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Volume XVII
Louisburg College, N. C. November, 1957
Number 1
Renovation Of Davis Building
Talces Place During Summer
Shown above is Mr. De Hart instructing history in one of the
new classrooms in the now modern Davis Building. New blackboards,
fluorescent lighting, and new desks are some of the features which
now make the students enjoy going to class.
CLUBS AND FRATERNITIES
HOLD ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
Sylvia Whitfield of Kinston has |
been elected president of the Kennedy, president, of Gold Sand.
Louisburg College Chapter of Fu- I Miss Adelaide Johnson is spon-
ture Business Leaders of Ameri- sqj- again this year. Mrs. I D
ca for the 1957-58 session. Other Moon, teacher of office practice,'
officers for the year are Gwynn machines and business law, and
Torrence, Durham, vice-president; Mr. Robert G. Stanley, dean of
Nancy Cloer, Aberdeen, secretary; and teacher of accounting,
Jay Thompson, Weldon, treasurer; serving as co-sponsors
and Barbara Page, Burlington, re- i
porter. Cecil Modlin of Farmville j •
has been named photographer for
the Chapter with Jimmy Seagroves
of Sanford as assistant.
These officers were suggested by
a nominating committee compos-
Three Added Honor Roll
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To Faculty Is Released
men
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VETS CLUB
The Vets Club has met once this
year for a business meeting to
elect officers. Elected as the new
officers were the following; Pres-
ed of Claudyne Hight, Louisburg, | i^ent, Don Tripp; Vice-President,
chairman, Betty Jean Harris, Wayne Winstead; Secretary, Fred-
The honor roll is open to stu
dents in all fields of endeavor.
There are two divisions of the
honor roll. These two divisions are
the Honor list and the Honorable
In 1911 Davis Building was
erected to memorialize the service
of the Davis family to Louisburg
College. The building was used
at that time for classrooms and as
a girl’s dormitory.
On May 27, 1957, work began to
remodel the Davis Building. The
work continued throughout the
summer, and the building was
completely renovated by the be-
mention list. To be eligible for I 1^57 school term.
the Honor list for the following
semester one must have a stand
ing of 2.5 or above for the past
semester. If a student has a stand
ing of 2.0 to 2.5 for the past semes
ter’s work, he is eligible for the
honorable mention list. The fol
lowing students have the distinc
tion of being on the honor roll for
last semester.
Name
Standing
The citizens of Franklin County
in a fund-raising campaign headed
by Mayor George W. Dennis, con
tributed to the renovation work the
sum of $50,000, with the total cost
of the building being around $70,-
000.
The Davis Building provides four
beautiful classrooms, seven offices
for faculty members, a three-room
infirmary, a dark room for devel
oping pictures, two bathrooms, and
Bettie J. Harris 2.82 ] five faculty apartments.
James Turner 2.82 j The architects for the project
William T. Jones 2.63 were Thomas, Harles, and Ed-
Bob Andrews 2.CO I of Rocky Mount; the con-
Gerald Bunch 2.60
Hannah Clayton 2.50
Honorable Mention
Claudyne Hight 2.47
Patsy Moss 2.41
I tractor was the William C. Vick
Construction Company of Raleigh.
A number of college students
helped with part time work this
summer. They included John
White, Tommy Brisson, Noah Sad
ler. K. T. Pearce, H. G. Hodges,
Jon Hollengreen 2.40 Jsrnes Turner, Jimmy Harris, Wil-
Ed Hicks 2.38 Chesson, Bobby Tyson, and
Roanoke Rapids; Jimmy Ballard,
Wilmington; Edith Wells, Hender
son; Shirley Calloway, Raeford.
die Davis; Treasurer, Jorge Goritz.
Plans were made for the Vets
party which was held Friday night,
Sylvia Whitfield presided as tem-I October 11, 1957. This party was
porary chairman over the first arranged so that all the Vets and
meeting of the year which was their dates could get to know each
held on September 25 in Room
F-108 to acquaint prospective
members with the history, goals,
and purposes of FBLA. This in
formation was provided by Clau-
other. A barbecue and brunswick
stew supper was the feature of the
evening. This was followed by a
dance and group singing and a
vocal solo by Doug Felts. The
dyne Hight and Sylvia Whitfield, Vets’ Club have voted to be a bene
who were members of the Louis- ficial organization to the school this
burg College FBLA last year, and year,
by three students who have for- •
merly been members of high school THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
chapters: Judy Ammons of Fay- -r, .
,, ,,, o 1 • TTI. X J ^ The Friendship Circle is an in-
etteville, Sylvia Whitehead of . , ^
o J AT 1 J XX- formal gathering of the religious
Scotland Neck, and Dottie Pfeiffer j
, ,. ^ . majors and other Christians on the
of McKenney, Virginia. ,, ' ,
! college campus. They meet each
Since the first meeting two oth- Monday night at 6:15 p.m. in the
er meetings have been held: one ' There in fellowship
on October 2, for the purpose of they pause to meditate and listen to
electing officers; the other, an exe- God’s words as one of their fellow
cutive board meeting, on October students brings a brief devotion.
10 for the purpose of discussing prayer, the very strength of our
Gerald Brooks.
The renovation of Davis Build-
was used for classrooms. Now
the , first and second floors are
plans for future programs and ac
tivities.
Notification came during the
summer from national headquar
ters in Washington, D. C.; that the
Louisburg College Chapter had
been named as one of the Gold
Seal Chapters in the nation for the
school year 1956-57. The certifi
cate which accompanied the noti
fication reads in part: “This certi
fies that Louisburg College, Chap
ter 1236, received recognition as
a Gold Seal Chapter at the sixth
Christian life, is the central tie
for this group.
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THE WOMEN’S STUDENT
COUNCIL
The duty of each student is to
help others refrain from the vio
lation of any regulation. The |
Women’s Student Council must see !
that all the regulations are carried
out; thus, it becomes necessary
for the council to have meetings.
The Women’s Student Council
national convention in Event 16, j has regular meetings every Mon-
school-community relations.” The , day night.
work done during the past year
was under the direction of Grace
On the other hand, the Council
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Louisburg College gained three
new faculty members and one staff
member for the 1957-1958 term.
They are Dr. Felton R. Nease of
Durham, Mr. and Mrs. S. Allan
de Hart of Charlottesville, Vir
ginia, and Mr. Thomas Patterson
of Erwin.
Dr. Nease, who teaches the bio
logical sciences, is a native of Ok
lahoma. He attended Cameron
Junior College, Lawton, Oklahoma,
and the University of Oklahoma,
from which he received his B.A.
and M.S. degrees. He was award
ed his PhD. degree at Duke Uni
versity in 1953. Dr. Nease has
taught in high school and was an
instructc^r at Duke. From 1942-
46 he was a member of the Medi
cal Corps attached to the Air Force.
From 1950-52, he was head of the
Botany Section of Ecological Sur-
Authority at Oak Ridge, Tennes-
i see. The subject of his Ph.D. dis-
[ sertation was “Fission Product
Contamination and Its Effect on
Vegetation of White Oak Creek,
Tennessee.”
Mr. S. Allen de Hart received his
B.A. degree from High Point Col
lege and his Master’s degree from
the University of Virginia. He has
also completed all his class work
for the Ph.D. degree. Mr. de Hart
has been an instructor in the Vir
ginia National Guard, the U. S.
Army, and has served as pastor in
the Virginia Conference for sev-
vey under the Tennessee Valley
eral years. He is teaching history
and is director of religious activi
ties at Louisburg College. When
asked his opinion of the College,
Mr. de Hart stated, “I am favora
bly impressed with the faculty-
student relationship and the co
operation of students in college ac
tivities.”
Mrs. de Hart, the former Flora
Ballowe of Farmville, VirgSaiia,
states as her opinion of the college,
“I have found the most impressive
features here to be the friendli
ness and co-operation among the
administration, faculty, and the
students.” Mrs. de Hart received
her A.B. degree from Longwood
College, Virginia. She has com
pleted all class work and has done
the research for her Master’s de
gree. During the past summer she
studied at the University of Lon
don, England. Mrs. de Hart teaches
English and Spanish.
Mr. Thomas Patterson, of Erwin,
is Director of Public Relations
here on campus. He was graduat
ed from Louisburg College and
from the University of North Car
olina. His main job is recruiting
new students. He also attends to
Alumni affairs. Mr. Patterson was
impressed very much by the
friendliness of the students. He Above the new faculty members are shown talking over the
stated the school has changed ,, „
since his graduation, and he is ® they are Dr.
glad to be back, this time as the biological sciences department; Mrs. De Hart, who teaches
Public Relations Director at Louis- English and Spanish; Dr. Robbins; and Mr. De Hart, who instructs
burg College. in the history department.
Betty Delbridge 2.36
Jack Faulkner 2.35
Avery Dennis 2.33 ' ing now solves the problem of ad-
Worth Cotton 2.25 ditional classroom and office space.
Joyce Parris 2.24 In past years only the first floor
Ted Garrett 2.23
D. M. Tyson 2.23
Jim Fine 2.2Q, completely utilized with botany,
Betty Newton 2.13 ; zoology, biology, and history
Floyd Ammons 2.11 [courses taught on the first floor.
H. G. Hodges 2.11
Henry C. Jenkins 2.10
Joe Layden 2.07
Bob Berry 2.00
Dwight Byrd 2.00
Pete Miller 2.00
Sam Moore 2.00
and English and foreign languages
on the second floor. The infirmary
is now of much greater service be
cause it has been arranged to ac
commodate many more students
than in the past. Fluorescent
lighting can be found throughout
Luther Sanders 2.00 ; the building, and tiled floors are
Wilson Woodhouse 2.00 1 also in evidence.
New Faculty Members