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0hp ^ktrl A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE Volume No. 7 . Flora Macdonald College, January, 1959 No. 5 Semester Graduates Pursue Garners Every year about this time we find ourselves faced with the fact that some of our sieniors wUl be leaving us soon. This year the number of girls leaving us wUl be seven as they graduate at the end of the first semester. These lucky seven are Janice Gore, Lou- een Price, Thelma Sue Harrell, Dee Jordan, Rosalynde Gibson, Nancy Ritter, and Ann White. Two of these girls are already married and one of them plans to be married in February. Thelma Sue Harrell is a tiny blond with a light step and sparkl ing eyes. An English major, Thel ma Sue plans to live at home in Fairmont with her mother and commute to Fair Bluff where she plans to teach hi^ school Eng lish and French. While the rest of us will be struggling to make good grades this coming semes ter, Thelma Sue will be giving them to her students. Ann White, a quiet girl with a soft manner and brown hair' who transferrted to Flora Mac donald from Mars Hill College last year, plarw to live with her husband in Columbia, South Caro- Una. Ann, a primary education major, hopes to teach in Colum bia beginning with the fall term. At the time this paper went to press Janice Gore was still un decided as to definite plans for next semester. She does have one sure plan and that is to live with her husband in Tabor City, North CaroUna. Rosalynde Gibson, a tall and attractive day student from here in Red Springs, is an English major. As for the future Rosalyn de has no definite plans. Nancy Ritter, a history major from Pinehurst, North Carolina, is the little girl with the big plans. Nancy plans to be married on February 15. She and Egbert plan to live in Carthage where both will work. In September they plan to go to Bob Jones University, where Egbert, a pre-ministerial student, wiU finish the following June. Dee Jordan, a Home Economics major who haUs from Mullins, South Carolina, plans to wend her way to Myrtle Beach, South Caro lina, where she will teach English and typing -at the Myrtle Beach High School. In February, Dee wiU be the personal page for the State Regent of the D. A. R. at the state convention in Columbia. In March Dee plans to accompany her to the National convention in Washington, D. C. where she will serve again as a page. Loueen Price, a native of Liles- vUle, North Carolina, has major ed in the education for the gram- mer grades. She has obtained a teaching position in Parkton. We shall aU miss these girls. As they go we wish them all hap piness in the future. Flora Macdonald Holds The Great Conversation by Doris Hawse From coast to coast, from city to town, in Ubraries, schools, homes, “The Great Conversation” takes place twice a month among sales men, engineers, teachers, housewives, ministers, secretaries, and every other imaginable sort of people. Year before last, the faculty at FMC organized a First Year Group, inviting the towns people and faculty, and this year they are meeting as a Second Year Group in the same way. Ours is just one of the 1500 groups scattered over the land. As you may know, the purposes of these Uttle centers of reading and talk are several: to think independently, to apply what has been thought by the best minds of the past to our own day’s prob lems and ideas, to leam to give and take in free disctission, to read critically and intelligently. DR. WALTER R. COURTENAY y Brother’s Keeper?” The spiritual highUght of the,was pointed out that we have year at Flora Macdonald College faUed to keep this theme before two years readings: First Year: The Declaration of Indei>endence, Plato : Apology and; Crito, Aristotle: PoUtics, Plutarch: is Spiritual Enrichment Week. During the three days of this ac tivity, we students are confronted in a truly chaUenging way with the claims of Christ and the nec essity of total commitment to Him. Our S. E. W. this year is Febru ary 10-12, only three weeks away. The speaker is Dr. Walter R. Cowtenay of NashviUe, Tennessee. He was born in St. Thomas, On tario, Canada, in 1902, and re ceived his A. B. degree from MaryviUe College. He then went to Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received his Batchelor of Divinity; he has also done post graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and receiveiS his D. D. at CaroU CoUege. Dr. Courte ney has served pastorates in Can ada and Wisconsin; at the present time he is the minister of the First Presbyterian Church in us and have not emphasized it on campus. This fact was in itself an evidence of our complacency: we had chosen a C. A. theme which set before us the basic principles of Christ and then had forgotten it. What better or more inclusive theme could be chosen for renewed emphasis? Immedi ately the group agreed, and this theme, including the limits and liberties of the Christian Ufe and the question of whether we shaU conform or transform, was chosen as the theme for our S. E. W. Many activities have been plan ned to make the week even more me'aningful. The emphasis wiU be gin with Prayer Bands the week prior to S. E. W. at which tune the Prayer Band leaders wiU fo cus our attention upon the theme. Friday morning, three of the Cabinet members wUl conduct Chapel with their service being NashvUle, Tennessee. He is al- based on Carl Sandburg’s drar so the author of two books; inatic poem, “The People Will Lycurgus and Numa, The Gospel AU these auins are based on the St l^fittJiew 1^'arx 1 rr>. i.i_ ■«ir j.i» j It* j. „ , 1 i j 1 -n 1 .. i^ccoromg to oi. iviaiuiew, ivicua Paths Meet and I Live On. reading of selected Great Books , onH Fnp-is- tHa rfwnmimict Mani- L. „ one Hst per year of about fifteen ^ Comm^mist Mam U^hev^ But^,. That Sunday, the W F.. B S. note Decewiber 5 and 6, the Ca- U., and M. S, M. will base their a dec’ade or more; tl.ey are -S' Prayer Band lead- Vesper programs on the S. E. W. by the Great Books Foimdation, II ^ Lake.) emphasis. ‘Y~ a non-r>rf>fif orffaniVaHon founded ‘ Confusions, Swift; Ut this retreat, hours of prayer-1 Monday night, meditations will GuUiver’s Travels, Pascal: Pen-lfu] thought and discussion were I be held around the Rotunda at sees. Twain: Huckleberry Finn. I spent making plans which will ii:0O. It is time that we had un-( truly make this a week of spirit-1 Tuesday through Thursday, the for the purposes mentioned above. According to the foundation edu cation should not stop with a di ploma or a degree but should go on as long as life itself lasts. In our group, somewhere up to eight ecUTiest soiUs attend each —Thoreau common schools, that we did not leave off our education when we begin to be men and women. It is time that villages were univer sities, and their elder inhabitants meehng, not always the same universities people. At each session one per son leads the discussion, but is advised not to lecture or to imr pose his own views on the group. Rather, he tries to bring out the ideas of the others and to stimu late discussion. In this manner many interesting discussions have been brought about, and not al ways on the subject at hand; it acts as a springboard for leaps into aU directions, and such is the desire of the organization. Here are examples of the first News Briefs The electoral committee has been busily working on revis- iing our system of elections here lat Flora Macdonald College. They have submitted a definite ^lan to the Executive Commit tee for approval. Watch for these plans in the next issue of (Continued on Page 2) On Scott And Miss Bateman Reported Doing Well Two beloved persons which we here at Flora Macdonald have been missing lately are Dr. El eanor Scott, Professor of English, and Miss Ethd Bateman, Health and physical education teacher, who have both been away because of illness. Miss Bateman was in Scotland County Memorial Hospital during mid-semester. She is now at her home in Sumter, South Carolina, where she is reported to be re- cuperat i n g satisfactorily. Hter present" plans are to be back with us next semester. We will be so happy to have her with us again. We are also looking forward to the time when Dr. Scott can resume her former activities. Dur ing December she was also a patient in Scotland County Me morial Hospital. Dr. Scott is now at her home in Red Springs and her condition was described as: “She is doing very weU.” Perhaps, if Ulness serves no other purpose, it makes the friends who surround the sick person more aware of her importance to them in every day life. It causes them to realize how keenly her absence is felt by the group. The absence of these two people here on campus has brought this fact home to us. ual enrichment for us. Here at F.M.C., surrounded by the outward evidences of religion, we can so easily become com placent in our faith and mechanic al in the expre^ion of it. We be come conformed to the pattern of life arouiiid us, rather than transformed by a Life above us. We strive to be “good”, but haV- ing the wrong perspective of the Christian life, a careful look at oiU" motives for being “good” re veals that they are not in mony with Christ’s motives. Realizing these facts of ouf re ligious life at Flora MacdonsrW the Cabinet members and Pray er Band leaders sought to find a challenging and meaningful theme for S. E. W. — a theme which would confront us with the “real” religion which issues from a God-centered life — a theme which would show us that “good ness’’ is not the result of effort, but a by-product of a life lived on sudi a level that goodness is natural to it. Many themes were suggested but not one seemed to include the wide scope of needs which the group felt should be included. Everything that had been suggest ed dealt with our relationship to and responsibility for our brothers. Eomeone remarked that the ideas which had been present ed could be expressed in the words of the Christian Association theme "My Brother’s Keeper?” Immediately the group realized that that person had voiced the thoughts of all. As the discussion continued, it actual three days when Dr. Cour teney will be here, will begin with Morning Watch from 7:15- 7:30. Then at 10:00, Dr. Courteney wUl speak to us in Chapel. Ves pers will be held after supper, at which time Dr. Courtenay wUl again speak to us. After the Vespers service, buzz groups led by students wiU be held in the dining haU. These in formal discussion periods will give us a chance to discuss our ideas on Dr. Courtenay’s messages and ask any questions we might like to hear discussed. Dr. Courtenay wUl be avaUable to the buzz groups at this time. Private medi tations will be in Watkins from 10:30-11:00 on each of these nights. Thursday night wiU be the cli max of S.E.W. with the beauti ful and inspiring candlelight Com munion Service which follows Dr. Courtenay’s closing message. Friday morning, Chapel will be a period of silent, guided medi tation. During this time, we will each have a chance to crystallize in our minds the new insights in to the Christian life which we will have gained in the days of spiritual growth. Much prayerful thought has gone into the plans for this S. E. W. The Cabinet and Prayer Band leaders feel that it wUl be a very challenging experience; may we each be much in prayer for the speaker and those who work with him, that through their efforts we may be led to see Christ more clearly, love Him more dearly, and serve Him more nearly throughout each day.
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