A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
Vol. Ill
Red Springs. N. C.. May 25. 1955
No. 12
Seniors Anticipate Graduation Exercises
C o m m e nccment program at
Flora Macdonald College for
1955 will open with Alumnae
Day, Saturday, May 28. The busi
ness meeting will be held in
the auditorium, with the presi
dent, Miss Peggy Shinn of
Greensboro, presiding.
Highlight of the luncheon
program will be the presenta
tion of a portrait of the late
Reverend Sam Rankin of
Greensboro, by the Reverend A.
P. Dixon, pastor of Buffalo Pres
byterian Church in Greensboro.
Mr. Rankin was one of the pro
moters of the establishment of
Flora Macdonald College in Red
Springs.
Senior class exercises will be
held at 4:30, and the annual
Commencement Concert by stu
dents in the Conservatory of
Music at 8:15 in the evening will
close the day’s activities.
Senior Class has chosen as its
Baccalaureate speaker Dr. E. Lee
Sloffel, pastor of the first Church
in Charlotte. Dr. Stoffel is a na
tive of Bristol, Tennessee, and is
a graduate of King College of
that city. The University of
Tennessee, and Union Theolog
ical Seminary in Richmond, Vir
ginia. The Baccalaureate serv
ices will be held Sunday morn
ing. May 29 at 11 o’clock.
In the evening at seven-thirty,
Dr. Price H. Gwynn will conduct
Senior Vespers on the front
campus. This will be a Com
munion service.
Dr. Charles E. S. Kramer,
president of General Assem-
bley’s Training School, and Dr.
Stoffel’s immediate predecessor
as pastor of Charlotte’s First
Presbyterian Church, will con
duct the Commencement exer
cises. At the 10:30 service on
Monday, May 30, the Seniors will
receive their diplomas from Dr.
Woodson and Dr. Leslie Bullock
will present the Bibles.
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Scribblers Select, Initiate Members jStudents Fete
Students Receive
1955 Scholarships
Competitive Scholarship win
ners have been announced. There
are six of these scholarships
awarded each year by Flora Mc-
donald College. They are given
1o six girls who are the top in
the field of competitors. These
scholarships are based on a
combination of several items:
the high school record for the
girl, the recommendation of the
principal, the girl’s minister and
one other person, plus the re
sults of the standard tests which
are given here at the college.
This year there were forty-
nine finalists in the field. The
winners of the contest and hold
ers of the scholarships are Bev
erly Collier, 2319 Bay Street,
Charlotte $1200: Audrey Tucker,
Red Springs, $600; Rosalynde
“Chief Scribbler”, Shirley
Thornton, with the five other
new Scribblers, Carolyn Robin
son, Anita Gray Williamson, Sal-
lie Anne Munroe, Julia Naugle
and Martha White were tapped
Saturday night. May 21st. The
Scribblers, whose duty it is to
compose the write-ups about the
Seniors for the WHITE HEA
THER, are chosen each year by
the previous Scribblers.
The new staff dressed in hobo-
style and blindfolded, were led
to cars and taken to Rowland.
They were let out not far from
th home of Rev. and Mrs. George
Hock, the Presbyterian minister
at Rowland, and told to go to
the first house on the left and
ask for food. At Rev. Hock’s
home they were sent to find their | Conner At Dinner
CA Presents New Theme
“Lord, here I am —■ use me”
is; the theme chosen by the Chris-
tion Association for the year
1955-56. These words are also
the motto for the Christian As
sociation.
Mary McLean, president of the
association in introducing the
theme in a recent chapel pro
gram said, “As we live each day
let us become more sincere and
abounding in our love and f-'Jith
-r---, - - ,and faith and purity. Let us
Gibson, Red Springs, $600; Pa-,truly live each moment as
tricia Jo Jones, 1315 Mayfair daughters of the King in our
Road, Raleigh, $500; Geraldine {words and conduct and in our
dessert in the church belfrey
while Rev. and Mrs. Hock pre
pared a picnic supper for them.
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Bullock,
Ann McGirt, Kathleen Murchi
son, Sara Dudley, Kathryn Camp
bell, Betty Jo Gore, and Dot
Hamilton joined in the fun.
New Scribblers then enter
tained everyone by singing a
hobo song, having a potato race,
nd singing an Indian chant.
Then Rev. Hock also entertained
Vi'ith a ghost story.
After trying to think of single
descriptive words to fit situa
tions as training for their jobs
next year, they were taken back
to the staff room on Vardell II
to practice rolling their hair as
quickly as they could.
College Organizes
New Honor Society
Friday, May 13, 1955 was an
eventful day in the history of
Flora Macdonald College. The
first step in a long series of
"teps that could lead to the for
mation of a Phi Beta Kappa chap
ter on our campus was taken
when the Flora Macdonald Hon
or Society was formed.
The charter members of the
Honor Society were tapped at
an impressive service in chapel
at which Dr. Gwynn presided.
The charter members are Kath
leen Murchison, Faye Jenkins,
Betty Lou Lamb, Mary McCrack-
cn. Junior members are Gladys
McCain, Carolyn Robinson and
Emojean Womeldorf.
The F.M.C. Honor Society is
composed of students from the
Junior and Senior classes who
Lre chosen by the faculty. It’s
purpose is to recognize outstand
ing scholarship and worthy char
acter, and to encourage graduate
work. Membership is limited to
more than 10% of the Junior
class or 15% of the Senior class.
The constitution for the Socie
ty is the completion of two year’s
work by the faculty.
Thp .Junior with thf- highest
average is automatically presi
dent of the society and the Jun
ior having the second highest
average is secretary. The offi
cers of the Society for the year
1955-1956 are Emojean Womel
dorf, president and Gladys Mc
Cain, secretary.
Miss Virginia Conner, resident
nurse at Flora Macdonald, was
honored at a farewell dinner
given May 20 in the college din
ing room. She is leaving at the
end of this year.
Rev. Leon Hall, minister of
(he Red Springs Methodist
Church gave the blessing. Mary
Archie Brown, president of the
Student Body represented the
students in a speech of gratitude
and the presentation of a gift.
Dr. C. T. Johnson, college phy
sician, also spoke of Miss Con
ner’s service to the school.
Betty Jo Hatcher recognized
the other teachers who are leav
ing at the end of this year.
Campus Store To Open
Operated by the Student Coun
cil next year will be a store con
taining essential items. The store
will be located in a convenient
place on the campus so fewer
trips to town will have to be
made.
No definite place has been de
cided upon yet. It will benefit
the Student Body and the pro
fits will be put in a separate fund
lo buy a gift for the students.
The store may be operated on
the honor system but plans to
that effect are not definite.
Matthews, Ervin, $500; Margar
et Guinn, 1021 Waughtown, Win
ston-Salem, $500.
The committee selecting the
winners was composed of Di'.
Price Gwynn, Dr. Charles Var-
de!I, and Mr. Roger Decker.
love and faith and purity. Then
we as young people can say.
‘Lord Here I Am — Use Me!’ ”
Theme poem for the year is
‘Every Youth” by Mary S. Ed
gar. I Timothy 4:12 is the theme
verse and hymn is “Now in the
Days of Youth.”
Seniors To Cap Juniors
Capping service will be held
May 28 in the auditorium at 4:30
p.m. Dressed in their caps and
gowns the Seniors will march
in side by side with the Juniors,
who will be dressed in white.
The classes will sit on opposite
sides of the auditorium.
Mascots will cap each other
and the the Seniors will cap
the Juniors in alphabetic order.
A gift will be presented to the
college. The class poem written
by Dot Hamilton, and the his
tory, written by Catherine Camp
bell, will be read.
Kathleen Murchison will read
the Last Will and Testament,
and Billie Jean Addor and
Symptoms Of Exam Week Appear
by Rosa Moore
Worried glances, haggard
faces, windbreakers and skirts,
notes hurriedly scanned at break
fast—all signs of “Exam Week,”
when students meet their “Wat
erloo”, for it is essential that
they pass them.
Tension is high, nerves are
as taunt as the strings of a violin
bow. There is a feeling of utter
stupidity as the student enters
the room Where the examination
is- being given. Then one an
swer is remembered and almost
automatically, the others come.
As the questions are answered,
the tension is released. One ex-
sm over! After a quick swim
Frances Dudley will read the | in the pool, the students is al-
Class Prophecy. Students, fac- most completely relaxed,
lilty, friends, and relatives are The above is typical of any
invited lo attend. student during Exam Week.
The tension is not so much the
result of late hours spent in
studying as it is the fear of for
getting that which he straggled
to acquire. On the other hand,
if the student hasn’t studied or
reviewed the material, there is
worry over his laxity and anxi
ety over whether or not he can
remember enough to pass. The
tension of “Exam Week” is good.
It’s release shows the results
of an ambitious student’s study;
or the lack of ambition in an
other.
Exam Week does not consist
of written examinations only.
During that week your entire
personality — mental, physical,
and spiritual — takes the most
difficult exam of all •— that of
doing your best, yet remaining
level-headed and agreeable un
der pressure.