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Volume XVIII
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 20, 1959
Number 3
Homecoming Queen Linda Lea is presented flowers by Pat Wilson, the 1958 Queen,
as escort Frea uavis looks on.
Gala, Parade Court Victory
Mark Colorful Homecoming
“Oh me, oh my,” could well have
been the grief of a small, red con
vertible as it carried twelve basket
ball players, Saturday, Feb. 7, in
Louisburg College’s first Homecom
ing parade. The parade commenced
the days festivities of an Alumni
meeting, banquet, basketball game,
and an informal dance.
The convertible, a 1950 Plym
outh, was one of 27 units in the
Homecoming parade.
The parade included a band, a
Brownie Scout Troop, the Franklin
County Rescue Squad, the local fire
department, several bicycles, a horse
ridden by Charles Hinson, a student
of the college, a float of hi^ school
Queens, a float for Miss Linda Lea,
Homecoming Queen, and her court,
and entries by merchants and vari
ous organisations of Louisburg.
The college sponsored two floats.
Miss Pat Wilson of Louisburg, who
was last year’s Homecoming Queen,
rode on one. Misses Carolyn Ayscue
of Aycock; Eva Pearce of Roles-
ville; and Rose Jones of Gold Sand,
who are Homecoming Queens of
their high schools, were Miss Wil
son’s attendants.
The other float carried Louisburg
College’s Homecoming Court and
the Homecoming Queen, Miss Linda
Lea of Durham. Her attendants
were Misses Valjean Fox of Cary,
Barbara Rogers of Durham, Barbara
Jean Leonard of Louisburg, Becky
Garner of Burlington, Nancy Garner
Rosemary Clarke
Presents Concert
Louisburg, February 3. — Miss
Rosemary Clarke, concert pianist
and composer, presented a concert
ih the Louisburg College auditorium
at 8:00 p.m.
Dr^ Clarke has been widely rec
ognized by some of the outstanding
critics: “Comprehensive technical
skills” . . . “Expressive intensity”
. . . from the New York Herald Tri
bune following her Town Hall
debut; “Musicality, coloring, and
feeling” . . . from the Musical
Courier following her concert at
Fullerton Hall in Chicago. She was
one of the fourteen American com-
(Continued on page 2)
of Weldon, Kay Hayes of Louis
burg, and Barbara Reynolds of
Troy.
Homecoming Queens from vari
ous high schools throughout Frank
lin County rode on convertibles.
Among them were: Marla Gupton,
Mills High; Linda Stroud, Frank-
linton High; Patricia Cash, Youngs-
ville High; Peggy Davis, Edward
Best High; and Alice Smith, Miss
Franklin County, of Youngsville.
One of the highlights of the pa
rade was “Cookie” Hinson of Dur
ham, riding on a beautiful black
horse. “Cookie” was dressed in a
green cowboy shirt trimmed in white
fringe. A “ten gallon” hat com
pleted his outfit.
Another highlight was the Cal
liope which was played by Mr.
Austin Fuller of Louisburg.
The Mills High School band led
the parade.
A small foreign car carrying the
co-editors and one other member of
the Columns staff jogged along be
hind the Calliope. Words on the
rear of the small car read “Little but
Loud—Columns.”
Following the parade some 75
guests were invited into the Faculty
Parlor of the College for refresh
ments.
A short meetinging of the Alumni
Association was held in the Ben
jamin N. Duke College Union Build
ing after the evening meal. The
Reverend Troy Barrett of Zebu Ion,
president of the association, pre
sided. Dr. C. W. Robbins, president
of the college, commented briefly
on coming events, and Thomas A.
Patterson spoke of the Louisburg
College Hour from 2:00 to 2:30
each Sunday afternoon over the local
radio station.
Coach Ariail’s basketball team
added to the excitement of Home
coming by defeating Oak Ridge
Military Academy, 74-64.
At the half-time of the game. Miss
Pat Wilson, last year’s Homecoming
Queen, presented Miss Lea with a
bouquet of lavender and white car
nations, thus making her officially
the Homecoming Queen of 1959 for
Louisburg College.
There was an informal dance in
Holton gym following the ballgame
to highlight the day’s festivities.
Board of Trustees Makes
Offer to Buy Buildings and
CSrounds of Mills School
Dr. Robbins Elected
President of N. C.
Council of Churches
On January 28, 1959, at a meet
ing in Durham of the North Caro
lina Council of Churches, Dr.
Cecil W. Robbins was unanimously
elected president for the year 1959-
1960.
Dr. Robbins, whose tenure of of
fice began with the close of the con
vention, expressed the purpose of
the Council in this way: “The North
Carolina Council of Churches works
to achieve co-operation between de
nominations and to help the indi
vidual churches do together what
they could not do so effectively if
they worked alone.”
The North Carolina Council of
Churches is an organization com
posed of all the major denomina
tions in the state, banded together
and working for the common good
of the Church and the people. One
of the projects that the Council will
be working on d>iring the coming
year is the completion of plans for
the ] 961 celebration of the 25th an
niversary of the organization.
Dr. Robbins has been a member
of the council for 15 years. He
served on the Council’s Executive
Committee for several years, and
for the past two years has been First
Vice-President.
On December 8, 1906, in the
small town of Shannon, Mississippi,
Dr. Robbins was born. At 20 he
entered Birmingham-Southern Col
lege, where he earned his A.B. de
gree and went on to Duke Univer-
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Federal Aid Made
Available To Students
By PETER MAUPIN
For the first time, students at
Louisburg College may receive loans
from the Federal Government un
der the new National Defense Stu
dent Loan Program. Dr. Cecil W.
Robbins said that a total of $645.00
will be available here this semester
for the loans.
For the spring semester of 1959,
the colleges in North Carolina had
asked for a total of $1,498,874 but
received only $138,216, less than
10 per cent of their request. That
is the reason for the small amount
of money available this semester.
The allotment to each school is
based on the school’s enrollment.
Next year, 1959-1960, Congress
has appropriated some $75 million
for the whole program. Some of this
will be used for loans, some for set
ting up the system and for main-
tainence costs, and some for pay
ment of employees. In connection
with this. Dr. Robbins has asked for
$5,000 for Louisburg for the next
school year, although he says it is
“not likely that we will get that
much.”
In commenting on the loan pro
gram, Dr. Robbins said, “I think
that this National Defense Student
Loan Prograjn is going to be a very
fine thing — helping the students
and taking some of the burden off
the colleges, too. The question is
whether there will be enough avail
able to do much good.”
The loan program is in effect not
only here at Louisburg College, but
at practically every accredited col-
(Continued on page four)
By PETER MAUPIN
The Louisburg College Board of
Trustees voted February 12 to offer
school officials of Franklin County
$225,000 for the W. R. Mills High
School property situated directly
across from the college. Included in
the sale are the main high school
building, the cafeteria, the frame
music building and 12Vi acres of
land.
Several weeks ago the Mills High
P.T.A. voted 171 to 0 to sell the
property if the college upped its bid
from $200,000 to $225,000. The
original asking price for the build
ings and the 12 Vi acre lot was
$250,000. According to Dr. Rob
bins, the funds with which to
purchase the high school will
come from the present Capital
Funds Campaign of the North
Carolina Conference of the Meth
odist Church. Louisburg College is
due to receive between $250,000
and $300,000 from this fund.
The first hint that the college
might be interested in buying the
property came from President Ce
cil W. Robbins at a public meeting
in the Friuiklin County ...t/aruiOusc
in the late fall of 1958. The meeting
had been called to discuss the feasi
bility of a bond issue to finance a
new high'school.
A school district vote was taken
to approve the bond issue, and it
passed by only six votes. A court
fight developed between the pro-
bondists and the anti-bondists, who
seemed to think that the plans called
for more buildings to be added to
the present site, which was not the
case. The North Carolina Supreme
Court held that the vote was legal
and binding.
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The Homecoming Queen’s float sports a bevy of beautiful attendants. From left to right, they are: Valjean Fox, Barbara
Rogers (face partly hidden); Nancy Gamer; Barbara Reynolds; Becky Gamer; Barbara Leonard; Kay Hayes; and the Queen,
Linda Lea.