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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME II
RED SPRINGS, N. C., MAY 19, 1954
NUMBER 14
Around The World
And Back
with FAYE JENKINS
$105 Million Seaway
Measure Signed
President Eisenhower signed
the St. Lawrence Seaway bill,
authorizing the United States to
join Canada in digging the great
new waterway. This project will
open the heart of the American
■continent to ocean, shipping. A
companion project calls for a dam
on the broad St. Lawrence River
to provide a new source of elec-
■tric power for the northeast.
Catherine Marshall To Speak At Commencement
Dr. Marshall Scott Woodson To Attend
NCC Convocation In Granville, Ohio
Truman charges the Eisenhower
Administratiin with following an
economic policy of “Creeping Mc-
Kinleyism.” Truman suggested
six steps which he said would
“carry us far toward full employ
ment within a year.” (Truman
did not explain the phrase
‘“creeping McKinleyism—an ob
vious parallel to the words creep
ing socialism” which President
Eisenhower has applied to some
“Fair Deal” measures.) The pro
posed six pointers are* (1) In
creasing federal spending by a-
bout three billion dollars a year
to strengthen defenses against ag
gression and to meet needs for
power and resource development,
public work, housing and educa
tion (2) personal income
tax exemptions from the present
$600 to $800. (3) Tossing “out of
the nearest window” Secretary of
Agriculture Benson’s plan for
flexible farm price supports and
substituting a program to “sup
port true parity” of income for
the farmer. (4) A “clear-cut pol
icy” favoring a rising level of
wages. (5) Expansion of unem
ployment insurance to provide
broader coverage, payments for
a longer period, and larger bene
fits. (6) A vastly expanded hous
ing program, including federal
leadership to double the annual
rate of home building as rapidly
as possible.
The nation’s 450 church-related
colleges will study themselves
and their place in the country’s
development in their first national
gathering called for June 20-24
at Denison University, Granville,
Ohio.
This First Quadrennial Convo
cation of Christian Colleges was
announced by Dr. Raymond F.
McLain of the National Council
of the Churches of Christ in the
USA. Dr. McLain is general di
rector of the National Council’s
Commission on Christian Educa
tion, a unit of the Division of
Christian Education.
The colleges, which are affil
iated with two score Protestant
denominations, will be asked to
send its president and delegates
representing its faculty, students,
trustees, and religious leaders.
Flora Macdonald will be repre
sented by its President, Dr. Mar
shall Scott Woodson. The gather-
higher education that will be
taken up at the meetings.
The convocation is an outgrowth
of a seminar for educational exe
cutives of several denominations
at Green Lake, Wis., in 1949. The
idea has persisted, and following
the organization of the Commis
sion on Christian Higher Educa
tion with the establishment of
the National Council of Churches,
has resulted in the consent of the
Commission to undertake the
sponsorship of the convocation,
officers will be:
General Chairman - The Rev.
John O. Gross, Nashville, Tenn..
executive secretary, division of
educational institutions, Metho
dist Church.
Seminar Chairman - The Rev.
Harlie L. Smith, Indiannapolis,
presidfent board of education. Dis
ciples of Christ.
Section chairman - The Rev.
Hunter B. Blakely, Richmond, Va.,
MRS CATHERINE MARSHALL
Noted Authoress On
FMC Campus May 31
ing is planned as an opportunity secretary, division of higher ed-
Norma Pittard To
Represent College
Out of five girls chosen from
the Freshman Class to enter into
a contest on four-fold develop
ment, Norma Pittard was chosen
to represent our school in the na-
Everyone on the campus is glad
to learn that Catherine Marshall,
the wife of the late Peter Mar
shall, will deliver the Commence
ment Address on Monday morn
ing, May 31, at 10:30 o’clock. This
will be a two-fold privilege for
our campus to welcome the wife of
the distinguished man who was
an honored visitor on our campus
several times.
Mrs. Marshall was born in
Johnson City, Tennessee. She is
the daughter of a minister. When
she reached college age, Catherine
Wood attended Agnes Scott Col
lege in Decatur, Georgia. At twen
ty she was able to be introduced
to the popular young pastor whom
she had been admiring for a long
time. The romance blossomed and
a little over a year later, they
were married.
Since the death of her husband,
Mrs. Marshall has become famous
in her own right as an authoress.
Her first well-known book was
Mr. Jones, Meet the Master,
then later the sequel, A Man
Called Peter, was published. These
are perhaps the best-loved for
Cadets Observe 82nd Training
Anyone want to jump from the
tower? That was the question put
to a busload of ROTC cadets from
Davidson College when they visit
ed the 82nd Airborne Division at
Fort Bragg. But, after watching
some students with the rugged
basic airborne course of the 82nd
make their first jumps from the
34-foot training tower, the coll
ege cadets decided they would
take a rain check on the offer.
for the Christian colleges to con- ucation, Presbyterian Church in tion-wide contest. Norma ^as works. The students, as well
sider their strength in united ac-lthe U. S. ^ questionnaires to i out a-j ^ outside of the College,
tion and to plan to accomplish 1 Arrangements Chairman - The 1 activities 1 looking forward to her
together tht>se things which theyjRev. Ronald V. Wells, New \coming and speaking. Everyone
have not been aoie xu ,
separately.
The general plan of the convo
cation call? for eight general
sessions, 40 seminar sessions, and
a research-study project. Speak
ers will be drawn from among
leaders, largely in the U. S., in
the various phases of Christian
[school, in V\=*r ^own,-and in
board of education and publica
tions, American Baptist Publica
tion Society.
General Director - Dr. Ray
mond F. McLain, New York, gen
eral director. Commission on
Christian Education, National
Council of Churches.
ith her activities
accomplished and noted woman.
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Mrs. Inglis Fletcher To Be Speaker
At F.M.C. Alumnae Day On May 29
Hoey 5th Senator to Die in Term
Sen. Clyde R. Hoey, a North
Carolina Democrat, died at age
of 76. Hoey was the fifth senator
to die in this Congress. One of
the five, Sen. Willis Smith, was
also a North Carolina Democrat.
Hoey, a Senator since 1945,
headed the Senate investigations
subcommittee until Senator Mc
Carthy took over after the Re
publicans came into power last
year. The Senate Investigations
subcommittee took time out at
its McCarthy-Army hearing to
pay tribute to its former chairman.
The subcommittee adopted a re
solution expressing “profound
sorrow and deep regret.” This re
solution said that Hoey who serv
ed for four years as chairman of
the subcommittee had “perform
ed that difficult assignment with
fairness and impartiability.”
(Continued on Page 3)
By Harriet McAuley
At the Alumnae' Day luncheon
to be held here Saturday, May 29
Mrs. Inglis Clark Fletcher will be
the guest speaker. In North Caro
lina Mrs. Fletcher is noted for her
historical novels about the colon
ial days on Albemarle Sound. By
a very casual interest in her North
Carolina ancestors, one day, Mrs.
Fletcher went into the Huntingdon
Library in California to study
colonial records of North Carolina.
She became so interested in what
she found that after six years of
research and study her first novel,
Raleigh’s Eden was published.
Three others were written with
the most popular of the four be
ing Lusty Wind for Carolina.
These four books have become
so popular they have been trans
lated into six languages. These
novels are historically correct by
the use of original documents
such as old manuscripts, court re
cords, letters, diaries and wills.
Inglis Fletcher is not a native
of North Carolina, but was born
in Alton, Illinois in 1888. She was
educated in the Alton public
schools and then at Washington
University School of Fine Arts.
Her ambition was to be a sculp
tor, but this she gave up to marry
John George Fletcher a mining
engineer. With him, she traveled
in Alaska, Washington, and Cali
fornia. She also made a trip to
Africa to study native customs
and witchcraft and retiurned to
INGLIS FLETCHER
cnurch. Anouier
had to do wi
since she came to college and the
different clubs that she belonged
to. She had to write, too, a paper
on her religious beliefs and ideas
Norma won a trip to a camp on
Lake Michigan which is devoted
to four-fold development. This
camp is sponsored by the Amer
ican Youth Foundation, and about
sixty girls, are chosen from all
over the United States to go there
every year. There are also girls
from many foreign countries.
At the camp the girls go to
classes in the mornings. Some of
the classes are on the life of
Christ, leadership, and four-fold
development. The afternoons are
devoted to sports such as swim
ming, ball, and track meets. Then
at night they have vespers and
social activities. The girls all
live in tents during their two
weeks there.
The camp is. a four year one;
after one has won your first year
there, he is automatically able
to attend the other three years
until you graduate.
Everyone is very proud of
Norma, and hopes that she has a
wonderful time. Congratulations!
Cabinet And Council
Are Interviewed
CAMPAIGN NEWS
the United States to lecture and
write of Africa. While she was
traveling during her lectures she
began to study North Carolina
colonial records and later she
moved to North Carolina and
bought Bandon Plantation on the
Chowan River in Chowan County
near Edenton, N. C. where she
writes and works about her plant
ation trying to restore it to its
former glory.
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Don: “What do you call a man
that drives a car?”
Matt: “It depends on just how
close he comes to me.”
To date a total of $375,000 has
been received in cash and pledges
for the campaign and the Board
of Trustees is making plans to
reach the full goal of $500,000.
The sum, raised in full, will give
the facilities and resources to
meet the growing opportunities
which confront Flora Macdonald
College. If these plans are to suc
ceed they will require the utmost
support of everyone. This cam
paign is a test of sacrifice, faith
and loyalty for the alumnae and
friends of the college. If they
provide the $500,000 the college
will be able to seek greater gifts
from firms, foundations and in
dividuals.
One of the marks of a great
college is loyal alumnae.
On May 5th and 6th Dr. Mar
ion F. Wicke of the General
Board of Education of the Meth
odist Church was on the campus
to observe the religious life and
atmosphere of the college. On the
first day he was here, he inter
viewed all the Cabinet members
and Prayer Band leaders. The fol
lowing afternoon he met with the
members of the Council.
Dr. Wicke is on the staff of the
Ford Foundation that is making
a study of the seven educational
institutions of the Synod of North
Carolina and Lees-McRae College,
under a $50,000 Ford Foundation
grant. Heading the committee for
this study are Dr. Donald C. Ag-
new, Chairman of the Committee
of Community Service, Oglethrope
University, Georgia, and Dr. Ro
ger P. McCutcheon, Dean of the
Graduate School of Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, Louisiana.
They have been working with
seven associates for several mon
ths and probably will not publish
the report of this study until next
Spring.
EXAMS!
If one wondered what was
causing the crowds at the bulle
tin boards lately, he need wonder
no more. Exam schedules were
posted on May 12. Now that the
exact dates of the various exams
are known, some of the girls have
begun studying for their first
exams. They will be held from
May 22-28. Most of the students
are satisfied with their schedules.
Some lucky girls wiU be able to
leave early by having their ex
ams at the beginning of the exam
week. They will bring to a close
the school year of 1953-54.