The Sandspur
A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF PRESBYTERIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 5
MAXTON, N. C., JANUARY, 1949
Thirty Four New Students Registered
The Alumni News
By Mrs. 1.. C. laMotte
The alumni office would like to
begin this column each month
with the same question: “Where
are all the letters from the alum
ni?” W ewould like to have person
al news about you, your family,
your old P»TC friends, including
any changes of address so that we
may pass this on to others who
may read The Sandspur. Last
month we received just such a let
ter from Bob Hawthorne whom
many of you will remember as
hailing from Was!hin^on D. C. in
the year 1940-41. During the war
he served in the Army Air Corps.
About that experience he writes
interesting account, adding,
"On my way to South America I
had the thrill of flying over old
PJC. From t'he quick view I could
see there had been many changes.
I surely wanted to stop.” At the
present time he Is in school at
San Jose (California) State Col
lege, where he expects to be grad
uated in May. A picture of his
pretty young wife came along with
all the news, too. (A fine sugges
tion for you married alumni to
follow!) He asked for informiation
about seven special friends, some
of whom we haven’t heard from
since 1941! ... He told us that
Charles (Chuck) Copelan, his pa’i
of school days, and his wife are
living in Butler, Pa. Charles was
a flyer in the Navy, and is now
part owner of a filling station in
Butler.
And speaking of pretty young
wives, Louis LaMotte, Jr., and Li
la Jean Magruder of Washington,
D. C., were married on New Year’s
Eve in the Takoma Park Presby
terian church, with Dr. LaMotte
performing the ceremony. After
completing his first year at PJC
Louis went to Duke. He and Lila
Jean graduated tlhere last June.
At the present time he is working
in Raleigh in the State Health
Laboratory as a bacteriologist . . .
Also in Raleigh are Bill Patton
and Betty Jo Edwards Patton who
married during the Christmas hoi-
idays. .
News has reached us that Mari
on H. Campbell, of York, S. C.,
is aboard the USS Portsmouth.
He enlisted in the Navy upon the
completion of his freshm'an year
here last May . . . Nate Andrews,
’33, served as athletic director of
Rowland High School during the
fall of the current school year . .
Harold Turnley, ’43, is athletic di
rector and coach in Woodruff, S.
C. . . . Russell He'llekson, ’37, is
now cashier in the State Bank in
Maxton. His wife has been our ef
ficient teacher of typing and
shorthand for two years. Their
young daughter, Joyce, is a first
grader in the local grammar
school . . .Clovis Baker, ’48, has
been ill in Thompson Hospital
Lumberton, since January 1st
His friends here are glad to know
that he is improvinb and that he
expects to return to Charlotte in
a few days.
The second semester brought
several old boys back to the cam
pus to continue their work here
after stopping to work for a few
months or after enrolling in other
schools. Among them are Carl
Wentz, Conley Rogers, Edwin
Crabtree, Anderson Lackey. It is
good to see their familiar faces
among the 3T new ones wlio en
tered last week . . . Fred Jennart,
writes that he hopes to be here
this summer for at least one term
of work . . . Bill Lee, Hamer, S.
C, plans to be with us again in
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Phi Theta Kappa
Organized Here
On Friday, January 28, the Zeta
Upsilon Chapter of the Junior
college national honorary scholas
tic fraternity. Phi Theta Kappa,
was installed here at PJC with
the initiation of five charter mem
bers. They are: Charles Javens,
Alfred Thomas, H. D. '‘Buddy”
Powell, Morton Jarrett, and Ankie
Rowe with Mr. Otto Ferrene as
faculty advisor.
They were installed in a cere
mony held by members of the
Belmont Abbey chapter. Their ad
visor, Rev. Cuthbert Allen, made
a talk to the new members charg
ing them with their duties and
responsibilities as members of that
organization.
Phi Theta Kappa is the recog
nized junior college honorary
scholastic fraternity similar to
Phi Beta Kappa in senior colleges
and a student must meet
with rigid requirements before he
is eligible for membership. He
must rank in the upper seven per
cent of the student body and be
carrying twelve hours of work
with an average of not less than
87. He must also prove himself a
responsible citizen and must meet
the approval of the faculty and
the present members of his
school’s dbapter of the fraternity.
A spokesman for the new group
expressed the hope that more
could be initiated into the group
later as its present number is
rather small.
William Cope To
Give Program Here
On Tuesday Night
By Jim Warren
William Cope, world famous ac
cordionist and radio star, is to play
here Tuesday night, February 8,
at 7:00 p.m., in the college audi
torium. The performance will be
sponsored by this year’s senior
class in an effort to raise funds
for a gift to the college.
William Cope, better known as
‘Happy Bill,” has spent many years
in the field of entertainment. He
has given performances in many
foreign countries including France,
Belgium and England. In his per
formance Ihe will feature a $2000
piano accordion and his show wlil
include popular and classical mu
sic. “Happy Bill” is a world trav
eler and has been called the ver
satile Englishman, the ambassa^
dor of goodwill. He is a wizard on
the banjo. The price of admission
for adults will be twenty-five cents
and for children under twelve, fif
teen cents. See him, hear him, it
is a guaranteed! performance of
fun for everyone!
Advance tickets may be pur
chased from members of the sen
ior class or from local merc'hants.
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Phi Theta Kappa
Pictured above are the fiv^
charter members recently initi
ated into the Zeta Upsilon
chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa
fraternity here. They are
Charles Javens, Alfred Thomas,
Morton Jarrett, Buddy Powell,
and Ankie Rowe. All are soph
omores. Mr. Otto Ferrene, the
faculty advisor to the group, is
not shown.
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Kay And Elliot Leave Staff
Thomas Running
Student Store
The student store in the base
ment of the administration build
ing is now under the management
of Alfred Thomas who is replacing
Frank Helton. Frank has been t'he
manager of the store since last
summer when he took over for the
summer session. Helton, because
of marital ideas, has decided to
withdraw from PJC and enter
Gardner Webb college so that he
can be near his home in Shelby
and his wire-to-be, Miss Jean Lew
is.
Two popular boys who went to
school here the first semester will
not be with us during this second
semester. These boys are Bob Kay
and Jimmie Elliot. Bob stayed in
Room 26 in the dormitroy and
made quite a few friends while
here. Jimmie roomed in the Bank
building downtown and was also
a well-known figure, walking back
and forth to PJC.
Bob Kay, christened Robert
Preston Kay, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Kay of Hickory, North
Carolina. He was born there in
1930, attending the grammar and
high school through the eleventh
grade. During his stay in high
school he became President of the
Student Council. He graduated
from high school here and then
transferred to Lenoir Rhyne in
Hickory. He stayed there one year,
entering PJC in September 1948.
Bob took a staright College Aca
demic course and intended maj
oring in English. He achieved the
position of Associate Editor on
the Sandspur staff, and wrote the
featured “Critics Corner.” He also
was a monitor on the first floor.
While here he took the Merch
ant Marine Officers training exam
that is offered by the government
He passed with a high grade and
was accepted for the cadet school
at Pas Christian, Mississippi. Af
ter two years of training there he
will then be eligible to go to the
Academy at Kings Point, N. Y.
Upon graduation he will be a rec
ognized Ensign in the Nava'l Re
serve and will be assigned as^ a
3rd m'ate on a Merchant Marine
vessel. Bob says that he plans to
stay in and make it his career.
Jimmy Elliot. The next boy that
I wish to give a good sendoff to
is by no means less than the first
Jimmy Elliot lives in Charlotte
North Carolina. He attended
Harding High School there and
participated in the sports, baseball
being his favorite. After leaving
Harding High, Jimmy enlisted in
the Merchant Marines and made
three or four trans-Atlantic cross
ings. In the fall of ’47 Jim entered
PJC and signed up for a commer
cial course. He accepted the posi
tion las Business manager on i;'he
“Sandspur” and filled his office
well.
Jim came through with flying
colors during his two years at PJC
Thirty-four new students have
registered at Presbyterian Junior
College for the second semester,
the Registrar’s office reports, and
others are enrolling. Fourteen stu
dents transferred or discontinued,
making a gain of twenty students
for the second semester. The total
enrollment is now 220. A roster of
new students with home address
es is as follows:
Mrs. Madelene Brady, Laurm-
burg, N. C.; Tracy L. Bullard.
Chadbourn, N. C.; Thomas R.
Comer, Reidsville, N. C.
Alffed E. Crabtree, Dublin, Va.;
Ralph A. Dickson, Gastonia, N. C.;
James H. Donnell, Thomasville,
N. C.; John A. Flanagan, Frank
lin, N C.; James H. Holeiman,
Timberlake, N. C.; Everette S.
Howard, Davidson. N. C.; Marsh
all P. James, Maxton, N. C.
Ray M. Jones, Laurinburg, N C.;
Anderson Lackey, Statesville, N.
C.; Henry F. Leviner, Laurinburg,
N.’ C.; Belton J. Livingston. Lau
rinburg. N. C.; Mrs. Edith H,
Lyles. M^axton. N. C.; Harold E.
Mapes, Beleruse, Long Island. N.
Y.; Carl M. Wentz. Concord. N.
C. '• Robert W. Osborne, Greens
boro N. C.; Ray W. Owens. Foun
tain.’ N. C.; John M. Pierce. War
saw, N. C.
Candary A. Prevatte, Lumber
ton, N. C.; Ralph B. Quillin, Gate
City, Va.; James A. Regan. Clark-
ton, N. C.; Neyda Rodriguez, Bo-
lendron. "Mat., CuTaa*. Xjaurel C.
Rogers, Coral Gables, Fla.; Jack
T. Rhye. East Laurinburg. N. C.
Cayetena L. Rosado. Caribarien.
Cuba- Charles L Runyan. Gaston
ia, N.’ C.; Hugh D. Russell, Max-
to’n, N. C.: Robert H. Schmidt,
Endicott, N. Y.
Edward E. Snipes, East Laurm-
burg, N. C.; Adam E. Stanzak,
Norfolk, Va.; William D. Venters,
Man, West Va.; William H. Mc
Intyre, Maxton, N. C.; George T.
King. Boone, N. C.
PJC CARE Parcels
leach Destinations
MAXTON. — European CARE
packages, sent as the result of an
offering taken up under the aus
pices of the Student Christian As
sociation just before Christmas,
have been delivered to six protes-
tant students at Co. Stadtschulrat,
Wiesbaden. Hessen and to Mr. Eu
gene Simonis. U. S. Emigration
Center, Muenchen, Freimann, As.
The receipts have been received
by the students of Presbyterian
Junior College. Mr. Simonis is a
brother of Professor Miroslaw Si
monis, an American citizen who
has been in this country since
1923 and who is teacher of Ger
man and Russian at Presbyterian
Junior College. His brother is
awaiting admission to this coun
try with his wife and children as
a refugee from communistic Rus
sia.
FLASH
SCOTTIES TO PLAY
IN TOURNAMENT
R. B. (Peanut) Doak, coach at
Presbyterian Junior College an
nounced yesterday that his Scottie
cagers would play in the National
■lunior College tournament, which
wiU be held at Dunn, N. C., on
March 9-12.
PJC GETS GIFT
A gift of $1000 from the Trustees
of The Burlington Foundation has
been received by Presbyterian Jun
ior College in a letter from Charles
F. Myers, Jr., Assistant Vice-Pre
sident of Burlington Mills Corpor
ation, Greensboro, N. C.
semester. His plans for the future
include getting a job, and (then
colors during his two years at i'ju marrying the young lady of his
and graduated at the end of lastlchoice.