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A STUDENT PUBLICATIOOV OF FLORA MA€DONALiD COLLEXIE
Volume No. 9
Flora Macdonald College, September, 1960
No. 1
Consolidated College Name Officially Announced
Saint Andrews Presbyterian College
Welcome To The New Faculty
The doors of Flora Macdonald
College have again swung open
revealing the challenge of new
opportunity from many and vari
ous pathways. Each department
has something of its own to
share with the students, and
some divisions have new person
alities to present. These facul
ty additions show wide varia
tions in aibility and experience
and have already become a part
of the spirit of Flora Macdon
ald.
gree in Library Science from
Appalachian College and his
M.A. .from Columbia University.
Wingate Junior College and Ar
lington Coimty Virginia have
been the places of Mr. Forbis’
prior work. Mrs. Margaret IWeir
Bennett, who is Assistant iF’ro-
fessor- in the library, received
her B.A. in Library Science and
then did graduate work from
Emory University. She has had
experience in the libraries of
AsheviUe, North Carolina, Agnes
Miss Anneliese Schober has \ Scott College, Mercer Universi-
joined the Conservatory of Mu
sic. She received her music de
gree with honors from Converse
College, and continued there
where she received her Mas
ter’s Degree in Music. Her past
teaching experience was also at
Converse. Miss Schober now
holds the position of Assistant
Professor of Voice in the Con
servatory of Music.
In the English department
Miss Rosalynde Gibson holds
the position of assistant profes
sor of English. She received her
BjV. from Flora Macdonald Col
lege and her Master’s Degree
in Eiiglish from the University
of [North Carolina. Miss Gibson
previously taught at St. Pauls
High School.
The library has received two
additions —■ a director and an
assistant professor. Mr. Yates
M. Fbrbis, holding the direc
tor’s position, received his De
fy, £ind Emory University.
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford Nixon
fill the positions of Professor
of Psychology and Education
and Assistant Professor of the
Guidance. Center, and Assistant
Professor of Psychology and Ed
ucation and Assistant iF*rofessor
of the Guidance Center resipec-
tively. They both received thedr
A.B., M.A., and Ed.D. degrees
from the University of Californ
ia at Berkeley. Mr. Nixon has
worked as a Home Missionary
and as principal of an academy
in California. He has also been
Chairman of the Education and
Psychology Department at Bry
ant College. His latest position
was at King College where he
served last year as the Direc
tor of the Presbyterian Guid
ance Center. Mrs. I>[ixon has
been an elementary teacher and
a teacher in the field of Christ-
(Continued on Page 2)
St. AndiWiS Presbyterian Col
lege wals tlue name recently giv
en to rtlhe Consolidated Presby
terian College at Laurinburg.*
This namie was annaunced on
September 23, and iisi very appro-
priaite as dt enhances the deep
Ohristiami convictdoms and Scottish
traditions ibelhind this new ven
ture in Ohiliisitiain higter educa
tion. Sfc. Andnews is tfie patron
saint of Scotland.
In recent months oonsiderablfe
progness lias ibeen made in lihe
comstruictdoii of the niew coilege.,
Much progress has been made
on iBhe aioademic building, and
tJie loof Bind floor are now in
pilace. Thiey are now placding naa-
teriails on Hhe exterior of ^this
building. Th® academic building,
which wiM be a very beautiful
sttmcture features uniquie andhi-
tecfcusre and diesign. The sd'ar
screen exterior lls now undier con-
sitmctioin; and several of the wWite
celtic crosses are in place.
New bids on ibhe comstruaticai of
the dormitoriiies were
September 29, and
will begin dmmediaitjely aifter-
wairds. Basic pteis for ifihe stu-
dient center have been approved
and working drawings are being
marie. These plans will be put up
for bids in earty October. Tlhe
plans for itihie libnaiy are to dome
up for final approval soon. A ca
talog will be coming ouit in Oc
tober, and commiittees wSiIi prob
ably be appoiinted in the near
future (ho make the transition to
thie new college smoother and
easier.
The academic 'building, dormi
tories, ffibrary, and music build
ing are to te completed by Sep
tember, 1961, wiith ithie auditorium
gymnasdum, and Chaipel being un
der constiructian at that timie.
The adminisitrafcivie offices form-
enly looalted in Laurinburg, have
been moved to a riemodelied farm
house on itbe campus site. The
Ohrdigtdanity and Cultore team hais
moved into the offices fanmerly
occupied by thie admdndstrative
staff in Laurinburg.
Dr. Harry L. Harbin, historian,
and Dr. David B. Hawk, socio
logist, have joined Dr. Bulock
and Mr. Bennlettt in* the prepama-
itLon of itihe Christiamdity amfl Cul
ture program. Mr. Bennett, Dr.
Harbin, and Dr. Hawk ore Mvinig
in Lausrinburg. Dr. BuEock iis
teaching one ooiupsie aifc Flora
Macd'oniaM. OoBegie and. commut-
coumifcry dnterfisted in joining the
facility have been received. Quite
a number of the peop«le on pires-
ent faculties will transfer to the
nfew campus.
More (than 200 inquiries have
been received fram* prospective
situdents, and around 40 have
completed thedr -information
blanks and padd thieir pegistra-
tion fees. There is tremendous in-
tenest across ithe counltry in this
new veniture of Christian higher
educaltdon.
FNC Has Largest
Enrollmenl Ever
The promise of graduation
from St. Andrews Presbyterian
College, formerly the consolidat
ed college, has brought the larg
est enrollment ever to Flora
Macdonald. Our student l>ody
iijg. It is hoped that a pfaitoso-/members. Of this
received !p(ber wiM be added to the iternn ,are hoarding stu-
u . i T, rT ■ . , dents which is 34 more than
construotdon by mid-semestfcer.- Dr. Harbin is
formerly ifihe head of the liiatoiry
dcparfraent of Ooluimibiia CoBege,
Oo’umibda, S. C. He received his
Ph.D. degtree fnom Duke Uoiver-
Isaty. Dr. Hawk formerly teu^t
ait Geongia State College, Atlan
ta, Qeor^a and diso holds a
PhJ>. from Duke.
I'Tremiendous inlteaiest has been
shown din itJie new coileige by fac
ulty and situdants aiMfce. Around
200 inquiiries from college and
univiersity teachers across the
New FMC Students Greeted by Day Students
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last year’s enrollment. This
year there are 163 new students
including both transfers and
freshmen. To each newcomer
we extend a hearty welcome to
the campus life of the college.
In order to accommodate the
additional boarding students, it
has been necessary to provide
new dormitory rooms. In addi
tion to the three freshman
halls, Page, Fleming, and Var-
dell H, used last year, Morgan
III and one third of McCain II
have been converted to fresh
man halls. The sewing room,
which was on Page HaU, Mrs.
Bullock’s old office, which was
located on Vardell II, and two
rooms built off of the society
rooms have been converted in
to dormitory spaces.
Provisions have been made
for students to live off campus
Located just off campus, the
Vardell House, home of the late
President Emeritus, is being
used exclusively for boarding
students. Previously only one
side of the house was used for
dormitory space, and the hall
and other rooms were used as
offices for professors and col
lege personnel. The Vardell
House, occupied by eighteen girls
is now equipped with new furni
ture, a kitchen, and a living
I'oom.
Four student started the year
rooming at the Home Manage
ment House. These girls will be
moving over to the main build
ing soon, but where they wiU
be placed remains to be seen.
As we stand away and look at
the bulging walls of Flora Mac
donald, we think of the new col
lege where there will be room
for aU.