VOLUME V
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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
"mD^SPRINGS, N. C„ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1956
NUMBER 1
Anne Turner Elected May Queen
The May Court at F.M.C. for '
the Spring of 1957 has just re
cently been selected by the Stu
dent Body. Representatives in
clude the Queen and Maid of
Honor along with other atten-
dents from the senior class,
three attendents from the jun
ior class, two attendants from
the sophomore class, and two at
tendants from the freshman
class. The queen selected for
this year is Anne Turner, a
senior Bible and C. E. major
from Mayesville, S.C. This is An
ne’s third year on the court hav
ing been previously elected her
freshman and junior years.
Anne is also serving as presi
dent of the Student Body, she
was vice-president of the Chris
tian Association her junior year
and an ex-officio member this
year. She served as a marshall
her junior year, was elected
Athlete of the Year her sopho
more year and won the Best All
Round Superlative last year.
Sarah Brawley, an English ma
jor from Troutsman, N. C. and;
secretary of the senior class was
selected Maid of Honor. Sarah
is also minoring in organ and'
belongs to the American Guild i
of Organists and the St. Cecilia
Club. She is literary editor for j
the White Heather. Other rep-j
resentatives from the senior j
class include Patterson Yeargin, I
a piano major from Thomasville,
Ga. who is a member of the
F.M.C. branch of the National
Honor Society, prayer band lea
der, editor of the Pine and 1
Thistle and a Senior Scribbler. |
Barbara Arrington an Elemen-1
tary Ed. major from Rowland, 1
N. C., is also representing the |
senior class. This is Barbara’s
second year on the court. Last
year Barbara was President of'
Epsilon Chi Society and a mar-'
shall. She is now serving her
second year on the Council as!
president of the senior class.
Third is Rachael Page, a Pri- ^
mary Ed. transfer from Mere
dith College who hails from
Whiteville, N. C. While at Mere-'
dith, Rachael was a member of
the Education Club and the Mc
Dowell Music Club. j
Representing the junior class
is Carolyn Newcomer, a Bible
and Christian Ed. major from
Atlanta, Ga. who is Chairman of
Prayer Bands on the Christian
Association Cabinet and who
served as vice-president of her
Fall Houseparty Promises Full Week-enil
“A Day at College” is very
appropriate for the theme of
the annual Fall Houseparty to
be held here on Saturday, No
vember 10 from 1:00 p.m. until
1:15 on Sunday, November 11.
A most delightful and fun-
packed program will be provid
ed for the nine-hundred girls
dule as has been arranged, the 1 “Clan Gathering” and tour of
girls who are hostesses will not
find it a problem to entertain
their guests. This should come
as a timely reminder to the hos
tesses of their obligations on the
weekend of November 10.
After lunch, at two o’clock,
the program will begin. During
invited. In fact, with such a sche- [ the afternoon there will be a
ANNE TURNER, MAY QUEEN
class her sophomore yeai and j
sophomore editor of the White
Heather. Dorothy Bryant, a Pri-1
mary Ed. transfer from Pine-
land College hailing from Rose-!
boro, N. C. also represents the
: mior class. Cynthia West, an |
Elementary Ed. major from Con
way, S. C. has been elected for
her second time on the May
Court. She was Prayer Band
Leader her sophomore year, a
member of the Skirl staff, and
is at present a member of the
Highland Players for her third
year.
Representing the sophmore
class is Jean McRae, a Bible
and Christian Ed. major from
Maxton, N. C. She is a Prayer
Band leader. Representative at
large of Student Volenteers, on
the W. F. Council and Skirl
Staff. She was co-chairman of
the Freshman-Sophomore Dance
last year. Joanne Ross, a piano
major from Roanoke, Va., a
member of the Ensemble, St.
Cecilia Club, president of the
B.S.U. anci secretary of the
sophomore class is also repre
senting the sophomore class on
the May Court.
Representing the freshman
class is Carroll Shoemaker a
Church music major from Vir
ginia Beach, Va. She belongs
to the Organ Guild and is vice-
president of the Virginia Club.
The other is Jo Rita Cox, a
Primary Ed. major from Lowell,
N.C., who is a member of the
Organ Guild.
College Adds Five
To Faculty
Flora Macdonald College is
indeed fortunate this year in
having five new teachers added
to its staff: Mr. Thomas H.
Johnson, Dr. Joseph N. LeCon-
te, Mrs. Jean B. Mobley, Mr.
Robert M. Clifton, and Mrs. Ni
na T. Lineberry.
Mr. Robert M. Clifton, from
Henderson, received his B. S.
degree from Davidson College,
his M. A. degree from Duke
University, and did his graduate
study in French language and
culture at the Sorbonne in Paris.
He has had teaching experience
at Wake Forest College, Berry'
College, just outside of Rome,
Georgia, and at Presbyterian
Junior College where he taught
for the past tw . ears.
A graduate of Woman’s Col
lege, Mrs. Nina Teague Line
berry has been added to the
Business Education Department.
Mrs. Lineberry taught in the
I Business Department of Lum-
j berton High School for six years
and has just recently completed
her Master’s degree at her alma
I mater.
Flora Macdonald also wel-
i comes to its staff Mrs. Jean B.
i Mobley as the head of the math-
i ematics department. Mrs. Mob
ley attended Agnes Scott College
and received her A. B. degree
from Duke University and her
, M. A. degree from the Univer-
i sity of North Carolina.
Oeerlng To Present
Recital Here Soon
the campus, which should be re
freshing as well as very interest
ing to those who have never seen
the grounds. In the latter part
of the afternoon, a volley ball
game will be held, followed by
an informal sing in the Rotunda.
That evening at 7:15, the girls
will be entertained with music
and a drama which will be pre
sented in the auditorium. More
activity follows this in the form
of a good old-fashioned square
dance in the gym. Closing this
eventful afternoon and evening
will be a pajama party sponsor
ed by the societies and then Ro
tunda Prayer Band.
Sunday’s schedule will follow
j the regular pattern until after
Henri Deering who comes to
Flora Macdonald College on No
vember 19th is an American con
cert pianist. He has been recog-i jV'' ““'T''
. , . i. J I dinner, when the Rising Big
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j Sisters’ Coffee Hour for the
The guests will be leaving
during the afternoon but it is
hoped that their stay will be
pleasant and inspirational and
many will return to become a
part of the F.M.C. student body
next year.
Players Select
nized throughout Europe and
America as a man with distinc-, , , ,,
. , ,! guests will be held,
tive powers as a virtuoso and j ° «,iii
artist. He has held recitals in i
leading cities of both continents ^
m.entioned.
Mr. Deering was born in St.
Louis, Missouri, in 1894. At the
age of seven he memorized the
forty Inventions of Bach, and
gave his first public recital when
eleven. Following service during
World War I, he studied in Paris
with Isidor Philipp, and in Ber-' Cnr nromo
lin with Artur Schnabel, mak- UOos lUl UlCllilu
ing his debut in 1925 with the , gybij Hinds, president, presi-
State Symphony Orchestra at ded at the first fall meeting of
Carnegie Hall, New York. Since the Highland Players. During
that time, he has appeared fre- this time members decided upon
quently as a soloist with sym- ^ three act comedy-drama. Night
phony orchestras, in recitals, j of January 16th, to be presented
with chamber music organiza- the latter part of November.
Ann Rand, who is the author
of Night of January 16th, stages
the play as a dramatic court
room trial. According to Sybil
Hinds, “It is going to be differ
ent from any type play that has
been put on here.” One unusual
aspect of the play is the choos
ing of the jury from the au li
enee.
This play was produced by A.
H. Woods on September 16, 19-
35, at the Ambassador Theater
in New York.
Tryouts for the play have
been held and the cast selected.
Mr. T. H. Johnson, sponsor of
the Highland Players and a new-
tions, and as a radio artist.
FMC To Observe
Homecoming Nov. 17
Ocyo M latleo Open Goncert Series
On October 23, at 8:15 p.m.,
the dance team of Goya and Mat-
teo presented the first program
"in the 1956-57 Flora Macdonald
College Artists Series.
The program, called “Dances
of the World,” consisted of twen
ty different dances represent
ing all parts of the world. Each
dance was given in native cos
tume with native background
music. Goya and Matteo each
gave six solos; the remaining
dances they did together.
Carola Goya, the feminine
member of the team, had been
a dance soloist for a number of
years before being joined by
Matteo. During her career, Miss
Goya has been a featured artist
under the direction of the Co
lumbia Concert Corporation and
has danced in more than three-
hundred cities in the United
States and Canada. In 1949 Miss
I Goya joined the Jose Greco Span-
, ish Dance Company in which she
^ danced leading roles with Greco
j throughout Western Europe,
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i Homecoming Day, November
I 17, 1956, will officially begin
i with the program at eleven
] o’clock in the college auditori-
i A native of Atlanta, Georgia. Greetings to the alumnae
I Dr. Joseph Nesbit LeConte re- ^he college will
iceived his A. B. and M. S. de- Marshall Scott
grees from Emory University, ’"le address of the
ihis Ph. D. from the University brought by Br. Dera
:of North Carolina, his Post doc- '(Mrs. B. L.),
torate Research Fellowship at ^he graduating class comer to the college faculty j
UNC, and studied in various' subject will be serving as director of the play,
service schools including Army’s “Parliamentary Procedure - A
(Advanced Atomic Warfare ^o Good Government.”
School. Dr. LeConte served as ^ The music of the morning will
head of the Physical Science' be furnished by Dr. Charles G. |
Department, Atlanta Unit, and' ^^^dell, Jr., Dean of the p|l|jpQ QnOn
as Associate Professor of Chem-1 ®®'^^tory. | L>u!iuu WuUi!
istry at the University of Geor- A business session will be held
gia. He has published numerous at 12:00 noon in the auditorium,
research papers, mostly in the with the president of the Alum-
Journal of the American Chemi- nae Association presiding,
cal Society. ! Luncheon will be served at 1:00
i Mr. Thomas H. Johnson of | o’clock in the college dining
Suffolk, Virginia, received his hall.
IB. S. degree from Wake Forest! In the afternoon at 2:30, a
College, his M. A. degree from' program of songs under the di-
George Peabody College for | rection of Mr. Skinner will be
Teachers, and special training , presented. One of the selections.
Marshalls To Assume
in Dramatic Art at Wake Forest
College and Vanderbilt Univer
sity. His teaching experience
has included public school teach-
Jacobite Songs, is a narration
of the story of Flora Macdonald
and Charles Edward Stuart. Col
or film of the Gathering of the
ing in Wake County and Bur- Clans at Grandfather Mountain
lington for several years. in August will also be shown.
When Henri Deering gives his
piano concert on November 19
the new marshalls will begin
their formal duties for the year.
During the last quarter of each
year the Zetesian and Epsilon
Chi Societies elect nine mar
shalls from the rising junior
class. The selection of chief
marshall is alternated between
the two societies. This year Vivi
an Morrison, a member of Ep
silon Chi Society, will serve as
chief marshall. Also from Ep-
sion Chi are Shirley Evans,
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