Vol. XXVIII LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG , N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1968 No. 1
Noted Anthropologist Visits Campus
Sophomore Class Election
DR. ASHLEY MONTAGU
An annual facet of college
life is electing class officers. On
Thursday morning, September
5th, the Sophomore Class met
In the AC auditorium to elect
Scholarship
Reverend J. L. Smith, who
served as pastor in the North
Carolina Conference of the
United Methodist Church for
38 years, has recently establish
ed a scholarship at Louisburg
College in memory of his wife
and son.
To be known as the Augusta
Robinson and Fred A. Smith
Memorial Scholarship, the in
come from this fund will be
used to provide a scholarship
for a deserving student who
plans to enter full-time Chris
tian service. The amount of the
fund is $4,000.
“I want to leave something
to help young people through
out the years ahead,” Mr.
Smith commented. He is a resi
dent of the Methodist Retire
ment Home in Durham.
Mrs. Smith passed away sev
eral years ago and Fred, former
Superintendent of Schools in
Wake County, lost his life in an
automobile accident several
months ago.
(The Franklin Times)
Dally Thought
Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can.
--Apples of Gold
its officers for the 1968-69
school year. The nominees
were as follows:
President: Pete Rackley, Jay
Fleck
Vice President: Peggy Cope
land, Barbara Brown, Carol
Myrick, John Moncrief
Secretary: Judy Campbell,
Vicki Wolfe, Betty CaroU Bell,
Marcie Wllhoit
Treasurer: John Quilter,
Evie Smith, Steve Perry
The Election results were;
President: Jay Fleck
Vice President: Peggy Cope
land
Secretary: Betty Caroll Bell
Treasurer: John Quilter
All students were required
to hold a 2.0 average before
being given the privilege to run
for an office.
Homecoming
November 23rd
Plans are now being made
for the big day - such as, trying
to find girls representative of
beauty, poise, charm and
brains enough to at least have
1.5 average after mid-semester
grades. We want the home
coming queen of 1968-69 to be
the “choicest of the crop” of
lovely girls we see on campus
this year.
Candidates may be spon
sored by any club or organiza
tion on campus. Please make
your choice as soon as possible
following the release of mid
semester grades and submit the
name along with the sponsor to
Mrs. Clara Frazier, office-
Franklin 100.
Dr. Ashley Montagu, noted
anthropologist, and author of
more than 20 volumes, was
presented September 24-25 at
Louisburg College by way of
the recently obtained $1,800
grant from the S & H Founda
tion. In 1960 the S & H Foun
dation Lectureship Program
was established as part of the
Sperry and Hutchinson Com
pany’s Program of aid to ed
ucation.
Former Professor and Chair
man of the Department of An
thropology at Rutgers Univer
sity, and ftofessor of Anatomy
at New York University and
Hahnemon Medical College,
Dr. Montagu is a graduate of
the University of London with
a Ph.D. from Columbia in
1937.
He is one of the most ver
satile scientists in America, and
has an international reputation
as an anthropologist whose
principle interest is bridging
the gap between biological and
social disciplines. His much dis
cussed study, “The Natural
Superiority of Women,” climb
ed immediately to the best
May I extend a warm wel
come to all students enrolled at
Louisburg College for the
1968-69 academic year.
Many of you are here for
the first time. College is open
ing to you a new world. At
times you will rebel against
entering into this new world.
Often you will wish you had
not come to college. Let me
assure you that the experiences
of bewilderment and frustra
tion through which you may
be passing are experiences that
those of us who were freshmen
in college once have also
known. Be assured that you are
among friends. All of us in
administrative, staff, and teach
ing posts are ready to help you
with your problems and to
share with you in your success.
Let me urge you to become
acquainted as soon as possible
with those who teach you and
with your fellow students. If
you accept and adjust to this
new academic-social world,
within a few weeks you will
experience excitement and an
increasing sense of fulfillment.
Get caught up in the academic,
the cultural, the social, and the
spiritual life at Louisburg Col-
seller list. His lectures, “The
Nature of Human Relations”
(Sept. 24) and “The Dilemma
of Modern Man” (Sept. 25),
showed his brilliant speaking
ability with discussions that
were dynamic, provocative and
lucid.
lege, and the days ahead will be
the best ever.
For those of you who are
returning to Louisburg College,
let me also welcome you. You
have passed through the turbu
lent first year, now you are
ready for further adventure
and deeper experiences. We in
vite you to commit yourselves
to scholarship, to sound learn
ing, and to creative purposeful
A very highly competent
writer, he is the author of such
scientific works as “Man’s Most
Dangerous Myth,” “The
Fallacy of Race,” and “On
Being Human.” The college
was proud to welcome Dr.
Montagu to our campus.
College
living. Build upon the failures
and the successes of yesterday
and join the ranks of those
who are pursuing excellence in
every aspect of life.
May this year at Louisburg
College be the best yet for all
of us who are a part of this
great and growing family.
C. W. Robbins
President
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