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THE SKIRL
May 1, 1959
New Skirl Editor Speaks
by Ann McLeod
At the request of Dr. Gwyiin,
the present editorial staff of the
SKIRL will continue publication
through May of this year. He has
offered this suggestion with the
hope that there will be less con
fusion in changing from one staff
to another. In the past the new
staff has assumed its duties in
April, publishing the last two ed
itions of the paper in one college
year and the fh-st seven editions
in the following college year. This
arrangement has led to complic
ation particularly in the keeping of
books.
The 1959-60 SKIRL staff will be
gin publication in September and
will continue publication through
out the year. The assistant edi
tor is Marion Davis, and the busi
ness manager is Joanne Matthews.
We will be working with the
present staff during the next
month and leamin gmore about
our si>ecific duties through ex
perience.
In the “College Handbook” is
the statement that the SKIRL is
a newspaper" of the students, by
the students, and for the stu
dents.” Let me challenge you
to make the SKIRL represent the
best that the students of this
college have and are vsoUing to
give. Please express openly any
suggestions, or ideas, or critic
isms that you may have. The
SKIRL is open for articles or let
ters that any student wishes to
write on any pertinent subject
Use the paper to share some of
your better ideas with other stu
dents. If you don’t feel that the
paper is doing what it should do
for you, let the staff know it so
they can consider your complaints
and suggestions. A bit of praise
now and then, if it is merited,
would also be quite in order.
ANGIES-TRIED, MOSTLY
Do you know that a man wear
ing a tuxedo may be a sheep in
wolf’s clothing? “Tuxedo” origi
nated from a word meaning
“wolf.” Don’t ask me how come
(Shades of the departed Miss
Allen; I tftiought she taught me
better grammar!). I (happened to
see it in a new book on word ori
gins in the sepulcher literaria,
when I heard the unliberty bell
tolling for me, so I left the
book. Since then, I have been
in close communion with Dr.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Crowd watches steam s Ih o v e 1
at work, on its side this sign:
“NOW OPERATING, EDDIE
BRIGGS — FORMERLY SEEN
IN SUCH HITS AS: ‘MID-TOWN
TUNNEL’ — ‘CITY BANK
BUILDING’ — 8TH STREET
BRIDGE.’ ”
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,There’s a swanky strip of shops
^with such signs as “Furs t>y Rob-
,ert” and “Coiffures by Charles.”
Conservatory Notes
by Carroll Shoemaker
and Joanne Ross
On PYiday evening, April 3,
1959, Miss “Boots” Pridgen pre
sented her Senior piano recital.
The highlights of the program
were the Chopin group, which
she played with a great display
of technique, and the Schumann
“Concerto in A Minor” — a
grand finale.
“Boots’ ” dress was of royal
blue tuUe with lace applique and
sequins.
On Fridiay evening, April 17,
1959, Miss Betty Jo 'Trent gave
her graduating organ recital.
Betty Jo displayed a fine touch
and sensitivity for the music.
Her program ranged in mood
from the “Musical Clocks” of-
Haydn, a light, airy set of piec
es, to “The Grande Choer Dia
logue” of Gigout, a grand; ma
jestic piece of music which cli
maxed the recital.
Betty Jo’s dress was of wlhit©
tulle and lace set off by aqua
satin cabbage roses.
On Friday evening, April 24,
1959, Miss Joanne Ross perform
ed her Senior jj>iano recital. Jo
anne opened her program with
“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
of Bach, a piece which acted as
a good finger exercise. She
played the Beethoven “Pathe-
tique Sonata” witlh great skill
and gave a fine performance of
Chopin’s “Nocturne in C sharp
iilil
Mite Yet Powerful
- , > ~ ^ I*
Craig (You don’t know him? ^ station says: “Petrol by Murphy.”
Ask any sophomore, IF you’rei « * «
prepared to run!) and haven’t
paid any attention to the wolves
and “all that jive.”
No, It’s not the cha-cha-cha,
Alvin. Ailvin! ,ALVIN! Penny
, Moore and Betty Lou Futrell
prefer the Hokey-Pokey. And,
Alvin, don’t say things like that
—it’s a nice little dance. Just
because chipmonks don’t— not
your harmonica, Alvin. I don’t
think Miss Bateman wants a har
monica in May Day.
. Minor, Op. 27, No. 1”, a piece
.At the end of the block a gas | which is extremely difficult
... .. , .. technically. Her program was
climaxed with Grieg’s “Concerto
in A Minor.”
“Black as the devil, hot as
heU, pure as an angel, sweet as
love.” According to The Readers
Digest, that’s a recipe for coffee.
Our congratulations to Sandra
Lundin, Laurinfourg High
School junior, for her excellent
April 16 performance of Mo
zart’s Piano Concerto int A Ma
jor. Sandra is a pupU of Dr.
Vardell.
“Deanie” commented the oth
er day that the girls seem to
have an entirely different set
of names on the halls than she
finds recorded in the office. For
her enlightenment, we have col
lected a few .
“Flip” — Faye Phillips.
“Buddy” — Barbara Morgan.
“Gussie” — Bess Brady
Cleo” — Carol Harriss
“Isper” — Liz Clark
“Roomie” — Joan Macdonald
“Poopie” — Piddie Barefoot
“Shed” — Gay Motlherslied
“Whitey” — Ann White Mc
Millan
“Trish” — Patricia Finch
“Sunshine” — Carolyn North-
rup.
“Schatzie” — Chase Collins
There are lots ’n lots more—
Janice Page even has several
extra-official names; J. P. Jip,
Bay, Jenny, and “Stan’s Jan.”
Did you ever wonder if, when
people address one impish fresh
man, they were calling her
“Noyes” or “Noise.” It seems
that it could well be spelled
either way.
' On a usei-car lot: “Quiet, timid
salesman now on duty.”
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Seen in a French antique shop:
“English and French Spoken —
jCash understood.”
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I In a photo lab: “All orders
for delivery yesterday must be
^placed before noon tomorrow.” I ^
• * * jThis is the country where people
In a psychiatrist’s office: “Five “ ^ walks of lifB prefer to ride.
couches — no waiting.”
Defined Points: Hot Dog — the
only animal that feeds ^ the hand
that bites it.
*
Hangover — something to occupy
a head that wasn’t used the night
before.
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Grandfather a grandchild’s
press agent.
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Patience — the abiUty to idle your
by Kathy King , does not plan ahead. Her room
Our personality for this month is decked with clothes from Mon-
is another of the “conservatory day on when she is going away
dwellers” otherwise known as a ■„„ n, i j tt „ .
music major. This young miss is
a piano major and is accompanist ST nTh mf
for the Choral Club this year.
An amazing trait belonging tx> pastoe she
our personality is an ability to
fast and slow almost at the same! J® f ^
time. Friends say that in most ^
things she moves quite slowly,
but when it comes to walking she
We suppose that being a music
major is the cause of this young
(The Reader’s Digest)
PAEENTS VS. CHILDREN
Woman looking at child-care books
to clerk: “Don’t you have any that
stick up for parents?”
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Small boy to librarian: “Do you
have anything on the parent from
30 to 35?”
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Child’s comment on p i g g y —
banks: “They teach children to I’^iotor when you feel like stripping
your gears.
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A fellow with the world’s greatest
inferiority complex: Whenever he
tells an elevator operator what
floor he wants to stop at, he adds
apologetically, “If it isn’t out of
your way.”
(The Reader’s Digest)
become misers, and parents to be
come bank robbers.”
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Child about school play: “We’re
going to have real people there —
not just mothers and fathers.”
(The Reader’s Digest)
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Girl graduate: “Four years of
college! And whom has it got
iae?”
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College glamour girl to suitor:
“By ’secret engagement’ I suppose
you mean no ring.”
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A student who was asked by his
dean whether he v/as in the top
half of his class replied: “Oh, no
sir. I’m one of those who make
the top half possible.”
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America is no longer a melting
pot — it’s a pressure cooker.
can outwalk any of them. When, lady’s constant hum. It seems she
plans are made for an outing, she I hums while brushing her
usually can be heard to exclaim, I o*" taking an aspirin, which,
“Oh, I can’t possibly go”, but, wUl cure
when the time comes she is usual- anything from a headache to a
ly one of the crowd. I sore toe. We wonder if she hiuns
Although she makes three regu-^“ accompaniment to Dave Brur
lar trips to the dining haU each
day, she seems tp be always, loves.
hungry. She keeps the people who | Oiu: personality is a person of
make “nabs” in business. Speak- determination, and once she do
ing of the dining hall, she can cides on something it takes quite
be found most mornings after! a lot to change her mind. Her
breakfast at a “late-sitters” table! plans for summer include teadi-
having her second cup of coffee : ing piano in Roanoke, Va., which
and viewing people with what is is her home. She has been an of-
known as her “crucial look”. After fioer in the Saint Cecelia Music
her coffee ritual she makes her. Club, a reporter for the SKIRL,
way to the ironing board where' and a Scribbler this year,
she begins the daily procedure of | Friday, April 24, was a big day
ironing a blouse. The blouse takes for her as this was the date of
the place of the blue Flora Mac- her senior recital. With this ac-
donald sweatshirt which is her complishment, the battle is almost
breakfast shirt. won. Our brown-haired, brown-
It should never be said that she eyed personality is Joanne Ross.
MORE ABOUT
Dorm Life
ed to meet the needs of the av
erage student.
Add to the outstanding curri
culum and physical plant of the
Consolidated Presbyterian College
the traditions and spirit of Flora
Macdonald CoUege and you will
have the greatest advance in
Christian Higher Education to be
attempted in the 20th century.
Mother's Project.
by Mrs. FHfz Weber
Inspired by ‘"Housing Project
for Bluebirds” in February’s
“Wildlife” in North Carolina”
my seventy-four year old mother
in Homestead was assailed with
a burning desire to build a bird
house like the 301 in' Siler City.
Mrs. Kingman took all day,
painted pink a big headUght
bowl off of the old old truck
that the dear Colonel had used
to haul so many limes to the
Florida packing house. She
painted a long iron bar with a
little platform on it aqua to
which she chained the pink bowl
with its yellow door.
The platform she decorated
with feathers dyed deep rose —
some white — and tied a sheath
of bird seeds to the top with a
bow of pink ribbon. It looked
just lovely! Mother admired it
very much, then thought, “I
must have someone to admire
it with me!” So off she drove
to find Mrs. Merriami, working
in her garden and returned
slowly home up Kingman Road
in her new Rambler.
The place was vacant, not a
sign of the birdhouse. The old
lady thought she would die,
thought sihe had gone mad. “Now,
don’t feel so bereft and bewild
ered,” said Mrs. M. “It must
have been as lovely as you say
it was and someone needed it
more than you did.”
The next day the grape vine
reported that Mr. McGilvery
thought it was a time bomb and
took it ^ to the police station!
Quickly sihe telephoned Mr.
Gooding her insurance man for
Fire and Theft and he dashed
to the Police station and re
trieved the fabulous contrivance,
a little worse for wear after a
night and so many hours at
Headquarters. Now it is aU re
touched and a bird is singing out
by it for aU get out.