Louisburg College - Oak Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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10UI BURG couece LOUISBURG, NORTH CAROLINA LOCATION - mm ouisburg College is located at Louisburg, the county seat of m Franklin County, in eastern North Carolina. The College is 4 situated on the highest points of land in the town, and its buildings command a fine view of the surrounding country and the valley of the Tar River. The town of Louisburg, with a population of about three thousand, contains few of the distractions of the city; but convenient bus transportation is available to nearby cities. It is about thirty miles northeast of Raleigh, the state capital, forty miles east of Durham, and about a hundred and fifty miles from the North Carolina beaches on the Atlantic. Louisburg is the coeducational junior college of the North Carolina Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. As a junior college it has served primarily three types of students: those who seek a solid academic foundation in order to transfer to a four-year college; those who seek to bridge the gap between high school and a large institution by attending a junior college capable of giving them personal attention; and those who plan terminal work at the freshman or sophomore level, as in business, medical technology or social work. Ideally located in the heart of the progressive and growing area between the Piedmont and Coastal Plains, Louisburg enjoys a temperate climate. Annual mean temperature is 43 degrees in winter and 77 degrees in summer. HISTORY Evolving from three earlier institutions - Franklin Academy, Louisburg Female Academy, and Louisburg Female College - Louisburg College is the oldest chartered denominational junior college in the nation. LOUISB URG CO LLEGE OPENED IN 1857 ON THE SITE OF THE FRANKLIN ACADEMY. CHARTERED 1787 NOW A METHODIST JUNIOR COLLEGE. COEDUCATIONAL