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Volume VIII
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, n: C„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1949
Number 3
Students Present
“Worst Foot Backward”
Worst Foot Backward, musical
comedy, and variety show, will be
presented by the students of Louis-
burg College, Friday evening, Feb.
11, in Mills High School Audi
torium.
The show is announced as en
tirely different from anything that
has been given recently at the col
lege and as a promising interest
for everyone. This is the first
time in recent history of the col
lege that all the organizations have
united their efforts for a recrea
tional project of this type.
The show is being produced in
order to raise money for the pur
pose of turning the old kitchen in
to a student recreation room.
Leading roles for the show have
already been assigned; Ina Evans,
John Oldham, Janie Dickerson, Pete
Elliot, Vivian Proctor, Dick Can-
nady. Mac Fuller, and Mary Ruth
Edwards.
Mrs. Milner to
Give Lectures
Mrs. Ernestine Cookson Milner,
A.B., B.S., A.M., personnel di
rector and associate professor of
psychology of Guilford College, and
wife of the president of Guilford,
will give a series of three lectures
at Louisburg College on March 10
and 11.
Mrs. Milner’s lectures, designed
to embrace social life, on the cam
pus and elsewhere, will be given
against a background of study and
experience in the field of social
life of young people.
One of the declared primary pur
poses of these lectures is to an
swer questions of a social nature
that confront college students of
the day. At Mrs. Milner’s sug
gestion, emphasis will be placed
upon specific questions that stud
ents may ask relating to the pres
ent social trend and customs.
In accord with this suggestion
(Con’t. on page 3, col. 5)
Holt Leads Religious Emphasis
Students Achieve Honors
Standing Student
3.00 Dickens, James William
3.00 Proctor, Vivian Hines
2.83 Holt, Worthe Seymour
2.81 Evans, Ina Meekins
2.75 Coor, Zelda Grey
2.66 Hatch, James
2.64 Wynn, Dan Camp
2.58 Strother, Betty Green
2.56 Porter, James Franklin
2.56 Stewart, Milton Graham
2.53 Boone, Edith Gray
2.53 Dozier, George Gholson
2.50 Evans, Burwell Atkinson
Honorable Mention
2.44 Carter, Ernest Rawls
2.43 Anderson, Jack Cathey
2.43 Green, Lawrence Anion
2.40 Edwards, Mary Ruth
2.37 Cannady, Ray Dickerson
2.37 Walker, Donald
(Con’t. on page 3, col. 4)
Louisburg Resident
Attends Presidential
Inauguration
HE LIKES TCHAIKOVSKY BEST HE'S A REG LAR FELLER
Boy Pianist Gives Concert
Nine-year-old Tommy Glymph,
of Durham, gave a brief piano
concert at Louisburg College at
the chapel hour Jan. 14. His
selections were Bizet’s “O Lamb
of God”; Tchaikovsky’s Nutcrack
er Suite (in its entirety); and, as
an encore, Grainger’s “Country
Gardens.” The child performer
announced each of his selections as
well and the various pieces of the
Tchaikovsky suite, adding words of
interpertation to the titles of the
latter.
Remarked upon by hearers of
the young pianist was his evident
enjoyment in sharing his music;
his original and fresh approach
with unspoiled ways, producing a
charm of normal, child-like stage
manner; his apparent feeling for
the moods of his selections, espec
ially those from Tchaikovskyand
the skill in general, notable for
one so young.
Later asked to give their opin
ion of the boy musician and his
music, students remarked “very
talented”, “shows great promise”,
“good touch and timing”, “pleas
ing personality ... so capable of
carrying his talent and at the same
time retaining his boyhood.” Ex
pressing his opinion one senior
boy continued, “Children unusually
talented do not appear to live aver
age normal children’s lives. He
did”
Despite the fact that Tommy’s
legs were too short to reach the
pedals of the Behring grand.
Tommy’s music was described by
a hearer as “smooth and com
paratively free-flowing.” Also, the
size of his nine-year-old hands
made it difficult for him to strike
heavy chords; nevertheless he satis-
(Con’t. on page 3, col. 5)
HE PLEASES HIS AUDIENCE
President Holton Attends New
York Educational Meet
President Holton represented
Louisburg College at the annual
meeting of the National Associa
tion of Colleges of the Methodist
Church, which met in the Hotel
Commodore, New York City, Jan
uary 12-14. Representatives from
nearly all the 125 Methodist Edu
cational Institutions throughout
the nation were present. Among
the speakers at the meeting were
Bishop Fred Corson, of Philadel
phia; Dr. W. A. Smart, of Emory
University; Dr. Ralph W. Socman,
a Methodist pastor of New York
City; and Dr. John O. Gross, execu
tive secretary of the Board of Edu
cation of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Holton attended a finance
meeting of the college representa
tives.
According- to Caynpns Xews of Jan.
24. among the important items con
sidered at the New York meeting were
“student religious life and the imple
mentation of General Conference legis
lation aimed at increasing the church's
financial support for her colleges.
“Bishop P'red P. Corson of Philadel
phia, new president of the Board of
Education and a former college presi
dent, pleaded for ‘essential oneness
which must exist between religion
and education if the power to save,
given our generation, is not turned
into the power to destroy.’ He urg
ed upon colleges the wisdom of
strengthening their ties with the
church and upon the churches the
necessity of restoring the deteriorated
sense of responsibility for her colleges.
He proposed a plan that, toward the
end of the quadrennium, may tie in
the colleges with the Advance move
ment.”
A suggested organization plan for
smaller church-related colleges in
meeting their religious responsibility
to their students was part of a report
by President W. J. Scarborough, of
West Virginia Wesleyan, who repre
sented the Committee on Student Re-
ligiou.s life.
Dr. Goodrich C. White, Atlanta, Ga.,
president of Emory University, was
chosen to be the 1949-50 president of
the National Association.
President Holton attended also a
meeting of the American Association
of Colleges.
“The (Inauguration) Parade was
wonderful,” relates Mrs. M. S. Clif
ton, prominent resident of Louis
burg and close neighbor of the
college campus; she was referring
to one of the events of the Presi
dential Inauguration of Harry S.
Truman in Washington, Jan. 20,
1949. “It was a windy and blust
ery day, but the sun was shining”
she commented. This was the
first time that she had attended a
presidential inauguration.
Mrs. Clifton, a member of a
party of five, witnessed the pa
rade from the lawn in front of the
Archives Building on Pennsylvania
Avenue. From their position they
could not see the President being
sworn into office, but loud speak
ers were placed along the parade
route so that the entire proceed
ings could be heard. Mrs. Clifton
and her friends occupied their re
served seats from 11:00 a. m. until
5:00 p. m. As they sat in their
seats they saw many governors
pass on their way to line up for
the parade.
The parade, led by President Tru
man, .started around 1 :00 p. m. The
company of men that had served un
der President Truman’s command
during World War 1 marched in two
single files on either side of his auto-
jnobile. The 48 states followed, lined
(Con’t. on page 4, col. 1)
Student Governments in U. S. are Failing
( By Dick Haggle, Vice - Resident, National Students Association in
charge of student government work; copied from the Daily Tar Heel)
In a student election held at one large university last month the total
vote recorded represented less than one-fourth of the eligible student
body. If this event were an isolated one, there would not be great cause
to worry. But such a vote was typical of too many United States col
leges and universities.
The causes of student apathy lie not only with the individual student,
but must also be attributed to the failure of student and faculty leaders
to develop in the student an understanding of the importance of his
campus institutions.
The failure is built upon the following specific deficiencies:
1. THK STUDKXT 1jKAJ>KK too often places himself on a plane above
that of the average student. The leader groups are so often concerned with
their own particular problems that the students as individuals are ff>rgotten.
The leader becomes an unreal and sometimes a vicious figure to the people whom
he is supposed to represent.
2. THIO STl'^DENT GOVERNMENT too often devotes itself to activities
in which the bulk of the students is relatively uninterested. This condition
has become especially apparent W’ith the great influx to the campus of veterans
who are primarily devoted to acquiring a classroom education.
3. THE STUDENT I^EADER is too often inadequately trained to prop
erly handle his responsibilities. He does not understand that immature leader
ship becomes mature only with basic grounding in the more elementary branches
of campus activities and with counsel and guidance from experienced ad
visors, (sic).
4. THE ADMINISTRATION too often so restricts student government in
its activities that its very nomer is a farce. Administrators from such schools
fail to realize that student leaders must have responsible positions to develop
a sense of responsibility and that students can only learn democracy by prac
ticing democracy.
5. THE FACl^LTY is too often indifferent or even scornful toward the
extra-curricular affairs of students. Many professors consider such activities
to be mere froth on the deep oceans of formalized education. They lack the
insight to detect that within the context of student government athletics, and
their related programs theoretical classroom knowledge can be directly applied,
and thus the educatitmal whole, that should be the true goal of the college,
achieved.
The inadequacies cited must be eliminated if student governments are to
become more than the playthings of the few.
Every student and every educator interested in the development of a more
intelligent and aware citizenry must redouble his efforts toward such elimination
if his hopes are to reach fruition. The NSA stands ready at all times to assist
and promote these efforts.
Rev. D. D. Holt, native North
Carolinian and a graduate of Duke
University, with an A. B. and B.
D. degree, was speaker for Re
ligious Emphasis Week Feb. 1-4.
He formerly taught Bible and
psychology at Rutherford College.
He has served pastorates in the
Western North Carolina Confer
ence, in Virginia, including a pas
torate at Charlottesville and is now
pastor of Trinity Church, Durham.
Mr. Holt is a frequent speaker at
student conferences and youth as
semblies, having been speaker at a
Louisburg summer youth assembly.
Man And His Needs
Rev. D. D. Holt began Religious-
Emphasis with a talk on “What is
man and what man needs” at
ch|pel Feb. 1.
He said that what man inherits
from the past plus all of his ex
periences up to the present time
plus his total reactions equal man.
Though man is human he can
change his views as in the case of
the prodigal son, who though just
as human when he went away as
when he returned, was at the latter
time on a higher road of impulses.
Mr. Holt declared man needs to
grow and life is the means by which
man grows. Man is incomplete in
himself and needs to be and can
be made complete through God.
A Design For Living
Discussing “Choosing a Design
for Living,” Mr. Holt began his
talk at Tuesday chapcl with the
thought that “all life has designs”
and that one’s “persona] choice of
design” is an all-important factor
in the life of the individual today.
The importance of having an
“open mind” and “creating a for
ward design towards universal
truth” was stressed throughout the
speech, with clear-cut examples.
Forum Hour
A forum on religion and life was
led by Mr. Holt in the auditorium
Feb. 2 at 7 p. m. He answered writ
ten questions from the students.
Inquiries included “What should
Sunday mean to a college stu
dent?”, “How can young people
live a Christian life in these mod
ern times of doubt?”, “How can
we determine right from wrong?”
and some dozen more.
A Way Of Life
“Behold, I set before you a way
of life” was Mr. Holt’s topic Thurs
day morning. “A Christian should
refuse to accept the world as it is
today” he declared and added that
man longs for the good life and
should change his world.
We live in an orderly universe
with no such thing as chance. Life
is a continuous secession of choices,
(Cont. on page 3, col. 3)
Recreation Room To Open
A student recreation room to be
located in the former kitchen is
the object of varied current activi
ties of the leading campus organi
zations. Funds necessary for re
pairs and equipment are being
raised by the presentation of a
variety show, “Worst Foot Back
wards”, sponsored by the larger
student organizations and a maga
zine subscription campaign spon
sored by the Y’s.
Preparation for the room has al
ready begun. The floor has been
scrubbed and waxed, and the walls
have been painted white.
The recreation committee, head
ed by Vivian Proctor, has made a
trip to Raleigh to seek and price
furnishings for the room. Equip
ment planned includes dart boards.
Ping-pong tables and sets, card
games, and checkers.
Facilities will be available to
both men ai).c} wornen studen^s^ and
a schedule of hours arid rules-> is
to be posted.