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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME 1
RED SPRINGS, N. C., MAY 4, 1953
NUMBER 8
Around The World
And Back
By ELLEN WILLIAMS
Mrs. Ethlyn Wisegarver of
Edgemont, Illinois, step-mother
of four children, has been cho
sen as “Mother of the Year”.
May Day Exercises Set for Tuesday
Secretary of State Dulles has
said the Europe’s military
strength will probably be in
creased “by perhaps as much as
30% next year”. This information
comes from a meeting of the
NATO in Paris.
A final vote on May 5 by the
Senate will settle the Coastal
Lands Issue involving State or
Federal control of the disputed
lands.
On April 28 thirty-five Amer
ican prisoners arrived by hospi
tal'plane in Honolulu. From this
first group of homeward bound
POW’s only one was a Carolin
ian, Cpl. Harry E. Purvis of York-
town, S. C.
Clare Boothe Luce is now of
ficially the U. S. Ambassador to
Italy.
Flora Macdonald College’s Three-Day Convocation,
held April 17-19, was ended on a memorable note as
Honorable Walter H. Judd, M.D., member of the Con
gress of the United States, spoke on “With Christ in
the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.” To say hat
the crowd who gathered to hear him were impressed
is a great understatement; and, because of popular de
mand, his complete address is published in the inside
section of this issue of The Skirl.
' The Skirl staff wishes to thank Miss Leta McIntyre
and the business students for their fine work of tran
scribing the speech for our use.
Baptist Girls
Attend Convention
Home Ec Girls
Go To Raleigh
Ohio has officially been ac
cepted into the t/nion as of
April 27. From Ohio has come
seven presidents but upon prob
ing into history it was discover
ed that this territory had never
been officially accepted by Con
gress as a State. A House inter
ior subcommittee took this pre
liminary action but of course the
resolution still must get the full
approval of the House, the Sen
ate, and the President!
On April 27 Durham began its
week-long Centenial with a par
ade headed by our governor, Wil
liam B. Umstead, who is a native
of Durham. This was for the gov
ernor, his first public appearance
since his heart attack soon after
inauguration on January 8.
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Cashwell Represents
AA At “Play Day”
Annie Byrd, Shirley Bolin, and
Barbara Cockrell represented
the Baptist students of Flora
Macdonald at the Baptist Stu-
den Union Officers Conference
in Albemarle April 24 through
April 26. Old and new officers
from many of the white and col
ored colleges in North Carolina
were there and from these state
officers were elected.
Th theme of the three-day
event, “We Walk By Faith”, was
carried out in inspiring address
es and helpful discussions. On
Saturday morning the address
“Dissolvers of Doubt” was heard.
Much, time was spent in the cli
nic workshops, where the dif
ferent officers met.
Flora Macdonald does not have
a B. S. U. on its campus, but it is
considering organizing one; and
the girls who attended the con
ference feel that they gained
much which will be valuable in
helping to establish such a group.
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* “Papa,” said the doting, mo
ther, “Robert’s teacher says he
ought to have an encyclopedia.”
“Encyclopedia, my eye,” grumb
led the father. “Let him walk to
school like I did.”
Sixteen Home Economics ma
jors under the supervision of
Mrs. L. P. Davis and De^. Le Ves-
conte left for Raleigh, Tuesday,
April 21 for the purpose of tour
ing the Textile Department of
State College. The tour proved to
be both interesting and educa
tional as the girls observed the
MAY QUEEN
MARIE ESSEY
Sanders And Jenkins
Go To N. C. I. R. C.
Maries Essey To Be
Reigning Queen
May Day at Flora Macdonald
College will be held Tuesday,
May 5, at 4 o’clock p. m. The
event will take place on the front
campus, and Marie Essey, from
Maxton, will be crowned as
May Day Queen. The theme of
the day is “The Nut Cracker” ta
ken from the beautiful “Nut
cracker Suite”.
The freshman class will get the
program off to a good start with
some marching tactics. Then the
Sophomore class will do a mass
drill which will be followed by
some Highland Dances by the
Junior class.
The May Queen and her court
will take their places upon the
throne and the program will be
presented in their honor. Vir
ginia Buhler from Graham, North
Carolina will be maid of honor
and attendants are Virginia
Gray from Fairfax, Virginia;
Joyce Sweat from Talladega, Al
abama; and Margaret Jean Un-
On April 18, 1953, at Meredith
College in Raleigh, N. C., the
Athletic Federation of College
Women (A. F. C. W.) held their
annual “Play Day”. Various col
leges sent representatives in soft
ball, archery, tennis, and other
sports. Sara Cashwell repre
sented Flora Macdonald in ten-
nisc and made a very good
showing. Next year F. M. C. hopes
to send more representatives for
various participation.
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Sports Comments
By Betty Jean Gilliland
The North Carolina Interna
tional Relations Club annual con- I
ference was held on April 18,1 derwood from Chadbourn, North
1953, at Meredith College with 1 Carolina, representing the Senior
students representing nine! class; Marlene Jones from Gras-
various processes which j
con- \ sy Creek, and Mary Elizabeth,
ference was “The Student Faces Pierce from Red Springs, repre
cotton must pass from the bale
to the finished material.
Upon leaving the Texiile De
partment the group lunched at
the S & W Cafeteria after which
they returned in cars driven by
Dr. Le Vesconte, Mrs. Davis and
Mary Barham. The sixteen |
girls who made the trip were
Betty McGuire, Delores Stone,
Margaret Cashwell, Jane Walker,
Betty Hamilton, Jean Brian, Cath
erine Mixon, Sarah Ficquett,
Harriet Duff, Edna Edwards,
Frances Heyer, Doris Mozingo,
Betty Shealy, Mary Hagood Lit
tle, Rachel Kiesler, and Mary
Barham.
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* A newlywed filling out his
income tax return listed a de
duction of $500 for his wife. In
the eection for exemption claim
ed for children he penciled the
notation, “Watch this space.”
NEW MONOGRAM CLUB
Many of our swimming stars
and those who are hoping to
learn are looking forward to the
instruction courses given by Pat
sy Teer and Mary Lisle Tucker.
Mary Lisle is going to teach
those of us who know absolutely
nothing about swimming the ba
sic strokes. Patsy is going to
teach a course in the more ad
vanced strokes in swimming.
These courses will probably run
for about three weeks. Mr. Lang
has been so *kind as to take charge
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Left to right: Charlotte Calhoun, Mary Lesle Tucker, Patsy
Teer, Betty Jean Gilliland, Marjorie Stevenson and Lucille
Graham.
"World Tensions”. The major
highlight of the program was the
discussion on:
(1) The Foreign Student Looks
at the U.' S. A.
(2) Problems of Imperialism.
(3) World Racial Conflict
(4) Strengthening the N. C. I
R. C.
Sara Sanders and Faye Jen
kins, the Flora Macdonald I. R.
C. representatives, were two of
the three leaders on World Racial
Conflicts. They both brought
back favorable reports of a suc
cessful conference and a desire
to be among the F. M. C. dele
gates next year.
V- :—
F. M. C. Girl
Wins Scholarship
Sally Ann Munroe, a freshman
from Clarkton, has won a scho
larship to the American Youth
Foundation Leadership Training
Camp at Miniwancax near Shel
by, Michigan, August 3 through
16. This camp is under the spon
sorship of the Danforth Founda
tion of St. Louis, Missouri and is
held each summer.
Sally Ann was one of four F.
M. C. freshmen who were asked
to apply by a committee of the
faculty. Having been selected as
the applicant from F. M. C. she
was then chosen by the Dan
forth Foundation for one of the
sixty scholarships which are giv-
len each year. These sixty are
chosen from around three hun
dred applicants.
The girls selected on the basis
of social, mental, physical, and
spiritual aspects. ^
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PRAYEK
O God, who are evermore and
everywhere at work for good
among those who love Thee,
cleanse our eyes so that we may
see others and not ourselves.
And seeing, may we open our
hearts, our hands, and our pos
sessions to serve other’s needs.
In the name of the Master, whom
we love. Amen.
senting tVie J\xmor class; l_ju.cy
Fleming from Mebane and Marie
Sellars from Whiteville, repre
senting the Sophomore class;
Janice Garrett from Wilmington
and Laura Lisk from Mt. Gilead,
representing the Freshman class.
All of these May Beauties will be
wearing lovely dresses in pastel
colors.
“The Nutcracker” will include
many colorful dances. Some of
these dances are the vigorous and
fast moving Arabian dance, the
slow but beautiful ballet of the
Sugar Plum fairies, the colorful
and fiery Russian dance, the
March of the Tin Soldiers, Ballet
of the Flowers, the Dance of the
Dolls and Toys, Dance of the Sil
ver Flutes and Chinese Dance.
Several children from the first
grade in grammar school will
take parts as mice, and little Lin
da Ashford from the second grade
will do a Doll Dance.
Many girls and mothers are
busy making costumes in order
to make the dances as beautiful
as possible. Some of the girls in,
the Chinese Dance are wearing
Chinese suits sent to them by
friends over seas.
Miss Bateman would like to
,give credit to Will McFadyen
for dying material in the laun
dry for the Arabian dances. Also,
credit is given to the Freshman
Home Economics class under the
instruction of Mrs. Davis for cut
ting scarves. Doris Dunn and Bet
ty Jean Gilliland have done a
very good job in advertising the
May Day program with several
large printed posters. Nancy Gal
lop, Alice Brantley and Cather
ine Campbell are working very
hard on the music for the pro
gram, so surely __these girls de
serve credit.
Miss Bateman is planning to
have the program on the plat
form out in front of the build
ing. Everyone is certain that this
May Day will be just as beauti
ful as May Days have been in the
past. Miss Bateman deserves a
big hand for the good work which
she has done.