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TVIE CECIL W. ROBBINS
LOUISBURG COUKit
LOUISBURG, N.C. 27S49
Vol. XXX
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C. MAY, 10,1971
Number 5
Dr. Harold Bosley To Give Graduation Address
New Personnel
Is Added To
College Staff
The new Director of Alumni
Affairs is Kenneth H. Davis, a
1935 graduate of Louisburg
College who spent the past 33
years as a member of the
Executive Staff of The Boy
Scouts of America. He retired
(pre-normally) from Scouting
and came to Louisburg College
on March 1.
As a professional Scouter,
Ken Davis served posts in
Huntington, West Virginia,
Gallipolis, Ohio, Spartanburg,
S. C., Savannah, Ga., Charlotte,
Burlington and Rocky Mount,
N. C. He served in the Navy in
World War H.
Ken and Mrs. Davis (Edith
Modlin ^5) reside in Rocky
Mount and have six children
(and six grandchildren). Two
of the children have already
finished at Louisburg College,
and a third will enter in the
fall. The fanrily will be moving
to Louisbui^ after graduation
time.
Karen Lavon McDaniel
joined the staff of Louisburg
College on October 1, 1970.
She does Publicity and is an
Admission Counselor and has
been quite busy in the program
of Student recruitment.
Karen hails from Raleigh
and pjreviously worked in the
Division of Testing and
Recruiting of the N(»th
Carolina Department of
Personnel. She received the AA
degree from Louisburg College
and continued her education at
See PERSONNEL Page 6
DR. BOSLEY
Graduation Ceremonies at
Louisburg College will begin
with the Alumni Banquet, to
be held on Saturday, May 15,
followed by Baccalaureate
Services and Commencement
Exercise on Sunday, May 16.
The Alumni Banquet will be
held at 7:00 p.m., in the
Benjamin N. Duke Cafeteria.
The speaker for the occasion
will be Dr. James Batten, Head
DR. HARDIN
of the School of Secondary
Education, East Carolina
University.
Baccalaureate Services will
be held at 11:00 a.m., at the
A-C Building. Dr. Paul Hardin
III, Rr6sident of Wofford
College, Spartanburg, South
Carolina, will deliver the
sermon.
Graduation Exercises will
DR. BATFEN
take place at 2:30 p.m., in the
Auditorium-Classroom Build
ing with Dr. Harold Bosley,
pastor of Christ Church
(United Methodist), New York
City, as the speaker. Grad
uation Exercises will be
followed by the President’s
Reception for graduating
seniors and their parents in the
Cecil W. Robbins Library.
Young Republican Club Reorganizes
By Bill Cross
Louisburg College has seen
the rebirth of politics on its
campus by the reorganization
of the Young Republican Club.
The club was started last fall
but has recently become
known. This is the only
political organization on
campus that represents one of
the national parties.
During the period of re
organization, the following
officers were elected: Bill
Cross, President; Lee Nichols,
1st Vice President; Buzzy
Ashmore, 2nd Vice Resident;
John Hunter, Treasurer; and
Jane House, Secretary. Dr.
Howard B. Clay of the Depart
ment of History agreed to
become the faculty advisor to
the club.
The major purpose of the
club is to serve as a liason
between the students and the
See YRC Page 3
In Accident
1971 Marshals
Have Been
Announced
High academic achievement
has enable seven Louisburg
freshmen to be chosen as
marshals for’ the 1971
Commencement Exercises on
May 16.
Each year several first-year
students who have the highest
academic average are chosen as
marshals. Their eliglblly Is
determined by their grades for
the fall semester and those of
the first half of the spring
semester. This year seven
students have been selected.
Chief marshal, attaining the
highest average^ Is Angela
Bumgarner, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. D.
Bumgarner of Louisburg.
Angela is a liberal arts student
who plans to transfer to either
the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro or
Atlantic Christian College and
major In Business Education.
Angela is a member of Phi Beta
Lamdba and the Day Students
Club. She was a candidate in
the Homecoming Court and
takes an active part in
intramural sports.
Also from Louisburg Is
Breattie Corbette King, the
daughter of Mr. inid Mrs. John
W, King. Bebe was recently
chosen to be the editor of the
See MARSHALS Page 3
Carol Hicks Killed
Project Attainment Now $535,000
Pledges to * “Project Attain
ment” now total $535,679,
with $265,161 already paid in
cash.
“Project Attainment,”
begun In the fall of 1969, has a
goal of $850,000. This amount
with Federal grants and loans
will enable the college to
greatly improve its facilities.
Projects already completed or
underway are remodeling of
Franklin Dormitory, purchase
of the 21-acre A. W. Person
tract joining the campus on the
north on which a 96-bed men s
dormitory is now being con
structed, and other improve
ments. Other plans In “Project
Attainment” include an
academic-science building, a
student center, and the retire
ment of a $40,000 indebted
ness on the library building.
President Cecil W. Robbins,
who is giving a great deal of
time to the promotion of
“Project Attainment,” invites
all alumni and friends to share
in this very vital project. Dur
ing the Immediate years ahead,
Louisburg College, like all
private insltutions of higher
learning, critically needs the
support of all friends of the
college.
See BREAKDOWN Page 2.
Carol Lynn Hicks, freshman
of Walstonburg, North
Carolina, was killed instantly in
an automobile accident near
Wilson on April 23. A
memorial service was held for
Miss Hicks at 11:00 o’clock.
WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE
1. Think up for Ideals.
2. Think down to earth’s needs.
3. Think wide to help your nation.
4. Think around to circle the globe.
In your thinking aroun(3 the globe. Include WUS becausel
especially by college studsiits for college students. I
Gifts now will be sent to WUS office In memory of Carol]
Hicks.
CAROL HICKS
Thursday, April 29. Principal
speaker was the Reverend C.
Wade Goldston. Mr. Goldston
stated that having had Miss
Hicks in his New Testament
class, he knew that she was a
good and faithfiri student. Mr.
Goldston quoted the Reverend
Sidney Stafford as saying she
had a splendid sense of humor.
He said that Mias Foster had
paid her the compliment of
saying that she possessed one
of the finest musical voices of
any student she had taught.
Mr. Goldston also quoted Miss
Merritt that Carol’s closest
friends found her lovely and
loving.
Call to worship was given by
Karen Bailey, invocation by
Jean Drake, scripture by Mary
Lou White, prayer by Jackie
Dali, solo by Peggy Strickland,
and benediction by the Rev.
Carl Settle.