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COLUMNS
Tuesday, April 30, 1946
COLUMNS
VOLUME V
NUMBER 6
Published by Lootbbubo College Sttjdewtb
eight times during the collegiate year
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Editorial
Editor-ln-chlef Mii.dked Boney
Ansociate editor Billie Mbot.s
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Feature editor Tiixy Eakes
Exchange editor Fbancem Davis
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Hw,en Thigpen
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Social reporter Catiirine Palmer
Literary editor Gwkn Hurley
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SCRIPTURE
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith.
—Revelation 3:22
Modernize or Move
Is our college modern or well equipped? We
do have some indications of improvements, but
let us think of the yet possible improvements;
the added attractiveness that would result from
landscaping the campus, paving the drives, plac
ing benches under the oaks, and adding other
lawn ornamentation or oddities. Also there’s the
desperate need of a place for housing sports
equipment, a grandstand, an athletic field, a
gymnasium (already promised; so we shall not
worry primarily about that), and a chapel on
the campus. Are any of these not needed?
Yes, and something else — remodeling and
beautifying of interiors. How about providing a
day students’ lounge room? After all we have
day students, but these students are as a man
without a home at our college.
There’s too the need for refurnishings—in the
Faculty Parlor, the Social Hall, dormitory rooms,
and classrooms.
A turntable or phonograph would be welcome
to furnish music for recreation in the needed
game room or recreation hall. The machine
could also be used in physical education, English,
foreign language, and various classes.
May we not have a college to cherish and be
proud of because of its physical equipment along
with its friendliness and Louisburg spirit in
general? We are supposed to be living in a
modern world, after all.
The question is—will the needed improvements
be provided? If not, let us begin to awaken in
terest in securing a new plant in a new locality
—not far away.
Calling All Girls
Girls, have you lost your interest in intra
mural sports? At every sports event mostly the
same few regulars are present for participation.
This year more girls are enrolled than have been
in several years previous; but the athletic
grounds, generally speaking, show no increased
number of athletes.
Is a third-class movie or a rich, fattening milk
shake better than an hour of good wholesome
exercise, based upon cooperation, leadership de
velopment, and healthy living? Sports play a part
in the life of the well-rounded individual and
create a new world for the participants—a world
of fun, versatility, and profitable training.
What accounts for this non-representative
sports interest? Who has been out for sports, or
whose interest is limited too much to include
sports? Let’s give sports a chance at least in the
time that might otherwise be wasted.
Thanks to Pfeiffer
We, the Louisburg delegates to the Press In
stitute at Pfeiffer Junior College, April 5, wish
to express our appreciation of the invitation to
attend the conference and of the friendly hos
pitality shown us while we visited on Pheiffer
campus. We regard the occasion as one not only
enjoyable but also profitable.
Thanks to Crisp And Kilby
To our athletic directors, Miss Crisp and Mr.
Kilby, we want to express our appreciation of
their eager, ever-ready effort and inspiring
leadership.
They set for us the example and standard of
good sportsmanship and sterling character. Also
they offer us a wholesome comradeship and
friendliness that make our directors more than
mere leaders.
Columns thanks Miss Crisp and Mr. Kilby
for their part in a phase of our college life that
they apparently love and that they certainly
inspire many of us to love.
Let*s Go to Sunday School
As the class of 1946 moves out in a few weeks,
we know that their senior year has been one to
be proud of in many respects—but one excep
tion ! We all realize that the attendance at relig
ious services this year has been no record to be
proud of. This writer has attended many of the
Sunday School services at 9:45 and has yet to
see more than fifty students present since last
September.
Many students want to attend only one service
on Sunday and prefer sleeping until almost
church time. These students fail to receive the
satisfaction of an all-student conducted service.
Amid the criticism of students’ failure to at
tend these services much praise can be given to
those students who have regularly attended and
taken an active part in our Sunday School. Such
examples must not be worthless, but at times the
situation has been rather discouraging.
The coming of the veterans has greatly in
creased the boys’ attendance, but the girls’ at
tendance is hitting, it seems, an all-time low.
Cannot the remaining Sundays of this college
year make a different record? The record made,
it must be remembered, will be written by us—
the students of Louisburg.
£.a%
Dear Family:
The other day we had a real talk in chapel, by
Dr. Spaulding of Durham. He’s the president of
the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, the largest Negro business in the world, I
learned. He talked about cooperation of people
and races. Another day we had the Coleman
Brothers’ sextet, a group of Negro singers. They
could really give out with the music. Their
version of “Stalin Isn’t Stalling” surely was
solid!
Then, we had a rabbi from Raleigh to give a
talk last Thursday evening and at chapel service
the next morning. Boy, was he educated! I caught
two or three of those big words we’ve learned in
English comp. He used them just as natural like
as everything! Wonder if I shall ever be able to
do that.
Pop, you know I told you I was going to
Pfeiffer College on those last greenbacks you
sent me? Well, I went to the Press Institute there
last week, and you should see that place! Every
thing is plenty modern. It was just like going
into the governor’s mansion or something! Since
the institute. I’ve decided upon my career! In
stead of being a civil engineer, or a college pro
fessor, I’m going to be a newspaperman. Yep,
that’s my life’s ambition.
Well, now that you know I am going to be a
great journalist someday, I’ll stop.
Your future scribe,
Willie.
P.S. Make it ten instead of five this week. I’ve
got to buy my girl a corsage for Easter.
Exchange Column
If you are inclined to be soft or helpless or too
dependent upon ease or too disinclined to buckle
down and do hard work, you’d better snap out
of it. If you don’t you are storing up trouble for
yourself. After a while you will be out of school,
and you will find yourself in a world where com
petition is keen and where you aren’t being cod
dled or favored. . . . You’d better accustom your
self right now to good work and hard work; to
discipline and the performance of duty; to meet
ing life’s discomforts and annoyances.
American Observer.
Education is something terribly sincere, and
terribly important and at the same time terribly
urgent.
motive.
... an honor code, built on three fundamental
principles: first, that a student is honest at all
times; second, that a student is always a good
citizen; and third, that a student assumes re
sponsibility for others. These three principles
are necessary not simply for student govern
ment but for all effective democratic government.
The Twig, Meredith.
I discover that there can be an inner seeking
for truth and reality, a search which goes on
regardless of the task at hand.
motive.
Stndent Imteriiiies
A MAN CAME HOME
Yet unshaven, a lad of eighteen sum
mers prepared to leave home. He
whistled during the preparation. It
was, perhaps, to keep the lump in his
throat back. He wasn’t disturbed about
going into the army. He’d just never
left home before.
Basic training, transfer to another
camp, guard duty, and December 7
came in succession.
Transfer, port of embarkation, and
overseas! .
There were none but the usual cam
paign ribbons on his chest—European
Theater of Operations with two stars,
the American Defense, and Good Con
duct. He wore no Purple Heart or
medals of valor; yet a man returned.
Had not he been through the atomic
fury of war? Had not he seen death?
And not least of these, had not four
years elapsed since his departure?
Would not any lad grow up in four
years even under ordinary conditions?
A tune again came from his lips. It
was the whistle of a free man—free in
body, free in spirit, and free in soul.
A lad, yet unshaven, left home; but
a man returned.
—Prudence Cobb.
Symposium: What Is
College for?
I think that there is a very im
portant and definite reason why many
people of a certain group are going to
college today. The group that I have
in mind is the veterans; their reason
for going to college is to try to bring
about better understanding between
races and to try to learn about the
other problems of living together. I
would like to give a few reasons why I
came to college, and what it has al
ready meant to me.
Several people tried to point out the
advantage of a college education and
finally persuaded me to start on this
adventure. They said over and over
that I would be better equipped to
make more money and could enjoy life
more. That thought about more money
was the main reason I came.
However, I doubt if what I have
learned could mean a great deal in
actual money, but it has meant more
than one can realize in many ways.
The thing I want most is a good
background and knowledge of the
fundamental thoughts and ideas of
the people all over the world regard
less of race and religion. I hope that
we shall never have another world
conflict, and the best way to have
peace is through education and under
standing.
I believe many veterans are seeking
college education with the idea of
making a better world for everyone—
not just the white race, but a better
world for every race. Teaching stu
dents to have a full knowledge of the
misfortunes, hardships, and suffering
of other races and an understanding
of their desires, hopes, and plans
should be the main purpose in every
college. Veterans and non-veterans
should work and strive to gain this
significant goal.
—John Parrish.
The average mother and father want
their son or daughter to go to college
to prepare them for the many days
ahead. To broaden their knowledge
and teach them to think for them
selves, and to mingle and make friends
with other people. —Robert Bell.
College is a scene of learning, place
of thought, advancement of ideas, and
the broadening of one’s mind; hence
diligent work, concentrated thought,
and the creation of new ideas make
college enjoyable, the time spent
profitably.
Education enables us to realize what
a beautiful world we live in. The joy
of living, the appreciation of music,
the beauty of poetry are realized in
college. We are enabled to look deeper
into the dim, “out of space, out of
time.”
—Carlton Blackman.
The third reason for going to college
is to gain culture. It makes no differ
ence what pattern of life one has
chosen, this culture and polish will
certainly be useful and well worth
having; it will help one to appreciate
the good things and to live an enjoy
able life.
—Gwen Hurley.
Fortunately for the college there
still exists the group that honestly
work and apply themselves. The col
lege depends greatly on this type of
student. The majority of the students
that strive for their education and aim
EASTER PRELUDE
A cross stands lonely against a hill.
Its golden glow emblazoning the sky,
Through centuries reflected in man's
heart.
Offering cleanliness of mind and soul.
Man's light still glows from the cross
of Christ,
Its meaning and depth of holy passion
Deeply loritten into his being.
And this—light against a hill—shines
for men alioays and everywhere.
—Mary Frances Oakley.
THE CALIFORNIA DESERT
In April, 1942, our Tank Battalion
moved from Fort Lewis, Washington,
to Indio, California. We were to take
intensive training for service in Libya.
Our unit never got to Libya but did
have desert warfare in Tunisia.
We arrived at Indio about ten
o’clock the night of April 18, and It
was a night I shall never forget. Ev
erything was pitch dark, and the bat
talion had to unload four trainloads
of tanks and armored equipment be
fore daylight. It was hard work, but
the job was accomplished. By six
o’clock the next morning everything
was lined up and ready to pull out for
the camping area which was about
twenty-six miles out in the desert.
My company arrived at the area
about two hours later and immedi
ately began setting up the tents for
living quarters. There was much clear
ing of cactus plants and thorns, and
all the men had blistered hands very
shortly. It was rather difficult to put
up the pyramidal tents in the strong
wind that continually blew. After all
the tents were up, we had to take them
down again, because they were not in
a straight line. Finally when they
were put up the second time, we got
the "okay,” and most of the work weis
finished for the day.
My first night’s sleep was good until
about an hour before daylight, and at
that time I woke up almost freezing
cold. I had all the cover I owned on
my bed but had to get up and spread
my overcoat and raincoat over the
cot.
The days were extremely hot, and
nights were just the opposite for about
a month. Then the nights began to
get hot, and later on they were so hot
it was almost impossible to sleep.
Some days the temperature reached
above 120 degrees in the shade. I saw
it far above 130 degrees out in the
open. A photographer from the Los
Angeles Times took a picture of one
of the tank crews frying an egg on the
turret of a tank.
The training was terrific, and when
we would go out in the field for sev
eral days at a time, it seemed like for
ever. At night we would have to sleep
on the ground—an experience that at
first gave an uneasy feeling. We were
afraid of unwelcome bed partners such
as rattlesnakes and scorpions. Some
of the men were stung by scorpions
and became very sick. Nevertheless,
as days passed, we were so tired at
night we would fall on the ground
and soon lose the fear of being bitten.
The training toughened us up and
made us ready for any type of desert
warfare. After three months of the
training we left for England and from
there went to North Africa.
—David Hollingsworth.
the hard way, come out on top. Many
worth-while experiences are encount
ered by the student when on his own.
These tend to develop the desirable
qualities present and promote self-re
liance in the student.
—Robert Johnson.
The main purposes of a college are
to develop a person’s character, his
personality, his habits, and to develop
him occupationally. The results of
these developments are to make a per
son capable of contributing more to
society and to make himself a more
worthy citizen.
—Herman Smith.
Is a college an institution where we
may cultivate a “higher branch of
knowledge,” or is a college just anoth
er place to go to have a good time?
Webster’s New International Diction
ary tells us that college is “a society
of scholars, or friends of learning, in
corporated for study or instruction,
especially in the higher branch of
knowledge.”
I do believe that college is an insti
tution of higher learning where we
may prepare ourselves for a profes
sion, and where we may develop the
culture of our minds.
—Emanuel Walker.