Vol. XXVIII
LOUISBURG COLLEGE. LOUISBURG, N. C„ FRIDAY. APRIL 4.1969
No. 8
Richardson To Lecture On
Championship
Lee Castle And Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra Gives Dance
The Louisburg CoU^e Lec
ture Series will present Mr.
Bobby Richardson in the col
lege auditorium at 8:00 on
April 8.
From his earliest childhood
he had only one purpose, and
that was flnding time to play
baseball. Mr. Richardson’s first
baseball season was playing for
the American Legion at the age
of fourteen as second baseman.
Through much practice and
Showdown
Week-end
The Freshman class will
sponsor the Spring dance this
year with a different flavor.
Tommy Wright, class president,
commented that he is very
hopeful this year’s festivities
will cause students to get out
and have fun for a change.
“Showdown Weekend” will
begin on Friday night when the
Tymes present a four hour
concert in the A. C. building.
The concert will be $1.00 ad
vanced, $1.50 at the door, and
will be from 8:00 until mid
night. On Saturday night, the
Casuals will play for the semi-
formal dance which will be
held in the cafeteria. “Washed
Ashore” will be the theme, and
it will last from 8:00 until 12.
The baseball team will host a
game on Saturday afternoon.
Everyone is heartily invited
to participate in Louisburg
“Showdown Weekend.”
Marcie Wilhoit
long seasons, Bobby Richard
son reached the peak of his
baseball career by playing in
the World Series. Thus, the
sports-minded students will re
member him as an outstanding
athlete.
Mr. Richardson has received
the Gold Glove Award and was
named to he American league
All-Star team for seven years.
He has also been recognized as
the top fielding second base
man in the major leagues. In
1964, he set a new World
Series record of collecting thir
teen hits against the St. Louis
Cardinals.
Today Bobby Richardson is
a successful businessman with
Liberty Life Insurance Com
pany of South Carolina. Al
though he is no longer a profes
sional athlete, he has a national
tour program with the Fellow
ship of Christian Athletes.
Appropriately enough, his
subject for the lecture will be
“The Price of Championship.”
Daily Thought
“Making money today is
neither difficult nor challeng
ing to'the young person whose
sense of values tells him that he
must not only make a living,
but must contribute ... .to an
improved and peaceful world.”
-Edward E. Booher
President, McGraw Hill
S. G. A. ELECTIONS
COMING UP
KEEP INFORMED!
On April 1, there was a
dance in the college cafeteria
sponsored by the I.C.C. featur
ing Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey
have delighted audiences from
coast to coast for over two
decades.
The Dorsey brothers were
taught to play their instru
ments while they were young.
Their father, Thomas Dorsey,
Sr., was the leader of a brass
band, and he let the boys fill in
when a member was not pre
sent. Before the Dorsey’s were
out of Jheir te^ns, they were
playing with top name orchek”
ras of the day. In 1934 Tommy
and Jimmy decided to go to
gether and form their own
group. By this time both boys
were accomplished masters of
their instruments. For almost
two years after forming their
own band, they won national
acclaim. In 1936 they decided
to split up. Both the boys
formed their own orchestra
based on their own conception
of music. After seventeen years
On March 31 through April
5, the Coffee House presents
i the sounds of Erica, Eros and
I Young. Their act incorporates
I singing, strumming, choreo-
■ graphy and humor. Their origi
nal compositions plus their ver-
j satile interpretations of all
I kinds of music provides their
audiences with great enter
tainment.
The trio, formerly called
Sounds Unlimited, consists of
Erica Schnutz, Jon Adelson,
they decided to again pool
their talents. They performed
before their greatest audience
on CBS-TV hit program “Stage
Show,” and the Dorseys won
the favor of an entire new
i and Dick Seale, Erica Schmitz,
the only female of the group,
possesses a voice which reaches
a wide range of notes with
amazing clarity. Jon Adelson
and Dick Seale are both com
petent musicians, but they are
also skilled comedians.
The trio has a very polished
and professional act which is
likely to graduate from the
Coffee House Circuit very soon
and become known throughout
the entertainment world.
generation of music lovers.
The director of the Jimmy
Dorsey Orchestra is Lee Castle.
He is an accomplished trumpet
player and conductor.
L. C. Alumni
Receive Awards
Seven Louisburg College
alumni members have been se
lected for inclusion in the 1969
edition of OUTSTANDING
YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA.
Criteria for selection includes a
man’s service to others, pro
fessional excellence, business
advancement, charitable activi
ties, and civic and professional
recognition.
President Richard M. Nixon
has said, “OUTSTANDING
YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA
presents a most fitting testi
monial not only to the success
of many of our young people,
but also to their awareness of
the debt which they owe our
free society.”
The seven selections are:
Walter N. Dixon, III, Stephen
Wayne Ferguson, Dr. William
T. Tillar, III, Dr. Jamal Modir-
zadeh, Joseph Browning New
man, Dr. Patrick W. Carlton,
and John Cornelius Williams,
Jr.
Walter Dixon, of Geneva, N.
Y., completed his education at
Louisburg in 1961 and received
See AWARDS Page 4
Coffee House Trio