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01|p 0ktrl A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE VOLUME IV Red Springs, N. C., May 5, 1956 NUMBER 10 May Day Festivities To Be Held Today By FMC Students On Saturday, May 5, 1956, at 3:30 p.m. on the front campus the annual May Day festivities of Flora Macdonald College will be held. May Day is presented by the Department of Physical Education under the direction of Miss Ethel Bateman. The pag eant opens with a majorette routine by the Layton Twins. Marilyn and Manette from Ma rion, South Carolina. This is followed by the music of the bagpipes and the Scottish dan cers. Piper is Miss Vivian Morri son from Novia Scotia, Canada and the Scottish dancers are members of the junior class. This is to be followed by the entrance of the May Queen and her court. Reigning as May Queen is Miss Mary McLean from Raeford, North Carolina and attending her as Maid of Honor is Miss Sallie Anne Munroe from Clark- ton, North Carolina. The senior attendants are Miss Frances Shaw from Lumber Bridge, North Carolina; Miss Pat Clark from Daytona Beach, Florida; and Miss Betsy Graham from Fayetteville, North Carolina. At tending the Queen from the jun ior class are Miss Barbara Ar rington from Rowland, North Carolina; Miss Norma Pittard from Warrenton, North Caro lina; and Miss Anne Turner May Queen, Mary McLean, sits at left with her attendants, Margaret Mansfield, Cloe Pet ers, Betsy Graham, Pat Clark, Nancy Jo Thomp son, Ann Turner, Cynthia West, Frances Shaw, Barbara Arrington, Norma Pittard, and SaOy Ann Munroe, who is Maid of Honor. Irom Mayesville, South Carolina, j way, South Carolina, and Miss I are Miss Margaret Mansfield The sophomore attendants are Clce Peteis from Marion, North! from Narrows, Virginia and Miss Cynthia West from Con-1 Carolina. Freshmen attendants ^ Miss Nancy Jo Thompson from Dance On Front Campus To Conclude Celebration The annual May Day Dance sponsored by the Athletic As sociation will be held on Flossie Mac’s front campus on Saturday night. May 5 at eight o’clock. The chairmen are really get ting things underway. They arc general chairman, Rosalynde Gibson, decorations chairman, Myra Springs; invitations chair man, Phylis Faidley; and re freshments chairman, Elizabeth Anne Clark. The theme is “Tara” and the setting is that of a colonial style. Spring flowers will be wound around the four columns of the porch and Spanish moss will be hung on the trees and over the doorway. Over the steps will be an archway covered with more j flowers to add to that springy I touch. The tulip bed will have ! a spring-house effect. It will be * covered with crepe paper flow- j ers. Oil lamps will be burning in the spring house and colored lights will be focused on the whole structure. An old-fashioii ■ ed wagon will add to the attrac tiveness of the side lawn^ There will also be lattice chairs and tables located on the other side of the lawn. Joe Taylor and his eight piece band from Lumberton will be seated on the porch. They will play the theme song, “Tara” throughout the dance. Refreshments will be served on the side porch. Traditional Tea Honors Seniors With Silver According to tradition, sen iors of 1956 will celebrate an Mascot To Entertain Art Exhibit To Be Held On Thursday, May 24, the senior class will be the gnests of Miss Ruthie Odum, their mascot. They are going to a picnic supper at Lakewood. Ruthie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Odum, Jr. was chosen as the mascot of the sen ior class of 1956 last spring. She was at the Bacculaurate and Capping ceremonies last year and received at Mrs. McCain’s Tea for the seniors this spring in Southern Pines. Ruthie is six and will start school next year. Black-haired, dark-eyed Ruthie is a frequent visitor at the college and feels very much at home here with the girls. Under the direction of Mrs. Lawrence Skinner this year’s Art Exhibit will be held from May second through commence menit. It will begin with a tea in the palors on Tuesday, May twenty-second at three-thirty. There will be a variety of ex hibits. Each student of the Fine Arts Class 301 will exhibit thiee or four of her paintings. Each member of the two children’s art classes will exhibit one draw ing. There will be several kinds of media including water colors, oil, and charcoal. The exhibits will be hung on the first floor of West Hall. A.A. Board Looks Forward To Retreat If the me-mibers of the Ath letic Boaxd seem happier than usual it’s due to the fact that i tea Monday, May I 7 at seven o’clock in the even- they are anticiptaing the A. A. . . , . ■ ■ ing. In charge of the affair is Bonnie Bunn, senior class pres- iden*t. Decorated with sprinig florai designs, the parlors of Flora Macdonald College will be the setting where seniors will ex change tableware anid> other gifts of silver. Before Easfter vacations eaeh senio-r drew the name of a classmate to whom she will give a silver present. Class majscot, Ruthie Odum, v/ill be present with her moth er Mrs. J. D. Odum, Jr. of Red Springs. Classes alternate in choosing girl or boy mascots. This'year the senior mascot is a girl. Next year a boy will be ma^O’t, and so on. Also present will be Mrs. P. P. MeCain, dean of women, Retreat. The A. A. board is grateful bo Miss Bateman, its advisor be cause she has promised the old and new board members the use of her cottage at Surf-Side beach. We are also happy that she ha« consented to be the chaperone. Those attending the retreat will leave the coUege at 12:00 on Saturday, May 19 and return on Sunday. The fol lowing are committees set up to make plans for the retreat; Food chairmen, Judy Brown Dee Jordan and Lucy Richard son ; Transportation Chairmen, Mary Leighton Nisbet, Jane Mc Leod and Betty Ann Wither spoon; Recreation Chairmen, Jane McDonald and Edith Burlington, North Carolina. The theme for this year cen ters around dancing dolls. In the toy shop are many marvels in mechanical toys and dolls. The shopkeeper prizes them all and can hardly bear to think of part ing with them; yet he is stiR anxious to make a sale even if it has to be his favorites. Many dolls are displayed to customers and finally some are sold to be delivered the next day. After the shopkeeper and his assis tants leave the shop for the night, there is a gay scene of revelry in the toy shop. It is a farewell party for the dolls that have been sold. The little clowns summon the dolls—Katinka dolls, tin soldiers and their sweet hearts, French dolls, Chinese dolls, Ballet dolls, Fairy dolls, Russian dolls, Gypsy dolls. Bal alaika dolls. Patterson Yeargin and Myra Springs are doing a dance duet. It ends with a gay iinale by all the dolls. Mary Frances Ross, Ophelia Morrison, Joanne Ross, Stella Hurst and Julia Anne Pridgen are helping with the music. The senior class will be acting as marshalls. May Court Honored At Picnic Supper The members of the May Court were honored at a picnic supper on Thursday eve ning, May 3. The supper was given by the mothers of the children who are taking part on the May Count during the May Day celebration here on Satur day afternoon. The May Court left here about 5:00 and drove to a lake near Riae- ford where they ate about 5:30. They planed to go boating, take pictures and engage in oth er outdoor sports. Frances Shaw and Anne Turner furnished transportation for the group. Societies Elect Nine Marshalls Ponds; Worship Chairmen, Shir- and Mrs. Wor*th Currie, senior ley Evans and Al«se Harrison. At the last meeting each of the coimmittees gave reports 1/hich were approved or reject ed. This retreat is to be benefic ial as well as enjotyaible. On this week end the A. A. Board members are going to enjoy fun, fellowship, and swimming. Also, they are going to be making important plans for the next year’s activities. class adviser and professor of home economics at F. M. C. The senior class, traditionally, chooses a member of the sister class, the sophomore class, as pianist for senior parties and other occasions! Also in accordance with tra dition, a senior writes a letter to the girl whose name she drew and mails it to be open ed in a year. Light refresh ments will comiplete the annual silver tea. At a call meeting of Epsilem Chi Literary Society and Zete- sian Literary Society at six thirty o’clock in the society balls, the marshalls for the year 1S56- 1957 were elected. Members of the rising junior class are those selected and nominations do not depend on yearly averages. The societies alternate in their selec tion of chief marshall. The new chief marshall, Vivian Morrison, is from Epsilon Chi Society. Barbara Wingate, Shirley Evans, Macel Cox and Jane MacDonald were also elected from this soci ety. Zetesian Society elected four marshalls. Ruth Evelyn Topp ing, Hazel McLean, Elise Wil liams, and Un Hi Choi are the selection of this group.
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