The Skirl [Red Springs, N.C.: January 18, 1954]

              A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE
VOLUME II
RED SPRINGS. N. C, JANUARY 18, 1954
NUMBER 7
Conventions Attended By Flora Macdonald Girls
Methodist Convention       i- Methodist   Delegate
Held In Lawrence, Kansas]
By Sue Littlewood  ^, mr—	
AUBURN BOUND
The day after Christmas was
no day for sleeping, at least not
in the homes of some forty-one
Methodist college and university
students who planned to take 'he
North Carolina Methodist Student
Movement special bus to the National Student Conference in
Kansas.
The alarms sounded at various
hours (mine at 5:00 A. M.!) according -Jo the distances we had
to travel to get to Greensboro.
As in the case of most charter
buses which carry such a variety
of people, we didn't start on time.
Leaving Greensboro at about two
o'clock, we had plenty of time o
get rather well acquainted before rolling into Lexington, Ky.
at 4:30 (EST) the next morning.
We educated all people from the
plains on "The Danger of Curves
in Three Ranges of Mountains"
or "How to Get Sick and Keep
on Singing".
Since no one had had any sleep
we didn't leave Lexington until
late the next morning, and it was
rather smooth sailing from there
on. The geography lessons were
very good, many of us seeing the
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and
several of the states for the first
time. St. Louis, Missouri looked
rather forboding that Sunday
night with more beverage signs
than Flossie Mac could ever put
a "Do Not" on, but we finally
found a drug store before going
back to the hotel. The next day,
We found that through our fan,
study, motion-sickness, and singing together we felt quite close
to one another. We even got a
North Carolina song together that
contained everything from "Dixie" to "Carolina Moon". We arrived at Kansas University, December 28 with snowball fights,
our Tarheel sing, and minds and
hearts eager to learn.
We discovered the reason for
our boots and warm clothing as
most of us lived, about a mile
from Hock auditorium. We couldn't complain, for when we got
there, even on that first night,
the speaker was one of world
renown—Phillipe Maury from Geneva, Switzerland, the worker
with our World Christian Student Federation. He had the tremendous task of introducing our
theme, "Christ Transforming Culture." (We, found here that "culture" did not mean concerts and
book clubs, but the very essence
of character of a society; the
thing in which the people trust
and have as their purpose for a
living community.)
The worship center for our
conference was of such a unique
. nature that it was a learning experience to me in the field of
expression of worship in art, and
worship aided by symbolism. I
must admit that at first I was
rather awe-struck more than
anything else as it covered the
whole stage, and activities took
place in and around it4 It consisted of a cross and chalice in
black, an indication of a dome
by an arched figure in white,
with an altar inside in blue and
white with three huge white candles on top symbolizing the trinity. The lighting was done most-
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SUE LITTLEWOOD
Around The World
And Back
With   ELLEN   WILLIAMS
Admiral William H. P. Blandy
died on January 12, 1954 resulting from a stroke. He retired in
1950 after being como«iidftr**|S
chief of the Atlantic Fleet for
three years. Blandy led the first
post-war atom bomb tests at Bikini in 1946. He was 63 years old.
The State Jefferson-Jackson
Day dinner will be held at the
Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel in Raleigh on February 13.
On January 12 Secretary of
State Dulles said in a speech prepared on Foreign Relations that
"this country is negotiating only
'to advance the cause of human
welfare'". He rejected the idea
of a deal for "a division of world
power" with the Soviet Union.
With the elapse of two weeks,
the Berlin Conference Will begin
as the Big Four convene. Many
feel that Russia's aim is to win
the United State's approval of a
Communist sphere in Eastern
Europe.
Amintore Fanfari was the
Christian Democrat's choice for a
new Italian Premier in the January Election. Fanfani is 45 years
old and is the youngest man ever
called to Italy's Premiership. His
experience in Italy's Parliament
equips him with promising success in his mending Italy's party
ranks. 3&&k-
Presbyterian Convention
Held In Auburn, Alabama
By Saradee Davis
i to  help   u
Shirley Willis and Ellen Williams are shown packing for the I mnted to
Students Respond
To Fund Campaign
According to a pre-Christmas
report given by Betty Lou Lamb,
student chairman of the college
fund-raising campaign, the drive
in the school had wonderful results.
Each student had a chance to
pledge   any   amount   which    she
The.Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet has announced that elections to the Soviet Parliament
will be held March 14. The present two houses oi Parliament
end their four-year .terms on
March 12. The Council of the
Union and the Council of Nationalities makes up Parliament.
Ralph C. Clontz of Charlotte
has revealed his work as an undercover informant of the FBI on
Communist activities for the past
four years. His work has been so
secret that this information came
as a complete shock to his father,
Rev. Clontz, a retired Presbyterian minister. Mr. Clontz, Jr. is 31
years old and practices law in
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December 29th Over 1800 young
people from all over' the» South
met to gether at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Ala.
to attend the Fifth Quadrennial
Youth Convention of the Presbyterian Church, U. S.' Included
in that number were some twenty-four from Flora Macdonald
College: felizabeth Mcintosh, Ellen Williams, Elise Hudson, Emo-
jeane Womeldorf, Kittye Oliver,
Nancy Bell, Shirley Thornton,
Shirley Willis, DeLanie Boney,
Mary Lisle Tucker, Lucile Wilds,
Young Sun Cha, Dot Hamilton,
Pat Farmer, Charlotte Calhoun,
Nancy Stikeleather, Peggy Carter, Lucy Fleming, Betsy Graham,
June Ferguson, Pat Lovett, Sue
Owen, Jo-Anne Drummond, Dee
Davis.
The purpose of the convention
was  to   make   our  young  people
more   aware   of  the   implications
of faith in our world today,  and
us   become   more     com-
a   growing   -witness   in
tripto the Presbyterian Youth Convention held during ^fe^^J^^^j^J
person jame to sea- better that Mo
own mission in life—whatever
his calling may be—is a part of
Christianity's answer to the world
situation.
Before the Convention convened    we were    already    a united
group.   We  were  united in purpose   and   interest.   Study   books
had been sent to us a short time
after    registration  so    that    we
could study them and be prepared  to  discuss  common  problems
and important issues with better
understanding.   The   three   books
given   to    each    delegate   were:
"That They May Have Life", by
D. T. v Niles; "A Call to Evangelism", a study guide for the book
by Niles, prepared by Felix Gear,
Harry Goodykoontz, Rachel Henderlite, and Watson Street; and
"You Shall Be My Witnesses, by
E. Tl Thompson, a study guide on
Acts  1-7.
Upon our arrival we registered
and were "assigned rooms, given
meal tickets and a schedule of
events, assigned to Bible study
groups and to discussion groups.
(I was ganged up on—here I was
assigned two former roommates
—my sister and Mary Lisle). After eating a big supper we went
over to the Student Activity
Building for group singing. After
the singing Mr. Oliver Carmich-
ael, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Kentucky, led us in worship. The
worship services were all unique,
and truly of great inspiration.
Dr. John A. Mackay, president
of Princeton Seminary and moderator of the Presbyterian Church
USA, was our first speaker. He
spoke on "The Darkness* That Defies the Light." The challenge of
various ideologies current in the
world today were presented. The
Church's own failure in living up
to the creed she confesses and in
meeting the challenges and probr-
leiris she faces were seriously
considered. The next morning we
met in our discussion groups'
(composed of about 20 young
people and an adult leader) and
discussed these challenges. Dr.
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Christmas holidays.
Vacation Bible
School Institute
To Be Held
Dr. Leslie Bullock announces
that a Vacation Bible School Institute will be held on the
four Monday nights in February
and the first Monday night in
March, from 7:30 to-9:30 P. M.
This is being held at the same -
time as the Fayetteville Presby- ^he<* as long as the money wj
tery   Leadership   School   and   fa1 coming from some money which
she could say was her own to
pledge. The pledging was entirely
voluntary and met with great response.
From one hundred and fifty
students pledging a total of two
thousand eight hundred and fifty
dollars.
The co-operation of the students showed their interest in
the campaign and also that they
are backing Dr. Woodson in his
work for the campaign.
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COLLECT OLD CARDS
co-operation with that school.
This Institute is strictly for the
students of the college to prepare
them for greater service as leaders and helpers in local churches
this summer. By attending this
Institute instead of the regular
classes of the Leadership School,
the students- will not only gain
specific preparation in the Bible
School courses to be used this
summer; but they will also help
relieve the congestion in the
classes of the Leadership School.
Nights spent attending this Institute will not count against your
nights out.
Both the General Assembly
and the Synod have strongly urged that no one be employed to
work in Bible Schools this summer unless they have attended an
institute of this sort. Therefore,
if you are planning to seek work
of this kind this summer, or if
you simply want to be of greater
help in your local church, you
will benefit by attending the Institute.
The leaders will be:
Kindergarten, Mrs. Ben Cam-
pen; Primary, Miss Ann Jordan;
Junior, Mrs. Leslie Bullock; Pioneer, Miss Betty McLean.
These will be assisted by the
seniors in the Department of
Bible and Christian Education.
More information in regard to
the school will be given as the
time draws nearer.
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OBEY THE TRAFFIC LAWS
The Student Volunteers recently sponsored the project of collecting old Christmas cards and
preparing them for use by Missionaries. Girls brought cards
back from home; and a workshop
was held in Watkins to cut out
the pictures, which are very
helpful in teaching both on the
home and foreign fields.
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CHRISTMAS CONTESTS
Two contests were held on
campus during the week preceding the Christmas holidays.
The halls were judged for the
best Christmas decorations, and
Morgan II was proclaimed the
winner.
A table contest was sponsored
by the St. Cecelia Music Club on
the night of the Christmas banquet, and Jessie Blalock's table
was chosen as the best-decorated.
Each member of the table was
awarded a prize.