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LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1969
No. 6
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The Old Order Changeth
What was the old pecan tree
back of Main is no more,
having yielded place for elec
trical installations last fall; but
the once-disordered pile of
sections of the trunk have been
arranged to symbolize a long
time historically challenging
English scene—Stonehenge.
Located about a hundred miles
southwest of London, the
ancient structure of huge
stones was erected in two con
centric circles around an altar
like center stone.
Recent scholarship, re
corded in Gerald S. Hawkins’
Stonehenge Decoded, identifies
the place as an astronomical
observatory, constructed over
three thousand years ago. So
well did the prehistoric build
ers decipher the directions and
timing of heavenly bodies that
certain stones were erected in a
manner to allow both the mid
summer and the midwinter sun
to shine through great shafts of
stone upon a precisely placed
slab (the heel stone) within the
circles; also, these ancient
astronomers discovered the
56-year eclipse cycle, revealed
to modern astronomers upon
the Stonehenge decoding.
Further suggested is the im
plied religious significance of
the place: so general among the
ancients was the association of
worship and the heavenly
bodies that it may be more
than legend that Stonehenge
became also a sacred used by
the Druids.
Bringing the story up to the
current century, the place
served in experiments in aerial
photography from carriers in
motion. Now it is perhaps
fitting that, close to the date of
the astrophyical discoveries of
Apollo 8, the symbol of Stone
henge be attempted on the
campus of a small college, to
be a reminder of the magnitude
of the world and the universe
both in time and space.
CHANGED!
By Russ Tolar
At the beginning of last
semester a committee appoint
ed by Dr. Robbins was set up
to study the “drinking rule.”
The committee consisted of
both students and faculty
members. The members of the
committee were: Mr. Snyder,
Math Department; Miss Bryan,
Dean of Women; Mr. Bolick,
Dean of Men; Mr. Daniel, Di
rector of College Relations;
Miss Modlin, Business Depart
ment; Mr. Goldston, College
Chaplain; Mike Thompson,
President of S. G. A.; Diane
Benton, Vice President of S. G.
A.; Jay Fleck, President of
Sophomore Class; Jim White,
Editor of COLUMNS; Louie
Webb, Inter-Club Council;
Mary Ella Nelson, President of
the New Dorm; Lee Barnes,
Jay Crofton, and Ross Shu-
ping, all representing the Fresh
man Class. The officers of the
committee were Mary Ella Nel
son, Chairman; Mr. Snyder,
Vice Chairman; Miss Modlin,
Secretary. The members of this
committee set out to clear up
the general misunderstandings
of the old rule. They wanted to
produce a rule that went into
more detail and was clearer
about the definition of “being
L. C. Players To Present
The Louisburg Players, after
weeks of hard work, will per
form from February 19 -
March 1. The coming perfor
mance will be a collection of
four short plays. “Bertha”,
which was written by Tennes
see Williams, is the story of
three St. Louis prostitutes,
Shelia Greene (Bertha), Betty
Lou Edwards (Lena), and Jane
Deese (Goldie).
“The Tenor,” written by
Wiedekind, will feature the
largest cast. This is the story of
an egotistical opera star, Rich
ard Merriman (Gerardo), who
can fmd no time for anyone
but himself and completely
ignores the efforts of Steve
Lapkin (Professor Duhring)
who tries to convince him to
sing in the opera he composed.
Barbara Jolly (Helen) is unfor
tunate enough to be in love
with the singer, and Mary
Newill (Miss Coeurne) plays
the part of a teen-age admirer.
Norman Maxwell (Valet),
Worth Kinlaw (Bell Boy), Tom
Sheratt (Hotel Manager), and
Sue Laster (woman) are other
players in this tragic comedy.
Becket’s “Act Without
Words” will certainly be a chal
lenge to the talents of Gary
Smith. He will, without the aid
of words, portray a man on the
desert.
And written by our own
Bojov, “The Naked Jerboa”
will employ the talents of
Sandi Versteeg (Melody) and
Chuck Latta (Arthur). Both of
them attend Louisburg High
School and had important
parts in the last production of
Romeo and Juliet.
Bojob has a way of trans
forming an ordinary student
into a talent, but this is no
mere miracle, since an ordinary
student must produce some
ordinary perspiration before
benefiting from Bojov’s inspira
tion.
Daily Thought
“Making money today is
neither difficult nor chal
lenging to the young person
whose sense of values tell him
that he must not only make a
living, but must contribute ...
to an improved and peaceful
world.”
-Edward E. Booher
President, McGraw Hill
under the influence of alco
hol.”
The old rule reads as follows:
The college encourages all
its members to abstain from
the use of alcoholic beverages.
The possession, transportation,
or use of alcoholic beverages,
containers, or being under the
influence of alcohol in any of
the buildings or grounds of
Louisburg College is grounds
for expulsion.
The following rule was sub
mitted by the committee and
approved by both the adminis
tration and the S. G. A.:
Louisburg College urges all
its members to abstain from
the use of beverage alcohol.
The College, as a Methodist
institution of higher learning,
takes an official stand against
drinking. However, this does
not say to the student that he
or she cannot drink. If one
indulges, under certain con
ditions there are restrictions
and penalties.
Alcohol must not be
brought into the buildings or
on the grounds of the campus.
Being under the influence of
alcohol to such an extent that
one’s behavior is obviously af
fected is not permitted. “By
being under the influence,” it
is meant that the person is
clearly intoxicated, and as a
result raises a disturbance, or is
loud and boistrous or is belig-
erent either toward fellow stu
dents, student officers or em
ployed college personnel, or
refuses to obey an official of
the College, or uses profanity,
or is destructive of property, or
in any way makes himself of
fensive.
This policy is formulated on
the basis that all disciplinary
infractions should be handled
with the welfare of the student
in mind. The penalties, if
found guilty of the violation of
these rules, can range from
probation to expulsion depend
ing upon the degree of the
offense.