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March, 1961
THE SKIRL
Published by the students of Flora Macdonald College
Red Springs, North Carolina
Editor-In-Chief Sylvia Jennings j
Assistant Editor Elaine Ward
Business Manager Joanne Matthews
Advertising Manager Jerrie Johnson
Art Editor Judy Zachary
Conservatory Editor Betty Daniels
Columnist Ann Weber
Faculty Advisor Miss Rosalynde Gibson
Reporters Nancy Daviid, Nancy Gray, Phyl White,
Mary Prances Wheeler
Sports Editor Lib Baxley
Typists Alicia Kelly, Martha Deaver, Susan Mclver
Bea Smith
Circulation Manager Susan Lesser
Business Staff Vivian Dutton, Kay Barber,
Audrey Hartsell, Patsy Lackey
Editors' Eiforl
(Editor’s note: The following ediitoriail is reprinted with per
mission from the GREENSBORO RECORD, Feibruary 21, 1961.)
Good B eg'imni nig
The new St. Andirews Presibyterian College seems to have
the right idea about sports.
It will Wave no athlletic schoilarships, and stress will be
placed ion student par;ticipation, ‘PaJther itihian on building a strong
Warn !to be watdhed by 'the rest off the Bitudemts.
Coiaches wiill be picked for ithw academic qualifications as
well las tiheir atllileitic labillity, land alii 'ajthletios will be under the
supervision of the dean of studenits and the dean of the faculty.
President Ansley C. Moore says ithe cofllege, now under con-
struiatitoin in Laurinburg, ihopes tb encourage its stuldenits to be
come pnoficient in spoiits wihioh they may participate in later in
life—temnis, golf, swimming, sofitbaflll, and the like.
“I don’t want tto g’ive ithe impression that we do not recog
nize the value of inlter,Collegiate oom,petition in building miaturt
and iheaWhy young people,” says Dr. Moore. “We plan to compete
with the besit in our levell as long 'as we 'dan compete honestly
and iin itihe strictesit sense of amateurism.”
That is well sadd. Smialler sdhiools 'are not able to compete
in footiball or basketbal with Ithe subsidized teams of ithe lairge
colleg’es and universities. The atifeinpt to do so can be raade onllj
by penalizing ithie studenit body of the small school in am attemip,
to devote all lathletic lattemtion ito a single team in a m’ajor sport.
St. Andrews Presbyterian College is ^off to a good start, eveK
before its first Iteam comes on the fieM. One wonders wthen, ii
ever, itJie larger sdhools will consider itheir 'own athletic programi
in the ligiht Of whalt they do for the students rather than for the
visiting spectators.
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“We are sick. We are tired. We are discouraged. We are
Seniors.” This seems ito be She prevallent feeling among us Seniors.
Look at any one of us and you can easily see this. But of course,
it is nolt all true. We are living for May 29 wlhen we will graduate,
bU't yet the thought Of leaving ithe friends who have icome to mean
so much to us during our years Ihere is a very sobering one. The
panic is beginning to take hoil'd lOf inot having a job; a'nd if we
d!o have one, we woa'ry Ithat we oann'at perform our duties ade-
quatt'ely. The roultine Of sdho'dl ihas became even more monotonous,
it Bieems, in tihte last few weeks. What is wrong w'ith us? We do
not believe it is anyitJhirag serious, ju'st ‘'‘senit>r fever.” It seems to
come every year to every senior. Of course, our feelings ajre
mixed, for we wianit to get iout and take our places in ithe world.
Yet it is a teirrifying thouglht. We ihope the epidemic of “senior
fever” wiill pass quickly, and we Wope it will leave no permane-nrt
scars. S.J.
Trolly Trooper: Aft/t Weher
known youngsters who have died
because 'of sheer thoug^htlessness
for human life.
Everyone of us today ihas said
urith sincere pity how sick and
hurt we are, for ourselves and
for those directly inivolved. And
yet with all of our sincere hurt
and sympafihy, we don’t learn;
we’ll never learn. Perhaps we
don’t want to learn.
All of us today are too weak
to say no to this spell of nioit;
none of us can refuse the dare
or the drink.
Conservatory
Comments
BY BETTY DANIEL
NEW YORK! The very men
tion Of the place brings labout
feelings of anxielty and excite
ment, especially among Choral
Club membetrs.- Yes, on March
19, at 7:00 a.m., the big trip be
gins. The itinerary is las follows:
March 19 — Henderson, N. C.
,moirning; Stau niton, Va., eve-
inamg.
March 20 — Orange, Va.,
morniing; Alexandria, Va., eve
rting.
Miardh 21 — Ridgewtotod, N. J.,
evening.
March 22 — Ridgewood, Hig]'
School, imiorning. New York, Ho
tel Chesterfield, evening sight
seeing.
March 23 — InteirGihurch Cen
ter, New York, ;n»rmng. Same
hotel (if ithey don’t 'kick us out),
evening.
iMardh 24 — Charleston, W.
Charleston, W. Va.
While on tour we will sing at
two 'dhurches where former Flo
ra Macdonialld students are now
'.ooated in administrative posi
tions. Martha Perry is at the
First Presbyterian Church in
Henderson, and Ceil Hines is at
Ohferles Town, W. Va.
iMany Choral Club members
plan to attend “The Sound of
Music,” wihlich is cunrently play^
ing on Broadway. Aiiother fea
ture of Ithe trip Wil be our see
ing an operia at the “Met.”
On Mardh 9 lan afternoon stu
dent recital was presented in
the auditorium. Those partici
pating were Alice Carol Hug
gins, Ginny Woods, Elaine Lu-
ben, 'Betty D'aniel, Elaine Evans,
Most of us today are members
of a youthful clan which seems
to have no regard for human
safety. We move 'through daily
living with an air of detadhment
concerning illness and accidents.
All oi us today live by an
unwritten, unsigned creed. Move
witli speed and carelessness;
there’s nothing to worry about!
Accidents, pain, fear — these
things are attackers of others’
lives.
Each of us today has been a
witness to tragedy. We have, in
the past weeks, read about and
Cabinet Convenes
Have you ever wondered what
goes on in Watkins Haill every
Thursday night? If you happen
ed to be passing by, you might
be deceived by the laughter and
merriment. The C. A. Cabinet
meets here every Thursday night
to plan and discuss activities on
campus. It is not all work around
bhat table, but fun and fellowship
too. Won’t you come in and meet
the C. A. Cabinet and find out
exactly what we do?
At the head of the table is the
new C. A. President,, Beitty Riith
Barker. Betty Ruth can tell mudh
about the C. A. because she has
worked on the Cabinet for two
years. If you asked Betty Ruth
What her responsibilities ai'C, she
would probably reply that she
presides at all meetings of itSie
Association and of the Cabinet
and oversees ithe activities of the
Association. She is the person
who co-ordinaites all the many
and various activities and pro
jects of the C. A. She inspires,
encourages, and aids her Cabin
et members in many ways. She
also ihas the responsibility of
serving on the Student Couhcil.
The Vice-President is a fami
liar person at that table too.
She is Marshall Robinett; Mar
shall was 'the C. A. Secretary
last year. The Vice-President of
the C. A. has many responsibili
ties. Biesides presiding in the ab-
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Beitty Jean Macdonald, Loritne
Keri'igiam, land Joan Langdloin.
The student body Chad the
pieasiire of hearing on Mardli 3
three of the conservatory ma
jors, wiho presented ithe chapeil
pro'giratm. They were Lorine Ker
rigan, flutist; Violet Culler, so
prano; anid Elaine Evans, organ
ist.
By ithe Way, we are glad to
have Mr. Williams back in the
conserve after Ms recent hos-
pitaliziation. His cancelled recital
of March 3 has not been resdhed-
uled las yeit, buft we are itioking
forward to it.
The Chorlal Club will be 'goinig
to Pope Air Force Base, March
17, to give a concert at the serv
ice club. The program will be
the sam,e as Home Concert.
Sports Spot
BY LIB BAXLEY
The 1960-1961 basketball tour
nament was a success. All the
teams worked hard in order to
claim the dhampionship trophy,
but the ex-champions, the Jun
iors, would not let up. They won
ithe tournament without b'aing de
feated. The freshmen were pre
sented the Sportsmanship trophy.
Girls receiving an old English
M for varsity were; Lib Baxley,
Helen Edwards, Joyce Hellebson,
Harriet Johnston, Linda Mills,
and Patty Provins. Those of hon
orable mention were: Martha
Currie, Susian Hamis, Frances
Pegram, Brenda Sheppherd, Jon-
lyn Truesdail, and Nyal Womble.
These girls, as well as their
teammates, Should be commend
ed for the work they did in pre
paring for the tournament.and for
making it a sucdess.
Patty Provins was elected Pres
ident of the Athletic Association
for the remainder of the year.
Other executive officers are vice-
president, Harriet Johnston; Sec
retary, Anita Brown; and treas
urer, Joyce Hellekson. Board
members chosen by 'the officers
are Janet Askew, saleman; Pat
sy Lackey, cheerleader; Ann We
ber, day student representative;
Susan Harris, volleyball; Lib
Baxley, basketball; Cathy Pierce
badminton and tennis; Beta Wil
lis, swimming and softball; Jon-
lyn Truesdail, recreation room;
and Miss Ethel Bateman, faculty
advisor.
Mathematical
Nartha
Martha Currie, ithe personality
of the issue, is a senior from
Jackson Springs, North Carolina.
She Ihas been an outstanding stu
dent during her years here both
in her studies and in her extra
curricular activities. During her
freshman year she was chosen
(to serve as ithe Treasurer of the
Studenit Association, and during
her Junior and Senior years she
again served on the Council as
Vice-President. As Head of Vol
leyball, Martha served on ithe
Athletic Association Board her
Junior year. She is a member of
the Mathematical Honor Society,
and was one of itIhe first in her
class to be chosen as a member
of the Flora Macdonald Honor
Socieity. Because of iher note-
'wortihy place in the student
body, Mantha Was tapped into
Who’s Who in Amierican Collieges
and Universities.
ManUha is a math major and
“almost” a science major (she
lacks three hours). She is doing
her practice teaching now in
Lumberton in a class in Algebra
III. This is the equivelent to a
College Algebra Course, so those
young people really keep her “on
her toes”. Even though Martha
is struggling through her teach
ing, She ihopes to use her m'athe-
matical abilities in another field.
She plans to obtain a job as a
mathematician in a big corpora
tion.
It is common knowledge that
Martha can do anything she at
tempts. She is “Dolly Domestic”
personified. 'She cooks like Betty
Crocker and sews like “Miss Vo
gue.” She is a “card shark”,
her specialities being Bridge and
£)ouble Soilitaire. Martha loves to
read, dance and lislten to music
of all kinds, but especially in
strumental records. She also
plays the piano.
Martha has the wonderful abil
ity to “size up any situation.”
She is very frank and quick to
the point, but along with this
she seems ito know the nicest
way to say the meanest >things,
Martha also has that remarkable
innate common sense that gives
tier tlie ability always to do the
right thing at the right time. Con
gratulations to Martha for a fine
college record and best wishes
for ithe future.
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