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COLUMNS
Wednesday, April 30, 1947
column
VOLUME VI
NUMBER 6
Published hy Loii.siirm; 6'oi.lkok Students
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Editorial
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j Our Thanks To Them
I We see them every day—sometimes in the
I classroom, sometimes in the hall; but their great
I courage is shown in our sports world. Here on
i our campus they have shown their indefatigable
loyalty to sports, even when unsurmountable
odds were thrown into their faces. These didn’t
stop them. They had the stamina to stand up
and face these odds squarely. Defeat, lack of
proper equipment, inadequate places to play,
criticism — many times they could have been
crushed under this strain; but rather they chose
to keep their chins up and pray for the best. At
times some were reluctant to support our sports
department.
With some of these handicaps removed, we
hope that next year will be a successful year
for sports on and off our campus. For this year
let us place a crown on the heads of the direc
tors of our sports department and wish them
the best.
At whom are we throwing these bouquets—
naturally coach V. R. “Knute” Kilby and Miss
Marjorie Crisp. From the depths of our hearts
we say, “You are doing a marvelous job; keep
up the good work.”
SCRIPTURE
Let others praise you, not yourself: not your own
lips, but some one else. —Proverbs 27:2.
Thanks To Dietitians
The food situation on Louisburg campus has
been a widely discussed subject. Sometimes peo
ple have been inclined to “gripe,” in truth some
complaints could always be expected when a
crowd this size is suddenly thrown together. We
should tip our hats for personal thanks to the
dietitians for the food they have recently been
serving us. If any are inclined to disagree, they
should certainly pay a visit to some college
comparable to ours. If any student doubts that
our food is good, let him take the price of a
meal here and see what he can buy elsewhere.
What Chance Has
Louisburg Sports?
With an extensive effort on the part of the
Athletic Department and with an extensive stu
dent interest in sports next year can come ath
letic recognition for Louisburg College. With
the same old feeble efforts and the same old
lack of enthusiasm will come the kind of ath
letic accomplshment that so far has held sway
here this year and in former years. There is
no question as to whether there can be improve
ment made. There most definitely can and defi
nitely must be effected a more sincere and po
tent desire to make Louisburg College at least a
legitimate school for discussion in the North
Carolina college sports field. S'uch achievement
is mentioned from time to time, jokingly, per
haps, and then is forgotten—a very embarrass
ing situation for the L. C. student who, up until
that time, was enjoying the conversation.
Louisburg has let slip by its most promising
year so far for outstanding athletic teams. How
ever, if it has a student body of potential players
next year as it has had this year, then there
is a jiood chance for rapid development in its
athletic program. But—and this factor should
be remembered above all — there must be a
closeness between coach and player; a trust be
tween team and school. One cannot function
without the other. Success cannot be expected
from ill feeling and prejudice and narrowmind
edness.
A team cannot win a game for a school of
which they are only a remote part. It cannot
win for a school that has turned its back to
them instead of cheering them on. The sooner
this foreign relation between school and team is
discarded (whether it be this year or next), the
sooner Louisburg College will begin to be rec
ognized for its athletic activities.
Orchids, Not Onions, for Conduct
Recently there appeared in a North Carolina
college newspaper a letter to the editor criti
cizing (and strongly, too) the conduct of mem
bers of their student body during a lecture
given by a visiting notable.
Maybe the present comment is sticking out the
proverbial neck, but it seems that the student
body of Louisburg College has earned orchids or
at least a grateful nod in return for recent con
duct during chapel lectures and during presen
tations given by visiting persons of distinction.
The piano concert, for instance, given by Ralph
Sheldon, not only had remarkable attention of
the audience but brought appreciative applause
as well. Also; the lecture on the international
economic situation by Kirby Page, world trav
eler and lecturer, was received by an interested
and somewhat awed audience of Louisburg.stu
dents.
So, orchids to you, L. C. student body (the
majority record tends to make the minority
look conspicuous) ; and onions to those who have
not learned how to act when the occasion arises.
These last days each might do well to pre
serve the good record—even improve it—and
certainly to guard against conduct that might
bring a bouquet of onions in anyone’s direction.
Dear Mom,
Oh, how I hate to write this letter. I’m so
utterly sleepy that I can hardly keep my eyes
open. The air is warm, and that program that
comes over WPTF they call “Moonglow” is
flowing through the room. From my place here
on my bed I can see the moon and—well you
know. Mom—it’s spring, and a “young man’s
fancy . . . turns to thoughts of love.”
We have just a few more weeks of school left,
and they are going to be full enough to fly. We
have tennis and baseball to think about. My
nose is peeling and my shoulders hurt. They
just got too much sun.
Well I suppose I won’t be asking for much
more money except for our beach party. T’ll
stop asking so that you can spare me more
money when June comes.
Dear Mom, I’m going to cut this short and go
to bed. That obnoxious Sam Beard, and “Moon
glow” are over and I’m ready to stop anyway.
Your loving son,
WILLIE.
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Dear Editor,
As a student of Louisburg College and a
monogram-club member, I shall list a few of the
needs at Louisburg in athletics as I see them.
A number one item is the need of a gym
nasium, a larger and better athletic field, and
more tennis courts. A larger athletic field would
furnish ample space for the following seasonal
sports: football, field hockey, baseball, softball,
and track.
I would like also to see the sports clubs of both
sexes better linked to the college. By this I
mean the school, coaches, and monogram clubs
working as a united body for the advancement of
athletics. There should also be an accepted
school letter standard both in size and color.
Another small but very important matter, I
feel, is the school’s awarding of a sweater with
a letter to each monogram member. As every
one will agree, a good athlete in college is more
than just a good pitcher, center, or tackle. A
good athlete is an all-round student. Did you
ever stop to think of what is required of a mem
ber of a traveling college team? During the sea
son, movies, dances, week-end trips home, and
many other privileges are forgotten. To stay
on the team, a student must meet the same
requirements as anyone else. To do so means
wasting no time. I feel that giving these stu
dents a sweater bearing the school letter is nei
ther asking too much of the school nor award
ing the candidates too highly. The gift would
long iive in the hearts of our college heroes.
As an outsider I feel the job done by both
coach Crisp and Kilby has been a merit to our
Alma Mater this year. While times are good
I hope this school will make the investment that
will later pay dividends. Can we do otherwise
since athletics today is a requirement of much
importance to the college and to the student.—
Douglas Bryant, ’47.
COLLEGE SPORTS
ELEVATED
Almost everyone who reads the
newspaper reads the sports page at
one time or another. All sporting
events are carried briefly whether
they are college activities or pro
fessional matches. We find that the
great Georgia “Bulldogs” defeated
a game “Tar Heel” eleven in the
sugar bowl. We find that “Cud
dles” Marshall, New York “Yankee”
pitcher, resembles Tyrone Power—
astonishingly. We find that Roles-
ville High turned back Millbrook
High after trailing at half-time 19-
ll5. All schools that are known to
[the newspapermen are found on the
sports page of papers from neigh
boring communities.
Yes, we have some horn-rimmed
glassed citizens that will ask, “So
what? I cannot see how it helps
a college to get its name in the
headlines of the sports page.” We
find some people that will say, “I
always thought college was an in
stitution of learning, not a public
arena.”
Naturally there are people with
those ideas, but how many of them
are under twenty-five years of age?
Sports activities are carried on at
West Point and Annapolis. If
sports are good enough for the
armed forces, they should be good
enough for any college, including
those as small as Louisburg. Sports
are a part of college life. Sports
build up the morale of the students
just as pin-ups did for the men
overseas. Sporting events have a i
tendency to bring students closer
together because they are all there
for one purpose—rooting for the
home team, trying to get an eager
ly awaited victory.
When we speak of sports as build
ing up the morale of the student
body, we might also add that sports
tend to prevent the tearing down
of one’s morals. At sports events
we are typically on our honor, and
in most cases we respect that priv
ilege. We are not trying to pull a
trick to see how smart we are.
These things do not even enter our
minds.
Here at Louisburg College sports
are only a pastime. Sure, we have
a basketball and baseball team, but
did you ever read a write-up in a
newspaper building up our possi
bilities of a championship? I never
did. We read of Mars Hill, Camp
bell College, and Pembroke College.
They receive a lot of recognition as
major junior colleges. We never
do, because we never stress sports
as other junior colleges do. Foot
ball is a great drawing card, but
we do not even have a football team.
It is amazing how many colleges
and universities are made publically
known on the sports page of a news
paper. Sporting atmosphere is the
atmosphere of the present-day
schools, not hoop skirts and seven
o’clock curfews.
We have over three hundred stu
dents enrolled at our little college.
The University of North Carolina
has approximately fifty-five hun
dred students—but how do we ac
count for Campbell College? Read
the sports page, and you will find
your answer. “Campbell College
wins Junior-College Football Cham
pionship.” Possibly it will surprise
you to know the number of boys
and girls that pick their colleges
from last Saturday’s scores. The
boys like the idea of a winning
team and crave the glory bestowed
on a championship title. A girl
gets starry-eyed at the thought of
the first string tail-back smiling at
her in class or dancing with her
after dinner. This is all just
plain human nature. We will never
be able to change it; so why not try
to build our college around human
nature? Mr. Webster does not say
so, but in my own mind sports is
in many respects as human nature.
—John Gillis, ’48
MY PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
I’m young; my life is before me,
I can make it whatever I choose,
It’s up to me, when sailing life’s sea,
Whether I’ll win or I’ll lose.
It all my life I think just of I,
And the things that mean most to me,
When my life is ended, and when I die.
I’ll be lost in a deep dark sea.
It I make myself worthy of everyone’s
love
And find all the good I can do,
50me day I’ll find rest in Heaven above.
For the good you do others, comes
back to you.
—Maude Barnes, ’47.
ON KNOWING PEOPLE
Someone has suggested that racial
prejudice was born into the minds and
hearts of Southerners. I, being a true
daughter of the South, have been flung
into the mass among which racial
malice is a part. Until my mind be
came my own. I went gleefully on my
way fighting and losing the Civil
War.
A long time ago I began to question
this feeling of prejudice. One of the
joys of my life was the crowds of Ne
groes who worked for my father.
Childlike, I played with the pickanin
nies and jabbered endlessly with the
adults. I delighted in returning from
school to discard my shoes and run in
newly plowed earth along side the
working Negroes. I found their con
versation amusing and logical. I
found their dialect quaint and not too
different from my own.
In North Carolina, as in all the
South, the percentage of foreign born
IS low. For this reason, my contact
with others than my own whites was
mostly with Negroes.
During the war I was in the midst
of great interracial masses. I remem
ber a Chinese—a friendly, well liked
army officer. A Negro officer headed
a score of Negro workers. A Filipino
officer—very much resembling a Jap
anese-worked in the same establish
ment. Jews were innumerable—most
of them from the Northern States.
These men were highly educated and
held responsible positions. In these
races I began to see the light of human
equality.
College has been the prime factor
in my mind’s education from racial
prejudice. Four interracial conferences
I have attended since entering college.
All were examples of American Chris
tianity and democracy. Some of the
limelight of these conferences was
held by Negroes and South Ameri
cans. One of my most treasured mem
ories is a fellowship hour held in the
basement of a church, where I sang
and played games with white and black
alike. Another vivid memory is one
of kneeling and receiving the Holy
Communion at the same altar at which
Negroes, too, knelt.
Experience has dulled my sense of
piejudice. Some will condemn my be
liefs in these events, but I am a bigger
person for having experienced them.
—Prudence Cobb, ’47
IN PHILOSOPHIC MOOD
"The length of one’s life compared
with the length of time is so short
that we cannot afford to derive any
thing other than the best in life.
The shortness of life should be the
greatness of life.”
—William Pickett, ’48.
“How much finer life could be if
persons would see that simple cour
tesies and the application of the
Golden Rule are ways to improve
living.”
—Leonard M. Freeman, ’4 8.
“Our lives are only marking time
when we brood over some petty hap
pening. It’s only by our associating
with others in the finest harmony
that we are truly living.”
•—Charles H. Freeman, ’48.
“When some people face hard
problems they simply drop them.
They should make an adventure of
the problem. This experience would
broaden their minds and give them
confidence and power. There have
been many occasions when adventure
could have been substituted for dis
appointment.”
—Lacy Maxwell, ’48,,^