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PAGE 2 THE SKIRL APRIL 17, 1953 THE SKIRL Published semi-monthly by the Student Body of Flora Macdonald Collegre, Red Springs, North Carolina. YEARLY SUBSCREPTION - ONE DOLLAR EDITOR Ann McGirt ASSOCIATE EDITOR Mary Ella Mize BUSINESS MANAGER Mary McCracken ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Martha Ann Morrison PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITOR Mary Hale ART EDITOR Doris Dunn REPORTERS Frances Bobbitt — Ann Bowden Nan Forman — Betty Jean Gilliland Lucille Graham — Dorothy Hamilton Faye Jenkins — Audrey Milligan Nancy McLean — Ella Rutk McNeill Allene Powers ADVERTISING STAFF . Ruby Bierman — Harriett Duff Betty Hamilton — Ellen Howard Mary Ruth Matze — Mary Lou McLean Elmira Stanford — Mary Lee Williams Barbara Wineo CIRCULATION MANAGER Jean Morris ASST. CIRCULATION MGRS. Cooper Knox - Harriett McAuley TYPISTS Doris Bowles — Janice Garrett Betty Jo Hatcher — Pat McBryde „ . Jeanette McNeill — Mary Jewel Short FACULTY ADVISOR Mr. Thomas E. Wright Under The Dome By GINA GRAY Highland Players Do Fine Job Hats off to the Highland Players! They really exhibited the art of “doing well and willingly something worthwhile” in their performance last week. Whether you particularly like Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” or not, if you saw the play, you were bound to have been impressed. The entire cast, directors and all others involved, did a grand job and in a fine spirit!—^The Skirl staff wishes,you luck Saturday. 0 i The Charm of Norway Nature has fashioned Norway on a grand scale. She has endowed the land with a charm that cannot fail to appeal to those in search of a real vacation—a sense of restfulness. The coast is rugged and wild; the coastline is indented with innumerable awe-inspiring fjords; and the sea, stilled by a breakwater of a hundred thousand islands, runs by channels into the very heart of countless towering mountains. There Jis indeed loneliness and peace amid the silence of the moun tains and sea. Towns are rare in Norway; all the big towns can be num bered on one’s fingers; for Norway is a land of snow-capped mountains and glittering glaciers, of many waterfalls and lakes and fragrant pine forests, a land of trim little farms with brightly-painted wooden homesteads, which one finds perched high on the mountain sides or restling on the shores of the fjords. Thus, Norway has that refreshing charm that only great contrasts and surprising variations can yield. In the course of a single day, one can traverse cozy valleys, lofty mountains, heaths and snow-clad wilds, and sail on deep blue fjords. ' And no other part of the world can rival Norway in the glories and wonders of the long summer evenings and the nights without-darkness. In summer, the Midnight Sun reigns supreme over the entire land while in the long winter nights, the star-filled sky is illumined by the mystic Northern Lights —the Aurora Borealis. Norway, in short, is an all-year vacation land. The charms of a vacation there are unending and the experience of them but a whetting of the appetite for more. —Frances Olsen. Calendar April 17, Friday Convocation April 18, Saturday Convocation April 19, Sunday Convocation April 20, Monday 4:40 P. M. French Club 8:15 P. M. Recital-Virgin^ Ruhler and Mary Gallop April 25, Saturday 12:30 P. M. Buffet (and bags for supper) 7:00 P. M. Jr. Sr. Dinner and Dance 7:00 P. M. Movies April 27, Monday 4:40 P. M. Home Ec. Club 4:40 P. M. Writers’ Club April 28, Tuesday 4:40 P. M. William Bartram Scientific Society 8:15 P. M. Mr. Cobb’s Recital Reception (informal) April 29, Wednesday 10:20 A. M. Faculty Coffee April 30, Thursday 3:00 P. M. Faculty Ex Com. Meeting May 1, Friday 4:40 P. M. St. Cecelia 8:15 P. M. Ruby Gray Baker’s Recital Reception (informal) May 5, Tuesday 5:00 P. TVI. “May Day” May 6, Wednesday Faculty Coffee 7:00 P. M. Faculty Meeting -0 Puppy—a little wagon without wheels. Mary C. Dorsey This is the fifth of a series of articles dealing with the cabinet members, associates, and assis tants of the Eisenhower adminis tration. In this column we hope to bring to the reader a broader knowledge and insight regarding the present status of national af fairs. In this issue we will dis cuss the Ambassador to Russia and the Postmaster General. These members are not necessarily run in order according to their importance. The long and controversial dif ferences in regard to Charles E. Bohlen’s appointment as Am bassador to Russia were finally brought to a climax when he was voted upon favorably. In this of fice, we have a man who is fair ly familiar with Russians due to his having lived in Moscow for five years. Thus he will attempt to carry on the duties of an am bassador. As are most foreigners in Rus sia, he will, more than likely, be regarded as a spy. His every move is watched; he cannot go very far from the Moscow city limits; he can’t even travel about with out the presence of guards; his home is probably wired to record every scrap of conversation. Washington is particularly in terested now, since Stalin’s death caused such a change in govern ment. Finding out what changes will be made in Soviet policy is one of the difficult tasks which faces our new ambassador. Here’s hoping that Bohlen may be the contact to bring about a much-needed meeting of Western Allies with ministers of Russia! Arthur E. Summerfield, for mer chairman of the Republican Party, followed the traditional policy and became Postmaster General. He is a stocky, hard working, 53-year-old salesman who now owns one of the nation’s largest automobile agencies. This new member of the cab inet expects to carry on efficiently and economically un der the guidance of the new ad ministration. One of his prob lems will be fulfilling a Republi can platform pledge—that of providing more frequent mail de livery. 0—^ Choral Club Sings In Southern Pines On Thursday evening, April 2, the Choral Club gave a pre- Easter Service at the Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Southern Pines. The program consisted of; All Glory, Laud and Honor Bach 'V^^en Jesus Wept three part canpn Two Chorals from Motets Brahms To us Salvation Now is Come O Saviour Open Heaven Wide Sheep May Safely Graze Bach Now Come the World’s Salvation ' Bach (Mr. Williams, organ accom panist.) Two Easter Folk Carols Tell it out the Story On Easter Morn, ere Break of Day-Scotch Folk song. Christ the Lord Hath Risen- 12 century Choral Legend Tschaikowsky Balulalow Marlock Soloist, Barbara Hill Steal Away-Negro Spiritual, Fred Waring arrangement Balm in Gilead, Negro Spirit ual, Soloist, Ginnie Buhler After the concert, very decora tive and delicious refreshments were served by the Women of the Church in the auditorium. Choral Club Makes Spring Tour Forty-five members of the Flora Macdonald College choral club with their director James Cobb, left Red Springs early Sunday morning, April 12 for a three day spring tour. The first concert was given Sunday morning in Graham at the First Presbyterian Church followed by one at Reidsville Sun day evening. Monday, April 13, the group gave a guest program at Graham High School, Chapel Hill and McKenny High School, McKenny, Va. Tuesday, April 14, they gave a program at the Rocky Mount High School and closed the tour with a concert at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. Soloists in the chorus were Mar lene Jones, from Lansing, N. C.; Barbara Hill and Virginia Buhler, from Graham, N. C. Nancy Gallop, was piano accompanist, and or ganists with the group were Nancy Stikeleather, Charlotte Calhoun, and Betty Houck. The Sacred Con cert of the tour included these songs: All Glory, Laud, and Honor Melchior Leschner Sacerdotes Domini William Byrd When Jesus Wept William Billings Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Michael Praetorius Two Chorales Brahms 0 Saviour Open Heaven Wide To us Salvation Now is Come Sheep May Safely Graze Bach Now Come, the World Salvation Bach A Legend Tchaikovsky On Easter Morn Scottish Folk Tune Christ the Lord is Risen 12th Century Carol Tell It Out, the Story Belgian Folk Tune Bululalow Peter Warlock Oro Pro Nobis W. S. Gwynn Williams Steal Away arr. Roy Ringwald You Got to Cross that Lonesome ' Valley arr. John Jacob Niles Shout Along and Pray R. Deane Shure There is a Balm in Gilead arr. William Dawson For the week-day programs these secular selections were add ed: Scottish Folk Songs A Highland Lad My Love Was Born Caller Herrin Flow Gently Sweet Afton New England Folk Songs: It Rains and It Hails Sailor in the Boat American Folk Songs (arranged and composed by John Jacob Niles) 1 Wonder as I Wander Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair Go ’Way From My Window The Frog in the Spring In addition to this musical pro gram, Scottish dances were given at the high schools by a group of eight girls. 0 Sunrise Service Held On Campus On April 5th at 7:25 a. m. there was held on the front campus a very beautiful and impressive sunrise service commemorating the resurrection. The service was opened with the singing of “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”. After a few moments of silent prayer, Jean Sandifer read the Easter story as found in the gos pel of Mark 15:16-16:8. Then Ginnie Buhler, Marlene Jones and Mary Lisle Tucker beautiful ly sang “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”. The service was concluded with the poem “Easter Prayer” and a prayer of fered by Evelyn Boyd. 0 GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY U MEM’ Remembers With' Spring here and all the flowers growing there are many “shutter-bugs” on the campus. The subjects are . anything from Senior Bridge to Mr. Reagan and Mr. Sinclair — even though M.:. Reagan does say somebody who would want to take his picture must be touched in the head. Harlow and Hatcher were pret ty worried one night about wheth er or not they could walk to town alone but then they met Evelyn coming down the street so every thing was all right again. Ann McGirt was really , in a fix last week-end when she was trying to get the paper ready for the press and discovered that the assistant editor, business manager, phoographer and circulation man ager had all gone off. The girls on Morgan II must really have had a bang-up party. But instead of raising the roof, they lowered the ceiling. The Freshmen were all wear ing mighty worried looks Monday night when grades came out — that is except for that class, grades came out. Onp person was heard to ask—“Will they ship you for failing at the quarter?” That was a gay Botany Class when Dr. Hansen was trying to get everybody to sneeze for her. Shirley Willis finally did a pret ty good job. Dee really got a shock when she found out she was about to get in the wrong car and drive off. Poor Dee. Maybe she was just in a hurry to get out with the fish and water-weed. Wonder if Fitz knows how many more days we have until the end of this semester? Prob ably she does. Dr. and Mrs. Bullock were really working against each other the morning of the second fire. Dr. Bullock was on front campus telling girls to go back in. Mrs. Bullock was on back campus tell ing girls to come on out. Personality Profile Pretty and petite—dark hair and eyes— A senior beautiful and wise— Mighty cute—noted for her grins And for her numerous boy friends. Was May Court attendant her Fresman year— Later as marshall her beauty did appear— (Now- don’t get me wrong—she’s pretty all the time— But I had to use did appear just to make a rhyme.) Elementary Ed. major—did Stu dent Teaching— Her methods were more than just beseeching— But I couldn’t help but smile when I heard from this maid “Oh, they think I’m the cutest thing, every to hit the 7th grade. First she was critic, then Veep of Epsilon Chi— Loves her society, will praise it to the sky— Now sports are right down this gal’s line— If you ask me, she’s done mighty fine— ? Freshman year—captain of bas- ball team To be so little, she’s got a lot of steam— Senior captain of volleyball— To see the score, you’d think her ten feet tall— Who’ll buy a pennant?”—was salesman for A. A. Belongs to the Monogram club today. Was member of L’Alliance Francaise— Clang! Clang! Is the college ablaze? She was an efficient fire chief too! I know this Hamlet girl now— do you? ??
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