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Louisburg Colleg^e, N. C., December 18, 1954
Number 2.
BEAUTIFUL SNOW-COVERED CAMPUS
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Christmas Projects Christmas Spirit
Are Planned by Much in Evidence
Dormatory GirlsiAs Holidays Near
As has been the tradition in the
past, the girls in Pattie Julia
Wright Dorm have planned a
Christmas project. This year the
project has twofold. First, the girls
are planning to purchase an oven
for the kitchen in Wright Dorm.
This is one item that is most need
ed in the kitchen since the cook
ing done here is limited to the two
hot plates that are already in use
there. An oven would be a great
help to those interested in using
it, and the girls are sure that it
will be used to a great advantage.
The other and larger part of the
project is planning Christmas for
someone in Franklin County.
There are many needy families,
and the girls want to see others
enjoy and capture the Christmas
Spirit.
Girls Mourn Loss
Of Friend, Jasper
Have you noticed the sad ex
pression on the faces of some of
the girls? Perhaps you have been
wondering what caused the gloom.
Well, a close friend of the girls
died from injuries received in a
violent accident. Jasper, the cat,
no longer roams through the halls
of Wright Dormitory, Main Build
ing, or Davis Building.
Several weeks ago, a young
gentleman with a coat of fur,
green eyes, and a very lovable dis
position entered Wright Dormi
tory during a heavy rain. The
girls took him in, fed him, and
loved him. As time went on the
name of Jasper was given to him.
Not only the girls became inter
ested in Jasper, but the boys and
teachers saw him occasionally. In
one of the services during Religi
ous Emphasis Week he made his
formal appearance by prancing
around the stage while the guest
minister delivered the evening’s
message.
Then on the chilly morn of De
cember 1, Jasper met death as a
result of injuries received in a
fight with a visiting bull-dog; the
dog came out victorious. Now the
girls have in their hearts an emp
ty spot which once was filled by
Jasper.
Christmas time is here again.
Already most of us have caught the
gay Christmas spirit. Several girls
have even brought bells and jin
gled their way from place to place.
In the girls’ dorm, doors have been
decorated with bells and ribbon-
striped canes. Soon the parlor will
be decorated with Christmas ar
ray. Committees are deciding
what they can make for place fav
ors. The majestic little fir tree
that withstood the fury of the
hurricane is once again sending its
radiant light to everyone’s eyes.
When the big snow came, one boy
awoke before daylight and gazed
upon the shining tree. He remark
ed that it was the most beautiful
sight that he had ever seen.
On the morning of December 6,
everyone was up about thirty min
utes early. One girl, thinking that
the noise was the cue to get up
found that it was only 6:30. How
ever, when she saw the snow, she
did not regret the loss of sleep,
for it was no time for sleeping. It
was time to get up and trudge out
into the snow. As we hurried to
breakfast, we felt like turning
back, for it was much colder than
we had expected. At lunchtime
many got hit with snowballs, but
a lucky few escaped.
The spirit of Christmas is eve
rywhere on the campus. If you
have not yet found it, just look a
little harder. It is there — in the
gleaming tree, in the eyes and
voices of friends, in the white
blanket of snow which fell upon
the ground, in the very air we
breathe. Then most of all, it iS
deep within our hearts. Let the
spirit of Christmas shine out, and
add to the luster of this glorious
sefeson! M. E. W.
Louisburg Students
Enjoy Traditional
Thanksgiving Feast
Students at Louisburg looked
forward to several days at home
with no classes during Thanksgiv
ing but there was another feature
that made them anxiously await
the holidays. That was the big
Thanksgiving dinner which was
held in the college cafeteria on
November 23, at 5:30 p. m. This,
meal was a fitting beginning for
the delicious ones which followed
at home.
The dinner was prepared and
served by the very capable cafe
teria staff under the supervision of
Mrs. Joe Pearce, dietitian. The
dining hall was beautifully deco
rated with arrangements made
from autumn leaves and other at
tractive Thanksgiving motifs.
Candles provided the only light.
The atmosphere made the affair
joyful, but still there was the
spirit of reverence and thankful
ness.
The program began with the
group’s singing “Come, Ye Thank
ful People, Come.” Rev. Mr. G.
W. Blount, pastor of the Louisburg
Methodist Church, gave the invo
cation and the Thanksgiving med
itation after which the group en
joyed the traditional turkey din
ner.
During the dinner. President S.
M. Holton presented a box of candy
to the group of girls who had dec
orated the rfiost attractive table.
The gift was given to Hilde
(See FEAST, Page 2)
CHOWAN TRAMPLED
The Louisburg Hurricanes
trampled Chowan College, 81-
86, this week. High scorer for
Louisburg was Joe Sadler
with 21 points. Ed Woodhouse
was next with 18 points. This
was Louisburg’s first win of
the year in the Junior College
Conference.
What Do You
See, Agnostic?
On the afternoon of the day of
the first snow, I was talking with
a friend of an acquaintance of
mine. This acquaintance of whom
we spoke suffers under the influ
ences of a not too rare malady;
he is a professed agnostic.
“You know,” said my friend, “I
can’t argue with Paul. All he ever
says about God or religion is,
‘Maybe so, but prove it.’ ”
Later, I began to think a great
deal about this simple statement,
“. . . but prove it.” The more I
thought of it, the more obvious be
came the realization of how ex
tremely difficult is the proving of
anything to one who does not espe
cially care to believe that which is
in question. But other thoughts
came also — thoughts of meeting
the adversary on his own terms.
Why not combat reason with rea
son; logic with logic, since the
principal weapon of the agnostic is
logical reasoning.
Look to the heavens, agnostic.
What do you see? Stars? Planets?
Yes, but something else is present:
something that you can neither
see, hear, nor feel. The heavens
are moving. They are moved by
a force that is not of the planets
themselves, nor of man. The celes
tial bodies, earth included, are
composed of matter and possess
weight and occupy space. But one
(See AGNOSTIC, Page 3)
Robert G. Stanley
Named New Dean
Of Local Faculty
Mr. Robert G. Stanley, the new
Dean of Men, hails from an old
I Indian town named Lake Wacca-
maw, N. C.
I Having attended Campbell Jun-
! ior College and East Carolina Col
lege, Mr. Stanley can give you
I some interesting facts about life
' at both a junior and senior col-
! lege.
I In the military field Mr. Stan-
I ley was in the Navy for two years
i and at the present time he is a Lt.
in the Air Force Reserve.
I After finishing College he ob-
1 tained a position as finance ad
juster for Universal C. I. T. Corp.
Last year he taught school at
Cerro Gordo High School in Cerro
Gordo, N. C.
Mr. Stanley says his favorite
pastimes are hunting, fishing, and
playing baseball.
When asked how he liked Louis
burg College, he replied, “I like
it here very much, because there
is the feeling of belonging to a big
happy family among the students
and the faculty.”
Rev. Lineburger
Leads Week of
Religious Events
Rev. J. W. Lineberger, pastor of
the Devine Street Methodist
Church in Dunn, helped to make
Religious Emphasis Week on the
Louisburg-campus one of the most
outstanding events of the college
year. Mr. Lineberger was guest
speaker during the event which
was held in November.
A native of South Carolina, Mr.
Lineberger spent the first twenty-
five years of his life near Char
leston, S. C. He first came to
North Carolina to live when he en
rolled in the Duke Divinity School.
He did undergraduate work at
Wofford College in South Caroli
na.
Mr. Lineberger, who is also a
member of the Louisburg College
Board of Trustees, has achieved
outstanding success in his career
as a minister. After some years
of preaching, he says that he has
lived a happy, successful, but not
too exiciting life.
Students were impressed with
the manner in which religious em
phasis events were conducted.
They were also impressed with his
friendly manner and his willing
ness to offer spiritual guidance
and advice.
Former L. C. Star
Signs Pro Contract
Russell Frazier, a 1953-54 stu
dent at L. C., signed a profession
al baseball contract with Fred
Fearing, scout for Cincinatti.
Since Russell was inducted into
the army on December 3, the con
tract will not be fulfilled until
1955.
His college baseball career be
gan at N. C. State where he play-
(See FORMER STAR, Page 2)
Duke Students, Pruette and Others
Present YM-YWCA Programs Here
Two foreign students of Duke
University, Kurt Vogel and Miss
Herta Wollscheiber from Austria,
who are friends of Hilda Gross,
were guest speakers at the YM-
YWCA service on Thursday, No
vember 4. Mr. Vogel spoke of
the natural beauties and sports of
Austria and of the life of youth
there, especially of his own expe
rience as once an enthusiastic Nazi
youth; later a sadly disillusioned
youth at the fall of the Nazi re
gime; and finally a youth deeply
committed to the Christian faith.
Miss Wollscheiber told of her
childhood shadowed by the inse
curity, privations and horrors of
World War II days and of the in
ner peace experienced by her
mother and her through contact
with the Christian message inter
preted by a Protestant minister.
Both speakers declared their
purpose of giving their lives in
all-time Christian service. They
were introduced by Joel Under
wood, also a Duke student and for
mer caravaner in Europe.
A Thanksgiving program em
phasizing gratefulness for the
American heritage was given at the
chapel hour, Tuesday, November
23. A script tracing the ideal and
describing episodes suggesting the
heritage was read by Anne Clark
and Bobby Mitchell. A scene of
Pilgrims on the way to worship
was portrayed by Curtis Adams
as Governor Bradford; Mary Sue
Bordeaux, Frank Cuthrell, Robert
Jennings, "Bobby Jones, Mary
Richardson and Edith Smith. Jef
ferson writing the Declaration of
Independence was represented by
J. B. Slaughter; Liberty enlighten
ing the world was depicted by Rose
Manning; and, placed in the back
ground of a white cross set on a
rocky hill, Moses with the Ten
Commandments was played by
Bobby Suggs.
C. Ray Pruette, head of the De-
(See DUKE STUDENTS, Page 2)