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Anything Worth Doing At All Is Worth Doing Right u 2U&CECIL Vf. ^' 1. v« ijOUISBUWeS^VEGC BJUISBURft. N^P- 27549 Idleness Causes Evil Volume XI LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1952 Number 4 VALENTINE DANCE TOPS MID-WINTER FESTIVITIES DUKE MINISTER CONDUCTS TALKS DURING WEEK Religious Emphasis Week Is Observed On Louisburg Campus FIVE STUDENTS ON HONOR ROLL ROBERT SPEAKER Honorable Mention Made By Twenty-One For First Semester Using as his theme, “The Lord’s Prayer was taught by Jesus to his disciples as a creed of belief and a basis of faith,” Mr. R. H. Sales, of Duke University, conducted Re ligious Emphasis Week, February 4-8, on the campus of Louisburg College. In the mornnig sessions Mr. Sales gave his interpretation of each part of the Lord’s Prayer. The Tuesday morning talk per tained to the opening lines of the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father Who art in heaven”. The speaker point ed out that when one says “Our Father”, he immediately says “My brother to all mankind”; he is ad mitting the universal brotherhood when claiming that God is the fa ther of all. God applies to every body in the same relationship with all people having a common bond (Continued on Back Page) Five students were named to the Honor Roll at Louisburg Col lege for the first semester which, ended January 22, 1952. Four of the students are enrolled in the Business Department and one in the Liberal Arts Department. Named to the honor roll were El- oise Powell,, Sidney Epperson, Marvin Baugh, Margaret Lee, and Joyce Boone. In addition to the five honor roll students, twenty-one students received honorable mention. Hon or roll status is attained by an av erage of 2.5 and above on all sub jects; honorable mention status is obtained by an average of 2 to 2.5 on all subjects. The announcement of the honor roll students came from the col lege registrar, Mrs. Collins B. Gretter. Averages of honor roll students were: Eloise Powell of Four Oaks, Business department, 2.94; Sidney Epperson of New Bern, Liberal Arts, 2.65; Marvin Baugh of War- (Continued on Back Page) Plantation Days SCENE FROM THE “THREAD OF DESTINY” “The Thread of Destiny”, Comedy-Drama Was Produced By Louisburg Players - “The Thread of Destiny” a three act comedy-drama by Lindsey Bar bee with insert in Act III, was given by the Louisburg College Players in Mills High School Audi torium Thursday, January 10 at 8 p. m. under the sponsorship of the Louisburg College Dramatics Club and the Louisburg branch of Delta Psi Omega, national drama tics fraternity. The setting was a Virginia plan tation home in Civil War days, and the action highlighted the pathos and charm of the era. Interest in the near two-hour performance revolved around the courage of patriotic hearts; the mutual love and loyalty characteristic of an element of Southern life, white and black; and the tension and triumph of Union-Confederate ro mances. The cast included “Virginia Montgomery”, the Virginia hero- (Continued on Back Page) Chicago Baritone In Varied Program For College Concert Robert Speaker, baritone, of Chicago, presented an entertain ing program of varied numbers in the Louisburg College auditorium on Thursday, February 14 This was one of the regular concerts presented by the college. As a concert artist, Mr. Speaker has never failed to score great successes. Leading Chicago news papers have put his name in head lines and stated: “He proved him self the possessor of an excellent baritone voice, a reliable tech nique, and a good musical imagi nation. In his concert here he dis played a rich, resonant baritone voice, used expressively and with excellent diction”. These words described accurately the Louis burg performance of Mr. Speaker. The numbers were light and in cluded some Old English, Italian and German, from the very earli est and some very modern songs. Highlighting the evening was a (Continued on Back Page) TELEVISION? Tentative plans are being made for the installation of a television set at Louisburg College. Several groups have investigated the poss ibilities of purchasing a television set and installing it in either the Social Hall in Main or in the Pat- tie Julia Wright dormitory. The plans are still in the ele mentary stages. Jackie Hall and Sam Elliott will represent the girls and boys respectively, in a discussion to be held with Presi dent Samuel Holton in the near future. Miss Southerland And Price Reign At Valentine Dance In Local Gym No Women There— Social Held Anyway A womanless social was held on Monday, January 28, in the social hall of Louisburg College. For some obscure reason, at least obs cure to the men students, the girls of the college never appeared for the regular social held at six o’clock each evening. The boys, not to be deprived of their hour of entertainment, made a party of the occasion by dancing with brooms, mops, and each other. Music for the occasion was furn ished by Marvin Jordan and Wal lace Clayton, who played guitars. At the first of the hour, there was a little bad feeling; but by the end of the hour, the girls were forgotten. Coke Machine Is Returned To Dorm Nine Delegates Attend M. S. M. “Dynamic Living of the Chris tian Faith” was the theme of the annual conference of the North Carolina Methodist Student Move ment held in Raleigh at Fairmont Methodist Church February 15-17. The principal speaker was Dr. Samuel E. Sumpf of Vanderbuilt School of Religion in Nashville, Tennessee. The program included fellowship, discussion groups, wor ship, recreation, and service op portunities. The conference was inter-racial, sponsored by the Wesley Movement. Among the two hundred attend ing were nine delegates from Lou isburg College. Those included: Mary Ruth Clark, Patricia Monk, Eloise Powell, Bobby Deaver, Sid ney Epperson Harvey Johnson, Paul Bunn, J. P. Harris, and John Joyner. A few days ago the Coca-Cola machine was replaced in the boys’ dormitory after it had been prev iously taken out. The removal of the machine in front of the dope shop resulted when bottles were not properly returned. The machine is now in the back end of the hall on the second floor of Franklin. Racks of crates have been placed at the ends of the second and third floors of Frank lin with signs saying, “Put ’em back in the rack, Mack”. Since the return of the machine, the bottles have been retrned in an orderly manner. If the bottles continue to be placed in the racks, the machine will remain with the students throughout the year. Journalism Is Added To College Courses For the purpose of publishing the Louisburg College newspaper, CoLUMs, a journalism course with a one-hour credit was organized for the second semester at the col lege. The class, under the direc tion of Mrs. Juanita Clarke, will meet each Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Fourteen students enrolled in the class which will carry with it (Continued on Back Page) Highlighting the midwinter fes tivities at Louisburg College was the crowning of the King and Queen of Hearts at the Valentine Dance held in the college gym on Saturday, February 16. Ben Price, of Angier, and Miss Hannah Sou therland, of Bahama, were crown ed king and queen. Mr. Price and Miss Southerland were elected by popular vote. Attending the King and Queen were Turk Morrissette and Mar garet Jackson, runners-up. Elimi nated in early voting for King and Queen were Eddie Lee Elks and Patricia Monk. Music for dancing was provided by Norman Dorr and his orches tra from Henderson. The festivi ties began at eight o’clock and ended at eleven o’clock. The decorations consisted of the customary hearts, arrows and cupid arranged effectively on the stage and around the gymnasium. Red and white streamers suspend ed from the ceiling completed the decorations. During intermission a student entertainment program was given. Appearing on the program were; “Stormy Weather”, by Miriam Turner; Trio, Delores Gaskins, Ann Willoughby and Joyce Guth rie; boys’ trio, Bob Kennedy, Em erson Spivey, and Willis Goodrum singing “Let Me Call You Sweet heart” and “Sweet Adeline”. A tap dance by Pearl Grant complet ed the evening’s entertainment during intermission. The dance was sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Dec orations for the occasion were ar ranged by Phil Johnson, Thelbert Whitt, June Tew, Jean Nunna- maker, Charles Creekmore, Viv ian Miller, Pearl Grant, and Don Jaekel. Heading the refreshment committee was Charlotte Brock- well. SPRING TERM REGISTRATION HELD AT L. C. Enrollment Shows A Slight Decrease Registration for the second se mester at Louisburg College show ed a decrease in the number of students enrolled as compared with that of the first semester, according to information released by Mrs. Collins B. Gretter, college registrar. Enrollment for the sec ond semester was 159 while the first semester’s enrollment was 183. Six new students were admit ted for the second semester, but the withdrawals numbered thirty- one. Registration took place in the college library on January 22 in a manner similar to first semes- (Continued on Back Page)
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