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LOUISBURG COIXEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942
Number 5
MR. TAFF JOINS
ARMED FORCES
Mr. L. r.. Taff, head of the de
partment of E]nglish and dean of
men at Loiiisburg College, left Lonis-
ibnrg Monday, January 26, to go to
Fort Bragg, N. C., where lie began
service in the United States Army.
He remained at Fort Bragg for
about two weeks. From there he was
transferred to Kessler Field, Mis
sissippi.
Mr. Taff’s plans became known to
the college in general on January
19, which was registration day, al
though it was not until the following
day, Tuesday, that he informed his
classes of his intention to “visit
Uncle Sam for a while.”
On Thursday evening, January
22, the administration and faculty
of the college gave a banquet in
honor of Mr. Taff. The banquet was
given in the home economics room,
decorated according to a color
scheme of rs“d, white, and blue.
Dr. Walter Patten was toastmas
ter, and following the blessing the
guests partook of a most enjoyable
meal. Songs, “America,” and “Yan
kee Doodle Dandy” followed; and
toasts were spoken by Mr. Byerly,
Miss Merritt, and Mrs. Kilby.
In the course of the program,
numerous limericks were written by
each guest, beginning with the line,
“Here’s to the man from Alabam,”
which referred, of course, to Air.
Taff. IMany of the limericks were
most aimising.
As a farewell token, (lie faculty
presented Mr. Taff witli a watch.
The program ended with the singing
of “Auld Lang Syne” and the gnests’
bidding personal farewells to Mr.
Taff.
Present at the banquet were the
entire faculty of the college.
Mr. Taff left a few hours later
for Alexandria, Virginia, to visit his
sister there. Keturning to Louisburg
Sunday night, he set out for Fort
Bragg after a breakfast given by Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Cameron on Monday
morning to a grouj) of intimate
friends.
Mr. Taff leaves the college in his
fourth year of highly successful
teaching there, having been head of
the Department of English for two
years and dean of men during the
current year.
Mr. Taff leaves Louisburg College
campus with an indelible impress
made in the minds and hearts of
countless students. He has been
known as a teacher of notably high
standards and as a friend of sympa
thetic tmderstand. In faculty circles
he has been recognized as a person
of unsparing devotion to his task
and as a dominant influence in
campus life.
Varsity Tops Student Interest at Louisburg
}'hotoH h\! Tr. F. Shelton.
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Fight! Plight! Fight!
Pfiofos bi/ Tr. F. Shelton.
COACH CRISP
AN ATHLETE SHOULD—
Keep his head and heart in
the game.
Remember that Alma Mater
may be judged by the way he
plays the game.
Recognize that the opposing
team may make good plays,
too.
Remember that a lost
temper never gains a worthy
victory (if a victory at all).
Remember that a good loser
is perhaps rarer than winner.
Remember that athletics is
more worthy when it does not
obscure other worthy phases
of life.
Play clean, win clean, live
clean.
MR. HANCOCK
LECTURES JOURNALISTS
Mr. Harold Hancock, head of the
History Department, met the jour
nalism class in a special session for
a lecture and social hour on Friday
afternoon, -lanuary 26.
The lecture was especially worth
while, presenting an abundance of
data; and it was equally interesting,
describing certain means that former
papers employed to capture the at
tention of the jjublic.
One of the most sjiectacular at
tempts of this kind on record was
the famous “Moon story,” in which
the paper stated that a certain as
tronomer on the Cajie of (rood Hope
had discovered vegetable and animal
life on the surface of the moon.
“This story really had the public
partially convinced until the word
that it was all nonsense came to the
states by way of England,” jovially
remarked the speaker.
At this j)oint the issue of the New
York Tiynes was passed around, and
the class had the thrill of seeing the
original stories of many leading
events down through the decades.
There were stories of the outbreak
of the War Between the States, the
great 1888 blizzard, the Spanish-
American War, and others; but the
one that stood out most was the story
of the assassination of Lincoln.
The speaker had previously re
ferred to those early days when some
prominent town figure, perhaps the
minister, spread the news by read
ing it aloud in some public place.
This entertaining part of the oc
casion was followed by a social hour
in delightful eighteenth century cof
feehouse fashion when the plump
professor brought in tea, chocolate,
and wafers.
CADETS SNATCH
LAST-MINUTE
VICTORY
The Louisburg Trojans and the
. Oak Ridge Cadets squared off Satur
day evening, January J?l, in one of
' the most tb.rillinn: battles that lias
’ ever taken jiJace on t/ie frojaus'
’ liardwood.
j It was a nip and tuck affair
; throughout a brief and breathless;
first jieriod. The Trojans harvested '
the first basket on the tip-off by'
Kobinson’s breaking through for a
quick lay-up. From this initial
basket Louisburg managed to ease
just out of reach of the deadly grasp
of this military detachment tintil the
half when they led 20-1!).
After the “pause” that refreshed
them, both of the teams resumed
play, running helter-skelter as if
they had been so many animals in
a given sipace; but, as the second
period began to gray in minutes, the
mighty Cadet machine began to
show the power of a team tbat has
height, and weight, and stamina.
Yes, this powerful “give and take”
attitude the Cadets displayed just
managed to eke out the margin of
victory over the tricky little Trojans,
who, inferior in height and weight,
yet won a kind of victory that is
worthwhile—the victory of forging
ahead against odds.
As that feared whistle gave its
final eerie shriek, we were all mad,
not mad at our worthy opponents,
the Cadets, not mad at all with our
beloved Trojans, but — but just
simply mad at Fate, that cruel mon
ster that does things to you when you
know that she should not.
The whistle also marked the end
of one of the best battles that has
ever been waged on the Louisburg
court, and it boosted heroes in
Trojan “Shorty” Averette with 13
points and Cadet Pergerson with 15.
And what mattered then, and still
matters, was the short end of the
39-42 score the Trojans drew.
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FRATERNITIES
ISSUE BIDS
The three fraternities of the col
lege—Phi Theta Kappa, .Vlplia Pi
Epsilon, and Beta Phi Gamma—
issued bids recently to students be
coming eligible during the first
semester of 1941-19-12.
Phi Theta Kappa, honorary
scholastic fraternity for Liberal Arts
students, met Tuesday afternoon,
January 27, to elect new members.
Willis Gupton, president, presided;
and members were chosen, according
to the constitution of the fraternity,
on a basis of scholarship, character,
and congeniality. Miss Virginia
Peyatt was elected an honorary mem
ber, and the following were issued
bids: Martha Anne Strowd, Sue
Margaret Harris, Ira Helms, Mc
Neil Ipock, Sara Hux, Horton Cor
win, Eleanor Phillips, Grace White
hurst, Dan McFarland, Troy Bar
rett, Haywood Stroud, and Douglas
Pace.
Alpha Pi Epsilon, honorary schol
astic fraternity for students of the
Commercial Department, met Jan
uary 22, to elect new members. Bids
were issued through the secretary,
Beatrice Lewis, to the following:
Juanita Cannon, Audrey Caudle,
Sallie Frances Weaver, Inez Gaines,
Janie Kay Manning, Kate Davis,
Bettie Vandiford, Kathryn Jones,
Esther Koberson, Reginald Styron,
Christine Shearin, Lily Hancock,
Ruby Grey Massenburg, Sarah In
gram, and Carl Tucker. The addi
tion of new members brings the
membership of Alpha Pi Epsilon
to eighteen.
Roy Bailey, president of Beta Phi
Gamma, sent invitations to a num
ber of students eligible to become
members of the journalistic fra-
(Continued on page four)
Basketball Features
Winter Sports
The Varsity baseball and basket
ball teams are the main athletic at
traction of the students at Louis
burg. Of course, there are varied
branches in the athletic program,
such as in intramural football,
tennis, softball for the boys, and
archery, volleyball, basketball,
horseshoes, and gymnastics for the
girls.
Oh, yes, the girls must be es])e-
cially mentioned, for they really
take interest in their physical edu
cation. Miss Majorie Crisp, director
of the girl’s physical education, is
responsible for this interest, since
she consistently and patiently shows
one how to hold a bow, another how
to maneuver a basketball, another
how to handle a racquet, always
smiling and encouraging. One would
have a hard task to figure out the
most outstanding sport in the girls’
program.
Xow getting back to the varsities,
we find Louisburg formerly furnish
ed varsities in four fields of sports;
football, basketball, baseball, and
tennis. But football has lately been
!dropped.
I Louisburg boasts one of its finest
I cage teams, altliougli it lias won
but four out of ten at this writing-;
the games have been a sight closer
than the scorebook might indicate.
For instance, in the mafclies with
I Rocky Mount “V” and E.G.T.C., the
Trojans had almost won, ’til] Lady
Luck skipped in and did her stuff
for the enemy.
This unbalanced margin of wins
and losses doesn’t daunt the courage
and morale of the Cameronites, for
they maintain that winning pace
once they get it. A good example is
the score they piled up against
Pfeiffer during the first half of the
home game—no doubt this upsurge
won the game.
Some of the schools in the con
ference might outshine L. C. in
many departments; but, when it
comes to individual stars, the
Trojans can trot out Tommy
Wheeler, lanky forward from Brag-
town. Tommy has been the leading
offensive player this year and has
played a bang up game defensively.
His high score of 114 points brands
him as the number one find and
forward in this circuit in our esti
mation.
Tommy gets able support from
other ball hawks and sharp-shooters,
also; namely, “Bus” Williams, Rod
Lancaster, and “Shorty” Averette,
that “stringbean” who is the most
improved player on the squad. Woof
ers, Hardwick, Robinson are also
vital to the strength of the first five,
along with reserves Bell, Perry,
Brittain and others.
Typical of the keen competitive
spirit featured by the Louisburg
cagers is the four-way fight for one
of the guard positions. At the be
ginning of the season four boys re
ported for that position, each equally
determined to make the starting
team. Joe Hicks received the start
ing nod at the beginning. Dayton
Hardwick was his successor. A few
games later Jimmy Wooters was on
the floor as the starting gun sounded.
As the season ends, the superior play
of “Gus” Robinson has won for him
the starting berth. This is the spirit
of the Trojans.