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ume XXXVIII
QTie Rilllop
Published by the Students of Mars HiU College
MARS HILL. N. C., SATURDAY. MAY 2. 1964
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usical Slated May 9
Saturday will be Senior be made by obtaining tickets in
May Day Festivities Set
In Amphitheater Today
MHC and the Junior Class
honor the members of the
Senior Class with a banquet
1-30 p.m. A musical show, “You
the Night and Music,” will
1'''^ in Moore Auditorium.
juniors and seniors and
[*^hers of the faculty and staff
•nvited to the banquet, but the
fe student body is invited to
aiusical. (Arrangements con-
. the evening meal for
hrnen and sophomores will be
l^^nced.)
’^servations for the dinner may
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business Club Alumni As-
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of former
■hers of the Business Honor
" ’ 'Will hold its 25th anniver-
the campus today.
V, ® ^®union will begin at 4 p.m.
o u g Pi\ ^ Library Auditorium with a
6-0; W ®ss session. The following
[iller will be installed: Banner
Ross 6-2i^ On, class of ’39, president;
;ed White^^^inton, also class of ’39, vice-
sted MosS, *Oent; and Mrs. Jennie Lou
i^ey shutj^^^^f Mars Hill, class of ’64,
Brinkley J p.m. the association’s an-
zo and \.°^PRUet will be held in the
Pickard ^ S hall. During the evening
• 6-2, 6-3i s presented to a ter-
a y wh\. student and to a senior
the parlor at Fox Dorm today, to
morrow or Monday. Everyone
who plans to attend is urged to
obtain a ticket in order that suf
ficient places may be prepared.
The Junior Class’ decoration
committee has been hard at work
for the last several weeks. They
have planned the programs, tick
ets and decorations as souvenirs,
all in the traditional Mars Hill
colors.
The event is semi-formal but
formal dress may be worn.
The musical program in the
auditorium will be a joint presen
tation of the music and drama de
partments. It will be a Gary
Moore - type audience participa
tion show featuring songs that are
college favorites. Special empha
sis will be on the college songs
popular during the years the sen
iors have been on campus, 1961-
64.
“Every effort is being made to
make May 9 an enjoyable day in
honor of the first Senior Class
ever to be graduated from Mars
Hill College,” Hobie Harmon,
president of the host class, said. “I
hope all juniors and seniors will
attend the banquet and the whole
student body will turn out for the
musical.”
May Queen Ruth Ramirez and Crownbearer Laura Lee will prob
ably perform perfectly at today's May Day ceremonies as a result of
numerous rehearsal sessions this week similar to the one pictured here.
Signatures, $ Sought For Kennedy Library
6-1.
major who have been
'4"fby the business faculty as
''’0 club members that best
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Up to the ideals of the
ife (j^^'^bolarship of $150 will be
jd coU®^ ^ to a member of the club
^ 'viii return in the fall.
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9:30 p.m. will end the
Activities.
Mars Hill, along with 2100 other
colleges throughout the nation,
has been invited to participate in
the collecting of 750,000 signatures
and in the raising of $250,000 for
a special student-given room in
the proposed John Fitzgerald
Kennedy Library.
A drive to collect signatures
and money locally will be held
Tuesday and Wednesday (May 5-
6). Student Body President Ken
Pearce is chairman. Serving with
him are Gary Stiffler, publicity
Watson Wins $250
Play-Writing Contest
prize of $250 in a na-
Ate t ® religious drama-writing
has been won by Mrs.
Watson, associate pro-
Af dramatics.
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I? ^ Contest was sponsored by
Jubilee Advance Pro-
■''er, °^mittee representing the
^Ajor Baptist conventions
itK^hout the United States and
*
(q "^^hilee is a celebration of
Kij ^Aial organization of Baptist
I]**' America. It commemor-
® founding of the first na-
'^'^'Avention of Baptists in
rMgj,®^Phia in 1814 under the
^\^hip of Luther Rice.
u m a competition in
(j .A- Watson participated
o^ijQ^Aigned to dramatize and
fhe Jubilee theme of
Light.” One of the
*^riing plays will be pre-
V ^ joint session of the
Aptist conventions in Con-
flail at Atlantic City on
Sunday morning. May 24.
Mrs. Watson’s play takes its
theme and title from two passages
in the Bible, Isaiah 61: 1-2 and
Luke 4: 18-19: “The Spirit of the
Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty them that are
bruised, to preach the acceptable
year of the Lord.”
The play concerns the pursuit
of religious liberty and other bas
ic freedoms in America from the
time of the beginning of Baptist
work until the present day strug
gles of such Baptist leaders as Dr.
Martin Luther King.
It tells the stories of several im
portant but less-known Baptist
leaders who have suffered severe
persecution as they led in the
struggle for religious liberty and
social justice.
chairman, and Mr. Hoffman, fac
ulty advisor.
The proposed library will be
erected in Boston along the
Charles River. President Ken
nedy chose the site because he
wished the library to be close to
the scenes of his own youth and
because he wanted it to be part
of a living educational commun
ity.
The proposed student - given
room in the library will house ma
terial dealing with President Ken
nedy’s interest in youth, his
founding of the Peace Corps and
his efforts to improve American
education.
The signatures collected will be
displayed in the room. Admira
tion for the late president and in
terest in his influence on the
Choirs To Sing
BrahmsRequiem
The Touring Choir and the Col
lege Chorus will combine their
talent in singing “A German
Requiem” by Brahms in Moore
Auditorium at 3 p.m., Sunday.
Everyone is invited.
Directed by Robert Rich and ac
companied on the organ by Mrs.
Donna Robertson, the choral
group wiU comprise approximate
ly 110 persons.
Soloists will include Mrs. Lee
Haney Packer of Asheville, so
prano, and Mr. Douglas Therrell
of the music faculty, baritone.
Not a liturgical mass as sung in
Catholic churches, “A German
Requiem” is a moving memorial
service for the dead with its text
based on Scripture passages.
youth of America are the only
criteria for signing. Persons who
are unable to contribute to the
fund-raising phase of the project
are, nWertheless, urged to sign,
Pearce said.
“Mr. Kennedy’s idealism, his in
terest in youth, in intellectualism
and in education made him a
friend to our campus as well as to
other campuses across the coun
try,” Pearce said. “Many of us
have not had the opportunity to
contribute to a fitting memorial
for the late president and can ex
press our admiration for him in
this way.”
May Day is officially here!
Ruth Ramirez, a junior from
Tampa, Fla., will reign over the
day’s activities as Queen of May.
Her reign will officially begin this
afternoon at 2:30 when she and
her court of 14 lovely coeds will
preside over the annual May Day
ceremonies in the amphitheater.
Mary Horton, senior from Con
cord, will attend the queen as
Maid of Honor.
Senior Class representatives are
Elaine Teague, Bonnie Russell
and Verna Kay Popplewell. All
three have been finalists in “Miss
Laurel” contests. Elaine was the
May queen last year, and Bonnie
was the homecoming queen last
fall.
Kay Brooks, Jo Wells and Nan
cy Trotter were selected as junior
representatives; Dell Broyhill,
Kathy Dunevant and Doris Martin
will represent the Sophomore
Class; and Ginny Smith, Pam
HoweU and Polly Peach are the
freshman attendants.
Chosen from the four classes as
the most popular beauties, these
young ladies and their handsome
escorts will add charm, beauty,
grace and a breath of Spring to
the afternoon’s entertainment.
Little Laura Lee, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Page Lee, will be
the crownbearer.
Following the coronation the
drama department will present a
play, “The Far-Away Princess.”
The theme is the idea that “only
the unreal never fades.” The ac
tion takes place at the turn of the
century at the Iron Gate Inn in
Central Germany.
Kathy Yoimg and Arlis Suttles,
with names too complicated to
pronounce, much less spell, will
star Edong with Loy Baird, Jessica
Buchanan, Estelle Jordan, Joyce
Black, Mimi Jones, Jimmy Alex
ander and Richard Brassell.
In case of rain the entire pro
gram will be held in the main
auditorium.
Leadership of BSU Will
Change Hands Tuesday
A BSU banquet involving both
the 1963-64 and the 1964-65 coun
cils will be held in the lower audi
torium of the Mars Hill Baptist
Church at 6 p.m. Tuesday (May
5).
The Rev. Zeb Moss, missionary
to Northern Rhodesia, who was
originally scheduled to speak at
the banquet, will show slides con
cerning his work at a meeting in
the Library at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
The First Baptist Church of
Salisbury was the scene of other
BSU action Apr. 17, 18 and 19 as
Mars Hill students attended the
annual BSU Spring Leadership
Conference along with members
of other BSU groups throughout
the state.
The purpose of the conference
was two-fold, to train new coun
cil members and other workers
from the various campuses and
to enjoy a weekend of fellowship.
David Craig, an active member
of the BSU coimcil at Mars Hill
last year as Sunday School sup>er-
intendent, was elected president
of the state BSU by acclamation.
He is currently a junior at the
University of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill.
Another former Meits HiUian,
Ann Brookshire, was Edso in the
spotlight. She and other students
who are going to Korea this sum
mer on a special missions project
sponsored by the LISTEN Fund
were introduced at the conference
session Saturday night.
James O. Cansler, BSU director
at UNC who, along with his wife,
led a seminar on love, courtship
and marriage during Focus 'Week
here in February, is going to Ko
rea with the students.