Louisburg College - Oak Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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Parents Day On Parents Day, we rolled out the red carpet. For a week, the campus had been spruced up. Faculty members had made time in their busy schedules to straighten up their offices and student ' s rooms were prob- ably as clean as they had been all year. If the chilly weather wasn ' t hospitable, everything else was. Parents arrived to hot coffee, juice and pasteries waiting in the li- brary. Somehow, we students looked better than usual. After all, parents are people to dress up for, at least on Parents Day. Faculty and administrators were on hand to speak with parents while students assisted our guests in registering and donning name tags. Just to make sure that our parents knew how important they are, they were greeted by four different people at the Parents Day program, starting with President Norris. Next came class presidents Mike Russell and Dave Stinchfield, and concluding was Mr. Don Fish who has a daughter enrolled at Louisburg. Miss Sarah Foster, Director of the Louis- burg College Ensemble, is not only talented but smart. She chose two selections for our parents. The first was a spiritual called Somebody Touched Me and the second was entitled On A Wonderful Day Like To- day. Nothing like three part harmony to try and start this day in the proper spirit. Then it was Dean Brown ' s turn. As Aca- demic Dean, he has the dubious privilege of reviewing student ' s academic progress with the parents. Seventy-one students had earned all A ' s and B ' s at midterm. Great! A large number of D ' s and F ' s were earned at midterm. Not so great. But Dean Brown has a way of bringing chuckles to the grimmer aspects of life. He shared with the parents some favorite stu- dent excuses for low grades. But Dad, those really aren ' t F ' s, they ' re almost D ' s and with any luck they can be C ' s! One enterprising student was trying to re- lieve his parents ' displeasure at discovering him at the bottom of the class. He assured them, They teach the same things at both ends. Joseph C. Farmer, Professor of Religion, Philosophy and Photography, spoke on the behalf of the faculty. He reminded parents that faculty members are not so different from students. We are fellow travelers on a journey whose destination is only vaguely un- derstood. Faculty members do not teach t what of anything except as a touch stc to the more important question of why. Faculty members do not teach the whi of anything except as a touch stone to i more important question of why. Dr. Norris concluded the program by forming parents that Ralph Ihrie ' s art was; display in the Fine Arts Center, that thi would be a dress rehersal of Dracula in | theater, and that there would be a scrimma basketball game in the gym during the aft noon. No doubt some of us were hoping c parent ' s would take in these activities in li! of talking to our professors. By-in-large, parents kept the faculty vi busy Saturday afternoon. This was thi chance to talk on a one-to-one basis with t people who are charged with educating th sons and daughters. Faculty members explained their st! dards and requirements to parents. More i portantly, they helped parents put their soi and daughter ' s academic progress in p( spective. Parents left with insights, and we hope w more empathy for the challenges and stress that students face in learning. And in beco ing adults at Louisburg College, 1981-82. Parents Day enabled Elizabeth to familiarize her father. Parents travel the Louisburg red carpet as Susan Jackson and Bobby Alford escort them to the Parents Day Progra Colin Osborne, with her surroundings. 20

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Smiling a brilliant smile l typical of Kevin Elliot, but his smile was bigger and brighter after he paid sixty bucks for Kim Bolton Shock registers on Sonia Galloway ' s face as the big goes higher and higher. Anticipation! Julie Holley. Karen Gonzales, Susan Jack- son, and Kim Bolton are sitting on edge waiting to find out who will be their master. 19

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i ru ' i uiiOutij Lollt ' gi hnsomble ptrformtd its lelecllons of Somebody Touched Me and On a Wonderful Day Like Today as Dean Brown and President Norris relished their line talent. Greetings were delivered to parents by a host of prominent college representatives President Norris addressed the audience first. Class Presidents Mike Russell and Dave Sllnchfleld followed and concluding was Mr Don Fish. Professor Joseph Farmer spoke on behalf of the faculty le entire school put forth their peak performance for this day and the cafeteria was no exception. The BarB-Q icken. vegetables and apple pie were of excellent quality The photo Lab ' s exhibition, being Inspected here by Terry Fisher and Friend, proved to be a fascination. 21