Some one has said, “a college is a loafing place for the majority of students.” If this one should come to Mars Hill, his opinion would be changed. Mars Hill College has no place for the young man or woman who doesn’t have enough “grit” to work and assume some responsibility of college life. It is an honor to work at Mars Hill.
The students do the cooking, waiting on tables, washing of dishes, janitor work, and help in the general maintenance of the college proper. There are also three student industries: The College Pressing and Cleaning Club, the College Photo Shop, and The College Barber Shop. These furnish 12 young men work which enables them to remain in school and pursue the regular course of study. It is a happy and jolly bunch of “workers” You will find at Mars Hill. Before the close of last term Mrs. Shaw, our dietitian, gave a very enjoyable banquet to the workers.” During the banquet Mr. Moore, our beloved president, made a very appropriate speech in which he made this statement: “Work hard all the days of your life, young men and women, and success will come out yonder.”
Observation through his 30 years of service at Mars Hill prompted such a statement.
--B. M. Canup
From page 2 of The Hill Top, the student newspaper from Mars Hill College, Monday, Nov. 8, 1926
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