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FHE CECIL W. ROBBINS LIBRARY
LOUISBURG COLLcGE
LOUISBURG, N.C. 27549
Vol. XXIX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., DECEMBER 5, 1967
No. 2
Columns Editor and Tommy O'Neal
Gravely Injured in Car Wreck
Columns editor Jo Ann Wolozin
and Tommy O’Neal were gravely
injured several weeks ago in a traffic
accident in Franklin County. Plans
are being made to help Jo Ann with
the staggering cost of two brain op
erations and weeks of intensive care
nursing.
The accident occurred on a Sun
day afternoon when Jo Ann’s small
imported car apparently overturned
several times after a blowout. Both
students suffered severe head in
juries. They were first treated by
the Louisburg Rescue Unit and then
at Franklin Memorial Hospital in
Louisburg. They were then rushed
to Duke University Hospital in Dur
ham, where they were placed in in
tensive care. Neither student recov
ered consciousness for many days.
Jo Ann has undergone two brain
operations, and Tommy has under
gone one. As this report goes to
press, both Tommy and Jo Ann are
recovering at home.
While Jo Ann is in the hospital,
Sandra Rook will be serving as Act
ing Editor of Columns.
Jo Ann Wolozin
Tom O’Neal
Are You in One
Of These Plans?
In order to meet more effectively
the specific academic needs of
Louisburg College students, the col
lege wiU institute several special pro
grams for those who can qualify.
One aspect of this special aca
demic program will consist of Fresh
man Honor Sections. In participat
ing departments, certain freshman
sections will be designated “Honor
Sections.” In these, ten to fifteen
Sonja Cooper
Heads Play Cast
Sonja Cooper, of 406 East Green
Street in Franklinton, leads the cast
for the Louisburg Players’ opening
production of this season, Shake
speare’s The Merchant of Venice. A
senior in Franklinton High School,
Sonja has been announced to play
the role of one of Shakespeare’s
best known heroines, Portia. Less
than a year ago, Sonja sat in the
audience and marvelled at her first
Shakespearean play.
Last December with her high
school class she came to see the
Players’ production of The Taming
of the Shrew. “It was thrilling,” she
says. “I knew that if I could just
have the tiniest part in something
like that, it was the thing for me.”
Sonja came to audition for the Play
ers’ next production, got a part, and
was a member of the cast that won
top honors in the state last spring.
A dancing teacher in her off-school
hours, Sonja played the lead dancer
in the Players’ spring production of
Camelot. Now, in a little less than a
year, and with a lot of hard work,
Sonja has moved from an admiring
place in the audience to the center-
stage spotlight.
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Dr. CiardI Is First Lecturer in Series
By BLAKE YORK
Dr. John Ciardi, acclaimed col
umnist for The Saturday Review,
opened the Louisburg CoUege Lec
ture Series on Thursday, Novem
ber 9.
Dr. Ciardi’s topic, “Why Read?”,
was dehghtfuUy presented to a large
audience, including many out-of-
town guests.
In addition to speaking on his
topic, Dr. Ciardi also elaborated on
the subject of poetry. During the
course of his lecture, he quoted sev
eral of his own humorous children’s
poems.
Dr. Ciardi is author of more than
twenty books, including translations
of the works of Dante.
A former Professor of EngUsh at
Harvard and Rutgers, Dr. Ciardi is
a Fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, the Nationd
Institute of Arts and Letters, and
the recipient of nine American and
foreign literary awards.
Louisburg College is indeed privi
leged to have had Dr. Ciardi in the
lecture series this year.
Dr. Larson Presents Second Lecture
Dr. Arthur Larson, special ad
visor to President Johnson, pre
sented the second of the Louisburg
College Lecture Series, speaking on
“Goals for America’s Future” De
cember 4.
Dr. Larson is known as a lawyer
and educator, and he has written
several books, including When Na
tions Disagree. He attended Oxford
University, was a Rhodes Scholar
and holds four degrees.
Our speaker has been called “a
fluent, agile, and humorous.” He is
also a positive man, one who looks
at life and world affairs from the
standpoint of what we are for and
what we can do, rather than from
the familiar position of criticizing
and tearing ideas and men down.
The theme of his topic was that
we can and should set ourselves a
series of specific goals—goals that
will carry entire segments of our
economy, society, and international
relations to new levels that are both
realistic and inspiring. He feels that
we must be our own “Pace-setter”^
in the future years.
Parents’ Day Festivities Speaks on LSD
qualified students volunteer to en
gage in the subject matter of a
specific course through individual
inquiring, investigation of primary
sources, and open discussions. Stu
dents who score in the upper twenty
percent of their age grouping in
both abiUty and achievement may
be invited to register in one such sec
tion.
A second branch of the Honors
Program will be composed of Sopho
more Seminars. In participating de
partments, certain sections are desig
nated “Sophomore Seminar Sec
tions.” In these ten to fifteen
qualified students will be enrolled.
Each student wiU be expected to
make at least one in depth presenta
tion of a specific aspect of the
course, placing emphasis upon the
primary sources. A panel of two or
three students will be chosen to re
view and criticize the presentation
from the standpoint of secondary
sources. A student who in his fresh
man year in a given subject demon
strates potential and an inquiring
mind may be invited to enroll in one
Sophomore Seminar.
The college will also institute a
Limited Tutorial Program. In this
special program, a student who may
indicate (a) great potential but poor
motivation, or (b) average or bet
ter potential but with a lack of tech
nical ability, or (c) average ability
but poor motivation may voluntarily
be withdrawn from the regular sec
tion in which he has enrolled to en
gage in independent study with the
instructor in such a way that the stu
dent may move at an optimum
rate through the material of the
course.
These new programs typify the
spirit at Louisburg College as
the college moves to accommodate
the needs of the constantly increas
ing student population. — Alumni
Bulletin
One of the traditions of LC is
Parents’ Day, this year held on
Wednesday, October 11. Both stu
dents and parents, and maybe
teachers too, looked forward to the
annual event and it was, as usual
an enjoyable day for all concerned.
The day began with the register
ing of the parents in the various
dorms and a coffee break before
they went tc the college auditorium
to hear an address by Dr. Arthur D.
Wenger, president of Atlantic
Christian CoUege at Wilson.
Dr. Wenger, introduced by Presi
dent Cecil W. Robbins, addressed
some 500 parents. A native of Aber
deen, Idaho, Dr. Wenger became
president of Atlantic Christian in
1956. He received the B.A. degree
from Bethel College and the B.D.
degree from Texas Christian Uni
versity, which institution honored
him with the LL.D. degree in 1956.
Dr. Wenger advised parents of
college students to become allies in
the educational process. “Coming to
college is a traumatic experience
when our students are bombarded,
pulled at, stretched, tugged from
every direction — a time of ex
treme emotional and physical an
guish.”
Dr. Wenger used an “urban re
newal” theme in depicting what
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Dr. Wayne W. Woner, Executive
Secretary of the Alcohol Educa
tion Council, Incorporated of Vir
ginia Churches, spoke at the College
during chapel Thursday, Novem
ber 16. Dr. Woner’s address was
“The Dangers of LSD and Similar
Drugs.”
Dr. Woner was at the coUege
through Friday morning and will
hold two genera] sessions, Thursday
afternoon and Friday morning in
the library auditorium for the pur
pose of answering any questions thj
student body may have conceiiiihj
alcohol or drugs.
The science department spon
sored Dr. Woner’s appearance.
Manhattan Ensemble First in Series
November 27, at 8:00 p.m. in the
College Auditorium, brought us
the first of the Fine Arts Concerts
in the Louisburg Concert Series.
Performing is the Manhattan Per
cussion Ensemble, directed by Paul
Price.
Mr. Price is a Professor of Music
at the Manhattan School of Music,
he is considered the nation’s fore
most authority on percussion music
and he is the first American to teach
an accredited course in percussion
literature. The six musicians of the
Ensemble are all graduates of the
Manhattan School of Music.
Their program is by no means
“old hat.” It will consist of composi
tions from 1942 to 1967, and it is-
the only program of its kind in the
South this year.
The concert is required for all
freshmen as part of their cultural
orientation at Louisburg, College.
ID cards were required.
Manhattan Percussion Ensemble