Volume I
LOmSBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, X. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1941
Number 2
Louisburg College In One Hundred Sixty-second Year
CHARTER GRANTED 1779
Survived Civil War
and Reconstruction
Those who know only the present
condition of Louisburg College can
not fully appreciate the blessing
that it is and the struggle our pre
decessors have endured in order that
we might use it. For this reason it is
interesting to us to review the his
tory of our college home.
The first charter of the college
was enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of North Carolina on
January 6, 1778. The school was
rechartered in 1802 and in 1805 it
was actually reopened with Matthew
Dickerson as president. Dickerson
w'as a graduate of Yale and uncle of
the famous Field brothers who laid
the Atlantic Cable and figured in
All This and Heaven, Too. The
school of which he had charge was
called Franklin Academy, and as far
as is known, was for boys alone.
In 1813, however, a female depart
ment was added and a frame build
ing was built. It is the chimney of
this building which now stands as a
marker on the south side of the
campus and serves as a background
for many of our snapshots. In 1816
Mr. John B. Hobbit took clia’’ge oi
the academy for boys, from that
time located across the street, and a
Miss Potridge from Boston took
charge of the female seminary.
From this time onward Louisburg
Female Seminary carried on its
work of the finishing and refinement
of young women. At its head in
1855 was Ashur II. Raye, an ex
tremely scholarly gentleman who was
not very practical, as this tale told
by my grandmother indicates:
In illustrating the necessity of
deep living to attain the better
things of life, he said, “One has to
go down deep to get the cream."
In 1856 the Louisburg College
Stock Company, a group of citizens
of Louisburg, was organized to
finance a program of expansion. The
administration building was erected
that year and was a very imposing
building for that early date.
Throughout the Civil War the
college remained open, although it
advised its prospective students to
bring their own groceries because of
the imcertainty of the market.
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UXIJSUAL I1\TEREST
IX STUDEXT
LEGISLATURE
HALLOWE’EN
OBSERVED IN
MANY EVENTS
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to point of
order.”
College boys and girls were learn
ing to be legislators. They were at
the North Carolina Capitol, attend
ing the fifth annual Student Legis
lature, in session October 24 and 25.
Taking a part in this legislature, was
the delegation from Louisburg.
Legislating for Louisburg College
in the Senate were Clarence Bass,
Jean McKinnon, and Riley Rowe.
In the House of Representatives
were Jane Sanderlin, Troy Barrett,
Virginia Hedgepeth, and Ed Smith.
In the Senate, Louisburg col-
The students enjoyed the recent
Hallowe’en season by wholeheartedly
entering into various Hallowe’en
affairs and events. No helter-skelter
pranks were played, but the occasion
was celebrated by three parties in
which the school participated, and a
seasonal spirit prevailed on the
campus.
On Tuesday evening the Alpha Pi
Epsilon entertained the Phi Theta
Kappa and the faculty of the Com
mercial Department at a Hallowe’en
party. Some of the events were
bobbing for apples, making words
out of the w'ord Hallowe’en, and the
telling of a gruesomely “illustrated”
! ghost story, by Mrs. Kilby, sponsor
i of Alpha Pi Epsilon. -
laborated with Wake Forest College; Qn Wednesday evening the I:R'.G
in presenting a bill calling for a ^ bi-weekly meeting as a Hal
FIRST BUILDING
"Stand, Old College, Alma Mater,
Through the changing years abide.'
state-wide referendum on the A.B.C.
question. After Wake Forest had
used the alloted time for introducing
I the bill, the opposition began to rain
Meetings Attended
By Faculty Members
Christian Service
Club Reorganizes
lowe’en party to which all the nifem-
bers and their guests came in typical
Hallowe’en garb—mask included.
Members of the faculty were ap-
as judges of costumes, and
A meeting of the North Carolina: The Christian Service Club
iieiu several meetings tins year
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tion and contribution that you
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read your mind, but we’d like
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est; and the staff will be
grateful.
ivegistrar s iissociaiioii iJiu oi one
North Carolina College Conference
was held at the O. Henry Hotel in
Greensboro the past week. Faculty
members from Louisburg who at
tended were Dr. Patten, Mrs. Kilby,
Mr. Taff, and Mr. and Mrs. Moon.
During this meeting some new
regulations were announced which
affect junior colleges. They are as
follows: Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina will
no longer require science notebooks
from transferring students. Also the
Woman’s College does not require
advanced courses to be taken there
before credit is allowed on the
courses taken in junior colleges; in
stead, each student is given provis
ional credit for all his junior college
work on condition that he will make
a satisfactory record then at the end
of the first semester. If the record
is not satisfactory, the credit allowed
from the junior college is cut.
Another statement as to scholastic
rating for junior college transfer
students was to the effect that all
colleges of the state excepting Duke
University and State College will
admit transfer students with an av
erage of C. Duke and State, how
ever, accept only those students
with each grade up to a C or above.
The conference had a dinner
meeting Wednesday evening at
which Mr. Ernest K. Lindley, Wash
ington correspondent and associate
editor of Newsweek gave a masterly
address on our foreign policy.
has
aim
the
has general plans made for
semester.
At one of the early meetings the
officers for the year were elected, as
follows : president, Riley Rowe, Aber
deen ; vice president, Ruth Braswell,
Princeton; secretary, J uanita Can
non, Wilmington;, pianist, Janie
Ray Manning, Tarboro.
The purpose of the organization
is to help to create and foster a
religious spirit on the campus and
in the surrounding community as
well.
The standard set for members is
a zealous Christian spirit and a
willingness to render Christian serv
ice. The one rule is that no member
shall ever say “I can’t.” Always the
doors are open to those who wish a
place in the group.
questions on the proponents of the j pointed
I bill. The most persistent question | pj.[2gg were presented to Maxine
; pertained to the fact that liquor was! for having the cutest costume
! now being controlled. When^Louis-^ ^nd to Mr. G. E. Badalas for having
I burg gained its allotted time, kjenatoi j eraziest costume. Events of in-
McKinnon rose to her feet and began | were bobbing for apples, going
I to very pointedly give figures i a word sr>plline contest, anfl
I whrch aenntteiy proVeu mat morej told by'jkiss Helen iSmith-
I w’hiskey was drunk under the reign of Louisburg. The fun and en-
of legalized liquor than in the same i joyu^02it of the evening ended with
length of time before^ Immediately j serving of refreshments and the
after she was seated, Senator Bass giugiug ijj true Louisburg College
rose and launched into his speech | Alma Mater,
proving that there was no such thing,
Byerly-Moon Program
SEI^IOR CLASS
ELECTS OFFICERS
The senior class recently met to
elect officers for the current year.
Interest in the election rose to a
high peak as Miss Frances Terrell
was chosen for the presidency, and
acclaimed the first girl president of a
senior class since the college became
coeducational. Picked to aid Miss
Terrell in her duties were Sarah
Davis, vice president; Willis Gup-
ton, secretary; Jimmy Wooters,
treasurer.
The program of music presented
in chapel recently by Mr. Byerly
and Mr. Moon was a great success—
the response which it elicited proved
that the students enjoyed and appre
ciated it. Such programs are seldom
presented in chapel, although the col
lege has the facilities to present such
music in the A Cappella Choir, the
Voice Department, the Piano De
partment, and the instrumental stu
dents.
It seems to be a popular belief
that students appreciate no type of
music but that in the ultra-modern
idiom. Several factors at Louisburg,
however, show that this is not en
tirely true. There is the eagerness of
many of the students to attend the
concerts of the Raleigh Civic Music
Association and our own concert se
ries, as well as the appreciation which
has been shown for this program. It
is indeed to be wondered at that
more of these programs have not
been given before.
May this program by the Music
Department be but the signal for
more to follow by Mr. Moon and
Mr. Byerly and others in the Music
Department also.
as controlled liquor. At the end of
this discourse, one of the Wake For
est men was heard to say, “Thank
goodness, the day is saved.” So suc
cessful were the maneuvering of
these youthful legislators that the
bill passed overwhelmingly despite
much bitter opposition. The Louis
burg delegation in the Senate also
introduced and successfully maneu
vered into passage two legislative
bills, establishing an electric voting
system and abolishing secret voting
in committee meetings.
In the House of Representatives,
Ed Smith introduced the electric
voting bill. After Representative
Barrett had seconded the bill, some
one gained the floor and stated that
the introducers of the bill did not
provide for the finance of the bill.
Before the retaliation could be made,
the bill had been tabled. Later in the
day Smith gained the floor, stated
the means of finances for the bill,
and took his seat. Nothing hap
pened (House rules prohibits the
one introducing the bill to bring it
off the floor). Still undaunted. Smith
introduced the evidence again. This
time Campbell College brought the
bill off the floor and it passed with
out opposition.
Outstanding features of passage
in the legislature were the repealing
of the neutrality act (beating the
national congress by two weeks),
calling for the resignation of Sen
ator Reynolds, declaring an ulti
matum upon Japan, a five-point de
fense policy, and a long term aggres
sive policy.
Three Louisburg legislators were
elected to office in the legislature:
Jean McKinnon and Virginia
Hedgepeth, timekeepers in the re
spective chambers, and Clarence
Bass, floor leader for the democratic
party.
the college participated in the
carnival given by the Methodist
women in the armory by helping
with various booths and exhibits.
One of the main features of the
occasion was a real fortune teller
who disclosed many secrets to eager
ears of youth. A well executed floor
show' consisting of athletic exercises
and stunts was presented by girls of
the college physical education de
partment. The evening fun closed
with a combination grand march
and cake walk to which all costumed
guests were invited.
Hallowe’en events and the spirit
of the season made a welcome break
in the routine of academic work.
Social good times in companionship
with fellow students, faculty, and
town people made this year’s Hal
lowe’en occasion an unusually enjoy
able one for the campus folk.
Did You Know That . . .
Louisburg College is now the
only college completely
owned and sponsored by the
North Carolina (Methodist)
Conference?
The institution has existed un
der the following names:
Franklin Academy, Louis
burg Female Seminary,
Louisburg Female College,
Louisburg College?
General O. 0. Howard, a
Northern general, was quar
tered on the campus with sol
diers during a period of the
War Between the States ?
Wright Dormitory in which the
college boys now reside was
erected to aid “worthy girls” ?
A full-length movie of Louis
burg College was filmed in
1921?