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THE SKIRL
January, 1959
THE SKIRL
Published by the Students of Flora Macdonald College
Red Springs, North Carolina
Editor-In-Chief Jennie Beck
Assistant Editor Della Evans
Business Manager Peggy Cole
Assistant Business Manager Babs Adams
Circulation Manager Hannah Sloop
News Editor Jane Harrell
Feature Editor Ann McLeod
Art Editors Grace Kennedy, Avis Gann, Freda Burgess
Conservatory Editors Carroll Shoemaker, Joanne Ross
Day Student Reporter Joyce Bounds
Faculty Advisor Miss Virginia Ann Walker
Reporters Linda Phillips, B^athy King, Kelsey McGee
Marion Davis
Typists .. Jackie Kennington. Joanne Matthews, Jeanette Davis
Business Staff
Jeneal Deaver, Barbara Pittard, Judy Tindall, Ann White
McMillan, Emily Batchelor, Linda Lee, Frances Ann Tim-
berlake, Jerry Cuttino, Jackie Kennington.
It Couldn't Be Done
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done.
But he with a chuckle replied
That “Maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it,
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it;”
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat.
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin.
Without any doubt or quiddit.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
TheTe are thousands to tell you it cannot be done.
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one.
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin.
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.
Personalities Have Mutual Goal - Early Graduation
Semester Graduate
Edgar A. Guest
Here And There
by Loueen Price
Our personality this month will
be leaving Flora Macdonald for
good in a short time. She is a
three and a half year graduate, i
She attended the 1958 summer ses
sion here and had many adven
tures which will be remembered
for many years to come. It seems
she especially enjoyed the cooking
of her own meals and the privi
lege of living in several different
rooms. It’s rumored that it was
her roommate who really did!
most of the cooking.
This yoxmg lady is a very con
scientious worker and as a result
is a» member of the honor society.
She scrutinizes things carefuUy
and nothing slips past her un
noticed. Her major field is Eng
lish and her minor field French, j
For aU her training in English i
she is a continual practicer of ^
what is known as “syl language.”
Just ask her what “purt”, “stud”,
and “beaut” mean. It’s impossible
to be around her for long without
hearing a statement such as “I
know some’ sleepiness” or some
thing similar. She is forever tell
ing someone that she “knows
some lucky pills.”
While she puts her studies first
she also takes time out for extra
curricular activities. She has been
member of the French club,
the Math club, the I. R. C., “Pine
and Thistle” staff, and the honor
society. For three years she has
held a work scholarship in the
dining hall and it will seem
strange to enter and find her no
longer there.
She has roomed with the same
girls for the last 3 years and in
a sense she stole her from some
one else their freshman year. It
is told that she used to sneak out
and sleep with Janice xmtil some
one finally caught up with her
and reminded her that she had
a roommate of her own. Now it’s
sometimes hard to think of one
without the other.
As soon as she completes her
exams she wiU begin her work
teaching Enghsh at Fair Bluff,
North Carolina. She will commute
from her home in Fairmont in
a car which she has just recently
purchased for the purpose. An in
teresting note, when she bought
the car she couldn’t drive, so in
about three days she learned and
took her driver’s test. Wonder of
wonders, she passed it with flying
colors.
Our personality might well be
called a “tid-bit” since she is
such a small creature. She has
blonde hair and brown eyes and a
very characteristic smQe and
twist of the head in conversation.
Never another like her, better
known as “Therm”, we present
to you Thehna Sue Harrell.
Modern Version
A speaker was talking to a
group of teenagers about the old
days of the west and got around
to Billy the Kid.
“He killed 21 men before he
was 21 years old,” the speaker
said.
“What make of car did he
drive ” a young girl asked.
Street Sign
A street sign read: “School—
don’t kill a child.” Beneath was
a childish scrawl: “Wait for a
teacher.”
Shorties
A person all wrapped up in
himself usually makes a small
package.
The bad luck in meeting a
black cat depends on whether
you’re a man or mouse.
There was the Princeton man
who blew his top because he
found himself locked out of his
room by a Yale lock.
Woman’s World
Two men stood in a hotel lobby
following a convention and watch
ed two girls meet and kiss each
other' affectionately.
“There’s another thing that is
so unfair,” remarked the first.
II
“What do you mean?” asked the
second.
vfomen doing men’s work,”
cam^^ the reply.
Hi^w True
A little boy, caught in mischief,
was asked by his mother: “How
do you expect to get to heaven?”
He thought a minute, and then
said: “Well, I’U run in and out
and in and out, and keep slam
ming the door till they say, ‘For
goodness sake, come in or stay
out.’ .Then I’ll go in.”
Gentle Gender
T h e r e’s something feminine
about a tree. It does a strip tease
in the Fall, goes with bare limbs
aU Winter, gets a new outfit every
Spring, and lives off the saps all
Summer.
Junk
Anything that lies around in
your way for ten years and you
throw it away two v/eeks before
you need it.
A Gossip
Somebody who takes a dead
secr^ and puts life into it.
Fact
Fact is hard to define, but, as
I get it, it’s a combination of
flattery, lying, and wisdom.
More About
News Briefs
the Skirl. They will be explain
ed in detail.
The Drama Team of Union
Theological Seminary in Rich
mond, Virginia, will visit the
First Presbyterian Church in
Red Springs on Sunday evening,
February 1st., at 7:30 p.m. They
will present a religious drama
entitled “The Prodigal.”
Three-Year
Graduate
Our “personality” this month
could be classified as the most
popular girl on the campus after
chapel and about the time of 3:00
p.m. She has also been seen scam
pering aroxind as Head of Pray
er Bands, one of the Chapel Com
mittee, “Skirl” staff, and A. A.
Board.
Many things can be said of this
young lady. Among some of the
things which characterize her as
an individual are:
Virginia accent. . . Procrasti
nates but always gets it done . ..
Kleenex and post office keys . . .
Three-year graduate . . . Wee
hour dates with books and Pepsis
. . . Short hairdo of a puppy dog
. . . Decisive in her opinions . . .
Dependable and sincere . . . Math
major . . . Understanding heart
and willing hands . . . JohneUe
for three years . . . Paces with
detea-mination . . . Vacant room
with a bed full of cards . . .
Conversation plus . . . June gradu
ate; June bride.
We could mention many more,
but we must turn to her future
plans. She has looked forward
■to a happy career in teaching,
but she was overheard to say
that she had changed her mind
after thirty minutes of teaching
a Methods class! So it may be in
definite, but certainly she will
be successful in whatever she un
dertakes.
It is most interesting to note
that our personality is the usual
v/riter of the “Skirl” personality
column. This month the “Skirl”
; Staff considered her so deserving
that she was chosen a? a special
personality.
So, your surprise, Kathy King!!
On January 14, the Student
Body set the date for the
Classes’ Dance. It will be held
February 21 at 8:00 p.m.
The American Way
Using instant coffee to dawdle
away an hour.
The Last
This will be my last article in
the SKIRL as I am hoping to fin
ish my college studies the twenty-
eighth of this month. It has been
lots of fun sharing a httle of
“this and that” from “Here and
There” with you. Someone else
will write this column, so it will
continue to appear in our paper.
I hope that the remainder of
vour college days will be very
happy ones which will hold many
precious memories for you in
later years.
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