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Volume X
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., DECEMBER 19, 1950
Number 2
Christmas Season Marked By Festive Events
CAMPUS TAKES ON
HOLIDAY TEMPO
WELLMAN REVEALS
SUCCESS SECRET
“Music is a Lang-uage,” vitally
remarked Miss Claire Wellman, in
ternationally acclaimed violinist,
upon being: interviewed after her
concert in Louisburg College audi
torium on Dec. 6.
Miss Wellman gave many sug
gestions for attaining acclaim in
the music world. “It is never too
late to begin violin lessons,” en
thusiastically stated Miss Wellman.
When asked if she ever became
bored with repeating numbers in
continual concerts, her face regis
tered shock, and she related, “I am
never bored by repeating my num
bers. If I do become bored, my audi
ence will not be appreciative. I live
with the music.”
Miss Wellman, who began her
career at the age of six years, is'
the holder of many national titles
of distinction for her accomplish
ments in the music world. Also she
owns a highly valued violin, hav
ing been made in the year 1751
and being her most prized posses
sion.
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STUDENTS WIN HONORS
IN SCHOLARSHIP
Fall Mid-setnesterl950-l95l Rating
HONOR ROLL
Mary Ingram 2.94
Jean Boney 2.63
Virginia Carter 2.58
Octavia Beard 2.50
Margaret Lee 2.50
HONORABLE MENTION
Ray Hood 2.44
Kathryn Ward 2.39
Hester Jones 2.31
Lucy Claytor 2.29
Jimmy Willis 2.29
Eula Hux 2.29
Marie Fogleman 2.27
Andra Hamilton 2.18
Tyrus Perdue 2.18
Jean Roberts 2.18
Joyce Boone 2.10
Juanita Wood 2.03
R. H. Bridgers 2.00
Milton King -.2.00
Carter, Hill and King
Achieve National
Poetry Honors
Three Louisburg College students,
Virginia Carter, Alma Hill, and
Robert King, achieved honors in
the recent poetry contest conducted
by the National Poetry Associa
tion. Of the ten poems submitted
by Louisburg students the follow
ing were accepted for publication
in the annual anthology of college
poetry; “Autumn Tree”, by Vir
ginia Carter; “Thoughts”, by Alma
Hill; “The Old Mill House”, by
Robert King.
The anthology is a compilation
of poetry \vritten by college stu
dents of the United States repre
senting every section of the coun
try. Selections were made from
thousands of poems submitted.
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Glee Club Gives Concerts
The Louisburg College Glee Club,
directed by Miss Foster and accom
panied by Mr. Bowers has made
three appearances off campus the
current semester. The most recent
appearance was made in the Gates-
ville Methodist Church on Tuesday,
Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. The program
included the following selections by
the octet composed of Rebecca
Boone, Angelo Capparella, Sidney
Epperson, Virginia Featherston,
Willis Goodrum, Marietta Jolliff,
Joyce Parker, and Blaney Lee: “A
Joyful Christmas Song,” “God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, “In a
Manager He is Lying”, “Lo, How
a Rose”, and “Ring Christmas
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President Holton Attends
Education Conferences
President Holton attended the
conference of the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools in Richmond, Va., Dec. 2
to 7. In connection with this meet
ing he attended also sessions of
The Southern Church Related Col
leges and of The Southern Associa
tion of Junior Colleges. Also, he
plans to attend a meeting of The
Association of American Collegea
and The National Association of
Schools and Colleges in annual ses
sions in Atlantic City, New Jersey,
January 8 to 11.
^o)e Gelebrate Qhristmas
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The Guardsmen
Quartette Performs
The Guardsmen Quartette of
Hollywood presented a program
of serious and feature numbers in
the college auditorium on Nov. 8,
at 8:00 p. m. The quartette was
composed of Henry Iblings, first
tenor; Irl Hunsaker, second tenor;
Thf'- »s Clarke, baritone, and Dud
ley Kuzell, bass. The piano accom
panist was John Winslow.
Among songs the quartette sang
were “Trewen, Widmung”, “Sea
Fever”, “I Heard a Forest Pray
ing”, Wade in de Water”, “There’s
My Sweetheart”, “It’s a Most Un
usual Day”, and “Some Sunday
Morning”.
Also, the quartette presented a
most interesting routine showing
how a fine male quartette of fifty
years ago sang a concert. The sing
ers wore authenic costumes and
used songs of the Gay Nineties.
Then they dropped the name
“Guardsmen” and, with a change
of costume, became “The Lady
Killers Quartette”. The showing of
that routine won especially hearty
applause.
Duke Chapel, Morehead
Planetarium Visited
By Louisburg Students
Duke University and Chapel Hill
were the destination of 20 Louis
burg students on Sunday, Dec. 10.
The group attended the regular
Sunday Morning Service at Duke
Chapel and heard the Rev. James
T. Cleland, minister to the uni
versity. Next, the students pro
ceeded to Chapel Hill to see the
Christmas show. The Star of
Bethlehem at Morehead Planeta
rium. They returned to Duke
Chapel in time to hear Handel’s
Messiah, sung by the 200 voice
choir.
Religious Workers
Entertained at
Bowers Home
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Bowers
were at home to the Religious and
Sociaf Workers’ Club Friday eve
ning, Dec. 8, at which time Dean
Bethea read the story “The Lit-
tlest Angel” by Charles Tazewell.
Harvey Johnson opened the meet
ing with a devotion, giving the
Christmas story through Scripture.
The program ended with a prayer
by Miss Merritt.
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Upper picture, left to right: Willis Goodrum, Jean Nunnamaker,
Virginia Carter, Hilda Medlin, J. B. Speight, Ann Hill, Joe Souther
land. Lower picture, left to right, back row: Felton Parker, Philip
Johnson, Hester Jones, Jimmy Willis, Milton King, Julian Gonzales,
Marie Fogleman. Front row: Rodolpho Mier y Teran, Joyce Parker,
Lota Lee Harrison, June Tew, Bobby Deaver, Jane Midgette.
Photographers: Upper picture, Willis Goodrum; lower, Philip Johnson.
“High Window”
Hailed Success
High Window, a one-act melo
drama, was presented by Delta Psi
Omega, at assembly Nov. 10, under
the direction of Mrs. Tarpey. The
play centered about the mentally
unbalanced Emily Winthrop who
had murdered her husband to col
lect his insurance and who skillful
ly maneuvered her nephew, Walter
Hodge, into believing he had com
mitted the crime. The visit to Emily
of Linda Norton, Walter’s fiance,
resulted in the solving of the
mystery of the crime.
The cast of characters was as
follows: Emily Winthrop, Andra
Hamilton; Walter Hodge, Grey
Hunt; Judith Ware, Joyce Boone;
Judge Stephen Craig, Harvey Bed-
sole; Linda Norton, Carol Drake.
In charge of make-up were Fel
ton Parker and Jean Nunnamaker;
scenery, Joe Niquette and Donald
Jaekel; prompting, Virginia Feath
erston.
The success of the performance
and convincing interpretations o"
actors were attested by the hearty
praise expressed by members oi
the audience, some declaring th~
achievement far the best ever
realized here by Delta Psi Omega
"God
Bless
Us
Everyone"
said Tiny Tim
A Christmas Carol
—Dickens
McFarland Lectures On
Seasonal Decorations
Reginald McFarland, native of
Louisburg, former Louisburg Col
lege student, and nationally known
authority on floral arrangements,
was guest speaker on “Christmas
Decorations for the Home,” at a
meeting of the Louisburg Garden
Club, together with several out-of-
town clubs, in Louisburg College
auditorium the afternoon of Nov.
30.
Mr. McFarland discussed vari
ous seasonal ideas for arrange-
CAMPUS DECORATED
P'OR CHRISTMAS
Signs of Christmas appear in
various places on the Louisburg
College campus. At the entrance
of Main, huge tall imitations of
red-and-white striped candy canes
are erected; and from above the
door hangs a wreath. On the front
lawn the cedar tree, used for the
first time last year as a Christ
mas tree, sparkles with varicolored
lights and is crowned with a star.
These decorations have been in
charge of Mr. and Mrs. Jernigan.
Upon the balcony rails of Wright
multicolored lights are strung. The
infirmary’s snowman smiles at
them from his table. A large lighted
Christmas tree centers Wright so
cial hall, and over a seasonally
decorated table hangs a picture of
the Madonna and Child. Dormitory
I’ooms portray the holiday season,
several showing decorated trees,
lighted wreaths, snowmen, and
snow scenes.
CHAPEL PROGRAM: A
BUSINESS MAN AWAKES
A typical portrayal of the non-
observance of Christmas was the
chapel program of Dec. 12. Donald
Jaekel, represented an American
business man who at first scorned
his boyhood memory of the joy
and meaning- of Christmas and
Christian teaching but later, read
ing his newspaper and thinking of
his disordered world realized true
values. Backstage script readers
were Mr. Bowers and Felton Parker,
portraying the inner turmoil and
later calm.
“CHRISTMAS IN AN
AMERICAN yOME,”
PRESENTED BY SENIORS
“Christmas in an American
Home,” presented by the senior
class under the sponsorship of Mr.
Pruette, on Friday, Dec. 15, showed
a thoughtful old lady at home for
the Christmas holidays.
Consisting of narration and dia
logue, the program showed the
thoughts of former days with her
son at home and now of him as a
soldier in a land far away. She read
a letter from him, in which he
asked her to say a prayer for him
with the theme “God, only Thy
will be done.”
Marie Fogleman played the role
of the mother, and Andra Hamilton
was the backstage reader.
The background music of familiar
Christmas carols was furnished by
members of the College Glee Club
under the direction of Miss Foster.
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ments and gifts, illustrating and
describing the method of creating
the items and effects. Among these
were seasonal corsages, designs for
centerpieces, mantel and door deco
rations. The types ranged for a
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WHAT DOES CHRISTMAS
MEAN TO YOU?
—a bang up party or big
time?
—rushing around getting
presents ready before the
last day?
—just another holiday?
—a chance t"> go home and
get away from school and
work?
—or a prayerful season in
memory of the coming of
Christ—the light of the
world?