A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF PRESBYTERIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE
VOLUME 6
THE SANDSPUR, MAXTON, N. C., NOVEMBER, 1953
NUMBER 3
Freshmen Officers
Are Elected
On Thursday, November 5, the
freshman class held a meeting lor
the purpose of electing class of
ficers.
The following very capable
persons were chosen for officers:
Bob Morris, president; William
Warwick, vice president; and
Mrs. Betty English, secretary and
treasurer.
To be eligible for student body
office a student must have the
following qualilications:
a) He must attain at least a C
average, or better, with no grade
below a D, or no less than 15 cre
dit hours during his preceding
semester at P.JC.
b) If an officer goes on aca
demic probation, he must relin
quish his office.
c) The C average shall be in
terpreted on the basis of quality
points.
Those who were eligible for
office were: Thomas Caddell,
Fred Currie, Betty English, Bob
by Morris, Hattie McNellis, Patsy
Purcell, Williar^i Warwick, and
Eugene Wright
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Dean’s List
Announced
PJC Quartet Sings
At Lumberton
The students whose names are
given below were eligible for the
Dean’s List for the first six weeks
of the semester. To be eligible
for this list, a student must have
an average of B, with no grade
below a C, on fifteen hours of
college work or the high school
equivalent. *
W. B. Blue, Carthage, N. C.,
Fred H. Currie, Fayetteville, N.
C., Charles Edgar, Collinswood,
N. J., Ola Forbes, Princeton, N.
J., W. J. Hollenbeck, Fort Bragg,
N. C., T. J. Kempton, Richmond,
Va., M. L. Langley, Portsmouth,
Va., W. N. Matheson, Cheraw, S.
C., R. L. McCain, Waxhaw, N. C.,
J. L. Newton, Gibson, N. C., J.
M. Patterson, Maxtonn N. C., E.
A. Whitlock, Floyd, Va.
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VETERANS TO OPEN
COFFEE SHOP
For one of their projects this
year, The Veterans Club is going
to open a Coffee Shop in the
basement of the Administration
building. They have cleaned and
painted the room in back of the
Student Store. They will sell hot
coffee and doughnuts. President
Bill Lee says that all that is
holding them up now is a coffee
urn which they have ordered. We
wish the vetei ans lots of luck
and hope they make loads of
money (as well as good coffee).
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A young college lad sent this
letter to his father.
“Dear Dad,
Gue$$ what I need mo$t of all.
That$ right. $end it along.
Be$t wi$he$.
Your $on Bill.”
The father replied:
“Dear Bill,
Nothing ever happens here.
Write aNOther letter a NOn.
NOw we have to say good-by.
Dad.”
The sfecond Sunday evening in
October was college night at the
First Presbyttrian Church in
Lumberton.
The program was in charge of
Mr. Koesy. Speakers for service
were Miss Nancy Bell from FMC
and Ola Forbes and Bill Hollen
beck who gave testimonials on
what the Christian Faith has
meant to them. Special music was
furnished by the double quar
tette from PJC and a quartette
from FMC. The speakers and hu-
sic were alternated.
The program was as follows:
Thex Invocation, scripture, pray
er and introductions by Mr.
Koesy. The Master’s Touch, Miss
Bell. The FMC quartette. Bill
Hollenbeck. The PJC quartette.
Ola Forbes. Benediction Mr.
■Koesy. Choral Response, PJC
Quartette.
The entire program was well
received.
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Presbyterian Choir
Plans Christmas
Program Dec. 13tli
On Sunday evening, December
13, the chancel choir of the Max-
ton Presbyterian Church will
sing a program of Christmas mu
sic. The choir will be und^ the
direction of Mr. Crabtree and
Mrs. R. M. Williams of Maxton
will be organist. Soloists for the
occasion will include Robert To
lar of PJC and Mrs. R. D. Croom
of Maxton. The Rev. Charles
Donnel, pastor of the church, will
act as narrator as the story of the
birth of Christ is told in Scrip
ture and music.
Mosl of the music Will repre
sent the traditional and beloved
carols of America and Europe.
However, a number of lessor
known selections have been pro
grammed, among them the works
of Bach and Pergolesi.
The choir is a volunteer choir
composed of members of the
church and several boys from
Presbyterian Junior College. A-
mong the college students parti
cipating in the program are Rob
ert Tolar, Eddie LaMotte and
Charles Edgar. Other college stu
dents interested in joining the
organization are asked to see Mr.
Crabtree concerning membership.
Last year, ten students were re
gular members.
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RUMORS FLY:
HOLIDAY DUE?
Glee Club Sings
December 11th
On December 11, the College
Glee Club, under the direction of
Mr. Crabtree, will present a con-,
cert of music appropriate to the
Christmas season. The concert
will be held in the college audi
torium and accompanists for the
club will be David Candler and
Howard Watts. Also, featured on
the program will be a double
quintet made up of members of
the club. This group has already
performed in Lumberton, Max
ton, and Rockingham and audi
ence reaction has been warmly
appreciative.
Although designed primarily as
a Christmas program, the pieces
to be sung that evening represent
not only traditional and beloved
seasonal selections but songs from
the wide repertory of music both
sacred and secular for men’s
voices. Arcadelt, Palestrina, Bach,
Tchesnokov, Bortniansky, and
Brahms are among the compos
ers represented! A group of folk
songs of Englanvl, Germany, Fin-
a.vo a.leo
grammed.
Reorganized ;/his year under
the direction of ^r. Crabtree, the
glee club has frown into one of
the largest and most active of
campus organizations. Its ' mem
bership of twenty-five voices in
cludes both campus and day stu
dents. Included among its officers
are Robert Tolar, president;
Charlie Keels, vice president; Bill
McLaurin, secretary; and Elinos
Whitlock, librarian.
Phi Theta Kappa Keys Awarded
Left to right: LaMotte, Patterson, McCain, and Hollenbeck.
Alumni News
New Face Adopted
For The SANDSPUR
Usually reliable sources have
reported to the SANDSPUR that
those now in thralldom at PJC
may be temporarily emancipated
for a few days. These sources,
which cannot be named, say that
classes will be dismissed at 2:00
on Wednesday, November 25, and
will not be resumed until Mon
day, November 30, at 8:00.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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“What kind of a roommate
have you got?”
“Well, last night he hit his
knee on a chair and said, ‘Oh,
the perversity of inanmite ob
jects.’ ”
Probably eveiyone noticed that
the October issue of THE SAND
SPUR had a new face. It was
printed on the October issue on
trial, and since everyone seemed
to like it, THE SANDSPUR
Staff adopted it as the official
SANDSPUR face. The new face
will appear on all other issues
during the school year of 1953-
54.
For this new face, we are in
debted to David Chandler, a
freshman member of the SAND
SPUR Staff, for it was through
his efforts entirely that this new
face was created. At the first
meeting of the staff, someone
suggested that a new and more
attractive face be designed and
placed on the front of the paper.
David volunteered immediately
for the task and began working
on the project. After making one
unsuccessful attempt, he design
ed the face which now appears on
THE SANDSPUR.
The lettering on the face was
done free-hand in German script.
The steeple drawing, .which was
reproduced from a smaller draw
ing that appeared on the old
SANDSPUR, was also done free
hand.
THE SANDSPUR Staff is
grateful to David for his splendid
art contrbiution.
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Freshman: “May I kiss you?”
Co-ed: “Jeepers! Another am
ateur!”
If any readers have informa
tion on alumni, we would be very
-to lA.e'-ve
“Doc” and Hazel Allen are at
Davidson this year.
John Burris is in the Air Force
in San Antonio.
George Carter is with “Uncle”
at Ft. Jackson.
Frank Crawford has gone to
State. '
Fred Fish is a manager for the
Tar Heels.
Joe Knox is at High Point Col
lege.
Billy Myatt leaves civilian life
this week.
Cliff McLeod has entered Wake
Forest.
Louis Atkinson is in Germany.
Jimniy Bellamy has gone to
ASTC at Boone.
Big Jim Johnson is managing
Fort Jackson.
Katherine Biles is studying at
W.C.
Guido Morell now lives at PC.
Jim Northington is finally in
the army.
Bill McCain is serving “Uncle
Sam” at Ft. Jackson.
Lee Frierson is at PC.
Guy Misenheimer is at PC.
Country McCall, Ed Richard
son, Mac Comei, Reese Mclnnis,
William Johnson, Jim Fields are
all at N. C. State.
Radio Club Serves
Public Relations
Of College
The Radio Club of PJC pre
sents a fifteen minute program
every Sunday at 12 noon, over
WEWO at Laui inburg. This pro
gram is taped and relayed to the
radio stations at Fairmont and
Lumberton, after which accord
ing to present arrangements it is
to be further relayed to stations
centering about Rockingham and
Fayetteville.
The purpose of this program is
to keep PJC before the attention
of the public in this section of
the State. This is obviously a
wide-open assignment, and any
thing reputable can go into such
a program. The Radio Club will
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On October 5, the members of
Phi Theta Kappa, our Junior Col
lege honorary scholastic society,
were awarded their keys. Mr.
Crabtree jnade a short talk on
tVie ci\ia\iiicati.or\.s Tvoci«as6o.ry lox
memberslriip in th.e society. Then
the members wore asked to come
forward and were presented with
their keys.
On each key there are the
Greek letters Phi, Theta, and
Kappa which signify Wisdom,
Aspiration and Purity. The badge
stands as a symbol for the high
idealism of the organization. The
objects of the society are the de
velopment of character, the pro
motion of scholarship, and the
cultivation of fellowship among
students.
These students had been se
lected for membership by the
Admissions and Graduation board
and initiated into the society in
September. We hope that many
of the student body will avail
themselves and become members
of this organization.
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As It Happens
By Bill Hollenbeck
This morning (as every other
morning), the author awoke with
the strangle screaming cry of the
Whitlock ringing in his ears. Of
course everyone knows what the
cry of Whitlock is. It goes like
this: quote “Get up Frankieeeeee
(gasp eeeeeee.’', unquote. Now
that we have disposed of that
problem, let us turn our minds
to serious (?) matters.
Matter number 1. George Chin-
shut has lost his don’t — you —^
say — it — before — ladies. He
apparently recovered them after
a heated chase somewhere or oth
er. Anyway, he found them when
he got back. If it was a little late,
we might say that it was a result
of Rat Week.
By the way, since we are talk
ing about Rat Week, did anyone
notice that big beautiful, shiny,
oil tank that was entombed at the
time? Anyway, a couple of days
later, the furnace turned green.
Someone foimd a drowned Rat
in the fuel supply.
Now, howeve?, it is time to get
back to the real, hot news of the
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