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LOULSBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C„ MARCH 13, 1942
Number 6
L. C. PROMOTES
DEFENSE PROGRAM
Louisburg College today, as many
times before in its history, is prepar
ing to meet a war situation. With
the rest of the nation it is scaling its
activities on a war basis. Classes,
students, instructors, and measures
for economy have been planned to
support the defense movement.
As the campus lx;came attuned to
thoughts of national defense. Dr.
Patten brought back his message
from a meeting early in the year of
educational leaders and school rep
resentatives held in Baltimore in the
interest of national defense. This
meeting included the National As
sociation of College Presidents, the
American Association of Junior Col
leges, and the Association of Pres
idents of Methodist Colleges. Fol
lowing his return on January 6, Dr.
Patten spoke in chapel, giving the
students something of what the meet
ing revealed as to the trend on college
campuses and the part that college
students may play in the present
situation. He stressed the need of
preparing for the defense effort and
insisted that the students conserve
everything possible to be used by the
government in our war eifort.
In keeping with these instruc
tions, students are giving individual
service on the campus. Though de
fense at Louisburg is not a matter
of shouldering a gun, the several
things that can be done are stressed.
Some girls are aidin^^ in tlie lied
Cross work in Louisburg. A Red
Cross sewing room is visited for the
making of garments, in the emer
gency, an activity suggested by Miss
Stipe’s Sunday school class.
Another campaign begun by Miss
Stipe’s class is the plan to save paper
for defense. Special cans have been
placed in each hall for the collection
of waste paper.
The snggesion is being carried out
that a flag be put at the end of the
walk in the place originally de
signed for the purpose. Contribu
tions have come from students and
faculty for the purchase of a flag.
With the beginning of the second
semester, about one month after
America’s entrance into the war, two
classes in particular took on new
importance at the college. First Aid
has become an especially important
course. Classes in First Aid and
Home Nursing at the college contain
at present forty-seven students, an
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Religious Emphasis Week Observed
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DEFENSE TAKES
MR. BAD ALAS
STUDENT INTEREST
CHALLENGED
Louisburst youth stands by colors.
FREEMAN HEADS
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PLANS FOR MAY
DAY GO FORWARD
(ieorge E. Badalas, former pro
fessor of science at Tx)uisburg Col
lege, has resigned to enter Duke
University for a government defense
course in explosive chemistry.
Mr. Badalas graduated from the
science department at the University
of Xorth Carolina last year and has
done work on his master’s degree
in science. During the past months
of the current year he taught chem
istry, organic and inorganic;
zoology, and recently a general
science course.
Youngest member of the Louis
burg College faculty, Mr. Badalas
still seemed just a schoolboy—until
he started to talk about science. Then
the students wondered.
Everyone who has come to Louis
burg this year knew Mr. Badalas.
Why ? Because he was worth know
ing.
1 Physically he is not large or even
average, approximately five and a
jhalf feet tall. He has full features
black hair, slicked straight back;
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REV. 0. L HATHAWAY, SPEAKER
The Rev. O. L. Hathaway, pastor
of Edgerton Memorial Methodist
Church, Selma, is speaking to the
students of Louisburg College in
the annual Religious Emphasis
Week being held in the school audi
torium from Monday through Fri-
:lay.
Each year one week is set aside
that these discussions may bring to
the students an awareness of their
Christian privileges and responsi
bilities.
The general theme of Mr. Hatha
way’s sermons is the relating oneself
to God and his fellowmen. His
specific topics for the series are
“Three of the Essentials: God,
Self, and Others”; “The Awareness
of God”; “The Art of Being Grate
ful in this world”; “Archieving
Christian Virtues in Our Day for
Onr Generation,” “Discipline and
Everyday Living” and “What Shall
Be My Destiny?”
the irregular ser-
I Am a Worthy
Patriot If I—
—Recognize my supreme al
legiance to God as the sure
foundation of my patriot
ism.
—Do my best to conserve my
time, talent, and possessions
for worthy ends.
—Apply myself sincerely to
my daily tasks, to be pre
pared for what the future
may bring.
—Strive to train my mind,
better to serve my country.
—Do my part, however small,
to contribute to my coun
try’s greatness.
—Be worthily loyal to the
elected leaders of my coun
try.
—Desire the right to triumph
in the present struggle.
—Love my country for what
ever true greatness it has
achieved and for the worth
while contribution it can
make to other nations.
to take a government course in ex-
jdosive chemistry at Duke Uni
versity.
Mr. Freeman’s previous teaching
experience has been on a fellowship
at Wake Forest College.
He has several interesting likes:
he’s a fiend for definitions, plays the
flute, enjoys collecting paramecia,
raising them (either one), delights
in talking—which pastime, one stu
dent has suggested, may break up
some playhouse, if he likes to talk
as well as we do.
At W^ake Forest Mr. Freeman did
some research on human blood.
When Mr. Freeman decided to
accept the position here, his wife,
who is teaching in GalTney, South
Carolina, w^as, he confessed, disap
pointed, because she would be a
widow for eleven weeks.
The scientist is son of a Baptist
minister and shows interest in wdiat
his father’s as well as his own field
represents.
His quiet ways and smiling eyes
have already won students.
“The reason I am not in the
army,” he explained, “is that the
army doesn’t take ugly men.”
^ , Not only are
ears glasses; and has, when lielmons given each evening, but after-
alks, a jaunty air about his w’holelnoon sessions also have been con-
John A. Freeman of Raleigh hasi in several meetings of the Girls’1 person. 1 ducted, for group discussions and
come to take the position left vacant I Athletic Association, definite plans! 'pg those who knew him Vie was! consultation on personal
by Mr. Badali's, head of the Scieucejhave been going ff t-wpvd for the, “Professor Badalas” or even ] P-Hathaway has an
Dei)artnient, who recently resigned sponsoring- of the eolleg-e iJav Badalas,” but just plain I such iiiforniaJ contacts, an
program on May 2. The theme of I “Prof.” jVo, he wasn’t m'/s rich experience and sincerity
tlie j)rogram will be “Dances of the Lojujppfp^} with the atliletic depart-1 §'^''6 understanding of youth
Nations.” Following this theme simply coached the third-to youth a trust in nun.
many nations will gather to celebrate fjQQj. football team and did a good j He has made himself the “parson
the coronation of the queen, j^}, jjg at it, too.
costumed for dances characteristic classroom he wasn’t hard-
boiled ; yet he wasn’t “soft.” He
had the respect of the students.
When he l>egan lecturing, he always
used notes. It was one of his favorite
“comebacks,” wdien asked by a stu
dent to read a certain sentence again,
to say, “Read what? I’m not read
ing anything.” He seemed to take
pride in the fact that he could, one
might say, recite his notes.
He was always ready to talk about
any subject. That tendency was one
of his most characteristic, and he
loved to talk. In class, usually after
an exam, he was always ready with
a ])ep talk, sprinkled freely with
references to his past errors, trials,
and achievements; at times he
seemed almost conceited, but that
was just “Prof.”
A favorite subject with him was
his Alma Mater, Carolina; and he
never tired of singing her praises.
of their centuries. ^U’ter the native
dances, the May Pole dance will be
executed by all the dancers together.
The May Queen, whose corona
tion will be tlie feature of the May
Day exercises, has been elected, the
vote going to Ella Lewis, of Faison,
by student body ballot from the six
floor nominations. As her maid of
honor the queen has chosen
Catherine Lewis of Faison.
Following the election, the attend
ants to the queen were elected by
student ballot as follows :
Lela Adams, Annie Sue Barrett,
Sarah Davis, Annie Lee Dorsett,
Margaret Holmes, Grace Johnson,
Evelyn Long, Jane Murphy, Mozelle
Privette, Catherine Rogers, Frances
Terrell, and Emily Wynn.
These attendants, as well as the
queen and her maid of honor, will
choose their escorts for the May Day
program.
TOMMY TAKES TOURNAMENT TRIUMPH
The Louisburg Trojans entered
the Albemarle Basketball Tourna
ment on Thursday, February 26,
drawing Wingate for their opening
game—and their opening loss. But
—ive thought the Trojans deserved
this victory as a reward for a hard
year’s work; however. Lady Luck
just wouldn’t keep their company.
She was in favor though, when it
came to individual laurels, as our
own “Teebie” showed “them thar
folks” a few things about playing
basketball. He played that same
game he has played in teens of games
this year, you know, keeping the
ball and opponents spinning as if
he w'ere a juggler. Yes, he was
plenty good in our opinion, and the
official thought so, too; so, when
the all-conference line-up came out,
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High scorer for the season, witli 278
points in twenty games!
there was Tommy Wheeler, Louis
burg forward, right there in black
and white. No doubt some one w'as
surprised, but not “us” (the writer),
for we hinted this in our sports issue.
See—we know our ball players.
Yes, the cani])us is tickled to death
at this honor, but you would never
guess why by the attitude of the
Durham Dervish. When asked what
he thought about ‘Tjringing home the
bacon,” he only smiled that calm
genial and nonchalant smile, shook
his blonde head, shifted his slender
torso, and stammered, “Nothing.”
W’^ell, Tommy migtt think “noth
ing” of this distinction, but we can
say for him that he does think a
lot—and does a lot about his bas
ketball. Just watch him next year.
of the week” by friendly association
with the students. He is quite
familar with the young people of
Eastern North Carolina, having
been for the last five years the
“dean” of the Methodist Young
People’s Assemblies held each sum
mer here at the college. His con
geniality has gained him the con
fidence of the students and an op
portunity to work with them in as
they think of choices that will help
determine their own lives and the
lives of others.
Wednesday morning Mr. Hatha
way talked to the students about the
exjdosion of an ammunition truck
near Selma early Saturday morn
ing. He told of the great property
damage, loss of life of seven persons,
and injury to about fifty. He spoke
of the loss of valuable church win
dows, one imported from Italy. Even
though they were demolished, he
symbolized the remaining broken
fragments as being the most signifi
cant part of the window; as, in the
scene of Christ in Gethsemane,
where the fragment picturing the
uplifted face of Christ in prayer
remained.
Mr. Hathaway commented, “In
the trial of an hour like that my
people could still pray and have
courage.”
The discussion Tuesday afternoon
was on the subject, “What makes
me do as I do,” in which Mr. Hatha
way helped the students understand
their actions in relation to their
friends.
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