Baptist Church. Seminars will
follow the evening services in the
lower floor of the church led by the
guest speakers and Mr. Richard
Hoffman and Rev. Charles Davis.
Mr. Rees and Mrs. Grant will speak
in chapel on Tuesday and Thurs
day. The guest speakers will be
available for personal conferences
during the afternoons.
Rev. and Mrs. Worth Grant are
Baptist missionaries to Japan who
have served since 1950. In I960
Rev. Grant became associate secre-
Hough To Head
NewDepartment
Plans for the formation of a
department of education and the
hiring of John M. Hough, Jr., 26,
of Hampton, Va., to be its chair
man have been announced by Mars
Hill College.
'The Baptist school is converting
to senior college status with the
addition of the junior year this fall
and the initiation of an education
curriculum is part of the conver
sion process.
Hough, whose father is superin
tendent of Leaksville Township
Schools, attended Mars Hill during
the 1953-54 school year. An out
standing student, he was president
of the freshman class.
In 1956 Hough earned a bach
elors degree from Wake Forest. He
also holds the Master of Education
degree from the University of
North Carolina and has completed
the course work there for a Doctor
of Education degree.
Currently principal of an ele
mentary school in Hampton, Hough
formerly taught and coached at
Gray High School in Winston-Sa
lem, taught at Bethany High School
in Reidsville and served as assistant
principal at Hampton High School.
He will leave his present position
to take up his new duties in Au
gust.
Mrs. Hough is the former Bev
erly Nance, a graduate of the Wom
an’s College of UNC. 'The couple
has a daughter born Nov. 17.
While teaching Mars Hill’s first
courses in education next fall.
Hough will be responsible for or
ganizing the department to meet
state requirements which will as
sure its graduates of certification as
elementary and secondary school
teachers.
As the college moves further into
the senior college program, the
course offerings in education and
the departmental staff will be ex
panded.
tary of the Jordan Press, the pub
lishing house of the Japan Baptist
Convention. Mr. Grant was a Mars
Hill student, graduating in 1939.
He received his A. B. degree from
Furman University and graduated
from the seminary in Louisville, Ky.
The Grants have a family of four
daughters, ages 3-18.
Grant Questions
Rev. Grant’s subject at the serv
ice Monday night will be "What
Are You Doing with the Gospel.^”
Wednesday night, "A Christian in
a Non-Christian World;” and Fri
day night, "Unto the Ends of the
Earth.” 'Ihe topic of Rev. Grant’s
seminar will be "Christianity Faces
Other Religions.” Mrs. Grant, who
will be here only Thursday, will
speak in chapel on the topic “Enter
to Greatness” and conduct her sem
inar on '"The Role of the Mission.”
Mr. Rees, who has been BSU sec
retary of Maryland and the Distria
of Columbia since 1934 received
his B.A. and M.A. degrees from
George Washington University. He
has also smdied at Richmond, Cam
bridge, and Catholic University. Mr.
Rees is married and has three chil
dren. He will speak in chapel on
'"The Role of the Meaningful Faith.”
On Tuesday and "Thursday nights
his topics will be "The Divine In
itiative” and "The Healing Fellow
ship.” "The topic of the seminar is
to be World Wide Opportunity
through Christian Vocations.”
Hoffman Speaks
Mr. Richard Hoffman, Mars Hill
government teacher, will conduct a
seminar on "Christ and the World
Political Crises.” Mr. Hoffman has
been active in the Baptist church,
having taught Sunday School, and
having been associated with the
BSU while serving in the Marine
Corps.
The Rev. Charles Davis, minister
of the Mars Hill Baptist Church,
will lead a seminar on "The Intel
lectual Responsibilities of Chris
tians.”
39 New Students
JoinMH Family
A total of 39 new students reg
istered for the spring semester, the
registrar’s office reported.
The newcomers are:
Larry Randolph Allen; James Ralph
Anderson; Tricia Irene Butte; Vernon
Marie Carpenter;
Mitchell Kyle Carver; Benjamin Chen;
John Lanitdon Christy; Shirley Kathleen
Denchfield; Ernest Clean Edwards, Jr.:
El is Grady Pnlbrisrht; Sanford Patterson
Gilley; Joe Hamilton Ginn: William Bent
ley Gordon, Jr.; Ranald Eucrene Hender-
son; Clay Gray Hipp, Jr.; Robert Duke
Jenkins; Joseph Ray Killen. Winston Camp,
beil Little: Homer Glenn McElroy, Jr.-
Morns Crain Mason; Curtis Andrew Pitts:
Delmar Harold Pander; Robert Harold
Hoffman Reynolds, Jr,;
David ^ton Shaw; Franklin Ray Shield;
Carole Terry Sinclair; Ronald K, Spear-
man; John Charles Stanton; Charles Ed-
win Stevens; Ronald Ted Street; Janet
w“n- B“fbara Jean Webb; Hu»h
S-il U DuBose Whiteside:
aifford Wm. Trumbell Wood; Frank Boegs
Wright: Mary Lou Beale,