TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1956
THE SKIRL
Page Three
Conservatory Crescendos
Miisicians Holil Tradition of Painting
by Patterson Yeargin
With as much tradition as
there is in evidence in this col
lege, the conservatory naturally
must have its bit. The most con
crete example is in the picture
sine nomine which, at the pre-
.sent is with Julia Naugle. It
-was painted in 1937 by a music
student here.
The subject is a young man
apparently in deep, deep
deep thought. His clothes look
lie those worn in Italy in the
time of “Romeo and Juliet.” The
misty, impressionistic style of
painting makes it difficult to
determine exactly what his fea
tures are. He seems to be a sen
sitive, beautiful person. For
some reason he has a prema
turely grey streak in his fore-
wiio’s Who in American Colleges
Mary Reigns as Queen of Hearts
head.
At the time of its creation
the canvas was given by the art
ist, whose name is unknovra to
us, to Helen Kirkpatrick who
graduated in 1937. Every year
since then it has been handed
down to a rising sinoir, the one
in the conservatory who is felt
to be most worthy of the pic
ture.
Each owner adds some slight
touch to the picture itself and
signs her name and year of
graduation on the back of the
canvas.
Included among the past
owners have been Frances Nas-
sif, ’49, Phyllis Dyer, ’50-’51,
Elaine Pierce, ’52, Nancy Ham
mond, ’53, Nancy Gallop, ’54,
and Sarah Dudley, ’55.
Statistics Show Great Differences
by Sandra Sweet
The Queen of Hearts who
reigns supreme
Is also the queen of May.
With face so fair and voice
so soft
She’s our Who’s Who today.
She has big blue eyes and
soft black hair
That bring out her beauty
bright.
And she’s busier than forty
bees
Nigh on to every night.
Her name has wee of Scottish
tinge
And fling bonnie well she can.
And she’s known both far and
near
As a “Mac” from the Raeford
Clan.
Mary McLean — Queen of
May — one of the brightest
spots of our campus. With
sparkling personality and an ev- warmth and closeness of her
er present smile, Mary creeps
into your heart giving you the
s.-. Ml
Mary McLean, president of
the FMC Christian Association,
meditates in the Prayer Chapel.
There’s quite a gap between
th:- ideal campus beauty queen
and the average American wom
an, as statistics depict her.
So it seems, at least, to Jer-
ra Lynne Tyler, this year’s Hel
en of Troy at the University of
Southern California.
For when Jerra Lynne match
ed her own dimensions against
those reported by Henr-y Drey-
fuss, one of the nation’s fore
most industrial designers, in his
best-selling- book, “Designing
for People,” she found that she
was far from “average.”
The Dreyfuss typical figure,
-vvh'ch was developed aftei’ years
'jf leseardh: and which serves '-s
the model for the scores of pro
ducts he designs, is five feet,
three inches tall, and has a 39-
:'.;rh hip sipread, a 35-inch bust
en.l a 29-inch waist.
Compared with her, Jerra
Lynne towers to five feet, six
inches, and measures 36 inches
in the hips, 36 in the bust and
25 in the waist. A junior at rooms.
use and a major in business
administration, she admits that
she’s not one bit envious of this
mj^thical average woman De
signer Dreyfuss has conjured up
and christened' “Josephine.”
In the course of his research,
which involved the collabora-
tior of ear doctors, neurologists,
psychologists and opticians,
Dreyfuss found that three and
eight-tenths Iper cent of Ameri
can women are left-handed, two-
tenths of One per cent are
color blind, four and one-half
ppr cent are hard of Ihearing,
and fifty-six and four-tenths pe,r
cent wear glasses.
Jerra Lynne pleads “not
guilty” on all scores.
But the Dreyfuss average
woman, although she may win
no beauty contests, has proved
immeasurably useful to the in-
dii»,trial designer as the target
consumer fo.r whom he designs
evL-rything from telepihone head
Highland Hearings
College Life
Remains Same
Through Years
by Gay Mothershed
It’s surprising to see how at
titudes toward college and col
lege life seem to remain much
the same throughout the years.
In a letter written from Floral
College and dated 1850, we are
able to see the trials and tribu
lations of the mid-nineteenth
century Flora-Dora in compari
son with the mid-twentieth cen
tury Flos'Jie-Mac.
find you enjoying the same
blessing. I came here last Thurs
day week. I am not very well
■safcisfsed yet, but I hope I will
be. I like it better than I did
at first. I have to study pretty
hard or ought to anyhow but
the girls keep so much fuss tlhat
f cannot study in the evening
anyhow.
Studies Botany, History
I am studying Botany, Histo
ry of England Evidence of
Christianity, Geology, Browns
C^ammar, and idrawings and
paintings and reading and writ-
friendship. As president of the
Christian Association, Mary per
forms many and various duties.
She rose to this position after
having served as a prayer band
leader and secretary of the.
Christian association. As you
would expect, Mary indeed ex-
exmplifies the qualities you
would expect to find in a Christ
ian leader of our campus. Sin
cerity and love pervade in every
thing she does.
Mary has been a marshal and
has represented her class on the
May Court. Being president of
the C. A. automatically gives her
a position on the Student Coun
cil, making double duty for her.
Mary is majoring in Bible and
Christian Education and has al
ready secured a position at the
Presbyterian Church here in
Red Springs serving as a D. C.
E. under Dr. Robert Hall.
Hats off to our Queen of
Hearts! Her subjects saluate her
in this sincere but inadequate
way!
Many thanks to Mrs. McCain 1 ing. Sometimes I have to go
for the permission to pass on>,' up with my lessons half learned.
this humorous letter to you.
Due to the length of the origi
nal, some iparts have been omit
ted. The major body of the let
ter is as follows:
My dearly beloved Brother,
I now sit down to write you
a few lines to inform you how
I rm getting along here- I am
sets to the interiors of hotel enjoying very good health anj
and I hope these few lines may
gle Male Sti'denls Wary of Leap Year, Valentines Day, Sprliig
SiSf'i
by Juanita Nurberger ,
Beware! This is the only word
of warning I’ll give the sin.k'
male students on our campus.
It seems most appropriate
that we should have the largest
number of males on our campus
tnis semester that we’ve ever
Iiad. Someone must have invoked
a muse on the god of love, Cu
pid, to send us these males. So,
males, leap fast if you don’t
want to be caught, because this
IS Leap Year!
Last semester we were fortun
ate to have five “loose” males
around. Now can be added five
more unmarried students.
From Raeford, commuting
daily, is L. S. Stubbs, who at
tended State before coming to
Flossie Mac.
Red Springs claims the other
four. Billy Currie was at PJC
one quarter, but due to being
hospitalized for some time was
unable to finish there, so he
came here. From the looks of
things — well, I don’t belive
he misses PJC.
Familiar with our campus be
fore, we have Evans Skipper
from PJC.
John McManus, whose mother
■
From left to right are single coeds are James “Red” Walker,
John Gathings, L. S. Brock, Jack Ammons, Billy Currie, and John
McManus.
see, would this make him a mem
ber of the Granddaughter’s
Club?) — was attending Wake
Forest last semester. He’s a
Freshman.
Also attending Wake Forest
last semester is Jack Ammons, a
Sophomore. Jack’s brother, Tom
attended school here — (let’s my, was here last year. I’m sure
he’ll be as well liked as Tommy
Maybe I shouldn’t scare these
boys too much, but, after all,
someone has to protect them!
With Valentine’s Day around
the corner and Spring not too
far off, someone or several
girls will have plenty of op
portune time to pull some shady
tricks on you, boys, so—beware!
but there are so many in the
class that I do not miss much.
I have not got much acquainted
with many of the girls yet, but
I 1 ave got as much acquainted
with some of them as I want to.
I s'eeip with Isabella.
There are two o'tiher girls in
the room with us., they are the
very mischief itself and I do
not intend to stay with them
if I can help it, because I do
not like them. I 'have to keep
every thing as close as I can or
I will lose it.
Goes To Church Sundays
We go to church every Sun
day. We also have Sunday
School Sunday morniTig and
Sunday evening. We are busy
just all the time. I was at a
zhov, night before last and had
to pay twenty five cents, and it
wcs not worth five cents.
I did not get acquainted with
any of the young gentlemen in
th''; place yet. I have not seen
any that was much pretty ei
ther. I heard that you had
twenty scholars and that some
of them were grown young la
dies and pretty ones too, but
don’t you fall in love with them.
You must wait till you see Mary
Roberson, t;he is so pretty and
so sweet.
Writes Weekly Composition
Pear Brother, I must close. I
cannot think of anything to tell
you. I would be deligihted to
see you here. I forgot to tell
you we hav to write composi
tions every Saturday. I Dear
Brother, you must write to me
- oon and tell me how you are
getting along. I believe I am
through, so Farewell.
I remain your affectionate
Sister.
Foreign Girls Travel
The month of February has
been a busy month for Flora
Macdonald’s United Nations, and
the outlook seems to indicate
that the rest of the month will
be the same.
On Tuesday, February 7, they
went to the Methodist Church
here in Red Springs to a meet
ing of the Women of the Church.
They had lunch there after
which each girl brought greet
ings from her country to here.
All of the foreign students were
present.
The next day on Wednesday,
February 8, some of the foreign
students went to Wallace, North
Carolina to a meeting of two
Presbyterian churches, the Rock
Fish and Potts Memorial Chur
ches. They ate dinner with the
Reverend and Mrs. MacChesney.
After eating they went to the
Potts Memorial Church where
they gave a program on Inter
national Relations. The group
consisting of Vivian Morrison,
Betty Jo Hatcher, Mac Calhoun,
Young Sun Cha, and Helen Car-
apetian were taken by Mrs.
Woodson.
For the remainder of the
month the United Nations are
planning trips to Lumberton,
Wagram, Red Springs Presby
terian Church, and Chadburne.
On these trips the program con
sists of a panel-type discussion
with Betty Jo Hatcher as the
moderator.
College Singers Giv:
r
Kr. Lawr nee Skinner, direc-
toi of the FMC chorus and
music professor, presented the
College Singers in a program at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The recital given on Febru
ary 11, 1956, consisted of “Ye
Sons of Israel,” Mendelssohn
“May Day Carol” and My John
ny was a Shoemaker,” arrang
ed by Taylor; and “Ye banks
ai;d Braes,” arranged by Fleteh-
er was sung by the Choral En
semble, which is composed of
sixteen girls, Shirley Kearns was
the accompanist.