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Examinations and Study
As we approach another examination time, we are not anxi
ous to undertake the great task; we are dreading those three
long hours of “sweat” and toil. We might see a few interroga
tions that are vaguely familiar, but most of them would be just
as answerable if they were written in Greek.
This might be our outlook at the present, since our brains
are still a little “cob-webby" from Christmas holidays; but ex
aminations will not be that bad. After a brief review, the cob
webs will be destroyed and only alert, knowledge hungry minds
will exist. (Let’s all hope this miracle will take place for the first
time in the history of L. C.)
Students, think of examination time as an accomplishment
of a half year’s work on that degree or certificate that you want
so badly. All that is required to do this is study, and to study
as you should — you have to devote much time and give up so
many of the pleasures that do not include your study habits.
None of us like to admit it, but we have a lot of leisure time
that we don’t even realize that we have. This time is spent do
ing nothing worthwhile. Now is a good time to stop and take in
ventory of yourself to find out just how your time is spent and
to what advantage you can change some of your habits. After
you have done this, resolve to carry your plans and ideas out
to help yourself to make a better and more successful “you!”
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Trust the Savior Today
By Gordon Allen, Jr.
(Editor’s not»: This is a poem that was written by a student
at Louisburg College. Gordon Allen, Jr. is preparing himself for
the ministry, and he was inspired to write this poem a few
years ago.)
Why do you wait dear sinner friends.
Until the death angel knocks before you realize your sins?
The devil is deceiving you all along life’s way,
Oh! Why not let Jesus in today.
The devil leads you in darkness and you think it is light.
In fact he will deceive many today before it is night.
If you were a Christian and I were too.
Just think of the good things we both could do.
The devil couldn’t deceive us anymore and lead us his way.
Because when Jesus comes in. He comes in to stay.
That is if we are willing to sacrifice,
For His grace is sufficient to keep us Christians all of our life.
The jailer asked Paul, “How can I be saved?”
Paul said, “Repent, and change your wicked ways,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.”
Now you will not be afraid of death or the grave.
Are you dear sinner afraid of death, hell, and the grave?
If so, repent and thou shalt be saved,
Take Christ as you Lord and Savior
Then you will be surprised in the change of your thoughts and
behavior.
Accept Christ now while He may be found.
It will be too late after you are in the ground.
Where will you spend eternity. My Friend?
There is only one of two places you can,
Will you spend it with Satan in Hell?
COLUMNS
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Classrooms Are Colorful
And Activities Informal
COLUMNS
VOLUME IX. NUMBER 2
Published by Louisburg College Students
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MELBOURNE — If it were still
in Malvern, a suburb of Mel
bourne, Australia, Huntingtower
School might soon have been cel
ebrating the one hundredth anni
versary of the old homestead in
its grounds that gave the school
its name. The old house, named
Huntingtower after a village in
Perthshire, Scotland, stood origin
ally in the middle of pasture
lands. Today it is surrounded by
suburban homes; so, needing
space for development and the
many activities of school, Hunt
ingtower has moved into n^w and
modern buildings in 34 acres of
land at Mount Waverly, about 12
miles from Melbourne.
The School Council, parents,
friends, children, and staff (and
we are sure the architect himself)
eagerly watched the growth of the
new Huntingtower encircled by
fields, orchards, Australian gums,
and English trees. Against this
greenness and in the country light
the colors of the school buildings
stand out attractively.
Colorful Interiors
Structurally the buildings are
very simple and so the decora
tive qualities of color, texture,
and pattern have been made full
use of. Each classroom has its
individual color scheme with
chairs and desks harmonizing
and the most modern form of
lighting and heating. The two-
bed dormitories are compact and
comfortable with study desks and
built-in wardrobes.
The Council hopes, by means
of preoption gifts, to provide
ultimately for all the needs of a
modern school, and is asking for
support in this from friends in
terested in the Huntingtower
educational idea. This has its
expression in a privately con
trolled, coeducational day and
boarding school for children from
Protestant Christian homes. They
come from all states of Australia
and from New Zealand to live
and learn in a family atmosphere,
and thereby prove the beneficial
effects of coeducation in a coun
try where it is still a matter of con
troversy.
School Events
Of the many features of Hunt
ingtower School life, “home en
tertainments” are among the hap
piest and most profitable. Each
Saturday night the resident stu
dents arrange an evening of en
tertainment at school. An elected
committee plans the program.
Sometimes visitors are invited
who are able to give some form
of instructive entertainment, but
more often the students rely on
their own resources. As no one is,
nor does anyone wish to be, ex
empt from giving of his talents,
much joy is expressed and individ
ual progress made.
While a particular function may
be used unostentatiously to show
what is right in social behavior,
there is much fun — the fun of
preparation and of improvisation
with the joy of working together.
At the same time comes the op
portunity for practice in public ap
pearance and public speaking un
der conditions harmonious enough
to be encouraging.
The resident children also en
joy going on excursions in two
large motor coaches and experi
ence the pleasure of being able to
invite day students to share this
enjoyment with them.
Many friends of the school come
to Melbourne annually for the
well-known Festival of Song and
Drama, and the Ball Games Car
nival, both presented by the school
as a whole, and for “Speech Day,”
which marks the end of the school
year.
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Tape Recordings
Some of these people are mem
bers of “Huntingtower Progress,”
which is an Australia-wide asso
ciation of supporters of the school
with branches in all states and a
central body at the school. Those
who cannot make the journey to
Huntingtower look forward to
hearing tape recordings of some
of the Festival’s choral work and
of the Headmaster’s Annual Re
port, which are presented at
branch meetings organized by
Progress throughout Australia dur
ing the year.
The opening of the new school
last June, attended by over 1,000
people, was an occasion which was
fully recorded in sound and color
bot^ for the school’s archives and
for those who could not person
ally attend the ceremony. Every
body agreed that Huntingtower’s
moving day” was an emergence
into the light of great possibili
ties.—The Christian Science Mon
itor.
Where water could not be bought for a million per pail.
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You can shun this awful place if you will only believe,
And receive the precious gift that God gave to redeem,
You can spend eternity in heaven with God on the throne
And walk the streets of gold with Jesus who suffered Calvary
Cross alone.
Thursday, January 27, 1955
The Struggle
For Asia
The Struggle
“The storm center of the world
has gradually shifted to China.
Whoever understands that mighty
empire has a key to politics for the
next 500 years.” It is easier to
believe this statement today than
it was in 1899 when U. S. Sec-
j retary of State John Hay made it.
t From Suez to Seoul, the mani-
I fold problems and hopes of the
Asian peoples focus upon a single
struggle.
All over the world, the climate
of living has been affected by this
storm center. France has spent
more on defending Indo-China
than she received in Marshall aid.
Since Korea broke into flames, an
arms race has convulsed the world.
The taxes we pay — the cost of our
groceries — the very lives of our
sons — all are related to this strug
gle for Asia.
The Choice
At the beginning of 1952, Unit
ed Nations statistics gave $50 a
year as the average income in Asia.
Compare this with $1100 a year
in North America. Asians are
aware of tlie contrast. More than
five hundred million of them
have won political independence
since World War II. How to use
this freedom to win a better
livelihood is their problem.
On the one hand is the course
taken by China — the forced
march of communism; five mil
lion laborers dragooned for flood
control — land reform to raise the
hopes of three hundred million
peasants — terror, mass trials, in
doctrination, austerity and forced
loans — a dynamic program linked
with aggression.
On the other hand is the choice
recommended by the West; polit
ical democracy; reforms of cus
toms that stand in the way of prog
ress; land reform linked with
“know-how” so that the new pro
prietors can pay their way and
hold their land; mobilization of
capital, domestic and foreign, for
development. John Holmes, for
mer county agent in Tennessee —
getting down in the dirt to show
India’s farmers how to multiply
crops two and three times — is
the prototype of this program —
a gradual program linked with
collective security through the
United Nations.
The Goal
The struggle for Asia cannot be
understood only in economic and
political terms. An American phi
losopher insists that “culturalism
rather than nationalism is the
rising fact of the world to-day.” To
restore and defend their ancient
cultures is the goal that lies near
est to the hearts of Asia’s leaders.
They fear alike the encroach
ments of communism and “the
American Way of Life.” They want
to be left alone to become them
selves.
The Need
This goal must be understood
and respected. It must be rec
onciled with the economic and po
litical facts of life in the world
today. Whoever would win the
struggle for Asia must develop
keener insights and sympathy for
these people whose experience has
been so different from their own.
The crying need is for understand
ing and good will.
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