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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUiME 1
RED SPRINGS, N. C., MARCH 17, 1953
NUMBER 5
Around The World
And Back
With ELLEN WILLIAMS
Stalin’s successor, Georgy M.
Malenkov, is fifty-one years old,
five feet seven inches and weighs
two hundred and fifty pounds.
Malenkov has a round, pale, flab
by face and cold, dark eyes. He
is a hard worker and can go for
days without sleep. Malenkov for
the past thirty years has been ris
ing in power and position for the
exalted title of Premeir of the
Soviet Union.
Student Body Ejections Held
Andrei Y. Vishinsky has been
shifted from his post as foreign
minister of the Soviet Union to
Chief U. N. delegate. Molotov is
now Foreign Minister of the Soviet
Union.
The r/ver .port city of Wilming
ton has suffered the worst fi?e in
the history of North Carolina. The
lire occurred* in the warehouse
district and damages are estimated
at over 10 million dollars.
David J. McDonald followed in
his late teacher’s footsteps, Philip
Murray, when he was elected
President of the United Steel
Workers.
The army has called for 53,000
draftees for the month of May.
This is the total number for Feb
ruary, March, and April. Since
last May, the Marines, Navy, and
Air Force have depended on vol
unteers while the Army has taken
men from selective service.
Two Soviet MIG jets’ cannon-
fire downed a four-engine British
bomber March 12. The Soviet
planes made their attack above
the Elbe Valley at the East-West
frontier of Germany. Of the seven
crewmen, six were ' killed. This
heightened ' the East-West tension
even more because on March 11th
two Czechoslovak fighter pilots,
brothers-in-arms of the Eusslan
airmen, destroyed a U. S. Thun-
derjet. The British have demand
ed that the Soviet Union punish
those responsible for the probable
deliberaite attack on the British
bomber. Some think that this is
a means by which the Soviet
Union can show its toughness apd
Malenkov’s power.
Marshal Tito will arrive in
London March 16 for a six-day
stay. During that time the Yugo
slav Communist leader had high-
level policy talks with British
leaders and was entertained both
by the Queen and by officials at
dinners.
ON THE SICK LIST
Everyone has missed seeing
Shirley Dabbs for the last few
weeks. Shirley underwent an op
eration about three weeks ago,
and the last news report was that
she was still in the hospital in
Lexington. When one is sick,
cards are always welcome! Her
address is: Box 150, Lexington,
North Carolina. Hope it will not
be too long before Shirley’s face
will be seen around the halls
again.
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LITTLE SERMON
Seest thou a man dilisrent in
his business? He shall stand
before kings.
Proverbs 22:29
William Bartram
Society Stresses
Atomic Science
You have probably already
seen the excellent display of pic
tures concerning atomic weapons
and materials down in East hall.
These pictures were secured and
posted for the benefit of th cam
pus by "the William Bartram Scien
tific Society. One picture in par
ticular so clearly presents the ef
fects an atomic explosion can have
on the human body.
On Tuesday night, March 24th
at 7:00 p. m. in Epsilon Chi Hall
the William Bartram Scientific
Society will present a two-act ed
ucational play entitled, “This
Could Happen to You.” The cen
tral idea behind this skit is to
demonstrate the effects of an
atomic blast, what to do for pro
tection during such an attack, and
the after effects of such an explo
sion. Very few people really know
the dangers behind the explosion
of an Atomic Bomb. Since Fort
Bragg is so very important as a
military base, each and every
person in this student body could
gain something very helpful from
this skit.
So, mark Tuesday, March 24th
at 7:00 p. m. up on your calendar
and be present in Epsilon Chi at
that time.
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Further Plans Made
For Prayer Chapel
In connection with the prayer
chapel to be built on our campus
during the next year, the follow
ing letter has been written from
the finance committee:
“You have in so many ways
evidenced interest in our activi
ties at Flora Macdonald that we
thought you would like to hear
about our Christian Association
project for this year.
We have been concerned that
there has been no satisfactory
sheltered place for quiet medita
tion and worship during the day
or at ’night. Several different
places have been tried such as
■ Watkins Hall and the little room
in the balcony, but none of these
have seemed wholely successful.
The girls have often felt the need
of a place where they might “go
apart and pray.” They have long-
for a room used only for personal
meditation and worship. Realiz
ing that prayer is the taproot of
all Christian living we want to
encourage and continue to deve
lop the strong sense of depend
ence upon prayer on our campus.
For many months we have been
planning for a prayer chapel to
be erected on our campus. The
blue prints have been delayed but
some items of building materials
and furnishings already have been
secured. Contributions have come
in from several individuals and
from youth groups in churches of
this area. If the plans arrive dur
ing the next few days, we would
like to start building immediately;
if there is further delay, we would
like to have the necessary funds
on hand ready to begin early in
the fall.
We feel that this little chapel
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Phyllis Leggett and Saradee
Davis Receive Honors
SARADEE DAVIS
PHYLLIS LEGGETT
Students Respond
To Relief Cause
Through a program sponsored
by the International Relations
club of the college, the student
body was able to help in a small
way to relieve the terrible hard-
ships of people who were caught
in the midSt of the terrible flood
Dew And Davis
Go To A.F.C.W.
Have you ever been to a place
that was so elaborate and exquis
ite that paper was spread to keep
your foot prints off the glisten
ing floor? Well, this was what
Grace Dew and Marjorie Davis
One of the major events of this
semester has been the election of
the student body officers for the
year 1953-54. The students have
shown very good judgment in
their choice of leaders for next
year and are to be commended
for it.
Phyllis Leggett is the new stu
dent body president. Phyllis has
been serving as treasurer for the
student body this year and has
certainly proved herself capable
of the new office. As president of
the student body, Phyllis will act
as an ex-officio member of the
Christian Association cabinet. She
will have a heavy load of respon
sibility and will certainly appre
ciate the cooperation of every
member of the student body. The
retiring president is Jean Sandi-
fer.
The new Christian Association
president is Saradee Davis. As
president of the C. A. she will
also be a representative to the
student council. Dees has shown
her leadership ability in the^past
in many ways. This year she is
president of her class and chair
man of the Prayer Band leaders.
faced when they represented f. i Her sweet personality and friend-
n Holland. The plea for help M. C. for the first time at the on- ly ways have won her many fri-
r.^Tr,c +r> +Vi«. 3++on+inn nf +Vip nual Conference of the North! ends at the college and will cer-
first came to the attention of the
president of International Rela
tions club, Joyce Sweat; and at
one of the regular club meetings,
the members decided to adopt
this matter as one of their pro
jects. Instead of cojafining the
proposed plan to help flood
relief entirely to the International
Relations club, the matter was
further discussed, suggested and
approved by the members pre
sent that the drive be opened to
the entire student body. A girl
was appointed from each hall in
the building to take up money for
Holland on specific nights. The
•sum total received was $27.87.
-1 The International Relations
club says “Thank You” to all
for making the project successful.
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Dr. Bullock Attends
Richmond Meeting
“Where is Dr. Bullock?” This
was a familiar question around
campus the week of March 1. Dr.
Bullock spent Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday of that week in
Richmond where he was chairman
of a committee meeting composed
of representatives from Assembly’s
Training School and Union Semi
nary.
They discussed the general
problems cori'elated in the work
of the whole Southern Presbyter
ian Church in the field of training
lay leadership. During his free
moments he had the opportunity
to attend some of the Sprunt Lec
tures. Dr. Paul J. Tillich was the
guest speaker. The Bible majors
will be especially interested in
the function of this committee.
Why not corner your Bible Pro
fessor and ask him some questions
about it?
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PRAYER
Our Father, man’s help in ages
past, we ask for Thy guidance
today. Show us what we might do
to serve Thee rightly; help us as
we try to do it. Amen.
Carolina Athletic Federation of
College Women held February
27-28 on the W. C. U. N. C. cam
pus.
After lugging their heavy bags
up winding stairs, they were
greeted by their hostesses through
what seemed to be, a modern ser
ies of glass doors. They finally
reached the end of the line after
several minutes of fumbling
with papers, pamphlets, pro-,
grams, meal tickets, and name
tags and were introduced to an
executive officer who led them
through a long shining tunnel of
white tile. Wearing high heels
and carrying a bag up hill, down
hill, up steps and down steps,
they finally reached the room
which they could call theirs the
next two days.
The Athletic Federation of Cil-
lege Women (A. F. C. W.) is a
state organization through which
many college students come to
gether for the purpose of further
ing athletic interests and activi
ties for girls and women accord
ing to the highest and soundest
standards of sports and recrea
tion.
During the opening of the Gen
eral Assembly, Flora Mcdonald
college was recognized as an of
ficial member of the A. F. C. W.
The theme of this conference was
“Past, Present, and Future.”
Some of the outstanding speakers
were Miss Ellen Griffin, Execu
tive Secretary-Treasurer if the
National Athletic Federation of
College Women, and Mr. C. W.
Phillips, Public Relations Admin
istrator of W. C. U. N. C. Miss
Griffin spoke on “Looking Back
ward into A. F. C. W..” and Mr.
Phillips spoke on “Youth Recrea-
tion-The Future.” Panel discus
sions were held on the following
topics: Student Officials, Finance,
Awards, Co-recreation, Publicity,
Youth Hostel Movement, Hall
Ball (with demonstration). Sport
days, and Hobby Shops.
After the banquet Friday night
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tainly be an asset in her new of
fice. The retiring C. A. president
is Evelyn Boyd.
Mary Lisle Tucker will be the
Athletic Association president
and will also serve Ss a-irrember
of the student council. This will
be Mary Lisle’s first council of
fice. She served on the cabinet her
sophomore year as chairman of
Prayer Band leaders. She has
shown a great interest in all ath
letic events of the college and
was cheerleader for her class this
year. She succeeds Ginnie Buhler.
Vice-president of the Chrisitian
Association will be Betty Lou
Lamb. This will be Betty Lou’s
second year on the cabinet. She
was a member of the student
council her freshman year as
president of her class. Betty Lou
has a vivacious personality and
the ability to serve well in any
position. She was the first editor
of the Skirl.
The student body elected Norma
Jean Thompson to be their vice-
president for the next year. Norma
Jean also possesses the abilities
necessary for leadership. This is
her first year to serve on the
student council.
Alice Brantly, a rising Junior,
and Charlotte Calhoun, a rising
Senior, were elected secretary of
the student body and the Chirst-
ian Association, respectively. Both
are fine choices.
The student body has an op
portunity to choose their leaders,
but these officers can 'only do
their duty as long as the students
back them up. The officers won’t
fail you if you don’t fail them.
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Birthdays
Yvonne Janet Brice March 17
Anita Gray Williamson.—March 22
Sara Cashwell March 23
Lucille Wilds March 24
Billie Jean Adams March 25
Elsie Mae — March 27
Anne Brinn— March 28
Bushes MePhatter March 31