Qlie Hilltop
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
President’s Tea
4:00 P.M. Sunday
Everyone Welcome
Volume XXXVm
MARS HILL, N. C„ SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1963
Number 1
New Dlynn Accents
Campus Face Lifting
Nearly $600,000 Worth of im
provements and additions to the
campus will be in use when class
es for the fall semester begin
Monday. j
Most obvious of these is £he
new dormitory for i junior and
senior coeds. Named in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. i?ox of Hick
ory, the handsome n^w structure
will be formally dedicated at
Pounders Day-Homecoming cere-
nionies ■ on Oct. 12. When land
scaping is completed around the
new building, it will be valued at
approximately half a 'million dol-
i lars. ‘
Extensive work has been done
in the Science Building. A math
I classroom on the first floor has
been converted into a biology lab;
a physics lab on the third floor
I
New Clmrch
Program Set
A major change in the format
and content of the evening wor
ship service at the Mars Hill Bap
tist Church has been instituted
by the pastor, the Rev. Charles
Davis, and his staff with the ap-
I proval of the congregation.
The new program calls for the
I Worship service to begin at 6:46
p.m-. and ' to involve ' all persons
above the high school department.
I Training Union, including the reg
ular programs as well as special
discussion groups forj young peo-
I pie and adults, will begin at 7:16.
The program is an experiment
I aimed at making the Sunday eve
ning programs more • meaningful
to a larger segment of the total
uiembership. The worship serv
ices will include more outside
speakers and take a more inform
al approach than they have in the
I past.
Mr. Davis said he hopes the
I newly structured programs will
J encourage greater sharing of
I ideas and attitudes. “Only when
I We run the risk of sharing our-
Iselves with others do.we have the
[assurance that we belong to
I Christ,” he explained..
1 k
Beetle Bug’Ball
I Slated Tonight
All students are Invited to the
I get-acquainted party tonight. The
1 Baptist Student Union, led by
I senior Dan Keels, of Florence,
|B. C., cordially invites each stu-
|dent to participate in the group
pinging, individual talent show,
land the fun-for-all. The cafeteria
|Js the place—time is 8:00 p.m.
I ■^n opera, “The* Grasshopper
I at on the Sweet Potato Vine,”
[Will be the main entertainment
I cature. Music students will be in
[charge-of this unusual* satire.
‘Come and join in the fun, re-
l^®®hment time, and fellowship at
E® first big party of* the year,”
|ifeels said.
has been subdivided into a small
lab, a classroom and a storage
room. In the basement there is
additional storage space and a
new darkroom for the teaching
of optics.
Humphrey Cottage, once famed
as a men’s residence, has under
gone complete remodeling and is
now a home management house
for the home economics depart
ment. Several senior home eco
nomics majors will live there un
der the supervision of Mr. and
Mrs. Ezell.
Treat, reconverted to a resi
dence hall for men, sports a new
squeekless parlor floor and other
rennovations.
The long-awaited football field
and stadium are beginning to
take shape. The gridiron has been
graded and is almost ready for
seeding. A 216,000-watt lighting
system has been installed, and the
concrete foundations for a 3400-
seat section of seats is currently
being laid. Greatly influencing
the looks of the whole area is
the absence of the old wooden
fence, which was removed in mid
summer.
Another welcome addition to
the facilities are the water cool
ers, which were installed by the
office of buildings and grounds.
Popplewell Joins
Marshal Staff
A new addition to the marshal
staff for this year is Verna Kay
Popplewell, a junior from Sylva.
She replaces Elizabeth Stafford,
who notified college officials this
summer that she would be unable
to return to school.
Morris Wray, a senior from
Purdy, Va., is the chief, and
Brenda Medford, a senior from
Clyde, is the assistant. Others in
clude Rhea Lineberger, Shirley
Ann Sorrells, William Witt, Eu
gene L. Horn, Miriam Jones,
James Sides, Ken Murray, Mar
garet Bruce, and Ray Morrison.
HELP NEEDED
Harry Jensen, a music stu
dent has only partial vision
and needs someone to read
text book material to him. A
time for this could be worked
out for any day including
Saturday. Anyone willing to
help should contact Miss Nan
cy Miller in the music depart
ment office in the Fine Arta
Building.
29 New Faces Added
To Mars Hill Scene
‘Shooting’
Starts Mon.
Individual pictures for the 1964
Laurel will be made next week
and the first two days of the fol
lowing week, according to Gary
Goodwin, editor.
Photographer Russ Johnson will
set up on the second floor of the
Fine Arts Building where the
pictures were made last year. A
student will be scheduled every
two minutes beginning at 8 a.m.
Monday; appointment times will
be distributed through the student
post office. Promptness is re
quested by Goodwin.
Faculty members may come at
any time to have their picture
made.
Goodwin said everyone should
remember that each student is of-
cially classified by the registrar’s
office at the beginning of the
year and retains that classifica
tion throughout the year. The of
ficial classification will be used in
determining what class each stu
dent’s picture will appear in, he
stated.
Band Still Open
Not all positions in the college
band and on the majorette squad
have been filled, and persons in
terested in joining either group
should come to the first rehearsal
at 4 p.m. Monday in the band
room of the Fine Arts Building.
Senior John Lackey, president
of the band, said the marching
unit is expected to have between
60 and 70 members, but the sched
ule will be lighter than usual be
cause of only two home games.
A total of 29 persons have been
added to the faculty and staff for
1963-64.
This includes 19 teachers and
10 general staff members. Two
of the teachers. Dr. Harley Jolley
in history and Robert Melvin in
religion, are actually returning
from leaves of absence.
The other new faces on the
teaching staff include John P.
Adams, acting head of the music
department; Mrs. Adams, chemis
try; Worth Booth and Sidney
Crowder, education; Robert Hay-
craft, art; Carolyn Hinton, Mil
dred Thomas and Douglas Ther-
rell, music; Clyde Jones and
Nancy Morris, English.
Francis Montaldi and Allen
Pingel, biology; Wilbur McBride,
physics; Sam Narkinsky, math;
Mrs. Narkinsky, Spanish; Wayne
Nunn, French; Robert West, busi
ness administration.
Jolley Returns
Dr. Jolley, who joined the fac
ulty in 1949, has been working on
a doctorate at Florida State Uni
versity. Mr. Melvin, an alumnus
who first came to the faculty in
1968 as a history teacher, com
pleted a master’s degree year
before last at Southeastern Sem
inary and studied last year at
Edinburgh University in Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams formerly
taught at Odessa (Texas) Junior
College and have been working
on doctorates at the University of
Indiana.
, Mr. Booth of Durham is a grad
uate of Campbell College and
holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from
Western Carolina College. Mr.
Crowder, who lives in Asheville,
is a graduate of Wake Forest
with a master’s degree from UNC.
He has directed American schools
in both Germany and France.
Mr. Haycraft, also an alumnus,
holds a master’s degree from Johns
Hopkins University and recently
returned from study and travel in
Europe
Girls Score Victory In Deanes List Race
Ninety-two students—66 coeds
and 36 men—won places on the
dean’s honor roll for the spring
semester, which was published
during the summer.
Leading the list with 66 qual
ity points was “Mimi” Jones, who
had also been tops the first se
mester. Close behind her were
Carol Ann Hunt and Mrs. Linda
Kuhlman, each having 63.
Carol Ann White and Morris
Wray joined Miss Hunt and Mrs.
Kuhlman as the only all-A stu
dents.
Other students earning at least
40 quality points with no grade
below C are as follows: Juanita
Alexander, James Baley, Judith
Ball, Ruth Lynne Binkley, Clinton
Brown, Margaret Bruce, Marsha
Byassee, Dwight Childers, James
David Clapp, Robert Clyde, Betty
Jean Crawford, Johnny Wayne
Dalrymple, Janice Dills, Glenn
Thomas Duncan.
Pat Everhart, John Fleming,
Virginia Lee Freeman, Norman
Eugene Garrison, Brenda Grass,
Melba Ann Hawkins, Darrell
Heath, Philip Rodney Hensley,
Thomas Austin Holmes, Eugene
Lloyd Horn, Mary Horton, Paul
Lacks Houston, John Huff, Dan
Keels, Nancy Kendall, Patricia
Kennington, Diane Lane, Rhea
Lineberger, and Sara Long.
Judy McCormick, Dorothy Mc
Intosh, Mary Linda McMillan,
James Dale Massey, Mrs. Irene
Metcalf, Patricia Miller, Linda
Mills, Andy Morley, Ray Morri
son, Gerald Murdock, Ken Mur
ray, Linda Jean Murray, Laura
Nash, Caren Ownby, Kenneth
Pagans, Troy Parham, Barbara
Pate, Karen Pearce, and Nancy
Lee Piper.
Sandra Pittman, Janice Carole
Plemmons, Verna Kay Popple
well, Angela Priester, Rita Prospt,
Kathryn Riddle, Michael Charles
Rock, Mrs. Martha Ruff, Bonnie
Russell, Mary Ann Shearon,
James Sides, Joy Simpson, Jerry
Wayne Sloop, Larry William
Smith, Shirley Sorrells, Marsha
Stafford, Charles Philip Steven
son, Carole Swicegood, William
Benjamin Taylor, Jr., Rachel
Troutman, George Tunstall, Jr.,
John Vick, Susan Walker, Ronda
Watson, William Witt, Jr., and
Rebecca Youngblood.
Miss Hinton, holder of B.M.
and M.M. degrees, was an excep
tional piano student at the Uni
versity of Indiana. Miss Thomas
who will serve as music depart
ment librarian in addition to
teaching piano, calls both San
ford and Asheville home. She re
cently completed the master’s de
gree at George Peabody College
and, in addition to her wok here,
is organist at the First Baptist
Church in Asheville.
Replaces Cole
Mr. Therrell, also a Florida
State graduate, replaces Mr. Cole
as voice instructor. In addition,
he will serve on the music staff
at the Mars Hill Baptist Church.
Mr. Jones, another Mars Hill
graduate, holds degrees from Fur
man and Peabody and is nearing
completion of a doctorate at
UNC.
Miss Morris, who holds a mas
ter’s degree from the University
of Virginia, has been teaching
public school in her hometown of
Charlottesville.
Mr. Montaldi is another Florid
ian come to the mountains. He
holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege. Mr. Pingel, a graduate of
nearby Brevard College, holds
B.S. and M.S. degrees from UNC.
Mr. McBride, a South Carolina
native, graduated from Wofford
and has a master’s degree from
UNC.
Mr. and Mrs. Narkinsky of Lit
tle Rock, Ark., both hold master’s
degrees from the University of
Illinois.
Centennial Graduate
Mr. Nunn, a 1966 graduate of
Mars Hill, is also a graduate of
Wake Forest and has done grad
uate study at Emory University,
Middlebury College and the Uni
versity of Virginia. He has been
teaching in Virginia Beach, Va.
Mr. West, a graduate of the
University of Miami Law School,
also has an A.B. degree from
Duke University and an M.Ed.
from Temple University.
Four hostesses are new. They
are Mrs. Maxine Fulcher, Myers;
Miss Lina Gough, Fox; Mrs. Rose
Main, Melrose; and Mrs. Frank
Rogers, Treat.
Three new secretaries have al
ready assumed their duties: Mrs.
Helen Brown, in the president’s
office; Mrs. Allan Clark, the
former Betty Blocker, in the pub
lic relations department; and Mrs.
Therrell, in the newly established
placement office.
In the cafeteria Mrs. Betty
Jensen of West Asheville re
places Miss Kenyon as dietitian,
and in the Student Center Fran
ces Grigg replaces Mrs. Head.
Miss Jinsie Underwood, sister
of Dr. Evelyn Underwood, joins
the library staff; and Mrs. Kath
leen Farkas, who taught Spanish
last year, is returning to the li
brary staff.