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Volume XXVI No. 2
Louisburg College
Louisburg, N.C.
Dr. Norris Leads The Way
By JEFF BULLARD
Since the Spring of 1975
Louisburg College has made a
lot of progress. The majority of
this progress can be contributed
to the leadership of Dr. J. Allen
Norris, Jr., President of
Louisburg College. Although
Dr, Norris was not officially
inaugurated until April 8,
1976, he has been a busy man
since his arrival.
beginning in 1975, Dr.
Norris had numerous goals and
many of these have been met.
In 1975 Louisburg College was
experiencing enrollment
problems. Working with the
Admissions Staff and the
Faculty, Dr. Norris describes
our college enrollment as a
“full house”. When Dr, Norris
arrived the college was in need
of a new classroom building.
The college now has the E.
Hoover Taft classroom
building, not to mention a new
chapel presently under
construction. Plans are also
under way for building a new
college auditorium.
The students of Louisburg
College are very fortunate, in
the opinion of Dr. Norris, as he
rates the faculty of the college as
“first class’’and has been told
many times that a graduate of
Louisburg College is well
prepared to transfer to a major
institution. Dr. Norris also
added that “the faculty knows
their subject matter and is
teaching well”. Dr. Norris feels
that the faculty “strives to help
the individual student and is
willing to spend time doing it”.
“Louisburg College has one of
the best Board of Trustees in
comparison to any other
institution in this state”, added
Dr. Norris.
Before coming to Louisburg
College, Dr. Norris served as
Professor of Education, Acting
Dean of Academic Affairs and
Dean of Liberal Arts at jRollins
College in Winter Park,
Florida. He is a graduate of
Duke University with his B.A.,
M.A.T. and Ed, D, degrees. Not
a stranger to public education.
Dr, Norris taught in the
Greensboro Public School
System as a part of the Duke
University Master of Arts
Program,
Dr, Norris stays very busy
with his day to day duties as
well as acting as a representa
tive for the college, in many
PRESIDENT NORRIS
different capacities in the
community and the state. Dr,
Norris is also involved on a
national level with the
Methodist Church as con
ference layleader. Dr. Norris is
very proud of the good
relationship that Louisburg
College has with the
surrounding community and
the Methodist Church, Both of
which are very important to the
success of this institution.
As a father of two and a
Raleigh native. Dr, Norris
contributes the path he chose in
life to several different people.
His father and mother played
major influences in teaching
him “how to care for people
and to have high values in
leading his life”. Dr, Norris
described his father as “one of
the finest men I’ve ever
known”, A Duke University
Professor, Dr, Allen Hurlburt,
“exemplified the type of
professional life I wanted to
live”, says Dr, Norris, He
credits his wife with enstilling
in him “his greatest potential”.
Dr. Norris says her encourage
ment and ability to keep one
ready to go to work” has been
there for 26 years.
Since Dr. Norris is a very
busy person, he rarely has free
time. When he does he enjoys
working in the garden behind
his house and engaging in an
occasional game of golf.
Recently, Dr. Norris and his
wife have been spending their
spare time restoring an old
cabin on his wife’s homeplace
in Sampson County. Dr.
Norris says he enjoys “seeing it
take shape” in reference to the
cabin.
Dr. Norris will be celebrating
his 10th anniversary at
Louisburg College in April.
From the start. Dr, Norris has
set out to establish four ideals
for the college. They are
individuality for each person
within the college community,
happiness within the college
community, emphasizing a
morality that makes up a basic
Christian life and helping each
student in indentifying the
capability to perform satisfying
work. These ideals that Dr.
Norris has established are some
of the major reasons for
students choosing and
attending Louisburg College.
When a person looks back at
where Louisburg College was
in 1975 and looks at where it
has been since then, it can only
be deducted that it has made
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Off To A Great Start
BOO!
By PAUL MARTINI
Many college students,
because of past experiences in
secondary schools, or because
of the influence of many
television shows and movies
about school life, visualize the
average Dean at any school as a
tough, sternfaced individual
whose only tasks are to hand
out tough disciplinary action
and to punish students. This
attitude toward Deans is
without a doubt false, and any
student at Louisburg College
that has met new Assistant
Dean of Students, Kellie
McLeod will agree. Dean
McLeod is without a question
one of the most involved figures
on campus dealing with
DEAN McLEOD
students and their activities and
problems. Dean McLeod is
very active with the student
body, as some of her duties
include advising as well as
participating in all of the
Student Government Associa
tion (S,G,A.) events. This is
just one of the exciting and
involving tasks that Mrs,
McLeod performs as Assistant
Dean of Students,
Kellie McLeod comes to
Louisburg College from
Meredith College in Raleigh,
where she was an under
graduate student and earned a
B,A, degree in Psychology, She
also attended the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro,
where she is completing her M,
Ed, in counseling, and
development,
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By DALLAS BRITT
When the moon gets full and
the dogs howl in the middle of
the night, it may be the night of
the living dead, October 31st is
the night of ghost and goblins,
witches and warlocks, gremlins
and gouls. Old Hallows Eve is
the night that the dead rise
from there graves to roam thi
earth for one more night. This
will be a night full of fright at
Louisburg College.
There will be two major
festivities held here on campus
this year. On Wednesday, Oct,
30th there will be a haunted
house sponsored by Franklin
and Wright Residence Halls,
The haunted house will beheld
in the Multi-Purpose room of .
the Jordan Student Center. It
will be open from 7 p,m, until 9
p,m. The admission will be
fifty cents.
On Thursday, Oct, 31st there
will be a Halloween dance
sponsored by the SGA, The
dance will be held in the Multi-
Purpose room of the Jordan
Student Center. The dance will
be entertained by Kruze, a live
band. There will be no
admission fee for students with
a Louisburg College I.D,
There will also be a costume
contest with prizes being
awarded. Prizes will be given in
the following catagories: first
prize will receive fifty dollars,
second prize will get thirty
dollars, and third prize will
receive twenty dollars,
“We would like to see
everyone come to the dance.
Kruze is a great dance band, and
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