COLUMNS
Vol. XXVIII, No. 9
Louisburg, North Carolina 27549
ARCHWES
THE CECIL W. ROBBINS
UOUISBURG, N.C. 2lHi
Dwight Creech, Louisburg Body Builder
Page 7
November, 1981
Joe Farmer, A Man
Of Many Parts
A New Oak Emerges
By Nancy Middleton
Charles Joseph Farmer is a
member of the faculty at Louis
burg College, and his interests are
wide and varied. He teaches
Religion and Photography at the
college, as well as doing other
photography work for the college
and the community.
He is from Power, West
Virginia, and received his BA from
Davis and Elkins College, a
Masters degree from the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh, and his Masters
of Divinity from the Western
Theological Seminary. Before
coming to Louisburg College, in
1965, Mr. Farmer worked at Davis
and Elkins College raising funds
for Alumni and Development. He
also taught Religion at West
Virginia Wesley, and was also
Dean of Students at High Point
College.
In addition to teaching, Mr.
Farmer is an ordained minister at
the United Presbyterian Church in
Louisburg. He also works part-
time for Triangle Realty. Among
his other interests, Mr. Farmer is
an amateur radio operator, what is
called a "ham" licensed by the
government. He has in his home,
a ham radio that can reach
halfway around the world. He also
has a motorcycle in which he
enjoys riding all over the state for
Joe Farmer
pleasure.
Mr. Farmer is married and has
two children - Scott, 23 and
Missy, 21. Both children * are
married and Mr. Farmer has one
grandson. Presently, he teaches
two courses in Religion at the
college. He teaches Judeo-Chris-
tian Heritage, a course he
developed himself and Logic. He
started teaching Photography in
1975, and built the Photography
Lab himself.
Third Century Campaign Progresses
By Nancy Middleton
The past year was one of
progress for the Third Century
Campaign as it marched steadily
toward 'fts $4.2 million goal,
according to the Annual Report.
As the 1980-81 school year came
to an end, the Campaign had
already received over $2.5 million
in gifts and donations. According
to the Campaign Progress Report,
slightly over $2.8 million had been
committed as of October 15.
The most difficult challenge,
however, still lies ahead. To
secure the remaining 40 percent
of the $4.2 million goal, the
Campaign objective this year will
be to involve increasing numbers
of alumni and friends in multi-year
commitments.
The Franklin County Fund Drive
beings November 2. During the
drive, local citizens, alumni and
businesses will be encouraged to
make gifts to the Third Century
Campaign. The chairman of the
Franklin County Area/Alumni
Campaign is Jackson Dean. Mr.
Dean is a local citizen, a
successful businessman and a
trustee of the college.
Other members of the steering
committee who are also on the
Board of Trustees are: Charles M.
Davis, John H. Hodges, Edith C.
Lumpkin, James A. Weathers,
Mrs. Lois B. Wheless and Edward
F. Yarborough.
Publicity for the Franklin
County Fund Drive began around
mid-October. Since then, the local
media has been publicizing the
campaign once or twice a week.
In charge of publicity are Asher
Johnson, associate editor of The
Franklin Times and Allen deHart,
See Campaign Progress Page 8
By Grey Arnold
This year the Columns is proud
to announce a dramatic change in
the school's annual. The Oak.
Under new leadership with an
improved staff. The Oak, which
represents the college's students,
appears to have a new and
improved outlook.
Under the skillful leadership of
Mrs. Marcia McCredie, this year's
publication shows evidence of
having distinct professional over
tones. Mrs. McCredie has en
couraged increasing the amount
of feature stories. This will
highlight not only the book's
pictures, but will also allow the
students to be aware of exactly
what is taking place. This, in turn,
will convey a central theme, in
which the student might find a
common base they can relate to.
Mrs. McCredie and the Oak staff
intend to include more of an in
depth view of Campus Life, color
photographs as well as individual
feature stories.
When asked about this year's
staff, Mrs. McCredie shows
obvious satisfaction. Mrs. Mc
Credie seems to feel good about
this year's staff and seems to look
forward to putting them to the
test. Says she, "the staff this year
appears to be a well-organized
and healthy one." This is evident
in talking with anyone associated
with this year's publication. They
seem determined to make this
publication not only a success but
the best so far. And for good
reason, these staffers have just
recently found out that this year,
unlike in the past, they will receive
course credit. This means they will
receive two hours credit for the
two semesters, thus giving them
extra incentive to do well.
Also the instructions and pro
cedures will be vastly improved.
All eighteen members will receive
training in such areas as lay-out
planning, advertising, organiza
tion, photography,. topography,
picture usage and business
management. Thus no member
will be dependent on another.
This also gives an extensive
amount of training and experience
to those who might wish to
develop these skills further as a
career.
So you see, we all have much to
look forward to this year. We can
all feel confident that the book we
will be using to reminisce several
years from now, will be under
excellent leadership and with
Marcia McCredie
nothing short of a professional
toned staff. We should all be
looking forward to this year's
publication in great anticipation.
Ralph Ihrie
Paints Russia
By Diana Goudie
Ralph Ihrie studied at Louisburg
College in the Fall of 1965. He
graduated from East Carolina
University with a BFA degree with
painting as his major in 1971. He
has always had an interest in
Russia. The results of that interest
were on walls of the Louisburg
College Art Gallery from October
5 to November 6.
Mr. Ihrie went to Russia in 1978
on a tour arranged through
Louisburg College, East Carolina
University and several other
schools. He had always wondered
how the Russian people could live
under the communist yoke. He
arrived in Moscow on October 17
in the midst of the area's third
biggest snow storm of the year.
Mr. Ihrie did sketches and took
photographs of likely sights in the
country. He went to various cities
there and was in the countryside.
He said Russia is a very gray
place. In the next year and a half
after he returned to the United
States, Ihrie painted the sights he
had experienced in Russia. He
does all his paintings on his time
off. He presently is a farm hand on
his father's dairy, located five
miles outside of Louisburg. Many
of Ihrie's paintings had Bibles in
them, but in Russia, the Bible is a
banned book.