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A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
Volumie No. 9
Flora Macdtonald College, Novemiber, 1960
No. S
Vienna Philharmonic Wind Ensemble To Perform
Progess On
Sainf Andrews
Initiail ptoses of work neces
sary to csreaite an outstanding
college oaimpus, naimely St. An
drews, haive been wall umdeiway
flor several inonitihs. Work crews
have ibeen bxjsy grading building
sites and roads and installing
iimdergrouind utility systems. The
once level farm and which is
now Uhe new college siite has
taken on quite la 'difSerent lap-
pearance. Ganieml giradling work
iamd iJhe installartlan oif 'srtorm dis-
trilMitioo systeiris laire now com
pleted. Heatling and electrical
systema are mow underground,
and construotkwi of ithe Iheating
plairt is underway. In addition
to the completed uttlMes, includ
ing aiaNconditiondng duiots, aU
grading andl parMng space suf
ficient to take care of approxi
mately five huoxired. automobiles
had been curbed and black top
ped. Ubese joibs, compl0ted at a
of lapproxtenaitely one-hailf
million dollars, were forerun
ners of ithe major construction
and are now completed.
In accardanoe wiflh preisenit
plans, thie buildings will Ibe erec
ted in ithe followling order: aca
demic buildiinig, dermitories, stu
dent center, music building, li
brary, gymniasium and field
liouse, administraitlion 'building,
land cfhapel.
At pnesienit, seven buildings aire
under construction. Ttoe acadtem-
ic buildling, being built in con-
temporairy style, will contain 'all
classrooms, labaraltories, faculty
offices, and related facilities.
Being 'tfliie lajrigest single struc
ture on 'the new 'OoUegie cam
pus, ithe cla'ssB-Oom building
(whioh is larger than a football
field will contain about sixty-
four ftlhousand feet of floior
space. Located on the south side
of the lake, the academic build
ing will mieasuire three-hundred
and «ighity feet by twO-hundred
and two feiert with two enclosed
courtyards.
The exterior will be aggre
gate (con«r«ebe with Boilar screens
protecting windowed aireais. Com
plete lair-conditiOnirug facilities
and ramps for paralytic situ-
dents will be avails^ble. The in
terior will include fifteen lecture
sized clagsroomis and twelve
science laiboratariies and prepara
tion rooms. Four well equipped
rooms for businiess administra-
ition, and a complete home eco
nomics,departnnent are two ma
jor departments included in the
academic building. For the fac
ulty theme will be UiiTtty-itwo of
fices, which will, no doubt be
weleomied toy the faculty. An
‘aarts and crafts department wall
add imiuicSh wairiefty to the college
n
Friedrich Gulda
With Vienna Philharmonic
Wind Ensemble.
campus. A libenal studies lab
oratory designed to 'seat 'two-
hundred and fifty situdienits ftor
audio-visual and television in
struction will linorease the vari
ation of student interest and
college OoursieB. A language lab
oratory and a miechianical draw
ing roam are oifcher eissemtial de
partments wSiich ;ane Sncluded in
the classroom ibuildiing plans.
Complerting the spacious floor
plans ‘Of 'the maiin structure are
seminar rooms, storage rooms,
closets, rest rooms, a faculty
lounge, and other necessary fa
cilities. The ibuil'ding will fea
ture a itwO^storied structure at
the northern end overlooking
the campus lake. The^se novel
plans, plus many other innova
tions, w'ill make 'the million dol
lar construction one of the most
modem and efficient classroom
buildinigs in the nation. Comple
tion plans (for ithe one thousand
student accommodations are
scheduled for May 1, 1961.
The dorrnitoi'ies, four of which
lare ;sdngIe-storied and two
of which lare miultl-st'oried, are
second 'on ithe 'agenda of major
construction plans for the new
campus. Poundaitions are now
completed for ithe four single-
:§toried structures with living ac-
coimmodlaitions in each for
eighty-six studienlts and two
three-storied bulHings designed
to accommoda'te ninety-eighit
students ;ead!i. In keeping with
the overadl oaimpus arohiteciture,
the doarmaitories will "be in con
temporary style. Floor plans
provida very lattriactive suite
lounges in each dormitory for
group study and social aotiv4ties.
The buildings will fealtuire air-
conditioning, lairgie study and
recreation lounges, and spacious
rooms. This type planning is de
signed to emphasize small group
living and study. Both doimitoffy
clusters will be located on 'the
north side of rthie campus lake.
The male living quairters wiU be
to the west near Highway 401
'and others win toe a sihort dis
tance east of ithe causeway en-
toance. Thiecne wiU be two dormd-
toiies for men and fiour for wom
en.
The Hingle-stordied buildings
will conitain rooms facing on a
large lenolosed courtyard. Living
quairters in ithe multi-storied
dormitories will be on the sec
ond and ifihird' floors. These six
dormitories are scheduled to be
completed 'by August 15, 1961,
thus ready for occupancy in
September, 1961. There wiU be
dormitory ispace for six-hundred
and fifteen resident studients in
September.
If las miuich progress can be
m'ade in ithe few months ahead
as has already been made, the
new campiis will be ready for oc
cupancy in a short time. (Defi
nite formiaition has taken place
■aiiid the 'buildings are well under
way.
Construction of buildings is
not :the only progress being
made for St. Andrews. Further
study land planning of the 'cur
riculum is being 'boosted by Drv
Leslie Bullock, Ptaofessor of Bible
at our own PMC, and Dr. Har
ry Lewis Hiaawin, former head
of the Oistory Deparitment lart
Colmnbd'a College in Columtoia,
S. C. Dr., Dr. David B. Hawk,
associate I%iofessar of Sociology
at Oeorgia State College, and
Profesgor Carl Bienneitt, Profes
sor of English at Wesleyain Col
lege in Macon, Georgia, along
with Dr. BuUock and Dr. Har-
win make up ithe Qiristianity
and Ouilture Team. This team is
hard at work on' 'the final de
tails to make the iQhristi'anlty
and Culture program a truly
unique and aiewarding experi
ence for (the Bltudenits. The
course is required Of all students
entering next year as as fresh
men.
You can easily see that much
hard work and ptenning support
ed by i^thusiasm has been ap
plied to the new campus and
oourseB.
As the opening number of the
1960-61 Artist serfies at Fiona Mac
mants lall over Europe followedl
ithiick land faisit. In 1950, GulIa
donald CoEege, the Viennla Phil- madie ihis Amieii'can debut, draw-
tormonic Wind Ensemible will be ing sensaiMoiiai reviews from th©
presented November 18 at 8:15 New York critics.
o’clock. Brilliant concert pianist,
Frffledfich Gulda, is associat^J
wilth tihe ensemble. Gitter instru-
menitis of the group include the
ioboe, clarinet, French horn, and
the ibassoon. The pferformer of
each of dhiese instruments is the
most outstanding player in bis
particular seciMon, or first-dhiair
man.
Friedrich Gulda, a young Aus
trian virtuioso, is one of the
world’s best-itiravieled as wel as
one of thie world’s most distin-
^shed young pianists. AMiough
he isi oidy thirty years oJd, he
has given concerts aM over the
Undited States and Europfe as weJl
as in South and Cfemfcral Ameii-
ca and South Aflrica, in the pro^
cess of establSslidng hdmsell as
one of the leading pianists of the
worid.
It is interesting to note bow
Gulda, modest and unspoiled
achieved such a rack of pre-
emienence in ithe ffieiM of music.
Born in Vienna in 1929, hie spent
a normal, happy childhood in
miisical suiroundinigs. “Although
my parents were teadhers, my
faither played ithe cello; my moth
er, the piano,” he texplains. Little
Friedrich 'listened, enchanted, to
his parei^’ musical evenings,
and isoon begged to be -allowed to
taken piano lessons. His parents
sent him to the 'fVeJl-known teach
er FeiMx Pazofski with whcxm he
worked for fivtei years.
By 1942 Gulda had made snich'
Friedrich Gulda is particularty
impressed with the young people
of America and itheir interest in
music. “I lam laliways glad to see
that my audiences are partial^
made up of people in itJiieir twen
ties and even younger, ” he com
mented. “No person is too young
to develop an in'terest in great
music. My parents played musi
cal fostrumenits and I was ex
posed to (the music of the great
masters from an early age. I
have adways been grateful to my
parents, and I Mfce ito think that
perhaps I. too, may hdp young
people to discovter the joy of
musict”
Since the Pihilharmonic Wind
Ensemble is one of the most re
nowned chamber music groups In
Ihe country, perhaps it would b*B
well to explain exactly wiiat
chamber music is. By “chamber
music” is meant “ensemble mu
sic for from two to about eigjht
or mne insbrumienits with one pliay
er to the pant, as distinct from
orchegfcral music in which there
are several players for each part.
The esasJeotial' trait of chamber
music is its intimacy and refinft-
menit; its natural setting is the
home. Each Smstrument repre
sents an ideal typtei land is ex-
peObed to assert itseM to the
but the style of playing differs
from that of the solo virtuoso.
The soloist is encouinag'ed to' ex
alt his own person^ly. In cham
ber music, ora ithe 'other hand.
astounding progress ithat he was various insitruments blend in-
accepted by the Viennese Aca-;^ ^ perfect whoile. It has beten
demy of Music ,where he studied salid that in no other kind ol
piano and theory at the Interaa- ii^usic is it so difficult to create
tional CJontest in Geneva. “I nev- j'^ master-pieee
ier thought that I had a chance | Chamber music holds out to
to win, but I saw no harm in
trying lanyway.” He walked laway
with the prize, and a professional
Ithe iMsteinier a quite ispeoial mu
sical experience, and offers him
deli^iits that no other branch of
debut in Geneva; end engagie-* music can duplicate.”
Volleyball Tonrnamenl Begun
Spirits are high, enthusiasm is
keen, and over-iall excitemertt is
penetraltiinig the air. The fundai-
mentals hiaivie been taken care
of, and in just a short lapse of
time the first part off rthe big
event will be itaking place ■—
the FMC Volley Ball Tourna
ment is lalbout 'to get imiderway.
Sponsor'ed toy the Athletic
Association, this itouimament lis
an annual affair which is 'almost
as much a i>art off Flora Mac-
'doniald itradiition as May Day.
Besides providing an outlet for
the sports-minldled, Ithe gameis
also have itheir part in crealting
a new unity witihin the individ^
ual claiaseis. Nothing can top the
class spirit which is found in
■the tense momenits toward the
end of a itied game.
Each dass has a mascot which
was hiddta at some urtoiown
hour between Friday night and
Satuittiay morning after being
present^ to ithe class cheer
leaders ait the all-importanit bon
fire. The seniors looking for
their inooster, the juniiors, their
bull (ftjg, the sophomores, theSr
bear, land the freslbmen, their
tigers, have spent much tirae
in frantic search for these “losrt”
possessions in hopes of proudly
presenting them before game
time at 4:45 this very laifter-
noon.
The DeHms have been praiotic-
ing for fl’ve weeks, and ithe cap
tains feel thajt mairked improve-
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