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Volume VI
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1946
Number 2
Campus Officers
Presented
Campus organizations announce
the following officers for the cur
rent year:
Student Body—president, Tal-
madge Blalock;
Men’s Student Council—presi
dent, Carlton Blackman; vice-presi
dent, George Wise; secretary, Bill
Bonham; treasurer, Billy Reeves;
sponsor. Dean Rainwater;
Women’s Student Council—presi
dent, Betty Thigpen; vice-president,
Eloise Fowlkes; secretary, Margar
et Bynum; treasurer, Jane Turn-
age; sponsor. Miss Stipe;
Senior Class—president, Brad
ford Fearing; vice-president, Jack
Rascoe; secretary, Betsy Bobbitt;
treasurer. Prudence Cobb; sponsor.
Dean Rainwater;
Junior Class—president, Dan
Cameron; vice-president, W. E.
Cooper; secretary, Charley Arn-
ette; treasurer, William Blalock;
sponsor, Miss Crisp;
Student Christian Association—
president, Francis Davis; vice-
presidents, Prudence Cobb and
Oliver Howell; secretaries, Brad
ford Fearing and Helen Ayscue;
treasurers, Linwood Sherlock and
Sally Edmondson; sponsor, Dean
Rainwater;
The Oak—editor in chief, Bill
Bonham; junior editor, Walter
Baker; literary editor, Katie Blan
ton; sports editors, Bert Smith and
Jane Turnage; art editor. Hardy
Mills; photograph editor, Richard
West; business manager, Mae Bell;
assistant busiiiess iviaiiager, Amos
Burton; sponsor. Dean Rainwater;
Columns—editor in chief. Jack
Rasor; associate editor, Rithard
Byrd; managing editor, Eloise
Fowlkes; news editor. Jewel
Brown; assistant news editor,
Evans Johnson; news reporters,
Ralph Pegram, Betty Kelley, Betty
Heeney, Thurston Arnold; feature
editor, Bill Pickett; assistant fea
ture editor, William Melson; men’s
sports reporters: Curtis W. Vaugh
an, John W. Gillis; women’s sports
reporters, Huldah Lineberry, Myra
Little; business manager, Betsy
Bobbitt; assistant business manag
er, Joan Simmons; photographic
manager, Dick West; assistant
photographic manager, Aubrey
Dixon.
Athletic Association—president,
Carolyn Griffin; vice-president,
Betsy Bobbitt; secretary and treas
urer, Eloise Fowlkes; sponsor, Miss
Crisp;
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Louisburg Poems
Chosen for
National Anthology
Two poems that were submitted
by students of Louisburg College
to the National Poetry Association
were recently accepted to be print
ed in the 1946-1947 Anthology of
College Poetry. The poems were
“Sadness” by Dennis Dickerson,
and “Music” by Eloise Fowlkes.
The Anthology includes the finest
poetry written by the college men
and women of America, as selected
from thousands of poems submitted
from all over the nation.
This is the third annual anthol
ogy of college poetry in which
Louisburg College students have
been represented. The former se
lections favored have been “La
Musique” by Richard Byrd, “By
the Sweat of the Brow” and “Earth
ly Paradise” by Wesley Gentry,
published in the 1943 volume; “The
Voice of God” by Barbara Howard
and “Little Things” by Eloise
Fowlkes, published in the 1946
volume.
Dr. Taylor Brings Messages to Campus
Students Achieve Honors
To those students, who through
doubtless hard work, have attained
the goal of an average of “B” or
better, Columns extends its most
hearty congratulations.
Doubtless, those making the
goal for this mid-semester will
wish to keep up the good work in
the future, and those missing it by
narrow margins will strive to suc
ceed next term.
The total of honor students in
scholarship has been called unusual
ly large, numbering 46 from a stu
dent body of slightly under 350.
Also the number of women students
with honors is noticeably large with
an enrollment of fewer than a third
and an honor list approaching two-
thirds. However, a just comparison
of men and women students is im
possible with these statistics, since
the latter are nearly half second-
year; and men students in the
overwhelmingly majority, first-
year.
Mid-Semester, Fall, 1946-47
HONOR ROLL
Rank
Standing
Student
1
2.87
Parkin, James
2
2.60
Melson, William
3
2.59
Bullard, Polly
4
2.56
Harrison, William
4
2.56
Sawyer, Raymond
6
2.53
Baker, Walter
6
2.53
Parkin, C. M.
8
2.50
Blanton, Katie
HONORABLE MENTION
9
2.47
Heeney, Betty
10
2.44
Smith, Jarvis
10
2.44
Siiiiili, Wiiliam
12
2.42
Cooper, Kendall
13
2.38
Fetner, Donald
14
2.36
Mann, Charlotte
15
2.31
Davis, Bobby
17
2.29
Whitley, Geraldine
18
2.28
Rascoe, Jack
19
2.27
Jernigan, Horace
20
2.25
Phillips. John
21
2.23
Hunter, Clyde
22
2.20
Byrd, Earl
23
2.19
Finch, James
23
2.19
Moore, Arnold
23
2.19
Midgett, Dorothy
23
2.19
Stiles, Helen
23
2.19
Collawn, Frances
23
2.19
Meggs, Billie
29
2.16
Taylor, Kirk
30
2.14
Thigpen, Betty
30
2.14
Emerson, Jean
32
2.13
Foust, John
32
2.13
Wiggins, George
34
2.11
Simmons, Joan
35
2.07
Stallings. Esther
36
2.06
Vick, Joyce
36
2.06
Burnette, Ronald
38
2.00
Peele, Marjorie
38
2.00
Smithdeal, William
38
2.00
Blalock, William
38
2.00
Cobb, Prudence
38
2.00
Fournier, James
38
2.00
Haithcock, Rachel
38
2.00
Hargrove, Herman
38
2.00
Midgett, Gloria
38
2.00
Anglin, Walter
LOUISBURG LEADERS FOR 1946-47
l’li(it>$>i'apli by Hirliju’d West.
Hack row, left to rif>ht, are—Kicliard (’ole, president, (ilee Club; Carlton
Hlaekinan, president. Men’s Student Council; Bradford Feariiis', president,
senior class; Kieliard B.vrd, i)resident, Beta I’hi (>annna; Jack Kasor, editor,
COIjI’MNS; Betty Thispen, president. Women’s Student (’ouncil; Dan
Cameron, jmvsident, .junior class; Talmadfie Blalock, president, student
body. Middle row, left to rifflit, are—Kal]>li Pes'rani, i«*esident. Interna
tional Relations (Mub; B‘tsy Uobbitt, president, Physical Kducatiim Club;
Ijinwood Slierlock, president. Commercial Club: Kloise Fowlkes, president,
Bible School Class; Margie I’eele, president. Alpha 1*1 K]>silon. Front row,
left to ris'hl. ar’—Bill Bonham, editoi-, THK O.AK; Coy J. Faves, president,
Veterans’ Club; Billie Mess's, j)resident, Phi Theta Kappa; (Jeorge Kxum,
))i*esident. Dramatics (’lub; Frances Davis, jfresident, Student Christian
Association. Xot pictured are Carolyn Gritlin, president, Athletic Associa
tion; O. C. Melton, president, Methodist Student Movement.
White Christmas to Be Observed
A white Christmas service is an
nounced for the last chapel hour,
Dec. 17, before the holidays begin.
The program will be sponsored by
Columns at the request of the lo
cal branch of the American Asso
ciation of University Women,
whose members are largely of the
college faculty.
An appeal is to go to students
and faculty for a liberal giving of
various kinds of school supplies,
especially paper and pencils, to be
given for sending overseas to stu
dents at addresses indicated by the
AAUW.
Sadie Hawkins Day Tnrns Tables
The Sadie Hawkins day race got
underway on the afternoon of Nov.
16 when the boys started with a
five-second lead on the girls. The
former went in all directions,
mainly toward trees, which they
wisely climbed. Brave girls went up
after them, and some caught their
men, while others had to get theirs
after a long race around the
campus.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by “the Honorable Marry
ing Sam,” Hal Vester. The follow
ing couples were married: Char
lotte Mann and Dick West, Eleanor
Rhodes and Daryl Clayton, Carolyn
Griffin and Raymond Sawyer, Fran
ces Collown and Bill Bonham,
Jewel Brown and Gordan Ethridge,
Huldah Lineberry and Bert Smith,
Hazel Owen and Curtis Wilson, and
Dorothy Midgett and Harold Jerni-
gan.
Prizes were awarded to Harold
Jernigan, as the sole impersonator
of Pappy Yokum; to Richard West
and Eleanor Rhodes in the roles of
I Little Abner and Daisy Mae; and
^ to Marian Hodges for her costume
’ representing Tobacco Road.
A mock court was held to try all
those present who, suspected of
violation of the law, had been put
into “jail.” The Honorable Judge
Hobgood assisted by the Louisburg
Chief of Police Cash conducted the
session.
The first defendant, Katie Blan
ton, was tried for socializing after
lunch. She was found guilty and
fined $10,000 and the cost of court.
Unable to pay, she was again jailed.
The next defendant, Curtis Wilson,
I was tried for eating too much in
town. He admitted guilt and was
; given seventeen years on starvation
! rations. Hal Vester was tried for
Uetting Wright Dormitory on fire.
'Hal spoke the words “Wright
Dormitory, I beg your pardon,” and
! was set free. Bill Bonham was
I tried for an attempt on the life of
H. G. Melson for having the lead
in the play with Frances Collown.
He pleaded guilty but was found
, not guilty. Clayton Sledge was tried
for stealing sugar from the dining
I hall, but the court bowed humbly
!to anyone who could find any sugar
to steal. Gordon Edthridge was
i tried and found guilty of breaking
'into Wright Dormitory on the
! night of Nov. 12. Found guilty, he
paid a fine of one cent. Bradford
Fearing was tried for going to the
infirmary too much and taking too
many pills. Though declared guilty,
he was set free. Dick West was
tried for taking unmentionable
pictures. His fate was undecided
pending later judgment. Marian
Hodges was tried for being a
moron, the evidence being her tak
ing too many clothes to the cleaner.
She pleaded guilty and was par
doned. Anne Jackson was tried for
neglecting her studies and going to
, bed too early. She pleaded not
I guilty but was found guilty and
bailed out by Hal Vester.
I The remaining two persons in
the jail, Katie Blanton and Char-
j lotte Mann, were set free after an
appearance before the court. Then
the court adjourned.
Dr. Harry M. Taylor—pastor of
Calvary Methodist Church, East
Orange, N. J., and former asso
ciate professor of systematic the
ology at Drew Theological Sem
inary—was guest speaker at Louis
burg College Nov. 11-12. His series
of addresses was sponsored by the
Board of Education of the Method
ist Church, Nashville, Tenn.
He spoke in chapel on Monday
and Tuesday mornings. The theme
for his chapel addresses on Mon
day and Tuesday mornings was
student responsibility in building a
world order. He emphasized the fac
ing of life with (1) a strong faith
in God, (2) a vital love for all
kind, (3) the use of prayer as an
essential instrument in developing
such faith and such love.
With the discussion were prac
tical suggestions for aiding stu
dents in adapting themselves to
their responsibility in a world of
peace. Students and faculty were
challenged to join the speaker in a
crusade of prayer by i-esolving to
carry on their persons a few pray
ers of their own, written on cards
to be read at intervals during the
day.
His further activities included an
Armistice Day address to the ex-
servicemen on Monday afternoon.
This was judged one of the most
impressive of all the services held
during his visit on campus.
Dr. Taylor gave the main ad
dress at a formal student-facuity
dinner Monday evening. This ad
dress was on the power of the
tongue, with its potentialities for
good and evil. The importance of
guarding one’s speech against idle
ness and the need to cultivate
agreeableness and kindness in
speech were forcefully illustrated.
The dining tables were decorated
with candles and centerpieces of
fall flowers and foliage. A three-
course dinner was served.
One of the special activities of
Dr. Taylor’s visit at Louisburg was
his informal talks with individual
students on Monday afternoon;
also, he talked with a small group
of pre-ministerial students in the
Faculty Parlor. Tuesday afternoon
any interested students were in
vited to come in for private talks,
these being his final contacts be
fore leaving Louisburg.
Student expression has testified
to the high evaluation given Dr.
Taylor’s messages, special comment
having been made upon the force
and the appeal of his presentation.
One student’s comment was
“. . . he put me to thinking ... he
has a way of putting things acros?
that is far from accidental.”
Dr. Taylor’s visit to Louisburg
campus was one of the efforts being
made further to link the college
with the educational plans of the
church at large.
Late!
Itelieve it or not, this is I he
Thanksf>ivinf> issue. We of the
COIjI M.NS staff wish to extend our
utmost apologies foi’ the lateness
of this issue.
We need your Iielj); and we
know .you, yes VOl', can \:rite
something. Write poetry? Short
stories? Surely you can.
You students want something
witty, and this is sup|M)sed to be
a student newspaper; so why not
make it one? The |)erson produc-
iuK any little bit of wit, we shall
ap|)re»iate—whether that me is
the person who says it or the one
who hears it and brings it in. So
come on, students, help a litde—
or help a lot.