Louisburg College - Oak Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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PHI THETA KAPPA President, BARBARA THORSON; Vice President, IMARCEM.E KING; Secretary, FRANCE.S MERRITT; Corresponding Secretary, . ' VNNE WHITEHEAD; Treasurer, JEAN ALLEN; Sponsor. V. R. KILBY. Ph Theta Kappa is a national honorary scholastic fraternity holding the same rank in the Junior College that Phi Beta Kappa holds in the Senior College. To meet the requirements for membership, a student must stand in the upper ten per cent of the student body. The purpose of the fraternity is to promote superior scholarship, character, and leadership. DAMATIC CLUB President, TALM.ADGE LANCASTER; Vice President, MARV GOOD- WIN; Secretary, VIVIAN CREECH; Treasurer, WOODSON FEARING. As an educational club, and also providing amusement, the dramatic organization has two main purposes: (1) That of teaching its members the value and appreciation of literary works; (2) that of portraying the ideas and characters in these relations. 28

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ALPHA PI EPSILON Alpha Pi Epsilon is an honorary secretarial fraternity with national standing. A chapter was formed at Louisburg College in the tall of 1938 at which time it was the only chapter in the State of North Carolina. The purpose of the fraternity is to profes- sionalize the status of the college trained secretary. Only young men and women are taken into the group who have the highest ideals and who are equipped with keen intelligence and outstanding skills. Candidates must evidence qualities which will insure their success in the working world to be qualified for membership. OFFICERS Elva Young President Mildred Cox Secretary Dorothy Casey Treasurer Mrs. Margaret B. Kilby Sponsor OFFICERS Charlotte Usher President Barbara Thorson Vice President Strowd Ward Secretary Mary Lee Hodges Treasxirer Ruth Merritt Sponsor BETA PHI GAMMA A Junior College Division of Alpha Phi Gamma A National Co-educational journalistic fraternity. The aims are: to recognize individual student talent; to further the art of writing; and to develop social instincts. Membership involves participation in campus publications. One must be scholastically qualified. 27

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB President, I.ANGILL WATSON; Vice President, CAROLYN DRIVER; Secretary-Treasurer, FRANCES OAKLEY; Sponsor, V. R. KILBY ' . The International Relations Club, sponsored by the History Department, is organized and directed by the students of the College. Its aim is to create and develop student interest in national and international affairs by inviting them to direct dis- cussions on various subjects. The club has a library of over one hundred volumes given by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. COMMERCIAL CLUB President, M-ATTIE SNE.-YD; Vice President, MARY MARGARET CLEGG; Secretary, B. RBARA HOWARD; Treasurer, KENNETH FULLER; Reporter, PAT PERRY; Sponsor, MRS. MARGARET B. KILBY. The Commercial Club was organized during the school year of 1943-44. It is a sccial-educa+ion club open to all students en - rolled in the commercial department. Through this club the students are united and the welfare of the commercial department and the student is promoted. 29