>tember 28, 1^*
Mars Hill Lions
Seek Second Win
The Hilltop
Published by the Students of Moo’s Hill College
Rat Week
Big Success
>lume XXXVIII
MARS HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1963
Number 3
nrollment Statistics
ell Interesting Tale
Chile, Hong Kong, Thailand and
West Africa are the only foreign
places represented.
As would be expected, most of
the 1288 students are Baptist,
1022 to be exact; but 14 other de
nominations or faiths are claimed
by Mars Hillians. Among these
are 101 Methodists, 66 Presby
terians, 5 catholics, 2 Buddhists
and 1 Jew. Three students are
unclassified as to denomination
and a total of 38 claimed no re
ligious affiliation or preference in
filling out their registration
forms.
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A breakdown of enrollment
lures, announced this week by
£ registrar’s office, reveals some
|eresting information.
Of the 1288 persons enrolled—
St in Mars Hill’s history—^709
men and 579, women. Sub-
als include 497 freshmen (277
n, 220 women), 369 sophomores
2 men, 167 women), 257 jun-
s (133 men, 124 women) and
seniors (96 men and 62 wom-
the opening g),
position ^ a ^even persons—a man and six
sbinson, Kon r ,
nd Kees Auer.^^^en—are unclassified.
North Carolinians, of course,
■“Uprise the majority of the stu
nt body. There are 874 Tar-
els from 82 of the state’s 100
unties. Buncombe, the county
which Asheville is located,
ids with 164. Others with large
presentation include Madison
3Cent venture’ Forsyth 41, Mecklenburg 31,
some not so *ywood 29, Robeson 28, Yancey
athletic conte*^ Guilford 26 each. Wake 25,
0 important idawba 23, and Gaston and Hen-
blance of spc^®°^ each.
Twenty-two other states and
e District of Columbia are rep-
1 coach seekPented in the student body,
but there isiere are 123 from Virginia, 97
hand. Last South Carolina, 68 from
/ith a school odda, 24 from Georgia, 20 from
injury whch dryland and 1 each from such
ball dead. W-away places as California and
night is bey^ho.
locks and m^
i plainly notec'akc Ring Orders
Orders for college rings will be
gome Saturcken in the Student Center Mon-
)roblem in schy and Tuesday by George
lowed is onyDosmann, representative of the
iblem is justfianufacturer, Josten.
£rs hove suclA $10 deposit will be required
ition of cmytbhh the order, he said,
plined ball cl There are two weights of rings
r men and two styles of rings
r women.
■ the athletic J
te‘prcS3lusic Lovers Awaiting
Harmon, Hart
Win Elections
Victors in special elections
earlier this week were Hoby Har
mon and Woody Hart.
Harmon garnered 84 votes to
become president of the junior
class. Harmon defeated Dave
Livengood and James Johnson,
who received 49 and 22 votes re
spectively.
Hart defeated Charlie Young
52-36 in a runoff election for sen
ior class senator. In the initial
voting Hart and Young were close
with 39 and 36 respectively. Bill
Deans had 15.
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CM ActimHes Gnmng ^ Maw Hill Celebrates
Founding Anniversary
Business Honor Club inducted
the following new members in
the first meeting of the year:
Barrow Carter, Ann Parrott, Al
vin Reynolds, Newton Plemmons,
and Harry Taylor. Officers for
this semester include president,
Elaine Teague; vice president,
David Shaw; secretary, Joan Wil
liams; treasurer, Barbara Pate,
and reporter, Harry Bundy.
Approximately 1,000 girls are
expected to attend the District
Eight Future Homemakers of
America Rally here on October
19 as guests of the Mars Hill
Home Economics Chapter.
“Keys to Your Future” is the
theme with special emphasis on
education, family living and mar
riage. Meetings will begin at
10:00 a.m. and last until 3:00 p.m.
Hostesses of the MHC Chapter
are Cecile Plott, chairman, and
Mrs. Patricia Ezell, home man
agement house sponsor. They will
be responsible for taking the
group on a tour of the campus,
the home economics department
and the home management house.
Twenty-four junior and senior
mathematics majors met Oct. 2,
in Wall Science Building to form
a math interest club. Several
math majors who were absent
due to conflicts are expected to
be present at the next meeting.
Officers elected include Gray
Hipp, president; Mike Rock, vice
president; Verna Kay Popplewell,
secretary - treasurer; and Carole
Swicegood, reporter.
A committee was appointed to
draw up a constitution which
will be presented for discussion
at the club’s next meeting. Also
at the next meeting a schedule
will be set up for regular meet
ings.
“Christianity in Conflict with
Communism” is the first of
monthly seminars sponsored by
the Baptist Student Union. Oct.
21 from 7:15-8:15 is the first meet
ing scheduled in the Owen Build
ing. Mr. Hoffman, social science
professor, will lead the discus
sion.
“All students are invited to at
tend,” said president Dan Keels.
iody likes to 1
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fhe Return of ‘Carmen’
iviches
Miss RANKIN
Mars Hill’s Founders Day-
omecoming celebration will be
unaxed tonight by the reap-
earance of Miss Nell Rankin in
vocal concert in Moore Audi-
3rium. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
Miss Rankin has appeared with
■je leading symphony orchestras
fhe world, under some of the
®st conductors of our time. Her
awless tonal beauty” has made
a favorite all over the world.
and the leading mezzo-soprano
today.
The first half of the program
will include “In the Still Night”
by Johannes Brahms, Franz Shu-
bert’s “Der Erlkonig,” and Saint-
Saens’ ‘My Heart at Thy Dear
Voice,” from Sampson and Deli
lah. After the intermission a
North Carolina folk song, “He’s
Gone Away,” will be heard, as
well as “Gypsy Song” from the
opera Carmen, one of the many
operas in which Miss Rankin has
made herself famous.
“The greatest Carmen of our
time” has been singing for most
of her life. At the age of four,
she starred on her own radio pro
gram. Her announcement, when
she was 9, that she wanted to be
one of the greatest singers of her
time was answered in 1950, when
she became the first American
in history to receive the coveted
first prize in Geneva’s famous
International concours de Mus-
ique. Then, at only 24, she be
came the youngest mezzo star in
the history of the Met.
The North Carolina Baptist
Student Convention wiU be held
at the First Baptist Church,
Greensboro on Nov. 1-3. The
theme is “Freedom Through
Bondage.”
Interesting speakers will be
present, among them Nathan Por
ter of the Home Mission Board.
Programs of meditation, drama,
music and fellowship are planned.
Those who wish to attend the
convention should register at the
convention table in the cafeteria.
Fund Drive
Slated Wed.
The LISTEN (Love Impels Sac
rifice Toward Every Need) Fund
will be collected Wednesday
night, Oct. 16, in the dormitories
and cottages by the BSU Listen
Committee. The fund is collected
here and on other campuses in
North Carolina in cooperation
with the Department of Student
Work of the North Carolina Bap
tist State Convention.
With a full and varied sched
ule of events Mars Hill College
celebrates today the 107th anni
versary of its founding and the
beginning of its 108th year, the
historic first in its development
into a liberal arts senior college.
The annual Homecoming pro
gram also has been slated for to
day, adding emphasis and excite
ment to the birthday observance.
A special convocation will open
the day’s events at 10 a.m. in the
auditorium. Dr. D. Hiden Ram
sey, former editor of the Ashe
ville Citizen, a noted North Caro
lina educator, will speak.
Immediately following the con
vocation, portraits of Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Fox of Hickory (above), for
, whom Fox Dorm is named, will be
unveiled in the parlor of the new
building. Open house in the dorm
and in the new Humphrey Home
Management House will be held
from 2 until 6 p.m. Numerous
visitors are expected.
The homecoming football game,
pitting Mars Hill’s Lions against
Gordon Military College, will be
gin at 2:30 p.m. on the local high
school field. During halftime
Bonnie Russell will be crowned
homecoming queen by Dr. Black-
well and Debbie Dancy will be
crowned football queen by the
tri-captains, Ron Henderson, Ter
ry Postell and Buddy Windle.
The court of the queens will
include freshman representative
Patsy Russell, sophomore Doris
Martin, junior class choice Alice
Swofford and senior Marsha
Ezell.
There will be plenty of time
for reunions among former stu
dents returning for the home
coming program; then, at 8 p.m.
the day’s activities will be cli
maxed by a recital in Moore
Auditorium by famous opera star
Nell Rankin.
Not since the opening of the
new auditorium in 1961 has Mars
Hill enjoyed such an event-filled
Founders Day-Homecoming cele
bration. Traditionally, Founders
Day is observed on the Saturday
nearest Oct. 12, the birthday of
Edward Carter, one of the found
ers of the college who donated
the land at the original site. Un
til three years ago when the col
lege first began scheduling a
Thanksgiving holiday, homecom
ing was held at that time.
Now preserved prominently on
the front of the newest dorm on
the campus, the name Fox has
long been associated with Mars
Hill College. Carl and Ollie Fox,
long-time Baptists and generous
patrons of the college, first be
came affiliated with Mars Hill in
1941, when their eldest son How
ell came here as a student. Later
two daughters, Mildred and Mar
gie, and Bell Matthews, who be
came one of their daughters-in-
law, attended Mars Hill. Current
ly two of the Foxes’ 11 grand
children are enrolled, Judy and
Gordon.
A successful lumberman, real
estate developer, farmer and
rancher in Hickory, Mr. Fox will
complete his third four-year term
in December as a member of
Mars Hill’s board of trustees. He
and Mrs..Fox have given gener
ously to the cost of construction
of the new dorm which is valued
at $500,000. Their portraits, paint
ed by Charlotte artist Charles C.
Tucker, will hang in the formal
parlor.
Trainham
To Preach
Preaching services will be con
ducted at the Mars Hill Baptist
Church Oct. 13-18, by the Rev.
Emory Trainham, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Lenoir.
The services tomorrow will be
held at 11:00 A.M. and 6:45 P.M.
as usual; weekday services will
be held each evening at 7:30.
Mr. Trainham is a graduate of
the University of Richmond and
Union Theological Seminary at
Richmond. He also holds a cer
tificate of clinical training in pas
toral care and counseling from the
University of Chicago. His pio
neer work in pastoral care has
gained him recognition especially
in Virginia and the Carolinas.
Before becoming identified
with the First Church of Lenoir,
he held pastorates in Virginia
and elsewhere in North Carolina.