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THE SKIRL
March, 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, Kathy 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.
Our Hats Off To You, S. G.
The old student council has
been replaced by a new group
of officers; their year of service
to the Flora Macdonald Student
Association has ended. As the
old council members shed their
officia robes of honor and duty
to office, they must have dbne
so only with many mixed feel
ings. Perhaps a sigh of relief
that the tremendous responsi
bility of leading the students
was in someone edse’s hands,
that the long hours of meetings
were over, that the task of giv
ing call^ downs and- checking
sign out cards was for someone
else now. There must have been
a bit of sadness as the council
circle, w*hich had worked so
closely together, was broken.
Perhaps there hs-s been the oc
casional feeling that in some
instances a situation could have
been dealt with differently.
They feel, we are sure, that
thieir offices are left in quite
capable hands and will be well
cared for.
There is one feeling that we
think the retiring council should
experience, and that is the sat
isfaction of knowing a job has
been weld done. Truly they have
done well in their work, not
only because of their leadership
ability, but because of their
spirit of cooperation have we
g one through the year success
fully. Changes in many phases
of our student life here on cam
pus point to a definite step for
ward.
They have worn well the hon
or bestowed upon them by the
student body yet they did not
forget their responsibility to
these students. Surely it de
mands an exceptional person
who can be a student, a friend,
and a leader and yet remain the
true perso'n they are. The Skirl
would like to salute you, the
retiring council, for work weU
done. Your rest is weOl: deserved.
D. E.
Angles - Tried Mostly
by Kelsey McGee
From Raymond B. Fosdick’s
book, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.:
A Portrait, we have the follow
ing quotation from one of Rock
efeller’s letters as a young man
in coillege: “I think I never was
kept so continually on the move.
Wednesday college opened and
since then I have had to attend
recitations. Which I find to be a
great inconvenience and to con
sume an unnecessary amount of
time. In the college of the com
ing century not only all studying
but even recitations will have
to be abolished in order to make
time for the social and athletic
duties of college men.”
The foregoing just goes to
show girils (and co-eds), that the
unfair balance of classroom
activities and social activities
was noted by a man who be
came a multimillionaire.
Moral: Think like that and
maybe you’ll become a multimi-
lionaire, but don’t bet on it.
A Tale of Two Tots
Once ’pon a time there was a
little girl who wanted to play
hide and seek and a little boy
w'ho was not at all adverse to
the idea. So the little girl hid,
and the conversation thereafter
went as follows:
L. G.: I’m hiding.
L. B.: I’m gonna find you.
L. G.: I’m hiding.
L. B.: I’m gonna find you, and
w^hen I do. I’m gorma kiss you.
L. G.: I’m hiding — in the
closet!
Yummy!
One boy said most of Ms girl
friend’s cooking is out of this
world (or shoud be), but some
of it is delicious. '
Here’s something interesting
to some people. Did y’aU know
The Skirl was only begun in
1952?
If inspiration for something
to fill the remaining six or sev
en inches of this column doesn’t
come soon, I’m going to leave
it and call it a “Do It Yourself
Column.” If you ever see a lot
of white space here, take it
from me, you’ve just seen a D.
I. Y. C., but the editor prob
ably doesn’t approve of them.
Teacher’s Pet?
Wonder if any of FMC’s stu
dent teachers ever get a tribute
like this one, recorded in H.
Allen Smith’s Write Me A Poem,
Baby:
“Dear Miss Randall:
Sorry you’re sick
And lying in bed.
Hope you come back
Before you’re dead.”
Did you ever want to write a
thank you note like this: “Thank
you for your nice present. I
Conservatory Notes
by Carroll Shoemaker
and Joanne Ross
George Gershwin — often re
ferred to as the “White Hope
of American Music.” He was
bom in Brooklyn on Septem
ber 28, 1898. Boyhood days were
spent on Grand Street, New
York, usually in the gutter eith
er playing punchball or roller
skating. The piano in those days
was merely a duH necessity
which mother imposed upon
him.
Gershwin’s arrival into Tin
Pan Alley began at sixteen when
he answered the ad of Remick
and Sons for a good pianist.
Gershwin dreamed of making
jazz a serious musical product.
He believed he could compose
a jazz work in a large form. Paul
Whiteman felt he could give
such a score a unique perform
ance. A week before the con
cert date, Whiteman tore his
hair in anguish because the jazz
rhapsody which Gershwin was
composing had not reached his
office and it was less than a week
for performance. Whiteman
stormed into Gershwin’s house
I late one night and demanded the
^ manuscript. Gershwin pleaded to
let him improve upon it, but
Whiteman refused. Gershwin’s
“Rhapsody in Blue” made musi
cal history in America.
Gershwin waited until late at
night to compose when he un
dressed to a state of almost com
plete nudity, sat at the piano
and chewed a cigar.
He was fond of athletics, be-
ing a good boxer, a fine tennis
player, and an excellent golfer.
His favorite composers included
Debussy, Stravinsky, and Alban
Berg.
Some of his principal works:
“Rhapsody in Blue,” “American
in Paris,” “Porgy and Bess,”
“Lady Be Good,” “Strike Up the
Band,” “The Man I Love,” and
■‘Embraceable You.”
He died in Hollywood, 1937.
A student recital was held'
Thursday afternoon, March 5,
1959. Included on the program
were:
The Singing Lesson, Hale: An
imal Parade, Stevens; Jane Ben
nett.
Two - Part Invention, No. 8,
Bach; Bagatelle in D Major,
Beethoven; Nell' Jones.
Rondo, in C Major, Op. 51,
Beethoven; Linda Reynolds.
Prelude I, Frank Martin; Julia
Ann Pridgen.
Impromptu in A Flat Major,
Op 29, Chopin; Margaret Ann
Martin.
V erborgenheit (Secrecy),
Wolf; Judy Rembert, Alto.
Toccata in F Major, Bach;
Sylvia Williams.
A flute recital was presented
by Miss Joyce, M. Bryant on
Monday, March 2, at 8:15 p.m. It
was interesting to note that the
entire program consisted of
French works. Composers rang
ed from early ones such as
Couperin and Ledair to the lat
er Honegger and Chaminode.
On Friday evening, March 13,
at 8:15 Sylvia Williams present
ed her graduate recital, the first
senior recital of the year. Her
program consisted of all Badi
works, including:
Concerto No. 2 in A Minor
Four Chorale Preludes
Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor
Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Mahor
(Largo)
Toccato in F Major
always wanted a pin> cushion,
although, not much.”
We Always Knowed
An indeterminate “they” re
ports that a faculty member
came to school one morning
with dark circles under his eyes.
Another faculty member com
mented that he looked ill. “No
wonder,” gasped the first. “I
had a horrible dream last night
that I had to pass that test I
gave my classes yesterday.”
Rah! Rah! Carolina
There was a young athlete at
State
Who was touted as mighty and
great
He was handsome and strong
And but one thing was wrong
His head was constructed of
slate.
Breathes there a man with
soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said,
“To heck with school, I’ll
stay in bed.”
A man came into an agent’s
office one day and announced
proudly: “I’m a terrific act.
You’ve got to book me. I’m a
dwarf.”
“A dwarf?” said the agent.
“My gosh, you’re five feet ten.”
“That’s right,” said the guy.
“I’m the tallest dwarf in the
whole world!”
— Northwestern Profile
Seen making a path from her
room on McCain second to the
conservatory is our music ma
jor personality of the month.
It might be said that about fif
teen hours of her day are spent
in the conservatory, her room
being used mainly for sleep.
With the erectness of a tin sold
ier and a characteristic slide to
her walk she is observed making
these trips to and fro.
Our personality is a person
of a variety of moods, one to
fit each occasion with a few
spares to keep her an individual.
Her manner is very quiet and
reserved and seriousness per
meates her being. A very dis
tinctive trait she possesses is
that of frankness. There is no
“beating around the bush” with
her; she says what she thinks.
On a lighter side she seems to
have a passion for bread and
a favorite saying heard at meal
time is, “pass the biscuits,
please.” A very familiar sight
also is our personality making
her way to or from the tub
room with her spray and sham
poo for the regular “every other
night” hair washing. Perhaps
this is one of the secrets of her
imn^aculate grooming. Always
looking like a picture from a
magazine she is an exception
rather than a rule at this girls
college. Speaking of physical
characteristics, one factor
should definitely be mentioned,
that of her lovely eyes. Their
Music, Music, Music
by Kathy King
color is sort of an ice blue and
they are one of the first things
to be noticed about her.
One thing perhaps more dis
tinctive than any other is her
capacity for practice. She is cer
tainly never behind in it and
usually is quite a bit ahead.
Her self-discipline is amazing
and she drives herself more than
she would probably be driven
by another. She is most consci
entious and always has her work
done well in advance of the
date it is due. In spite of all
her preparations she has been
heard to say, “Well, I failed that
test,” only to come up with an
A.
In the extra-curricular line
she was a Scribbler, President
of the Choral Club, a member of
the St. Cecelia Music Club and
the Organ Guild.
One of the biggest events in
her life was her Senior Recital
given Friday, March 13th, here
at Flora Macdonald. With the
completion of this she (has seen
the end of most of her college
work. The remainder of the
stretch is not so drastic.
Our brown haired, blue-eyed
lassie hails from Salisbury, N.
C. Her plans for next year are
indefinite, but she is consider
ing a position as Church Organ
ist at the Ginter Park Baptist
Church in Richmond, Virginia.
Our personality is Sylvia Wil
liams.