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Volume XII.
Louisburg College, Louisburg, N. C., May 1,1953
Junior College Students
Attend Annual Easter
Sunrise Service
The annual Easter Sunrise Ser
vice was presented at The Raleigh
Little Theatre, Pogue Street, Ral
eigh, N, C., on April 5, 1953, at
six o’clock.
Louisburg Junior College was
well represented with thirteen stu
dents and two chaperones — Miss
Ruth Merritt and Miss Mary Be
thea. The students were Betty Lou
Brown, Bobby Beck, Paul Bunn,
Phyllis Bailey, Joe Ipock, Mary
Ann McLamb, Ann Tucker, Ellen
Marks, Mary Autry, Louise Bed-
dard, Lorine Smith, Lucy Burgess,
and John Joyner. The means of
transportation was furnished by
Lorine Smith and Paul Bunn. Their
cooperation was deeply appreciat
ed. The people who attended were
inspired by the service which
will be summarized briefly in or
der for those who were unable to
attend to get some benefit from
the service.
The story begins at the time of
Judas’ betrayal of Jesus in the
Garden of Gethsemane, and of Je
sus’ seizure by the Roman sol
diers.
The opening scene shows Clau-
H’n , try-
ing to persuade her husband to
have nought to do with Jesus. But
the multitude of unbelieving Phari
sees and Priests demand His death.
Pontius Pilate yields to the crowd
and condemns Jesus to be cruci
fied.
After Jesus had been delivered
to the soldiers they clothe Him
with purple and plait a crown of
thorns for His head. They mock
Him and spit upon Him. Then they
take the purple from Him, put on
His own clothes, and lead Him
away to be crucified.
Organ music depicts the earth
quake which takes place at His
death upon the cross.
When the body of Jesus is re
moved from the cross, Joseph of
Arimathea seeks Pilate for consent
to take away the body. Pilate
grants the request, so Joseph and
Nicodemus take the body and pre
pare it for burial. Then they lay
the body in a new sepulchre in a
garden.
High priests remember Jesus’
saying “After three days I will
rise again,” so they seek permis
sion from Pilate to seal the stone
at the entrance of the sepulchre to
make certain that the body of
Christ cannot be removed by His
followers. They also place a guard
about the sepulchre to keep watch.
On the third day there is a great
earthquake. The Angel of the Lord
descends from heaven and rolls
back the stone from the door of
the sepulchre. The guards are filled
with fear and fall to the ground,
then run away as soon as they are
able.
Then Mary Magdalene comes to
the sepulchre bringing spices to
anoint the body. Finding the stone
rolled away she hesitates to enter.
The Angel tells her “He is risen.”
So she hurries away to tell the
disciples, thinking the body has
been removed by His enemies.
Other women come, and Peter, and
John. They find the empty tomb
with the body linens folded on the
bier. Because they do not under
stand and know not the scripture
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Rev. Harold Leatherman
Adresses Chapel
The Rev. Harold Leatherman,
pastor of the Methodist Church in
Henderson, was guest speaker in
chapel Tuesday, April 7.
Rev. Leatherman gave an inter
esting and inspiring message on
“The Greatest Man Who Ever Liv
ed.” He started his message with
quotations from Johnny Francis
saying that Jesus was born of an
obscure woman, worked in a car
penter’s shop and had no educa
tion. Nothing did he posess that
would make him great in the eyes
of man today.
Although Jesus had nothing that
would make him great in the eyes
of people today, he has something
that appeals to everyone as life
appeals to man in general — Je
sus is life. The story of the leper,
the woman at the well of Samaria,
the woman with the issue of blood,
and the fishermen forsaking their
nets is sufficient material enough
to prove that Jesus has some
thing that surely appeals to the
people today.
Everyone should ask himself
these questions. “Have we seen
this quality in Jesus?” Or, “Why
do we count Him the greatest Man
in our lives.” If each individual
would consider these questions, he
would give his best to 'Jesus ana
know that the Christian life is the
best way of life. One can never
give his best until Christ has a
place in his life.
May Day Coming Soon
1953 Baseball Schedule
The baseball schedule for Louis
burg Junior College has been re
leased. The schedule consists of
the following games:
March 20 E M. I.—Home
April 1 Chowan—Chowan
April 6 Henderson—Henderson
April 14 Oak Ridge—Oak Ridge
April 17 Pfeiffer—Pfeiffer
April 22 P. J. C.—P. J. C.
April 24 Pfeiffer—Home
April 28 Campbell—Home
May 1 Oak Ridge—Home
May 5 Chowan—Home
May 7 P. J. C.—Home
May 12 E. M. I.—E. M. I.
May 14 Campbell—Campbell
May 16 Henderson—Home
Coach York hopes to finish the
season with a good record. At all
the home games the students
should go out and pull 'for the
team. The team deserves it and
should have the school’s backing
their plays. Everybody go to the
next game and pull hard for Louis
burg so that the players will know
that they aren’t in there fighting
for nothing.
Rev. Brantley Speaks
The Rev. William P. Brantly,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church in Henderson, was guest
speaker in chapel, Tuesday, March
17.
The Rev. Mr. Brantly gave an
interesting talk on slang expres
sions and popular sayings. He ex
plained what slang is and gave
several examples of slang that
have been used frequently. For ex
ample, he said “Solomon with his
thousand wives could have said
‘Give me liberty or give me
death.’ ” Also, “Noah could have
said, ‘When it rains, it pours.’ ”
Or, “Columbus could have said
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HONOR ROLL
Paul G. Bunn 2.79
Marvin Baugh 2.75
R. A. Baxley, Jr 2.64
J. P. Harris 2.58
Eugene Dickerson 2.57
Eddie Lee Elks 2.53
Idalyne Batchelor 2.51
Alice Lea Dennis |2.51
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Honorable Mention
Bonnie Green 2.42
Jacquelin Farrow 2.41
Lucy Burgess 2.40
Ben Lyon Price 2.35
Fern Tharrington 2.29
Elizabeth Broome 2.28
John LeMay 2.26
Mattie Hunter 2.24
Sue Manning 2.24
Adolph Faticoni 2.20
John Joyner 2.07
Evelyn Rae Harris 2.00
John Louis Sanderford 2.00
“Happy Holidays” is the theme
to be carried out on May Day,
Saturday, May 2, 1953. There are
eight holidays to be depicted by
various acts.
The May Queen, Maid of Honor,
and the court were elected by the
student body. The girls and their
selected escorts are;
May Queen — Lorine Smith, Jer
ry ivilliams.
Maid of Honor — Martha Dav-
vis, Julian Gonzalez.
May Court; Alice Lea Dennis,
Janet Bailey, Betty Lou Brown,
Rae Harris, Bonnie Green, Sue
Manning, Fern Tharrington, Mary
Lee Mason, Patricia Monk, Betty
Twisdale.
Escorts: C. W. Strother, William
Sadler, Rodney Nelson, R. A. Bax
ley, Turk Morrissette, Gary Mor
ris, Ed Driver, Hugo Hodgin, Billy
Hurley, Hugh West.
New Cut System
Beginning March 30, 1953, the
rules for cutting a class were
changed. New students or transfer
students who when here for their
first quarter will be allowed no
cuts.
Cuts will be allowed as follows:
1 cut for a C average (1.00-1.99)
2 cuts for a B average (2.00-2.49)
3 cuts for an Honor Roll stu
dent (2.50-2.99)
Unlimited cuts for A average
(3.00)
Cuts are given on the basis of
the grades for 9 weeks.
They are not cumulative.
The quality point scale is figured
as follows:
3 points per hour for A
2 points per hour for B
1 point per hour for C
0 points per hour for D
Minus 1 point per hour for F
‘I’m on the road to nowhere’ be
cause when he left he didn’t know
where he was going; when he got
there, he didn’t know where he
was; and, when he got back, he
didn’t know where he had been.”
These favorite sayings and many
others were brought to the group’s
attention. A rather funny one was,
“David could have said, ‘The big
ger they are the harder they fall.’ ”
Reverend Brantly closed with a
j quotation of a lovely poem that il-
j lustrated people’s attitudes in gen-
I eral.
Two Attend Y.W.C.A.
Conference
Representing the Louisburg Col
lege Y. W. C. A., Jackie Farrow
and Phyllis Bailey attended the
North Carolina Student Y. W. A.
Conference at Guilford College,
March 6-7. Sixteen colleges in the
state sent delegates from their Y.
W. C. A.’s or S. C. A.’s to the con
ference, which was interracial.
The session included three main
addresses on “Why Truth?” “Why
Freedom?”, “Why God?” and was
adjourned after an inspirational
worship service on “Our Mission as
Christians.” The speakers were
—Dr. Lionel A. Whiston, Jr., of
Catawba College, Mr. Meredith of
Guilford College, and Rev. Sam
Gandy of Virginia State College.
Miss Rosalie Oakes and Miss Doris
Wilson, National Student Secretar
ies from Atlanta, Ga., also attend
ed the conference along with a host
of leaders and advisors from vari
ous colleges of this state.
Many campus problems were
discussed with an attempt to solve
some of the difficulties prevalent
on all college campuses of the na
tion. The main problem mentioned
was campus lethargy including
chapel cuts, class cuts, lack of in
terest in religious activities, and
many more evidences of languor.
Jackie and Phyllis reported a won
derful experience as well as an ap-
I predation for having had the priv-
! ilege of attending the conference.
Number 4.
Curt Gatlin Sponsors
Christian Vocations
Conference
The Christian Vocations Confer
ence of the Methodist Church was
held at Centenary Methodist
Church, Smithfield, N. C., April
10-12, 1953. The sponsor and ad
visor of the conference was Curt
Gatlin who is now a student at
the Duke seminary. The purpose
of the conference was to find out
how many young men and women
had given their lives to the fur
therance of God’s work as minis
ters, directors of religious eduqa-
tion, home and foreign mission-
ries, deaconesses, or any other
type of Christian vocations. The
response was excellent, and Curt
learned that there are a great num
ber of persons who have consecrat
ed their lives to God’s service.
Those young people who went with
uncertainty of whether or not they
wanted to be a co-worker directly
with God as His servants came
home certain of their call. The
conference succeeded in strength
ening the faith of those with doubt
ful minds. Everyone undoubtedly
came away from Centenary Meth
odist Church a better and more
willing worker with God and His
Son, Jesus Christ.
The program was varied and had
a great number of well-known
Christian workers as leaders. The
discussion groups were led by peo
ple trained in the certain field be
ing discussed. There were four
groups — ministry, director of re
ligious education, home missions,
and foreign missions. Rev. D. D.
Holt directed the group of young
people who had either decided or
were deciding to become either
ministers or chaplains. Reverend
Holt said, “Man can do the will
of God only when related to man
— he should have a basic desire
to help people grow significantly.
The vocation must meet human
need in order to be Christian. One
of the greatest sins is to have God
plant in you great capacities that
you willfully refrain from using.
Work should not be an insult to
your age. No one should go into the
ministry unless he can’t stay out.
The ministry is a job that takes
only those who know that God is
compelling them to enter into His
work. The call is greater today;
and it is calling for strong bodies,
keen minds, and dedicated lives.”
Mrs. Carl Judy of Asheboro and
Miss Balance directed missions,
both home and foreign. Mrs. Judy
recalled the Biblical passage, “Go
ye into all the world and preach
the gospel.” She said, “if you are
not a missionary, you are not a
Christian. You may be a missionary
in the town, school, church, or on
some foreign field where there is
need. Many foreign countries need
missionaries, such as Africa and
Asia. Asia, a land of old culture
and hiehly civilized people still
has old religions that produce fear
and unrest. We need missionaries
in all parts of the world.”
Dr. Harold Hutson, president of
Greensboro College, Greensboro,
N. C., directed the group on Chris
tian education and service. He ex
claimed that “Here in America we
have become more efficient in our
secularism since we have become
educated. We must accept the
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