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Columns
February 25, 1964
Praiseworthy
There is an atmosphere at Louisburg College that we find most grati
fying. This is the cooperative relationship between the faculty and the
student body. On the whole, we have found the faculty and administration
to be willing to discuss almost any subject openly and fairly with the
student, and it is this prevailing mood of cooperation that has helped LC
to grow spiritually and physically.
In the past two productions of the Louisburg Players, we have noted
with satisfaction that some of the faculty actively supported the produc
tions by devoting time and energy to appear in the dramas. There was a
good representation also in faculty attendance at these productions.
There are very few members of the faculty who will not grant a stu
dent their time for discussion or counseling. This, of course, should not
motivate the student to squander the instructor’s time with idle conver
sation; however, when there is a need, it is good to reahze that one
might approach the faculty with the assurance that they will make an
effort to assist.
MAR
The Majority Wills
Should democracy, even on a very limited basis, exist in a private
college? We believe that it definitely should! From some reports reaching
us concerning student organizations, however, it seems quite evident that
the democratic spirit is frequently crushed—silently, by a minority. For
example, it has been said that regulations passed by a majority of repre
sentatives in some campus organizations are almost invariably vetoed by
the advisors for those organizations . . . which brings us to question the
“stranglehold” that some advisors seem to have on their organizations.
This is not to deny the need, the very great need, for capable faculty
advisors for student organizations. There are far more energetic, inter
ested, and sympathetic faculty advisors than vitriolic ones; however, one
tyrannical hand, one advisor who wrests control of an organization from
the hands of the student majority, can very easily undermine efforts for
freer democratic thought and action.
MAR
Columns welcomes the comments and contributions of its read
ers. If you desire to submit any article, short-story, poem, or letter,
please address it to Columns, Box 818, Louisburg College. Articles
of this nature are not restricted solely to the college. Anyone who
desires to submit articles and who lives in this general locality is
urged to do so. All submitted material becomes the possession of
Columns, and the editor retains the right to accept or reject any
article. All submitted material is subject to editing when necessary
or advisable.
Playing Fair
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VOLUME xxnr number 4 I
Published by Louisburg College Students J
MEMBERS OF THE STAFF |
Editor Mary Ann Roberson g
Managing Editor Lin Finch j
Feature Editor Nancy Bird Berger p
Business Manager Carole Dement ||
Circulation Manager Becky Simpson B
Sports Editor Bill Mowbray J
Photographer Dave Dry
Contributors; Ronnie Coltrane, Jane Sherrill, Bee Pleasants, Charles Massey,
Carolyn Burns, Nancy Deitrick.
Mike Warren and Larry Barefoot
The second semester is in full
swing now, and the YDC is too.
Everyone who has received a mem
bership card should be at the next
meeting, which will be announced.
Now that the YRC has been or
ganized, we hope that we can have
some debates and discussions be
tween the two clubs. We plan to
have not only these debates and dis
cussions, but other events are plan
ned as well. Plans are being made
now for a dance, and also a banquet
for the month of May.
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ELEPHANT
TRACKS
The Young Republicans Club,
with Mr. David Daniel advisor, had
its organizational meeting at 6:30
p.m., Wednesday, February 12,
1964. Gordon Lancaster, President,
conducted the meeting. A vice-
president, Neil McDonald, and sec-
retary-treasurer, Jane Sherrill, were
elected by the club members.
Since this is election year, the
club plans to have prominant Re
publicans speak to the club members
about the ideals and goals of the
party.
The next meeting is planned for
Tuesday, February 25, 1964, when
Charles Hooks, President of the
North Carolina Young Republicans
Club, will speak to the group. A
membership drive will be conducted
before the February 25 meeting to
urge all Republicans to join. Dues
will be $ 1.00, 25 cents of which will
go to the National Young Republi
cans Club. The club welcomes all
who wish to attend the meeting.
—^Nancy Deitrick
Compliments of
Leggett's
Dept. Store
LOUISBURG, N. C.
GOLDWATER
NIXON
ROCKEFELLER
SUPPORT YOUR
CANDIDATE
Once upon a long time there was
a horseshoe - shaped trail which
curved graciously through a pic
turesque parking lot, where all the
little girls who did not live at the
kindergarten parked their bicycles.
Avis parked her “Chevy” bike there;
Vivian parked her “Galaxie” bike
there; and Camilla parked her “Fair-
lane” trike there. Of course, they
had reasons for parking their bikes
in this place: Avis was a busy bird—
she had to make picture books and
do “Y’s” and read her “ABC’s” in
the kindergarten hbrary; Camilla was
busy, too. She had to write columns
of things and read “ABC’s” in the
kindergarten library and eat in the
kindergarten picnic-er; Vivian was
lively, but she needed to read
“ABC’s” too— and they all needed
to play in the science sandbox. So .. .
because they didn’t like to walk
several blocks (sometimes late at
night!) through snow and rain and
wind and ice, these naughty little
girls parked their bikes right in front
of the little boys’ playhouse!
One evening when Camilla was
feeling free, she parked her trike
and tumbled off it, picked herself
up, dusted the sand and mud and
gravel off, and ran towards a funny
white building where some nice old
pianos lived. She was going to play
columns again, and she was late . . .
and besides, there seemed to be
plenty of room for several other
bikes ... or trikes, even. But . . .
just then ... up popped Mignon! He
told her to move the trike ... so
she moved it down two spaces. Mig
non said this would just never, never
do! But Camilla needed to play col
umns badly, and she persuaded him
to let her leave the trike there just
that one night.
Next day, Camilla had to go to
her foster - kindergarten mummy.
Miss Leila, and ask her to allow her
to park her trike somewhere within
ten miles so she wouldn’t be afraid
to walk home in the dark with the
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• OPEN FORUM *
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Columns or Walls?
Louisburg College has four goals: (1) to equip students to search for
truth and to appreciate beauty; (2) to promote physical and mental
health, clean sport, wholesome recreation, and creative use of leisure;
(3) to open the door to a liberal education and to proficiency in a career;
and (4) to help the student establish Christian values for his personal
enrichment and for the fulfillment of his social responsibilities. These are
goals worthy of any institution of higher learning, and we are justly proud
that Louisburg College not only has four such guiding principles but at
tempts to inculcate them in students, staff, administrators, and instructors.
Our four goals constitute the common treasure which, when we share
them, make us a community, a collegium and a universitas. The columns
of this college rest upon the firm foundation of the four goals.
In a recent article written by a student in this pubhcation, a query was
voiced. Namely, do we here at Louisburg really attempt to achieve the
four goals? Do we actually have a college where the students, instructors,
staff, and administration are equal participants in the never-ending “search
for truth”? Before we pass this query off as vitriolic, sophomoric declama
tions wrought by sour .grapes and radical inclinations, let us pause and
use the query as an opportunity for self-examination. Rather than counter
attack with overt vituperation or covert animosity, let us raise some search
ing questions—questions of self-examination.
The Berlin wall, constructed by the so-called East German Demo
cratic Republic, has become a world symbol for the division of a com
munity, a people, and a nation. The walls which divide a community,
however, need not be made of cinder blocks and concrete. It was the
refusal to share in the common treasure of freedom which created the
wall of Berhn. The Berlin wall and its occasioning cause has pertinence
here on our campus. Has a wall been built here in this college community?
Have we lost sight of the vision of our common goals which support the
columns of our college? Unsettling as these questions may be, they must
be answered—not with perfunctory yeas or nays but with serious intro
spection which bores into the secret depths of private hearts and minds. Do
walls exist in our college which divide us? Or, do columns stand in our col
lege which unite us? Is it a column or a wall which allows free expression
of thought? Does a column or a wall stand where there is a division and
distinction between MSGA and WSGA? Does a column or wall exist
where there is compulsory chapel attendance? Does a column or a wall
exist where students are universally categorized as “C” average High
School material? Is it a column or a wall which fosters self-examination?
Is it a column or a wall which refuses to recognize a type of research
which sends instructor and student to the original source in the search
for truth? The task of students, instructors, staff, and administrators is to
discern with impunity and integrity what constitutes a column and what
constitutes a wall. To remove one is to strengthen and establish the
other. I firmly believe that Louisburg College has far more columns than
walls, but so long as one wall remains there is danger of creating a sea
of misunderstanding where disunion and distrust are spawned.
GHS
Are You Alive, Dear Child?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Are you one who is always willing
to conform to the desires of others?
Do you desire and allow others to
choose for you? Are you afraid to
support outwardly your beliefs? Do
you bend under the slightest bit of
pressure only to become a form,
molded as others would have you?
Do your push aside your ideas for
fear they will be criticized? Do you
believe yourself incapable of having
an intelligent thought? Are you the
one who has pushed aside the func
tion of thinking to become a pat
ented machine controlled by others?
If this is you, then you are a child
wherever you go.
When are you, the child, to grow?
Will you always allow yourself to be
cradled and cuddled as a newborn
babe everywhere you go? Must you
forever be spoon-fed from all direc
tions? Are you never to decide for
yourself? Will there always be some
one on whom you can rely? Can you
rely on all people around you? Do
you always allow others to consider
what is best for you in these mod
ern times? When are you to untie
these hated “apronstrings” and start
weaving your own life in the direc
tion of your choice? Protection is a
welcomed factor, but have you relied
too much on it? Are you to sit idly,
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