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LOUISBURG COLLEGE, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1964
No. 4
Dennis Receives
Science Fellowship
Mr. Avery J. Dennis, Louisburg
College chemistry instructor, was
recently selected by the National
Science Foundation to receive a
Science Faculty Fellowship at the
University of North Carolina. The
grant, lasting for a twelve-month
period beginning September, 1964,
will cover all Mr. Dennis’ educa
tional expenses plus a matching sal
ary for the entire period.
The purpose of these grants is to
give college and university instruc
tors the opportunity to increase their
competence as teachers.
A cum laude graduate of Louis
burg College, Mr. Deimis received
the B.S. degree and the M.S. degree
from North Carolina State of the
University of North Carolina at Ra
leigh. He also received the Merck
Award for outstanding work in
chemistry.
Presently, Mr. Dermis is a mem
ber of the American Chemical So
ciety; the American Association for
the Advancement of Science; Sigma
Xi, a scientific research fraternity;
and Kappa Mu Epsilon, a chemistry
fraternity.
McAdoo Addresses "Y"
Racial Program
On March 4 at 7:15 p.m., the
YMCA-YWCA of Louisburg Col
lege is sponsoring a program that is
concerned with current racial prob
lems. The principal speaker will be
Mr. Garland McAdoo, president of
the YMCA at North Carolina State
of the University of North Carolina
at Raleigh. Mr. McAdoo is a native
of Greensboro, North Carolina, and
is majoring in nuclear engineering.
He is a member of the Golden Chain
Senior Honorary Society and the
Blue Key Honorary. Mr. McAdoo
traveled abroad to Puerto Rico,
Europe, and the Soviet Union on the
YMCA Student Exchange Program
in the summer of 1963.
Avery J, Dennis
Play Will Be
Presented Here
On Friday, March 13, and Sat
urday, March 14, 1964, the Louis
burg Players will present The
Accident, an original play written
and directed by Bojov. Bojov, bet
ter known around the Louisburg
Campus as Robert John Versteeg,
has also written three books. The
Accident is a new experience for him
as well as the Louisburg Players be
cause of its unusual content. In this
tragi-comedy the major character is
strapped in an electric chair through
out most of the play.
The play takes place in an insane
asylum and is concerned with this
theme; “Will mankind use his brain
in time to keep from killing himself
with his muscles?”
Bojov has rewritten Prometheus
Bound by Aeschylus, thus taking a
Greek plot and applying it in an ul
tra-modern play.
The cast for The Accident is as
follows: Premiere, Fred Cook; Her-
nani, Charles Massey; Visitor, Bill
Williamson; C h e n k o , Rormie
Schaeffer; Tamovar, Skylar Odom;
Attendant I, Joe Fletcher; Attend
ant II, Mark Handler; and the stage
manager is Dave Garber.
Little Symphony in
Delightful Performance
Louisburg College was fortunate
to have the North Carolina Little
Symphony for a concert in the A. C.
Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. on Feb
ruary 12. Dr. Benjamin Swalin and
the 25-member Symphony presented
a delightful and varied program for
the college students and guests.
The program began with Bach’s
“Sheep May Safely Graze.” Some
of the other selections included
“Fantasia on Greensleeves” by
Vaughn Williams, “The Arkansas
Traveler” arranged by Guion, and
two Strauss polkas.
Mrs. Patricia LaBella was the
guest artist for the concert. Having
studied in New York as well as
Chapel Hill, Mrs. LaBella has also
sung in Greensboro and New York.
Her wide background and intensive
practice gained for her the 1963
North Carolina Symphony vocal
auditions.
Following the concert, the stu
dent body, faculty, and guests were
invited to meet the performers in the
Main Building for an informal re
ception.
The last concert of the season will
be on March 11, and will be pre
sented by the North Carolina State
Symphonic Band.
Campus News Briefs
WSGA & MSGA met as a joint
unit for the first time this year on
Thursday, February 17 and dis
cussed the possibility of combining
the two Student Government Asso
ciations into one unit. Students will
decide upon this issue in a ballot to
be made on Thursday, February 27.
It is important for all students to par
ticipate in making known their pref
erence.
WSLC, the radio voice of Louis
burg College, is temporarily off the
air for technical reasons. The staff
and management recently purchased
$200.00 worth of new equipment
to improve and to widen the range
of the broadcasting facilities.
Women’s Student Government
held election for a new vice-president
on February 20. Alicia Suarez was
elected to fill the vacancy left when
Helen Suggs assumed the presidency
due to the absence this semester of
Joyce Smiley. In addition to the new
officers, Caroline White, Nancy Pre-
vatte, Alicia Suarez, Barbara Gray,
Gail Harper, Susan Hinshaw, and
Hilda Croxton have been appointed
as hall monitors for the WSGA.
Beta Phi Gamma, national co
educational journalistic fraternity in
ducted four new members in a cere
mony on Tuesday evening, Febru
ary 25. New members initiated at
that time were; Sandy Edens, Charles
Massey, Nancy Berger, and BiU
Mowbray. J. A. Williams, advisor
for Columns received an honorary
membership in the fraternity. The
initiation ceremony was conducted
by Miss Ruth Merritt, sponsor for
the organization; William F. Wagner,
advisor for The Oak; and Mary Ann
Roberson.
YM-YWCA, was host to Miss
Olga Seestrom on Thursday and Fri
day, February 13 and 14, a repre
sentative of the National YWCA
Service Council. A cabinet meeting
was held on Friday afternoon so
that Miss Seestrom could comment
on her work. She has received a 10-
month fellowship dealing with hu
man relations, primarily the racial
issue.
Delta Psi Omega, held its initia
tion ceremony on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 17, in order to initiate its
newest members, Charles Massey
and Ronnie Schaeffer.
Sigma Pi Alpha, honorary lan
guage fraternity, inducted seven
new members in an initiation cere
mony held Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 11. Those new members in
itiated at that time were: Helen
Suggs, Hilda Stanford, Alicia Suarez,
Bill Proctor, Bob Fleming, David
Perry and Vic Adams.
On January 28, the Oak staff
turned in eighty per cent of the 1964
annual to Hunter Publishing Com
pany. By March 1, the remaining
pages must be completed in order
to allow thirteen weeks before dis
tribution.
Last year’s Oak aroused stunned
controversy because of its radical
new outlook; its critics could only
moan, “It is so different!” Its ad
mirers echoed their sentiment with
awe.
The publisher reviewed the ma
jority of the Oak with the comment,
“This is the best annual yet pro
duced at Louisburg College.” The
student body will form their own
opinions in May.
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News Briefs
Will Nehru Name His Successor?
India’s 74-year-old Prime Minister, Jawahalal Nehru refused to discuss
the succession problem. Nehru, who is facing health wearily called
upon Mr. Shastri, asking him to carry out his duties. Shastri has taken
an office next to Nehru’s and is preparing to assume the prime minister’s
role.
Lai B. Shastri, 54, former Home Minister, was a member of Gandhi’s
Passive Resistence Movement against British Rule, for which he spent
more than six years in jail.
Cyprus
Archbishop Makarios, Cyprus President, rejected an Anglo-American
proposal to send NATO forces for peace-keeping operations in Cyprus.
Makarios demands UN Forces; and NATO powers, led by U.S. and
Britain, preferred a famUy solution since Turkey and Greece, the con
flicting ends, are members of the NATO. Cyprus, a tiny island in the
Mediterranean, Turkish and Greece populations, has witnessed lately a
fight between the two sectors of its population.
Lebanese Students Join the Space Race
Lebanese Students of Beirut Hargazian College and their American
professor, Edward Hart, have joined the space race with their rocket.
Cedar, 4B. The three-stage fuel rocket is believed to have cost about
$1,000.00.
Lebanon, an Arab state which is half Muslin and half Christian, is
situated in the heart of the Holy Land.
Panama
Panama charges still before the OAS. President Johnson expressed
his concern to reach a settlement to the Panama question and to resume
diplomatic relations with Panama while Panamian Officials still emphasize
their demand that the U.S. must agree in advance to “negotiate a new
treaty.”
Poland
An American student was released after eleven days in the custody of
the Polish Government. Andrew Field of New Jersey was charged with
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