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^ he CEC«- ■ q Volume IX. Louisburg College, N. C., November 18, 1954 Reverend J. W. Lineberger Is Religious Emphasis Leader KING JOE QUEEN ELIZABETH Tuesday morning, November 16, i 1954, will be the time of the of- ' ficial opening of Religious Em phasis Week at Lbuisburg College. Its leader and guest speaker will be Reverend J. W. Lineberger of the Divine Street Methodist Church of Dunn, North Carolina, and he will use as his theme, “Making the Most of Life,” a mor ally and spiritually important foundation for the eight messages that will be presented during the week ending Friday evening, No vember 19. Reverend Lineber ger, graduate of Duke Divinity School, member of the Conference Board of Missions of North Caro lina, trustee of Louisburg College, will be accomplished by his graci ous wife, Mrs. Lineberger. The services to be conducted during Religious Emphasis Week have been organized and prepared so as to create a genuinely enjoy able air of Christian fellowship. Each evening service will be be gun with fellowship singing, fol lowed by the speaker’s address. On certain evenings, a social period will follow Reverend Lineberger’s (See LEADER, Page 3) Louisburg College Is Represented At MSM Conference The North Carolina Methodist Student (MSM) held its fall Con ference in Salisbury, Oct. 23-24. Louisburg delegates were Miss Ruth Merritt, Betty Jean Coile, Clifton Hollowell, Hilda Gross and Cary White. After dinner and registration, j the conference held its first busi- \ ness session. The leaders of the various workshops were intro duced at this time. Afterwards, workshops were held, followed by worship in the sanctuary. Every one then retired to his respective home. Bible Forum opened the next day. Workshops were held before and after lunch. Another business session was held at three o’clock. (See CONFERENCE, Page 3) 1^ If:' Elizabeth Edwards of Henderson and Joe Sadler of Aurora reigned over the Homecoming dance held in the gymnasium Oct. 30. (Photograper: James Alford) Annual Methodist Com mere/a/ Conference Takes C/ub Holds (Photographer: James Alford) Wrath of Hurricane Hazel Is Felt by Local Campus “Large oaks from srtall acorns grow” is an old adage made al most insignificant by another that goes “great winds from little breezes blow.” When Hurricane Hazel struck the local campus, some 18 great oak trees were demolished in what might be called mass murder. One of those oaks was 178 years old. Simple mathematics tells us that 178 from 1954 leaves 1776, and oak trees weren’t the only things be ing born that year. Think, for a moment, what a story this oak could have left to posterity had she been able to compose her au tobiography. The development of a nation, the struggles of a pioneer people, the beginnings of the trag ic downfall of a race of people, the erection of a college nearby— all these would be included in this oak’s story. Included too too would be the story of how each initial and valentine was carved in her trunk, how each nail was driven, and the story of the stolen kisses, the words of hope and in spiration she would have seen and heard. Of course, this oak did not leave a story. But it was a part of a great story, and it will be a part of a hundred stories, even now. We know one of those stories—the ^ story of how this poor oak will end. I After 178 years of peaceful and I graceful living, never bothering I anyone or anything, this murdered oak will end up as a barrel. Whis- : key barrel? Molasses barrel? ■ Pickle barrel? What difference I will it make to the poor oak? ! B. R. Progressive Steps The sixteenth annual confer ence of Methodist churches of the North Carolina Conference was in session in Raleigh, Oct. 27-31. During those five days Host-Pas- tor Howard P. Powell and his congregation supported by other Raleigh churches and congrega tions extended their hospitality to some 800 ministers and laymen attending. Progressive Measures Bishop Paul N. Garber announc ed that a special session of the conference, to be held at Edenton Street church, Raleigh, would con vene on Jan. 4, 1955, to inaugurate a far-reaching church extension movement that will embrace the entire 56-county area of the con ference. The conference also vot ed Burlington and Goldsboro to constitute two additional districts, thereby increasing the number of districts from seven to nine. By practically a unanimous vote the members of the conference ap proved a recommendation for the largest missionary and benevolent budget in the history of the con ference. (Note; Also an increase of a considerable amount was made in the allocation of funds to Louisburg College.) Resolution on Segregation An issue that confronted the conference was the resolution on racial segregation. The statement made by the Council of Bishops in their 1952 Episcopal Address con stitutes the resolution which was nearly unanimously endorsed. The resolution declares: “To discrimi nate against a person solely upon the basis of his race is both unfair and unchristian.” It also called upon church people to support the efforts of state leaders and to re sist attempts to incite racial pre judice. (See PROGRESS, Page 3) 2 Meetings The first meeting of the Com mercial Club was held on October 13, 1954, in Room 52, with Doug las Faulkner presiding. Election of officers took place, and they are: President—Thurston Faulkner Vice-President—Bill Faucette Secretary—Elizabeth Swindell Treasurer—Charles Conway Reporter—Rachel Kennedy The meeting time was decided for every 2nd Monday night in each month at 7:30. The meeting was adjourned. The second meeting was held on November 8, 1954. Thurston Faulkner, President, called the meeting together. Dues were dis cussed and fifty cents a semester was decided upon. Questionnaires were filled out by the club mem bers concerning the programs for each meting. Former Students Speak Miss A. Johnson, our sponsor, introduced Janet Bailey and Allen Shearin, former business students of Louisburg College. They talk ed to the club about their jobs which they now have in Louisburg at business offices. Questions were asked by the members about the type of work they do and the courses they took at Louisburg College in order to prepare them selves for office jobs. Allen called our attention to the following poem: She knows the very latest style, No dance she’ll ever miss, She’s going all the while Her typing lokks lyk thiss! At taking shorthand she’s a wow! The fastest I’ve seen yet, She burns the typewriter and how Her speeding is all wett! Everyday she talks to “Sweetie Pie” For hours on the phone, At last I had to let her go, And now I tup mw oun! Both talks were very interesting. The meeting was adjourned. Number 1. Local Homecoming Brings Visitors, Alumni to Campus The 1954 Homecoming program at Louisburg began with a talk in chapel Friday morning Oct. 29, by Troy Barrett, a 1942 graduate. He was introduced by Mrs. Taylor Dodson, also a former student, who told of his fine record at Louisburg College, Wofford, and Duke. Mrs. Dodson added inter est to her introduction by telling the audience that Mr. Barrett had once been the famous Blue Devil at Duke for football games. Mr. Barrett, who is now the religious director at the Methodist Orphan age in Raleigh, talked about his treasured memories of his life at Louisburg College and stressed the values of them—socially, academ ically, and culturally. He told the presentday students that they might look forward to similar ex periences. During the chapel pro gram, all of the students and fac ulty sang the Alma Mater. The cafeteria was opened Satur day night, Oct. 30, to the alumni. They gathered ingroups and rem inisced of past experiences at Louisburg College. The climax of the social events weekend came on Saturday night, (See HOMECOMING, Page 4) YM-YWCA Give First Program The first YM-YWCA program of the current year was held on the front steps of Main Building. The point brought out in the program was that in order to climb the steps of the life one must walk with God. Actors were Jimmy Slaughter, Catherine Woodlief, Bobby Riddle; readers were Tom my Nevils, Allen Shearin, Marvin Gregory. The following officers were in stalled at the second meeting; YWCA - president, Catherine Woodlief; Vice-president, Betty Jeon Coile; secretary-treasurer, Emogene Rowland; YMCA-presi- dent, James Alford; vice-president, Dewey Yarborough; secretary- treasurer, Donald Lewter. At the Y Cabinet meeting the following chairmen of committees were chosen: Elizabeth Swindell, Worship; Howard Harrell, World Friendship; Charleen Newton, Publicity; Marvin Gregory, Rec reation. Speakers at Y-programs have been Robert Stainback of Little ton (last year’s president of the YMCA) and Rev. C. W. Goldston of the College. For Religious Emphasis Week the “Y” is taking responsibility for group singing, arrangements for the speaker and students to have contact at meal hours, and for distribution of daily devotional leaflets. A Y-program is given each Thursday at 7 p. m. and is always open to members and non-mem bers. Membership at present stands at 84. The year’s member ship fee is one dollar.
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