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A STUDENT PUBUCATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME ni
RED SPRINGS. JANUARY 17, 1955
Number 5
January 19th Marks Beginning of Exam Week at F.M.C.
Methodist Missionary Speaks To Student Body
Dr. E. Stanley Jones, world-
known Methodist missionary to
India, addressed the students
of Flora Macdonald Wednesday,
January 12. Dr. Jones spoke on
one’s life faith.
“We have changed from a
traditional world to a scientific
world and we can't believe
blindly,” stated Dr. Jones.
‘Science and religion go to
gether,” he continued, “for
each needs the other. Science
is power, but religion has to
show us how to use that
power.”
In speaking oi punishment
of sins. Dr. Jones said, “God
doesn’t have to punish us for
cur sins; the sin punishes it
self. Evil is “live” spelled back-
Vv'ards.”
In connection with his own
acceptance of Christ, Dr. Jones
related, “I found life the night
I found Christ. If Christ isn’t
the way, then I don't know
what the way is.” ,
Concluding, he said, “My cen
tral hypothesis is Christ. This
way works! I commend my Sa
vior to you.”
Dr. Jones spends six months
iv; the East and six months in
America each year “because I
think both of them are very
good mission fields.” On Satur
day he started his annual trip
around the world, leaving from
Fayetteville.
When asked about the im.-
portance of Christian colleges
in the world, Dr. Jones re
plied, “Christian colleges play
the greatest part in the world
.. , Character is no good with
out knowledge; therefore Chris
tian colleges are of great va
lue.”
Last week Dr. Jones lectured
to students at Pembroke State
Jenkins To
Graduate At Semester
OUS LIVING, THE CHRIST
OF EVERY ROAD, and CHRIST
CoUege. He was the prinicpal AT THE ROUND TABLE.
Freshman-Sophomores Plan Mardi Gras
Plans For Spiritual
Enrichment Week
Ruth Evelyn Topping, reporter for THE SKIRL, interviews Dr.
E. Stanley Jones following his message to the Student Body.
speaker during their Spiritual fakJnpf AntiniinrAC
Enrichment Week. tttDmei HnnOUnteS
Dr. Jones was born in Balti
more, Maryland. He received
his A. B. and A. M. degrees
from Asbury College in Wil-
more, Kentucky. Duke Universi
ty gave him his D. D. degree.
He was, at one time, a bishop
in the Methodist Church.
Author, as well as evange
list, Dr Jones has to his credit
eighteen books. A nineteenth
book is in the making. Among
his best-known are VICTOllI-
Faye Jenkins, Senior from
Union, South Carolina, gradu
ates at the semester. When she
graduates, she will have com
pleted a major in math and
a teaching major in history.
While at F. M. C. she has
participated in many student
activities. One of her chief
interests was the International
Relations Club. She was vice-
president last year and was
serving as president to the
present time. For the last two
years she has represented F.
M. C. at the State I. R. C.
Convention. Her Sophomore year
slie was secretary of the Math
Club. Last year she served as
literary editor for the White
Heather and wrote a column
on world affairs for The Skirl.
That column has been con
tinued this year in new form--
that of a news editorial.
She has accomplished much
in her three and one-half years
at Flora Macdonald College.
Faye will truly be missed on
the campus next Semester.
She plans to return in May to
receive her diploma, along
with her classmates.
By MICKIE JERNIGAN
“Exams, exams, exams'
“That’s the common cry at
Flora Macdonald now. We hear
the familiar questions: “When
do you finish?”; “How many
straight exams do you have?'
Some of us have three of even
four without a break; lots of
midnight oil will be burned;
and we’ll all probably have
writer’s cramp. But, as we all
must admit, exams do help us
considerably — they sort of
“clinch” the highlights of the
semester’s learning for us: no
doubt, you’ll actually enjoy
taking some of your exams.
Examinations begin on
Wednesday, January 19, with
two scheduled for each day
through Tuesday, January 25.
Students who finish early may
go home, but everyone must be
here for faculty-student con-
tultation day on Wednesday.
This day will be used not only
for conferences among students
and faculty, but also for re
gistration for next semester’s
classes.
We will resume classes
Thursday. The weekend will
be an open one for all students,
and the halls of F. M. C. will
probably be fairly bare until
Sunday afternoon.
Freshmen, one down and
seven to go, and seniors —
seven down and one to go!
The date for the Freshman-
Sophmore dance has been set
for February 19, and the vari
ous committee chairmen have
been selected. They are;
General Chairman, Shirley
Evans, Freshman; Rosa Moore.
Sophomore, Decoration, Barbara
Wingate, Freshman; Jean Jones,
Sophomore. Invitation, Ann Ella,
Freshman; Pat Lovett, Sopho
more. Refreshments, Miriam
Barrow, Freshman; Ann Lips
comb, Sophomore.
The theme selected by the
two groups was “Mardi Gras”,,
and the Decorations Committee
has anounced tentative plans.
The theme song will be “The
Mardi Gras Song” or the “Song
P'rom Moulin Rouge”.
On to New Orleans
The rotunda will feature a
sidewalk cafe where the weary
dancers can rest their tired
feet. To the right of this cafe
will be a refreshment booth
v\'here punch, open-faced sand-
v.'iches, nuts, cookies and other
Mardi Gras danties will be
served from nine until twelve.
If one looks up, he will see
a huge cage filed with various
colored ballons and anchored
to hundreds of multi-colored
streamers.
And Now To Canal Street
The shop windows (dining
hall windows, of course!) will
be boarded up to prevent any
damage from the merry mak
ers.
Various masks (for this is
the time for masquerading)
will be seen along the street
as well as masses of ballons
and confetti. The light posts
are to be adorned with many
life-siized clowns, and paper
streamers will stretch from
post to post.
The honored guests will be
seated in a cozy cafe where
they can watch the gay pro
ceedings or participate in them
if they so desire.
The music will float through
the night from a band seated
in balcony just above the street.
The sky will be filled with
hundreds of glittering stars
and the full moon will shed
its light directly on the throne.
At intermission the King and
Queen, of the dance, will be
crowned and the court will
pay them due homage.
As the clock strikes twelve,
the ballons will fall and the
revellers will go home until
“next year”.
Plans are being made for
Spiritual Enrichment Week.
The theme for the week will
be THE GLORY OF GOD —
THROUGH ME? Dr. Albert
Edwards from Harrisburg, Va.
will speak at chapel, vespers, and
discussion groups. Spiritual En
richment Week will be on
Tuesday, Wednesday, : a.nd
Thursday February 8, 9, 10.
The communion service will be
held on Thursday at vespers.
Date Set For
Junior-Senior Dance
The Junior and Senior Class
es are making plans for their
annual Spring dance. The date
selected for the dance is March
12, 1955. Although this pre
cedes the actual beginning of
Spring the Flora Macdonald
gardens will, no doubt, be in
bloom. Chairmen of the sev
eral committes have not been
elected yet. The theme will
also be decided later.
Players Choose
“Crack-Up”
The Highland Players met
January 11 at 5:56 in the left
front parlor. They have select
ed a 3-act play which they will
give after exams. The title of
this drama is CSrack-up by
Arthur Tearve. Play books have
already been ordered and
should be here when exams are
over. Tryouts will be given
then and they are open to the
entire student body.
Budapes! Quartet To Present Concert
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On Friday evening, January'
28, 1955 at 8:15 the Budapest
String Quartet will appear in
concert here. The Budapest
String Quartet is universally
acknowledged to be the pre
mier string ensemble of our
time. It presents the race
phenomenon of four individ
ually superlative artists blend
ing their personalities in the
service of the most exalted
form of musical expression, j
The members, Joseph Roisman,
Jac Gorodetzky, Boris Kroyt,
and Mischa Schneider, are all
rooted in the rich tradition of
Europe. They have become a
national American asset and in
dispensable feature of our cul-1'
tural life. While their greatest I „ , , ^ . ...
achievement is the profound I ^
and vivid realization of the' f
great classics, they have made | ^’fficul piece The perfect
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET
the cultivation of contemporary
ensemble for which the organi-
music, including American famous balance, unity
works of merit, a special con>f . thought and mterpretauve
cern. During the past season
insight, all were in evidence."'
the Budapesters made another, Other have said of the perfor-
of their annual coast-to-coast' ^^nce of tne Budapest String
tours followed by a second sen-1 ‘ - Quite the finest;
sationally successful tour of Ja- hl'‘eii- virtually has become
pan. In 1954-1955 they are legendary; They represent a
playing over eighty times in in perfection; An expen-
Ihe United States, including ^nce long to remember and
eighteen concerts in New York treasure.
City alone, and giving their ^
inimitable all-Beethoven cycle in Jnnior MaSCOt
the new auditorium of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. To Be Chosen
The authenticity, stylistic, pun- ^
ty and tonal beauty of their
playing is unchallenged in the' The Juniors are making plans
world today. Recent press re- to elect their mascot immedi-
views highly acclaims the Buda- ately after exams; it will be
pest String Quartet. Howard a girl four years old. Barbara
Taubman of the New York Cockerell, Eva Gary Davis, El-
Times said, “Music of irresisti- mira Stanford, and Mary Ruth
ble warmth irresistibly played." Matz have been appointed; to a
L. Biancolli, reviewer for the ' committee to work on the plans
Chicago Sun-Times, stated “The. for the selection of her.