FEBRUARY 16, 1954
THE SKIRL
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Sports Comments
Betty Jean Gilliland and
Lucille Graham
KNOW YOUR FACULTY MEMBERS
By Lucy Richardson and Peggy Graham
Basketball Tournament
Coming Soon
The one sport that we are
hearing the most about at present
on this campus is Basketball.
Tournament time is here and
everyone is trying to find time
to take in all the games. The sche
dule of the tournament is:
February 15
4:40; Junior vs Sophomores
6:40: Seniors vs Freshman
February 16
4:40: Juniors vs Freshman
6:40: Seniors vs Sophomores
February 18
4:40: Freshman vs Sophomores
6:40: Juniors vs Seniors
We would like to call every-
ones attention to the change in the
dates of the tournament. The final
games have been changed from
February 17 to 18 in order that
some of the girls might play in
all the games. We hope that
everyone has completed his re
quired number of practices. We
would like to remind the board
members to go to all the games
and watch for the ones that they
will 'choose for varsity.
Attend State-Villanova Game
If you were to ask anyone of
the people who went to the State-
Villanova basketball game whe
ther they had a good time, we
believe that she would answer
with an emphatic “Yes”. Every
one enjoyed the trip and was
proud to report that State chalk
ed up another victory. If time
permits, maybe the Athletic As
sociation will be able to sponsor
another trip.
Improvements Made At
Swimming Pool
Some of you might be wonder
ing what is happening at the
swimming pool. Mr. Lang and his
men are laying a sand beach a
round the sides of the pool. Sure
ly all of you who are fond of
swimming are glad to hear that.
The pool has been painted in the
past year. As time goes on, we
hope for other improvements a-
bout the pool.
Windbreakers Here
The FMC Windbreakers have
arrived and are in the chest.
Those of you who ordered them,
please get them as soon as pos
sible so that the others might be
put on sale. The chest still has
some other good things to sell.
So, check by and get the things
you need.
Local High School Games
Many of us here at the college
have been interested in the local
high school teams this year. The
dates of the Robeson County
tournament are February 17, 18,
19, 24, 25, and 26. The tournament
will be played in Lumberton. If
any of you have a night out and
an interested boy friend, it will
be a good night of entertainment.
The two local teams are pretty
good. The boys finished the con
ference play with a standing in
second place and the girls in
third place.
As an extra reminder—support
your team in the basketball tour
nament here at FMC and make
this one of the best.
ELLIE MAE SOWDER
Professor of Mathematics
Favorite Food: Fried Chicken.
Best-liked Pastime: Reading.
Characteristic Expressions: “Get
out two clean sheets of paper
and scatter out!” “Is that all
right?”
Pet Peeve: People who whine.
Most Embarrassing Moment: She
says she is in a constant state
of embarrassment.
Happiest Moment: Also she said
she is usually happy.
Distinguishing Mark: Her ever-
flashing smile.
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A Journey For
Victory
DORIS H. HAWSE
Professor of Biology
Favorite Food: Undercooked
steak with mushrooms.
Best-liked Pastime: Music, con
versation, chess.
Characteristic Expression: “My
word!”
Pet Peeve: People who talk in
cessantly.
Most Embarrassing Moment: Un
publishable.
Happiest Moments: Like her un-
happiest moments, these result
from things people said to or
of her, and so they aren’t at
all quotable.-
Distinguishing Mark: Her quiet
sense of humor. '
New Proctors
Are Announced
Hall proctors for the new se
mester were recently elected.
Thy are as follows:
Geraldine Brown, Morgan II.
Christine Maloney, Morgan III.
Ann Turner, Vardell II.
Betty Joe Hatcher, Vardell III.
Marjorie McNeill, West II.
Mary Sue Coleman, West III.
Barbara Cockrell, Page
Ann Bowden, Fleming.
The duty of these proctors is
to supervise the conduct of the
students on their respective halls.
Listen, my children, and you shall
hear
Of a midnight ride in second gear.
This trusty car is the FMC teams
As fine an outfit as ever was seen.
This one, out in front by far.
Is just the engine of our car.
These four players whom we ad
mire
Each represents a rubber tire.
Now, the cheerers get in the car.
Boy! are they going far!
The driver takes his trusty
machine.
Fills it up with gasoline.
And starts out in a basketball
game
Along the road that leads to fame.
Now on their way a stranger they
meet.
Who is this villian? He’s Defeat!
And when they see him they stop
with fear
For when he comes the tears ap
pear.
Then all at once the tires go flat.
Now what in the world do you
think of that?
The cheerers let out a gasp of
horror
“Oh, what did we do to deserve
this sorrow?”
And all the while Defeat stands
by
Laughing with glee to see them
cry.
He struts aroimd the awful wreck
And says, “I’m quite the stuff, by
heck.
But out of the car the cheerers
jump
And someone yells, “Quick, get
the pump!
Wt won’t let this get us down
At F.M.C. you never frown.”
Around to the back of the car
they run
But they know that the work has
only begun.
Up and down they push and jerk
“Brother, this pumping is certain
ly work,
But the worn out tires refuse to
fill.
What they need is a ‘Carter’s
Liver Pill.’
The cheerers wail, ‘It’s so appall
ing,
It looks like the wreck needs a
general overhauling.’ ”
“Oh, what shall we do,” they cry
in despair
And th^y rave, and they rant and
tear their hair.
Suddenly they let out a cheer.
For noble Victory doth appear.
Defeat is struck with awful pain
And crys, “Oh, me, I failed
again!”
He quickly starts to run away
Where Victory is, he cannot stay.
Victory looks at the broken-down
car
And says to himself, “It’ll never
go far.”
So he touches the beat-up tires
with care
And as if by magic they fill with
air.
The cheerers can’t believe their
eyes—
They fill the air with triumphant
cries.
The car is bright and shiny as
new
All ready to hold the jubilant
crew.
“Let’s hurry up and start,” they
shout,
“We’ll win this game without a
doubt.”
—Kathleen Murchinson
and Mary Archie Brown
Life As A
Senior Scribbler
for the editor of the annual; they
went crazy! You never heard
such laughter! No task can be as
hard on, yet more fun, than that
of a SCRIBBLER! When you read
about yourself, don’t blame the
poor SCRIBBLERS; they really
want to get you—as only you, and
if you see a 16t of luggage on the
back platform in May, you can
know the annual has come—and
the Scribblers are leaving to save
their necks! After all this, do you
want to know who did up the
graduates of ’54? Here you are:
Geraldine Worrell, Lucille Wilds,
Mary Lib Pierce, Sara Margaret
McLeod, Elsie Faye Ingram and
Charlotte Calhoun. Hope you like
that for which they racked their
brains at those midnight hours!
Plans are being made for a de
lightful evening on March 20 lor
the juniors and seniors. At a joint
class meeting it was decided that
this year the Junior-Senior prom
would only be a dance, with the
themes of “Limelight” and “Rhap
sody in Blue”.
MRS. LEE’S GRILL i
Coffe - Drinks - Hamburgers - Hot Dogs
N. Main on Raeford Rd. At the Pure Oil Station
Red Springs, N. C.
Scribbler! Have you heard of
these creatures? Dictionary hounds
groping their way to the White
Heather press room to burn the
midnight oil, trying to describe as
best they can, their classmates.
On one of the last days of school
these 6 girls were tapped by their
predecessors! In the mail or on
their desk a mysterious note was
found. It said—SECRECY is to be
kept or ELSE. . . At 5:00 p. m.
on a certain day late in May they
were to put on blue jeans, warm
shirts, socks, high heeled shoes
and have a pair of tennis shoes
hung around their neck—plus a
coat hanger. In agony they waited
in their rooms, hearing the stom
ping of feet coming up and down
the halls—A knock on the door—r
and in came a person dressed in
a black robe!
Locked in the press room the
six new scribblers trembled a-
waiting their destiny! All of a
sudden in came their masterful
superior—Before they knew it,
they were blindfolded and led
through the Rotunda to sign out j
for destination unknown! Why
were their teeth chattering? They
couldn’t be cold on a day in May.
A ride to some place, still blind
folded. The tests were hard, but
they survived! Now, after nights
of searching desperately for the
appromiate word, they have fin
ished; that last party they had
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1954 Packard Clippers Have New Styling—More Powei^,
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luxury Packards and medium priced _ Packard
Clippers launch the second phase of the pioneer car
manufacturer’s expansion program.^ The Clippers
will be made in three lines, all new in desigrn, with
a super series added to the present deluxe and
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$2500 range will be new advanced body styling to
give the cars a more youthful appearance and
specially designed fashion interiors for women. The
upper price luxury Packards in four production and
four custom-built models will have new engines'
with 212 horsepower, and for the first time th®
Packard Ultramatic no-shift transmission will be-'
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Packard engine is the 25 percent increase in “us-J
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acceleration in the critical driving range of 40=to>
70 miles per hour. / " '