THE SANDSPUR
THE S&NDSPUR
ypLUME 1, NUMBER 1
SEPTEMBER, 1948
Application made to be entered as second class “^^on-
at the Post Office, Maxton, North Carolina, under Act
gnress Aurust 24, 1912. Published Monthly (9 time a year) ^ .
^ent Body of Presbyterian Junior College for the Alumni Associa-
ti«D.
A Sermonette
Whatrton To Lead
Maa^ton Book Club
By THE REV. CHARLES PARKISH
-THE STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
BUSINESS MANAGER
SPORTS
Gene Lehman
- Jimmy Elliott
“As the lion ... so will Jehov
ah of Host.” Isaiah 31:4
Read Isaiah 31 ...
Dr. George Adam Smith, in
commenting on this passage .gives
us more illumination than any
thing the writer could suggest.
“God Himself appears in provi-
“God Himsell appeal a m
dences more lion-like than shep-when providence
tha sav- as men that a.
Bob Hazard, Johnny Wolfe
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Bob Kay, Ken Ramsey, How
ell Sharpe, Pruden Gravely, Bill Marsh, Jerry Parrish,
James I. Yates.
FACULTY ADVISORS -
Mrs. R. E. Hellekson
Professor Thomas Hal
WELCOME TO THE STUDENTS BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
MAXTON.—^A Book of the Week
Club will be organized on Friday,
November 8 at 8 p. m. in the
library of Presbyterian Junior Col-
lege as a community service project
X for students and the interested pub-
then it i£' far the best f ^ discuss great books under the
he slay me, yet will I trust Him;
and, after all, it is safer to rely
on the mercies of God, lionlike
though they be, than on the wea*t
benevolences and officious pities
of the best human advisers. ‘Thy
will be done’ — let perfect rev
erence teach us to feel this, even
3ems 3S savage
Everything you see at Presbyterian Junior College
is here for you young people. You are to use it, (?
course, not abuse it. This campus, those buildings, this
equipment has been put here by the people of the Presby
terian Church and other friends of Christian education for
YOU. We want you to feel at home. We want you to real
ize you belong. We want you to make the most of your
educational opportunity.
The aim of Presbyterian Junior College_ is the de
velopment of each student. Each one of
mount importance. Each has been endowed by God with
certain talents of body, mind, and character. Your busi
ness at college is to use your time and your talents so as
to make as much progress as possible ^ward worthwhile
-oals Some of you have not yet decided upon youi
AKjcations College is a good place to find youiself and
to ZZe your fifld of interest. All of us need genera
knowledge, skills and increased understanding. Life is
not only in doing things but in being something a w
balanced and effective personality.
Christian education grows out of personal Chris
tian experience. When a^ person accepts God s covenant
nromises for himself and becomes a child of God he start
out u^n the Christian life. He wants to grow into a better
andTore useful life. He wants to become increasingly
kTn^of person God would have him be. Education is
jSst one of the means by which one grows in grace and fits
himself for a life of service to his fellow man.
Christian education is of much
S'8* ine“ which" Srthe'cSege' possible 'it ^atl
ahead.
A Welcome From President
Of P. J. C. Student Body
«
As President of the Student Body, I deem it a
pleasure to welcome you to the 1948-49 session. I feel that
we have an opportunity to make this year the best in the
history of the school. In order to accomplish this, the
full cooperation of the student body will be necessary,
hope to see a healthy school spirit prevailing on the cam-
Dus. The college is only as strong as the administration,
faculty, and the student body. We are all on the same
team and we should work for the betterment of this insti
tution. The Student Council is organized for the welfare
of the students, and if at any time this body can be ot
assistance, do not hesitate to consult us.
herdly.. He grasps with the sav-
a^e paw of death someone who is
as dear to us as that city was to
Isaiah. He rends our body or soul
or estate. Our friends and our
thoughts gather round the cruel
bereavement or disaster with rem
onstrance or complaint. Our
hearts cry out, doing like shep
herds, their best to scare by pray
er and cries the fore they are too
weak to kill.
We all know the scene, and how
shabby and mean that mob of hu
man remonstrances look in the
face of the great Foe, majestic
though inarticulate, which with
Iprey All we can say in such times
sullen persiftane carries off its
that if it is God who is the hon.
II pi
as men that day thought Gods
will towards Jerusalem.’
One is really close to the heart
lieves that God’s grace is per-
of God when he realizes, or be-
sistently working, even in tragedy
or sorrow. Some of the real deep
er meanings of life open up for
us when we face the harder
things that happen to men with
an eye of faith and a willingness-
to see God’s hand at work-
Jesus warned his followers that
b'uffering and tragedy were ahead
of them but he also promised that
he would be with them even untc
the end.. Never let us be, prone
to curse Providence for it is nec
essary for God at times to be lion-
like in his dealing with us.
$IDETRAC
lie to discuss great books under the
leadership of Dr. Robert L. Whar
ton of the college faculty. Each
Friday thereafter the plan is to
consider for one hour such books
as Don Quixote, Pilgrims Progress,
Paradise Lost, and Heroes and
Hero Worship Fiction, essays and
historical texts will be included.
People of Maxton and adjacent
communities are invited to join.
There will be no charges. Students
may receive one semester hours
credit from the series of lecture
discussions. No books will be for
sale. The purpose of the seiies of
studies is to stimulate an apprecia-
tiori of the importance of g^ood
books as a factor in the formation
of life and character.
Dr. Wharton, who will lead the
discussion group, was °
La Progressiva Collegio in Caiden
L Cuba, and for thirty years at^
nresident. He organized the tirst
Mil Hombres or Thousand Man
Club in Cuba. This organization
spread to over forty towns and
Cities in Cuba and to other Spanish
American countries
streets, built water works, and tos-
;ered other civic improvements In
"Don't worry, the train will Slop • I ouorontee everv ticket I selll'*^
Cancer Interest l ags SuppOrt Thc Sandspur
Nearly 13 per cet of the pres'snt
population will die of cancer if
:>nq ‘anui^uoo m^ap ^uasajd
less than one per cent of the peo
ple in the U. S. have joined the
American Cancer Society.
Music Tops Cancer
The American public spent
$165,000,000 for phonograph rec-
oids in 1947, but only $12,126,8.5
waf-' given the American Cancer
Society to fight cancer.
About one-third of those who die
ot cancer could have been cured
had adequate treatment being
started in time.
BylDIcklShClw'rrognulon o^Vhis'work tlj^^Cuban
■ _«.!Government presented a medal to
Dr Wharton. Dr. Wharton is a
native North Carolinian educa ed
at Davidson College and Union
Theological Seminary in Virginia.
He brought a group of young
Cuban students to Presbyterian
Junior College Summer School m
1946 and 1947 to study English
while he taught Spanish. I^ast year
he taught at Queens College and
nas now become a regular faculty
member at Presbyterian Jumor
college.
PrcsbytciTiftri ChiiFcli
At Maxton To Be
Remodeled Shortly
At a congregational, meeting
:held following the corning serv-
irpc.' at the First Presbyteii;»n
church the subjcct ^
the church was considered. The
congregation voted* unanimous y
traccept a plan for renovation as
it was presented by the building
ma..d th.t m, co.t Of
.rusr;
l.ll.. a.cWteot ana M. mad.
.ludy ot Ihe oBirel'
i Plans call for complete lecon
Istruction of the "
jt!im. a new heating p . ^-hurch
organ, previously given the churcn
jand other improvements.
(ancer Funds Inadequate
cancer x «ik219 000 avail-
There was only .Slb,/i». ,
able from private
sources for cancer I’es^'ar^ 1
This amounts to les= than
year.
$30 per known case-
Support The Sandspur
Building Funds Badly Needed
On July 29th, at a meeting of a Committee appoint
ed by the Trustees, action was taken approving an eWort
to secure $50,000 in gifts from friends of Christian Edu
cation to complete the building program.
ed at once for some pressing renovations. Our dormito
needs to have the shower rooms relocated because
ness has caused such deterioration to the wood ^
that temporary props have been necessary. ^
of concrete construction will contain the .
?ooms This is a critical need which will require aoout
$10,000. Our Chemistry Deprtment is haxang to ma
time until the new dormitory is completed We h^^
to stop work on it because the building funds ,
a°l uSl up. Our hope is that many Presbyterian Fr>em s
dl ovTr the Synod can send us gifts wh.ch will perm.l
this work to go on.
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