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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME II
RED SPRINGS. N. C, JANUARY 18, 1954
NUMBER 7
Conventions Attended By Flora Macdonald Girls
Methodist Convention i Methodist Delegate
Held In Lawrence, Kansas!
By Sue Littlewood
The day after Christmas was
no day for sleeping, at least iioi;
in the homes of some forty-one
Methodist college and university
students who planned to take *be
North Carolina Methodist Student
Movement special bus to the Na
tional Student Conference in
Kansas.
The alarms sounded at various
hours (mine at 5:00 A. M.!) ac
cording to the distances we iiad
to travel to get to Greensboro.
As in the case of most charter
buses which carry such a variety
of people, we didn’t start on time.
Leaving Greensboro at about two
o’clock, we had plenty of time o
get rather well acquainted be
fore rolling into Lexington, Ky.
at 4:30 (EST) the next morningr.
We educated all people from the
plains on “The Danger of Curves
in Three Ranges of Mountains’’
or “How to Get Sick and Keep
on Singing”.
Since no one had had any sleep
we didn’t leave Lexington until
late the next morning, and it was
rather smooth sailing from thei'e
on. The geography lessons were
very good, many of us seeing the
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers ani
several of the states for the first
time. St. Louis, Missouri looked
rather forboding that Sunday
night with more beverage signs
than Flossie Mac could ever put
a “Do Not” on, but we finally
found a drug store before going
back to the hotel. The next day,
we found that through our fun,
study, motion-sickness, and sing
ing together we felt quite close
to one another. We even got a
North Carolina song together that
contained everything from “Dix
ie” to “Carolina Moon”. We ar
rived at Kansas University, De
cember 28 with snowball fights,
our Tarheel sing, and minds and
hearts eager to learn.
We discovered the reason for
our boots and warm clothing as
most of us lived about a mile
from Hock auditorium. We could
n’t complain, for when we got
there, even on that first night,
the speaker was one of world
renown—^Phillipe Maury from Ge
neva, Switzerland, the worker
with our World Christian Stu
dent Federation. He had the tre
mendous task of introducing our
theme, “Christ Transforming Cul
ture.” (We, found here that “cul
ture” did not mean concerts and
book clubs, but the very essence
of character of a society; the
thing in which the people trust
and have as their purpose for a
living community.)
The worship center for our
conference was of such a unique
nature that it was a learning ex
perience to me in the field of
expression of worship in art, and
worship aided by symbolism. I
must admit that at first I was
rather awe-struck more than
anything else as it covered the
whole stage, and activities tojk
place in and around it. It con
sisted of a cross and chalice in
black, an indication of a dome
by an arched figure in white,
with an altar inside in blue and
white with three huge white can
dles on top symbolizing the trin
ity. The lighting was done most-
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SUE LITTLEWOOD
Around The World
And Back
With ELLEN WILLIAMS
Admiral William H. P. Blandy
died on January 12, 1954 result
ing from a stroke. He retired in
1950 after being commnndcr in
chief of the Atlantic Fleet for
three years. Blandy led the first
post-war atom bomb tests at Bi
kini in 1946. He was 63 years old.
The State Jefferson-Jackson
Day dinner will be held at the
Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel in Ra
leigh on February 13.
On January 12 Secretary of
State Dulles said in a speech pre
pared on Foreign Relations that
“this country is negotiating only
‘to advance the cause of human
welfare’ ”. He rejected the idea
of a deal for “a division of world
power” with the Soviet Union.
With the elapse of two weeks,
the Berlin Conference will begin
as the Big Four convene. Many
feel that Russia’s aim is to win
the United State’s approval of a
Communist sphere in Eastern
Europe.
Amintore Fanfari was the
Christian Democrat’s choice for a
new Italian Premier in the Jan
uary Election. Fanfani is 45 years
old and is the youngest man ever
called to Italy’s Premiership. His
experience in Italy’s Parliament
equips him with promising suc
cess in his mending Italy’s party
ranks.
AUBURN BOUND
Presbyterian Convention
Held In Auburn, Alabama
By Saradee Davis
Shirley Willis and Ellen Williams are shown packing lor the
trip to the Presbyterian Youth Convention held during tlie
Christmas holidays.
The Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet has announced that elec
tions to the Soviet Parliament
will be held March 14. The pre
sent two houses of Parliament
end their four-year terms on
March 12. The Council of the
Union and the Council of Nation
alities makes up Parliament.
Ralph C. Clontz of Charlotte
has revealed his work as an un
dercover informant of the FBI on
Communist activities for the past
four years. His work has been so
secret that this information came
as a complete shock to his father.
Rev. Clontz, a retired Presbyter
ian minister. Mr. Clontz, Jr. is 31
years old and practices law in
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Vacation Bible
School Institute
To Be Held
Dr. Leslie Bullock announces
that a Vacation Bible School In
stitute will be held on the
four Monday nights in February
and the first Monday night in
March, from 7:30 to 9:30 P. M.
This is being held at the same
time as the Fayetteville Presby
tery Leadership School and in
co-operation with that school.
This Institute is strictly for the
Students of the college to prepare
them for greater service as lead
ers and helpers in local churches
this summer. By attending this
Institute instead of the regular
classes of the Leadership School,
the students will not only gain
specific preparation in the Bible
School courses to be used this
summer; but they will also help
relieve the congestion in the
classes of the Leadership School.
Nights spent attending this Insti
tute will not count against your
nights out.
Both the General Assembly
and the Synod have strongly urg
ed that no one be employed to
work in Bible Schools this sum
mer unless they have attended an
institute of this sort. Therefore,
if you are planning to seek work
of this kind this summer, or if
you simply want to be of greater
help in your local church, you
will benefit by attending the In
stitute.
The leaders will be;
Kindergarten, Mrs. Ben Cam-
pen; Primary, Miss Ann Jordan;
Junior, Mrs. Leslie Bullock; Pio
neer, Miss Betty McLean.
These will be assisted by the
seniors in the Department of
Bible and Christian Education.
More information in regard to
the school 'will be given as the
time draws nearer.
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OBEY THE TRAFFIC LAWS
Students Respond
To Fund Campaign
According to a pre-Christmas
report given by Betty Lou Lamb
student chairman of the college
fund-raising campaign, the drive
in the school had wonderful re
sults.
Each student had a chance to
pledge any amount which she
wished as long as the money was
coming from some money which
she could say was her own to
pledge. The pledging was entirely
voluntary and met with great re
sponse.
From one hundred and fifty
students pledging a total of two
thousand eight himdred and fifty
dollars.
The co-operation of the stu
dents showed their interest in
the campaign and also that they
are backing Dr. Woodson in his
work for the campaign.
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COLLECT OLD CARDS
The Student Volunteers recent
ly sponsored the project of col
lecting old Christmas cards and
preparing them for use by Mis
sionaries. Girls brought cards
back from hdme; and a workshop
was held in Watkins to cut out
the pictures, which are very
helpful in teaching both on the
home and foreign fields.
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CHRISTMAS CONTESTS
Two contests were held on
campus during the week preced
ing the Christmas holidays.
The halls were judged for the
best Christmas decorations, and
Morgan II was proclaimed the
winner.
A table contest was sponsored
by the St. Cecelia Music Club on
the night of the Christmas ban
quet, and Jessie Blalock’s table
was chosen as the best-decorated.
Each member of the table was
awarded a prize.
December 29th over 1800 young
people from all over the, South
met to gether at Alabama Poly
technic Institute in Auburn, Ala.
to attend the Fifth Quadrennial
Youth Convention of the Pres
byterian Church, U. S. Included
in that number were some twen
ty-four from Flora Macdonald
College: Elizabeth McIntosh, El
len Williams, Elise Hudson, Emo-
jeane Womeldorf, Kittye Oliver,
Nancy Bell, Shirley Thornton,
Shirley Willis, DeLanie Boney,
Mary Lisle Tucker, Lucile Wilds,
Young Sun Cha, Dot Hamilton,
Pat Farmer, Charlotte Calhoun,
Nancy Stikeleather, Peggy Car
ter, Lucy Fleming, Betsy Graham,
June Ferguson, Pat Lovett, Sue
Owen, Jo-Anne Drummond, Dee
Davis.
The purpose of the convention
was to make our young people
more aware of the implications
of faith in our world today, and
to help us become more com
mitted to a growing witness in
our lives. The theme was “The
Christian’s 'Mission.” Each young
person jamc to seo better that his
own mission in life—whatever
his calling may be—’is a part of
Christianity’s answer to the world
situation.
Before the Convention conven
ed we were already a united
group. We were imited in pur
pose and interest. Study books
had been sent to us a short time
after registration so that we
could study them and be prepar
ed to discuss common problems
and important issues with better
understanding. The three books
given to each delegate were:
‘That They May Have Life”, by
D. T. Niles; “A Call to Evange
lism”, a study guide for the book
by Niles, prepared by Felix Gear,
Harry Goodykoontz, Rachel Hen-
derlite, and Watson Strept; and
‘You Shall Be My Witnesses, by
E. T1 Thompson, a study guide on
Acts 1-7.
Upon our arrival we registered
and were assigned rooms, given
meal tickets and a schedule of
events, assigned to Bible study
groups and to discussion groups.
(I was ganged up on—here I was
assigned two former Roommates
—my sister and Mary Lisle). Af
ter eating a big supper we went
over to the Student Activity
Building for group singing. After
the singing Mr. Oliver Carmich
ael, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church, Richmond, Ken
tucky, led us in worship. The
worship services were all unique,
and truly of great inspiration.
Dr. John A. Mackay, president
of Princeton Seminary and mod
erator of the Presbyterian Church
USA, was our first speaker. He
spoke on “The Darkness That De
fies the Light.” The challenge of
various ideologies current in the
world today were presented. The
Church’s own failure in living up
to the creed she confesses and in
meeting the challenges and prob
lems she faces were seriously
considered. The next morning we
met in our discussion groups
(composed of about 20 young
people and an adult leader) and
discussed these challenges. Dr.
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