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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME II
RED SPRINGS, N. C., NOVEMBER 2, 1953
NUMBER 3
Around The Worfl
And Back
With ELLEN WILLIAMS
A cut in foreign economic aid
next year seems to have the sup
port of Southern Democratic sen
ators. The Eisenhower administra
tion’s plan to reduce American
economic aid to Western Europe
has long been clamored for by
Republicans. The Democrats can
easily swing the balance in favor
of drastic cuts in 1954.
Student Council Dance Held Sat. Night
Missionary To Brazil
Visits Campus
In January, 1954 American
scientists will inoculate one-half
million to a million children with
a new vaccine whch they hope
will defeat polio. By January of
1955, the world should know
whether or not polio can be serum
controlled. The areas in which
the children will be inoculated
will be selected by a committee
on the basis of getting a cross-
section of every type of polio ex
perience. It is probable that eaach
state will have an area in the
one-year experimental test.
The third British atomic test
has been successfully completed
in Australia. The announcement
was made officially after the word
came from Sir William Penny,
who is head of Britain’s atomic
research.
Russia has charged Greece with
preparing for a new war as a re
sult of an agreement between
Greece and the U. S. This agree
ment gives U. S. permission to
use an undisclosed number of
Greek air and naval bases to
bolster North Atlantic Pact de
fenses. Russia warned Greece
that she must bear the respon
sibility for the consequences of
this action which she says agi
tates the international situation.
Miss Frances Hesser, a gradu
ate of Flora Macdonald who is
now a missionary serving in Bra
zil, was a recent visitor to Red
Springs. During her brief stay.
Miss Hesser spoke to various
groups on the campus.
In an address to the entire stu
dent body during a morning cha
pel service, Miss Hesser talked
about Brazil as a great challenge
and opportunity. She pointed out
that the Westward movement
now taking place in Brazil is ad
vantageous to the Christian work
ers there^ because many people,
once tied to another faith by
loyalties, are now in new areas
with different situations and will
more readily become Christians.
Although it was settled over
one hundred years before the
United States and is a rich coun
try, Brazil today presents social,
educational, and other frontiers.
Miss Hesser reasoned that the
country’s being held back is fun
damentally due to the lack of
j Christian leaders,
i Brazil is ‘’the country of to
morrow,” and in her final words, *
Miss Hesser emphasized that, al
though much has already been
doae, jnore coiisecrateu workers
and continued prayers are needed.
Judge Sharp To
Address F. M. C.
Homecoming Rites
The United States has charged
Russia with directing a commun
ist torture center in-North Korea.
Dr. Charles W. Mayo has pre
sented the charge before the U.
N. political committee. He said
that the tortures were worse than
those methods used during the
middle ages. The mental torture,
as described by Dr. Mayo, was
designed to destroy the victim’s
. mind and make him produce an
elaborate fiction. Mayo declar
ed that this action went on even
after the armistice of July 27.
Cattlemen from 30 states have
■called for a sweeping investi
gation of the soread between the
price they 'get for their livestock
and the price the consumer pays
at the meat counter. Secretary of
Agriculture Benson is in favor of
indirect methods to aid hard-hit
cattle growers. Cattle growers,
nowever, are in favor of imme
diate and direct government sup
ports for the livestock industry.
Judge Susie Sharp, special
judge of N. C. Superior Court,
will be guest speaker at the an
nual homecoming program at
Flora Macdonald College on Satp
urday morning, November 7, at
11 o’clock, it has been announced
by Mrs. L. Franklyn Jones of
Wilmington, alumnae president.
A native of Rocky Mount, Judge
Sharp was graduated from Reids-
ville High School and from the
University of North Carolina Law
School. She also attended Wom
an’s College in Greensboro. While
at the University she was stu
dent editor of the North Carolina
Law Review.
She was appointed the first
woman judge in North'Carolina
by Governor Kerr Scott in July,
1948, and is the state’s only wom
an judge.
The morning program will fea
ture music from the college Cho
ral Club under the direction of
Play Planned For
Hospitality Weekend
One of the big features of Hos
pitality Weekend, scheduled for
November 14-15, will be a one-
act play presented by the High
land players on Saturday night.
The play, “A Date with the Pro
fessor”, takes place in a college
dormitory with seven girls busy
making plans for the Junior Prom.
One of the girls, who never has
a date, finally—and with help
from her friends — snags the
dreamboat of the campus.
The cast of the play is as fol
lows:
Minna
Kate
Mrs. McCord
Sally
Grade
Beatrice
Estelle
Betty McQuire
Becky Williams
Mary A. Brown
Jean Rouse
Carol Kittrell
Kathleen Murchison
Fay Buck
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Student Volunteer
Officers Meet
Flora Macdonald’s first formal
dance of the year was sponsored
by the Student Council on Satur
day night, October 31, 1953. The
theme, “Indian Summer”, was
not only unusual but provocative
and integrated well throughout
the dance.
Music for the occasion was
furnished by Richard Gader and
his orchestra.
The figure was composed of
the Dance Committee, the Student
Council, and their escorts. Com
mittee members and their escorts
were chairman, Nancy Stikeleath-
er, from Statesville with Charles
Williams from Rocky Mount; de
corations chairman, Jo Mays,
from Taylorsville with Bob Hed
rick from Statesville; and invita
tions chairman, Lula Jones, from
Laurinburg with Walter Atherton
from Mercersburg, Penn.
The Student Council and their
escorts were president of the stu
dent body, Phyllis Leggett, from
Rocky Mount with Marshall
Woodson, Jr. from Charlotte; vice
president of the student body,
Norma Jean Thompson, from
Glade Valley with Paul Brown
Choose Cast For
“Blithe Spirit”
The Highland Players will pre
sent their first major production,
‘Blithe Spirit”, in the college au
ditorium. The date has not yet
been announced.
Tryouts were held, and the
cast was selected as follows:
Patterson Yeargin, Elvira Con-
domine; Carol Kittrel, Ruth Con-
domine; Elbert McPhaul, Charles
Condomine; Shirley Thorton, Mrs.
Bradman; Hollis Batchelor, Mr.
Bradman; Betsy Brewer, Edith;
Linda McNutt, Mme. Arcati; Stu
dent Director, Martha Ann Mor
rison; Faculty Directors, Mr. Re
agan and Mr. Tatum.
Supernatural in its makeup, the
play proves to be quite hilariaus.
The action is limited, but the
dialogue is extremely good.
If you like comedy, you’ll love
“Blithe Spirit”. Be sure to see it.
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TRIP TO NEW YORK
Last week end the Student Vol
unteer officers met with a Sroupl^j.^^^ Laurel Springs; secretary ot
from PJC and Davidson to make 1 student body, Alice Brantley,
plans for a Student Volunteer Re-\ Selma with Junius Jones
Professor James Cobb and a piano Itreat in North Carolina. The ten-i Lumberton- treasurer of the
solo by Professor John Sinclair.
A business, meeting will follow
the program at 12 noon with Mrs.
Jones presiding at both sessions.
Luncheon will be in the col
lege dining hall at 10 o’clock and
at 2 o’clock a coffee hour will be
held in the college parlors, where
members of the college faculty
will be guests of the alumnae
association.
Students will be excused from
fourth period classes on Saturday
to hear the address by Judge
Sharp..
College Marches In
Fall Festival Parade
Norman A. Cocke, Sr. of Char
lotte, N. C. has been named pres
ident of Duke Power Company.
He succeeds the late E. C. Mar
shall of Charlotte who ;iied Sep
tember 21.
The Duke Power company wa'S
founded by the late J. B. Duke
and serves the Piedmont sections
of North Carolina and South Car
olina and has its general offices in
Charlotte.
OBET THE TRAFFIC LAWS
Having been approved by the
Executive Committee, plans for
the New York trip are beginning
to take definite shape. The trip,
being sponsored by the Athletic
Association, is scheduled for the
spring holidays, and the price per
student is estimated at about $64.
It is hoped that many of the stu
dent body will be able to partir
cipate in this educational adven
ture.
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PRAYER
O God, our strength and guide,
make us unselfish and help us to
see the needs of others; give us
wisdom to know the difference
between right and wrong, and tfie
courage to do what is right; make
us willing to offer ourselves, our
talents, and all we have to be
used in doing Thy work. In Jesus’
name. Amen.
Red Springs’ Annual Fall Fes
tival Day, sponsored by the local
Merchants’ Association, was held
on Wednesday, October 21. The
colorful day of events included a
parade, football game ,speeches,
giving away of prizes, and var
ious other activities.
The Flora Macdonald Student
Body marched in the parade and
some of the girls rode on floats,
one of Which was sponsored by
the college.
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SCOTLAND ALUMNAE
MEETS ON CAMPUS
The Scotland County Chapter
of the Flora Macdonald College
Almunae Association visited the
college on Wednesday night, Oc
tober 28. After having dinner in
the dining hall, they were led in
a devotional period by the Christ
ian Association Cabinet and later
enjoyed a skit given by Epsilon
Chi and Zetesian Societies.
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TO TEACH BIBLE
IN COLORED SCHOOL
Plans are now being made for
tht teaching of Bible in the col
ored school again this year. Ten
girls out of the junior and senior
classes will begin this inspiring
project the middle of November
and will be working with children
in grades one through five.
tative date is December 4-6 and
possibly it will be held in David
son. Representatives from all col
leges in North Carolina will be
invited. The purpose of the retreat
will be to interest other colleges
in having a similar group. A re
presentative from the Student
Volunteer Movement office in
New York will be the main speak
er.
The most important project for
the Student Volunteers now is be
ginning to teach Bible in the col-
lored school. This is a valuable
experience for those teaching and
everyone is urged to take advant
age of this opportunity.
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Pick Cotton To Raise
Money For Chapel
In order to raise money to
complete the building fund for . „
the prayer chapel, the Christian Mc-
Association has been sponsoring
“cotton-picking afternoons.” From
the first two afternoons a total
of thirty-two dollars was gained.
The experience of picking cot
ton was quite a new one for most
of the girls; and, in spite of the
aching backs, everyone seemed
to enjoy the task, and began to
realize ever more fully that each
person is a part of the prayer
chapel project.
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Maid Of Cotton
Representative
Billiegene Addor was recently
elected to officially represent
Flora Macdonald in the 1954
Maid of Cotton contest. Billiegene,
a member of the junior class from
Addor, North Carolina, has won
various beauty contest honors in
the past few years.
The contest opened Sei>tember
9 and the lucky girls will be
named in Memphis, Tenn., on the
night of January 6.
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(Student to Prof.): “What’s
that you wrote on my paper?”
Prof: “I told you to write
plainer.”
student body, Pat Farmer, from
W^est End with John Hifsty from
Charlotte; president of th'e Christ
ian Association, Saradee Davis,
from Quincy, Florida with Char
les Woodson from Red Springs;
president of the Athletic Asso
ciation, Mary Lisle Tucker, from
McKenney, Virginia with Dick
Smith from Durham; president of
the senior class, DeLaine Boney,
from Wallace with Don Bailey
from Charlotte; president of the
junior class, Mickey Jernigan,
from Fairmont with David Mus-
selwhite from Fairmont; president
of Zetesian society, Patsy Teer,
from Hillsboro with Paul David
from Hillsboro; president of Ep
silon Chi, Retta Parker, from
Pollocksville with Howard Watts
from Waterbury, Connesticut; and
president of the day students,
Betty Lou McDonald, from Red
Donald from Red Springs.
Chaperones for the occasion
were Dr. and Mrs. Marshall S.
Woodson, Mrs. P. P. McCain, Miss
Carol Robertson, Miss Ellie Mae
Sowder, Mr. David Meese, and
Mrs. E. F. Neighbors.
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Baptist Girls To
Attend Convention
Twelve Baptist students on the
campus are planning to represent
the College at the Baptist Con
vention to be held November 6,
7 and 8 at the First Baptist
Church in Winston-Salem, N. C.
The girls going are Frances Bob
bitt, Clara Liles, Nancy Gallop,
Joan Hester, Lois Tedder, Mild
red Butler, Shirley Ann Kiger,
Annie Byrd, Naomi Lee, Sally
Bald, Juanita Buffkin, and Shir
ley Bullard.
Main speaker for the event will
be Dr. ^els F. S. Ferre. The
theme for the three days will be
“Worship and Work.”
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“I drink about fifty cups of
coffe a day.”
“Doesn’t that keep you awake?”
“It helps.”