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LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1941
Number 1
College Opens
VARIED ORIEMTATION °
PROGRAM EMISTS
IISTEREST OF ALL
With Increased Enrollment
LIQUOR FIGHT
Girls Outnumber Boys
Bv Two-thirds Majority
For tlie one luindred and sixty-,,
second consecutive year, Louisburg
College bas opened its doors on a
new session, the formal opening date
this year having been September 11.
At the formal o])ening of the col
lege, prominent men of the town
spoke briefly to the_ stiidents,
assembled for the occasion in the
college chapel. Dr. Walter Patten,
president of the college, spoke^ on the
possibilities of youth that might be
developed by the medium of a college
education. At the chapel hour on
Friday, L)r. Patten spoke again,
appealing this time to the student
body to invest their every power in a!
great effort to correct the mistakes;
of the past generations and to make ^
the world a better place for the next;
generation. _ '
This year’s enrollment is notable
for the increased number of stu-l
dents in the commercial department:
and the increased number of young
women who are in the college. The
dormitory facilities for tlie women i
are crowded, and work is hastening!
to complete the rejiairs to the fourth |
floor of the administration building, i
w'hich was badly damaged by a fire |
some years ago.
During the course of the orienta
tion program, the new students were I
introduced into the routine of col-i
lege life, being given a glimpse of
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Women’s Student
Government
I
ALUMNI RETURN
TO ALMA MATER
AT HOMECOMING
Our rendezvous around the columns where hislorj is made for COIA>lNS.
NEW FACULTY
MKMBERS
'^'he- Women’s Student Govern
ment Association held its weekly
n^(4ing on October 14, 1941, in the
faculty parlor.
The following new members were
installed: house president for sec
ond floor Franklin, Iluth Erasw'ell;
house president for third floor
Franklin, Myrtle Harris; house
presideijit for Main, Ella Lewis;
senior representative, Myrle Colley;
f1*eshman representatives, Annie Lee
Dorsett and Mary Ramsey.
OUR THANKS
The success of this paper is
dependent in part upon the
securing of advertisements
from business men and mer
chants of Louisburg. The ad
vertising manager has been
active and ably handled his
work for our first issue. By
way of showing appreciation
to our advertisers the staff
suggests to the students that,
whenever they are in a store
that carries an advertisement
in COLUMNS, they mention,
when opportunity comes, the
advertisement and the help it
has been in publishing the
paper.
We hope, too, that our
patrons will find their co
operation of value to them
selves as well as to us.
Five new members have been
added to the Louisburg faculty for
the coming year.
Miss Julia Brown Hudgins, an
alumna of Louisburg and a grad
uate of Woman’s College with two
years’ teaching experience, teaches
typing, replacing Mrs. Oliver, who
with Mr. Oliver of the science de
partment has gone to Wilmington,
Illinois, where he has accepted a job
with the DuPont Company in
chemistry.
Mr. George E. Badalas, holder of
an A.B. degree from the LTniversity
of Xorth Carolina, assumes charge
of science activities. He is working
towards a graduate degree in chem
istry.
Miss Marjorie Crisp, who has
received a B.S. degree in physical
education from Appalachian State
Teachers College and done graduate
work at George Peabody College,
looks after the athletic activities of
the girls, a position formerly held
by Miss Kramer. For several years
siie taught at Boiling Springs Col
lege and intends to inaugurate a
vigorous intra-mural program at
Louisburg.
Mr. Harold Hancock, who holds
an A.B. degree from Wesleyan and
an M.A. from Harvard, heads the
social science department. He is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa and the
author of a recent book. The Dela
ware Loyalists, in addition to having
had two years of teaching experience
in high school. Mr. V. E. Kilby,
formerly in this position, is on leave
of absence for a year with the
N.Y.A.
Miss Ruth Merritt, with experi-1
ence in teaching at theEllerbe School
and at a Methodist Mission in Brazil,
assists in the English department.
She has an A.B. degree from Duke
University and an M.A. degree from
Scarritt College. Her special duties
are in connection with publicity and
journalism.
In the recent campaign against
! liquor in Franklin County the stu
dents aii.l administration of 1 Numei'OUS ActivitieS
burg College took the ofl'ensive in an i _ 1 TP J
effort to rid the community of our Planned For W cck Lnd
Alma Mater, of the offense and harm ’
of licensed alcoholic beverages. . Banqnet _ Highlights
President Walter Patten con- Celebration in
ferred with the i)residents of the: Alumni Interest
clubs ot the school about plans for
the anti-liquor campaign, ^lis com-| alumni week end, and a
mittee of four, Edward Smith o , program of specials is
the Christian Service Chib, I auline, entertainment of the
Litchfield of the ^ .^^ .C.A., Edwanj -sviH be on the cam-
Robinson of the \ .M.C.A., and Dan October 25-26.
McFarland of the International Re- gj^t^jday afternoon, October 25,
lations Club backed by members ot |-,g basketball game be-
their clubs formed the executive, college girls’ team and a
committee. 1 fgam chosen from the alumni. Fol-
On Monday night, September 29,1 fliig game the boys’ team will
Dr. Patten called a meeting of the j play a crack alumni group,
entire student body in the chapel., ^\t 6 :30 in the evening, the alumni
Here he made a plea to the students; banquet will be held in the college
i to take action in every w^ay possible j dining hall, w'ith Dr. Patten as prin-
I for non-voters in such a crisis. Our speaker,
main channel for this move, Presi-, 9 .(^q in the evening, the col-
■ dent Patten stated, lay in influencing; ]ggg be host to the alumni at a
; the people of Franklin County to j^^j^gg ^be social hall of the col-
j vote the “dry ticket.” His major plea j lege. !Mr. Byerly’s orchestra will play
-1 was thus: Save for the defense pro-| {qj. (-}^g occasion,
j gram the money now being spent for ; Sunday morning there will be
this poison and save for national, p 5.,Qbni'fb
j defense the young men who are J fj2e Louisburg Method-
. being spent by alcohol. iChurch, of which Rev. Forrest
Speaking on “Brazil Yesterday EdwaivI Smith next discussed the; D. Iledden is pastor. Follow’ing this
and Today,” Aliss Ruth Merritt, of! plans for campaigning as decided J service, a general alumni dinner will
the English department, addressed j upon by the committee. He wasfol-jbe held in the college dining hall,
the members of the International | lowed by the presidents of the j
Relations club at the meeting on,'various clubs who sought to enlist:A Cappella Choir
October 10. She spoke in the light of j their groups in the campaign. Fourth Year
an exj)erience of five years of teacli-| On Monday evening, October 6, i ®
ing in the coffee state of Sao Paulo, j the college bus, conveying the orches-, y';;;7the call for try-
“Thepeopleof America have some, tra and a representative group of the I Cappella Choir was
erroneous impressions about the p_eo-1 students, started a t^ur of the county ^ number of
pie of Brazil,” affirmed Miss ^lerritt. to influence the voters. , selectees appearing. Of the approxi-
BKAZIU SUBJECT
/iT I. R. C.
Very different from some popular
beliefs, Brazilians cannot be called.
Throughoiit
offensive was
the two weeks
made against
historically, a warlike people. The! A.B.C. store business, culminatinj
nation has settled its questions of! in a procession along Main Street
independence, slavery, and border and around the courthouse on elec-
disputes without warfare.” tion day. In the early afternoon
Miss Merritt stated that the Bra-! students, led by the band and foL
zilians were eager to raise their lit
eracy ratio, in their belief that an
educated people makes for a power- youth, marched through the street
mate ninety students who reported
the j for enrollment in the choir only 40
were chosen for immediate work.
The choir is an oflScial representa
tive organization of the school and
serves as a medium between the
school and the churches of the J^orth
Carolina Conference. Every year the
ful nation.
Some Brazilians,” Miss Merritt
lowed up by the college bus with a _ __ _ _ _ „ „
large sign appealing to friends of choristers travel about ¥,000^ miles
" " visiting the various churches in the
conference, in addition to featuring
bearing banners stating their slogans.
Hours later the returns from the, two annual radio broadcasts.
commented, “are eager to learn Eng-' pgjjg pgyealed that the prohibition
lish and to have the opportunity of*jg^g j^ad won and that youth had
the liberalizing influence^ of tbe^jj]jg]^y played a part in victory.
American system of education.” "
^ Mention was made of the va^t and Student Government
invaluable resources 01 Hrazil, j
furnishing iiotentially the means of j ~ ~
existence W half th^ population of I The Mens Student Council got
the earth. 1 off to a successful start the second
“What, however, the Brazil of to-; week of school. It nominated several
morrow will be,” concluded Miss i boys, of whom two w'ere chosen to
Merritt, “is in terms not of the mate- gjj y^g^ncies. These two
rial, but 01 the moral and spiritual— i t i
those forces that will inevitably,'^’^re Jimmy Wooters and John
determine the real value of all else.” Maides. Besides Wooters and Maides:
the council consists of Bill Spence,
president; Willis Gupton, secretary-
treasurer; and James Featherston. |
Tw’o freshmen will be elected at the
first meeting of their class. The
position of faculty adviser is ably
filled by Dean L. R. Taff.
The purpose of the student council
is to enforce laws that will discour
age mischievous idleness and encour
age harmony and respect throughout
the student body.
Meetings are held each Tuesday—
as one member commented, “from
9 :45 to dawn.”
COLUMNS, as the title
appears at the head of
this page, was designed
by Ella Lewis and unani
mously chosen by the
staff. We appreciate this
contribution of futuristic
drawing to
paper.
our news-
COLUMNS
From the number of names
submitted by the students at
the request of the journalism
class, COLUMNS was selected
as the name of the new Louis
burg College newspaper.
The name COLUMNS bears
a double significance in that
it suggests the columnar form
of a newspaper together with
a most outstanding feature of
Louisburg College buildings
—their stately columns.
The double significance of
the name promptly recom
mended itself with favor to
members of the journalism
class when Wesley Gentry in
a journalism class session sud
denly got the inspiration for
the name.
We are proud of our posses
sion in the new name and
grateful to Wesley for having
given us this brain child.