A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE Volume No. 8 Two Flora Macdonald College, April, 1960 No. 8 Professors Take Study Leaves Legend Of Pandora Theme For May Day At 3:30, Saturday afternoon, May 7 on front campus the May Day Program will begin. It will open in ihdgh step with the FMC majorettes followed by the High land Pling done, as traditSon would have dt, by the JuMor class clad in Scottiisih plaid fcOts. The grand entrance of the May Queen, Jo Rita Cox, land court will ibe next in' order. The queen ^viil be crowned' by the Maid of Honor, Betty Thompson, and will take her throne ais the pageant planned for her proceeds. The pageanit is based on the Legend of Pandora, goddess of Gneek mythology. Aroused by donaid College faculty have ac cunosity she opened the forbid- cepted feUowships to continue GUSTAFSON ST. JACQUES WF Drama Dept. Production Sponsored By HighFd Pla Oedipus Rex: A Greek Tragedy yers An exiciting play, Oedipus Rex will ibe presented here at 8:15 April 19, 1960, by the Wake Forest Drama D^artment. This presentaitioa, sponsoredi by the Highland Players, marks the first time the oluib has brouig!ht an outside group to the FMIC stage. The club feels this is a fine way to end itsi season and to fuUlfiE its du^ purpose: to provide enjoyment for the audi ence and memibers of the clulb and) to oflfer our students and Red iSiprinigs citizens an oppor tunity to see good drama. Oedipus Rex, a greek tragedy written by Sophocles in 430 B.C. is a classl'o anidl a masterpiece of the world’s drama. Briefly the play deals with the legend of Oedipusi who unwittingily kills his father and m/arries his mother. The characters who are distinct, yet universal, are gov erned iby a pervadiing irony which also serves to show events from mortal man’s point of view and as seen in' regard to eternity. den box and released evils and diseases Uiroughout the land. Tliey claimed Pandora as iBieir prey, but she was rescued by Hope and brou^t to the court oif Wisdom and Enli^tenment. Ignorance and ithe evtils came to taJce Pajidora but Wisdom calls upon Enlighltenment and his fol lowers: Air, Water, and Sunshine. They came to her aid and saved her. Her atrehgith is' restored by exercise and 'folk dances. 'ilie colorful folk dances of var ious countries will be presented by the Freshman and Sophomore classes. Eleven new members were 'taipped into the Honor Society diuring -the chapel on Friday, April 15. Dr. Gordon Blackwell, Chancellor of the Women’s Col lege of the University of North Carolina, addressed the student body prior to the .tapping cere mony. He spoke on the impor tance of scholarship and of a liberal education for women. Quoting Dr. Mclver, he remindi- ed' us that “when you educate a man you educate a man; when you educate a woman you edla- cate a whole family” Dr. Blackwell stated that the standardis of the studentsi as a whole were as important as the standards of those with the highest achievements; those who have accomiplished to the limit of their ability have dlone as well as those who may have ac complished more. Tapped from the Senior Class were: Nellie Cribb, Barbara Jones, Jeri McLaurin^ Jane Lowe, Alice Reaves. Juniorsi who were tapped are: Martha Currie, Avis Gann, Gwenn' Haiw- their education next year as grad uate studients. Mr. Erneslt St. Jacques, As sociate Director of Guidance, will be enrolled in post-graduate work at George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. Working to ward Ms dootor’s degree in ^u- cataon, Mr. St. Jacques will pur sue courses in the fields of social science and psycholoigy. Mr. St. Jacques an4 his family have applied for on-campus hous ing at the college, but at the present itime have no definite plans. They will move to Nash- vUle in June and' will return in the fall of 1961. At the present time he holds a B. S. degree from the State Teachers College in Worcester, Mass. and an M.A. degree from George Peabody College. He also has done graduate work at the Umversity of Georgia in the field Two members of the Flora Mac-1 of guidance. Robert K. Gustafson, Flora Macdonald’s Associaite Professor of Bible, will leave this summ,er, in order to obtain hds Th.D. He will attend graduate school at either Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, or the Union Theological Semdmary in iRidi- mond, Virginia Mr. Gustafson will work in 3 fields during his' year’s leave of absence from this college. He will study the InterTrelation of Christianity with the culture of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Cen turies, Theology of the Old and New Tesitament, and Contem porary Non-Qhristian Religions. The two latter courses will be studied with the curriculum for the Bible department in mind. iMr. Gustafson already holds a B.A. degree from the University of California iat Los Angeles, and a B. D. and Th. M. from the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. Pauley Takes Field Representative Position Receptly a new and very inter- where he received his B. A. de- 4 I esting personality has been seenjgree. His interest shifted to the on campus. P\>r those of you w'ho ministry during this time and he have not yet met him, he is Wil liam E. (Bill) Pauley from Charleston, West Virginia. Mr. Pauley assumed his duties as Ad- mii'ssions Counselor on April 1. He says, “This was a real April fool’s joke on Flora Macdonald.” Mr. Pauley’s family lives in Washington, D. C., Where his father works with the U. S. Post entered Union Theological Sem inary in Richmond at ithe time when Mr. Gustafson was doing his graduate work there. He was a member of Sigma Chi Social Fraternity and several honorary fraternities. Mr. Pauley is es pecially irtterested in athletics and while in college was a letiter- man in track. Other interests North Caroildnia for ithe Ghurdh E3x- tension Division of the Presby terian Churdi. Mr. Pauley’s first pastorate aft er his work at Union was in Brunswick County, North Carolina at the Southport and New Hope Presbyterian Churches. Some of his “extra-curricular” activities in Souitihport inclxided organizing and serving as the first president \oE the Brunswick. County chapter Treasurer, Palsy Garner; jot the American Cancer Society. (Pianist, Julia Clendenia; and He was a memher of the Booster’s Censor, George Paris. Club and served as the chairman Barbara Morgan, President of I of a committee to obtain lighits Epsilon Chi Society, will lead' the j for their athletic field, organization next year with the I After only twenty-one months help of these elected officers; jservice in (his area Mr. Pauley Zeta Theta Psi Society has eliected the following people as officers for 1960-61 according to President Baibs Adams: 1 'First vice president, Hannah Sloop; ’Second vice president, Bar bara Peek; Secretary, Peimy Moore; First vice president, Lorine Mitchell; Second! vice president, Vonda Goodwin; Secretary, Becky Thomberig; Treasurer, Suzanne Steed; Pianist, Jeanette DaVis; Censor, Kay Barber. Office Department. He has one ^long this line include golf, ten- older sister with three children, whose pictures he wiM proudly show you upon request. (This is probably due to the fact that Bill Pauley is istUl tmattached— hum- mmmm!) Starting out his educational ca reer with 'his interest centered ley, Sylvia Jennings, Aub Me- in psychology, Mr. Pauley enter- Leod, and Linda Phillips. ed H a m p d e n-Sydney College nis, and softball. During his college years Mr. Pauley was feature editor of the Hampden-Sydney newspaper. Dur ing his senior year he was a part of a group that reactivated a literary magazine of the college. Between his middle and senior years at Union, Mr, Pauley serv ed as assistant pastor in the WILLIAM E. PAULEY Second Presbyterian Church of Staiuiton, Virginia. This is inter esting to us since there are two ladies here who served as DCE in this same chiurchn- Miiss Mar garet Bowen and Mrs. Leslie Bul lock. Another of his summers was spent traveling with a team to churches all over the Synod of has come to FMC. He has been very impressed with the people wtiith whom he is working here. His greatest impression, however has been with the “pair of shoes he is to fill”. He says he real ly doesn’t know what he’s doing in his job yet but everyone has been so kind and helpful to him. Among the activities in which he has participated on our cami>- us so far is 'the recent choral club tour. During the tour he was most impressed by the conduct and graciousness of the girls and their abijity to r^edy any situ ation. He remarked on Mr. Skin ner’s excellent management of the tour and ithe manner of the girl’s response. The quality of the singing was excellent with “outstanding solo work.” He was amazed at their ability “to bounce back after being dead tired” in order to give a good concert. He is interesting and very liket- able, you’ll want to know him. Welcome to FMC Mr. Pauley from all of us! TRIP TO CHARLESTON Miss Robertson’s History of the South d'ass is taking a trip to Charleston, South Carolina on Friday. They will see the historic sights. They will stay overnight ait the Lord Cooper Motel anil re turn Saturday.

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