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THE CECIL W. ROBBINS LIBi^MrO
LOUlSeURG COLLEGE
tOU(S6URG,N.C. 27549
Volume XXII
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 19, 1963
No. 4
Homecommg
Big Success
Louisburg’s homecoming started
off with a bang Saturday night, Feb
ruary 9, with both a J. V. and a Var
sity basketball game. The J. V. squad
played the alumni from the past var
sity teams. Following the J. V. game,
the Varsity team played Roanoke
Business College from Roanoke,
Virginia. The alumni managed to
edge the J. V.’s by three points, and
the Varsity won by a landslide. More
facts about the two games are found
on page four.
During the half-time of the Var
sity game, the Homecoming Court
and their escorts were presented.
They were as follows: Queen, Miss
Nancy Forbes from Wake Forest,
sponsored by the Basketball Team
and escorted by Harvey Forbes;
Betty Summerlin from Goldsboro,
sponsoring the Baseball Team and
escorted by Jerry Carter; Joan Price
sponsoring the Men and Women’s
Student Government, from Golds
boro, escorted by Ronnie Shell;
Roma Dickerson from Goldsboro,
escorted by Frank Outten, sponsor
ing the Y.D.C.; Julia Hanner from
West End, sponsoring the Y.R.C.,
escorted by Jimmy Bagley.
Also in the Homecoming Court
were; Susan Hosier from Richmond,
Virginia, sponsoring the Religious
Organizations and escorted by Andy
James; Besty O’Neal from Louis-
burg, escorted by Bill Williamson,
sponsoring the Drama Club; Donnie
Cohn, sponsoring the F.B.L.A., from
New Bern, escorted by Tommy
Pruder; Carolyn Munn sponsoring
the Honor Fraternities, from Frank-
linton, escorted by Donnie Ray
Simpson; Nancy Sisson from Rich
mond, Virginia, sponsoring the Glee
Club and escorted by John Herring;
Linda Capps from Jacksonville,
sponsoring the “Y’s”, escorted by
Bob Larmore and Valerie Saul from
Richmond, Virginia, sponsoring the
Publications, escorted by Joe Reed.
Before the initial homecoming
game that afternoon, all the girls in
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FERRANTE AND TEICHER
TOP CONCERT SERIES
Throughout the day on February' Their response makes playing for
Ferrante and Teicher
The famous duo as they appear during concert to an
S.R.O. house.
Annual Masquerade Ball
Sponsored By "Y" Mar. 9
By Eddie Rollins
President, YMCA
Saturday, March 9, was really a
night to remember for many here at
Louisburg. The YMCA-YWCA
sponsored the first of its now-to-be-
annual Costume Balls. With fish
nets, mobiles, old tables with candle-
plugged bottles, eerie lights and
structures, an atmosphere that de
picted a beatnik night club was
created. But it wasn’t this unique
setting that made this a “ball.”
Dancing to the music of the state-
famous Esquires was a multitude
of costume-studded Louisburg Col
lege students. There were beatniks
and babies, mountaineers and cave
men; if these aren’t weird enough,
there were countless others that
could be named. Among the faculty
members present were Mr. Versteeg
as a lady and Mr. Wagner as a moun
taineer.
At half-time, Alica Suarez sang
and played her Spanish guitar and
accordion.
Homecoming Queen—Miss Nancy Forbes is presented with bouquet of roses by
Miss Ruth Cooke at halftime of basketball game. Left is her escort, Mr. Harvey
Forbes.
I Language Frat. Meets
I Elects
The Regular February meeting of
Sigma Pi Alpha, honorary language
fraternity, was held recently in the
Faculty Parlor, and John McArthur
was elected president. Other new of
ficers were Nancy Berger, Vice-
president, and Susan Daniel, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Alicia Suarez entertained the
group with accordion music of her
native Chile and “brought down the
house,” according to Dr. Blumen-
feld, with her rendition of “Dixie.”
In addition to the officers, the
following students have recently
been initiated in recognition of high
achievement in language study and in
general scholarship: Robert Barn
hill, Kathryn Fort, Billy Joe Frazier,
Hunter Jacobs, Nelson Tapson, and
Mrs. Ava Woodlief.
them especially enjoyable. Of course,
we think of all our audiences as
special; every performance is a chal
lenge.’
“I was especially interested in
learning more about this business
of ‘doctored pianos’ and how they
get the pianos to produce sounds
which we are totally unaccustomed
to hearing emanating from a piano.
They explained that this is done by
placing rubber and felt strips, pieces
of paper, or masonite blocks upon
the strings inside the piano. Some
times they strum, pluck, or thump
the strings, depending upon the
sounds they wish to create. Finding
this to be quite clever, I asked them
where they originally got the idea.
‘We started with the drum sound
when we were working on an ar
rangement of “Bolero” by the French
composer Ravel,’ replied Teicher.
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6, everyone could almost sense the
feeling of excitement and expecta
tion among his fellow students.
Snatches of “Exodus” and “Tonight”
being hummed or whistled by the
tuneful students on their way to
class, standing in the cafeteria line
or just roaming about the campus,
could be heard. Everyone knew that
tonight was the big night—Ferrante
and Teicher were going to play at
Louisburg College!
At 5:15 Betty Beard, our corre
spondent, pulled herself together,
picked up her note paper and started
across the street to the A-C Build
ing for an interview with the famous
duo. As she approached the doors
to the auditorium, she could hear
the reverberations of the two giant
Steinway pianos as the artists prac
ticed. And then Betty got the thrill
of her life.
“Arthur Ferrante and Lewis
Teicher greeted me warmly. They
both had a keen sense of humor.
Since I had been informed that they
both wear toupees, I was on the
lookout for this feature, but I didn’t
have the gumption to ask them if
this tidbit of information were true.
“The interview ran smoothly. I
learned that they practice two to | ^ Richmond,
three hours a day when they have a! was elected Mav Queen bv
performance scneauled tnat "‘ght; I the student body. Her ma'id-of-honor
otherwise, they practice eight hours I iji ^
a day. As for their preference of thd^g The May Court
Nancy Sisson
Is May Queen
type of music they play, both agreed
that they play what they like the
most. What sort of audiences do they
prefer? Well, this is what Teicher
had to say. ‘We find college audi
ences are the best of all. I’m not
saying this just because we happen
to be performing here tonight. It is
true; students know what is going
on; they have definite ideas about
what they like. They are more ‘hip.’
Faculty Mem bers Add
Variety to **Dream ”
composed of Miss Linda Capps of
Jacksonville; Miss Nancy Fitzpat
rick of Richmond, Virginia; Miss
Donnie Cohn of New Bern; Miss
Betty Creedle of Richmond, Vir
ginia; Miss Betsy O’Neal of Louis
burg; Miss Susan Hosier of Rich
mond, Virginia; Miss Betty Lively
of Durham; and Miss Joan Price of
Goldsboro.
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On February 14, 15, and 16th,
the Louisburg College Players gave
their second play of the year. They
presented Rollin Clarence Hunter’s
condensed acting edition of William
Shakespeare’s, “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.” For the first time
a Louisburg production was present
ed for three nights. Hunter is the
retired Chairman of the Department
of Speech at Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity.
The setting was formal in style,
and formed a modified version of
the “fore-and-inner stage” in use in
Shakespeare’s time. It was an “ac
tor’s stage”; locale was suggested to
the audience’s imagination by the
actor’s lines and action.
Fehx Mendelssohn composed in
cidental music for the play; the
“Wedding March” was undoubtedly
the best known part.
Costumes were mainly authentic
reproductions of the classic Greek
chiton and himation.
Enriched by some 350 years of
acting tradition, much of the “busi
ness of the play”—for example.
Quince’s painting “blood” on the
sword, has become almost a part of
the test itself.
Much to the delight of the students
and the Players, two of the college
professors added their skills to the
talents of the other actors to pro
vide an evening full of fun for those
who attended the performances.
Mr. Umphrey Lee, Chairman of
the Louisburg College English De
partment, played an Athenian weav
er who was transformed into an ass
by a mischievous sprite. Mr. Robert
Versteeg, director of the play, said
“Mr. Lee willingly accepted the
Player’s invitation to lend his sup
port with their first recent venture
with the Bard.”
The other teacher to accept the
Players’ invitation was Walter N.
McDonald, who “did much to help
the cast catch the spirit of the fun
of Shakespeare.” “Mr. Mac’s” real
istic portrayal of a girl was one of
the highlights of the play. Mr. Mc
Donald is Chairman of the Louis
burg College Religion Department,
Director of Religious Activities, and
Director of Town and Country
Work.
Much credit for the fine produc
tion was given to Mr. Robert John
Versteeg, director. Since coming to
Louisburg College, Versteeg has
been praised for increasing interest
in theatre and promoting the stand
ards of the plays given. All of the
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BULLETIN
FLASH—In case you out there
in Newspaper Land have not heard,
the countdown has begun at Louis
burg College or Oak Grove Uni
versity, for the mass evacuation on
April 9th at high noon, the begin
ning of Spring Vacation. For you
more intellectual beings, the mi
gration south this year will not be
to ye ole Fort Lauderdale, but to
the cultural explosion center of the
South, where Fords finished in the
first five places of the Daytona
“500.”
Upon returning to our glorious
campus, that is, if you have com
pletely recovered from your visits
to the American Business College
and have, of course, gotten a beauti
ful Coppertone tan—you will at
tend the opening show of the Loui-
burg College Fine Arts Festival,
starting on April 18.
The sixty-six-voice Duke Women’s
Choir will sing the 18th, followed
by Mr. Joe Cox, artist and designer,
speaking on April 22. Betty Smith,
a novelist, will speak on the 30th.
The week is the highlight of the
school year for art students and
should prove most interesting for the
entire student body. Allen de Hart
is head of cultural activities for
Louisburg.
P. S.—Attendance for the Duke
Women’s Choir engagement is es
pecially urged for all students.