' - - 53557: - ' 'ii5:E::::::5:EEEEEEEEEE if ff g 'fifasiisifissasaazz .,..... e .-Q-X -1 resistsiaiasessasssss......:s: if ,if i Wi.: .J I::lui:::::i:::r::a:i:::::' 1' N N gn FU. 'lllliiunilum-mg. - - f liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii' T' i ifii n 5 sf, xx ,31- T N I ,Q ini i L7 iil tgigff' ilfqxll is,.T IgM Wig., i s it f Wyre! 2 . i f ffl! H i gsgfsgg ififfiiifi filffff ' T ' ::q '555?ifE nJIf!Wf Amwrf N tm yifx. ,iff if it , . 1. JI. .- FOREWORD Feeling that all the readers of this L.xl'Iu5r. are interesterl in the history of Mars Hill College, the Erlitors have emleaiioreil to depict, in the openino pages onrl ot intervals throughout the book, some of the high liyhts in the ei-rnts that have transpired sinre its founding in 18.56. Severity years ago Eflirarzl Carter, W. P. ,-lnrlerson. anrl 0HlI'l'f0l'4'Si!lflfF'f1 and Goll- fearing Citizens of this little mountain eoniin unity rlreainerl of an institution in '1L7hlL'll their children coulfl not only be taught the R0flItfII', 'IVritin'. onrl 'Rithnietiru of thot day-what could also be brought up in the jour :mil nrlinonitinn of the Lord. in the tenets of their oirn religious frzith. Tlzi.s rision was realized in the completion of a building, anrl sehool opened with Dr. W. A. G. Brown. rirst Presirlent. iinrl Jlr, W. P. Rollins. father of Thomas S. Rollins. attorney of .-Lsherille. as first stnrlent. Thus the torrh of Christian erlueation was lighted in Western North Carolina. It shell its rays to all parts of this state anal nrljoininy states. The jinanr'ial stress of the first few years ealierl for IIlZlL'l1 sar'rifir'e on thi' port of frienlls rtnrl Trustees. At one time Joe, a slare of W. P. Anderson. zrris held in an Asheziille prison os ser-nrity on the i-nrlebterlness. Dllfirly the llrlrkenerl rlays of the Civil War anrl R4Hf'Uli.VfI'llI'fiflll Perioil, the torrh fiiekereft and icanefl. In INIM the building zras nseil for qnarteriny solflirrs onrl Inter for un orphanage. Many hrirrlships anrl struyoles niarlfeil the 'varierl sni-i-ess of its history for the neft thirty years. In 18517, when the beloved R. L. Moore became President. the institution took on that life which has brought forth ri realization of the rlreanzs of its founders. In all of its progress there has been no rleparture from their ideals and principles-a steadfastness to the Old Book.
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DEDICATION Ulu Z1Br. 38. MH. Snpilman, as a mere token of our lobe ano appreciation for him, toe heoirate this 1930 eoition of the laurel. QBnly through the greatest sacrifice has this man of boo been able tu help in the uphuiloing of jlltlars Ziaillg yet he has gihen, lnillingly ant: liberally. Ulhe Baymont ipollorzk Sapilman Zbome for girls, nom knolnn as Qtireat, mas his first rontrihution in memory of his son. Zbe is regaroeo as father of flltlars ibpill girls. Recently he has manifesteo his oeboteo interest lay gihing a 51,000 loan jfuno in memory of his knife.
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