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THE SKIRL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1956
FLOGO
Board Reduces Probable Sites To Five
Friday, February 3, the new Board of Trustees spent the
entire day in casting ballots for a site for the new Presbyterian
College, and at the end had reduced the number of possible
communities to five—Rocky Mount, Wilmington, Lumberton,
Laurinburg, and Fayetteville.
What shall be our attitude toward this news which to most
of us is very overwhelming and certainly most unexpected? May
I just say four things so as to be of help to you.
Everyone Has Prayed
In the first place, you and I and all our friends in Red
Springs have been praying, and as I have listened to the prayers,
the burden has not been our will but Thine be done. Therefore,
I must say that this whole thing must be of God’s will.
The second thing is this. This announcement must in no
way handicap you in following through your courses of study
this year and next year and on until you graduate. This is your
college and these are days of opportunity, and you must, for
your own sake, be faithful as a student in this institution. I can
tell you this—that the Board of Trustees of Flora Macdonald Col
lege will continue in every possible way to improve every phase
of our college program.
Students Take Responsibility
The third thing is this. No generation of students itt this
college has had imposed upon them by the providence of God
a greater trust or greater responsibility. We must pass on to
succeeding generations of students what we have received as
students at Flora Macdonald College. There are priceless values
in this institution. It rests upon Flora Macdonald College to
vcarry these values into the new institution.
The fourth thing is this, that some student in this college
can be of real help to us in trying to think of some way whereby
we can bring forty or fifty men into this school next year as
boarding students. We are moving toward coeducation and should
begin immediately in trying to indoctrinate some men in the
traditions that make this college great.
God is leading. Let’s move forward, bewildered though we
may be, with the confidence that He will not desert us now.
From chapel talk by Dr. Marshall S. Woodson,
President of Flora Macdonald College, on
February 6, 1956.
Personality Profile
ersonality Willing
To Help Anyone.
by Sarah Jordan
Like a fresh breeze cooling the
heat of a summer’s day our per
sonality this month appears. She
can always be found doing things
for people for she just loves to
help anyone who needs it.
She is a business major, who
is really interested in her work.
She dresses nicely and always
looks fresh as a daisy. (That is
the modern secretary for you.)
Her hair, fixed in a bun is just
as attractive as it can be.
Since one of her minors is
English, her speeca is very coi-
rect.
Attended St. Mary’s, Salem
Our personality is medium in
height and build and has brown
hair and eyes. She is from Mocks-
ville. North Carolina. She at
tended St. Mary’s her last two>
years of high school and Salem
College before coming to Flora
Macdonald.
She is a Presbyterian and en
joys church very much.
Naturally she is a member of
the Business Club and she is
aiso on the Skirl staff.
As you can see she has quite
an assortment of interests.
Likes Music, Dances
She likes dancing and has a
“friend” who can furnish some
of the best music. She enjoys
swimming and sports in general.
She was Decoration Chairman of
our Christmas dance.
One of the most interesting
things about our personality is
that this past summer she took
a trip to Europe. “It was mar
velous,’’ she says, “simply mar
velous.” She also says that she
is going back someday. Maybe
some of us can go along too.
Of course you have guessed
by now that our personality for
this month is none other that
the Associate Editor for the
Skirl, Dotti Morris.
From The Circle
Youtlis Send Messages
by Betty Joe Hatcher
This column will be featuring
projects and other things con
nected with the student body
and the student council. Please
do not let the title mislead you.
“From the Circle” includes the
entire student body. We, as
council members, sit in a circle
but behind us stands each mem
ber of the student body making
an even bigger circle. This is
your column and your sugges
tions are welcomed. If you have
a better title let’s hear it.
The council is very proud of
the filing cabinet and the sec
retary's file which was pur
chased by the Student Associa
tion not too long ago. If you
haven’t seen them, do stop by
and inspect.
Our last N.S.A. conference
was represented by Mary Archie
Brown, president of the Student
Body, and Norma Pittard, sec
retary. They had a very enjoy
able time and brought back a
lot of ideas.
Store Fills Miads
Of course the thing that has
been in the minds of the present
on Valentines Day
council for a long time is the
student store. We are really
glad to see this goal met. Mr.
Glenn Overton, business mana
ger of Flora Macdonald, really
deserves a pat on the back for
his help also. We don’t know
what the money will go for yet-
it will be up to the students.
We haven’t had many visitors
at council meetings this year. If
any student would like to attend
a council meeting she should
feel free to do so at any time.
Right now the council is looking
forward to Dr. Vardell’s birth
day.
Council Member Defined
Definition of a council mem-
ber-a person who recognizes his
fellow students from the backs
of their heads. (Checking cha
pel).
Elections will be coming up
in about another month so if
you have any suggestions for
the present council make them
quick. All of us should be think
ing very seriously about the
coming elections. This is the
“Square” sighing off “From the
Circle.”
Flossie’s Follies
251 Pajama Glad
Girls Fill Rotunda
Future Tsachers Fill Summer Positions
Durham, N. C.—College grad
uates who look forward to teach
ing careers can gain first-hand
experience and earn an advanc
ed academic degree through a
new program launched by Duke
University and the Charlotte,
N.C., City Schools.
Designed to increase the sup
ply of superior public school
teachers, the program will be
gin next summer. Liberal arts
graduates selected on a compet
itive basis from among appli
cants will receive the Master of
Arts in Teaching degree after a
semester and a Summer Session
of study at Duke and a semester
of full-time teaching in the
Charlotte schools.
These teachers will fill regu
lar positions on the Charlotte
teaching staff, thus helping meet- j
the urgent need for the large i
number of new teachers re- j
yuired each year.
Tuition and fees for the total j
work at Duke will be $450. The
Charlotte Public Schools will
pay each candidate $1450 during
the semester of teaching.
Applications for the program
i must be submitted by March 1
I to Graduate School of Arts and
i Sciences at Duke University.
Any student who will receive
the bachelor’s degree before
next summer and who has not
had practice teaching is eligible
to apply. Students who have had
practice teaching may enter the
regular Duke program that
leads to the Master of Arts in
Teaching degree.
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by Becky Williams
It is late at night. The stu
dents are sleeping or studying.
All is calm. There is a voice
over the PA. The rooms empty
quickly. There is a hurried con
fusion in the halls. Excitement
fills the building. Is it a fire?
No. It is 251 pajama clad girls
with pots, plates, or cups in
hand, descending the stairs to
partake of some heavenly man
na. From whence did this gift
originate? Is this a . joke? How
much can we have?
Descent Doesn’t Stop
All these questions filled the
minds of the girls but not one
stopped their descent. If Mr.
Williams had been here to check
the time, he would have found
it record breaking. That night,
there were many an upset stom
ach because of too much chicit-
en, ham, slaw, potato salad, bis
cuits, and olives.
The moral of the preceeding
paragraph is, if you ever have
too much food, in “Flossies
Diner” you can quickly dispose
of it.
If it were not for the calen
dar we could easily be un-pack
ing our Spring clothes. If you
are in favor of an early Spring,
please drop by Morgan 8 and
cast your ballot.
Juniors Fling, Flang, Flung
If you see any Junior making
like “Real Gone Cats” don’t
worry for they are just practic
ing the Flung Highland( or is
that the Highland Flung? Fling,
Flang, Flung). It really doesn’t
make any difference for they
don’t know what they are doing
either. This years music will be
' Shake, Rattle, and Roll.”
The odd odors filling the ro
tunda like spoiled eggs can ei
ther be the Chemistry students
or the freshman Home Ec. girls
“Learning” how to cook. (May
be even the student kitchen?)
This line to fill up space and
make my proper number of
words.
Traditions
St.
by Betsy Fleshman
Valentine’s Day is a special
Dotti Morris, business stu
dent, sits at her typewriter.
THE SKIRL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ruth Evelyn Topping
BUSINESS MANAGER
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Shirley EvMs
CIRCULATION MANAGER ........ .......... Evelyn Taylor
Students See Reactor
Dr. Amy Le Vesconte of Flora
Macdonald College wrote to Dr.
Clifford Beck of State College,
who is in charge of the Nuclear
Reactor, on behalf of the Col
legiate Academy of Science in
North Carolina. She received a
cordial invitation for the acad
emy to visit Raleigh and see
the Reactor.
The date of Saturday, Febru
ary 11, was chosen. The ex
day, usually associated with
youth and lovers. Ever since the
fourteenth and fifteenth centur
ies or earlier, messages of love
have been sent on Valentine's
Day.
There are several legends as
to the origin of this day. One
says that it is the survival of an
old Roman February feast, when
young Romans put into a box
the names of young maidens
and then drew names for their
partners for the coming festival.
A second legend refers to the
Middle Age belief in Europe,
that it was on February 14 that
birds began to mate, and thus
came the custom of young men
planation of the Nuclear Reac
tor began at 10:30 A. M.
Saturday morning. Afterwards,
all attending the meeting lunch
ed together at a Cafeteria in
Raleigh.
and maidens choosing speical
friends on that day.
Another legend says that the
Valentine takes its name from a
young Christian priest who lived
in ancient Rome. He had been
imprisoned because of his faith.
Often the longingly he thought
of his love ones and wanted to
assure them of his well-being
and of his love for them.
Beyond his cell window, just
within reach grew a cluster of
violets. He picked some of the
heart-shaped leaves and pierced
them with the words, “Remem
ber your Valentine,’’ and sent
them off by a Friendly dove. On
the next day, and the next, he
sent more messages that simply
said, “I love you.” Thus did the
Valentine have its beginning. So
through the ages, those who
love send Valentines to express
their love, as we at Flora Mac
donald celebrate our Capsule
Day.