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Volume XIII.
Warren D. Couch
Is New Registrar
Mr. Warren David Couch was
born in Hampton, Georgia, in 1927.
He attended West Georgia College,
received his A. B. from Piedmont
College and his M. A. from the
University of Georgia. His major
is English, but he prefers Eng
lish Literature to English Composi
tion.
Before Mr. Couch came to Louis-
burg, he taught in a high school at
Edison, Georgia. He taught four
English courses, and one history
course.
When asked why he came to
Louisburg College, Mr. Couch re
plied, “There was a job open here,
and I thought the combination of
English teacher and registrar was
a nice change.”
Mr. Couch said he could not see
any striking differences between
our campus and other campuses
and he also commented, “This is a
very fine place, which I like very
much. Everyone seems to be very
enthusiastic.”
As a hobby, Mr. Couch likes
fresh-water fishing, but he does
not particularly care for sports of
nny kind. When it is not possible
for him to fish, Mr. Couch likes to
read.
Mr. Couch hopes to do some
graduate work in English at the
University of Georgia soon.
I think we will all agree that
Mr. Couch is a worthy asset to
our college administration.
Louisburg College, Louisburg, N. C., October 30, 1953
Mr. Holton Makes
Talk on Colleges
In observance of Christian Edu
cation week, Mr. Holton spoke in
Chapel, Oct. 19. Hi stopic W9S the
colleges in North Carolina and
the facts about them.
There are fifty-nine colleges in
North Carolina. Of these, thirty-
four are senior and twenty-five
are junior. Of the senior colleges,
twelve are state schools and twen
ty-two are private. Of the junior
colleges, four are state operated
and twenty-one are private. Of
the twelve senior colleges operat
ed by the state, six are white, five
Negro, and one Indian. North Car
olina is significent in the fact that
in it is the only senior Indian col
lege in the United States, Pem
broke. There are four junior state
colleges. Three of them are white
and one Negro.
There are sixteen state colleges
and fourty-three private. Of the
private schools, only four are not
church operated; one senior and
three junior. These are Oak Ridge,
Pineland, EMI, and Black Moun
tain.
The Presbyterians head the list
of church schools with eleven; six
senior and five junior. The Bap
tists come in second with eight:
three senior and five junior. The
Methodists have seven colleges;
four senior and three junior. There
are two Lutheran schools; one sen
ior and one junior. There is one
senior Catholic college and two ju
nior. The Congregational-Christian
Church has one college, Elon. The
Disciples, Reformed, Friends, Mo
ravians, and AME all have one
college each.
Mr. Holton also informed us
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Speaker Discusses
European Education
Dr. Blumenfeld, head of the
foreign language department here
at Louisburg College, spoke about
education in Germany and France
in chapel on October 8.
She stated that though there are
differences in education systems
from country to country and
though there may have been
changes in recent years, the main
principles have not changed.
Kindergarten comes first, as in
the American school system. Then
compulsory elementary education
begins at six and lasts until one
is fourteen. In both Germany and
France, one may pay tuition and
go to special schools.
Those who have attended the
secondary schools are given a fi
nal examination at the age of 19.
The written exam lasts about five
days; and if a student doesn’t
make at least a B, he has to take
the oral test. If this is satisfactor
ily passed, the student then re
ceives a certificate which indi
cates that he is ready for univer
sity work.
General Education
The student who enters the uni
versity is expected to have a well-
rounded general education, to be
able to handle his mother tongue
intelligently, to be ready to do in
dependent thinking, and to be pre
pared to go to the sources for his
particular field of study. Every
university comprises a number of
departments called faculties,
which are: science and humanities,
law, medicine, pharmacology and
theology. The student enrolls im
mediately in the faculty of his
choice.
There is no “credit system,” and
there is nothing that corresponds
to it. The courses are usually con
cerned with a specific and limited
subject and serve as a model for
the student’s own study rather
than an outline or survey in the
field.
A course in a European univer
sity is a series of lectures or exer
cises to guide a student in his pi'ep-
aration for a general final exam
ination, on which the success or
failure in getting his degree de
pends. In Europe, students do not
have to attend classes; they have
only to prove that they have mas
tered the course.
Dr. Blumenfeld’s course includ
ed nine years of French, seven
years of English, and six years
of Latin.
Dean Bethea Describes
Recent European Trip
Speaker Challenges !
Louisburg Students
To Give Assistance '
Dean Mary Bethea visited Aus- i
tria and Germany this past sum
mer with the Caravan of the North ;
Carolina Conference of the Metho
dist Church. A caravan has been to
Austria and Germany for four
summers. j
The purpose of the Caravan is
to bring about understanding be
tween youth of the United States
and those young people of Ger
many and Austria and to provide
an opportunity to share Christ
with them. Thus as she explained,
“We believe that we are opening
ways for peace in our world. To
live, to worship, to play, to pray,
and to share Christ with others
binds us together.” ;
Caravan Work i
Primarily centered in the Cara- '
van Methodist Church
of Linz, Austria, is the caravan
work she describes as “aii adven
ture in faith that was becoming a
reality.” Pastor Ernest Nausner, a
quite courageous man who began
to work and plan for a church,
stands amidst a group of refugees
and leads them forward in faith.
The Caravan Methodist Church,
which derived its name from the
groups of young people from
America coming as a caravan to
help make the Church a reality, is
to be dedicated Sunday, Nov. 1.
Dean Bethea said that the work
of the caravan in Austria included
services of various types in the,
cities of Bregenz, Vienna, and |
Salzburg. j
In the people of both Austria
and Germany there can be seen
a faith in God that has been ;
Miss Mary E. Bethea
their source of strength through
the difficult situations of the past
few years. Dean Bethea went on
to say that when one of them
says, “Though they kill my body,
they can never kill my soul,” a
pei'soii realizes liow thc-ir
faith is.
In conclusion Dean Bethea said,
“The needs of these people are
great as far as food, clothing,, and
shelter are concerned. We on the
Louisburg College campus can
help meet these physical needs by
sharing clothing and food packages
with them. We can strengthen
their faith by sharing with them
a God whom we believe to be suf
ficient for our every need and by
letting them know that we are
concerned about them and that we
do care and understand. Our care,
understanding, and concern must
be expressed in tangible ways.
What are we going to do on this
campus about the great need of
these people?”
Honor Students Listed
Honor Roll
R. A. Baxley, Jr 2.78
Honorable Mention
Jackie Farrow 2.47
Rae Hairis 2.41
Alice Lea Dennis 2.40
Sue Manning 2.33
Ellen Marks 2.28
Libby Broome 2.28
Phillip Bunn 2.12
Lucy Burgess 2.00
Weldon Lucas 2.00
Those students who returned to
Louisburg that made the honor
roll and honorable mention the
last quarter of the second semes
ter of the college year, 1952-53.
Local MYF Entertains
Faculty, Student Body
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
of the Louisburg Methodist
Church entertained the faculty and
I student body of Louisburg College
1 at an open house at the Church on
i Sunday night, September 20.
j The students and faculty were
I given a most cordial felcome by
I Rev. E. R. Clegg, and the idea
1 was expressed that everyone in
I Louisburg is ready to help in any
i way possible to make the year a
I successful one.
! County Groups
! Rather than having each person
introduce himself, Taylor Dodson,
who was in charge of the recrea
tion, called for the people from the
I various counties to stand, after
! which several of the residents and
businessmen of Louisburg were
i introduced. Emily Partin, presi-
; dent of the M. Y. F., introduced
i the various officers of the group.
I Mr. Dodson led the group in fel-
I lowship singing, action singing,
j and group actions.
I The hostesses served punch
I from a punch bowl formed from a
j block of ice in the center of which
had been frozen gladiolas. This
i was served with cookies.
IN MEMORY
The Rev. Edward Hill Davis, 93,
died at Green Hill House, his
home near Louisburg, Sept. 14.
Rev. Davis at one time taught Bi
ble here at Louisburg College;
and his father, Mr. Matthew S. Da
vis was a former president of the
College.
Rev. Davis desired to see the
college used in the development
of Christian character and life, as
was indicated in many of his mes
sages to the students at chapel.
Ke was always very interested in
the college, its history, and its fu
ture.
'Men of Tomorrow'
Shown October 1st
A very impressive movie, Men
of Tomorrow, was shown by the
“Y,” Thursday night, October 1.
The movie showed the origin ^nd
background of the Y. M. C. A. It
mentioned many activities which
many of us did not know existed.
The movie was thoroughly enter
taining and informativfe.
If you missed this movie, be
sure to come out to see the next
one. We plan to have one a month.
Number 3
New Students
Feted by Faculty
The Louisburg College Faculty
gave a formal reception in the
Faculty Parlor and social hall to
welcome new students on Tuesday,
September 15, 1953.
The following formed the re
ceiving line: President of Y. W.
C. A., Miss Ellen Marks; Presi
dent of Y. M. C. A., Robert Stain-
back; College President, Mr. S.
M. Holton; Mrs. Holton; Dean of
Men, Mr. A. G. Cowart; Mrs. Co
wart; Dean of Women, Miss Mary
E. Bethea; President of Women’s
Student Government, Miss Lucy
Burgess; President of Men’s Stu
dent Government, Paul Childers;
Registrar, Mr. Warren D. Couch;
Commercial Instructor, Mr. James
Jones; Social Science Instructor,
Mr. William C. Gretter, Jr.; and
Mrs. Gretter.
At the refreshment table, new
students were greeted by Dr. Ann
Blumenfeld, Miss Ethel Finster,
Miss Sarah Foster, Miss Ruth Mer
ritt, and Mrs. E. R. Parks.
Social dancing was enjoyed by
the students.
Homecomtng Set
For November 6-8
Many of the alumni wiU re
turn to our campus for a weekend
of various activities on Nov. 6-8.
Participating in chapel on Fri
day, Nov. 6, will be several mem
bers of the alumni. An Alumni
Association meeting will be held
at seven o’clock Saturday night.
The alumni will also be recogniz
ed at the Methodist Church Service
on Sunday morning.
The main event of the weekend,
the Homecoming Dance, is being
sponsored by the “Y.” The dance
will begin at nine o’clock and end
on the stroke of twelve. A harvest
scene is to be the theme for the
dance. A six-piece band from East
Carolina College will provide the
music.
Three New Faculty
Members Are Here
There are three new faculty
members for the term of 1953-54.
Head of the Business Depart
ment is Miss Adelaide Johnson,
Louisburg, a graduate of Louis
burg College and Wake Forest
College, with an M. A. degree
from W. C. U. N. C. Assistant of
the Business Department is Mr.
James F. Jones from Wilmington,
graduate of Elon College, with an
M. A. degree from East Carolina
College. The Registrar and assist
ant in the English Department is
Mr. Warren D. Couch from Hamp
ton, Ga. He is a graduate of Pied
mont College, Ga., with an M. A.
degree from the University of
Georgia.
Skit Presented
A skit was presented to intro
duce the campus organizations to
the new students on Thursday
night, September 24, by the Y. W.
C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. The
characters and the organizations
they represented are as follows:
Jo Ellen Floyd, Junior Girl; Mar-
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