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’ (-%■•■' /■■■* ' ' ■ ' f-. ■■ Mens sana {A sound mind A«CH1V£S THE CECIL W. ROBBINS LIBRARY LOUI^BURG COLLEQC tOUlSBURG.N.C. 27349 in corpore sano in a sound body) Volume II LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, X. C., MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1943 Number 6 Miss Peyatt Reads "White Giffs" Miss Virginia Peyatt read “The White Cliffs” by Alice Duer Miller at a Red Cross benefit program in the college auditorium, Thursday evening, April 8. Her interpretation was remarkable in its expressiveness, both facial and vocal. Her hearers lived with the story, throTi'gh each wonder and joy, each crisis and heartbreak. With the real creative ness of an artist Miss Peyatt seemed to bring to life that young American girl, thrust into an English atmos phere by the love of an English lad. The reading led the audience viv idly to experience this young Ameri can girl’s way of thinking, her diffi culty in understanding English cus toms and English attitudes, and her final love of all that the White Cliffs, or Westminster Bridge, of Devon Acres suggest. In her portrayal of John’s mother the reader realistically brought to her audience the typical English lady and made an English atmos phere complete. There was the mar vel of the aristocrats of England, their devotion to their country, their family pride, their self-confidence. The audience was impressively at tentive during the performance, ab sorbed in every step of the beautiful story. At the close, the Reverend Paul Bagby described the reading as “charming,” thus passing an opin ion appropriate indeed and sugges tive of others; One student said, “I could just listen ... all night.” What more need be said? Sports Feature Major Campus Events I.R.C. DELEGATES REPORT ON CONFERENCE A report of the International Re lations Club Conference, w'hich was held in Raleigh, was presented to the Louisburg members on Thursday evening, April 1. The conference representing eight states in the Southeastern District of the United States w’as held at Mere dith College with Wake Forest Col lege acting as joint host. Those from Louisburg attending the conference were Eaton Holden, Sara Hux, Louise Muse, Bernice Thomas, King Moore Willis, Jessica Womack, and Mr. Kilby, sponsor of the Louisburg I.R.C. Jessica Womack and King Moore Willis having been in the discussion group on Britain and the United States at Meredith, gave reports on “Leadership in the Post-war World.” Sara Hux and Eaton Holden hav- (Continued on page four) Boys Who Have Left For Service Among the boys who have left for service and for enlist ment in service are the follow ing: Navy: David Bradshaw, Jas per Hooper, W. L. Northern. Army: Lawrence Feather- stone, W. D. Heath, James Sneeden. Army Air Corps: Scott Gardener, Ira Helms, John Hodges, Robert Strickland. Navy Air Corps: Douglas Joyner, Francis Spake. Marines: Colvin Staley. Tasks far different from what they had planned are now theirs — tasks sometimes far from easy, done by no means just for themselves. So, spe cial thoughts and good wishes from the college campus are for them and— Godspeed to them! V Insert at toi); Coach Marjorie Crisp, director of physical education. Insert at bottom: Clarke Stokes, assistant in men’s athletics. Keading left to right: Kal|»h Pegrani, Frances Gill, Aubrey Dixon, Mary Goodwin, Jack Kascoe, Martha Ann Strowd, Melvin Smiley, Annie Lee Dorsett, Dayton Hardwick, Marie Tyson, Joe Brown, Bettie Mintz. iniramurals Capture Interest Rainwater Writes On College Roland Rainwater is seated at a table in the faculty parlor sur rounded by source books, stacks of Louisburg College Bulletins and cat alogues dating from the “fray nine ties.” Nonchalantly he scribbles and stuffs into brief cases. He is doing a tliesis and is seeming to enjoy the compiling of his “baby book”—a task surely made far easier from the fact of the author’s having writ ten up to fifteen research papers in a single semester. There is much more that could be told about him, but this interview was designed to be an informative, not a human interest type. Let’s go over and see what is the topic of this L. C. son’s work, which is a prerequisite to a B.I). in the Duke Divinity School, where- he is a senior. He is writing on “The Contribu tions of Louisburg College to Chris tian Education with Special Refer- erence to the Half-Century 1887- 1939.” His first chapter is to cover the history of the college. The rest will be devoted to a study of the alumni and alumnae and their con tributions to Christian ediication. On being questioned why he chose his subject, he said, “I chose the junior college as a field of spe cial study because of the question in (Continued on page four) Singer Converses on Art, War, Life Students Achieve Mid-Semester Honors T VI -1, * A large number of students was on I hke music because it portraysLi^^ honorable,, human experience, commented mention list at the end of the mid- ^Iargaret Harris of the Purple. The hoys and girls of Louisbrg College have shown stiff competition in the intramural sports program this year. Because of the hard-fought battles, intramural sports have taken the spotlight in athlctics around Louisburg. Softball The program opened with the se ries of softball games. Joe Brown’s team won the first two games, and Jasper Hooper’s team won the next two. The fifth game was one of much interest, but Brown’s team finally won with a score of 3-2. The last game was taken by Brown’s team with a score of 18-2. .Vfter the se ries had been played off, the best player from each team was elected. John Sledge was voted the outstand ing player of Jasper Hooper’s team, and McCoy Hooper of Brown’s team. Thus the boys’ softball tournament ended with Brown’s team winning four out of a six-game series. The Golds captured the cham pionship for the girls. The first game W’as a tie, and the others very close. In all the games there was some outstanding playing, but the Golds finally won over the Purples with a close margin. Marie Tyson was the manager of the Gold team, and Sue Phi Theta Kappa Elects New Officers The Gamma Upsilon Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa elected its officers for the coming year, April 7. They are as follows: President, Oscar Fuller; vice president, Shirley Smith; recording secretary, Lois Asbell; corresponding secretary, Eaton Holden; treasurer, Thomas Helms. An interesting war study program was presented by Horton Corwin. Those taking part on the program were Eaton Holden, Ralph Pegram, Thomas Helms, Eleanor Beasley, J. E. Norris, .Jr., and Lois Asbell. The officers who served this past school term are as follows: Presi dent, Martha Ann Strowd; vice president, Horton Corwin; record ing secretary, Sara Hux; corre sponding secretary. Sue Margaret Harris; treasurers, Ira Helms and McNeil Ipock. Miss Jeannette Johnson diiring a personal interview after her concert in the college auditorium Tuesday evening, April 6. Asked when she first realized desire to become a singer, she smiled and confessed, “I’ve always desired to be a singer, especially when first heard the Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta.” The ease and graciousness of Miss Johnson’s manner was charming throughout the interview. She had the poise of a true artist, and her gestures added zest to w’hat she said. For young persons interested in a career of music she advised piano study, sight reading of music, and foreign languages and concluded by advising “Read all material that they can find about everything.” Miss Johnson expressed the desire to take a vagabond tour around the w’orld after the war, to visit Brazil and Mexico, and see the color, beauty, and adventure of these countries. In answer to a question as to what type of audience she pre ferred, she replied, “1 like to per form for anyone who likes me,” adding, “People are so kind.” Those words suggested Miss John- son’s seemingly well integrated per sonality. She revealed her love of the good and the beautiful and her lack of understanding of people who fail to observe their environment and become aware of the beauty around them. As to the war, the artist com mented, “All this blood and killing is horrible, and I love beauty so well”; and added “Good must pre vail.” She impressively expressed her belief that the world is meant to he peaceful and happy and her hope was that this war will bring an everlasting peace. Referring to her experience sing ing for service men in New York, she related, “I sang gay songs, waltzes, for them. For encores, they wanted serious songs, as ‘Ave Maria,’ ‘The Lord’s Prayer’.” Then she added, “All these boys were from sixteen years old to thirty-three, and I was surprised to hear their serious requests.” She said Spanish was to her the (Continued on page four) semester term. To make the first honor roll students must have a rat ing of 2.5, and to make the second honor roll, a 2.0 rating. The follow ing students have attained this stand ard : Stand- inq 2.81 2.81 2.80 2.71 2.63 2.52 2.52 Student Ranh Wesley Gentry 1 Martha Ann Strowd.... 1 Eaton Holden 2 Annie Louise Sherlock 3 Enna Meekins 4 Sue Margaret Harris.... 5 Janie Ray Manning.... 5 Honorable Mention ICleanor Beasley 6 Louise Baines 7 Sara Hux 7 Mary Sykes 8 Elizabeth Harris 9 Shirley Smith 0 Oscar Fuller 10 Frances Spivey 11 lois Asbell 12 Muriel Whitehurst .... 13 Ruth Pegram 14 Bobbie Ivey 14 Willie Mae Cherry 15 Edna Moye 15 Ben Ward 16 John Norris 17 Edith Overton 17 Colleen Gillis 17 Jewell Jackson 17 Christine Riddick 17 Catherine Howe 17 Claude Stainback 17 2.47 2.46 2.46 2.43 2.42 2.42 2.35 2.26 2.18 2.10 2.06 2.06 2.05 2.05 2.04 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Dr. Bagby Makes Appeal for Red Cross Dr. A. Paul Bagby, of the Louis burg Baptist Church, spoke on a passage in the gospel of Luke in Chapel on March 16, 1943. He inter preted the Scripture from Luke 16 ;9, “Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness,” say ing that the real function of money W'as to make friends. “It will be nice to get to Heaven and have friends waiting,” he said. The money we give to missions and to the Red Cross makes friends for us all over the world. His message received the very fa vorable criticism of hearers, and the attention of his audience implied their interest. Horseshoe and Bowling The horseshoe and bowling tourna ment finals were played off on home coming. In the girls’ semi-finals Gill won over Bell, and Prichard over Smithwick. The finals w'ere played 'between Prichard and Gill, and Prichard showed her pow’er by win ning over Gill with a 131-123 vic tory. Pleasants bowled over Brown for championship of the boys. Josie Crawford was the winner of the girls’ single horseshoe tournament, and Josie Crawford and Frances Gill were the w’inners of the doubles. Football The seniors defeated the juniors a tag football game on home coming, but the juniors overcame the seniors in the tennis set which was played the latter part of the aft ernoon. The seniors won by a score of 12-0 in football, and the juniors won three games out of a six-game set in tennis. Bryce Peacock was repre sentative for the juniors and Billy Andrews for the seniors. The students won over the faculty in the student-faculty softball game. The faculty fought hard and came out not ingloriously, since they were out-numbered and out-practiced by the winning students. The final score was 18-12 in favor of the students. Volleyball The Purples upset the Golds in the volleyball tournament. The Pur ples came out on top by winning two out of three games, one of which was played each day. Berry was captain of the victorious Purples and Pritchard of the losing Gold team. On Thanksgiving the second floor of Wright Dormitory defeated the first floor by a score of 28-0 in a football game. All four touchdowns were scored in the last half of the game. Expanded Physical Education Program for Boys Because of the increasing demand of the armed forces of our nation, the physical education program has been enlarged. The boys take physi cal education four days a week in stead of two days a week, as previ ously. One-half of the class period is (Continued on page three)
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