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VOL. XXXV
LOUISBURa COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C.
Thursday, April 8, 1976
No. 4
Dr. Norris To Be Itiaiigiirated Thursday
Dr. J. Allen Norris will be
inaugurated in a special
ceremony on Thursday, April 8,
1976 at 11 a.m., in the College
Auditorium. Dr. Jack B. Crit-
chfield, President of Rollins
College in Winter Park, Florida,
will introduce his former Vice-
Provost, Dr. Norris, for the
Inaugural Address.
At Rollins College, Dr. Norris
served in the positions for
Professor of Education, Acting
Dean of Academic Affairs, and
Dean of Liberal Arts.
A native of Raleigh, he received
his B.A., M.A.T., and Ed.D.
degrees from Duke University.
He was an instructor in the
Department of Education and
Assistant to the Director of the
Master of Arts in Teaching
program during his last year at
Duke. Dr. Norris has been the
Humanities Events Vary
During April, humanities
events include a movie, a
Bicentennial lecture, art
exhibits, and the Annual Art
Competition.
“Milestones in Cartoon
Animation” was shown in the
College Auditorium on April 1.
This movie, which begins with
the first bound cartoon, features
Walt Disney’s Academy Award
winners of synchronization.
“The California Group” will be
displayed in the art gallery from
April 5 to April 22. The art is by
the Old Bergen Art Guild from
Bayonne, New Jersey.
Dr. William Chafe from the
Department of History, Duke
University, will present a
Bicentennial Lecture on April 21.
Dr. Chafe will be speaking about
“Social Changes in the American
Family Life.”
On April 29, the Glee Club will
present its ann ial Spring Con
cert. Miss Sarah Foster,
Chairman of the Department of
Fine and Performing Arts, will
direct the Spring Concert.
Chapel will be held at 11:00 on
April 13, 20, and 27.
On April 21-25, the Annual
Louisburg Art Competition will
be held. Any professional or
amateur artist who is a legal
resident of North Carolina is
eligible to enter. There is no entry
fee. Entries of permanent
materiar completed since
January 1975 may include
original paintings, drawings,
photography, sculpture, and
ceramics. Paintings and
drawings have to be no smaller
than 12 inches and no larger than
48 inches. Sculpture may not
weigh more than 150 pounds and
must be free standing. Pictures,
paintings, and drawings are
required to be suitably matted or
framed.
Entries must be in by Wed
nesday, April 21. They will be
judged, and displayed from April
22-25. Awards will be presented to
winners.
On April 26, in the gallery of the
Fine Arts Building, an auction of
student art work and art gifts to
the college. Proceeds of the
action will go to the Art Depart
ment.
National Vice President and a
member of the Executive Council
of Kappa Delta Pi, an honorary
society in Education, since 1970.
E. Hoover Taft, Jr., Chairman
of the College’s board of trustees,
will preside over the ceremony.
Officials to bring greetings to the
President are Robert M. Black
burn, Bishop of Raleigh Area
of the United Methodist Church;,
Dr. Cameron P. West, president
of the North Carolina Association
of Independent Colleges and
Universities; Warren W. Smith,
Superintendent of the FranWin
County Schools; Mrs. Rebecca
Midgett Davis, Class of 1940 and
1975 Alumnus of the Year; Sarah
Elizabeth Foster, Senior Member
of the Louisburg College Faculty;
William Harley Dartt, President
of the Student Government
Association; and Debra Lewis,
President of the 1976 graduating
class.
Dr. Cecil W. Robbins, im
mediate past president, will
present the investiture, after
which E. Hoover Taft, Jr. will
introduce the speakers. Dr. Jack
B. Critchfield will give an
inaugural message and introduce
President Norris.
Dr. Critchfield is a native of
Rockwood, Pennsylvania, and for
the past sixteen years has been
involved in nearly every facet of
higher education. He has taught
in public schools and was the
assistant director of admissions
and dean of admissions of
Westminister College. At the
University of Pittsburg, he
served as the director of fresh
man scholarships. His last
position at the University was
that of Assistant Chancellor and
DR.J. ALLEN NORRIS
Professor of Higher Education.In
1963, at the age of thirty-six, he
accepted the presidency of
Rollms College.
Organist for the inaugural
music will be Joseph A. Pearce
Jr. of Louisburg, and the tenor
soloist will be David Vaughan, a
sophomore from Burlington. The
Chapel Choir directed by Sarah
Foster will present the anthemn,
Sanctus from “St. Cecilia Mass.”
If one counts each term of the
top administrative officials in
the evolution of Louisburg
College, Dr. Norris is the 37th
President of the 189-year-old
institution.
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Members of the Louisburg Volunteer Fire Department fighting a fire that
destroyed the Wilson House, a science building operated by Dr. Rose and Dr.
Pruitt. The fire, which occurred March 18, reportedly started from a faulty heating
system. At left, the remains.