ARCHIVES
THE CECIL W. ROBBINS IIBRA.
Vol. XXIX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,1969
No. 5
Original New Orleans Jazz Group To Concert Here
li
Pat Wiygul
On January 13, a group of
Negro oldsters will move into
Louisburg, dust off their bat
tered trumpet, sliphorn (trom
bone), licorice stick (clarinet),
drums and upright piano, and,
at 8 o’clock in the Louisburg
auditorium, unleash the wild,
warm, throbbing rhythms of
pre-Dixieland New Orleans jazz
that are rapidly becoming ex
tinct.
These are the Ambassadors
from Preservation Hall, an edi
fice located at 726 St. Peter
Street in the heart of the
French Quarter in New Or
leans, and dedicated to the
continuance of that wonderful
ly cxciting jazz music so little
recorded that was made by the
great names like Sidney Bec
het, Bessie Smith, W. C.
Handy, and Jelly Roll Morton.
Originating primarily as fun
eral march brass bands and
background for the strip shows
of the Storyville era, New Or
leans jazz differs from Dixie
land in that ,it is more
thoroughly improvLsational,
less slick and polished, more
flexible and spontaneous.
The band in concert here
will feature Billie and DeDe
Pierce on piano and trumpet,
the group also includes Jim
Robinson on the trombone, or
“sliphorn,” William Humphrey,
Jr. as clarinetist, and drummer
Josiah Cie Frazier, all musi
cians who were brought up in
the great, warm swinging
rhythms of the Delta Land.
Preservation Jazz Hall Band
Homecoming '69 A Success
Freshman Class
Elections Postponed
The Freshmen class on
Tuesday, November 25, in a
class meeting following Fresh
men Chapel, nominated candi
dates to fill their vacant class
offices. Some of whom were
unable to run because they
jacked a 2.0 average which is
required to hold any office on
campus.
Some of the freshmen class
members became concerned
over the elections. They want
ed to run for an office but did
not have the average. One such
concerned student, Doug
Hoell, went and talked with
Dean Patterson who suggested
that a petition be written to
oppose the class elections that
were planned to be held on
December 8.
Doug proceeded to draw up
the petition. Several copies
were made of the petition and
presented to the freshmen
class. On December 3 the num
ber of freshmen who had sign
ed the petition reach 246 and
the petition was turned in to
Dean Patterson. The petition
was then carried to the presi
dent of the college, Cecil W.
Robbins, who approved it.
The class elections will now
be held some time in the first
part of the second semester.
Below is a copy of the
petition that was presented to
the freshmen class opposing
the class elections.
We, the undersigned Fresh
men of Louisburg College, wish
to have the election of our
class officers postponed until
second semester for the follow
ing reasons:
1. December the 8th is so
near the end of the semester
and undoubtedly the grades of
the candidates will change
from what they were at mid
semester.
2. Waiting until second
semester will give those persons
who were nominated for
office, but didn’t have a 2.0
average, a chance to attain such
an average, and therefore be
eligible to run for office.
3. Waiting until second se
mester would give the students
a chance to become more fami
liar with the people who were
nominated for office.
If you can’t be a wave, be a ripple.
If you can’t be a forest, be.a tree.
If you can’t be a rock, be a pebble
-but the most important thing is to
be.
If you can’t be a king, be a peasant.
If you can’t be an “A” be a “Z.”
For the job after all is not lessened,
if you are just the best that you
can be!
Homecoming ’69, which
took place the weekend of
November 21-22, proved to be
one of the most exciting week
ends in recent months at Louis
burg College.
At the Homecoming Dance
held on Friday, Clifford Curry,
backed by Ginger Thompson
and the Music Odyssey, was
enthusiastically welcomed, and
because of the outstanding
quality of the entire group of
music-makers, many couples
danced to the midnight hour.
Louisburg College alumni
began arriving on Saturday
afternoon. Of the 300 alumni
on campus, members of the
class of 1934 were representa
tive of the oldest class present.
On Saturday evening at
7:30, the Louisburg-South-
wood basketball game began,
and at halftime, the Homecom
ing Court was presented to a
crowd of approximately 1300.
Of the 13 contestants, Sharon
Perry of Raleigh was proclaim
ed Homecoming Queen; Cyn-
die Schubart and Leiza Hall
were named first and second
runners-up, respectively.
To the delight of Louisburg
College fans, the'L.C. basket
ball team defeated the South-
wood team by a score of
98-63.
After the game. Josh White,
Jr. was presented in concert in
Leiza Hall
the A-C Auditorium. About
800 persons attended the con
cert and were entertained by
the wit and variety of Josh
White’s performance.
The girls of Merritt Hall,
who won the contest between
dorms for Homecoming deco
rations, are outstanding as ex
amples of the degree of enthus
iasm and student involvement
apparent on the campus during
the weekend of November
21-22. Merritt Hall was honor
ed with a steak dinner on
Thursday, December 4.
Sharon Perry Becomes Homecoming Queen