Louisburg College - Oak Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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Collt ' jit ' . The .■icadeiny was coiitiiuud on the sjxit now occupied l)v the Louisburg Hifjh School. The new adniini.stration biiihlinji: was one of the finest and best college buildings in the state for the time in wliich it was built. While most colleges were closed during the late Civil War period. Louisburg College continued its work of taking care of the young women, and, altliough federal soldiers occupied the Administration Building, the principal, Mr. Southgate, continued the work of education in tfie other buildings. After the Civil War the college was embarrassed by debt, but the struggle for existence and recognition continued until in 1891 when the property came into the hands of Wasliington Duke, one of the greatest benefactors of the South. L ' ljon the death of Mr. Duke in lltOT. his son. Benjamin Duke, transferred the college to the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Church has conducted the college for the benefit of the Christian education of the young women ever since. To meet the educational demands made upon the college, the Davis Memorial Building, the Franklin Building, the Fattie ,1. Wright Dormitory, and the central heating plant have all been built since tlie Church took charge of the institution. Louisburg College applied in U»1.5 for junior college rating l y tlie General Board of Education, and this recognition was granted. In the spring of 1923 appeared the first volume of The Oak, the college annual of the Senior Class of Louisburg College. This annual is published once a year and gives a bird ' s-eye view of the activities in which Louisburg College students engage. Many illustrious names in the history of education in N ' ortii Carolina have been connected witii Louisburg College, either as president or as a faculty member. Among them are the names of F. D. Bagley, Asher H. Ray. J. D. Green. L. S. Massey, M. S. Davis, F. S. Love. A. D. Wilcox, and D. E. Earnhardt. In 1931, under the administration of A. I). Wilcox, the college was made co- educational and it now serves to educate and train the young men as well as the young women of the state. The word Female was then dropped from the name and the college became Louisburg College. Since D. E. Earnhardt became Jjresident. tiie college has purchased a good farm of two hundred acres on the Henderson road, and the farm is being developed, and it is expected to produce the greater part of the meats, milk, and vegetables used in the boarding department of the College. Louisburg College is rich in history and in tradition. But it is young in spirit and is ever looking forward to serve the best interests of the young people and to educate and train them for the noblest and truest citizenship. I :{

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' ' f mmr DEDICATIOl I To Dfan F ,d var(l Wtiioii Pi ' flf, iivntltiiian, fritiid. stiiul.ii . for liis ftt ' ort and dilifjciit labor in raisiiio; the scliolastic standards of Louislnirg Colltge, for his influence in ennolilins; the sijirit of the College, and for his undeniable fairness to ])robleni and jierson. this nineteen hundred and thirty-nine volume of Thk Oak is affectionately dedicated.