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THE dECtL W. ROBBINS Llfif'ARV ,
Vol. XXIX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1969
No. 3
Cassandra Lee stars in the role of Saint Joan being presented in
the Experimental Theater.
Clifford Curry Scheduled
For Homecoming Dance
The opening celebrations
for the 1969 homecoming
weekend will begin Friday
night, November 21. The
Homecoming Dance will be
held in the Louisburg College
Cafeteria. This semi-formal af
fair will begin at eight and last
until midnight. The main at
traction of the dance will be
Clifford Curry who will be
backed by Ginger Thompson
and the Music Odyssey. A
small fee will be charged which
is $1.50 per couple and $1.00
stag. Tickets will be on sde as
well as at the door.
The Homecoming Dance is
sponsored by the Sophomore
class. The class officers in
clude: Gene Crowder, Presi
dent; Norman Maxwell, Vice
President; Debbie Oliver, Secre
tary; and Frank Heacox, Treas
urer. These along with the en
tire sophomore class have
worked diligently for the suc
cess of the dance. They are
reluctant in charging this small
nominal fee; however, they feel
that they must in order to
meet expenses. “The aim of
the officers is to make this
Following the movies break
fast was served which included
a menu of donuts, scrambled
eggs, and bacon. Finally, in the
wee hours of the morning,
everyone returned to the
dorms to get a couple of hours
of sleep before awakening to
the month of November.
The program was sponsored
for us as a part of the dining
program. On behalf of the stu
dents, “Columns” would like
to thank Mr. Beckham for his
cooperation and support plus
all those who helped to make
this Halloween one of the most
enjoyable on the Louisburg
campus.
-Jeri Holland
Louisburg Players Present Saint Joan
Ginger Thompson
and the Music Odyssey
Clifford Curry
The Louisburg Players will
P leorge Bernard Shaw’s
m. ^ .ece, SAINT JOAN, in
the Louisburg College Ex
perimental Theatre November
5, 6,7,8,17,18,19, and 20 at
7:30 p.m.
THE PLAY
“In form a chronicle play,”
wrote Archibald Henderson,
“SAINT JOAN is in spirit a
religious drama, a sermon of
beauty, eloquence, and com
pelling force.”
Drama critic Heywood
Broun hailed SAINT JOAN as
“The finest play written in the
English language in our day.”
In this play (wrote Hen
derson), the greatest forces
of the age tcnsdy clash
over The Maid. The Catho
lic Church, the Inquisition,
the Holy Roman Empire,
Feudalism and Nationa
lism, Protestantism and
Ecclesiasticism: these
mighty institutions and
faiths, embodied in stage
figures, wage war to the
death over the devoted
head of the gallant girl.
“What more do you want
for a tragedy as great as
that of Prometheus?”
Shaw observed to me. “All
Homecoming
’69
Only Two Weeks Away
By Johnnie Ainsley
On Saturday, November 22,
perhaps the most ambitious
and eventful day of this semes
ter, the Annual Homecoming
will be held here at Louisburg
College. Many events are sche
duled, including a return con
cert by the great Josh White,
Jr., after the Homecoming bas
ketball game with Southwood.
The events will officially be
gin at 6 P.M. with an Alumni
Office sponsored buffet dinner
in the cafeteria. Students will
be admitted free. There virill be
a $1.75 charge for non-stu
dents. Immediately preceeding
the dinner, all non-student at
tendants are requested to regis
ter in Main lobby from 5 to 6
P.M.
An informal class reunion,
for the purpose of reuniting
fornner classmates, will be held
from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. A very
See HOMECOMING Page 2
the forces that bring about
the catastrophe are on the
grandest scale; and the in
dividual soul on which
they press is of the most
indomitable force and
temper.”
THE PLAYERS
Winners of seventeen drama
awards in the past seven years
and awarded first honors in
every drama festival they have
entered, The Louisburg Players
are establishing themselves as
one of the exciting playing
groups in the state.
The star role of Joan is
played by Cassandra Lee, a
Louisburg High School Senior
whose previous roles with The
Players have included Juliet in
ROMEO AND JULIET, Rosa
lind in AS YOU LIKE IT, and
Dorine in TARTUFFE. Winner
of five acting awards including
the State Drama Festival
Award in Acting, Miss Lee was
a 1968 appointee to the North
Carolina Governor’s School in
drama, and a 1969 member of
the Hammocks Beach Perform
ing Arts Institute.
John Pike, currently a stu
dent at The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and the 1968 recipient of the
William Raymond Taylor
Award in Drama at Louisburg
College, returns to play the
supporting role of Jack Dunois.
Other members of the cast
are Louisburg College Professor
Russell Stott; Bill Robie of
Raleigh; Louisburg High
School students Charles Latta
and Larry Lloyd; and Louis
burg College students Norman
Maxwell (Washington, D. C.),
David Rankin (Milford, Dela
ware), Jim Crone (Richmond,
Va.), John Harris (Rocky
Mount), Charles Echols (Can-
boro), Gary Smith (Williams
burg, Va.), Mary Lee Hill
(Coral Gables, Fla.), Mary
Newill (Wilmin^on, Delaware),
Chuck Wooten (Raleigh), Bob
Hudson (Richmond, Va.), Phil
Newsome (Winston-Salem),
Curtis Wright (Milford, Dela
ware), J. David Schronce (San
ford), Alex Sharpe (Greens
boro), Worth Kinlaw (Ayden),
Patrick Mann (Sanford), Mike
Harper (South Hill, Va.), Jane
Deese (Graham), ^rbara Jar-
rard (Winston-Salem), and
Debbie Langston (Henderson).
-Sally Versteeg
Seated: Gene Crowder, Debbie Oliver - Standing: Frank Heacox,
Norman Maxwell
Sophomores Elect Officers
Gene Crowder has been
elected president of the Sopho
more Class for the 1969-70
school year in an election held
on last Wednesday.'
Other Sophomore officers
include Norman Maxwell, vice
president; Debbie Oliver, l^cre-
tary and Frank Heacox.
Other nominees for these
offices included, president,
Vinson Bridgers; vice president,
John Mahaney, Reamy Garnett
and Randolph Butler; Secre
tary, Nancy Davis; Treasurer,
Tate Cotton and David Brown.
All nominees were required
to have a 2.0 average before
they were given the privilege of
running for an office.
•Russ Tolar