A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
Volume No.
Flora Macdonald College, May 1958
Number 4
New Professors
Am Named
There v/ill be two new faculty
members at FMC next year, con
firmed Dr. Gwynn. In the
French department will be Miss
Catherine E. Neyland, a native
of Macon, Ga. She received her
A. B. degree, iMagna cum laude,
from Wesleyan College in Ma
con, Ga.; hier M.A. degree at
The University of North Caro
lina in 1954; and she has attend
ed summer sessions at Mercer,
Duke, and Emory Universities.
Miss Neyland has been teaching
foreign language in a high
school in Macon, Georgia, since
1956. ■ With this background in
addition to having traveled in
Europe and attended Universi
ties there. Miss Neyland will
be a valuable addition to the
1958-59 faculty.
Replacing Miss Allen in the
English department wiU be Miss
Virginia Anne Walker from
High Point, N. C. iMiss Allen
has won a fellowship to Duke
University to teach and to work
toward Masters degree. Miss
Walker graduated from, High
Point College in 1956 ciirn laude,
and for the past two years she
has been a teaching-fellow at
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
teaching English while working
toward her Masters’ degree.
Handbook Revised
by Elizabeth Clark
We thought you might like to
know about a few of the hand
book revisions . . .
Students must wear bose on
first floor and out-of-doors. Girls
may have dates in the afternoon
on the front campus. No stu
dent is allowed to entertain gen
tlemen after 10:15 p.m.; then
only with permission from the
Dean.
Each student is required to
(have one half hour of active
exercise eacli dlay.
No electrical appliances ex
cept curling irons may be used
in the rooms. The tea room may
be used for cooking.
Students are expected 10 take
a nap each afternoon.
Everyone may go to the show
Monday afternoon, but no one
may sit in the gallery.
A charge of 10 cents is re
quired for colored dresses sent
to the laundry.
But before you become upset,
let me hasten to reassure you
that those revisions hardly ap
ply to us; that they were the
rules our Mothers heard in their
day. For next year a few I'evis-
ions are . . .
“Blanket” permissions may
be filed with the Dean.
Reserve books from library
may be checked out until 9:45
p.m.
Three breakfast cuts a week
is allowed.
Room inspection may be any
morning after 10:00 a.m.
All Sophomores have open
study and unlimited lights.
All concerts are required.
Smoking is permitted off cam
pus (Use with Discretion) and
DR BEN L. ROSE
KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Faciiily Named For Slimmer Session
The 1958 Summer Session at
Flora Macdonald College will
open Monday, June 9, and end
July 12. Students who 'attend
will be able to earn six or sev
en semester hours during a per
iod of five or six weeks. In con
sideration of finances and time,
this will be very economical.
A variety of courses will be
offeredl Mr. Decker, the Direc
tor of the Summer Session, says
that the workshops for teachers
will be especially good. There
are to be two courses in speech,
also. Mr. Skinner will have a
special workshop in church mu
News Briefs
On Thursday, May 15, the two
societies sponsored their annual
lake trips. Zetesian set out for
Waldo’s Beach and Epsilon Chi
headed for Lakewood. The
group at Waldo’s swam, danced,
played horseshoes before going
down to the picnic tables and
fireplaces. where dozens of hot
dogs and all the trimmings were
spread out. After downing the
hot dogs, the group toasted
marshmallows, and sang as Mac
Calhoun accompanied them on
her accordian. Special guests
were Dr. Rogers and Betty Jo
Hatcher.
The Epsilon Chi group spent
the afternoon swimming, danc
ing, and trying their hand at
miniature golf on the new
course at Lakewood. Then the
group gathered around the fire
place, roasted hot dogs, and
toasted marshmallows.
Lakewood was again the scene
of a picnic, and this time it was
the math club who was having
all the fun. After the hamburg
ers were fried, the group snloth-
ered them with just every thing
imaginable — onions, lettuce,
tomatoes, cheese, etc. Mr. and
Mrs. Mobley, the advisors, treat
ed the group to ice cream after
the last hamburger was eaten.
There was time for a round or
two of miniature golf before
the group headed home again.
Graduation Features
Journalist, Theologians
sic. Sophomore literature and
three advanced courses in Eng
lish will be offered. Courses in
business will include typing,
shorthand, accounting, and busi
ness English.
Members of the faculty who
/will be here are: Dr. Bullock,
Mr. Decker, Miss Allen, Mr.
Johnson, Miss Conoly, Mr. Clif
ton, Miss Robertson, Dr. Han
sen, Miss McIntyre, Mrs. Line-
berry. Dr. Vardell, and Mr. and
Mrs. Skinner. Visiting profes
sors will be: two from the Uni
versity of South Carolina, Miss
Oliver, who will teach mathe
matics, and Mr. Sowell, who will
leach physics; Mr. Crawford, the
Supervisor of Education in Bla
den County, who will have two
workshops; Mr. Cotton, from
Cumberland County, who will
teach geography; Mrs. Frances
Smith McNeill, who will teach
the courses in speech; and Mrs.
Gustafson, who will* teach psy
chology.
A strong academic program is
planned. The class periods wiU
be ninety minutes long and
there will be three classes each
morning. Chapel will be held
once a week.' The dining hall
will not be in operation, but
the tea-hole will be run on a
larger scale. There are still
some scholarships available.
Applicants are asked to ihave
their applications in by May 31.
Registration will be from 8:00-
12:00 in the morning on Juhe 9.
Ad'dational information- may ibe
obtained from Mr. Decker.
in parlors while dating after
G:00 p.m.
Week-end cards are due by
Thursday at 10:30 p.m.
Students have an accumula
tion of ten minutes of grace per
semester when coming in late.
Saturday found many groups
leaving for the beach. Approxi
mately sixteen day students left
for Holden’s Beach. The group
was accompanied by Mrs. Line-
berry (their new advisor), her
husband, and son, Joe. The A.
A. Board spent Saturday and
Sunday at Miss Bateman’s cot
tage at Surfside Beach. The new
board had as its guest the old
board members. A trip to Myr
tle, and a marshmallow roast on
the beach were all on this
group’s agenda.
The annual A. A. Supper was
held on April 28. Bad weather at
the last minute forced the soft
ball game between the students
and faculty to be cancelled, and
the picnic was held in the din-
Two eminent Presbyterian
theologians and a prominent
North Carolina woman are in
cluded in the list of speakers for
1958 commencement exercises at
Flora Macdonald College, Satur
day, May 31, and Sunday and
Monday, June 1 and 2.
Fifty-eight members of the
graduating class will hear Dr.
Ben Lacy Rose as their com
mencement speaker in the F.M.
C. auditorium, Monday, at ten-
thirty. At Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, Virginia,
Dr. Rose is professor of homi
letics and pastoral leadership.
Diplomas will be presented by
Dr. Marshall Scott Woodson,
president of the college, who is
to preside at commencement.
Dr. Kenneth J. Foreman is to
preach the ibaccalaureate ser
mon at eleven o’clock service
Sunday morning. Dr. Foreman
is professor of systematic the
ology at Louisville Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
Dean of tb,e college. Dr. Price
H. Gwynn, Jr. will conduct sen
ior vespers on the front cam
pus, seven-thirty Sunday night.
Miss Gertrvide Carraway, Hon
orary President General, Nation
al Society, Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution, and a prom
inent woman journalist and au
thor of some note, will make an
address at the Alumni luncheon,
1:00 Saturday afternoon. May 31.
A native of Fayetteville, Dr.
Rose is a graduate of Davidson
College. He received his B.D.,
Th.M., and Th.D. degrees at Un
ion Theological Seminary in
Virginia. He has an honorary
D.D. from King College.
Dr. Rose held three pastorates
after his ordination in 1938
through July 1956, when he took
his present position at U.T.S.
Dr. Rose has conducted Re
ligious Emphasis Week at King,
Davidson, Peace, Presbyterian
(S.C.), and East Tennessee State
colleges. Dr. Foreman, as au
thor of many articles and sev
eral books, and conductor of a
weekly column in the Presby
terian Outlook, is in great de
mand as a preacher and lectur
er.
Born in Fort Edward, New
Vork, Dr. Foreman grew up in
Montreal, where his parents
were among the early settlers.
A Davidson graduate, he took
his master’s degree in theology
at Yale, and received^ an honor
ary D.D. from Washington and
Lee University.
Professor of Bible at David
son for many years, in 1947 he
took the Louisville post he has
now.
Gapping Ceremony Is Product of FMC Tradition
We ' often catch ourselves
thinking that certain customs
here have been going on in the
same way since 1896, but we
have found that there have been
many changes in the graduation
activities. Now they extend
from the Alumni Meeting Sat
urday morning through Com
mencement on Monday morning.
In the early years of- the col
lege, graduation activities were
a week long; gradually however,
they have been shortened. Back
about 1908 the Alumni got
things into full swing with lunch
eons and reunions before the
sermon on Sunday. Monday
found the Seniors busy with
Class Day Exercise in the after
noon and a play at night. Fea
tured on Tuesday were an art
exhibit and a concert The final
step came on Wednesday with
the delivering of diplomas.
Later it was shortened a day,
and class activities came on Sat
urday night, the concert on Mon
day night, and Graduation Tues
day morning. The class night
ceremony which was held on the
front steps was very beautiful
under the flood lights. One of
the classes in the early twenties
had the first capping ceremony.
A similar ceremony was used
several successive years and now
capping is a tradition. The cere
mony is still very similar even
though it is now in the afternoon
and in the auditorium. This cap
ping signifies the Seniors are
endowing the rising Seniors
wth their responsibilities, duties,
and privileges.
Marilyn Boyd, a senior, and Janice Simmons, a janior, dem
onstrate the “how” of coping.