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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME II
RED SPRINGS, N. C., MARCH 16, 1954
NUMBER 11
Around The World
And Back
With ELLEN WILLIAMS
Despite Eisenhower’s opposition
against a general excise tax cut,
the House ha^ passed a bill trim
ming 912 million dollars a year
from excise taxes. Eisenhower
advocates a balancing of the bud
get and contends that if this is to
be done, the Treasury cannot stand
these tax cuts provided in the I
bill. The bill has been sent to the 1
Senate.
F M C Campus Elections Completed
Violimst Gives
Concert Here
On April 2 in Charlotte, Adlai
Stevenson will speak to Demo
cratic leaders who will gather for
a state-wide party rally in the
Armory Auditorium. Stevenson
is visiting Mrs. Ernest Ives, his
sister, in Southern Pines. Steven
son’s address will be carried over
the communications networks.
Eisenhower has said that the
U. S. will not go to war without
Congressional consent. This state
ment was prompted by the unrest
of many due to U. S. technician’s
being sent to Indochina. In other
words Eisenhower means there
will not be another Korea.
CAMILLA WICKS
Honor Roll And
Dean’s List
First Semester of 1953-1954
The Senate is continuing its
discussion on Statehood lor Ha
waii and Alaska. The question
is sho’jld Hav/aii and—or Alaska
be admitted to the Union.
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CA Cabinet Busy
With Various Plans
Installation Service Planned
Installation Service for the new
Cabinet will be held Thursday
evening, April 1 at 6:40. This
service will be very impressive
and everyone is urged to attend.
Special Easter Program May
Be Held On Campus
The Christian Association is
making plans for an Easter Can
tata or some similar Easter Serv
ice. If this service is held, it will
be on Palm Sunday, April 11 at
8:00 A. M. Letty Hill, Lucy Flem
ing and Shirley Fitzgerald are
working on this program.
Repairs Of Watkins
The Cabinet has had high hopes
all year of repairing Watkins Hall,
which is used for various religi
ous meetings. It has been found
that help can be obtained to re
pair Watkins from the Gracious
Living Fund, so maybe the dream
will soon comb true. It was de
cided that gray will be the best
color to paint the Hall. Two floor
lamps and a record player are be
ing wished for perhaps a new
sofa. The drapes will be cleaned
and the floor waxed, which will
help the looks of Watkins a great
deal. The Student Body, as a part
of the Christian Association, is
urged to co-operate with the Cab
inet in this fine project.
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PRAYER
Draw Thou my soul, O Christ,
Closer to Thine;
Breathe into every wish
Thy wiU divine;
Raised My low self above,
Won by Thy deathless love.
Ever, O Christ, through mine
Let Thy life shine.
Amen.
—Lucy Larcom.
T” Naomi Lee
On Saturday evening, March 13
at 8:15 o’clock, Flora Macdonald
College was honored by the pre
sence of Camilla Wicks, Norwe
gian violinist. She began her tour
the first of January and will con
clude it in the middle ol! April
Her next concert will be in the
State of Pennsylvania.
The artist began study of the
violin under her father and at
the age of ten went to New York
for further study. Her teacher
was Louis Persinger. While tour
ing Europe, she made many re-
cordnigs; the “Sibelius Concerto”
is the only one released in the
United States.
At the present time her home
is in Los Angeles, California.
When asked if she were eager
to be home again she answered,-
“Most of all I miss my ten
months old daughter, Angela. The
last time I saw her she was
crawling—now she is walking. I
also can hardly wait to get back
to my kitchen.”
Camilla Wicks uses as her in
strument a Stradaveri (Duke of
Cambridge) violin made in 1775.
This violin, as is true to form to
most of those made by this fam
ily, has quite an interesting back
ground. It has been stolen several
times. According to legend, one
man from, whom it wgs stolen
was said to have died from a
broken heart.
To open her program Miss
Wicks played “La Folia” by Co-/
relli-Kreisler: Corelli being a
composer of the seventeenth cen
tury who helped to prepare the
way for modern violin music and
violin playing.
As a major feature of her pro
gram she played the Wieniawski
“Concerto No. 2, in D minor.”
Following the intermission, her
accompanist for the evening,
Donald Nold played “Prelude”,
C Major, Op. 32, No. 1 by Rach
maninoffs, “Intermezzo”, B flat
minor. Op. 117, No. 2 by Brahms,
and “Danse” by Debussy.
Third on her program. Miss
Wicks played “Fairy-Tale Suite”
composed* by a friend of hers,
Brustard, who portrayed scenes
of Norway in this piece.
As her final group, she played
the “Nocturne in E minor” by
Chopin-Aver; “Hungarian Dance,
Senior (jlass
Honor Roll: Mrs. Joan Hardesty
John, Mrs. Betty Lou Davis, Mc
Donald, Retta Parker.
Dean’s List: Naricy Andrews,
Elizabeth Bethea, Jessie Blalock,
Delanie Boney, Yvonne Brice,
Geraldine Brown, Charlotte Cal
houn, Peggy Carter, Marjorie
Davis, Saradee Davis, Mrs. Mild
red Sanders Dedas, Grace Dew,
Jo Anne Drummond, Nancy Gal
lop, Elizabeth Houck, Marlene
Jones, Phyllis Leggett, Mary Ha-
good I^ittle, Sue Littlewood,- Aud
rey Milligan, Elizabeth McIntosh,
Frances Nelson, Marie Sellers,
Marjorie Stevenson, Nancy
Strikeleather, Patsy Teer, Flor-
ene Thompson, Norma Jean
Thompson, Mary Lisle Tucker,
Lucile Wilds, Geraldine Worrell.
Junior Class
Honor Roll: Kathleen Murchi
son, Ellen Williams.
Dean’s List: Billiegene Addor,
I Ann Bowden, Annie Byrd, Sarah
Dudley, Dorothy Hamilton, Faye
Jenkins NormB TSelly Betty T.ou
Lamb, Mary McCracken, Ann
McGirt, Jean Morris.
Sophomore Class
Honor Roll: Mrs. Adelaide Bo
ger Cromartie, Letty Hill, Gladys
McCain, Emojeane Womeldorf.
Dean’s List: Ruby Bierman,
Frances Bobbitt, Pat Farmer,
Caroline Goodman, Harriet Mc-
Auley, Mary McLean, Ella Ruth
McNeill, Kittye Oliver, Carolyn
Robinson, Frances Shaw, Shirley
Thornton, Martha White, Mary
Sue Williamsons, Anita Gray Wil
liamson, Barbara Wingo.
Freshman Class
Honor Roll: Betsy Fleshman,
Carolyn Johnson, Sue Owen,
Patterson Yeargin.
Dean’s List: Julene Barlow,
Nancy Bell, Yvonne Brumbies,
Edith ' Byrd, Shirley Chadwick,
Mildred Drumbeller, Sybil Hinds,
Shirley Kearns, Ricardo Lambert,
Patricia Melvin, Joanne McMil
lan, Mrs. Patricia McNeill Lewis,
Lou Ann Nethercutt, Norma Pit-
tard, Shirley Rice, Martha Steppe,
Evelyn Taylor, Aletha Williams,
Frances Ann Williams.
Business Students
Honor Roll: Gale Simpson.
Dean’s List: Doris Bowles, Jes
sie Ruth Honeycutt, Ann Mc-
Kellar, Betsy Jean Weeks.
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According to a recent an
nouncement made by Dr. Price
H. Gwynn, courses in art appre
ciation, etiquette, and public
speaking will be added to the
college curriculum next year.
These courses were requested by
the students and received the ap
proval of the administration.
No. 1” by Brahms-Joachin, and
“Introduction and Rondo Capric-
cioso” by Saint-Saens.
For encores, she presented “In
Santo Domingo” my Arthur Ben
jamin, “Bagatelle” by Scarlescu,
and “Pastoral” by Paradies.
No concert deserves any higher
praise than this one, for it would
be hard to find an example of
greater technique or greater capa
city for feeling.
Betty Joe Hatcher, sophomore
from Garner and Kathleen Mur
chison, junior from Concord were
named presidents of Zetesian and
Epsilon Ci societies, respective
ly, as the campus elections ap
proached their final stages.
Class presidents were also
elected, with Norma Kelly, from
Charlotte being chosen as the
rising Senior Class President;
Frances Shaw from Lumber
Bridge, the rising Junior Class
President; and Anne Turner from
Maysville, South Carolina, the
rising Sophomore Class President;
Nan Dorman from Red Springs
was named President of the Day
Students.
Mary Archie Brown, from St.
Pauls was elected Secretary of
the Student Body; Sue Owen
from Cluster Springs, Virginia,
Treasurer; Lucy Fleming from
Mebane, Vice-President of the
Christian Association; Mary Mc
Lean from Raeford, Secretary;
and Sally Ann Munroe from
Clarkton, Treasurer.
Officers previously elected
were Betty Lou Lamb, President
of the Student Body; Ellen Wil
liams, President of the Christian
1 Association; Mary Ella Mize,
■ * President of the Athletic Asso-
The Prayer Chapel Committee \ ciation; and Alice Brantley, Vice
Junior - Senior
Saturday Night
The theme of tne Junior-Senior
dance, which will be held Satur
day, March 20, is “Limelight”.
Those attending will dance back
stage in a large theater on whose
stage a ballet will be going on.
Music will be floating back
from the orchestra on stage in the
form of musical notes on the
poles.
We will be reminded of those
attractions which have taken
place in the theater in the past by
large billboards placed around
the walls “back stage.”
Along with the atmosphere of
the dance, music will be furnish
ed by Cpl. A1 Graps and his Mel
ody Masters from Ft. Bragg.
In the rotunda the atmosphere
will be created by a large foun
tain spraying out colored foam,
spot-lighted from the second
floor.
Prayer Chapel
Takes Shape
reporta that t2ie Prayer Chapel
should be finished by spring hol
idays. Now that the work on it
is beginning to • take real shape,
all feel that the dream of such a
building is really materializing.
The Freshmen will be given an
opportunity very soon to pledge
money for the Chapel, and, also,
the upper classmen will be given
another chance to pledge if they
have not already done so. About
$500 is needed to finish the Cha
pel. It is hoped that through
pledges from the student body
this much money might be ob
tained.
Betty Lou Lamb, Chairman of
the Prayer Chapel Committee, has
been meeting with the commit
tee for the purpose of planning
a dedication service. The time for
this service will’ be set as soon
as the Chapel is completed.
IV— ‘
Presiaent of the Student Body.
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Delegates Go To
Home Ec Workshop
W. F. Calendar
Programs: March 21 — “Summer
Opportunities”
March 28 — ATS Deputation
Team
April 4 — The movie “Drug
Addiction”
April 11 — An Easter play will
be presented. Also the installa
tion of the new officers will be
held.
W.F. meets each Sunday even
ing at 6:15 in the Fellowship Hall
at the Presbyterian Church. Plan
to come each Sunday.
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He: And didn’t you tell me that
several men proposed to you?
She: Yes, dearie.
He: I wish you had married the
first fool who proposed.
She: I did.
The wife looking: for the woman
who -.broke .up .Jher .jnarriage
sometimes .jieed go ..no further
than her own mirror!
A lot of men believe in long
engragrements because they think
that young couples ought to be
happly as lohg as possible.
The State Home Economics
Workshop is to be held March 19
and 20 at Meredith College in
Raleigh.
Representatives from the Home
Economics Club here will be the
President, Doris Mozingo, Delores
Stone, a member, and Miss Char
lotte Womble, the club advisor.
The program for the event is
“Our Home Economics Family
Tree.” It will consist of reports
on work done during the year by
the various clubs, a report about
the National Convention held in
Kansas City, and a discussion of
the individual’s role in the work
of the organization. On Saturday
night an informal banquet will be
held and the installation of new
officers will take place. The girls
then plan to attend the Folk
Dance Festival at the college.
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I. R. C. Observes
Ninth Birthday
The ninth birthday of the In-
ternatiol Relations Club was ob
served Wednesday, March 10
with a party in the college par
lors. Miss Carol Robertson, spon
sor of the club, was hostess.
The group enjoyed the games
which were led by Betty Lou
Lamb, Delanie Boney, and Emo
jeane Womeldorf. Following the
entertainment, everyone went
into the left back parlor for re
freshments. The table was beau
tifully deocrated with spring
flowers, a two-tier cake, and
candles. After singing “Happy
Birthday to IRC”, everyone en
joyed the ice cream, cake, and
nuts.
Dr. Price Gwynn, Dean of the
college, was guest for the party.
Everyone enjoyed the delight
ful evening and- would again like
to say, “thank you”, to Miss
Robertson.