Methodist College

Volume 15

BULLETINNo.4 June 1974

ELEVENTH COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD MA Y 12One hundred and seven Methodist Collegeseniors received bachelor's degrees at thecollege's 11 th commencement exercisesheld May 12 in Reeves Auditorium.Spirits of friends and families of the gra­duates were not dampened when the raincame and stayed throughout the day. Theshowers did let up, however, for a fewminutes just before and after the com­mencement hour.

Commencement speaker, Dr. Arnold K.King of Chapel Hill, told the graduates"they were graduating at the end of themost turbulent decade in our nation's his­tory."

LUCIUS STACY WEAVER AWARD u Metho­dist College President, Dr. Richard W. Pearcecongratulates Mrs. Nancy Coleen Shaw Dou·cette of Fayetteville, who received the awardat graduation.

ACADEMIC HONORS FOR THE SECONDSEMESTER AT METHODIST COLLEGE

HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED BYDR. SAMUEL T. WOMACK,DEAN OF THE COLLEGE

Twenty-three students were named tothe President's List. To be eligible forthe President's List, a student must car­ry a 4.0 grade-point-average for thesemester.In addition, 175 students were namedto the dean's list.President's List students include Mrs.Laureen Bach, Mrs. Luz Maria Bau­mann, David Bradley, Daniel Donovan,

John Eason, Sarah Edge, Charles Eke­leme, David Gregg, Ronald Komar,Mrs. Sandra Landis, William Langer,Mrs. Sandra Leechford, Mrs. JenniferMcDaniel, Mrs. Lorna Miller, Mrs.Betty Milligan, Wanda Moorefield,Donna KiKi Parrous, Robert Pember­ton, Roy Philpott, Steven Plice, MarionDeBerniere Robertson Jr., Judith Shel­don, Kirk Simpson, Mrs. Patricia VanDorsten and Mrs. Susan Yost.

The special assistant to the president ofthe Consolidated Universities - of NorthCarolina asked the students to "reflecton events such as Vietnam, drug culture,inflation, increase in crime, civil disor­ders, sexual revolution, decline of birthrate, energy, food shortage, health carecrisis and loss of confidence in the wholepolitical system."King told the graduates, their friends andrelatives, "we're heading for an interna­tional disaster if the tide is not turnedsoon. We need to reestablish our faith ...in God, in the system of justice, in theintegrity of social process and we mustalso learn to think for ourselves. "

"We may never go back to the good olddays. It's now up to YOU to do somethingabout the future of our country," headded.

Presenting the Lucius Stacy Weaver Awardwas Methodist College's Academic Dean,Dr. Samuel J. Womack.

Established in 1964 honoring MethodistCollege's first president, the award waspresented to Mrs. Nancy Coleen ShawDoucette of Fayetteville, who was gradua­ted magna cum laude. Daughter of Mrs.Colon Shaw of Beulaville, and the lateMr. Shaw, Mrs. Doucette majored in reli­gion and history.The Lucius Stacy Weaver Award is givento the "outstanding member of each gra­duating class adjudged by the faculty tohave best exemplified in personality andperformance the qualities of academic ex­cellence, spiritual development, leadershipand service. "

Also awarded AB. degrees, magna cumlaude, were Ronald Roy Glancy, Mrs.

ANXIOUS MOMENT FOR GRADUATES n

Three young women about to receive their de­grees are shown prior to commencement exer­cises. From left are Miss Cynthia Marlowe ofWhiteville, Miss Brenda Smith of Elizabeth­town and Miss Margaret Cottingham of Dillon,S.C.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER n Dr. ArnoldK. King addresses graduates, their friends andfamilies in Reeves Auditorium.

Sandra Jean Atwood Leechford, Mrs. Lor­na Gail Miller, Miss Donna KiKi Parrousand Miss Marian Wells Williams.

Cum Laude graduates included Peter Val­erian Astalos, William Vincent Barbieri,Donald Lee Brewer, Clayton McLamHouse Jr., Mrs. Sharon Santo padre O'Neil,Frank Robinson, Mrs. Janet Rae EwersStotts and Terry Floyd Swafford.Organist for both the Commencement andBaccalaureate Services was Mrs. Jean B.Ishee, assistant professor of piano andorgan at Methodist College. Special musicduring the commencemen t program wasperformed by Brian Cash, a 1974 gradu­ate. Dr. Garland Knott, Methodist Collegechaplain, gave the invocation and bene­diction. He also presided at the 11 a.m.Baccalaureate Service.

Dr. Lorenzo P. Plyler, associate professorof religion at Methodist, was the Bacca­laureate Service speaker. His sermon wasentitled, "On The Christian Identity Cri­sis. "

Marshals chosen for their high academicstandings were Sarah Ellen Edge, MaryAnne Martin, Pamela Sue Walker, Mrs.Elizabeth Gail Vaughn Miller, Mrs. Eliza­beth Morrison Glancy, Mrs. Frances AnnLeguerrier, Yvonne Bailey Walker, JohnMahlon Lang, Jerry Flannigan, Paul DavidSaunders, Charles E. Ekeleme, Gary GeneRigsbee and Frank Guy Braley.Ushers were Delores Ann Coyne, KennethKearns Daniel Jr., John Michael Eason,Mary Alice Gore, Brenda Gene Hester andMrs. Kendall Clark Powers.Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Pearce hosted thePresident's Reception in the Student Un­ion prior to the 3 p.m. Commencementexercises.

BRENDA SMITH, FRED PUR YEAR WIN TOP A THLETIC A WARDS

SHELLE Y FIELD DEDICA TION TAKES PLA CE

Miss Brenda 'Ann Smith of Elizabethtownand Frederick Wayne Puryear of Raleighreceived the top awards at Methodist Col­lege's annual Athletic Banquet held inearly May.This year's chief cheerleader, Miss Smithcaptured four awards. In addition to re­ceiving a Methodist College letter and be­ing named Most Valuable Cheerleader, shealso received an Outstanding Senior Tro­phy. The senior elementary educationmajor was also named this year's recipientof the Sherry Sellers Award, which goesto the cheerleader "who best exemplifiesthe same qualities and character as MissSellers when she was a cheerleader."A senior economics and business adminis­tration major, Puryear received the Mon­arch Club's Outstanding Senior Award for"contributing the most to athletics duringhis four years at Methodist College." Helettered in cross country, ba'seball, golfand bowling, all in different years. Thisyear, Puryear lettered in both bowling andgolf.Also receiving Senior Awards were AliceStuckey of Raleigh and Robin Eckley ofAlexandria, Va., cheerleading; NolanBecker of Silver Spring, Md., Mike Twid­dy of Belcross, N.C., Charles Hill andGeorge Copeland, both of Fayetteville,soccer; Jimmy Dean of Fayetteville, base­ball; and Mike Kinlaw of Fayetteville,golf.Soccer letters went to Doug Kump ofFairfield, Pa., Nolan Becker, David Rus­sell of West Springfield, Va., Juan Moriniof Cali, Colombia, Lenny Turtora ofLakewood, N.J., Jorge Berrios of BayShore, L.I., Walter Kennedy of Richmond,Va., Chang Fiedler of Spring Lake andCharles Hill, George Copeland, Jim Row­lette, Steve Quigley, Karoly Molnar andMike Casey, all of !"ayetteville.Mike Twiddy also received a soccer letterand the Most Valuable Player Award insoccer.

Recipient of the Most Valuable PlayerAward in cross country was John Youngof Raleigh. He also lettered in tennis andcross country. Also awarded cross countryletters were Frederic Batchelor and GlennCarter, both of Fayetteville; Vince Fran­cis of Spring Lake, Richard Smith ofHallsboro, Larry Robinson of Orrum,S.C., Jim Nash of Silver Spring, Md., EdDowell of Trevilians, Va., and Jim Slaterof Takoma Park, Md.

HONORS FOR THE BASEBALL COACH·­Bruce Shelley, right, Methodist College base­ball coach, accepts a plaque from Bob Peele,left, SGA president. Gene Clayton, center,dean of students, also participated in the de·dication ceremony of Shelley Field.

Elmer Hubbard of Fayetteville receiveda letter and the Most Valuable PlayerAward in bowling. Bobby Ayers of Fay­etteville, Danny Fowler of High Point andGary Rubart of Bennington, Vt., alsolettered in bowling.The most moving moment of the eveningwas the standing ovation given Rick Wal­rond of Montvale, Va. Injured in an auto­mobile accident on his way to basketballpractice in late January, Walrond returnedto Methodist College for the banquet forthe first time since the mishap. Awardeda letter in basketball, Walrond says he"plans to attend summer school and hopesto be able to graduate from MethodistCollege next May."Craig Knight of Fayetteville, awardedletters in golf and basketball, also receivedthe basketball team's Plus-Minus Award.Elton Stanley of Shallotte, also letteringin basketball, was the recipienJ of theDefense Award, while another teammate,Greg Jones of Rougemont, received theDistrict 29 and NAIA Plaques. Jones isthe first Methodist College basketballplayer ever to be named in the same yearto both the District and NAIA All-Ameri­can Teams. Don Bouler of Ft. Mill, S.C.,who also lettered in basketball, receivedthe team's Most Valuable Player Award.Also receivin~ letters in basketball wereGerald Royal of Smithfield, Harold Booneof Hallsboro, Danny Hood of Durham,Clyde Lawer of Johns Island, S.C., GaryPorter of Richmond, Va., and LarryRobinson.Letters in tennis were awarded to SteveQuigley, Don Coleman of Fayetteville,William Riddick of Come, N.C., VickyLoose of Beaufort, N.C., and RichardRose of Fredericksburg, Va.Star baseball pitcher Sam Tolar of HopeMills received a letter and the Most Val­uable Player Award ..Also lettering in base­ball were Bobby Cobb, Jimmy Dean, JohnDonaldson and Frank Lopes, all of Fay­etteville; Bob Bryant of Red Springs,Wayne Gooch, Mike Hayes and JerryNeal, all of Durham; John McMillan ofSt. Pauls, Glen Hinnant of Wendell, N.C.,Randy Lail of Asheboro, Wayne Spell ofSalemburg, Earl Bunn of Zebulon, Les

A dream has finally come true at Metho­dist College with the formal dedicationof Shelley Baseball Field.Dedication of the field, honoring the Me­thodist College Monarch baseball coach,Bruce Shelley, took place in late Aprilduring Spring Festival Weekend.At the ceremony, Coach Shelley modestlyexplained "he was in the right place at theright time. The field is the result of lotsof hard work and determination and de­dication on the part' of MY boys (thebaseball players). There were days whenthe players would have rather relaxedthan paint bleachers. I gave them an ulti­matum ..... Paint the bleachers or Run10 miles. Of course, they painted thebleachers. This is really THEIR field."Presenting a plaque to Coach Shelley wasStudent Government Association Presi­dent Bob Peele. Methodist College Presi-

SHERRY SELLARS AWARD -- Recipientof the top cheerleading award, Miss BrendaSmith, is speechless at the Athletic Banquet.Looking on is Robert Ambrose, master ofceremonies.

Colburn of Arlington, Va., Doug Nicolof Rutherford, N.J., and Barry Willardof Charlottesville, Va.Walter Kennedy of Richmond, Va., re­ceived a letter and also the Most Valua­ble Player Award in golf. Mike Kinlaw,Charles Hill, Clark Hastings and Bob Cas­tona, all of Fayetteville; and Marvin Reaof St. Pauls also lettered in golf.Cheerleaders receiving Methodist College'letters were Miss Stuckey, Miss Eckley,Dusty Woodbury of Jacksonville, ChrisMoore of Galivant's Ferry, S.C., DebbieInman of St. Pauls, Janice Price of San­ford, Dave Daniel of Sylva, Russ Daven­port of Fayetteville, Levie Cameron ofBroadway, Bryan Davis of Camp Lejeune,Tommy Dent of Summerville, S. C., Ken­J1etn Reavis of Yadkinville, Mike Smithof High Point, Mike Hayes and AlanKinney of Pennington, N.J.Master of ceremonies was Robert Am­brose, assistant professor of mathematicsat Methodist College. The invocation wasgiven by Methodist College Chaplain,Garland Knott.Athletic Director and Dean of StudentsGene Clayton announced that the DixieConference, of which Methodist Collegeis a member, has voted to enter Division3 of the NCAA The Methodist Collegebaseball, cross country and tennis teamswill enter the NCAA's Division 2. Claytonsaid "this is the first time Methodist Col­lege will have a chance to vie for a nation­al title in the sports in which we partici­pate."

dent, Dr. Richard W. Pearce, praised thecoach for the work he's done for the col­lege and especially for the team.Dean of Students Gene Clayton intro­duced Mrs. Janet Mullen, wife of formerMonarch baseball star, Phil Mullen, now aprofessional baseball player.Mrs. Mullen read a letter to Coach Shelleyfrom her husband, who was unable toattend the festivities. It read in part ....."Coach Shelley taught me and the otherplayers how to live. It's because of himand his dedication that I am able to pur­sue a professional baseball career. I onlyregret not being able to be there in personto express how I feel."Co-captains of the 'current team, DougNicol of Rutherford, N.J. and Barry Wil­lard of Charlottesville, Va., unveiled thesign, which says "Shelley Field, DedicatedApriI20,1974.

MARY ALICE GORE RECEIVES PILOT CLUB SCHOLARSHIPMiss Mary Alice Gore of Tabor City hasbeen awarded a District 6 Pilot Club Scho­larship for the coming year.

According to Mrs. Delane Lee of Fayette­ville, chairman of the education and inter­national relations committee for the localPilot Club, "this is the first time our localclub has had a winner on the District Le­vel. Sixteen young people from across thestate c~mpeted for the scholarship."Miss Virginia Gayle Godwin of Fayette­ville, a graduating senior at MethodistCollege, has been the recipient of thelocal Pilot Club Scholarship for the pasttwo years.

Mrs. Hazel Horton of Fayetteville, co­chairman of the education and interna­tional relations committee for the localPilot Club, said "the Pilot Club, a serviceorganization for business and profession­al women, is made up of approximately1,500 members in the 33 clubs aroundNorth Carolina."

PILOT CLUB SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS -- Mrs. Delane Lee, center, chair·man of the education and international relations committee for the local PilotClub, poses with Miss Virginia Gayle Godwin of Fayetteville, left, and MissMary Alice Gore of Tabor City, right. Both students have received scholarshipsfrom the club.

FOUR ARE NAMED"OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS"

RETIREMENT DINNERHONORS SAM EDWARDS

More than 100 friends gathered the even­ing of April 25 to honor Samuel R. Ed­wards, who will retire as Methodist Collegeregistrar July 1.Greeting guests prior to the dinner in thecollege dining rooms were Mr. and Mrs.Edwards, their son, S. Reese Edwards; Dr.and Mrs. Samuel J. Womack and Co!. andMrs. O. C. Culbreth.

Dr. Womack, honoring Edwards, talked ofthe patriarchs ..... those who were atMethodist College at the beginning .....Edward's son, Reese (a member of thefirst graduating class); Dr. Willis Gates,professor of music; Frank Eason, whoretired last year as comptroller; Dr. CharlesOtt, Louis Spillman Jr. (also a memberof the first graduating class) and Dr. JamesHeffern.

C. Reid Ross, former superintendent ofschools, spoke as a representative ofEdwards' past. He said he was happy tohonor Sam Edwards, a former superinten­dent of Fayetteville schools. "Edwardswas a man who built quality educationin the school system. WhIm Edwards be­gan in the Fayetteville school system, hestarted with a firm, but just hand. Hecame to Methodist College with the sameprinciples and ideals. "

Methodist College President Dr. RichardW. Pearce said, "I call Sam Mr. Accuracy.He's straightforward. Sam's comment tonext year's contract was 'I'm going fish­ing.' "

PLAQUE FOR EDWARDS -- Retiring Metho·dist College registrar, Sam Edwards, right,receives a gift from Academic Dean, Dr. Sam·uel J. Womack.

Students who paid tribute to Edwardswere Bob Peele, Student GovernmentAssociation president; Gayle Godwin,who worked in the Registrar's Office;and Fred Kervin, a student completingrequirements for a degree under theAnY1y's Degree Completion (Bootstrap)Program.Gifts included a plaque from the SGA"for sincere devotion and dedication";a check "for the man who has everything"to purchase some stocks; and a 'plaquewhich reads "Samuel Reese Edwards,Methodist College Registrar, 1960-74,For Outstanding and Dedicated Service."William P. Lowdermilk, assistant to thepresident, gave the invocation. Dr. T. Gar­land Knott, Methodist College chaplain,gave the benediction.Master of ceremonies was Dr. Womack.

Four Methodist College educators havebeen selected to appear in the 1974 -75edition of "Outstanding Educators inAmerica."

Named were Dr. Sudhakar Gautam, asso­ciate professor of economics; Dr. FredC. McDavid, professor of education andpsychology and chairman of the educationand psychology department; Mrs. PaulineLongest, assistant professor of biologyand chairman of the science and math de­partment;and Dr. Lorenzo P. Plyler, asso­ciate professor of religion and chairmanof the religion and philosophy depart­ment.

A native of India, Dr. Gautam came toMethodist College in 1968. Author ofsome 30 publications dealing with India'seconomy, Gautam previously taught inhis native c0':lntry.Dr. McDavid came to Methodist Collegein 1970 from Bloomington, II!., where hewas superintendent of public schools. Hewas also a visiting lecturer at Southernlllinois University in Carbondale.

A member of the Methodist College facul­ty since 196 2, Mrs. Longest taught, scienceat Seventy-First High School from 1951until her appointment at Methodist. Sheis the author of several scientific articles.Dr. Plyler, who came to Methodist Col­lege in 1966, is an ordained Methodistmiriister. He has served as pastor of chur­ches in Iowa and in Massachusetts. Hehas also served as assistant professor ofreligion and was chaplain at MorningsideCollege in Sioux City, Iowa.

The educators were selected for this honoron the basis of their professional and ci­vic achievements.

COLLEGE SUMMER SESSION TOPS 800 REGISTRATIONS

SPRING FESTIVALDRAWS LARGE CROWD

This year's Spring Festival, held April 17through April 20 at Methodist College,was filled with a variety of activities.A hot dog roast, sponsored by the WeaverHall coeds, tuok place Wednesday eveningon the patio of the dorm. Dorm Presi­dent Linda Allvord of Bridgeport, N.J.,said "even though it drizzled, we had' agood crowd. Everyone ate heartily andthe students asked when we would holdanother roast."Thursday evening, The Prophets per­formed in concert in the Student Union.The semi-formal concert-dance was at­tended by students and guests.Singletree, formerly known as SweetThursday, played to a packed audienceFriday evening in the Student Union. Acasual atmosphere prevailed with manystudents sitting on the floor. During one

number+..senior Dave Daniel of Sylva andjunior uusty Woodbury of Jacksonville"clogged to the music." Singletree, popu­lar with the students, played several en­cores.Saturday was packed full of events. Anoon picnic was held at the baseball field.Everyone was able to cook their own hotdogs and hamburgers. An added delightwas the homemade chocolate, strawberryor vanilla ice cream made by MethodistCollege's newest fraternity, Lambda ChiAlpha.The baseball team played an unusual tri­ple-header against Virginia Wesleyan Col­lege. The first game, held early Saturdaymorning, was a make-up game. The Mon­archs lost, but came back to win bothafternoon games.Prior to the afternoon games, ShelleyField was formally dedicated.The crowning of the 1 9 74 -75 SpringFestival Queen also took place. Miss Dus­ty Woodbury was crowned queen by lastyear's queen, Miss Karlene Wagner ofKings Park, L.I. Members of Miss Wood­bury's court include Miss Alice Stuckeyof Raleigh, senior representative; MissFaith Finch of Henderson, junior repre­sentative; Miss Brenda Hester of Bladen­boro, sophomore representative; and MissGinger Workman of Raleigh, freshmanrepresen tative.

SPRING FESTIVAL QUEEN -- Miss DustyWoodbury and her escort, Ed Housley, aMethodist College student from CharlQttes­ville, Va., are all smiles following the cere­mony naming Miss Woodbury 1974-75 SpringFestival Queen.

Rounding out the activities Saturday wasa semi-formal dance in the Student Union.Sponsored by Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, thedance followed the fraternity's charteringbanquet which was held in the collegedining rooms. The Sunstorms, a Fayette­

ville rock grouf' provided muai,c for danc­ing. Several 0 the group's members areMethodist College students.

Methodist College's summer session isbursting at the seams.According to Dr. Fred C. McDavid,summer school director, "we now havemore than 800 registrations for the ses­sion, which is more than 200 over lastyear ... and we expect to receive morefor the second term, which begins June10, and for the third term, a directedstudy program, which begins July 15."Professor of education and psychologyand chairman of the education andpsycholOgy department, Dr. McDavidexplained that "we're teaching morecourses than ever before. A student

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCESLISTED FOR SUMMER

Although Methodist College dormitoriesand the cafeteria are officially closed dur­ing the summer, thousands of people come

to the campus for various conferencesthroughout June, July and August.More than 1,100 people are registered sofar for the North Carolina Annual Con­ference of The United Methodist Church,scheduled for June 2 through June 6.From June 17 throu gh June 20, approxi­mately 100 young people will stay oncampus for the North Carolina Conferenceof the United Methodist Church MusicWorkshop.ACS of the United Methodist YouthFellowship will meet at Methodist Collegefrom July 14 to July 19. Some 300 teen­agers are expected to attend.Immediately following will be the EastCoast Cheerleading Camp. According toGene Clayton, camp director and deanof students at Methodist College, "weexpect some 300 cheerleaders to attend."Camp dates are from July 20 throughJuly 27.Concluding the summer conference sche­dule will be R&R (Renewal and Re­Creation) from Aug. 1 through Aug. 8.A week and a weekend session will beoffered this year. Approximately 1,000are expected to attend.

may now earn 15 semester hours dur­ing the three summer sessions ... andwith the permi~i9n of the dean, evenearn 18 to-21 semester hours."Dr. McDavid sees a positive attitude_toward the summer session, which hasgrown tremendously. "And the sche­dule is much more flexible than be­fore," the director explained.A survey shows popular courses to in­clude economics, religion, minority re­

lations, psychology of personal adjust­ment, educational psychology, specialresearch topics, science courses andhealth in the elementary school.

SECOND FRATERNITYCOMES TO METHODIST

Methodist College has gained its secondnational fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha.Junior John Young of Raleigh is presidentof the newly-formed colony, which iscomposed of approximately 20 members.Other officers are Danny Hood of Dur­ham, vice president; Travis Hurt of Tava­res, Fla., secretary; and Kenneth Reavisof Yadkinville, treasurer. Jim Bargar, in­structor in psychology at Methodist Col­lege, is advisor.Gary Tiller of Indianapolis, Ind., nationalrepresentative in charge of colonial expan­sion, visited the Methodist College campusin May to discuss leadership and the localcolony's progress. President Young feelsthe local chapter "needs to stimulate in­terest in student affairs as well as becomea close knit body which may workwith the college's Student GovernmentAssociation and the administration inmaking Methodist College more active incommunity affairs."

Methodist College's Lambda Chi Alphacolony has as its big brothers, the Gam­ma Mu Chapter from the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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