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PAGE 2 THE SKIRL Febraary, I960 THE SKIRL Published by tbe Shidents of Flora Macdonald Collide Red Springs, North Carolina EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ann McLeod ASSISTANT EDITOR Marian Davis BUSINESS MANAGER Joanne Matthews ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Sandra Abbot ART EDITORS Reta Godwin, Sylvia McRa© CIRiCULATION MANAGER Nellie Faye CriW) COLUMNIST Drena Edwards FACULTY ADVISOR Miss Virginia Ann Walker REPORTERS .. Betty Lou Futrelli, Sylvia JeoningB, Sheila Welch, Virginia Wo^, Jane Lowe, Martha Perry Elaipe Ward typist Ellen Herndons Barbara Miller BUSINESS STAFF Mitsn Bartlett, Janice Belford, Liz Green, Sally Johnson, Ginny Wallace, Mary Anna Wells EDITORS’ EFFORT You may tViink- Flora Macdonald oldMfashioned and because it holds fast to tradition, you may deemi it antique and out dated. Despite tradition the college has experienced changes, re cent oneSi too. df we turn back the pages of time to the days when Dr. Vardell, founder of the college, was an active figure on the cam- pois, the Flora Maicdonald of then is quite a contrast to the Flora Macdionald of today. It is amazing what a few decades have wrought in' the ffife of the college. We were told by Dr. VardeU’s “girto” during tbe recent imemorial service in his honor about life as they saw it in their years heret It seems that for such a long time Flora Macdonailldl meant Dr. Vardell. At any rate the one wasi immediately associated with the other. During most of the college’Si rather short life he was the leading figure of the campus. The diays wh.en he played an active role were the days when horses and bugigies, mule® and wagons rumlbled past down the littHe road that then traversed ia front of the college, when the garden® were stiM mosftly a swamip—waiting to be recovered and converted into the abject of beauty that they are today. Now some may say that Dr. Vardell ruled with an iron hand, but hte was determined to get Flora Macdonald on itS’ feet and going somewhere; therefore, he had to have certain' orders car- . As his “girls” proceeded to chapel, they marched in to the-rhythm of his cane against the floor. It was his belief that if they learned to walk to this rhythm that they would walk in rhythm throughout life. This practice was still common here not so long ago; it just so happened that it failed to remain a tradition, and now though chapel hour stays, we amble into the auditorium in our own slumping way at our own' convenience— yet limited to time by five short minutes. These and many other little changes have made Flora Mac donald quite different for us, though many traditionsi as Capsule Day, Birthday Night, etc. have been' preserved for us. M.D. In some of our courses we leam not to overuse certain words, but to increase our vocabularies so we can use the right word to say what we mean. And this miakes good sense; certainliy we cannot describe adequately everything with which we are ac quainted by “sharp,” “fabulous,” and “awffxil.” But there are other courses which seem to refute this doctrine. As a freshman one looks for significance. The sophomore is seeking relevance. We are told that some juniors search for truth, while others try to find something that will be pertinent. Most seniors are wiling to settle for a degree and a job. We hear some of these words — search for truth; that’s pertinent — until they go through both ears impressing uipon our minds something like an amused “know that’s the sixth time today and the period only threetfourths over” as the words pass in the middlie and proceed out the opposite ears. In the meantime we’ve lost the sense of the idea that was supposed to be significant. We wonder why professors have pet phrases such as these. It isn’t because their vocabularies aren’t broad enough. Occasion ally they come out with something using; most of the twenty-six letters at least once and some of them twice. We know that it isn’t to save us the trouble of looking up a new word. There is one reason of which we can think that we find very advantageous. Whether or not we understand the Webster meaning is of very little significance i£ we are. able to see truth in the professor in terpretation — this idea needs to be in your notes and wiH have both relevance and pertinence on any quizzes or exams in' this class. ^ ^ Dr. Fry us that we are ignorant of the revolutions going on in our world. We have only to look around our own state to see part of a revolution for dignity. People in situations similar to our own are demanding what they consider their “rights.” Whether they are right or wrong in their demands or in their actions, they have a great deal of coxu-age. Who among us would dare to do suich a thing? If we are ignorant of what goes on around us, we also, lack courage to express what we do know and AMcL. The Army Brat - While overseas a group of us took a bicycle trip from our station in Bavaria to Italy. We were gone three weeks and While on the trip I sort of half way kept a record. Eariy Aug. 1, 1957 we met in front of head quarters and our departure re minded me of the launching of a sihip exo^t that no one broke any champagne bottles on my keel. 1st day: Finally we linedi up to leave. The first rider took off in a briiliant burst of speed, The second, third, and fourth riders followed suit. I, being next, hopped on my bike and broke my pedal which rather spoiled the whole effect. 2nd day: Last night I for got to tie the hole in the middle of my pancho which I used for a shelter hallf-sleeping bag pret ty damp. Rode down Italian side of Brenner Pass and got caught in a storm' that closed the pass and soaked us. Spent night in temporary shelter set up for flood victims — co^ iitHe co educational room for 350. Sent home a hundred post cards. “Look, Mom', I’m touring Italy.” 3rd and 4th day: Rain every day, which is good considering we haven’t seen> a tub or shower since leaving Tolg. No one can stand us tout us. Spaghetti is only twenty-five cents so we eat it every day for supper and sometimes lunch. 5thi day: I dropped' my tooth brush down a well. 6th day: Reach Verona and an American' Army post. They wouldn’t let us on post until we DRENA EDWARDS bathed and cleaned up. (At tiie guard house, no less). Drank gadHons of millr and didn'’t liave spaghetti. 8th day — reached Venice, left Verona wlien a man waa killed at a gypsy camp next to where we were — I love Venice. Watermelon rinds in the canafe but you can’t see them; at night and that eight dollar ride in a gondola is more spectacular than Marryin’ Sam’s eight dol lar wedding. Saw Marco Polo’s home — no wonder he went to China. 9th day — Played tourist and fed the pigeons in St. Marks Square. Tore my tennis shoe on a tent peg and have to tie it on with a scarf. Leaving tomor row for San Marino and Re mini. 15th day — Back in Verona and the gypsy camp. Hate to go home but am running out of money. Found out passport cov er ^one sells for $5,000 — am seriously considering . . . 17th day — In Bolzano again at foot of Brenner Pass. We splurged and are staying in a hotel, that is, we cashed our train tickets for this side of tbe pass. The law forbids bikes on the other side so we’MI walk ride and piish up and take the train' down-. 19th day — AiE the girls are really broke and too proud to let the fellows know. They found out though wlhen we sav ed our roUs from last night’s Slipper and ordered jam and water for breakfast. Evaluation of Spiritual BiriGhmont Week by Anne Curl and Chase Collins “There is no standing sidll! Even as I pause The steep path shifts and I slip back apace, No idling on the pathlway hard andl slow, I must go forward or must backward go—” Au thor Unknown This thought was vividly ex pressed to uis by Dr. Tom Fry during Spiritual Enrichment est in “what’s going on in the outside world.” It seems that we are interested', as was shown by the extensive interest in the record played in' Chapel sever al weeks ago by the St. Cecilia Music Club and in the discus sions which followed. Perhaps we need a spark to get started. The idea of Seminars may be an answer. If enough interest were shown ithe student Week in hisi formal talks made body these could be held, to us as a body as well as mj Dr. Fry urged u® to read his many informal chats.jmore newspapers, magazines Throughout the week he contin-; and books. This wouidl aUow a uaUy complimented and praised day to day growth, us for the spirituali atmosphere j Understanding yourself? Dr. for which Flora MacdonaM is Fry reminded us that we have knowni and which we play a great part in maintaining. Many of the speakers visiting our campus make this comment, but Dr. Fry went further. He chal lenged us to grow. In order to reached the chronological age in which we should be showing signs of other growth as well. We should have our personal set of values and a clear un derstanding of ourselves to aid 20th Century Folk Mass Controversial Issue by Elaine Ward Thie St. Cecilia Music dub presented a most interesting and thought provoking chapel program a couple of weeks ago. An- album was previewed for the studentsi approvM or disapprov al. This album, entitled Tw«i- tieth Century Folk Mass, was recorded on the Fiesta label. The Fiesta Recording Company is a company out of London. This album" Was a modem interpre tation of a mass. It had all the parts of a worship service ftom the caU to worship to the dos ing benediction set to contem porary harmonies and melodies. From the moment the first note came forth the audience began to shift in their seatSi look at one another, giggle, and pat their toes in time to the music. Most people’s reaction was one of shock for we had never heard anything to compare with tMs. That niglit a panel mad© up of Dr. Bullock, Mr. Williams, Miss Hawse, Alice Carol Huggins, Joan Carter and Judy Remlbert led a dliscuission' of the music. Many different viewpoints were presented. Some people felt guilty for even listening to this music. The majority felt that this album would be a fine addition to a per sonal record collection for use in a hom'e, ibut it would never have a place in a formal wor ship service. They found they had a tendency to concentrate on the music rather than on the words. Would this muisic create a wors'Mpful mood? Is it cer tain sounds and harmonies that create the spirit of worship, or is it that we have come to as sociate certain of these sounds with worship? If this is a true expression of this man’s faith, who are we tO' question him? Just as “evangelism” reaches some people that a formal serv ice would not reach; so perhaps will this music reach people to whom standard music could not bring a re^onse. Since religion is a joyous thing why not have joyous music? I think the program did a lot for our campus. It made people stand up for something. It forc ed one into taking sides. Our campus needs more programs of this type. show proof of our love', to serve us in our behavior and without which we won’t have the power to “sihow proof of our love.” God and our felllowment to ful fillment, we must know of the outside worid. We were referred to as “hot house plants,” which are more beautiful, precious and expensive than those which Only through growth — in- teaiectual and in understanding oursellves fully'can our love for God and man be of the “quart- have grown in the outside worid | size” type. If the love is not and faced the rains, winds and; present then no substitution of storms, but which also wither and lose their beauty more quickly than others. How can we grow? Intellectuaffly? Dr. Fry urged us ito take a more active inter- its proof can be made. Each of us will grow in different but equal ways, but the goal for al. of us to strive toward is to continue thraughout our lives to grow and grow and grow! Dogpatcii News.' For Women Only by Jane Thomson I feel that it is my solemn j duty as women’s editor of the Dogpatch News to tell all of you unwed — but still searching — women the truth about our sex. ; I ami sure that you have ob- 'servedi the present time — day, I month, and year and from ob- | Servation you can tell that only i ten months and seven days, or j three hundred and thirteen days and nights, are left until the glo» rious opportunity of leap' year (ConMnued on Page 3)
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