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Volume XIX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1960
Number 4
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Governor Luther H. Hodges
C. A. Dukes
Dr. Edgar Fisher
C. Ray Pruette to Attend
Chemistry Institute
C. Ray Pruette, head of the
Science Department of Louisburg
College, has been notified that he
has been selected as a participant
for the Summer Institute for College
Chemistry Teachers to be held June
13 to July 22 at the University of
North Carolina.
The institute, under the direction
of Dr. H. D. Crockford and Dr.
S. B. Knight of the Department of
Chemistry of the University of
North Carolina, is designed to
strengthen the capacity of the par
ticipating teachers to motivate stu
dents to consider careers in science;
and to bring these teachers into per
sonal contact with the highly pro
ductive scientists who make up the
staff of the Institute, with the view
of stimulating interest and increas
ing their prestige professionally.
The area of study will be in
modern developments in the major
branches of chemistry with experi
mentation in modern laboratory
techniques.
Mr. Pruette, who resides in
Franklinton, has been at Louisburg
College for the past ten years. Prior
to that he taught in the public
schools of Franklin County. He
holds the B.A. and M.A. degrees
from East Carolina College.
As a student at East Carolina he
was selected for Who’s Who in
American Universities and Colleges,
was editor of the college newspaper,
Teco Echo, and a member of Phi
Sigma Pi Fraternity.
Active in education, he has won
prizes for science exhibits, has pub
lished an article in North Carolina
Education, and assisted in the Study
of Education Commission in North
Carolina, and has engaged in other
educational activities. He is also ac
tive in the church and in civic af
fairs. In 1959 he served as chair
man of the Franklin County Cancer
Society.
CLUBS ELECT
'60-'61 OFFICERS
Officers for various groups have
been elected for the 1960-61 aca
demic year at Louisburg College.
Jane Trump of Crewe, Va., will
be president of the Women’s Stu
dent Government; Carolyn Crews of
Creedmoor, vice - president; Ruby
Harrison of Kinston, secretary; Shir
ley Strickland of Youngsville, treas
urer; and Faye Clayton, Roxboro,
house president.
Harward Vashaw of Durham was
elected to the presidency of the
Men’s Student Government. Vice-
president of this group is Trent
Strickland of Wade and Jack Bar
bee of Richmond, Va., is the Secre-
tary-treasurer.
Leading the YMCA is Sam Mad-
dry of Durham as president. Serving
ith him are Paul Wilson of Huijdle
Mills as vice-president; Palmer Mid-
gett of Nags Head as secretary-
treasurer. Earlene Martin of Bra
denton, Fla., will serve as president
of the YWCA; Shirley Strickland of
Youngsville as vice-president; and
Joyce Wynn of Henderson, as sec-
retary-treasurer.
The Methodist Student Movement
officers are Eddie Roebuck of Ar
lington, Va., president; Ruby Harri
son, secretary-treasurer; Ann Tay
lor, of Beaufort, publicity chairman.
The Young Democrats Club will
be headed by Archie Robertson of
Petersburg, Va., as president. Julie
Kirven of Sumter, S. C. is the vice-
president; Bill Fulcher of Morehead
City, secretary; Morgan Riley of
Durham, treasurer; Richard Aver-
ette of Oxford, business manager;
Ann Taylor of Beaufort, chaplain;
Kenneth Quick of Rockingham, par-
limentarian. Professor W. C. Gretter
is sponsor.
Governor Luther H. Hodges,
Charles Dukes, Edgar Fisher
to Speak for Graduation
C. Ray Pruette
New Positions
Given Faculty Members
By PETER B. MAUPIN
At the spring meeting of the
Louisburg College Board of Trus
tees, several new positions were
created for returning faculty mem
bers. Mr. Allen DeHart was named
as Director of Testing and Guid-
THE PEOPLE VS.
MAXINE LOWE
By BRENDA STARBUCK
“I did threaten him, but I didn’t
kill him.” Maxine Lowe made this
plea of innocence in The People
Versus Maxine Lowe, a three act
play which was presented Thursday,
May 12.
The People Versus Maxine Lowe,
written by Luella E. McMahon, was
presented by the Drama Club under
the direction of Mr. Mike Williams.
The production was held in the Mills
High School Auditorium.
Mrs. Maxine Lowe, played by
Jeannette Harrison, was on trial for
her life. She was brought before her
peers to be declared innocent or
guilty of murdering her husband,
Daniel Lowe. The State’s Attorney,
Warren Cass, played by Mike Wil
liams, offered a prosecution both
dogmatic and unflinching in the be
lief that Maxine Lowe was guilty.
The young defense attorney, James
Hathaway, played by Lloyd Burkley.
was equally determined that his
client, Mrs. Lowe, was not guilty.
As the trial progressed and the
witnesses gave their testimonies, the
trial reached its climax with a un
expected twist that surprised the jury
as well as the spectators. (You will
remember that the jury was picked
spontaneously from the audience.)
Appearing in the play in the fol
lowing roles were:
Will Bond, court clerk, Morgan
Haslett; The Honorable John Wat
son, Judge of Superior Court, Red
mond Oakley; Jessalyn Meredith,
Assistant to State’s Attorney, Jean
ette Harris; Warren Cass, State’s At
torney, Mike Williams; James Hath
away, attorney for the defense,
Lloyd Burkley; Maxine Lowe, the
defendant, Jeannette Harrison; Dr.
Frederick Milgrim, medical ex
aminer, Hank Woods; Thomas
Quinn, police captain, Charles Rob
ertson; Vincent Barclay, a hotel
proprietor, Warren Jones; Minnie
Strausson, a maid, Marilyn Gainey;
Eve Vijonne, a night club enter
tainer, Brenda Starbuck; Irene Holt,
a policewoman, Sandy Feather-
stone; Rose Malone, from the South,
Diane Whitt; Sarah Lorrison, a sur
prise witness, Ann Smith.
ance; the Reverend W. N. Mc
Donald was elected co-ordinator of
student actitivites, and Robert Stan
ley was named as Business Man
ager. In addition, Mr. Roland Horne
was appointed as assistant to the
President.
Mr. S. Allen DeHart, as director
of testing and guidance, will codify
into one office most of the testing
that is carried on at Louisburg in
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Governor Luther H. Hodges will
be the commencement speaker for
graduation exercises to be held Sun
day, May 29, at 2:30 p.m. in the
Mills High School Auditorium, ac
cording to an announcement made
by President Cecil W. Robbins. The
graduation exercises wiU be fol
lowed by the president’s reception
in the Faculty Parlor of Main Build
ing for members of the graduating
class, their families, and friends.
Dr. Edgar B. Fisher of Burling
ton, pastor of the Front Street
Methodist Church, will deliver the
commencement sermon on Sunday
morning at 11:00 o’clock at the
Louisburg Methodist Church.
The Alumni Banquet, to be held
on Saturday evening. May 28, at
7:00 o’clock in the Benjamin N.
Duke College Union, will feature
Charles A. Duke, Director of
Alumni Affairs of Duke University,
as speaker.
Commencement activities will get
under way on Friday night. May 27,
when Miss Sarah Foster of the Mu
sic Department will present her stu
dents in a recital at eight o’clock in
the college auditorium.
Governor Hodges, born in Pitt
sylvania County, Va., eight miles
from his present home in Leaksville,
N. C., is the son of John James
and Lovicia Gammon Hodges. He
attended public schools in Leaks
ville and Spray, was graduated in
1919 from the University of North
Carolina with the A.B. degree. In
1946 he was awarded an honorary
LL.D. degree by the University and
in 1955 received the honorary Doc
tor of Laws degree from N. C. State
College. He is married to the former
Martha Blakney. They have two
daughters and a son. He is a Metho
dist.
Governor Hodges began his ca
reer as Secretary to General Man
ager of local mills. In 1938 he be
came General Manager for all
Marshall F. Field and Company
mills and in 1943 became vice-
president of the corporation.
Active in community and civic
affairs, he is a Mason and a Ro-
tarian. He organized the Leaksville-
Spray Rotary Club, was Governor
of N. C. Rotary Clubs, president of
New York City Rotary Club, and
was International Director Rotary,
1954-55. He was a former Com
mander of his local American Le
gion Post and received the Silver
Beaver Award of the Boy Scouts
of America. He served as world
wide campaign chairman of the
American Leprosy Society, as State
Chairman of the N. C. Society for
Crippled Children Campaign, the
State Cancer Campaign and the
State United Fund Campaign. He
has been associated actively with the
YMCA for many years.
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Jane Trump
Harward Vashaw
Jane E. Tramp, Harwoid Vashaw,
Wield Gavels As 60-61 S.G.A. Prexys
Jane Trump, of Crewe, Virginia,
has been named President of the
Woman’s Student Government at
Louisburg College for the academic
year 1960-61.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl F. Trump, Janes plans to major
in music education at Longwood
College, Farmville, Virginia.
Jane was very active during her
high school days. She was a member
of the Beta Club, the Library Club,
and Ace Club and attended Girl’s
State at VPI. She also received the
Daughters of American Revolution
citizenship award. Her activities
have not ceased during her college
day. A national Methodist Scholar
ship student, she has maintained an
honor roll average (between 2.5 and
3) during the school year. She is
a member of Phi Theta Kappa, a
national junior college honorary
scholastic fraternity, and the Young
Woman’s Christian Association. She
is co-program chairman of the
Methodist Student Fellowship, and
is pianist for the College Glee Club
and the College Sunday School
Class.
Harward Vashaw of Durham has
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