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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME 5
RED SPRINGS, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1957
NUMBER 3
Miss Poole To Present Recital March 9
On Saturday evening, March
9, at 8:15 P.M., Miss Arlette
Poole, Assistant Professor of
Piano at Flora Macdonald, will
present a piano recital which
will consist of the following
selections: Sonate per Clavicem-
bale; Allegro, L. 104, Pastorale,
L. 433, Allegro assai, L. 475, and
Allegro con epirito, L. 331 by
Scarlatti. Italian Concerto; Al
legro, Andante, Presto by Bach.
Sonata quasiuna Fantasia, Op.
27, No. 2; Adagio Sostenuto,
Alletretto, Presto Agitato by
Beethoven. Kinderscenen, Op. 15
(Scenes from Childhood); About
Strange Lands and People, Curi
ous Story, Blindman’s Buff,
Pleading Child, Perfectly Con
tented, Important Event, Rever
ie, At the Fireside, The Knight
Class Dance To Feature Oriental Theme
Tonight, Saturday, March mittee, made up of Ruth Eve-, The Embers, an eight-piece
2nd, at approximately 9:15 P. ilyn Topping and Jane Floyd band from Chapel Hill.
M., the familiar gong will be' as General Chairmen, Adaline
heard in the dining hall at F.
M.C.; but at this time it will
be heard in a different way.
Dr. Leslie Bullock, master of
ceremonies, will be announcing
the figure of the dance com
mittee. This committee is made
up of members from each
class. Each member will be
recognized as she and her date
proceed from behind a bamboo
curtain; then the entire com
mittee will form a figure that
has at fan effect. This com-
Brady and “Leu” Jorden as
decoration chairman; Peggy
Dunn and Jenny Beck as re-
freshmen chairmen; and Yvonne
Brumbies and Nancy Dalrym-
ple as invitation chairmen, will
be given recognition for their
ideas and work in carrying out
an oriental theme for the
dance.
The theme is Oriental Para
dise and the song is “Love Is
a Many-Splendored Thin g.”
The music will be provided by
,
MISS ARLETTE POOLE
In addition to this study. Miss
of the Rocking-horse, Almost 1 Pool® studied under scholar-
too Serious. Frightening, Child ship with Artur ^hnabel at the
Falling Asleep, The Poet Speaks' University of Michiga^ wth
by Schumann. Sonata in b| Harold Bauer, James Frasken,
minor by Liszt. Preludes: Pre- and Ernest Oster in New York;
lude in D Minor, Op. 38, No. 2, a^n With Earl D. Stout at L.S.U
Prelude in C Major, Op. 38 No. Also ^e has been ac^mpamst
1, Prelude in Db Major, Op. 38, for Mi^ha Mischakoff Tsoca-
Nq. 15, Prelude in G Minor, n^ni’s Concert-Master at Chau-
Op. 38, No. 12, Prelude in Bb tauqua. New York. She has
Major, Op. 38, No. 21, and Pre- edon chamber music study with
1 j • tf Mr. Mischakoff, Louis Hassel-
lude in B Minor, Op. 38, No. t> Dy ^ , o’ j t
Kabaleveskv ^^ard Singer, and Louis
j^aoaiev^Ky. I
Miss Poole began ihe study of, ^ ^ ^ •
4. T« formed on concert tours in
pjano at the ag^e of. four. In .
L -I niany states and also in Mexico
her early years she was winner ■ „ „ , _
of Federated Music Club , Con
tests and National Piano Audi
tions Winner. At thirteen she
won a scholarship to L.S.U. She
was recipiapt, of scholarship
arid fellowship awards for four
years of undergraduate study
arid two years of graduate study
at L.S.U. where ste received
both' her Bachelor and Master
degrees with a major in piano
and a minor in composition.
and Canada. She has given ra
dio concerts on C.B.S, N.B.C.,
and N^B.S.
Before coming to Flora Mac
donald last year, Miss Poole
taught at Fairfax Hall in
Waynesboro, Virginia; at Berea
College I in Berea, Kentucky; and
at Coker College in Hartsville,
South Carolina. She has also
spent one year at L.S.U. as ac
companist.
Students To Elect Leaders Soon
I The council urges everyone
This year the Student Coun-!^° participate in the elections as
oil has worked out a more ef-jeach officer represents the
fective method of voting. In] school as a whole. The pnvi-
the past, the elections have I lege of voting is a great one
been drawn out over a period and should be treated as such^
of several days. It is the aim'Be sure to check the list of
of the present council to elim-i students eligible for council pos-
inate this procedure. The elec-] ition; _ this list is posted on the
tions will begin on March 41 bulletin board,
and continue until all offices Installation of officers will
are filled. | be held on March 19.
CWai Club Slates Tour To Begin Soon
The annual spring tour of the i world itself keeps Eastei Day.
Flora Macdonald College Choral I Club will also sing: My
Club is scheduled for March 20- heart is sair; Annie Laurie; A
rJohn WiHiams Presents Organ Recital
' On Tuesday evening^ Febru-'
ary 26, 1957, John E. Williams,
Assistant Professor of Organ
at Flora Macdonald, presented
his faculty recital. Mr. Williams
came to Flora Macdonald in
1951, after receiving his B.M.
degree from the Otoerlin Con
servatory of Music where he
studied with Grigg Fountain
and his M.M. degree from the
University of Michigan where
he studied with Robert Noeh-
ren. In addition to this, Mr.
Williams returned to Oberlin in
the summer of 1951 for fur
ther graduate work in organ
and theory. In 1951 he was
winner in The Southern Region
Young Organists Playing Con^
test of The American Guild of
Organists. Also Mr. Williams
was a Fulbright scholar at The
Royal School of Church Music,
Croydon, England, ’ in 1954-
1955.
Mr. Williams opened -his pro
gram with “Rondo”, a very
brilliant pre-Bach number by
John Bull. Next on the program
was “How Brightly Shines the
Morning Star”. This Chorale
Prelude has the Cantus Firmus
in the p'‘dal. “The Fifers” by
MR. JOHN WILLLAMS
D’Andrieu, was a short novelty
piece for manuals only. The
nexrt two numbers were a
Chorale Prelude, “O Sacred
Head Now Wounded”, by Bux
tehude and “Fantaisie and Fu
gue in G Minor”, by Bach.
The first number following
intermission was “La Nativite
a piece by Langlais depicting
various scenes from the Nativi
ty. The next two pieces were
‘Outburst of Joy” by Messiaen,
followed by “Behold, A Rose
24. Included on the itinerary for
this year are Rockingham, Wil
mington, Whiteville (in North
Carolina) and Charleston and
Summerville (in South Caro
lina). The Choral Club will per
form in the high schools as well
as in the churches.
The program will be as fol
lows: Awake the Trumpet’s
Highland Lad My Love Was
Born; A Celtic Lullaby; and I
Know Where I’m Goin’.
The girls and their dates
will find the rotunda covered
with a bright red coverlet and
Japanese lanterns criss-crossed j
around the room. Just before
entering the dining hall, the
dates will be introduced to the
receiving line, composed of
class sponsors and other in
vited guests. Then they ,will
enter the dining hall and ^pass
through a beaded curtain of
'nany colors.
At the back of the dining
hall there will be a bridge
made of rough bark and a real
cherry tree with blossoms on
;t. These will toe arranged in ■
front of the backdrop ■ Which •
will have Mt. Fujiyama chalk
ed on it. Dry ice will be placed •
beneath the bridge to ^ive the--
effect of a misty Stream.
The pictures in the ' dirling
hall will be covered: with orien
tal scenes and symbols such,
as the dragon. Oriental ligu- ■
rines and several flower ar-:
rangements will be placed in
the windows. The posts will be
entwined with cherry blossoms.
I During intermissions refresh^
I ments of fruit punch, saKed
pecans, and cookies will be
served by Un Hi Choi and
Hazel McLean/ who will be
dressed in ' oriental cost'^ime's.
At 12:00 the' goriig will again _
be heard and most of the dates
will be saying gooc
A Song of Music; White in
the Moon the Long Road Lies;
Old Mother Hubbard; Steal
Away; and Sit Down Servant
will conclude the program.
Soloists are to be Pat Hood,
T i.* o j rvonf tno 'Soprano; and Barbara Wingate
Lofty Sound, Handel Grant me, ^
T /I ' and Sandra Sweet, Contraltos,
ture courage, Lord, Bach; Pueri ..distant.
Hebraeorum, Thompson; Hos-
podi Pomilui, Lvovsky-levenson;
four Easter carols arranged, by
Geer: Tell it out, the story; On
Easter Morn, ere break of day;
Christ the Lord hath risen; The
Shirley Kearns and assistant,
Patterson Yeargin will accom
pany the Choral Club.
Vivian Morrison, dancer, and
Mac Calhoun, accordianist, will
render The Irish Jig.
W.F. Flans Spring Retreat For March 9-10
Fresiifiian Glass
The Westminster Fellowship
is holding its spring retreat at
Camp New Hope March 9-10.
The theme of the conference is
“Our New Concept of the Chris
tian World Mission,” and the
guest speaker is Dr. Karlis Ley-
asmeyer. We are very fortunate
in having Dr. Leyasmeyer with
us to talk on this particular
theme for he is a European ed
ucator, author and editor. His
lectures in eleven European
At 6:30 p.m. Monday, Febru
ary 25, in the auditorium, tlie
freshman class presented a ta
lent show; The show was called
‘The Decker Revue” and was
producted and directed ,b^ J)^n
Copeland and Louis King. It
was sponsored by several new
companies offering amazing new
products.
“The Decker Revue” offered
I talent never before seen at Flora
countries and throughout the
U. S. and Canada have earned'
him the highest acclaim. He was
an observer and student of
events leading up to the present
International crises having sur
vived the Nazi ordeals and es
caping the Russian Communist
were such stars as: Miss Ann
Beaman, singer; Miss Judy
Stokes, monologist; Miss Judy
(Continued on Page 4) '
will be approximately three dol
lars. This will be a time of
firing squad and prison. He is! work, sharing ideas and formu-
Is Blooming” toy Brahms. The
final number, “Sonata on the
Ninety-Fourth Psalm”, by Reu-
bke was really a Fantaisie con
sisting of three movements
preceded by an elaborate intro
duction. A single theme serves
as the basis for the whole
structure.
there was an informal re
ception in the college parlors
immediately following the re
cital.
an authority on Communist
ideology, strategy, and the Sov
iet Russia system. He was edu
cated in Russia, Latvian, Eng-
lating new ones, worship and
new inspiration and thought
stimulated by the speaker hiin^
self and discussion. There wiU
land^ and Germany; and has he plenty of recreation and fel-
taught philosophy, and political
science in higher institutions.
He is sponsored by the Inter
national Christian Leadership,
and Association of Leaders of
the Free World for promotion
, of effective leadership. He was
I at one .time, the secretary of the
IJnited Baltic Student Christian
Movement, and is still on the
Board.
Cost of the entire conference
lowship for everyone.
Along with the otl^er, activi
ties, the new Synod Ottices wiU
be elected. F.M.C. has, two girls
on the slate, Ruth To.ppng run
ning for editor of the paper and
Betty Barnes j^nning for sec-
retary-treasurer. Yqw; n lattead-
ance will help elect these girls.
Transportation will be provided
so sign up on the second floor
bulletin board immediately or
contact a W.F. Council memiber.