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Volume VIII
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948
Number 2
As You Like It Presented
By Louisburg Students
A new dramatics achievement was
realized by I^ouisburg College when
the Shakespearean "omedy. As You
Like It. was presented in the audi
torium of Mills High School on Thurs
day evening, December 9. Sponsored
by the Dramatic Club and Delta Psi
Omega, the presentation suggested
Shakespearean style — being given
without scenery. The costumes, too,
were colorful and authentic. The
cast, consisting of 16 characters, is
to be congratulated upon an un
usually well-executed amateur per
formance.
Starring in the roles of Rosalind
and Orlando were Barbara Lewis and
Taylor Copping. Others in the cast
were Vivian Proctor, prolog; James
Hatch, exiled duke; Durwood Peele,
Duke Frederick ; John Oldham,
Amiens; Fenner Spivev, Jacques;
Neil Stout, Le Beau ; Glenn Wilder.
Charles; Charles Watkins. First Lord;
Coe Strain, Second Lord ; Dixon Jack
son, Oliver; Neal MacArlhur, Jacques
de Boys ; Burwell Evans. Adam ; Wal
ton Bass, Dennis ; and Betty Hargrove,
Celia. Rosemary Dawson and El
mer Best were student directors, and
Mrs. Tarpev w’as the faculty adviser.
The production, a condensation of
the original Shakespearean play, was
witnessed by an audience of approxi
mately three hundred persons.
Barrett Speaks on
Christ as Center
Troy Barrett, alumnus of Louis
burg: College who now heads the
Methodist Student Movement of
North Carolina, centered in Dur
ham spoke on “Christ, the Center
of Everything” at the Y, Decem
ber 2. He cited major decisions to
be made: the choice of a vocation,
of a life partner, of an education,
and of a faith.
In choosing a vocation, everyone
must decide for whom he is going
to work—God or man, for what—
to :nr.!‘;e jn'-ney or to sera^_ Hs.
cited the difference between mak
ing a living and living a life.
In taking a life partner, one
must first be able to live a life for
others and be able to overlook
some faults. Also, the couple
should be ready to take on life’s
responsibilities.
In choosing an education, one
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Coor Wins Poetry Honor
Zelda Coor, freshman from near
Goldsboro, is author of “Remorse”
a poem selected for publication
in the current annual anthology of
college poetry, sponsored by the
National Poetry Association, with
headquarters in Los Angeles, Cal.
In the words of Dennis Hart
man, secretary of the association,
"The Anthology is a compilation
of the finest poetry written by
the college men and women of
America, representing every sec
tion of the country.”
Child Prodigy To Give
Piano Concert
A boy wonder in music nine-
year-old Tommy Glymph will ap
pear in concert at Louisburg Col
lege chapel hour shortly after the
Christmas holidays, the tentative
date being Jan. 28.
The Durham Sun in a feature
story has described young Tommy
as “a rising virtueso in piano, who
learned to appreciate music at the
age of three” and, in spite of his
“gracefully coming before the pub
lic spotlight in Durham,” as “no
sissy but as an alert romping regu
lar fellow.”
Tommy, in the fifth grade in the
Twaddell School, usually ranks su
perior in a varied curriculum, includ
ing Spanish. As to his music he is
declared to have “an admirable atti-.
tude, in that he never is satisfied
and wants always to do better.”
His repertoire includes “his fav
orite, Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. V*
the Nutcracker Suite, and selections
of Gurlitt and Strauss. Recently
Tommy has been making transcrip
tions of his music in order to study his
errors.
Auditioned recently, he w^as credited,
according to the Sun, with criticism
somewhat to the effect of “remark
able sensitivity, instinctive feeling for
a sense of music, remarkable phrasing
and freedom of interpretation.”
Tommy’s mother. Mrs. Thomas W.
Glymph, is said to be endeavoring “to
have Tommy retain his feeling of
humbleness, never conscious of his
advancement.**
Varied Activities Highlight Holiday Season
President Holton Returns
To Campus
President Samuel M. Holton,
whose travel record, according to
students of L. C., is now second
only to that of Eleanor Roosevelt,
has finally returned to campus
life at Louisburg College. Having
attended five important church and
educational conferences within the
past month and a half, this ener
getic man-about-the-nation says
that he will remain at home—“for
a while, at least.”
Journeyed to Chicago
As one of the thirty-four lay
members of the General Education
Board of the Methodist Church,
Mr. Holton traveled over 1300 miles
to attend this vital organization’s
national covention in Chicago,
which was held October 26-28.
Here Louisburg’s president worked
with 108 representatives from all
parts of the nation in planning
the educational work of the Method
ist Church for the next four years.
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So you’re against cheating ? Then
why not stamp it out?
What I consider the first and
laost iiiiijortaiit laclor to oe con
sidered in launching an all-out at
tack against cheating is the weap
on. As we well know, we can’t
fight fire with fire, nor can we
defeat cheating by adopting the
attitude—“If he cheats, so can I.”
Like fire, cheating must be fought
with its opposites: truth, justice,
and self-respect. First we must be
truthful with ourselves; then do
justice to our neighbors. We need
to remember we are sometimes be
ing graded on a curve, so we must
have enough self-respect to do our
own work.
If we think that the faculty is
partly responsible, then we must
take steps to have adjustments
made in the excessive or lax vigi
lance, whichever the case may be.
To most of us it seems impossible
to bring about these adjustments,
but with the democratic set-up,
Wfiich snould be present, it is quite
possible for student initiative to
result in significant changes.
We must consider that it is hard
for teachers who have long been
immersed in their own fields, to
revise their habits of teaching; yet
the faculty might help students
with less established honesty by
remembering that either too little
or too much vigilance creates a
situation sometimes difficult for
student honesty.
As for a starting point in effect
ing these changes, we might try
the student council or our faculty
advisers.
It is evident that if cheating
has reached the proportions de
scribed by some and continues, we
are certainly going to lose some of
our pjfivileges. There definitely
would be an injustice to the guilt
less; therefore, they are those who
should launch the attack. It should
be an attack aimed directly at the
heart of cheating with no favors
or pi-ejudice shown.
In reply to the student comment,
“Evidently cheating has got out of
bounds,” President Holton stated,
“Any cheating is out of bounds.”
In my own opinion Mr. Holton is
absolutely correct; for, when one
steps over the boundary line of
honesty, he is not only cheating
himself but sometimes his neighbor
as well. Cheating must stop, and
it is up to the student body to
work hand in hand in an all-out
effort to stamp it out.
There is no better time to start
than the present, so let’s start
NOW.
Student Presidents and Editors of Campus Activities
First row left to right: Harry Tucker, Beta Phi Gamma; Lon Williams, Veterans’ Club; Wilbur Jones,
THE OAK; Daphne Bryan, Delta Psi Omega; Zelma Mace, Women’s Student Council; Dan Wynn, senior class;
Martha Shearon, YWCA; Second row: Janie Dickerson, Glee Club; Mary Ruth Edwards, Girls’ Athletic
Association; Sam Guthrie, COLUMNS; Elmer Best, YMCA; Paul Stephenson Dramatic Club; third row:
Dick Cannady, Men’s Student Council; Mac Fuller, Nonveterans’ Club; Orlando Fransi, Alpha Pi Epsilon;
Fenner Spivey, Phi Theta Kappa; Bill Byrd, Religious Workers’ Club; Everett Bryant, Monogram Club;
Reuben Berry, Commercial Club; Walton Bass, IRC.
Christmas Chapel Program By Y
The interpretation of the mean
ing of Christmas in modern life
was the theme of the Y-sponsored
program presented at chapel Dec.
17. A blue-lighted Bethlehem
scene composed the worship cen
ter. Backstage readings were given
from the Old and New Testaments
and traditional Christmas music
was furnished under the direction
of Miss Foster.
Methodist Student Programs
The Gift of the Magi, by 0.
Henry, was read by Mrs. Tarpey at
the evening meeting of the Method
ist Student Organization on Dec.
5. After a medley of Christmas
and other sacred chime music,
Miss Merritt gave a brief intro
duction to the reading by telling
some of the history, personality,
and achievements of O. Henry. The
story was read in a semi-darkened
auditorium, lighted only by altar
candles and the illuminated cross
above the choir loft. The program
was concluded with a benediction
by Walton Bass, the president.
■‘The Other Wise Man” was read
by Mrs. F. R. Rose, resident of
Louisburg and reader of literary
selections. The Louisburg College
Glee Club, under the direction of
Miss Foster, presented yuletide
choral selections throughout the
program.
Caroling Sponsored By Y
Christmas caroling and a hay
ride were sponsored by the YM
and YWCA Dec. 16. This event
marked the opening of the Christ
mas season by the Y, directed by
Advisor Dan Bowers.
The group, led by the College
Glee Club, under the direction of
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Features Given by
Students at Lions’ Show
A newspaper skit, “The-up-to-
the-Minute Man Gets the Job,”
was presented by members of
COLUMNS and Beta Phi Gamma
along with band numbers by stud
ents of the college at the Louis
burg Lions Club variety program
in Mills High School, Dec. 3, for
the benefit of Franklin County
blind.
Taking part in the skit, a farci
cal story of a fanatical newspaper
editor clamoring for “up-to-the-
minute news,” were Elton Elliot,
editor; Robert Gayman, stenog
rapher; Ed Bagley, office boy;
Reuben Berry, Peggy Manning,
and Sam Guthrie applicants for
reporter’s job. Members of the
“Four Kats” furnishing various
numbers of hot band jive, were
Jim Fleenor, Taylor Copping, Paul
Stephenson, and J. W. Boney.
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