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THE CECfL W. ROBBINS LIBRARY
LOUISBURG COLLEGE
LOUISBURG, N.C. 27549
VOL. XXXIV
LOUISBURG Allege, louisburg, n.c.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1974 No. 3
Star Spangled Washboard Band
Highlights Homecoming Activities
The Star Spangled Washboard
Band will highlight an activity-
filled Homecoming weekend
slated for November 22,23 and 24.
The concert will be the main
attraction in Friday night’s
entertainment while the opening
basketball game of the 74-75
season and a dance in the
cafeteria will fill Saturday
night’s agenda.
Star Spangled Washboard
Band, a zany mixture of musical
talent and amusing wit, will be in
Concert in the College
Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Friday.
Although unknown to most, the
group has played numerous
concerts along the East Coast of
the U. S. and has received good
reviews from a great number of
critics.
The unique sound of the group
is built around the elaborate
washboard of Greg “Wild Bill”
Haymes. A bicycle horn, a finger
symbol, wood blocks, and seven
bells attached to the washboard
allow Haymes to create many
varied sounds. The other
members of the seven man group
play the banjo, bass, cymbals,
fiddler, guitar, harmonica,
assorted horns, keg, kazoo,
spoons, tamborine, and ukulele,
just to mention a few. The list is
endless.
The group also spices up its act
with the addition of sharp,
sparkling comedy that adds great
variety to the act. The group was
so popular in its one-month
engagement with Disney World
that it was stretched into three
months.
Saturday night at 7:30 p.m., the
Louisburg College Hurricanes
will make their basketball debut
for the ’74 season. Led by a strong
mixture of returning players and
freshmen, the ’Canes will en
counter Wingate College in their
first outing. 1973 Homecoming
Queen Connie Maxwell will
return to crown this year’s queen
in halftime festivities.
Following the game, alumni
and students are invited to a
dance featuring the talents of
‘‘Cheese.” The dance will be held
in the Student Center and is free
to LC students and alumni.
Sunday night, the SGA will
present its regular Sunday night
flick in the College Auditorium.
“The Train Robbery” will be
shown at 9:00 p.m.
Dr. Palmer Has Discovered
New Technique For Grasses
By DAVro COLEMAN
“No one else has ever used this
technique to study grasses,”
remarked Dr. Patricia Palmer.
This was the answer given to me
during a recent interview on her
study of core samples from
African lakes. She was ex
plaining her reasons why the
work is so important and in
teresting.
It all began for her last year
when Dr. Dan Livingstone called
her over to Duke University.
Livingstone is working on a
grant, studying the past
vegetation in African lakes. The
basis for his work comes from the
pollen records left in fossils taken
from the bottom of lakes. Iden
tifying the different layers of
vegetation and pollen will give an
indication of what grew in a
particular era. He is exploring
what may have grown in the
period twenty to fifty thousand
years ago, by radio-carbon
dating of each sample. Grass
pollen is indistinguishable. This
nieans you cannot identify one
kind of grass from another by its
pollen. Dr. Livingstone needed
someone to identify the grasses
by another method in order to get
a complete reconstruction of past
vegetation.
Dr. Pabner did her Ph.D.
dissertation on grasses. By
looking at his slides, she could
use the epidermal features for
identification. This means that by
examining physical charac
teristics of grasses themselves
and matching them with modern
grasses she could identify them.
The scientists at Duke were
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Decision Is Expected Friday
Roughton May Be
Removed From Office
The Administrative Council of
Louisburg College declined to
make a decision Tuesday af
ternoon on the question of
removing SGA President Bill
Roughton from office. Roughton
has been declared ineligible to
serve on the grounds that he is no
longer a full-time student.
Roughton was carrying
fourteen hours until being
dropped from a three hour class
last Thursday. A student must be
carrying twelve hours to be
considered full-time.
The major question in the
debate was the presence of a
written rule concerning the full
time status for an SGA officer.
Administration officials cited the
general rule used for any
member of an athletic team,
cheerleader, or other school
leader as the basis for the ac
cused violation. It was also
brought out that the rules had
been bent already this semester
in allowing Roughton to enter a
class late to keep his load above
the twelve hour limit.
Roughton cited the lack of a
written rule and extenuating
circumstances in his academic
activities as points in his defense.
He stated his feeling that, in light
of his SGA duties, it was often
advantageous for him to miss
class and make up the work later.
He felt that if his grades
remained at the level expected of
him, he should not be penalized
for the cuts.
The Administrative Council
decided to withhold action until
Friday afternoon to give them
time to research the rules and get
all the facts together. A decision
is expected at that time.
Film Festival
Is Scheduled
For Tonight
An International Art Films
Festival is scheduled for
November 20 at 8 p.m. in the
College Auditorium. The films
will be shown as part of the
Louisburg College Cinema Art
Series, and Humanities credit
will be given. The twelve short
films range from three to twenty
minutes and are from eight
different countries.
“The Daisy” is a Bulgarian
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Dr, Patricia Palmer
Photo by Coleman