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COLUMNS
November 6, 1948
What’s in A Name ?
J. W. big—J. W. strong—J. W.
Boney.
Robert clean—Robert sweep —
Robert Broome.
Sammy in shorts—Sammy out
side—Sammy Cole.
Lawrence walk under ladder —
Lawrence knock off green paint
Lawrence Green.
Ernest hammer — Ernest hit
thumb—Ernest Howell.
Gerald have gun—Gerald have
bullets—Gerald Hunt.
Robert use phone—Robert get
date—Robert Gayman.
William go to fair—William
thrown out—William Young.
Sammy see whisker — Sammy
shave—Sammy Mann.
Harper buy banana — Harper
want—Harper Peel.
John Henry salty—John Henry
smoky—John Henry Oldham.
James carry suitcase — James
get tip—James Porter.
John enlist—John turned down
—John Small.
Billy shoot—Billy score — Billy
Shotwell.
William see grade book—William
curious—William Steele.
Neil got good appetite—Neil eat
much—Neil Stout.
Coe make tea—Coe hate tea
leaves—Coe Strain.
Pervist broad jumps — Pervist
shot puts—Pervist Miles.
Carroll hang around — Carroll
ask too many questions — Carroll
Payne.
James cut down tree—James on
wrong side—James Undei’wood.
Roscoe ride bicycle — Roscoe
have accident—Roscoe Wheeless.
Dan mad—Dan fight — Dan
Wynn.
Glenn wild about women—Glenn
see Moody gals—Glenn Wilder.
Annie Belle has criticism—An
nie Belle not tactful—Annie Belle
Blount.
Daisy in hurry—Daisy fly —
Daisy Byrd.
Glennor called strange name—
Glennor called funny name—Glen
nor Culpepper.
Merle get bad grade—Merle go
to teacher—Merle Sasser.
Pat walk in rain—Pat fall in
mud—Pat Waller.
Samuel hold ounce—Samuel hold
pound—Samuel Holton.
Bob add—Bob total—Bob Bal-
lance.
Thomas see customer—Thomas
give haircut—Thomas Barbour.
Walton sing—Walton in Glee
Club—Walton Bass.
Elmer nominated—Elmer elect
ed—Elmer Best.
“It is hard to say where studies
should stop and other things be
gin, but until this is worked out
our schools will continue to have
the same effect on students as an
unbalanced diet.”—Merle Summer
lin, ’50.
A Freak
Probably the most important as
set to a college student is a mind
that is willing to absorb learning.
A college student without an in
terest in learning is like a crippled
man without a crutch. A person
who is eager to learn can over
come almost any deficiency.
There is a great deal of differ
ent types of work going on in col
lege. The most important one is
studying.—Benjamin F. Allen, ’48.
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Days before the fury of the
storm reached the coast of North
Carolina, there lay over Roanoke
Island a deathly hot calm. Storm
warnings were out, and the Red
Cross issued warnings for the peo
ple to abandon the nearby beaches.
Fishermen over the entire sector
were to be found making fast
their boats in the coves, canals,
and bays of the island. Every
where, people were making ready
for the storm which, according to
reports by wealther experts, car
ried a wind velocity of approxi
mately 120 or 125 miles per hour.
About six hours before the storm
was to spend its destruction on
Roanoke Island, there developed a
small breeze, welcome in one way
and very unwelcome in another. It
was welcomed as a relief from the
stiffling heat of the preceding
week, and unwelcomed as the fore
runner of the dreaded menace of
the Atlantic seaboard—the hurri
cane. The surf began to roar
loudly so that even on Roanoke
Island, which is about three miles
from the Atlantic breakers, one
could hear the gigantic waves
pounding as if they were in his
own back yard.
It was now 8:00 p. m., Monday,
August 30, 1948. At 2:00 a. m.
the following day, the hurricane
was to strike the section with all
its destructive force.
A few hours later, the small
breeze had developed into a steady
blow, but was still without the
velocity of a storm. It seemed
that everyone retired early that
night, a night of fear—fear of
property damage, for rarely does
one get injured in a North Caro
lina hurricane. The wind blew
steadily on through the night.
With the coming of dawn, the
breeze had increased a few m.p.h.
Still, the wind blew not hard enough
to damage anything. Everyone was
staying by his radio, hopefully
awaiting a good report of the
storm. Then it came! Flash! The
newscast read something like
this: “The hurricane has blown
northwest to a point approximate
ly 125 miles east of Cape Hatteras
and then changed its course to a
northerly direction.” Though weath
er experts had predicted that the
storm would veer off to sea and
there exhaust itself, they seemed to
be wrong, for the wind increased
steadily. However, there still was
no damage done.
After all, the report proved to
be true. The wind slowed to a
pleasant breeze and the sun again
began to shine. People every
where began to breathe more eas
ily. In all, everyone seemed to
be disappointed. All had antici
pated and prepared for the expect
ed high winds which never came.
The air of disappointment was like
a heavy fog that envelopes all in
its path. However, there was joy
—joy in a sense that this was one
storm that would not render its de
struction to valuable property.
The grave mistake that most
people make when they take re
sponsibility for themselves is wait
ing too long to realize the fact
that they are boss.—Jewel Brown,
ex ’48.
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Two years ago
when Orlando
Fransi said “ad-
ios” to his friends
in Cardenas,
Cuba, and said
“hello” to strang
ers in Louisburg,
U. S. A., our Al
ma Mater gained
a true son; and
those “strangers”
in Louisburg gained a true friend.
Since coming to our campus,
Pedro, as his friends call him, has
in his own quiet, unspectacular
way attained recognition for his
helpfulness, cooperation, and loy
alty. It is in recognition of these
qualities that COLUMNS presents
him as Who’s Who in this first is
sue of COLUMNS for the current
year.
One of the most outstanding
characteristics of Orlando is his
willingness to help do any task,
great or small, at any time. He
gives the same attention to a
small, menial chore as he would
give to some huge, noticeable task.
One of his mottos must surely be
“If it is worth doing at all, it is
worth doing well.” Though he has
never been officially a member of
the staff of COLUMNS, his ser
vices in typing and in preparing
issues for mailing have been sym
bols of his helpful interest.
Another enviable quality of Or
lando’s is his dependability and
steadfastness. Those who have
known him since he came to the
States cannot help admiring the
way that he has stubbornly and
untiringly worked on his English,
refusing to give up even under the
most difficult and discouraging
conditions. An interesting fact is
that he is repeating the course in
English Comp, after having passed
with a transferable grade. How
many of us are serious enough
about mastering even our own
language—voluntarily to repeat a
course ?
Still another admirable trait of
Orlando’s is his friendliness. Pe
dro seems to be a friend of every
one. When one knows him, it is
easy to understand why every one
likes him.
His current presidency of the
campus chapter of Alpha Pi Epsi
lon, national commerical fratern
ity, is his major official achieve
ment, but that position is only
partially suggestive of the unoffi
cial prominence that is his.
Whenever Orlando says “so long”
to his friends here to say “hola”
to his friends in Cuba, he cannot
truly leave us. He will have left
a part of himself here in the hearts
of “those strangers” at Louisburg.
“I feel that every student should
have a prepared reading list of
the classics and other important
works, thus increasing one’s pow
er of thought . . . Let us not fall
into the depths of illiteracy.”—Joe
Carter, ’50.
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This may shock you, but Stan
Kenton has a dance band. For
some reason it has become fash
ionable of late among those who
seek to evaluate hot music to get
really sassy when the Kenton band
of right now is a thoroughly mag
nificent group—one of the great
bands of all time.
What’s so wonderful about the
band? Well, for one thing, a dif
ferent kind of music emanates
from the band on a dance job. They
get a big sound. It’s brassy and
gutty one minute and absorbingly
interesting the next.
Take the brass section for ex
ample. There was never a better
one than this. It hits harder and
cleaner than you would imagine
it possible for ten men to do to
gether. When they hit it together
the impact is like a clap of thun
der.
And that rhythm section. Its
beautiful feeling has been achiev
ed only through countless measures
of playing together. You will hear
intricate rhythms and counter
rhythms that will surpass any big
band of today. As far as I’m con
cerned, anyone who says the band
doesn’t swing wouldn’t know a
beat if you hit him with one.
There’s not a pop tune in the
books except for the novelty
things that June Christy does, but
it’s loaded with fine standards
like, “If I Could Be With You”,
and so on.
There is a fine spirit in the
band. The men play as hard in
small towns as they would in Car
negie Hall.
This review is not intended to
switch your allegiance from Woody
or Benny or even Vaughn to Stan.
But it does have the objective of
re-educating those who have a mis
taken impression from Kenton’s
concerts and recent records.
If the next time you see Ken
ton his music jolts the breath out
of you, and you get your kicks in
a hysterical sort of way, and you
know that you have heard some
thing unbearably exciting in jazz,
then Kenton is your boy. I don’t
like Kenton myself.
Williams Elected Vet President
Lon Williams was el ected presi
dent of the Veterans’ Club at their
first meeting, Sept. 30. The other
officers are Paul Byrum, vice-presi
dent; Edwin Collins, secretary;
Larry Winborne, acting secretary;
and Allie Lee Dameron, the one
woman member, treasurer. Mr.
Bowers was re-elected adviser.
The club’s first function of the
current college year was a barbe
cue at Jackson’s Pond Oct. 15. Ap
proximately 100 students and fac
ulty members were present.
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Nosing Along
Several days ago when the heat
of the presidential campaign
was at its highest, many argu
ments were in progress on the
campus. There was an especially
terrific argument up on fourth
floor Main. It seemed that two
students, Mac Fuller and Seymour
Holt, could not come to an agree
ment as to the outcome of the
presidential election. (A newspa
per is no place to discuss personal
politics, but an exception is about
to be made).
Seymour had the unchangeable
idea in his head that Mr. Dewey
would win by a landslide. On the
other hand. Mac was definitely
sure that the Democratic candidate
would emerge from the election
with an overwhelming majority.
In fact, each was so sure of his
favorite’s chances that he placed a
bet that had a very strange stake.
Seymour and Mac heartily agreed
that if his respective candidate
lost, he would move a peanut from
one end of fourth Main hall to
the other. Now, moving a peanut
seems to be an easy job, but the
agreement was to roll it along
the floor by using the nose!—
strange stake, but the terms of
the agreement.
During the hours that ensued,
each of the boys kept his ears
glued to his radio, hoping and pray
ing for victory. Each was sefemingly
confident that his candidate would
win, but both sweated consider
ably. On through the weary hours,
they listened hopefully, still wish
ing to emerge victoriously; for
neither of the boys thought push
ing a peanut with his nose a very
desirable act, especially in public.
Mac even let part of his English
Literature go to seed in order that
he might keep tab on the election
returns. That was hard, too; for
he had the exam the following day.
There is no need to say who won
the election or who roled the pen-
nut; but if anyone wants to know
how long it takes to roll a peanut
by his nose down fourth Main
hall, ask Seymour Holt. He knows!
“A student needs to know the
right fork to use just as much as
he needs to know the dates of the
Civil War.”—Merle Summerlin, ’50
To me college is more than just
a place to acquire an education. I
consider it a real part of life. Dan
Cameron, ex ’48.
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