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THE (JECILyV. j?OBBINS LIBRARY
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Thanksgiving 1621
—Food for pilgrims
on alien shores of
America.
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Thanksgiving 1945
—Food in America for
the hungry ones in
Europe.
Volume V
LOUISBUEG COLLEGE, LOUISBUIIG, N. C., FKIDAY, NOVEMHEK :50, 1945
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Campus RcspiinsB
The high-light appeal for WSSF
was made at 10 :30 p.m. candlelight
service in the chapel December 4.
Barbara Howard and Abner Askew
at left and right of the proscen-
cium gave an autiphonal call
“Watchman what of the night?”
Frances Cole read backstage the
parable of the (Jood Samaritan.
Wibton Walker at left of the wor
ship center gave a poetic prose read
ing on Christ’s challenge for a
needy world. Helen Farrar in acad
emic gown and with lighted candle
approached from the rear of the
American students to meet world
needs. Miss Foster sang backstage
“O Brother Man.” Hazel Stephen
son at the right of the worship cen
ter told what American aid could
mean abroad. Bobby Alston read
backstage “Where Cross the Crowd
ed Ways of Life.” Barbara Howard
and Abner Asker gave an autiphoii-
al challenge for the needed help to
be given, and asked for a plan.
Helen Farrar set forth the plan of
room to room canvas in dormitories
immediately following the service.
“Are Ye Able” was sung by the
audience and The Lord’s Prayer,
prayed together.
For j)relude postlude and other
music Miss Foster was at the j)iano.
The worshij) center was a cross
lifted just back of a globe set be
tween two lighted candles.
Immediately after the service cab-
iiiet members of the YMCA and the
YWCA visited dormitory rooms in
interest of the W^SSF. Returns that
night totaled $78.59.
Collections since have raised the
amount to $83.39, which is being
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Former President
Speaks to Students
Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, former pres
ident of Louisburg College, spoke in
a humorous manner to the students
at the chapel hour Oct. 16. He set
forth the idea that people must as
sume responsibility for others, de
veloping the capacity for feeling for
others and being able to iinderstand
the words a person does not say but
would like to utter.
The speaker kept his listeners in
almost continual laughter by citing
humorous incidents to emphasizing
his thoughts, many of which were
illuminated by recent experiences as
an army chaplain.
Peacetime Thanksgiving Observed On Campus
Campfire Held
By Y’s
The Louisburg College Indian
tribe met in annual session on the
front steps of Main Building at 7 :00
p.m. ±vTov. 1 to attend the camp
fire sponsored by the Y’s. The group
went in procession to the athletic
field where a huge circle was formed
around the wood laid for the camp
fire. Chief Oliver called the tribe
to silence. A nature responsive
poem was given by the YWCA
officers; Barbara Howard, Hazel
Stephenson, Betty Thigpen (presi
dent and senior and junior vice
presidents, respectively); Ida Lis-
key, Betty Thigpen, and Bobby Al
ston (secretaries and treasurer, re
spectively). Barbara Howard then
gave another nature poem. YWCA
senior chairmen — Louise Reaves,
Isabelle Regan, Rebecca Kimball,
Mary Frances 'I'aylor, Tda Liskey,
Marion Smith, Helen Farrar, P]lsie
Jenkins—gave a poem suggestive of
Indian love of the out-of-doors.
Chief Oliver called for the fire
lighters. Four Winds — Abner As
kew, Wilton Walker, Russell Ellis,
and Robert Mercer (YWCA presi
dent, vice-president, secretary and
treasurer, respectively). They spoke
lines to interpret the meaning of
the Four Winds, then performed the
ceremony of lighting the fire.
The symbolism of the fire—Spark,
Kindling, Wood Flame, Sparks,
Whole Fire, was given by six jun
ior YWCA chairmen: — Merle
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YMCA-YWCA INDIAN CAMPFIRE CAST
Education Week Observed
Observing National Education
Week Dr. Amick talked at the
chapel hour, Nov. 16. He elevat
ed the high place of teaching among
a people and appealed for a proper
evaluation of education and worthy
dedication to the task.
Barbara Howard spoke briefly
on an educational topic.
Continuing the observance, stu
dents discussed the following sub
jects at the chapel hour, Nov. 18:
“Lack of Fundamental, Essential
Education,” by Jean Fodrie; “Edu
cation for National Defense,” by
Jimmy Ragland; “International
Education,” by Wilton Walker; and
“Industrial Education,” by Sam Le-
hew. Mr. Carmichael read a selection
on Education. Margaret Starnes
sang a vocal solo. The student body
sang “Alma Mater.”
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HONOR STUDENTS PRtSENTED
In honor of those students who
have attained the Honor Roll the
past half semester, (Joi.i’mns ex
tends congratulations. In hopes for
those who did not achieve tluit honor
this time t\)i.i:MNs challenges every
student to an added effort toward
worthy achievement.
Fall Mid-Semester, 1945-1946
Honor Roll
Student Rank Htandhuj
I Polly Bullard 1 2.03
Jean Bright 2 2.76
Wilton Walker 3 2.75
Janice Leonard 4 2.69
Shirley Jones 5 2.67
Barbara Howard 6 2.56
Charlotte Mann 7 2.53
Geraldine Whitley 8 2.50
To alumni who visit the
campus:
Will you not leave us a last
ing token of your coming by
writing in COLUMNS regis
ter? We urge all former stu
dents to do so, but we make
an especial appeal to alumni
still or formerly in service.
We shall appreciate a re
membering of our request.
Honorable Mention
Esther Stalling 9 2.41
Joan Simmons 10 2.38
Margaret Bynum 11 2.29
Kathryn Hale 12 2.25
Helen Thigpen 12 2.25
Margie Peele 14 2.22
Nancy Coleman 15 2.19
Ruth Fleming 16 2.18
Billie Meggs 17 2.13
Ruth De Berry 18 2.12
Ida Liskey 18 2.12
Pauline Smith 19 2.12
Mary Ruth Clark 21 2.06
Mildred Cox 21 2.06
Frances Davis 21 2.06
Carolyn Driver 21 2.06
Ann Speed Moore 21 2.06
Betty Thigpen 21 2.06
Carolyn Griffin 27 2.00
Ann Johnson 27 2.00
Flora I). Johnson 27 2.00
CatheriTie Palmer 27 2.00
Edith Ricks 27 2.00
Europe’s Plight Set
Against American Plenty
“We can no longer look upon our
selves as citizens of America hut
nmst look upon ourselves as citizens
of tlie^ world” rtffivrned Dau Mc
Farland, ex-soldier and alumnus of
Louisburg, in a chapel talk, Nov. 23.
Huilding up his position by cita
tion of various facts and of inci
dents and observations out of his
.vn experience of two years in the
European theater of war, he pic
tured P]urope as “sick from six
years of war and oppression,” and
America as still favored from her
own resources and from some of the
brain power of Europe. The bril
liant men of Europ(^, he said, were
either dead or come to America.
“Eiirop(! will be poor for years,”
said the speaker. “America’s duty
is to see that Europe gets food.”
Wrecked lines of communication,
ravaged soil, and weakened human
reserves he explained as just causes
for Euro[)e’8 jiresent dependence
ujjon America for livelihood. De
scribing the slow ])ace of railroad-
building in America, he pointedly
cited the impossibility of France’s
[)romptly re-establishing her trajis-
j)ortation system. lie spoke of soil
that has lost its ada[)tability for jiro-
ducing. Also he described the physi
cal wreckage that much of P^urope
represents today, her architecture
and other art marred by war—a
Europe so robbed of her past beau
ties that GI’s, McFarland asserted,
are naturally glad to return to un
impaired America. He cited the
but half suificiency of calories in
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Bank Events Emphasize
Thankfulness For
New Era
This peactinie Tlianksgiving on
the campus was marked by the usual
(irograni of the season’s events as
well as the usual jirograni of classes.
There was reference, however, both
in th(> morning chui'ch service and
in tlie Y-service in the evening to
tlie altered world that tlie new peacc
era has created.
Service at Church
Practically a hundred jier cent
of the students attended the special
service held at the Methodist Church
from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. Dr. A.
Paul Hagby, local Ha|)tist Minister,
gav(( a message on thankfulness.
Traditional Dinner
According to t r a d i t i o n, the
'I'hanksgiving Iinner was servel at
6:00 p.m. 'I’lie tables were lighted
with candles. 'Die center piece of
each table was a fruit cake encircled
with ivy. Festive oifering recep
tacles were ]ilaced on tables for fac
ulty and students to make WSSF
contributions. These table offerings
totaled $23.60.
1 Y-Service
7’ho Y-TIianksgiving services at
17:00 p.m. was a j)resentation of the
i d e a 11 i s m and achievements of
American life, through the follow
ing rejjresentations: (iovernor Brad
ford, by Roy Lee Medlin; Daniid
Boone, by Gordon Etheridge; Wil
liam Penn, by Horace Jernigan;
Jernigan; young 'I'homas >Iefferson
writing the Declaration of Inde
pendence, l>y Bradford Fearing;
Abrahatn Lincoln, by Rob(“i’t John
son; and 'riiomas Kdi.^on, by (’urtis
Wilson. The jirograni (do.sed with
the represffutation of the Statute of
Liberty, by Ida Lee Whit(>, in sym
bolism of America’s achievements
and her debt to other nations
through such loaders as Wilson and
Roo.sevelt. Backstage inter|)retations
were read by Betty Thigpen. Pa
triotic and Thanksgiving readings
were given by Louise McDuffie, Ger
aldine Whitley, Douglas Strickland,
Polly Smith and Carolyn Driver.
Miss Foster furnisluHl background
music.
Sports Event
Sports was a ]>art of th(> 'I'hanks-
giving program. At the regular
afternoon sports i)eriod, a mixed
team of boys and the girls’ varsity
organized and played the last volley
ball game of the season. Before the
end of the games, players from both
teams were mixed with their oj)])o-
nents; so no winner could be de-
clarel.
Hear The Bells, College Bells
(with apologies TO poe)
A discarding of the old when the
new comes along always gives min
gled feelings. There is regret to tell
the old good-by along with the de
sire to accept the new, for there
is a tendency to be sentimental about
old things. Maybe the cherished ob
ject, an old song, a pair of baby
shoes Mother keeps packed away;
or the w'ay grandfather tells about
the “the good old days of horse
and buggies.”
Here at Louisburg College we are
rejilacing the old college bell (once
a train bell, we’re told) for an elec
tric bell. In spite of hap[)iness over
the new bell, there are fond memo
ries of the years of .service the old
bell has given and of the many, many
students who have got up, ru.shed
to classes, eaten, attended jneetings,
socialized, and gone to bed by the
old bell—those students of the past
who have lived the same cycle of
life we are living, having the same
feelings we have . . . sometimes
hearing the old bell with gladness,
at other times with dread. Sooner
or later, however, we inust put away
the old and accept the new.
WE THANK THEE P^OR—
Our present peaceful country;
Our brothers, friends, and
sweethearts who are re
turning home;
Our sufficiency for life’s need;
Our opportunity to come to
college and find new
friends;
Our health, prosperity, and
the fact that we have lived
to see
Another Thanksgiving Day.