August, 1981 COLUMNS Page 3 SGA President Skip Smith Weicoms Students Judge Hamilton Hobgood To Teach Course

Louisburg College has many friends and supporters from all walks of life. But it has never had a better friend than Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood of Louis­ burg, who has been called one of North Carolina's most distin­ guished jurists. At the age of 70, a retired Superior Court Judge, Hobgood, is readying himself to teach a course in State and Local Government to the young people of Louisburg College. He is excited about the course. "I expect that I'll spend part of the time lecturing and part of the time using the Socratic method, when I ask questions and don't neces­ Big Bands Start sarily answer them." He will be having guest Concert Series speakers, most of them public officials currently serving the The Office of Public Affairs at people of North Carolina. "It the college has announced the should be a lot of fun. I've already 1981-82 Concert Series. “ It is the got the lesson plans made. The largest array of course will cover state govern­ entertainers and choral music that ment and all its departments as we have attempted," said Allen de well as county and municipal lecturer at every law school in Hart, the Director of Public Government course will be the governments." Each student in North Carolina. The main idea he Affairs. envy of students ail over the state. I the course will have to interview a wants to leave with his students at Alvino Rey and his Orchestra And the redoubtable Judge has public official and write a Louisburg College is a strong will be the back-up band for guest contracted to bring his vast biographical sketch about the appreciation of the democratic stars Johnny Desmond, Connie knowledge of the law and person. Hobgood has already system of government in this Haines and Johnny Smith's New government to the college— to lined up enough officials to cover country. Ink Spots this Fall. teach three days a week for one the class. Popular music fans of the big Students at Louisburg College semester— for one dollar. "I hope Not a stranger to teaching, band era will remember Alvino who will be taking Judge they don't take out for Social Hobgood has been a guest Rey as band leader and guitarist Hobgood's State and Local Security," he said. for over forty years and parti­ cularly with the King Sisters &■ King Family Show. Desmond, who starred opposite Art Show Barbara Streisand in Broadway's "" gained his initial fame with the Army Opens Air Force Band. Among his major solo hits are "C'est Si Bon," and MIXMASTER, a juried exhibi­ "Yellow Rose of Texas." tion of mixed media works on Haines, who recorded dozens paper, opened at Louisburg of hit records with Frank Sinatra College in the Fine Arts Building and the Tommy Dorsey Band has on August 10 in the Art Gallery. It been the top vocalist in the nation will be on display there until with such songs as "Que Sera," September 3. "You Made Me Love /oty," and' The show was organized by the "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Kentucky Arts Commission and M ine." was open to artists residing in the And for the Ink Spots fame ten states of the Southern Arts there were such songs as "Into Federation. An attempt was made Each Life Some Rain Must Fall," to provide a visual forum for those "We'll Meet Again," and "When Southeastern artists who work in the Saints Go Marching In ." They mixed media. The jury process will all be on the Louisburg was designed to produce a survey College Auditorium stage, No­ show. The three jurors; Floyd vember 15 at 8:00 P.M. Coleman, Associate Professor, Opening the series on Novem­ Department of Art and Design, ber 2, is the most remarkable Southern University, Darryl musical show the Series has Curran, Professor of Art, Califor­ attempted. It is the Michael nia State University, and Lowery Iceberg Pyramid Machine of the Biology Professor Seth Washburn Plays His S. Sims, Associate Curator of Music of Disney World. Every Own Musical Invention—Genesis III 20th Century Art, The Metropo­ musical sound known to Disney litan Museum of Art, viewed the music lovers is presented. with a completely classical pro­ slides and work individually. Other concerts are the Ballet gram on March 3; and the Salt Coleman observed, "included in Folklorico de New Mexico pre­ Lake Symphonic Choir on April W^e's Fowers St Gifts MIXMASTER are works that senting the colonial and authentic 24. The Choir is the largest (80 range from invocations of the folk dances of the Southwest and jvoices) touring choir in America 107 W. Franklin St., vision of the folk to sophisticated Mexico on February 4; the and has never before appeared in Louisburg. N. C. 496-2917 syntheses of late modernist Piedmont Symphony Orchestra North Carolina. styles."