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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
Volume No. 9
Flora Macdonald College, October, 1960
No. Z
First Dance Of This Year To Be Exciting Event
1960 Presidential Campaign To Be The
Host Unpredictable Ever Held In U.SA
by Prof. Carol Robertson
The oubstanding features of ithis
preaidenitail camipaign are that
the two presidenltiial camdidaltes
Nixon lamd Kenmedy, aile mirming
neck aind meek amd Uiait ithere
is great sdmilajity between liem
in persomaliity amd policy. On the
T.V. debaittes itlhe two candidaibes
found a surpriisaingly large area
of agreemeait when tihiey oultJined
their objectives for 'this oaitlion.
They agreled 1. Tlhait the U.S.
cainnot afford to stand stiM in
thie eoanoxniic iiaoe wWh Russia.
2. Thait sonie kind of federal aid
to eduicaitiian is needed. 3. That
the pneslenit farm policy is not
workiing and must be dhainged. 4.
That the miiindmum wage would
be incrteaised. 5. That it would be
desiraWe to have a baiainced
budgiet.
During the oext four yeans the
power and range of ithe federal
government is (going to become
bagger. Beginming nextt Jaouary,
there iis going to be more federal
activiity wtoertiher tlhe winner is
Nixon or KenUedy. Bath inomi-
mees are activists. Botti are com-
mdtted to the mobilizaitaon of re-
sauroes behaod winning ithe odd
war. There can be only onie re-
saillt— larger and more pervasive
feder.al ispiending. Therefore Ithe
issule which wiU divide Kennedy
and Nixon will be, not whietther
the role of the federal govem-
menlt wSU be inoreased, but how
much.
The democraitSc platform which
Senator Kennedy sinoerely em-
hnaoes, ptxwnised to go farthier
and faster than ithie Republicans.
The choice then is whetther to
eledt a Nixon who will go about
enlarging the federal role with
greater reluctance or to elect
a Kennedy who will do the same
thing wiith greater relish.
The Candidabes Chief Themies:
NdxKMi ^ateis that he Ihas seven
and one-half years of experience
as Preaident ESsenhower’s depu
ty in dealing with foreign affairs
He largues itihat he wil be the
safer man tfor ithe country be
cause of his "maturity” in di-
Hecting to Cold War. Kennedy
meets this argumenit head on
wiilli the counter change that the
Republicans have allowed the
coumltry to become soft in its
maliibary posture and ineffectual
in its foreign policy. He also
Mds con^antly in focus before
has campaigD audiences the un
popular farm policies of BJsein-
howter’s Secneftary of A^ctditure,
Elzra Taft Benson.
Both Kennedy and Ndxon have
sincerely tried to keep the relig
ion iisisue out of ithle plctume but
like Banquio’s ghost, it wil not
lie buried.
P'ear od a CJatJiolic hierarchy is
a very real dihing among millions
of people in (this country. Not by
any means are aJl thiese people
ignorant or bigoted. Many of
them are highly inltelMgent and
exitremely iboteranit.
Their fear dis grounded largely
upon the blalfcant mixture of
church and state in countries
where OathoJdcs are in the vast
majority. In Spain, for instance,
no one can hold a job in civil
govemmlent unlesis he is a Cdtflro-
lic. In some of the Latin Ameri
can staltes, no one can to elect
ed to Ithe 'pi’esidlenicy unless he is
a Oatlhalic.
These dlhdngis distiuirfe many peo
ple, and it is only natural that
they do. They lare not easily ex-
plainled, for in a centrally direct
ed church it ils less than satisfac
tory to say that one prirKsiple
is pursued in one country and a
contrary jHiinciple in andth/er.
iAaother disquieting thou^t for
many people is this: If Kennedy
is etected president, Lyndon B.
Johnson, forraerly majority lead
er of Ithe Senate, will be vice-
president. This woifld mean thart
Senatxxr Mike Mansfidd, Demo
crat form Montana, a Roman
Catiholic, would be in Mne to be
come teadier of the Senate. We al
ready haive aniother Roman Catho
lic, Representativ© John McOor-
mack, Democrat from Massa
chusetts as majority leader of ithe
House of Repaiesentatives.
With our president a Catholic
and with the most powerful of
fices in the Senalte and in the
House of Representatives hiead-
ed by Oathodics, our top political
leadership would be in the hands
of men of one church. The Demo
crats try to meutralize the relig-
M)Us issue by pointing out Kenne
dy’s voting record in tlhe Senate.
Kennedy has voted to supjdy
American foreign aid to the Com
munist countries of Poland and
Yugoslavia. The official Catholic
posdition has been that no such
add should go to any Communist
staibe. Kennedy has also voted
aigainst spending pubMc funds for
parochial education. The official
CatihoHc position faivors sudh
spenddng.
'Even though both candddaites
try to suppress the HeOdgious issue
it cannott be kept under winaps.
The phrase “Solid South refers
to the fact that the South has
voted soldily democriatdc. Bat now
it is the “Muid South”. Kennedy
is going to have Itrouble in the
South. The eleven states of the
Old Confederacy together havfe
128 votes in the etectoral coliegc.
There are 537 votes in ithle eilec-
toral coOlege. A candidate must
have 269 to win. With the ex
ception of the two Elisenhower
landsiiles to 19^ and 1956, ail
of these 128 votes have been safe
ly in the democratic fold. It will
be interesting to see when the
votes are coimted if Nixon cap
tures any of (these stebes.
In New York, Califomia, Penn
sylvania, minoSs, Michigan, and
Ohio, there are 181 electoral votes
In each of these states there is a
concentration of urbanized Ne-
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Have you heard about the Stu
dent Council dance ito be held on
October 22? The doors of the
dining ball will be open at ieight
to our first dance of the year.
It will be a gay event with girls
all decked oiit in ttieir evening
best (and boys so neat and trim.
Evleryone is going to enjoy danc
ing to the music of “Rudy La-
rnone and the Keynotes.”
“Harvest Moon” has been chos
en as tlie theme fior the dance
and is very appropriaftfe for itliis
time of year. Decorations and
Unusual Home-
Coming Plans
For October 29
No coUege year at Flora Mac
donald is complete without a
Scottdsh cektoation, and as the
opening note of the Alumnae ac-
tivdties the Association has plan-
tied an adl-Scottish Homecomflng
Day, to be heUd on Saturday, Oc
tober 29.
The program will be presented
by DonaM Macdonald of Ohar-
lofitje and his Soottish faride, Mairi
MacLeod Macdonald, whose home I a dance never to be forgotten.
refreshments will be used to car
ry out the theme.
A lovely backdrop centetOed
Etpwoid a covered bridge with
fall scenery wiH provide a beau
tiful setting for the dancing coup
les. The tables wi'H be decorated
with owls, made of pinie cones,
sitting in a cluster of fall color
ed leaves. Around ithe poles ia
the dining room wil be corn
shocks and orange pumpkins. Go
ing into the dining room one will
see a boy and girl scarecrow with
com shocks around them. From
the rotunda a big yieUow harvest
moon will be hanging, thus car
rying out the theme.
The refreshments Wiill also be
centered around the harvest
theme, but what will be served
is to remain a siurprise.
The dance commiibbeie is work
ing dilSgenltly to m.£dce this dance
enjoyable for everyone. Heading
the committee is EUainie Evans.
The decorastion chairmcin is Lucy
White, Ithe chadimjan of the imvi-
tatixjn committee. Chase Colliiis,
and the reSreshxn&at commiWee
' chairman. Lab Baxley.
At the stroke of twelve, he
doors will dose leaving behind
the havest moon and memories of
UNICEF Drive To Be Conducted
You can help feed and care for
children all over the world. Did
you know that a twenty cent
snack would pay for a year’s
supply of aujieomujcin to trieat
a child with itradboma? Onie dol
lar will eithier protect a hun*-
dred children from tuberculosis,
pay for a day’s supply of vita
mins for four hundred children,
or buy five hundred glassies of
milk for straviing youngsters.
Th^ stalfdstics wiere codecfted by
UNICEiF (United Nations Inter
national Childrens, E m e r gency
Fund.) The facts are sihocking
and the dmstian Assoc. Gabdnet
reaHzes the desperate need of
finandal help and clothinig. On
October 29, laU of you who are
iritenested can join students in
the fiJty states and foreign coun
tries and “trick or trteat” for
donations of money or clothing
to be sent to UNICEF. This Hal
loween doorbell ringing project
began -in 1950 in a smaU Sunday
School Class and has grown to
extraordinary proportions. Last
year students raised $1,500,000 for
&e fund.
Won’t, you Jilei^ us alleviate
the isuffering of little war orphans
afld under nourished diseased
children in other countries? P^ih-
dicity in “The Red Springs Citi-
aen” wdU make th(e Ifcown aware
of the need and prepare (hem
for our coming
before her marriage in August
was on the IsIe-of-Le\^ in Scot
land. Many alumnae will re
member the colorful personality
>f Mr. Macdonald, who has vdsat-
ed the collegie frequently, his
most vivid!^ remembered visit
having Ibeen in 1954 when he
came to the campus ito organize
the Clan Donald Society of the
OaroJinas wdHih a delightful pro
gram.
In addition to the songs by
Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald and
songs in gaeliie by Mrs. Mac-
donaW, with jriano accompani
ments by another talented Mac
donald, Robert, the program will
feaiture Scottish folk dances by
a group of CJharlofite fiifth-igraders
in costume. As Khe crowning
touch, he will have Scoftrtash bag
pipes and a drummer on hand
to ‘make music the Scottish
way’.
The day wdl begin with a cof
fee hour in the pallors ait ten-
fifteen (bo welcome the homecom
ing alumnae, the business m^-
ing dn ifihe auditorium at eleven
o’clock, the program at 12 noon,
and luncheon alt one o’clock.
The -business meeting of the
alumnae wdH open with a de
votional in song by the members
of Miss Schober’s Choral En
semble.
Come One, Come All to Home
coming!
No one will want to mass being at
this “Harvest Dance.”
Some folks don’t put itheir
best foot forward until they get
■the other one in hot water.
New Marshals
To Assume Work
During ithe year Flora Mac
donald College has an outstand
ing concert-lecture sieries. At
these canOerts it is a tradition
tor the marshals in ifheir white
formlails to usher; the marshals
also usher at all school functions.
The new marshals for 1960-1961
ane Frances Gibson, Chief,
sillon Chi Society; Dorcas Cox,
Vioilat Culler, Magie Fishbumte,
and Barbaira Somers, all of Ep-
salon Chi Socd^y; Betty Lock-
nidge, Marglaret Ann Martin, M«-
ry Ne^y, and Jean Pigoti of
Zeta Thieta Psi Society.
The qualities for which the
mar^ials aaie chosen include
poise, grace, chaim, refinement,
comeihness, serenity, elegance,
and liveliness. These girls are
chosen from the junior class and
have to rank acadlemically as
juniors. They -are chosen from
Zeta Theta Psd and Epsilon Cbi»
Societies with each society elee-
Itdng four marshals The choosing
of chief mianshal is attemabed
from year to y^. She is chosen
from E^ksdlon Chi one year and
ZetesSan the next year. Our chief
marshal for this year is Prances
Gibson who works dosely with
leach. penformer to assure them
and the audience a smooth pr#-
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