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Volume VIII
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C„ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1948
Number 1
Year Begins with Traditional Orientation
The orientation program start
ed this year with a general as-
sembly of all the students in the
auditorium at 7:00 p. m. on Mon
day, Sept. 13. After the opening
hymn, the devotional was led by
Dr. Culbreth, pastor of Louisburg
Methodist Church. Miss Foster
of the music department sang, “I
Walked Today Where Jesus Walk
ed.” President Holton spoke words
of welcome to new and former
students and invited them into the
fellowship of a college year togeth-
Pearce Speaks at Alumni Banquet
Student Leaders of 1948-19^9
Informal Social Held
An informal social was held in
Main Social Hall. Get-acquainted
games were played, directed by
Miss Hill, physical education teach
er. A meeting of students with
their respective deans ended the
day, men students with Dean Boyd
in the auditorium, and women stu
dents with Dean Stipe in Wright
Social Hall.
President Holton’s Address
A general assembly of all students
in the auditorium began Tuesday’s
events. Members of the faculty
were introduced and an opening
address was given by President
Holton on “Why Did You Come to
College?” He sited numerous an
swers and called attention to a
few as predominating: (1) to get
better acquainted with oneself,
with other people, and with the
world at large, (2) to help oneself
to become useful to himself and
to others, (3) to continue one’s
education, (4) to play basketball,
baseball, or some other sport, (5)
to have a good time, (6) to ktcp
from going to work, (7) to com
ply wdth parents’ wishes (10) to
follow the course of some close
friend.
President Holton aserted all
motives to have some value but
none to be sufficient. He called
attention to the Y-motto, (“A
sound mind in sound body”) or
the three H’s (heart, health, and
hands) as suggesting the kinds of
training needed. He said that to
be true to oneself and to one’s
neighbors meant to be true to the
Creator.
“Our kind of society,” he de
clared, “means that we should
know the Bible, the book that has
done more to mold our form of
life than any other. He said that
20 years or more ago on giving a
quotation to be identified the ma
jority of students answered either
Milton, Shakespeare, or the Bible;
10 or 15 years ago the main an
swers were either Shakespeare or
(Continued on page 3)
Ode to Miss Stipe
In September of 1933 Miss Lula
May Stipe came to Louisburg Col
lege as Dean of Women.
During 14 years she has put
forth every effort to make the
dormitory life of the women stu
dents just as much like home life
as possible. She has taught,
guided, and helped the girls dur
ing their first experiences of being
away from home. Along with
teaching and other extra work she
still has had time to give to those
who needed her. She has been
a second mother to her girls, al
ways willing to listen to their
troubles and help in any way she
could.
Miss Stipe has been responsible
for the success of the birthday
dinners given every month, and
the alumni banquets at home
coming.
She has served in many other
campus activities, being on vari
ous faculty committees: the Ad
ministrative Counseling Commit
tee, Absence, Concert, Student
Publications, College Publications,
College Publicity, Religious Activi
ties, Student Counseling, Student
Enrollment, and the Traditions-
and-Social Committee.
Martha Shearon
Wake Forest
President, YWCA
Elmer Dean Best
Stumpy Point
President, YMCA
Sam Long Guthrie Daniel Wilbur Jones Zelma Mace
Wanchese Raleigh Sanford
Editor, COLUMNS Editor, THE OAK (’resident, WSG
Duke University Visited JonBS H63dS THE OAK Stdff
A visit to Duke University was
made by 18 college students, with
Miss Merritt as guide, Oct. 3.
The group rattled off the col
lege campus in the well-used school
bus and the annual trip to Duke
was underway. After a quick look
around the quadrangle, the group
entered the Chapel for a World
Wide Communion Service. The
Duke Choir of over 100 voices sang
“The Lord’s Prayer.”
After service, the group went
to the college stadium where they
ate their lunch.
Mozart Trio Gives Concert
The Mozart Trio, consisting of
Claire Wellman (Violinist), Hen
drik De Boer (Tenor), and Viei-
lyn Duerr (Pianist), appeared be
fore a capacity audience at Louis
burg College auditorium on Octo
ber 22. The program was made
up of a varied collection of num
bers which ranged all the way
from Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in
G Minor” to the present favorite,
“Because.”
Mr. De Boer sang first “The
Birth of Morn” (Leoni) and the
popular “Rose of Tralee.” Next he
sang Strauss’ “Vienna Waltz,”
followed by ‘Le Reve” (Mas
senet), which gave the French stu
dents an opportunity to do some
translating into English. In con
clusion he sang “When I think
upon the Maidens” (Head). For
encores, Mr. De Boer sang “Be
cause” and “Without A Song.”
Miss Duerr began her part of
the program with “Polka Shvanda”
(Weinberger); for her second num
ber she played the "Cat and the
Mouse”. After two curtain calls,
she obliged the audience with
Rubenstein’s “Ritual Fire Dance”
as an encore.
Miss Wellman, a violinist of con
cert and radio fame, opened the
last section of the program with
“Zapateado” (Sarasate). Next she
played “Romance” (Wieniawski)
and “Dance of the Goblins” (Baz-
zini). The talented, red-haired art
ist returned at the end of the pro
gram to play as encores "The
Flight of the Bumblebee” by
Rimsy-Korsakoff and the beauti
ful “Ave Maria” (Bach-Gounod).
Wilbur Jones, senior of the lib
eral arts department, has been
chosen editor of The Oak of 1949.
Editor Jones takes the place of
John Liverman, who as rising sen
ior last spring was chosen for the
position but did not return to col
lege. Jones takes office with a
record of student journalism on the
staff of Columns as assistant fea
ture editor the past year. Other
members of the staff are as fol
lows: Arthur Davis, business
manager; Ann Jones, associate
editor; Charles Lewis, junior edit
or; Mac Fuller, feature editor; Bill
Clarke, photographic manager;
and Jnlia flatti':. typist.
Mr. Richard Griffin, new head
of the Department of Social
Science, is sponsor of the year
book. Mr. Griffin brings to the
task the experience of co-editox'-
ship of the 1946 Howler, Wake
Forest yearbook, to be seen in
Louisburg College library.
Full Schedule Planned
By Dramatics Club
The Dramatics Club is looking
forward this year to a busier-
than-ever season according to
official statement. Louisburg stud
ents and faculty had a chance
to view the 1948-49 dramatic tal
ent when the club worked with
Delta Psi Omega, the honorary
dramatic fraternity, in the pro
duction of Balcony Scene, given in
Chapel Oct. 29.
(Continued on page 3)
Miss Stipe Receives
Treatment at Duke
Miss Lula May Stipe, dean of
women at Louisburg College for
the past 14 years, is at present at
Duke Hospital for treatment. Lat
est reports are that she is im
proving and showing marked prog
ress on the road to recovery.
In her absence Mrs. Betty Tar-
pey, of the Department of English,
is acting dean of women, assisted by
Miss Sara Foster, teacher of voice
and piano.
Former Students Efforts
Presented at Chapel
“Each one will leave something”
was the theme of a message to
the student body by Miss Merritt,
COLUMNS advisor, on Oct. 19.
Briefly outlining the history of
Louisburg College, she showed the
importance of the opening date of
school as the renewal of a pledge
to bring true a dream that some
one must have had long ago for
the greatness of this Alma Mater.
Tlie present students, through
their individual contributions to
Louisburg, will all help to make
that dream a reality.
Some of the thoughts left by
former students (preserved main
ly through COLUMNS files) were
then read: “Wonders of the World”
written by Maurice Powers (’43)
was read by Mrs. Albert Cowart
(’42); “Rural Paradise” and
"Sweat of the Brow”, both writ
ten by Wesley Gentry (’43), were
read by James Underwood and
James Lee respectively; “Soar
Higher,” Hilary Worthington (ex-
’49), was read by Durwood Peele;
“An Oak Tree”, Mrs. Louis D.
Hayman, Jr., nee Carol Bessert,
(ex ’46), was read by Anne Jones.
“Ode to Louisburg”, written by
Dan McFarland (’42) in battle-
threatened North Africa, was read
by Dan Wynn to a piano accom
paniment by Miss Foster. In con
clusion, the “Alma Mater” was
sung by the entire assembly.
Methodist Church
Holds Reception
A reception for Louisburg Col
lege faculty and students was held
at Louisburg Methodist Church,
Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 8:00 p. m.
Mixed cut flowers were used
throughout the room. The punch
table had a large bowl of flowers
in the center and a silver service
set at each end. Mrs. Walter Pat
ton and Mrs. S. M. Washington
poured Russian tea. Mary Marie
Holton, Quinton Holton, Betty
Strother, Loy Malone, Frances
Tharrington, Janet Bailey, and
Louise Webb seived tea and cook
ies. The Wesleyan Service Guild
and the Maude McKinney Circle
were in charge of refreshments
and decorations.
“I honestly believe there is no
way for people to have a democ
racy unless they learn to think,”
declared Dr. J.
Winston
Pearce, pastor
of the First
Baptist
Church in Dur
ham, in his
speech at t h e
home-com i n g
banquet in the
Louisburg Col
lege cafeteria
at 6:30 p. m.,
Oct. 30.
Dr. Pear c e
discussed life
in t e r m s of
four worthwhile aims as cited by
Henry Van Dyke: clear thinking,
sincere loving of one’s fellowman,
acting from honest motives, trust
ing in God.
He spoke of the futility of one’s
trying to love one’s self most and
of the role of right motives in
keeping one on good terms with
self.
He emphasized the duty of a re
ligious institution to teach trust in
God. The speaker was introduced
by President Holton.
Ray Dickerson
Cannady
Kaleigh
President, MSG
Faculty
Six additions to the faculty and
administration of Lonisburg Col
lege have been made for the cur
rent year.
Head of the Department of So
cial Science is Richard W. Grif
fin, Westerville, Ohio, who receiv
ed his B. A. degree from Wake
Forest College and a Master of
Arts degree from Ohio State Uni
versity. Head of the Business
Science Department is Miss
Miriam Averitte, Elizabethtown,
who received her Bachelor of Arts
degree and Master of Arts de
gree in Business Science from
Eastern Carolina Teachers’ Col
lege, Greenville. The other new
member in the business science
department is Miss Marion A.
Kelly, Baldwinsville, New York,
who holds the Bachelor of Arts
degree from Maryville College,
Tennessee, and who has done grad
uate work at Syracuse Univer
sity. Miss Eloise Hill, Hickory,
who holds the Master of Arts de
gree from Lenoir-Rhyne College,
is in charge of physical education
for women. Dietitian is Miss K.
Doris Millner, Danville, Va., who
received her Bachelor of Science
degree in Institution Management
from Madison College, Harrisburg,
Va. Assistant to the dietitian is
Mrs. Nita F. Sinclair, Rich Square.
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Various changes in the physi
cal plant have marked the opening
of the college year.
The cafeteria has been moved
to the Commercial Building behind
the college. Here are stained
floor, new Venetian blinds, and a
new sei’ving counter with steam
trays. The kitchen is directly be
low the cafeteria to which the
food and dishes are brought up by
an elevator recently installed.
The library has been moved
from Franklin Building to the old
cafeteria in Main. Instead of
cream-colored library walls with
bookshelves against the wall, the
new library is painted aqua with
some hundred feet of double-row
bookshelves against the wall, the
rear. The library is larger than
formerly.
The old library has been divided
into classrooms for mathematics,
foreign language, and physics
laboratory.
Davis 101, previously the for-
eign-language classroom, has been
converted into the new book store.
The open hours are longer and
more frequent now than formerly,
and the counter longer, serving
more students at once.
Davis 100, formerly the history
classroom, has been converted in
to an up-to-date soda shop, where
are sold toasted sandwiches, ice
cream, milk shakes, and the like.
The old bookstore is headquar
ters for The Oak staff and is
equipped with long newly recon
ditioned tables.
The post office has had its face
lifted by the installation of new
mail boxes and new coats of paint.
Over in Wright an informal sit
ting room is already in process of
planning and arranging.
EXAMS!
Those bags under the eyes
of some of our studious class
mates remind the less serious-
minded of us that mid-term
examinations are really here.
Everyone is trying to get that
last-minute cramming done be
fore the fatal moment.
If some of the faculty doubt
that there is very much study
ing they should watch the
lights shining during wee
hours of the morning. Well,
just hope for the best and ex
pect the worst; then you can’t
be disappointed!
First-period classes this year be
gin at 8:30 a. m. instead of 8:00.
Also the elimination of the thirty-
minute chapel period on Saturdays
closes the week’s class schedule
at 12:25 p. m.