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MARS HILL. N. C., SATURDAY. MAY 19. 1962
Number 15
BUI society Presents
eJ ^Wards May 25
"eiety Awards Night, the oc-
_ j I' during Commencement
Jtk Jf, Clio-Phi and
■ h societies meet jointly to
"s I'Jf society awards for the year,
I pre-to l)g meeting open
public, in Moore Audi-
""i On Friday, Alay 25th, at
P.rn. This year’s program
.Mature an essay contest be
ginning essayists of Clio
,,lj^*'On-Pareil societies and an
contest between winning
from Philomathian and
"Han societies.
® wsayists and their chosen
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Terry ItkJ^Now What?’’; Alarietta
' "In Defense of Conrad
“The Berlin Crisis.”
Ij**''’ Is Not Promised Us ,
Troutman, “Verdict
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squafl- j Qj , and Marilyn England,
ensboro . t-ngH^y, Descent.”
les at S|)f 1
t in ^^ts in the oration contest
■ C^^^ir topics are Harold
a ‘‘America’s Challenge”;
I'lL pest. “In God We Trust”
the bi?.'J3j"jes^%burton, “Today’s Chal
the bowl and the medal.
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Mrs. James Hunter,
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’ "®^te elected vice
ft ' and secretary, respec-
Vli the Business Club
\ p"sociation at its annual
l,^\j^5sociation is composed
ttiembers of the business
!, West was identified as
)| ftl J'^r of the Association’s
! annually to the out-
I t\vo-year business stu-
Plemmons was cited
tstanding student in the
*tAv business courses. Gail
'i* (awarded a $150 schol-
ne.xt year.
Micky Burroughs could very well be contemplating Einstein and
E=MC2, but the truth is that he is wondering whether he will
graduate or become a second Tom Dooley. The paraphernalia in the
background attest his philosophic thinking; the robe is in case_ he
passes, the noose, in case he doesn’t. If either of these alternatives
seems impractical, the globe could possibly be a good starting point
for a quick trip around the world. We hear the educational system
in Moscow is very good.
Approximately 227 students—
including 198 who will receive
Associate in Arts diplomas and
29 who will receive commercial
certificates for the completion of
one-year courses in business—will
comprise this year’s graduating
class, according to the registrar’s
office.
Graduation weekend, which of
ficially begins next Friday, prom
ises to be a busy one for the
graduates, their families and
friends. Although already hung
in place in the gallery of the new
fine arts building, the exhibition
of student art will officially open
the commencement season at 4
p.m. Frida5^ Visitors will be wel
comed to the showing through
Sunday.
At 8 p.m. Friday the four lit-
erarj' societies will present their
annual Society Night program
(see article elsewhere in this issue.)
Saturday morning the board of
trustees will hold its annual
business meeting. That afternoon
at 3:30 the college’s Alumni As-
Dick ^^«st.
N Youth”; and John
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^ award will be a
McGee To Head Marshals
of V , given to the winning
James M. Baley of
1 all"* The Deadrick Medal
roUege J-
5ft of Weaverville, in honor
J^fi®^ber-in-law, the late T. O.
'h( will go to the winning
Both commencement
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> '>iriciaiiy prescntea oy
JX after the various presi-
the societies have given
“tiler ■
‘ society awards contests.
. M ®*say contest will be pre-
by Sheila Hopkins,
of Clio, with the vice-
IX I of Nons acting as secre-
?t(,j^ayne Merchant, presi-
f Of tithalia, will preside over
A ^^ion contest, with Ben
^j^'^^sident of Phi, acting as
The top twelve intellectuals of
Mars Hill, eight of them rising
sophomores and four of them ris
ing juniors, have been selected by
the faculty to represent the col
lege as the new marshals.
Installed during the chapel
service on May 1, the marshals
are under the capable leadership
of John David AIcGee, a gradu
ate of Pineville (Louisiana) High
School who is interested in re
ligious work.
The assistant chief marshal is
petite Darla Sanford, a rising
Essay Competition
Sponsored By The
English Department
Temperance contests, spon
sored by the English department
for freshmen, have been won by
Gail Maley, Maxine Moore,
A. D. Frazier and Rita Robbins.
In the dual-subject essay di
vision Miss Maley won for the
best paper on “The Dangerous
Effects of Alcohol,” and Miss
Moore authored the best paper on
“The Harmful Effects of To
bacco.” Each has received a
leather bound Bible from the
Rev. J. Kenneth Clarke of Car-
tersville, Va.
Runners-up were Esther Rob
bins and Dudley “Chan” Chand
ler, respectively.
Frazier received $20 as local
winner for his oration “Alcohol
Is A Problem.” He also won
the state-wide contest sponsored by
the WCTU and will compete in
the national finals at Miami
Beach Sept. 7-11.
Miss Rita Robbins’ prizes for
the best editorial were $15 and a
scholarship to McMasters Uni
versity, Ontario, for a week’s
special study on alcohol. Gary
Brookshire, runner-up, received
$10 and a similar scholarship.
sophomore from the peach or
chards of Savannah, Ga.
From the Dogwood state of
Virginia Morris Wray, who
plans a career in religious work,
has been re-appointed to his po
sition.
Four of the marshals, in addi
tion to Darla, are liberal arts
students. They are Patricia Ever
hart, Carol Hunt, Miriam Jones,
and Laura Nash. All are rising
sophomores with the exception of
Laura, a soon-to-be junior, who
is undertaking the difficult task
of majoring in English and his
tory.
Three of the other marshals are
interested in the related fields of
medicine, dentistry and labora
tory technology. They are Ellis
Tunstall, A. D. Frazier and
Charles Stevenson, rising sopho
mores.
Paul Houston, a 1960 gradu
ate of Marshall High School, has
the distinction of being the sole
Final Arts Display
Is On Exhibition
The final art display of the
school year, the Student Art
Exhibition, is currently being
shown in the gallery of the Fine
Arts Building and will remain
through commencement.
The exhibit consists of 75
drawings, paintings, paste-ups and
textile designs done during the
spring semester by 17 art students.
The authors include sophomores
Alichael Davis, Beje Fickling,
Joan Leonard, Peggy Padgett,
Michael Randeman and Gary
Stiffler and freshmen Emily
Bailey, Tricia Butte, Barbara
Cobb, Douglas Conrad, Paula
Hoskins, John Huff, Allen Lang
ley, Alar)’ Lou Newman, Zeata
Pressley, Rosalyn Skelton and
Kathy Szentivanyi.
chemical engineering student in
the group.
Another marshal, Alargaret
Bruce, is likewise the sole repre
sentative in her field. Daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. James R.
Bruce of Inman, S. C., and a
rising junior, she is a music major
studying for a BA in applied
music. A pianist who has been
active in many musical organi
zations and activities on campus,
she is a graduate of Chapman
High School in Inman.
FROM OTHER
CAMPUSES...
A RECENT PANCAKE-
eating contest at St. Petersburg
Junior College has drawn some
sharp criticism from certain indi
viduals who felt that such an
event was “below the dignity of an
institution devoted to learning.”
There were, however, no com
plaints from the contestants who
downed 77 hot cakes.
FROM HICKORY HIGH
School a chemistry class made a
recent visit to a water plant. The
only problem they encountered
was that there was no where to
get a drink of water.
ROOFTOP SUNBATHING
ON the dormitories at Presby
terian College, Clinton, S. C..
has incurred the disapproval of
the maintenance department of
that college on the grounds that
students tramping on the roofs
are doing great damage to the
roofs. Editors of Blue Stocking,
campus newspaper, assured the
students that they will not begin
a nudist colony. They further
suggest that the students pass the
word about staying off the roofs.
Their advice? “Shout it from the
housetops.”
sociation will hold its annual
business session in Spainhour Hall.
At 4 the classes of 1902, 1912,
1917, 1922, 1927, 1932, 1937,
1942, 1947, 1952 and 1957 will
hold reunions.
At 5 ;30 the annual alumni
banquet will be held in the cafe
teria. Members of the graduating
class and their guests have been
invited. Speaker will be the Rev.
John Knight, pastor of the Cal-
var)’ Baptist Church of Asheville.
Following the banquet the
clejjartments of music and dra
ma will present “Gipsy Baron,”
the operetta which climaxed the
junior-senior class banquet last
week. Everyone is invited.
Speakers for this 106th com
mencement are one of the na
tion’s most noted ministers and
religious authors, Dr. George
Buttrick, and a famous atomic
scientist, Dr. Ralph Overman.
Dr. Buttrick, professor of
preaching at Garrett Theologi
cal Seminary at Northwestern
University, will preach the bac
calaureate sermon at 11 a.m. on
Sunday, May 27. Dr. Overman,
chairman of the special train
ing division at Oak Ridge In
stitute of Nuclear Studies, will
deliver the graduation address
at commencement exercises be
ginning at 9:45 a.m. Alonday,
May 28.
Both services will be held in
the new auditorium.
Other events include a recital
at 3:30 p.m. Sunday by Dr. Rob
ert Hopkins on the organ in
the main auditorium, at tea
honoring the graduates and
their guests at 4:30 in the new
faculty parlor and a carillon re
cital Monday morning by Dr.
Hopkins.
Graduates and - others who
will not be returning to the
campus this fall are asked to
keep in touch with the college
by reporting their current mail
ing addresses to the Alumni Of
fice.
An alumni magazine, which
reports on the activities and
achievements of former students,
is sent twice yearly to those who
keep the Office notified of their
address.
DR. GEORGE BUTTRICK
. . . Baccalaureate Preacher