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PRAISE YE THE LORD u ARCHIVES the CECIL W. ROBaiNS LIBRARY LOUiSBURG COLLEGE LOUJSBORG, N.C. 27549 ALL YE LANDS Volume XIII. Louisburg College, Louisburg, N. C., November 20, 1953 Number 4, DANCE CLIMAXES HOMECOMING WEEK END Ghost Escorts For Halloween Dance The Student Council sponsored a Halloween Party on Saturday • night, October 31. Walking leisurely up to the door of the gym with one of my friends, I asked to be admitted. Mrs. Cowart detained me, however, and pinned an orange bow in my hair. Then my suspicions were aroused, because I noticed that everyone was being taken through a side door. Now, I knew that the “goblin” part of Halloween was being enacted! Finally my time came, and I (Contoinued on Page 3) SURPRISE Poor weather man! How hard his job must be! He tries to tell us poor mortals what we can expect i from the elements the next day; | but, as hard as he tries, complete surprises keep popping up. The biggest surprise of all came on No vember 6, when we awoke to find the ground white with snow. Flow- ! ers were still blooming and made an unsual sight because as one old codger remarked, “I’m eighty years old and never before have I seen a snow come before a kill-1 ing frost.” The snow was a surprise; but so far as the college students were' concerned, it was a most enjoyable one. Snowball fights were the or der of the day. If one couldn’t duck, he had to stay under cover because the minute he thought he was safe, a white ball would whiz by his head. Usually boys win fights of this kind; but some of the college girls, on their way down town, were seen putting up some stiff competition with a bunch of college boys. Come on with your surprises. Mother Nature! We don’t care if the weather man is unhap py; we’ll have fun. Chapel Features Louisburg Alumni Mayor W. F. Shelton and Mrs. Harvey Bartholomew, both alum ni of Louisburg College, were the principal speakers at chapel on November 6. Mayor Shelton spoke for a few minutes on Christian fellowship, and then read a letter that was written Governor Umstead. The letter contained the nomination of Mrs. N. N. Person, a former Louis burg College student, as “North Carolina’s Mother of the Year.” Mayor Shelton read of the inter est that Mrs. Person had shown for her community and also Frank lin County. Mrs. Person has been a model mother down through the years, and we would all like for her to be North Carolina’s Mother of the Year. Aiter Mayor Shelton finished his speech, Mrs. Bartholomew read “Ode to Louisburg,” a poem by Daniel McFarland, a former student, now a professor of history at the University of South Caro lina. The poem was written during the South African Campaign of World War II. Mr. Albert Coward, also an alumni, presided over the pro gram. LOUISBURG COLLEGE ROYALTY Donald Dunson Rose Rogers WHAT HAPPENED? My dreamless sleep was broken —slowly I opened one eye and then the other. What had waken ed me? Then came the answer— there was quite a bit of shrill laughter and screaming in the hall. I lay, fully awake now, trying to determine the cause of the clamor. I didn’t have to wait long, for a minute, a whirlwind blew in to my room, jerked the curtains aside, pulled my roommate and me out of bed, and pushed us to the window. It had snowed during the night! COLUMNS IN SNOW Local Baptists Hold 10-Day Revival Series The Louisburg Baptist Church held a ten day revival series be ginning Thursday, October 22, and ■ continuing through Sunday, Octo ber 30, with the Reverend Wil bur A. Honeycutt, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Black Mountain, North Carolina, as the visiting minister. The theme of of this series was the need of making religion practical and liv ing by it in everyday life. At the close of the meeting, fourteen new members were added to the church. Reverend Honeycutt, who is a native of Albemarle, Stanley County, served as a Chaplain dur ing World War II and was recall ed during the Korean War, serv ing in Germany. He is at present a member of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention General (Continued on Page 4) Louisburg Boosters Are Supper Guests Some of the citizens of the town of Louisburg, who are interested in promoting Louisburg College, were guests of the College at a supper Wednesday, Nov. 11. It was agreed that Louisburg should be given the opportunity to participate as a community in the United College Appeal. Citi zens of Louisburg are now taking their part in the general campaign. The towns in which other col leges concerned are located are Brevard, Greensboro, and High Point. They have already put on campaigns as their part in the gen eral program. Those who spoke at the everit were Reverend D. D. Holt, Direc tor of North Carolina Methodist College Foundation; Mr. W. L. Lumpkin of Louisburg, and Mr. Hamilton H. Hobgood of Louis burg. Gir/s Assemble for Fellowship, Prayer Each Wednesday night at 10:40, one can detect the girls of Wright Dormitory quietly assembling in the parlor. One might ask just what the occasion is. The occasion, as the girls will tell you, is to take a few moments from the hus tle and bustle' of college life to have a quiet fellowship and pray er together; for though the strain and toil of life is great at times, the medium of prayer can help in dividuals to face up and carry on even in time of dire circum stances. Last year groups of four or five girls would gather in one room to hold a prayer service. At times this would be fine; and then again the girls would get to talking and laughing, and the original purpose of the gathering was defeated. At the beginning of this year, it was decided that meeting together in the parlor would be more effective and give the feeling of working to gether. Different ones are in charge of the programs which usu ally consist of soft music, medi tation, and prayer. If there are some of you who have not joined this group in these prayer services, attend one and (Continued on Page 4) Alumni Again Visit Louisburg Campus Greetings were shouted from friend to friend on Nov. 7, as many of the alumni returned to our cam pus for the Homecoming week end. The Alumni Association met in the auditorium at 7 p. m. Mr. W. F. Shelton, president of the Associa tion, resigned and the new presi dent is Douglas Joyner from Goldsboro. Miss Mary Bethea holds the office of secretary now. The main event of the weekend was the Homecoming Dance held in the College gymnasium on Sat urday night from 9 o’clock ’til 12. Music was provided by Jimmy Alexander’s six-piece band from East Carolina College. During the intermission, the Homecoming king and queen were crowned by Presi dent Samuel Holton. Both the king and queen, Donald Dunson and, Rose Rogers, were selected by the secret ballot vote of the student body. Refreshments consisting of punch, Danish pastries, and pi- miento and crackers were served by Miss Ruth Cooke and Miss Sar ah l^'oster. The “Y” sponsored the dance. The decoration committee mem bers were: Robert Stainback, El len Marks, Bobby Riddle, Jackie Farrow, and Josh SchuH. • Cinderella's Ball The clocks in the dorm rooms ticked loudly. The buzz of ex cited female voices cast a spell over the halls. The time was nine o’clock, and all of us were faced with the problem of those last min ute adjustments. An exceptionally familiar phrase heard was “Now it’s up, but for how long I won’t say.” Any comment of this sort would naturally apply to the frant ic struggling of each young dam sel trying to get the zipper pulled up on her formal. Eventually, the parlor hostess reeled off the names of the lucky escorts. As each name was called, another Cinderella would float down the stairs to greet her own special beau. (Continued on Page 4) No More Puddles The Senior Class and one-year Commercial students met in the auditorium on November 10 to dis cuss plans for a project which could be left to the college. It was suggested and approved that a walk from Main Building to Wright Dormitory be left. Alice Lea Dennis, Janet Bailey, and Rob ert Stainback were appointed as a committee to work out the plans and cost and report at the next class meeting. The members plan to do the work, thus eliminating the cost of labor. Annual Staff Slaves Over THE OAK The Oak, our annual, is well un der way to completion. All the pic tures except the sports shots have been taken. The staff is now work ing on the advertisement. The staff is as follows: Editor- in-chief, R. A. Baxley, Jr.; Asso ciate Editor, Jo Ellen Floyd; Bus iness Manager, Jack Brooks; As sistant Business Manager, Rich ard Bennett; Art Editors, Mattie Hunter and Bobby Riddle; Typists, Rae Harris, Katie Hocutt, and Catherine Register. R. A. says the annual is due' to go to the publishers around the first of February. We are hoping it will be back by the first of May,, or even sooner. The Art Editors are working on the cover, but the color and design haven’t been definitely decided. R. A. says he hopes to make the; 1954 Oak the best yet.
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