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CELEBRATING
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ANNIVERSARY
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Volume XXI
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1962
No. 5
’62-63 Concert Series Features
Pianists Ferrante and Teicher
On November 19, 1962, the©
Louisburg College Concert Series
will begin its season with the presen
tation of The Everyman Players
performing “The Book of Job.” In
February, 1963, it will continue
with the presentation of Ferrante
and Teicher, proclaimed among the
nation’s top duo-pianists, and the
series will conclude on April 18
with the Duke University Women’s
Choir, a group of nearly 60 voices.
The Everyman Players will pre
sent Orlin Corey’s “The Book of
Job.” It was originally designed as
a stage production adaptable to
varying indoor facilities. The Book
of Job has been successfully pre
sented for the past three summers
in the Laurel Cove Amphitheatre
of Pine Mountain State Park near
Pineville, Kentucky. Now, once
again, it returns to the indoor stage
for which it was originally intended
for an extensive tour of colleges,
universities, theatres, and concert
associations.
This is a Biblical Drama, unique
in the theatrical world, displaying
the color and beauty of living
Mosaics. It is given by a company
of 15, with a display of gorgeous
costumes and the most unusual
make-up in modern theatre.
Orlin Corey is a native of Okla
homa and a graduate of Baylor
University in Texas, where he
studied with Paul Baker, Reynold
Arnould, and Charles Laughton, re
ceiving B.A. and M.A. degrees in
drama and history. He has studied
extensively in Europe, in Paris, at
London’s Central School of Speech,
and the University of London. He
did additional study in dramatic
literature at the University of Ken
tucky.
His career has been characterized
by a keen interest in religious
theatre. His master’s thesis, numer
ous articles he has written, together
with his original plays indicate the
depth of this concern. His produc
tions of religious plays have been
widely toured in the Midwest,
Southwest, and Southeast for nearly
fifteen years. In 1958 his produc-
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Va. Symphony
Ends Series
For 1961-'62
The Virginia Symphony Orches
tra with William Haaker conduct
ing, and two guest soloists con
cluded the 1961-62 Concert Series
Tuesday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in the
College Auditorium.
Haaker, who divides his time be
tween piano concerts over the na
tion for Civic Music Associa
tion and symphony conductorship,
is a protege of the great Jose Iturbi.
Last year Haaker’s work with the
Arkansas Symphony received spe
cial recognition from Sen. J. Wil
liam Fulbright. Haaker has been
the guest conductor of many Ameri
can symphomes, including the De
troit, Milwaukee, and the National
Symphonies.
Guest soloists appearing with the
Virginia Symphony were Garry
Tishkoff, violinist, of the Pittsburgh
Symphony, and Joyce Rosenfield,
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Arts Festival
Has Variety of
Spring Events
The Louisburg College Spring
Fine Arts Festival presented a sym
phony, violinist, harpist, chorus, vo
cal soloists, art critic, art exhibits,
and drama troupe during the week
of April 25-May 5.
The Sullivan Street Drama Thea
ter of New York opened the
festival with an “Afternoon of
Shakespeare and Wilde,” at 3 p.m.
April 25 in the college auditorium.
The scenes, consisted of “Taming of
the Shrew,” Act 2, Scene 1, the
meeting of Katharine and Petruccio;
“Richard the Third,” Act 1,
Scene 1, the meeting of Richard
and Anne; and “Othello,” Act 5,
Scene 2, the death of Desdemona
from Shakespeare, and excerpts
from “The Importance of Being
Earnest” by Oscar Wilde.
Russell W. Arnold, artist head
of the Atlantic Christian College
Art Department, offered an infor
mal seminar on “Abstract Oils and
Mosaics,” in the Benjamin N. Duke
building at 7 p.m. on April 30.
Arnold is one of the five 1962
winners of the North Carolina State
Art Society exhibits at the North
Carolina Art Museum in Raleigh.
A native of Plymouth, he is a gradu
ate of the University of North
Carolina, and has studied at the
Art Student’s League in New York.
He designed the interior mosaics
of the Benjamin N. Duke building
at Louisburg College. Edward
Brown, artist from Columbia Uni
versity, was also a campus guest,
and with Arnold, viewed the art ex
hibits in the Fine Arts Building after
the seminar.
The two art exhibits were open
for public showing from May 1
through May 11, and consisted of
one exhibit from the Louisburg Col
lege Art Department and one from
the townspeople of Louisburg.
Mediums of oil, watercolor, and
pastel in landscapes, abstracts, and
portraits constituted a gallery of
about fifty entries.
Student exhibitors were J. D.
Powell, Roanoke Rapids; Betty
Baucom, Viola Coffin, and Bob
Benson of Durham; Marjorie Chand
ler, Currituck; Nelson \V^itley, Nor-
lina; Paul McDonald, Arlington,
Va.; Mildred Wilkes, Urbanna, Va.;
Paul Kozma, Swansboro; Sue Smith,
Bolton; Elise Burke, Gibsonville;
Kay Curry, Ayden; Gona Dilday,
Ahoskie; Fred Wade, Garner; Ida
Proctor, Rocky Mount; Marla Gup-
ton, Louisburg; and Connie Rad
ford, Castalia.
Submitting paintings from the
town were Mrs. George Ford, Mrs.
F. L. O’Neal, Mrs. W. H. Allen, Jr.,
Mrs. Lucy T. White, Mrs. Freddie
Johnson, Mrs. Louis Wheless, and
Mrs. Charles Green.
The Virginia Symphony Orches
tra, under the baton of the well-
known pianist, composer, and con
ductor, William Haaker, performed
on May 1, at 8 p.m., to conclude
the 1961-62 Louisburg College
Concert Series.
A first for the concert series was
THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY—Shown here are MeMe Wilkes and
Bill Williamson as they enact a scene from the Spring presentation of the Louis
burg College Players. Inset (left) is the director Mrs. Tom East after she had
received a gift of appreciation from (he cast of the play.
Louisburg Players
Present Comedy
On May 15 the curtain rose on
the Louisburg College Players’
spring production, “The Pleasure of
His Company.” The two act farce,
written by Samuel Taylor and Cor
nelia Otis Skinner, was under the
direction of Mrs. Tom East of
Frankhnton, N. C.
Mrs. East attended Greensboro
College where she studied speech.
She was graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina and was
a member of the Carolina Play-
makers. She began direction while
associated with the Playmakers and
has since been active in civic pro
ductions.
The seven character play cast in
cluded Langhorne Bell of Golds
boro, N. C., as Biddeford Pool;
Mildred Wilkes of Urbana, Va., as
Jessica Pool; Betsy Badger of Hen
derson, who portrays Katharine
Dougherty; Sam Shield of Newport
News, Va., as Jim Dougherty;
Bryan Young, of Arlington, Va., as
Toy, and Bill Williamson and John
Rollison playing the part of Mac
kenzie Savage and Roger Hender
son, respectively. Both Williamson
and Rollison are from Richmond,
Va.
Student directors of the play were
Linda Haley of Raleigh, and John
Flowers of Mount Olive, N. C. Both
have had experience in their school
drama groups and have both
worked in earlier productions of the
Louisburg College Players.
Technician for the production
was Charles Featherston, of Rox-
boro, N. C., assisted by Dean E.
Willis of Jarratt, Va. Howard Har
rell, who was in charge of sound
technician, is from Oxford, N. C.
Stage Manager Albert Morris of
Goldsboro, N. C., was assisted by
Stuart Spero of Petersburg, Va., Bob
Shannonhouse of Elizabeth City;
Alex Speer of Halifax, Va.; and
Deane Willis. Also serving in this
department were the set crew made
up of Jean Davis, Elizabethtown,
N. C.; Delores Cole, Carthage,
N. C.; Margie Chandler of Curri
tuck, N. C.; Marlene Wolf of Rich
mond, Va.; and Sam Shield.
Costuming for the play was un
der the supervision of Cynthia
Haithcock of Warrenton, N. C.,-
with the assistance of John Han
cock, Richmocd, Va.; Marlene
Wolf, and Margie Chandler.
Ticket sales for the play were in
the charge of Anne Harrell, Rocky
Mount, N. C.; Laura Minshew,
Black Creek, N. C.; Carole Ware,
Newport News, Va.; and Bob Clod-
felter of Damascus, Md. Publicity
for the play was the job of Bill
Frazier, of Siler City, N. C., Alex
Speer, Anne Harrell, and Laura
Minshew. Art work for the play
was done by Barbara Brown, a stu
dent at Louisburg College, who
plans to major in Art.
This was Mrs. East’s first pro
duction with the Louisburg Players.
the participating of the Louisburg
College Glee Club in singing two
numbers with the Symphony.
Appearing as guest soloists were
Garry Tishkoff, violinst from the
Pittsburgh Symphony, and Joyce
Rosenfield, harpist of the Okla
homa City Symphony.
On May 3, at 8 p.m., in the
college auditorium, the Annual
Spring Glee Club, Concert, directed
by Miss Sarah Foster of the Music
Department, offered a program of
“175 Years of Popular Music.” This
program featured Jean Davis, Diane
Hicks, Charles Biggs, and David
Ratliff, and soloists.
THE VIRGINIA SYMPHONY—Shown above are the Virginia Symphony Orchestra as they appeared in one of their
many performances before the audiences of America. The Orchestra was under the direction of Mr. William Haaker and
featured the solo violinist Garry Tishkoff, and harpist Joyce Rosenfield.
L. C. Fund-Raising
Campaign Begins
Plans for the Louisburg College
fund-raising campaign set for April,
May and June have begun to ma
terialize with the arrival of the di
rector from Ketchum, Inc., who is
in charge of the campaign.
General chairman of the cam
paign is Trustee H. M. Hardy of
Warrenton, owner of the Virginia-
Carolina Lumber Co. Vice-Chair-
man is General J. W. Jenkins of
Henderson, veteran trustee and
Gulf Oil distributor for Warren
County.
Franklin County Chairman is
John H. Hodges of Louisburg, in
surance executive and alumnus-
trustee.
Rev. Warren B. Petteway, pastor
of the First Methodist Church, Hen
derson, is chairman of the alumni.
A former trustee, Mr. Petteway is
a member of the class of 1939.
Although there is no announced
goal, the Board of Trustees has set
immediate needs at $900,000. In
cluded in the needs are the fol
lowing: College’s share amounting
to $110,000 for dormitories for men
and Women, a library building, a
science building, faculty housing
and urban renewal.
There is a very critical need for
additional student housing, with
many being turned down because
of the lack of facilities.
The present library building is
only about 50 per cent adequate
for a student body of 600, antici
pated next year.
The college is in critical need of
housing for faculty members. Fac
ulty and staff, which numbered 50
during the present year, will be in
creased to 56 during the 1962-63
academic year.
Gov. Sanford, Dr. Brantley
To Speak at Commencement
SummerSchool
Begins June 11
This year Louisburg College will
offer two sessions of summer school
to students from June to August.
The first term will begin on June 11
and will close on July 18. The sec
ond session will start on July 19
and terminate on Aug. 25. Each
term will last six weeks.
Courses to be taught are busi
ness, English composition, litera
ture, foreign language, college and
college preparatory mathematics, re
ligion, biology, chemistry, history,
solid geometry, sociology, and de
velopmental reading.
The cost per session will be $175
per student. This includes $40 per
course; room, $30; board, $60;
laboratory, $10;.typing $5; and li
brary $5.
Any student may be allowed to
take from 6 to 8 semester hours per
session, the exact number to be de
termined by the subjects he decides
to take. The maximum student load
will be two subjects per six week
period.
Classes will meet Monday through
Friday for one hour and fifty min
utes. They run from 7:30-9:10;
9:20-11:00; 11:10-12:50. There
will be three periods per day.
This opportunity for summer in
struction is advantageous to stu
dents who wish to begin college;
students who wish to earn extra
credit, and those who desire to
make up deficiencies on work that
has been failed.
Any student who desires to enter
summer school at Louisburg College
is advised to contact Mr. John B.
York, academic dean of the college.
The college reserves the right to
cancel any course for which less
than ten pupils enroll.
LJC Student Wins
Miss Louisburg Title
Miss Nina Dawn Thayer, a sec-
ond-year student at Louisburg Col
lege, was crowned by the Louis
burg Jaycees as “Miss Louisburg
of 1962.” The pageant took place
in the A-C Building on the Louis
burg College Campus.
Miss Barbara Major of Rich
mond, Va., was the runner-up for
the honor. Miss Patsy Jones of
Roxboro was the third and final
contestant representing the College.
In the talent competition Miss
Thayer performed a reading adapted
from Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell
tale Heart.
The winner, a 1960 graduate of
W. R. Mills High School, won first
place in a county.recitation contest
while in high school. She sang in
her high school glee club and served
as the president of that organiza
tion; she also wrote articles for her
school newspaper.
The blue-eyed beauty, a history
major, plans to attend the Univer-
MISS LOUISBURG—Miss Nina Dawn
Thayer, student at LJC and resident of
Louisburg as she was awarded title of
Miss Louisburg of 1962. The winner is
to compete next in the Miss North Caro
lina Contest which is to be held in July.
sity of North Carolina next year.
The 20 year-old victor selects as
her favorite sport basketball and
reading as her hobby.
In July Miss Thayer goes to the
Miss North Carolina Contest, where
she will compete for the state title
“Miss North Carolina.”
Among the prizes that Miss
Thayer won at the contest, besides
the title and a large trophy, were
a $100 college scholarship to the
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' Governor Terry Sanford will
speak at the graduation exercises
on Sunday, June 3, at 2:30 p.m.,
in the Auditorium, according to an
announcement by President Ce
cil W. Robbins. The graduation
exercises will be followed by the
President’s Reception in the Faculty
Parlor of the Main Building for
members of the graduating class,
their families, and friends.
Dr. Allen P. Brantley, executive
director of the Commission on
Christian Higher Education of the
North Carolina Conference of The
Methodist Church, will deliver the
commencement sermon on Sunday
morning, June 3, at 11:00 a.m., at
the Louisburg Methodist Church.
The Alumni Banquet, to be held
on Saturday night, June 2, at 7:00
p.m. in the Benjamin N. Duke
Cafeteria, will feature the Rev.
Edward F. Smith, class of 1942, as
the speaker.
Governor Sanford, born at Lau-
rinburg, is the son of Cecil Leroy
and Elizabeth Martin Sanford. He
is a graduate of Laurinburg School,
attended Presbyterian Junior Col
lege and holds the A.B. and LL.B.
degrees from the University of
North Carolina. He was serving as
a special agent for the FBI when
he enlisted in the Army in 1942.
He saw action in Southern France
and the Battle of the Bulge and
was released as a first lieutenant
in December 1945. He was a part
ner in the law firm of Sanford,
Phillips, McCoy and Weaver in
Fayetteville at the time he was
elected Governor. He served on the
State Ports Authority, as State
Manager of the campaign of
W. Kerr Scott, served in the N. C.
State Senate and served as a dele
gate to the National Democratic
Conventions of 1956 and 1960. A
Mason, Shriner, Rotarian and
Methodist, he has been very active
in civic and church affairs. He is
chairman of the Board of Trustees
of Methodist College, Fayetteville,
and served as lay leader of the
Fayetteville District. He was active
in the Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce and the Fayetteville area
Industrial Development Corpora
tion. He is former judge advocate of
the North Carolina Department of
the American Legion and is a mem
ber of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Married to the former Margaret
Rose Knight, they have two chil
dren: Betsy, 12; and Terry, Jr. 8.
Dr. Brantley, a former member
of the Board of Trustees at
Louisburg College, established the
Brantley Awards medals given each
commencement to the boy and girl
having the highest two year scho
lastic average. He served as district
superintendent of the Burlington
District before going into his pres
ent office. He was educated at
Duke, Boston, Harvard, and Ox-
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Marla Crowned
May Queen
Miss Marla Gupton was officially
crowned “Queen of the May Day”
on Saturday, May 5 in Holton Gym
nasium at the last official event
scheduled to take place in the May
Day Activities, which had begun on
April 25.
At 8 p.m. the May Queen and
her court entered the Holton Gym
nasium dance floor, formed a figure
in the open area and led to the
platform where Miss Gupton was
crowned.
The May Court and their escorts
were: Miss Nancy Sisson with
Bill Williamson, Linda Dail with
Tommy Brown, Betty Summerlin
with Jimmy Vinson, Viloa Coffin
with Carl Miller, Kay Curry with
Riley Fields, Marlene Moore with
Charles Biggs, Barbara Major with
Herbby Kafina, Carolyn Munn
with Kennie Hunt, Nina Thayer
with Wallace Masencoup, and
Susan Hosier with George Temple.
Music was furnished by “Harry
and the Galaxies.”
The officers of the freshman
class, who sponsored the dance, are:
Jerry Ayscue, president; Bill Lese-
mann, vice-president; Donnie Cohn,
secretary; and Eddie Rollins, treas
urer.
Mr. Robert F. Wagner and Mrs.
Betsy Pemell were the class spon
sors.