Thursday, March 25, 1954
COLUMNS
Three
HURRICANES TO PLAY 14 DIAMOND TILTS
What Happened?
On the night of February 16,
1954, I was on my way to school
at approximately 10:45 p. m.;
and I looked up the street and
whom should I see, but several of
the college girls walking along
very slowly, as if they had an hour
to be back to the dorm. They were
mistaken though, because they
were supposed to have been all
locked and barred in at exactly
10:30 o’clock. My curiosity was
aroused and I immediately want
ed to know what they were doing
on the streets 15 minutes too late.
It was rather dark but I think
I am right when I say that the
following were in the group:
Phyllis Davis, Ellen Marks, Bet
ty Spruill, Lucy Burgess, Libby
Broome, and Mattie Hunter. I
waited to see if they were going
to be locked out, and much to my
surprise, they all walked into the
dorm very calmly and closed the
door behind them. Just as I was
turning to leave I noticed several
others, that were or had been with
boys, coming up and they too were
quite calm. They too, got into the
dorm^ without any trouble. An
other time they would have been
scared to death.
Early the next morning, I learn
ed why they were out so late. They
had been given permission to go to
a 3 hour movie down town—“Qou
Vadis,” and of course it made their
arrival here later than 10:30.
This is being written so that
those of you who saw them and
didn’t know why they were out
will get the correct answer.
Officers of the "Y"
Present Quiz Program
The officers of the “Y” decided
to try a new type of program on
Thursday night, March 18. It was
a quiz program played like base
ball. The questions asked were
ones selected from the Bible. The
audience was divided into two
sections. Jackie Farrow was
Quiz Master for one side and El
len Marks for the other. The ob
ject of the game is the same as
for baseball — to get the most
runs. If three people miss a ques
tion, that side is out for that in
ning.
The game was a very enjoyable
one and could have been very suc
cessful if more people had attend
ed. Why don’t we all try to co
operate more with the “Y” officers
and try to make this organization
more active and effective on our
campus?
Sunday School Class
To Present Program
The Methodist Sunday School
class will present a program at
Butner State Hospital on April
11.
Miss Rtuh Merritt and Miss
Sarah Foster will plan and direct
the program which will be cen
tered around The Lord’s Prayer.
The program will consist mostly
of music.
The class would also like to take
magazines for the patients. Zelda
Coor, president of the class, will
be glad to receive any magazine
donations.
Smile Awhile
Asked if she could spell banana,
a little girl said, “I know how to
spell banana but I never know
when to stop.”
Reader’s Digest
He has Tarzan eyes-
from limb to limb.
-they swing
INVESTMENT IN
THE FUTURE
As I remember the splendid
work done on our sidewalks in the
past three weeks, two thoughts
come to my mind. First, I think
of the wonderful cooperation and
its unlimited fruitfulness. Would
the job be well done or even com
pleted if we had not worked to-
getl^eir? Then my thoughts turn to
ward the importance of individ
ual responsibility—its power and
its profit. For the past week, or maybe
How many of you thought of i ^wo weeks, I have observed many
these two factors before or after ' changes on the Louisburg campus
picking up a shovel or rake? Did
Hurricanes
Close Season
The Louisburg College Purple
Hurricanes rounded up their cage
slate for the 1953-54 season at
Buies Creek, N. C. The Yorkmen
met with defeat in the first round
of the N. C. J. C. tournament at
the hands of Chowan 81-73. Morris
was high scorer in the game with
28.
As the season closes we want to
review the past season and our
stars. Bobby Manning led the L.
C. scoring aces with 409 points in
twenty-three games for an aver
age of 17.8. Morris was next in
average, playing only 15 games be
cause of an injured ankle; he col
lected 261 points for an overall
average of 17.4. Following closely
was Johnny Nelson with 360
points in 21 games for an aver
age of 17.2. Mangum was next with
295 points and Barbour with 207
rounded out the high scorers for
the 1953-54 season.
The students and faculty here at
L. C. would like to tip their hats
to the boys that did such a fine job
in the past season. We have really
enjoyed seeing you play, and we
hope that the ones who do not
graduate will be back next year.
Good luck to a fine group of
young men!
SPRING'S ARRIVAL
Eight Straight Wins
The L. C. girls opened their sea
son on December 1, with a win
ning streak.
“Eight straight wins,” read the
records. The first defeat was that
rendered by Fuquay on January
12. The rest of the season brought
one win and three losses.
The total season record is 9 wins
and only 4 losses.
Congratulations Girls!
The total recorded points are:
Baker, F 250
Brown, J 223
Hocutt, K 104
Dennis, A 81
Parrish, B - 67
The Guards who played some
important defenses are: Tharring-
ton, F., Ewell, K., Post, J., Davis,
P.
These girls have really played
an exciting season.
Appalachian
•
“My girl friend’s a wonder,”
said one Campus Joe. “Last winter
she knitted me socks out of an old
bathing suit and this summer she
knitted a bathing suit for herself
out of my old socks.”
Appalachian
•
“Let’s leave \ out the clothes
closet,” said the practical man to
his architect, “my wife keeps in
sisting she has nothing to wear.”
Smithfield Herald
•
“Minds are like parachutes; they
only function when they are open.”
Collegian
O'NEAL
Drug Store
“Where All Your Friends Meet”
you realize that you were coope
rating? Did you realize that you
were accepting individual respon
sibility for which you would pro
fit? I will venture to say that none
of you considered either of these
thoughts; but strangely enough,
they were both controlling ele
ments in a successful project. We
did cooperate and we did profit.
We cooperated and profited be
cause we acted on an impulse. We
wanted to be a part of the project,
and it is only human that we
would want the inward satisfaction
of knowing that each of us had^
made a contribution to a construc
tive undertaking. Foolish or
flattering, regardless of how you
might conclude these thoughts, in
the foundation of a humane so
ciety they are essential. These
thoughts, however, go further than
the campus of Louisburg College.
They govern world peace and bro
therhood.
I suppose that at this point many
of our readers have thrown their
papers aside for at the mention of
the words “world” and “individual
responsibility” many of us are
“bored stiff” for there is nothing
we can do about world brother
hood.
This same attitude served as a
stimulant for my thought on the
subject “world.” What am I do
ing or what can I do to improve
the world situation? Small though
it might be, I am making a con
tribution to the world through
Hilde Gross, an Austrian girl, who
wishes to come to the United
States and take advantage of the
educational opportunities not al
lowed in her own country; a young
person who would like to be train
ed in the field of Religious Educa
tion so that she may return to her
church in Austria and share her
education with her people.
Is this a "world project?” It cer
tainly goes beyond the campus of
Louisburg College and the boun
dary lines of the United States.
How can you help? It is really
very simple. All you have to do
In the morning yhen I awaken,
I hear chirping and chattering out
side my window. Upon investiga
tion, I find Cardinals, Blue Jays,
Wrens, Sparrows, Mocking Birds
and many that I cannot classify,
flitting about.
When I open a window I dis
cover that the air warm, mel
low, and refreshing. If I go out-of-
doors, I see blossoming flowers,
budding shrubs, sprouting trees,
and lawns turning softly green,
because of the grass.
Students seem to wear a more
cheerful smile and some of them
even whistle, hum or sing as they
travel about the campus.
In the afternoon, many of the
boys don their jeans, old shirts,
baseball caps, and cleat shoes.
They go to the athletic field for
baseball practice, where they bat,
pitch, catch and run from now un
til the coach thinks they are in
shape for the first game.
More of the students go down
town in the afternoon these days
than have been going for the past
few months.
Later in the afternoon, there is
a gathering at the tennis court,
where students and teachers chal
lenge each other to a tennis
match.
Yes, something really has hap
pened. If you hadn’t noticed yet,
then, it’s time you realized that
“Spring is here.”
Nervous Character
“Would you believe it? He actu
ally ran away as they were stand
ing at the altar about to be mar
ried!”
“Lost his nerve, I suppose?”
“No—found it again.”
Balance Sheet
is to come into Wright Dorm,
pick up one of the “Folders for
Hilde,” and then fill it to the brim
as your Easter offering. How do
you profit on your investment?
Your investment is in the future.
The dividends you reap are in your
heart.
Deadline Draws Near
977, 978, 979. Oh horrors! Will I
ever get this thing finished? Gee,
I gotta stop now and dash over
to the library to fill in that stupid
magazine page number that I for
got to put on my note card. Step
by step I count every minute, the
count sometimes, or shaU I say
quite frequently, being interrupt
ed by the little voice within me,
“You’d think she doesn’t realize
that I came to college for some
thing besides writing research pa
pers.” Everybody says that the lit
tle voice within a human being is
the element that tells you that you
are doing something wrong; but,
at a time like this, most English
Comp, students will agree with me
that the little voice is a constant
reminder of how cruel an English
teacher can be. Those crazy little
footnotes that must be absolutely
correct, and the worst part of the
whole deal is that she checks each
one of them. It has been rumored
that she even goes to the library
and checks them against the
source.
Still on my journey to the li
brary, I try to review the techni
calities that I have been trying
desperately to memorize from my
style sheet—“Volume” on foot
notes must be spelled with a capi
tal letter; op. cit. is always follow
ed by page number; Passim is not
an abbreviation.
Oh, the library alas. Flipping
through page after page, I finally
find the proper information; and
my mission is accomplished.
Now back to my room and work,
work, work. But wait — there is
a Glee Club notice on the bulletin
board. Suppose I’d better hurry
on up to practice.
Gee, she kept up for ages. Now
I only have time for a quick
shower before supper. Horrors,
why do we have to have fish for
supper at such a crucial time as
this.
Finally I return to the dorm to
work, work, work on my research
paper. The thought suddenly
strikes me — “College means noth
ing if you work all the time.”
Afraid to be analytical of this sud
den brainstorm, I rush over to the
social for a few minutes of danc
ing.
6:30, 6:45, 6:50. The minutes
quickly tick by until the hand fin
ally reaches 7. In my mad rush to
my room, I come upon a group of
girls having a most delightful lit
tle gossip session. I’ll only stop for
Baseball Practice
Opens at School
With th^ breaking of spring just
around the corner. Coach J. B.
York called baseball practice on
Monday, March 15, for the first
time. Quite a number of boys
were out for the opening practice.
Although cold weather kept the
hof>eful tryouts on the inside,
Coach York hopes to get under
way in full swing as soon as the
weather breaks and the field Is
reconditioned.
A schedule of 14 games has
been announced as follows:
April date to be set Oak Ridge
here
April 7 Chowan there
April 10 PJC there
April 15 EMI here
April 21 Pfeiffer there
April 24 Campbell here
April 30 Wingate there
May 5 Pfeiffer here
May 7 Gardner Webb here
May 11 Oak Ridge there
May 14 Campbell there
May 17 EMI there
Two open dates remain to be
filled. J. F. Jones, J. V. Coach in
basketball, will assist Coach York
with the baseball team.
MCAT INFORMATION
The Educational Testing Service
announced on Jan. 14, that can
didates for admission to medical
school in the fall of 1955 are ad
vised to take the Medical College
Admission Test In May. The Edu
cational Testing Service prepares
and administers the test for the
Association of American Medical
Colleges. To be given twice during
the year, these tests are requir
ed of applicants by almost every
medical college throughout the
country.
The MCAT will be given on
May 8, 1954, and on November 1,
1954, at more than 300 local cen
ters in all parts of the country.
Application forms and a Bulletin
of Information are available from
pre-medical advisors or from Edu
cational Testing Service, Box 592,
Princeton, New Jersey.
Laugh It Off!
Are you worsted in a fight?
Laugh it off!
Are you cheated of your right?
Laugh it off!
Don’t make tragedies of trifles!
Don’t shoot butterflies with rifles!
If it’s sanity youSre after,
There’s no recipe like laughter!
Laugh it off!
—Henry Rutherford Elliott
The Baptist Observer
a second. Before I realize it, the
seconds have turned into hours;
and I still haven’t worked on my
research paper.
Back in my room at last with
only a few minutes before lights
have to be out, I think of what a
busy day I have had, and once
again, of the inconsiderate Eng
lish teacher who shows no mercy
whatever. Feeling sorry for my
self at having been born in such a
cruel world and having to live
among such barbarous people, I
unhesitantly toss all the terrible
little notecards aside and turn off
my light to sleep.
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