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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME 1
RED SPRINGS, N. C., APRIL 17, 1953
NUMBER 7
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with CHRISTINE MALONEY
Conferences between allied ne-
goitators and Communists in Pu-
son, Korea, resulted in the Reds
being expected to sign a plan for
the swapping of Prisoners of War.
According to the plans the Com
munists would turn over 600 sick
and wounded at the rate of 100
a day. Of this number no more
than 125 are Americans. The
United Nations Command would
deliver 500 a day of the 5,100
North Koreans and 700 Chinese.
This plan will possibly begin the-
last of April.
The men will be flown to
American bases in Japan for
treatment and observation. If their
conditions" permit, they will im
mediately be put aboard planes
for the U. S. and then to military
hospitals close to their homes.
Leonard W. Hall of New York
has been approved by Senate Re
publican leader Robert A. Taft
to be the new GOP national chair
man. The retiring chairman is C.
Wesley Roberts.
Convocation Begins
For the past two weeks, dozens
DIGNITARIES TO SPEAK AT FMC—These are some of the notable
guests and speakers to be at the three-day convocation at Flora Mac
donald College this week. Left to Right, top row, they are. General
The Convocation inaugurating
the 60th' Anniversary Celebration
of the founding of Flora Macdon
ald College opened at 3:00 p. m.
this afternoon with registration.
Distinguished guests, including
Honorable George Catlett Mar
shall, General of the Army, are
scheduled to give major addresses
of the great event. The Convoca
tion Chairman is Dr. Walker B.
Healy who is pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Fayette
ville, and the theme of the entire
Convocation is The Christian Ed
ucation of Women for the Second
Half of The Twentieth Century.
Open house for the guests fol
lows registration with campus
tours beginning in the library and
ending in the Flora Macdonald
gardens. The students are acting
as guides to the guests.
A Pastor’s dinner will be served
to the pastors of Orange, Fayette
ville, and Wilmington Presbyter
ies at 6:00 p. m. The Flora Mac
donald College Glee Club will sing
during the dinner, after which
Dr. Warner L. Hall will address
the group on the Primacy of the
Pastor in Religious Education. Dr.
Hall is pastor of the Covenant
and Mrs. George Marshall and Mrs. Ernest Ives. Center right, Con- Presbyterian Church in Charlotte,
gressman Walter H. Judd. Botton row, left to right, Robert M. Hanes,
of Greensboro residents have re- | Dr. Clarence Macartney, and Norman Cordon.
Communist propaganda I —
ceived
through the mail, and reprints of
the Communist newspaper have
been found on the streets. It is be
lieved to be distributed by Com
munist workers who drive through
the city and throw leaflets from
ttieir cars without stopping. How
ever, the material received in the,,
mail was postmarked in Charlotte
but signed by the Communist
Party, New York City. Federal
agents in the Greensboro area
declined to comment on the action
they are taking regarding the
Communist campaign.
The retiring American ambas
sador to India, Chester Bowles, is
touring Southeast Asia on his way
back to the United States. He is
scheduled to arrive in Washing
ton for consultations with the
State Department May 5 and then
go to his Essex, Conn., home.
Roman Magsaysay won by a
landslide the Nacionalista party’s
nomination for President of the
Philippines. He probably will op
pose President Elpida Quirino, his
ex-boss, in the November elec
tion.
New Prayer Band
Leaders Installed
Because of the Ford strike in
Detroit, 47,000 workers are idle.
Ford spokesmen say that 18 of
Ford’s 18 Ford, Mercury, and Lin
coln plants across the nation will
be closed and the number of idle
workers may reach 75,000 by mid
week as additional plants close.
Former President Herbert Hoo
ver says that the Eisenhower ad
ministration is doing a remarkable
job of cleaning up what he called
“that mess in Washington.” He
told a news conference—“he’s go
ing about reorganization, and I am
sure there will be reforms to eli
minate waste.”
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RECENT ELECTION
During a recent student body
election, Sara Dudley was elected
recorder of points; Mary Archie
Brown, college cheerleader; and
Eva Gray Davis, fire chief.
An impressive vesper program
was held on the front campx;s
Friday evening, April 10, for the
purpose of installing twenty-two
newly chosen prayer band lead
ers. Shirley Fitzgerald, Chairman
of Prayer Bands, opened the ser
vice with a short devotional, af
ter which each girl came forward
and in turn lighted her candle
from the candle of the speaker.
Then, forming a semi-circle fac
ing the main entrance, they re
mained standing while Saradee
Davis, president of the Christian
Association closed the service
with a prayer.
The installation marked the
climax of a week of preparation
and study for the new leaders.
Tuesday afternoon they gathered
in the right front parlor to hear
Mrs. Leslie Bullock speak on
“The Power of Prayer”. In Wat
kins Hall on Tuesday night, Shir
ley Fitzgerald spoke on “The Res-
posibilities of a Prayer Band
Leader” and at ten-fifteen Wed
nesday night the girls met again
in Watkins where they heard
Saradee Davis speak on “What
Being a Prayer Band Leader Has
Meant to Me”. At seven o’clock
Thursday morning, a morning
watch was held at senior bridge,
followed by a cook-out at the
fireplace.
New Prayer Band Leaders for
the coming year are: Doris Dunn,
Christine Maloney, Lillian Mc-
Innis, Gladys McCain, Sallie Ann
Monroe, Mickie Ozlin, Mary Mc
Cracken, Ann McGirt, Marie
Sellers, Kittye Oliver, Nickie
Ellis, Allene Powers, Anita Wil
liamson, Shirley Willis, Dot Ham
ilton, Marjorie Davis, Harriet
McAuley, Fay Buck, Mary Ar
chie Brown, Shirley Thornton,
Doris Tucker, and Mary McLean.
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A woman’s mind—scheme^ en
gine.
—Gig Rosenfield,
Earl Wilson.
Highland Players
Present Play
N. C. and Chairman of Synod’s
Committee on Higher Education.
Norman Cordon, who is a form
er Metropolitan opera bass-bari-
tone, will be soloist of the evening.
Mr. Cordon is a graduate of the
. 1 University of North Carolina and
“I’m sure care is an enemy to . ^
„ , , li ■ j ' IS now Director of the North Caro-
life are words of “wisdom” writ-
quoted by
ten by Shakespeare in his play
•‘Twelfth Night” which was pre
sented by the F. M. C. Highland
Players on Thursday night, April
9, 1953 in the college auditorium.
The play was directed by Pro
fessors Neil Watson and William
Reagan, assisted by Lucile Wilds.
This much loved comedy, as
merry as the holiday night it is
named for, is relatively free from
vexatious problems. You may
write your own title if you don’t
like the author’s: call it “What
you will.’^^s is somewhat char
acteristic of Shakespeare’s come
dies, the play’s core is a romantic
plot, not so wild as some, but
sufficiently improbable. And, as
usual, Shakespeare invests its
characters with the style of hu
manity that is readily accepted.
The play is notable for its
blending of romantic beauty and
charm in the story of the Duke,
Olivia, Viola, and Sebastian with
a comic under-plot in which are
involved Marie, Sir Toby Belch,
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Fabian,
and Malvolio.
The entire cast did a fine job
in making the play a great suc
cess: Orsino, Duke of Illyria—
Shirley Thorrrton; Sebastian—
Madge Garrison; Antonio, a Sea
Captain, friend J,o Sebastian—
Norma Kelly; A Sea Captain,
frtend to Viola—Ellen Howard;
Curio—Mary McLean; Sir Toby
Belch, Uncle to Olivia—^Pat Far
mer; Sir Andrew Aguecheek—
Sara Dudley; Malvolio, Steward
to Olivia—Patricia Shelby; Feste,
a Clown—Virginia Buhler, Fa
bian—Fay , Buck; First Officer—
Kittye 01iver;Second Officer—
Mary McLean; A Priest—Betty
Joe Hatcher; Olivia, a Countess
—Dorothy Anderson; Viola—
Sue Littlewood; Maria—Nancy
Hammond.
Music was directed by David
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lina Music Program.
At 8:00 p. m. there will be a
musical concert directed by Dr.
Charles G. Vardell, Jr. who has
been Dean of Music at Flora Mac
donald College since. 1951. The
Fort Bragg Band will render a
band concert, there will be a
chorus of 200 voices and the Flora
Macdonald Glee Club will sing.
The Physical Education Depart
ment will entertain the group with
various Highland Dances.
The first day of the Convoca
tion will then be concluded with
music selections by Mr. Norman
Cordon.
The celebration will continue
on Saturday at 10:00 with Dr. B.
Frank Hall presiding over a panel
discussion concerning The Re
sponsibility of the Womans’ Col
lege for Making a Better World.
Those taking part in the discus
sion will be Dr. Hunter B. Blake
ly who will emphasize education;
Dr. Sylvester Green, society; Dr.
Samuel Howie, religibn; others
will be Miss Helen Sherrill, Miss
Martha Gaitley, and Mrs. Waylon
Blue.
At 12:00 noon the Home Econo
mics Club will give a Fashion
Show with the Flora Macdonald
College girls modeling the gar
ments which they have made in
the department this year.
The Mid-Century Alumnae Re
union Dinner will be served at
1:00 p. m. Dr. Price H.' Gwynn,
Jr. will give an address to the
group entitled Until Now and Dr.
Marshall Scott Woodson will fol
low Dr. Gwynn’s address with
From Here On. Dr. Gwynn is now
Dean of FMC and Dr. Woodson
is President of the College.
In the mid-afternoon, the High
land Players of FMC will present
Twelfth Night, a romantic comedy
by William Shakespeare. The play
will be directed by Professors Neil
Watson and William Reagan with
the original Sixteenth Century
music under the direction of Pro
fessor David Meese. The cast of
sixteen members will be in the
costume of the period.
A special dinner for merchants,
farmers, bankers and professional
men will be served at 6:00 p. m.
This dinner is sponsored by the
Red Springs Merchants Associa
tion. An address entitled Ethics
and Principles in Modern Business
will be given by Robert M. Hanes
Mr. Hanes is at present President
of Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company, Director of Southern
Railway System, and President of
American Bankers Association.
The FMC Glee Club will sing sev
eral selections during the dinner.
Saturday night at 8:00 p. m.
will begin what will probably be
the highlight of the Convocation.
A Chorus of two hundred voices
will open the session and Dr.
Marshall Scott Woodson will speak
on Flora Macdonald in the Second
Half of the Twentieth Century.
Several songs will be heard from
the FMC Glee Club and greetings
to the group will be given by
Major General Thomas F. Hickey.
After greetings have been ex
tended, a most looked-forward-to
address will be given by the Hon.
George Catlett Marshall, General
of the Army, and former Secretary
of State.
At 3:30 p. m. on Sunday after
noon, Mrs. Ernest Ives of South
ern Pines will speak on The
Christian Woman in the Wor\i
Today. Mrs. Ives is the wife of”
Ernest Ives, retired career dip
lomat, and sister of former Gov
ernor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.
The Glee Club will sing and
students will speak briefly on Why
I Came to Flora Macdonald Col
lege and Values which I Have
Found Here.
An eventide supper for all the
Elders and Deacons of the Pres
byteries of Orange, Fayetteville
and Wilmington will be served at
5:30 p. m. The joint hosts for this
supper will be FMC and the Men
of Fayetteville Presbytery. A
special address by Dr. Clarence
E. Macartney will be heard at this
time. Dr. Macartney received his
B. A. degree at the University ol
Wisconsin, where he was an in
tercollegiate orator. He received
his M. A. at Princeton University
and was graduated from the
Princeton Theological Seminar.'.
In 1924 Dr. Macartney was elect
ed Moderator of the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the USA. At the present time
he is minister of the First Pres
byterian Church of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Macartney will address the
group again at Twilight Vespers
which will be at 7:00 p. m. His
address for this occasion will be
entitled Christian Women in the
Second Half of the Twentieth
Century. A chorus of two hund
red voices will be in charge of
the music for vespers.
The hour of dedication will be
gin at 8:00 p. m. with an address
by Dr. Marshall Scott Woodson
entitled The Challenge of the
Honr. After the Glee Club has
sung several songs, the Honorable
Walter H. Judd, M. D., L. H. D.,
will conclude the convocation with
his address entitled With Christ
in the Second Half of the Twen
tieth Century. Dr. Judd was elect
ed to Congress in 1942. He has
lectured throughout the U.S. on
American foreign policy and in-
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