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THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C.
March 21trch 21. 191
Signs of Spring
Baseball occupies every spare spot between
Spilman and the laundry.
Boys and girls are actually taking walks.
Sounds of England’s latest “contribution” to
America’s record industry float from the Stu
dent Center and the dorms.
Chapel speeches are getting shorter while
classes are getting longer.
Teachers smile when they assign tests and
parallel, and sometimes students even smile
back through their tears.
The stars at four o’clock in the morning are
brighter and the frost lighter.
Paths are getting shorter and lectures longer.
Huffman Beach has changed from its usual
white to red, pink, purple, orange and every
other color possible for a blanket.
Seniors have gone out to do their practice
teaching for the first time.
May Court practice has started.
Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, long
over, are dimly remembered as spring holidays
are coming up.
There is a constant stream of couples on fac
ulty road.
Spring has arrived on the Mars Hill College
campus.
—Sally Lee Osborne
Let's Be Consistent!
Have we as citizens of the United States
really gotten to the place that it no longer mat
ters what kind of foreign policy we have?
Have we gotten to the place that we can no
longer see our own mistakes?
We are great critics of other nations, but
profound admirers of our own country. We
are quite capable of calling Great Britain and
France traitors for selling trucks and buses to
Cuba, but we are totally incapable of seeing
our own inconsistency in selling wheat to Rus
sia, the chief of the communist countries.
Our intention is not to argue whether we are
right or wrong to sell the wheat to Russia.
Rather we want to point up the unthinking
attitude that we have taken on the matter. If
we should stop our own trade relations with
communist countries, then we might well crit
icize our allies for their trading with such
countries. On the other hand, if we continue
on our present path of trading, then, surely,
we must stop calling the numbers of other
countries for doing the same thing that we are
doing. Communism is communism, whether
it is in Russia or in Cuba.
Sometimes we feel a little upset about Mr.
DeGaulle’s idea of holding two bags in one
hand, but should we not feel the same way
about our own ideas? Perhaps by facing the
illogicalities of our own foreign policy we our
selves can understand better what we are real
ly doing and our allies may understand better
also. ^ .
—Eugene Grigg
Campbell College
Published by the Students of Mars Hill College
cThe Hilltop
Box 486-T, Mars Hill# N. C.
Second-class postage paid at Mars
Hill, N. C. Published 15 times dur
ing the college year.
Volume XXXVIII March 21. 1964 Number ^
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Sally Osborne
Business Manager «
Sports Editor Bill Deans
Assistants Joe Dunn, Chris Pappas
Circulation Manager Ken Hur^ycutt
Religion Reporter Martha Penley
Reporters Faye Shaw, Barkley Hendrix,
DoUy Lavery, Bessie Cline,
Tom Hall, Ralph McGee
Typist Rebecca Gurley
Faculty Advisor Walter Smith
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS ‘Liberty For Me' /wo 1
IMi ^
JHettend ia tUe eiUo^...
Editor's note: The following is port of
o memo the editor recently received from
the Hilltop advisor, Walter Smith:
Thus far this year the Hilltop
has “cussed” the quality of sports
manship at Maryville, homework,
American foreign policy in Latin
and South America, lines and ID
cards, homecoming weekend
rules, lack of school spirit and
failure to sing “the Alma Mater,”
and a rule against commuters
competing in intramural sports.
Hilltop Editor:
Please convey our heartfelt
thanks to both the students and
faculty of Mars Hill College for
the kind and hospitable reception
we received.
—Gaslight Singers
f^oetic Ppotedi
It has spelled out a whole list
of pet peeves among students and
faculty members; it has published
a letter complaining of inconsist
ently enforced standards; it has
moaned “poetically” about criti
cism of itself; it has printed con
flicting views of school spirit or
the lack of it; and it has com
plained of the commercialization
of Christmas.
Dear Hilltop staff.
An honest gripe from a fresh
man minister:
Still more, it has published a
letter complaining about the lack
of genuine Christianity on the
campus, griped about the campus
lighting system being out of
whack, complained about the im
age of the American student, and
blasted a poorly-identified group
of students whose tails are hang
ing down behind.
I looked for God all around.
And surely, it’s He I’ve found.
From way up high He called to
me one day.
I’ve got some things for you to
say.
Here am I, a ministerial student,
say they
Not suppose to look at girls’
pretty legs;
Not suppose to wear no colored
ties;
Oughtn’t do this and oughtn’t do
that!
Further, the paper has “cussed”
hate groups and hinted at length
that all we need here is dancing
to satisfy our students; it has also
printed letters in argument over
the relative merits of women ver
sus men and unfair grading prac
tices by certain teachers.
Now, in the latest issue the pa
per blasted the buildings and
grounds department for failure to
finish the track, pointed out the
college’s worst fault — i.e., the
wide gap between the thinking of
the administration and the stu
dents — and complained about
inequalities in enforcement of
campus rules.
But great God, He didn’t say that.
Lovin’ Him’s a joy; no burden.
Showin’ thy neighbor the Friend
thou got.
And keepin’ His laws is only
right.
—Denny Hill
Surely there must be some
things — besides love, off-campus
dating, money from home and
chapel-cuts — that are right or
interesting or worth-while about
Mars Hill College. Let’s try to dis
cover some of them and mention
them in our last four issues.
“I’ve only just a minute;
Only sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, can’t refuse it;
Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it.
But it’s up to me to use it,
I must suffer if I lose it.
Give account if I abuse it;
It’s just a tiny little minute.
But eternity is in it.”
—Copied
Irresponsible Demct
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maid was
^ges recent
The diurnal demand for liberty is indie
of the problem of a lack of liberty and the^ knows al
of a responsible use of liberty. The pro never bee
is, colloquially speaking, “I want liberti-
me.” For example, the recent Supreme Welcome b
decision concerning prayer and Bible ^’^honiorrfr ^
in the public schools seems to linger as a ig^^^ ^
lem. Those people who are bothered Hpus r
decision see some rather far-reaching i^^ldicitis
tions inherent in it, e. g. taking “In Go( .
Trust” off our coins. This is a misunders'^**^®®® tea
ing, for the decision simnly said that Per forwar
6> _. _ . r. ' . . . . for a diff
vania and Maryland could not legislate p!
and Bible reading. It does not stop a “g,
room teacher from beginning the day ''type p£
prayer and Bible reading. Liberty in a Harvey
istic society will not permit legislated p°ther day i
and Bible reading. The real problem in biolo
want liberty for me.” running 
Since Baptists in the South have been^’^® °r
vociferous in denouncing the Supreme outside?’
decision, we should remind ourselves ths*"^^ not oi
Baptists were the first to fight fearlessl^io’s reply,
political and religious liberty. In fact, thfh- Kendall
page of the history of Baptists might br Greek c
titled LIBERTY. ‘tb of Achil
The first Baptist, John Smyth, wrote tb first part
lowing in 1611: “That the magistrate is Pj‘°'^bed wit!
virtue of his office to meddle with religir but h
matters of conscience, to force or compeP that he \
to this or that form of religion, or doctrinf* °n paper,
to leave Christian religion free, to every Wgela Pries
conscience, and to handle only civil tran?®al politicii
sions (Rom. 13), injuries and wrongs of^Paign spee
against man, in murder, adultery, theft|U as her
for Christ only is the king and lawgiver thing tha
church and conscience (James 4:12).” ^secretary.
The roll call of the early English and for h
can Baptists who fought for political at tor thund
ligious liberty is not possible here, but m*®ars, tears
understand that we'are beneficiaries of^®d in the
fight. numeroi
Perhaps the best safeguard for religiot^b to leav
erty and for liberty within religion is foj)^
the words of Milton’s Areopagitica: “Gh
practice
Just g
gPite all
the liberty to know, to utter, and to argufi.,,
ly, according to conscience, above all libef really dc
—H. Page Lee
Holiday's MeanitI,
'PJ'iug is he
®^ubathing
l^ogist Allen
* should in\
Spring vacation marks one of the mosl rotissi
brated of Christian holidays. Easier cele^ ^® get an
Jjrdiea UI Wlixioiiaix xxwxxvxojo* ww- g
the resurrection of Christ after three ®rsha
among the dead. To Mars Hill College st>>
Easter this year also means a
good home-cooked food, "rest," and ente ,
ment. During this 10-day vacation, pleaS'g wi
10-day popi
**^® in Fox
and remember the real meaning of East®j fhe
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Annual Awards
elsewl
As an annual event, the Hilltop wisl’.^^^^fulatii
rrn
pieseiii, awards to a few of the outst^ -
members of MHC’s faculty. This can be \ by
as the April Fool’s Day Awards — one gj^ ,, ^^hy
and four days early. ‘beN
To Dr. Hoyt Blackwell: The LBJ handr. J
ing and waving award of 1964. Ige of f^e fjj
To Mrs. Ruby Cox: Employment Sehfel” contes
Commission’s award for training secreta’f Hjoe Rich
To Mrs. Gwyndola Fish: National fhese day
Company’s citation for keeping students ^ Sone into
longest. ,^°iug throi
Mr. Richard Hoffman; John Birch he hits th(
award for cooperation.
To Dr. Ellison Jenkins; Southern
Convention’s medal for inspiring the yoi^^^Jias^^
To Mr. Page Lee: Mars Hill College’s
for bringing students back to MHC (to
religion.)
To Dr. Ella J. Pierce: Blue Horse ’
Company’s award for her students’ coP'
tion of typing paper.
To Mr. Harley Jolley: MHC student*
piness medal.
To Miss Eva Brewer: American Aspi^'
ciety’s sales medal for all illnesses.
To Mrs. Jensen: Better Homes and b
Cook Book award for winning booklet
Ways to Serve Hamburger, Chicken,
tatoes.”