CULTURAL RESOURCES SECRETARYHODGKINS SPEAKS

JIM BAILEY RECEIVES HONORARYDOCTOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE

Methodist

May 1979

Lumber Bridge, Angela Louise Hursey ofDublin, Jo Anne Jones of Ellerbe, JerryDean Lewis of Morehead, Judy VannMarlow of Little River, S. C., Jane AllanMiller of Jersey Shore, Pa., and Cynth iaLouise Moore of New Bern.

Also Ann Victoria Morrow of New YorkCity, Teresa Ann Poole of Knightdale,Lester Sessoms, Jr. of Raeford, JakieWilliam Snapp, Jr. of Baltimore, Md., DavidCarlton Wade of Burlington, Jeanne Caro­line Edwards of Hamlet, Lois MelindaMcPherson of Snow Camp, Mary ClaireMoloff of Essex Junction, Vt., and RobertThaniel Wilson, Jr. of Goldsboro.

The Bachelor of Applied Science degreewas awarded to Ernest Wilbert Paker ofFayetteville and the Associate in Arts degreewas awarded to Kermit Lyle Lindgren ofFayetteville.

CLARK NAMEDNEW DEAN

School before attending Wofford College.A recipient of the President's Medallion of

Louisburg College, Dr. Bailey is the authorof Miracles of Jesus Today published byAbingdon Press. Soon to be published is hiscompanion book, Parables of Jesus Today.

Dr. Fred Clark of Deland, Florida, hasbeen named Academic Dean of MethodistCollege succeeding Dr. Samuel J. Womack,who is retiring.

By unanimous consent of the MethodistCollege Board of Trustees, Dr. Clark willassume his duties on September 1. Hecomes to Methodist from Stetson Universitywhere he serves as Director of SpecialProjects.

A graduate of the University of Miami inCoral Gables, Florida, Dr. Clark is a nativeof Atlanta, Ga. He served in the U. S. Armyfrom 1951-54 prior to beginning his collegecareer at Huntingdon College.

Dr. Clark has previously taught biology atTulane University, Bowdoin College inBrunswick, Maine, Southern Union JuniorCollege in Wadley, Ala., University ofMiami and Stetson University.

National Institutes of Health Fellow, Dr.Clark is the author of numerous articles forprofessional publications. He is married toJoAnn D. Clark and they have threedaughters.

Fayetteville, N. C.

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Jakie William Snapp, Jr., Rick Spicer,Thomas Lee Strickland, Mary ReginaSunderlin, Mary Lynn Klein Sutton, EugeneSwanger, Lena Beth Tarkington, JenniferPeoples Trotman, Robert Webster, AnneFisk Wilce, Carolyn Ann Williams andSheryl Jean Alexander.

Also Ernest Gary Botts, Rhonda MoonDees, Ronald Allen Holman, Gregory AllenHoward, Michael H. Mauney, DebraMcPhail Poulk, Peggy Mae Pittman, JamesAlbert Smith, Jr., Charles Wayne Stewart,and M'Bumba M'Bingu Yivumba.

Others graduating were Vernon WeaverBrown III of Raeford, Robert Rook Cobb ofSuffolk, Va., Cynthia Lou Edwards ofBladenboro, Leslie Gifton Edwards of RedSprings, Michael S. Ellis of Richmond, Va.,Van Fletcher, Jr., of Yadkinville, Mark R.Garris of Durham, Ted Woodrow Hough of

The Reverend James H. Bailey, ministerof Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Churchof Greenville, N.C., was presented anhonorary Doctor of Divinity Degree fromMethodist College during CommencementExercises held here Sunday, May 6.

Citing "Outstanding service to his church,his community and his fellow man," Dr.Richard W. Pearce, president of MethodistCollege, bestowed upon Mr. Bailey thedistinction of being a man who "sought realsolutions to real problems with commitmentto the Christian ethic."

Bailey distinguished himself in Methodistcircles with his efforts in the establishmentof the Methodist Retirement Home inLumberton and his service as a trustee ofMethodist College. He is a former StaleyLecturer and district director of youth work.An evangelist for the International AshramMovement, Bailey also served as a memberof the Board of Directors of the NorthCarolina Pastor's School at Duke University.

A graduate of Wofford College and DukeUniversity, Mr. Bailey has done graduatework at Syracuse University, SouthernLutheran Seminary and Yale Divinity School.He has served pastorates in Fort Mill, S.C.,Saluda, Elm City, Wilson, Weldon andLumberton.

Bailey is married to the former Helen Hillof Charlotte and they Have four children:Marian, Herb, Kitsey, and Scott.

Dr. Bailey is a native of Darlington, SouthCarolina, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.Bailey. He graduated from St. John's High

Sara W. Hodgkins, Secretary of CulturalResources for the State of North Carolina,addressed the graduating seniors at Meth­odist College during the Sixteenth AnnualCommencement Exercises held Sunday,May 6, in Reeves Auditorium on theMethodist Campus.

Hodgkins, a native of Southern Pines, isone of two women serving on the cabinet ofGovernor Jim Hunt and is the first woman todeliver the Commencement address atMethodist. Ms. Hodgkins was introduced byher brother, R. Parker Wilson, of theMethodist College faculty.

"The responsibility of citizenship is to dowhat yO! 'an to better this society throughexcellence and accessability," stated Ms.Hodgkins.

"Maintain the spirit that has brought youso far," she urged.

Methodist College bestowed honors on itsacademic dean and a member of the Board ofTrustees during the graduation exercises.Dr. Samuel J. Womack, who has resignedfrom his position as academic dean atMethodist to return to the classroom as aprofessor of religion, received the prestig­ious Methodist College Medallion for"distinguished contribution to MethodistCollege for 19 years."

The Reverend James H. Bailey, Pastor ofJarvis United Methodist Church in Green­ville, was presented an honorary Doctor ofDivinity degree in recognition of "outstand­ing service to his profession, his church andhis community." Mr. Bailey has servedappointments in Lumberton, Weldon, Wil­son and Elm City before accepting hiscurrent post in Greenville. He is a graduateof Wofford College and Duke University andhas lectured extensively in the South.

Fayetteville residents receiving bacca­laureate degrees in arts and science includeCarol Sutton Barber, Michael BartonBennett, Melinda Ann Brown, PeggyMichelle Clarke, Kimberly Ann Earnhardt,George Henry Elliott, Dollie Ferrell, ValarieDenice Foster, Irene Parnell Graham, JaneStuart Hale, Robert Lee Hale, Ruth WarnerHuggins, Daphne Warren Humphries,Charles Edward Jackson, Mary Jane Mc­Callum Kirby and Opal Whichard Long.

Also Leon McClain, Hilda Miles, AnnRebecca Ortiz, Alice Heald Pearce, CarylAnn Kelley Polk, Samuel Anthony StephenPorter, Mickie Haddock Rebello, RoyMichael Scarpa, Sharon Goodman Seaford,

METHODIST COLLEGE TO HOSTFOREIGN STUDENTS THIS SUMMER

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JoAnne Jones of Ellerbee received thecoveted Lucius Stacy Weaver Award duringCommencement Exercises at MethodistCollege recently.

Ms. Jones was presented the award by Dr.Samuel J. Womack, academic dean atMethodist, for outstanding academicachievement and capable leadership. Thesenior English major has been active innumerous campus theatre productions andhas served as editor of Tapestry, Methodistliterary magazine. A Dean's List student,Ms. Jones is the reigning Methodist CollegeHomecoming Queen. She is a member ofAlpha Chi honorary fraternity and Alpha Psi,national honorary dramatic fraternity.

The Lucius Stacy Weaver Award wasestablished in 1964 by the family of Dr. L.Stacy Weaver as a means of honoring thefirst president of Methodist College. Judg­ing criteria for the award are qualities ofacademic excellence, spiritual development,leadership and service.

Ms. Jones is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Rufus Jones of Ellerbee and a 1975 graduateof Richmond Academy.

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solicited for providing another op­portunity for the Japanese studentsto see American family life first­hand.

All students will be housed in theMethodist College dormitories, ac­cording to Professor Bruce Pulliam,Methodist College coordinator forthe East-West Foundation. Mr.Pulliam is a member of the collegefaculty and chairman of the Divisionof Social Science.

"We are returning to Fayettevilleand to Methodist College because ofthe hospitality and warmth of thepeople in your community," said Dr.Nishimura in an interview Thursday.

"You created an atmosphere ofwelcome for our Japanese studentsthat helped them make the transi­tion of being a foreign visitor in astrange country with greater ease."

This is the first time the founda­tion has elected to return to aprevious site in its history. Dr.Nishimura stated that the success oflast year's program was a strongfactor in the decision of theEast-West Foundation to return.

An expanded program will bringnot only Japanese students to theMethodist campus for the summerbut also Korean, Brazilian andChinese students. Approximately190 students are expected to arriveat Methodist on July 4 and staythrough August 21. These arestudents who will be attendingAmerican colleges and universitiesin the fall. The summer sessionseeks to offer them a cultural andlanguage bridge from their home­land to the college campus here.Courses will be given as well asother academic introductions tocourses they will see in the fall.

In addition to the classroominstruction provided, the studentswill receive opportunities to assimi­late American lifestyle throughvisits to museums, shopping malls,theatre, zoos and other points ofinterest. Host families are being

Methodist College admits student of any race, sex, color,national and ethnic origin or any religious denomination to allthe privileges, programs and activities generally madeavailable to students at the College. Methodist College doesnot discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national or

et~ic origin or religious denomination in the administrationof its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs,athletics and all other College administered programs.

Methodist College has again beenselected to host the exchangestudents of foreign nations in a7-week session this summer, underthe auspices of the East-WestFoundation of Atlanta and Tokyo.

Over 170 Japanese studentsattended the 1978 East-West Foun­dation summer orientation last yearon the Methodist campus, accordingto Dr. Ken Nishimura, director ofthe East-West Foundation.