A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF PRESBYTERIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE
VOLUME 6 THE SANDSPUR, MAXTON, N. C., FEBRUARY, 1954 , NUMBER 5
Phi Theta Kappa Installs New Members
FRED CURRIE
Dormitory Work
Progressing Rapidly
Before very much longer the
dormitory students will be en
joying comforts in their rooms
heretofore almost unheard of.
Plans thus far include a large
number of improvements. In each
of the rooms will be installed two
study tables and chairs, two
cfiests of drawers, and Venetian
blinds for the windows. Rubber
tile will be placed on the floor,
and new doors with the new
“automatic lock” system will be
put in every room. Doors will
also be hung on the two closets
inside the rooms.
The rooms will be painted a
variety of colors and all ceilings
will be white. Rubber tile will be
placed on the floor of the halls
also.
The lounge has already been
paneled with “knotty pine” and
has a shellacked finish. More new
chairs and furniture will be plac
ed in the room also.
The upstairs floor will not re
ceive quite as much new furni
ture as the downstairs, but the
best of the old furniture will be
put in the rooms on that floor
and as much new furniture as is
Mr. Crabtree, Mr. James, and
the Committee that has been
working with them deserve much
credit. They have spent long
hours planning these improve
ments and trying to secure the
best possible furniture, etc. To
them we owe a great deal of gra
titude. I feel sure that the best
means for us to show our appre
ciation is to take .good care of
furniture after it has been in
stalled. The committee will feel
that if we respect the improve
ments by taking care of them,
then we appreciate them.'
Let us all cooperate in all pos
sible ways, both while the im
provements are being made and
after they have been made. All ol
this work didn’t have to be done,
but it is being done for our com
fort and convenience and for
others who will come to PJC
later.
Sincerely, Charles Keels, Pres
ident of Student Body.
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Visiting Speakers
Heard In Chapel
During the past two weeks, we
have been fortunate in having
four very interesting speakers at
the Chapel services.
On Saturday morning, Febru
ary 6, Dr. S. D. Winn of Decatur,
•-Georgia, a returned misisonary
from Korea, revealed some of his
interesting experiences in Korea
and of his work at Fort Benning,
Georgia.
On Monday morning, February
8, Dr. D. D. Holt, Executive Di
rector of the Wesley Foundation
of North Carolina, gave a very
inspirational talk on the fact that
each person plays a significant
role in a very wonderful world.
On the following day, Dr. W.
W. Arrowood of Lumberton, N. C.
retold the story of David. He ap
plied David’s slaying of Goliath
to our overcoming spiritual giants
of today.
On Tuesday, February 16, Rev.
As It Happens
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Bill Hollenbeck
Warm weather has returned!
Spring is here and the young
man’s fancy gently turns. . .and
slaps him across the pan with
her bared claws, or so say the
philosophers who visit the dainty
demoiselles. With spring, come
the flowers and honey bees. Well,
at least the honey bees are a-
round. It has been reported that
their Communist principles are
breaking down since they have
become -affiliated with trees in
front of the library. It seems that
I they soak up too much book
I learning in that position. Of
course, that makes the queen
very angry since aiey caii oaiy
carry a portion of the original
load on honey and beeswax with
all that heavy knowledge in their
craniums.
Spring has taken its toll from
the PJC ranks. Everytime one
walks down the hall, he is sere
naded by a series of sonorour
snores.
The coffee shop has reopened
and once more the dark brown
liquid flows freely. Over the
floor when somebody joggles your
arm that is. With the manager.
Horserace, demanding 10c per
dixie cup it is far from free that,
however, does not cut consump
tion' (how did a disease get in
here) for anyone going by during
chapel can see members of the
Vets’ Club such as Recur and In-
erjoy busily serving professors
and students alike. But who wants
to eat profs, and students, you
ask. All right, you win. Who does
Strange things are happening!
This worthy was under the im
pression that, though he had not
heard and' seen entirely every
thing, there were some limits to
what he didn’t know. But when a
carload of girls drives up in front
of the Dorm and asks for Duncan
Haws. . .? those two that he had
preoccupied at F. Mac. sure mul
tiplied (or was it divided) fast.
To climax all this trivia, one
Sondawg has gotten himself a
car. That probably explains all
the roars and crashes around the
campus lately. Think back care
fully! When was the last time
that you heard the scraping of a
little paint.
M. C. Boling of Lumber Bridge
and Philadelphus, N. C. spoke on
the very important topic “Living”.
These talks have been most
beneficial and interesiting to all
of us.
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“Oh, here’s the place Mother
told me to stay away from — I
thought we’d never find it.”
High School Day
To Be Held April 10
High School Day for the up- |
per-class students of neighboring
high schools will be held at PJC
on Saturday, April 10. The object
of this observance, which is tra
ditional in the college program,
is to interest high-school students
in PJC and to give them an op
portunity of seeing the life of the
campus firsthand.
Some of our student-body will
be on hand to register the visi
tors and to give them name-tags
as they arrive. A chapel program
is arranged with special music,
singing and other attractions. An
exhibition is on display in each
laboratory, and the classroom of
each department is opened to any
visitors interested. Members of
our student-body will conduct
parties of the visitors around the
campus, through the administra
tion building and the dormitory.
Luncheon will follow in the
cafeteria, with speeches from the
President of the College and
members of the Faculty, and stu-
body, and the observance will
conclude with the ball game ar
ranged by Coach Harding for that
day.
High iSchoui'.r: pi.tdeiils ilseli
as a challenge to ^ill of us in PJC,
students, faculty and staff alike,
to ‘show off’ our college to its
best advantage. It is an oppor
tunity of public relationship, of
obvious and real value to the col
lege, and we ought all to be on
the job that day to give a good
account of ourselves only when
all take a share in its responsi
bility, and if they do so, it is
bound to be a successful occasion.
Mr. Edward Loughnan is chair
man of the occasion with an able
committee to assist him. Let us
all plan to get in there and do
our share!
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File Selective
Service Teat
Application Now
All eligible students who in
tend to take the Selective Service
College Qualification Test in 1954
should file applications at once
for the April 22 administration.
Selective Service National Head
quarters advised today.
An application, and a bulletin
of information may be obtained
■at any Selective Service local
board. Following instructions in
the bulletin, the student should
fill out his application imme
diately and mail it in the special
envelope provided. Applications
must be postmarked no later than
midnight, March 8, 1954. Early
filing will be greatly to the stu
dent’s advantage.
Results will be reported to the
student’s Selective Service local
board of jurisdiHion for use in
considering his deferment as a
student, accordin'? to Educational
Testing Service, which prepares
and administers the College Qual
ification Test.
Housemother at FMC: Young
man, we turn the lights off a-
round here at 10:00.
Bobby Morris: That’s okay,
Ma’am, we won’t be reading.
EUGENE WRIGHT
Week Of Religious
Emphasis Held
J. E. Anderson To Speak
J. Eade Anderson of Gastonia,
North Carolina will be the guest
speaker during the Religious
Emphasis Week which will begin
February 22. He will speak each
morning at 9:40, and on the ev
enings of Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday at 7:30.
Mr. Anderson is a graduate of
Davidson College, Columbia Sem
inary, and has just recently re-
turmd fr-om l^d-in'boro'ag'b,
land, where he has been doing
graduate work. He was the Ra
dio Evangelist of the Presbyter
ian Church in North Carolina for
the month of February. He is a
Navy veteran of World War II.
Mr. Anderson is- a dynamic
speaker and has had considerable
experience in working with the
young people of our church. He
is now a candidate for missionary
work in Brazil.
The general public as well as
all members of the student body
are cordially invited to attend all
services.
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Glee Club Begins
Spring Concerts
On February 14, 1954, Race Re
lations Sunday, the PJC Glee
Club sang at the Saint George
Methodist Church in Maxton. The
Club did a splendid job of “Ave
Maria”, “Evening,” “Now, Let
Every Tongue Adore Thee,” “Che-
rubium Song”, and “Salvation
Belongth to Our God.” Miss I.
Ruth Martin, dean of Women at
Pembroke, gave the address of
the evening. The fellowship and
singing were enjoyed by all.
The Club plans to give a per
formance in the Highland Pres
byterian Church in Fayetteville,
on February 28.
The Club obtained seven new
members at the beginning of the
semester — making a total of
thirty-two members.
The new members and their
section are as follows: Baritones;
Harold Bishop, Lewis Briley, Dick
Stallings, George Hutchins. Bass:
Jim Barksdale, Judge Johnson.
The club was also fortunate as
to get a good organist — Dick
Stallings.
The club is now looking for
ward to the time when it can
start touring with its full sche
dule.
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Sign on a typical PJC classroom
desk: ABE LINCOLN SAT HERE!
On Monday, February 8, the
members of the Zeta Upsilon
chapter of Phi Theta Kappa met
aijd approved two students for
membership. Eugene Currie and
Eugene Wright were elected to be
installed as members. These stu
dents have met the requirements
for membership which are as fol
lows: 1. The student must have
completed at least one semester
in the college division. 2. He must
carry at least fifteen hours per
week. 3. He must be of good mo
ral character and possess recog
nized qualities of citizenship as
judged by the faculty committee
and active members. 4. At the
time oX election >ie ruusl be in
the upper scholastic ten per cent
of the regularly enrolled student
body of the college division. Eli
gibility shall be based on the av
erage of all college work in the
college division previous to elec
tion. 5. To maintain active mem
bership a student must carry at
least fifteen hours a term or se
mester and must at the end of
any given term or semester have
a grade point rates of 2 which is
a “B”. Each member is entitled
to wear the official emblem of the
society immediately after initia
tion.
Phi Theta Kappa is a nationally
recognized honorary scholarship,
to develop character and to cul
tivate fellowship among students.
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SCA Has Service
At Maxton Church
On February 21, at the regular
7:30 evening service at the Max
ton Presbyterian Church, the PJC
Student Christian Association was
in charge of the program. The
serivce was planned to comme
morate Founder’s Day at PJC.
The program consisted of the
following: Organ Prelude, Dick
Stallings; Call to Worship and
Invocation, Bob McCain; Hymn;
Presentation of Tithes and Of
ferings, David Candler and Dun
can Shaw; Hymn; Scripture Read
ing, Henry Hammond; Prayer,
Robert Tolar; Talk by Elinos
Whitlock; Talk by George Hut
chins; Talk by Ola Forbes; Hymn;
Dismissal, Bob McCain; Postlude,
Dick Stallings.
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The boy had been having a
little trouble with his studies in
Social Science and he lifted his
head from his books to ask, “Pa
pa, what is it they call a person
who brings you into contact with
the world and things?” Without
lifting his rosy nose from the
paper, the father replied prompt
ly, “A bartender, son.”