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PAGE 2 THE SKIRL OCTOBER 5, 1953 THE SKIRL Published semi-monthly by the Student Body of Flora Macdoanld College, Red Springs,, North Carolina. YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION - ONE DOLLAR Ann McGirt — Mary Ella Mize EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Mary 'McCracken ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Martha Ann Morrison PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITOR Mary Hale ART EDITOR Doris Dunn REPORTERS Ann Bowden — Nan Dorman Betty Jean Gilliland — Lucille Graham Dot Hamilton — Faye Jenkins Audrey Milligan — Ella Ruth McNeill Allene Powers ADVERTISING STAFF Barbara Arrington Mary Sue Williams — Barbara Wingo Evelyn Taylor — Mary Thompson Ruby Bierman — Frances Bobbitt Ellen Howard — June Jarrett Gale Simpson — Elmira Stanford CIRCULATION MANAGER ^ Jean Morris ASST. CIRCULATION MANAGERS Harriett McAuley Katherine Ray TYPISTS Doris Bowles — Shirley Cox Betty Joe Hatcher — Jean Jones Joanne McMillan — Jeanette McNeill Norma Pittard FACULTY ADVISOR Mr. Thomas E. Wright The Skirl — and the New Year September 14 not only marked the beginning of a new college year her, but also the beginning of the first full year of The Skirl publication. We feel that this year is a very chal lenging one; and, having learned much from those few mon ths of publication last year, we hope to bring to you a news paper of interest and one which will constantly grow. You freshmen and transfers have already received many “welcomes” to our campus, but we The Skirl staff, would like to extend a special welcome to you as you become a part of our campus newspaper. The Skirl is for the student body, and that includes you, so we hope that it will serve you well this year and that you will enjoy it. If any of you are inter ested in working on the staff, please contact one of the pres ent staff members. To both old and new students, we wish to express our appreciation for the co-operation and interest you have shown through your willingness to pay a separate fee for the newspaper. We regret that this was necessary and hope that next year this amount niay be incorporated, along with the other publications, in the student activity fee. Realizing that this is your newspaper, we hope that you will continue to show interest in it by reading it, turning in news items to staff members, and writing letters of criticism, etc. to the editor. This is truly your paper, and we the staff are depending on you to help make it a fine one! — Thanks — The student body at large is grateful to Doris Calloway^ 1953 graduate of Flora Macdonald for the fifty chorus book lets, Youth Sings, which she sent to the Christian Association recently. Even though the booklets have been used only sev eral times as yet, the students already feel that they are a great addition to our Sunday nights of hymn singing. Are You A Freshman? By Pat Powell There is a species of humanity which is often r^erred to as Freshmen. Now of course there is no praticular reason for this name, except for the fact that you are a Freshman only once (and sometimes once is enough.) For some strange reason you can spot a Freshman a mile away on the first day that school opens. There is a vacant stare in her eyes and she wonders what on earth she wanted to come to col lege for and why she came so far from home and why this school has so many Seniors (ac tually they are not all Seniors, but to Freshmen, Sophomores look like Seniors). Freshmen somehow have that shiny, new look for the first day or so, and then they begin to get that old college appearance of sleepless nights and this is their first big step in becoming a college stu dent. Each girl can sympathize with her fellow classmates, be cause she too, sat up half of the night and talked about every thing from A to Izzard. For the first day everyone is running up and down steps, put ting their belongings in the wrong room, looking for lost trunks and in general, complete confusion reigns. Then after everyone has had one night of sleep??, dawn arrives on a newly started col lege career. After the first few days, that decidely Freshman look begins to wear off and everyone really wonders who is a Freshman and who is not, un less you take it upon yourself to find out like I did and walk up to (you guessed it, a Senior) and innocently say “Are you a Fresh man.” When you hear her answer that she is a Senior, don’t drop dead, just politely say “Excuse me ma’am. I’m a Freshman”. That will explain all your trou bles. For an unknown reason, Freshmen are not expected to de tect the wisdom in the eyes of a Senior. Don’t send for the men in the white coats when you read this next sentence, for I mean it sin cerely. I have only been a Fresh man exactly eleven days, six hours, twenty-three minutes, and fifteen seconds, but I think al ready that I would like to be a Freshman again. Their is a spirit of friendship for Freshmen that you feel the moment you walk in the front door of Flora Mac donald College, and it is not just a momentary thing either, but something that makes you a part of the school. The upper classmen here do not make you feel like you are a worm that just crawled out of a crack somewhere, they make you want to say “I’m a Flora Macdonald girl”. They give you a feeling of belonging and wanting to do your part toward being another member of their happy family. I remember thinking when I was in high school that .1 had taken all of the tests that it was possible to give one poor human being. But I found out last week that I missed quite a few. It seems to me that we took tests for twenty-six hours a day, and when we weren’t taking tests someone was politely showing us a handbook with a few minor de tails, which would benefit our visit here. We went to meetings, parties, classes, receptions, infor mal get-togethers and last but not least we ate and we slept. I saw at least two million new faces last week, I heard two million names, and at least one million home towns. I made out pretty well the first day, because if I couldn’t remember their name, I remembered their faces and what color their skirt was, but then the inevitable happened—they chan ged clothes. Maybe by June I will be able to remember half of the names in the Freshman class but by next October I’ll be back in the same rut again with the new Freshman class. The second day I was he^e someone started talking Greek to me. The only words I can re member were Zetesian and Epsi lon Chi. I had always thought that I would join the group whose name I could spell, but in this case it is six of one and a half dozen of the other. I have finally decided which one to join, but I’m afraid it wouldn’t do to ex press my decision at this point. These two groups presented en tertainment that was greatly ap preciated by the Freshman class, and which also has swayed some new members for each of them. It has really been a lot of fun, this first week of college. It has been wonderful to meet so many new people and already we have formed friendships that will last throughout the coming years. All of us are anxious to get started in the various activities of the organizations here. There is one day though that I-am looking for ward to with both curiosity and dread. All of you upper classmen can guess what day that is. I’ve always wondered what I would look like with a long black tail and a mouse trap hanging on the end of it, but I guess I’ll know pretty soon. , I guess there is only one way to explain the question “Are you a Freshman?”, and that is to say “I sure am, and I love it.” 0 Your Opinion I STAR PRINT FOR STAR by Frances Bobbitt Various freshmen were asked the question, “Now that you have spent your first weeks at FMC, what impresses you most about college life here?” Here are their answers; Judson Faggart, Concord, N. C. “the friendliness and Christian at titude expressed by all the girls.” Juanita Buffin; Nichols, S. C. “I guess mail call first impressed me most. It was so exciting! Then I met my roommate—Katherine McNeill!” Edna Shannon; Gastonia, N. C. “the friendly atmosphere—It re minds you of one big happy fam ily.” Patterson Yeargin; Thomasville, Ga.—“I like the food. It’s very good.” Carol Kitrell; Sanford, N. C.— “FMC is all that I could ask for as a college and as a home, and it almost keeps me from being homesick for my big family.” Barbara Ann Stephens; Dillon, S. C.—“I am impressed with the many different personalities.” Betty Jean Turner; Morganton, N. C.—“What impresses me most is the friendliness among the girls here and it feels at home away from home.” Elizabeth Jones; Fayetteville, N. C.—“The Christian-like ways of the girls.” Frances Ann Williams; Emporia, Va.—“The friendly and Christian attitude of the students and fac ulty, and their willingness to help you.” Becky Williams; Miami, Fla., “The way you are accepted into the student body regardless whet her you are a senior or freshman. Everything is just wonderful, ex cept for this Yankee weather!” Peggy Graham; Lake Wacca- maw, N. C.—“The Christian at mosphere, the hymn sings, and especially meditations in the au ditorium.” 0. Prayer Band Leaders Have Training «|iW i It’s playtime for pretty Virginia Mayo, Warner Bros, movie star. At a GaJifomla desert resoti, the blonde beau^ chooses a comfort able cotton playsuit by Bose Marie Beid for her leisure hours. Ilie one* piece suit with an off-Hie-shoulder neckline is designed bi a star-^int cotton. Prayer Band Leaders’ Training began September 28th and con tinued throughout the week. Miss Nell Proctor, DRE from Laurin- burg, and Rev. Sheldon Koesy, chaplain at PJC spoke to the Prayer Band Leaders. The Prayer Band Leaders were introduced to the student body on October 1st at Vespers, after which each girl was given a chance to join the Prayer Band of her choice. Shirley Fitzgerald is chairman of the Prayer Band group, and the following girls will lead Prayer Bands this year: Mary McLean, Doris Tucker, Christine Maloney, Kittye Oliver, Marie Sellars, Gladys McCain, Harriet McAuley, Mickey Ozlin, Shirley Willis, Shirley Thornton, Anita Williamson, Sally Ann Munroe, Fay Buck, Lillian Mc- Innis, Dot Hamilton, Majorie Davis, Nickey Ellis, Ann McGirt, Doris Dunn, Ailine Powers, Mary McCracken, Mary Archie Brown. The Monday morning chapel programs are conducted by these Prayer Band leaders and the members of their groups. A pedestrian is a fellow whose wife beat him to the garage. GOOD HEALTH j. C^N MOTlOM : 5ICKNE55 BE RE LI EVEt> a. . HOW OOE5 GCOO POSTURE AVO better WEALTH 7 Around the World (Continued rrom Page 1) and bombers which Communists moved into North Korea about 2 weeks after the truce was sign ed. The pilot was awarded $100,- 000 for flying his MIG to the Al lied side. The officials of the University of Oklahoma felt that a prank was in the making when they found a freshman named Never Fail. But much to their amaze ment he turned out to be a real live freshman, son of Never Fail, Sr. of Memphis, Tenn. 3.V/HAT \S 51UC05157 Answer to Question No. 1: Those who suffer from the dis comforts of motion sickness when traveling by boat, airplane, train can now often be greatly relieved. Sudden dizziness, headache and nausea (the characteristics of mo- tion sickness) can be greatly re duced by drugs to allow for a smooth journey. These drugs should be used only on the advice of your physician. Answer to Qnestion No. 2: * If good posture is cncourtged in children, they may be spwed many aches and paint in later yean. Not only is a p«rson’s gen eral app««r«ncc frcatlyimprovto, with shoulders back, head up, and abdomen in, but there is no un natural strain on muscles and joints throughout the body. Good posture at all times—in both standing and sitting positions— lessens fatigue and discomfort Answer to Question No. 3: Silicosis is a disease of the lungs due to excessive inhaling of stone dust. It occurs most often in min ers or stonecutters. The symp toms are like those of chronic bronchitis. Silicosis can also cause growths in the lungs and can be come dangerous. Industrial medi cine is lessening the incidence. (Copyrtcht INt by Interm* tlM reundatiM) •
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