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LOUISBURG COLLEGE
LOUISBURG, N.C. 27549
PLEASANT
SUMMER
VOLUME IX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., MAY 29, 1950
Number 4
GRADUATION WEEK DAWNS FOR CAMPUS SENIORS
Umstead and Russell
bmmencement Speakers
May Day Takes
Spot on Campus
The May Court of Louisburg Col
lege was introduced Saturday af
ternoon, May 6, at 4 o’clock, with
a program of folk music, original
dance, and other entertainment un
der the direction of Miss Ruth
Cooke, head of the Physical Educa
tion department of the college; Mr.
Dan Bowers, director of religious
education on the campus; Miss Sa
rah Foster, head of the department
of music; and Betty Lyndon, stu
dent chairman of May Day.
Virginia Brittain, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brittain of
Dover, was crowned queen. Chosen
by the student body, her friendli
ness, originality, and popularity
have made her outstanding. In the
classroom, she shows initiative and
integrity, and is an above average
student majoring in business. Her
varied interests have made her an
asset to Louisburg; she was elect
ed mo t original of the senior class,
and has spent a great deal of her
free time designing costumes for
major productions presented dur
ing the school year. She was es
corted by Taylor Copping of the
University of Richmond and Wash
ington, D. C.
Maid of Honor was Rachel Mod-
lin of Ahoskie, whose escort was
Dock Britt of Erwin. Other attend
ants and their escorts are Jean
Bradley, Halifax, Russell Jone ,
Roseboro; Claire Mae Broome,
Charlotte, Thomas Patterson, Er
win; Daisy Byrd, Turkey, Swanjon
Braswell, Durham; Marie Edmond
son, Tarboro, Gene Johnson, San
ford; Christine Johnson, Elizabeth
town, Ibrahin Pena, Encrucijada,
Cuba; Audrey Marsh, Sanford, Rob
ert Linville, Durham; Betty Maul
din Charlotte, Richard Ferrell, Moy-
ock; Lila Paschal, Sanford, Gerald
Phelps, Ahoskie; Glennor
Culpepper, Elizabeth City, Joseph
Niquette, Holyoke, Massachusetts;
and Katherine Ward, Pittsboro,
Duffy Paul, Morehead City.
(Continued on page 4, Col. 1)
Going Ahead
Going onward, nsver to look i>ut
o'ways to loo'c oheod, the Seniors
March into the future.
Associate in Arts Diplomas, 19^9-1950
Margaret Bradley
Velma Gertrude
Hall Thomas Patterson
Dock Britt
Wiley Dwight Hooper Duffy Paul
K. S. Brodie
Peggy Jean Ivey
James Sugg
Sammy Cole
Douglas Johnson
Merle Summerlin
Glennor Culpepper
Paul Lamm
A. B. Ussery
Earl Davenport
Rachael Modlin
Caroline Willis
■Mary Ruth Edwards
Lila Paschal
William Young
One-Year
Business Certificates
Jean Barbour
V^irginia Howell
Edna Bennett
Ida Humphrey
Eleanor Best
Gene Johnson
Jean Boney
Geraldine Johnson
Joyce Boone
Hester Jones
Jean Bradley
Eleanor Knight
Virginia Brittain
Pattie Lou Ladd
Merlene Cosley
Betty Lou Lyndon
Melva Darden
Evelyn McKinney
George Davis
Audrey Marsh
Thelma Denton
Nellie Pleasant
Marie Edmondson
C. A. Royal
Minnie Fleminj
Jean Woodard
Evelyn Gainiel
Glenn York
John Harris
Pan-American Day Celebrated
The members of Dr. Anna Blum-
enfeld’s Spanish classes presented
“Un Norteamericano en Mexico”
at a recent Assembly program. It
was Louisburg’s own celebration of
the closing of the Pan-American
Conference in Washington, D. C.,
sixty years ago. The play concern
ed the trials and tribulations of
a North American who becomes en
tangled at a Mexican railway sta
tion, unable to understand or be
understood by the natives there,
with the exception of one helpful
young man.
, The cast consisted of Jimmy
L Sugg as the North American; Mar-
- vin Perkinson, Octavia Beard, Peg
gy Ivey, “Cappy” Capparella, and
Betty Mauldin as vendors; Fabian
Gutierrez as the ticket seller; Jack
Rosenthal and Joe Southerland as
policemen, and Bill Hernandez as
the helpful young Mexican who
speaks both tongues. The play was
produced, directed, and introduced
by Miss Blunienfeld.
Veteran Families
Happy at L C.
The student who feels that the
life of the married veteran is one
of continual deprivation, hardship,
and misery is due for a surprise.
This student, after interviewing
the married couples living with
their families in the veterans apart
ments at Louisburg College, has
come to the conclusion that they
are among the happiest people that
she has ever met.
Louise and A1 Cowart, Thomas
and Nancy Winborne, Phyllis and
Dwight Hooper, Helen and Stew
art Brodie with their two children
—they all admit living on GI
checks is hard. In fact, they must
have some source of outside in
come to help them along. Two of
the wives teach school. Stewart
Brodie, in addition to being a stu
dent, is a regular preacher at
Hollister Methodist Church near
Littleton.
These veterans’ apartments are
neat, attractive, and comfortable
homes. “No other schools in North
Carolina have apartments for vet
erans as nice as those at Louis
burg,” says Mrs. Brodie, “even at
the very large schools.” The Bro
dies have looked all over North
Carolina for a school at which a
family such as theirs can live com
fortably and where Stewart can
continue his work for a B. D. de
gree. So far they have had no luck
in North Carolina; so they are go-
(Continued on page 4)
Student Leaders for the New Year 1950-51 Elected
Kathryn Ward, Ernest Daniels,
Eula Hux, and Joe Niquette, are
the new leaders of the Women’s
and Men’s Student Councils, the
Women’s and Men’s Y’s, respective
ly, for next year. The student coun
cil leaders were formally inaugu
rated April 25 at a chapel program,
and the Y officials were sworn in
at the Y’s last program of the
year on May 17.
Daniels, a pre-dental major, is
from Wilmington, and has been ac
tive this past year as editor of
COLUMNS, is a member of Beta
Phi Gamma honorary journalistic
fraternity, of the YMCA, and a
pitcher on the varsity baseball
team. Kathy is from Pittsboro and
has served this past year on Y
work, in the Glee Club, and has
been a proofreader for COLUMNS.
As student council presidents for
next year they succeed Velma Hall
and B. T. Harris.
Other officials for the Men’s
Council are Jerry DeLoach from
Norlina, the new vice-president,
who is a member of the YMCA, of
the Delta Psi Omega honorary dra
matic fraternity, and who had a
leading role in the period play
“Song of My Heart”; and Glenn
Lilley, of Gatesville, who is the
catcher on the varsity baseball
team and a member of the YMCA.
Serving in lesser capacities for
the women’s council are vice-pres
ident Joyce Parker from Mays-
ville, who is a member of the
YWCA, the Glee Club, the Commer
cial Club, and of the Columns;
secretary Faye Bullard from Gar
land, who is a member of the Dra
matic Clubs, the Commercial Club,
and of the YWCA; and treasurer
Octavia Beard of Bailey, who is a
member of the Dramatics Club, the
honorary dramatic fraternity Del
ta Psi Omega, the YWCA, and a
staff member of the COLUMNS.
The new YMCA - YWCA offi
cials were sworn in by retiring
presidents Mary Ruth “Tootsie”
Edwards and Tommy Pattei’son.
Niquette is from Holyoke, Massa
chusetts, and is a member of the
honorary dramatic fraternity Del
ta Psi Omega, the sports editor of
COLUMNS, a member of Beta Phi
On Friday night. May 26, at 8:00,
in the college auditorium the De
partment of Music, under the di
rection of Miss Sarah Foster, of
ficially opened the commencement
weekend here at Louisburg with a
recital. Students who performed in
this recital included pianists Claire
Mae Broome, Peggy Ivey, Joe Ni
quette, and Miss Johnson’s little
niece. Vocalists included Jacqueline
Johnson, Ann Smith, Lila Paschal,
Marvin Perkinson, and Marietta
Jolliff. Louisburg’s Sextet, compos
ed of Alice Lambeth, Dan McFar
land, the Misses Johnson and
Smith, Perkinson, and Virginia
Howell, provided music for all of
the commencement exercises.
The graduating class held its
Class Day exercises on the steps
of Main Building at 4:30 on Sat
urday afternoon. May 27. Mr. D.
P. Bowers, the sponsor of the
graduating class, directed the
program. That night at 7:00 in the
College Dining Hall the candidates
for degrees and certificates were
inducted into the Alumni Associa
tion at the Alumni-Alumnae Ban
quet. Mr. Fred Fearing, President
of the Alumni Association pi'e-
sided, and the Reverend S. E.
Mercer, pastor of the Zebulon-
Wendell Methodist Church, was the
speaker.
The Reverend Leon Russell, pas-
tf'r of the Jarvis Memorial
Church in Greenville, North Caro
lina, was the speaker at the
Baccalaureate service on Sunday
morning. May 28, at 11:00 at the
Louisburg Methodist Church. That
afternoon at 4:30 the President’s
reception for the graduating class,
their parents, and their special
friends was held in Pattie Julia
Wright Social Hall.
At 10:00 Monday morning the
Graduation Exercises took
place at the Methodist Church. The
Honorable William B. Umstead, a
former senator from North Caro
lina, gave the commencement ad
dress. This exercise, on May 29,
was the 163rd graduation of Louis
burg College. Approximately twen-
ty-one students received Asso
ciate in Arts diplomas, and thirty-
one students received one - year
business certificates. Three special
awards were made — the two
Brantley medals for the best-all-
around man and woman, and the Al
pha Pi Epsilon medal for the best-
all-around commercial student.
With this presentation of diplomas
and certificates and the announce
ment of honors, the graduation
weekend came to a close.
Gamma honorary journalistic fra
ternity, a member of the Veter
ans’ Club, an honorary member of
the Men’s Student Council, and
has been vice-president of the
YMCA this past year. Eula is from
Weldon and is a member of the
International Relations Club, a
staff member of COLUMNS, a
member of the Dramatic Club, and
was a guard on the women’s bas
ketball team. Other Y officials for
the coming year are Dot Swin
dell who has been elected secre
tary, is from Elizabeth City, and
is a member of the Religious
Workers Club; and Felton Parker
from Weldon, who is the new treas
urer and a member of the honorary
dramatic fraternity Delta Psi
Omega, the Glee Club, and the Vet
erans’ Club.
The publications of Louisburg
for next year will be ruled from
the feminine part of the campus.
Joyce Boone from Nashville has
been elected editor of COLUMNS
to replace Daniels who resigned in
favor of president of the Men’s
(Continued on page 3)
FROM THE EDITOR
Due to circumstances beyond
my control, we were not able to
get this paper out on time. The
Staff of COLUMNS hope that
each of you have enjoyed read
ing this paper as much as we
have enjoyed publishing it. We
wish you a pleasant summer.
Thanks a million for your fine
co-operation during the past
year.
the §eni/Drs
Life’s morning sun is rising;
There is no sunset’s glow.
You must look ever to the morrow
And never backward go.
You will always cherish memories
Of the happy days gone by
And live them o’er and o’er again
As onward new years fly.
Hark! The joys that you have
known
Will ever live within each soul
To please your world of dreams
And help you reach your goal.
—Marie Fogleman