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Volume XIX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1959
Number 1
Hiroshima Visitor Is
Student at Louisburg
By BRENDA STARBUCK
A resident of Hiroshima, Japan,
entered the U. S. this fall as a stu
dent at Louisburg College this year.
She is Miss Masako Yamada.
In Japan, a Japanese.girl is called
by her last name first. Masako’s
name, Yamada Masako in Japa
nese, literally means “prosperous
child,” Masako, and “mountain
field,” Yamada. She has one older
sister and her parents to remem
ber back, in Hiroshima. Although
she is several thousand miles apart
from her family, she is never home
sick or lonesome. As she herself
put it, “I am too busy, but I want
to go home because my mother
worries.”
This is not Masako’s first contact
with college life. She presently holds
a B.A. degree in English Literature
which she obtained from a four-
year girl’s college in Hiroshima. In
this college, each of Masako’s
classes met once a week for a pe
riod of 90 minutes. This contrasts
greatly with our system of a class
meeting three times a week, and for
55 minutes. During her first two
years of college Masako enrolled for
a general course and in the last
two years she went into her English
l.iterature major, just as students do
in this country.
Masako has spent 10 years in the
study of English and learned to
sp>eak it exceptionally well with the
aid of conversation classes she at
tended in college.
From what she has seen of some
of the students here at Louisburg,
Masako has begun to wonder,
though, if in this country dating is
not more important than studying.
This comment, when made by
Masako, led our interview into that
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subject of American girls versus
Japanese girls and dating standards
of both countries.
According to Masako, a Japanese
girl is at all times a lady and does
honor to her feminine heritage. For
instance, Japanese women never
smoke to the extent that American
women do. It is actually quite rare
to see a Japanese woman smoke at
all.
“Masako, do the women of your
country wear fingernail polish?”
“No fingernail polish; no long
fingernails,” she said. “Only ac
tresses and very special people wear
long fingernails and polish them.
I was brought up to keep my nails
neat and clean.”
“Is the kimona we saw you wear
(Continued on page three)
Enrollment Large '
He re Th is Year
By JEANETTE HARRIS
Among the many “firsts” this year
at Louisburg College is the record
enrollment of 440 students regis
tered for this semester. According
to Registrar John B. York, this is
the first time the school has enrolled
so large a student body in its 172-
year history.
A check of past records has re
vealed that in 1953-1954 there were
only 180 at Louisburg. “The enroll
ment has increased two and one
half times since then,” said Mr.
York. He added that during the
1953-1954 year, the campus looked
like a “ghost town.”
Since that time classes have in
creased in the number attending,
many courses have been added, and
ten new faculty members have been
appointed.
“At the present time there is not
enough room for the boys,” stated
Mr; York. One hundred and fifty
students live either in private homes
or are day students. Only 290 of
the 440 enrolled live on campus.
When the college takes over the
buildings of Mills High School in
1961, the enrollment can be ex
panded to possibly “five or six hun
dred,” according to President Ce
cil W. Robbins. All of Main and
Fire Alarm
System Ready
By PETER B. MAUPIN
To safeguard the lives of its over
400 students and at the request of
the Liberty Mutual Insurance Com
pany, installation has recently been
completed on a new semi-automatic
fire alarm system for the college.
The cost of the alarm device,
made by the Autocall Company of
Atlanta, Georgia, is in the neigh
borhood of $2,000.
The system consists of a master
relay box in each of the main build
ings on the campus, along with
alarm boxes and warning buzzers
on each floor. Each building is a
unit within itself, and an alarm set
off in that building does not alert
the whole campus. To set the fire
alarm off, one has only to break
the glass front on the alarm box
with the hammer attached to the
base of the box. At present there is
no warning buzzer in the basement
of Wright building because there
are many windows and doors from
which to escape.
F. J. Beasley, a local electrician,
installed the system. Units in the
(Continued on page four)
Franklin will then be used for dormi
tory space, and classrooms will be
moved across the street.
Louisburg College Board of Trus
tees in the fall meeting held here
voted to make formal application to
the Federal Housing Agency for
funds to build a 100-bed dormitory
for men. The trustees also adopted
an operating budget of approxi
mately $400,000 and voted to in
crease tuition for the 1960-61 ses
sion.
The meeting was presided over
by Dr. James E. Hillman, president
of the board. The board also heard
reports from various officials from
the college and committees repre
senting trustees.
President C. W. Robbins pointed
out the need for additional dormi
tory space. He stated that the col
lege would have by 1961 facilities
to take care of a student body of
600 exclusive of housing. The ad
ditional dormitory would enable the
college to enroll upward of 600 stu
dents.
The increase in fees for next year
amounts to $60, which will raise
tuition and fees to $410.
In other business the board, on
recommendation from the commit
tee on wills and bequests voted to
ask all 36 members of the board of
trustees, officials and faculty of the
college and the alumni to remember
the college in their wills. The com
mittee was authorized to proceed
with plans to encourage friends of
the college to support the program
of wills and bequests.
New Faculty and Staff Members
Morrisville Student
Heads YDC Here
Fred Davis of Morrisville was
elected president of the Young
Democrats Club at Louisburg Col
lege at a meeting held on Novem
ber 4. To serve with him are: Eddie
Ezzell, Goldsboro, vice - president;
Denny Lawrence, Morehead City,
business manager; John Lawrence,
Elizabeth City, secretary-treasurer;
Charles Woodruff, Roanoke Rap
ids, chaplain, and Richard Aver-
ette, Oxford, sergeant - at - arms.
W. Carrington Gretter, head of the
Department of Social Studies, is the
faculty advisor.
Mr. Gretter spoke to the group
on the origin, organization, and
workings of the Democratic Party.
The club, only recently organized,
has about one-fourth of the student
body as members.
Phi Theta Kappa
Elects Officers
Recently elected officers of Gam
ma Upsilon Chapter of Phi Theta
Kappa, national honorary scho
lastic fraternity are: President, Den
ny Lawrence of Morehead City;
Dwight Camper, Forest, Va., vice-
president; Almeta Brown, Middle
sex, secretary; Peggy Riddick, Au-
lander, treasurer; Elizabeth White,
Dover, reporter; and Linda Lea,
Durham, program chairman.
In connection with Founder’s
Day, November 18, the chapter
sponsored an alumnus, Raymond
Sawyer, an architect from Raleigh
who spoke to the student body at
chapel service on November 11.
Miss Elizabeth Johnson is faculty
advisor assisted by Miss Rachel
Modlin as co-advisor.
Miss Lea Represents
College at Seminar
Miss Linda Lea of Durham, rep
resented Louisburg College at the
United Nations Seminar in New
York City November 4-9. She made
the trip with delegations from the
University of North Carolina, Duke
University and Stratford. These
seminars are sponsored by the Col
legiate Council of the United Na
tions.
For three da,ys these young peo
ple had briefings with delegates
from Russia, Israel, India, Egypt
and the United States. The main
topic of discussion was disarmament,
each delegate giving their country’s
views and why their country is for
or against it. During the trip there
was a tour of the United Nations
Building, a visit to the Soviet Em
bassy Building in New York.
By DALE WHITTED
Umphrey Lee, Jr., Wayne Ben
ton, Mrs. Gordon Zealand, RusseU
Frazier, and Roland Eugene Horne
are the new faculty and staff mem
bers at Louisburg College this year
pictured with Dr. Cecil W. Robbins,
President.
Mr. Lee of Louisburg, teaches in
the Enghsh department. He received
his A.B. degree from Stanford Uni
versity, his M.A. degree from Co
lumbia University, and has com
pleted all class work on his Ph.D.
degree at Columbia. He taught at
Greensboro CoUege and North
Carolina State College.
Mr. Benton, a native of Nash
ville, North Carolina, received his
A.B. degree from Atlantic Christian
College and his M.A. from East
Carolina College. He has done fur
ther graduate work at the Univer
sity of Colorado and Peabody Col
lege. He has been named athletic
director here at Louisburg. He will
coach basketball and direct the in
tramural program. In addition to his
coaching duties, Mr. Benton will be
professor of history.
Mr. Frazier, an alumnus of Louis
burg College, holds a B.S. degree
from State College and a M.A. de
gree from the University of North
Carolina. Mr. Frazier will head the
department of physical education,
coach Junior Varsity basketball and
Varsity baseball, and do other teach
ing. Frazier played baseball both
at Louisburg and State colleges. He
has also played professional base
ball.
Mrs. Zealand, also an alumna of
Louisburg College, received her
A.B. from Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina. For
the past several years she has been
a member of the faculty of the M. R.
Mills High School in Louisburg.
Mr. Horne will be in charge of
the public relations of the college,
student recruitment, and fund rais
ing. A native of South Carolina,
Horne received his B.S. degree
from the University of North Caro
lina in 1949. Since that time he
has been associated with Blue Bell,
Inc., of Greensboro, and General
Motors Acceptance Corporation. He
also served for two years in the
United States Army.