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VOLUMN I may 21, 1934 ISSUE I
“IN THREE
YEARS”
LOUISBURG COLLEGE HAS
BEEN MADE OVER
(By DR. A. D. WILCOX)
The best in the old order haa
been retained. The familiar cam-
lus, the columned buildings have
been beautified and improved. A
substantial, handsome stone wall
now guards the entire south side
of the front campus. Tennis
courts, athletic grounds, neat gar
ages, gardens of flowers and veg
etables take the place of the old
cabins and out-buildings of negro
tenants which were in the rear of
the campus.
The greatest change, however,
has been made in the academic
and social life of the school. The
change to a co-educational college
made necessary changes in every
department of school and home
life. Three years ago thervv^ere
two men on the faculty
the President; this year thertu't®
nine men; three years ago tKs-fre
wire fourteon wi.raeii; tliis year
there are ten.
Pre-Engineering and Pre-Medi
cal courses have been added to
the curriculum. Two fraternities,
a debating club, an orchestra, and
a full line of intra-mural and in
ter-collegiate athletics have been
added to the old order. The so
cial life haa been radically chang
ed and the enrollment has been
increased as a direct result of the
co-educational element.
Confidence in the maintenance
of the school has been almost
completely restored throughout
the State. Although the unprec
edented depression has cut oft the
flow of financial gifts there are
now increasing evidences of re
newed activity in this direction.
New friends are being made for
the school, not only in North Car
olina but in other states. A sin
cere interest is being manifested
by many whose attention is being
called to the school for the ftrst
time. The volumn of unsolicited
letters of Inquiry and applications
from prospective students and
patrons has Increased rapidly even
during the last month.
All the signs indicate the be
ginning of a new and larger life
for Louisburg College. Since the
ascent began in 1931 there has
not been a lost step. Every gain
has been conserved and at no
time haa the school even started
to slip to the old level. There
are faults, of course, but they are
1:30 P. M.
8-.30 P. M.
11:00 A. M.
Commencement Programme
The following programme has been announced for • >
the annual commencement of Louisburg College:
Saturdiiy, May 20th
Alunrml Luncheon.
Annual Concert, Departments of tVf.usic and
Speech.
Sunday, May 27th
Baccalaureate Sermon —■ The Reverentf
George W. Perry, Pastor First Methodist
Church, Rocky Mount, N. C.
y. M. C. A. - Y. W. C. A. Sermon—Armour
David Wilcox, President Louisburg College,
Louisburg, N. C.
Monday, May 28th
Class Day.
Play—Department of Speech.
Tuesday, May 29th
10:00 A. M. Gi'aduathig Exercises.
Commencement Address—Dr. Howard Ed
ward Rondthaler, President Salem College,
Winston Salem, N. C.
8:00 P. M.
5:00 P. M.
8:00 P. M.
MAY DAY
AT COLLEGE
gro\^ing fewer. There arc b.'uu
tiona that still need changing and
they will be changed.
Louisburg College now steps
out into the field of active co
educational schools of which there
are nearly four hundred of its
kind in the United States. By
contrast and comparison with
other schools of its type through
out the country we discover that
Louisburg College haa an excel
lent rank. It is reported in sev
eral educational Journals as be
ing in the front rank of schools of
this type. We are receiving an
increasing number of letters from
distant states inquiring into the
possibilities here.
In order to realize a great and,
permanent victory out of the
struggles of the present period,
Louisburg College nedds the
wholehearted loyalty of its stu
dents and friends. Such loyalty
will enable us to build more se
curely upon the foundaiions al
ready established. Let this new
paper be a sign and sumbol of the
new and better day to come.
Students in action for Louis
burg; teachers sacrificing for
Louisburg as they have been do
ing heavily during the past three
years; people of the church who
believe in Christian education
standing by; the vocal and finan
cial support of preachers and edu
cational leaders; the respect and
money of philanthropists who
want to make a vital contribution
to Christian education in this
period of revolution in social, fi
nancial and political ideals. These
are the people who ought to get
behind a school like this. For
this school is worthy of the best
that can be done by the best peo
ple in order that this school may
make its greatest contribution to
a Christian democracy in the most
critical period of the history of
our government.
ANNOUNCING 132d SESSION
September 12
Registration of Louisburg City Students.
September 13
Registration of resident students and. the Convocation
Services at 10:00 A, M. led by President Armour David
Wilcox.
September 14
Regular classes begin at 8:30 A. M.
Delightfully different and en
tertaining were the May Day ex
ercises held on the Louisburg
College campus Saturday, May 5,
at five o’clock, at which time
Miss Helen Reynolds Allen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Allen, was crowned May Queen.
Beginning the festivities, three
heralds, the chief in lavender and
purple and two assistants in yel
low and white preceded the royal
procession to the throne. Keep
ing in step with the march played
by the college orchestra, and fol
lowing the heralds, came the court
ladies in couples dressed in sheer
ruffled gowns of pink, green, lav
ender and blue organdie.
Next in the procession came
the crown bearer, followed by
four fiower girls, two college girls
dressed in pink and two tiny tots
111 ruffled white frocks, strewing
flowers in front of the maid of
honor who wore a lovoly blue
gown.
Tne May Queen then entered
accompanied by the little train
bearer. Both were wearing white.
Miss Alien, the queen, being
gracefully attired in a gown of
lovely white satin.
Last in line came the comical
court jester in his striped suit
and funny shoes, making mirth
for all the crowd.
After the crowning of the
queen by the Maid of Honor, the
entertainment for the court be
gan. First was enacted a Robin
Hood Pageant in which some es
pecially good acting was present
ed. Robin Hood and his men
looked very much like story book
characters come to life in their
suits of green and brown, and the
poor and rich made a colorful
scene in their gay gowns of blue,
lavender, yellow and pink.
A delightful dance number by
little Misses Emogene Phillips and
Jill Allen was enjoyed by the au
dience. Also an unusually pret
ty may pole dance by Misses Vir
ginia Siler, Rachel Luther, Kath
ryn Mitcham, Mary Virginia Shea-
ron, Mattie Bray Bradshaw, Nell
Jones, Carolyn Singletary, Sara
H'cks, Edith Modlin who wore
flowing robes of yellow.
Especially beautiful was the
chorus rendered by the College
Glee Club under the direction of
Miss Amelia Bruns, music teach-
The directors of this lovely col-
crful pageant, are to be greatly
comp’.imented.
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