News Clippings
all items from the Fayetteville Observer unless otherwise noted
1961
Date
19610103
19610122
Headline
College goes back to work after
holidays
College financial survey
College starts money survey;
hires fund raiser
Foundation sets annual fund
quota
Bids opened at college for
housing units
Methodists meet at new college
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Licensed preachers
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Methodist names district boards
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All-out effort to aid college set in
March
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Teacher courses OK'd
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Board relaxes regulations for
Methodist College
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Public health meet slated here
Friday
Modern lamp lighter
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Health meeting principals
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First dance at Methodist College
given by students
At Fayetteville we are awed by a
car-wash; inspired by a new
college
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Contract signed for college living
quarters
Endowment for new scholarship
placed with MC
Summary
Students and faculty return from break
Photo: Leaders of the Board of Trustees
To survey the college's financial potential for
future building development
Fayetteville College Foundation sets quota of
$300,000 per year in community pledges
Two dormitories to be built
Methodists of the Fayetteville District to meet
at Methodist College
Photo: New Methodist preachers after a
special service at Methodist College
Fayetteville Methodist District delegates meet
at Methodist College
Fayetteville College Foundation organized
fund-raising drive to encourage residents to
fulfill their pledges
Applicable to certificate renewal for public
school teachers
State Board of Education waives accreditation
requirement so that the college can offer
courses to school teachers
Southeastern Health Workers conference to be
held on campus
Photo: outdoor globe lights installed (included
in the photo, the old lighting system: three
floodlights in a pine tree)
Photo: Leaders of the Southeastern Health
Workers meeting on campus
Valentine's Day dance
Column by Louis Spilman (Sr.) about the
wonders of the automatic car wash and the
promise of Methodist College [from the
Waynesboro (Virginia) News-Virginian]
D. R. Allen & Son, Inc., awarded dormitory
contract
Charles Rankin Memorial Scholarship Fund
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Planning Board to move swiftly
on Raleigh Road
City pastors will urge college
help
College dinner meet cancelled
Residents of Raleigh Road area hesitant to
endorse city oversight of the area
During their Sunday sermons, at the behest of
the Methodist College Foundation
Methodist College Foundation campaign
dinner
Local pledges for college are
Almost one-third of outstanding community
lagging
pledges still outstanding
Building the "heart" of a college
Feature story regarding the library
Library officials
Photo: librarian and assistant librarian
Study time
Photo: students studying in the library
Facilities open to public
Policies for community use of the library
N. C. State to host assembly
Methodist College director of public relations
Tuesday
Charles McAdams to attend
McAdams takes program part
In the program observing the 74th Founders'
Day at North Carolina State College
College head sees great future for A visit with Methodist College president L.
institution; A visit with the
Stacy Weaver and his wife (who obviously
Weavers
does not have a first name…)
String quartet to appear here
North Carolina String Quartet to appear on
campus
Concert quartet
Photo: North Carolina String Quartet
Weaver off to two meetings
Regarding higher education
Pretty professor, officer husband Profile of Dr. Marie C. Fox, professor of
enjoy being part of community
history and philosophy, and her husband,
Major Lawrence J. Fox, Jr.
Statements
Methodist College Foundation to mail pledge
statements to Fayetteville area residents
Gift stimulus for tree planting
Fayetteville Garden Council gives money and
trees to the college; contains a list of number
and types of trees to be planted
Gift to college
Photo: Garden Council members present
check to Stacy Weaver next to a newly planted
tree
College pledges up for month
Pledge receipts up over previous months
At dedication
Photo: College administrators visit campus
worship center
Weaver speaks as worship center Worship center established in a vacant
opens
classroom
They find life on campus pleasing Profile of chemistry and mathematics professor
- vacations are stimulating
Dr. Charles Ott and his wife Betty
At work
Photo: Mrs. and Mr. Ott in his study
They all go to school in Eason
Profile of Frank Eason (Methodist College
family
comptroller, his wife Eunice, and their children
Executives tour
Photo: Dr. Stacy Weaver leads a group of
Burlington Industries executives around
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A hostess for the campus
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Bishop will visit college
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Frank and Eunice Eason
College dorms to be completed
by August 1
College inspection
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Inspection; college gets official
visit
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The Spilmans; they overcome
obstacles to answer a call
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Homework time for dad
Governor creates new college
group
300 Methodist youth tour campus
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Officers nominated; Sanford to
head Trustees
Dormitory dedication
Local college begins drive for
new fine arts building
New faculty member is named at
college here
May Queen
Margaret Weston is crowned May
Queen
College planning religious week
School group of conference
meeting here
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College report
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College religious week in
progress
College to be recital scene
Decorating
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campus
Short profile of Mrs. Ficken, wife of academic
dean Dr. Clarence E. Ficken; includes photo
Bishop Fred. G. Holloway of the West Virginia
Area of the Methodist Church to speak at
chapel service
Photo
Two dormitories under construction
Photo: Chairman of the College Board of
Visitors for the North Carolina Conference
talks to students
From the College Board of Visitors from the
North Carolina Conference of the United
Methodist Church
Profile of Louis D. Spilman, a middle-aged
businessman who quit work to attend
Methodist College full-time in order to enter
church missions work, and his family
Photo: the Spilmans
Terry Sanford creates Honorary Alumni group
Fayetteville District Methodist Youth Rally
held on campus
Terry Sanford re-elected as chairman of the
Board of Trustess
Photo: Terry Sanford, Margaret Rose Sanford,
dorm student president Gordon Dixon, and
Stacy Weaver
Plans for the fine arts building
Dr. James R. Heffern, associate professor of
biology; includes photo
Photo: Margaret Weston, May Queen
Short profile of Margaret Weston
Dr. Howard P. Powell to speak; includes photo
Board of Education of the North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist Church to meet
on campus
Photo: Stacy Weaver addresses Methodist
higher education meeting
Religious Emphasis Week
Student recital
Photo: students prepare for dance
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Music, art dominate interests of
college instructor and family
Recital performers
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College body hears editor
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Newspaper staff
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Wiggs sets up $500 student loan
fund at Methodist College
College dorms
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Exams start at MC for students
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Three given scholarships by
Lions Club
Final exams
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Athletic field
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Methodist College project
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Science club
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Mrs. Edwards joins library at
college
St. Andrews names Hester
student dean
An interview with Governor
Terry Sanford
At interview
College names new teacher
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Profile of Mrs. Marjorie Ostborg (Methodist
College English instructor) and her family
Photo: Voice-piano-violin recital participants:
Paul Ostborg, Patricia Jackson, and Anne
Bradford
Gibson Prather, managing editor of the
Fayetteville Observer, addresses students
Photo: Gibson Prather with student newspaper
staff
C. J. Wiggs, Jr., Memorial Student Fund
Photo: aerial photo of campus including dorms
under construction
Bringing a close to the college's first academic
year
Judith Barbee, DeWitt Lancaster, and Eugene
Wade Coats
Photo: students taking a final exam in the
Science Building auditorium
Photo: physical education field under
construction
Photo: physical education field under
construction [from the Raleigh News &
Observer]
Photo: Methodist College science club officers
(Harold Teague, Paul Gorski, and Jerry Wood)
Mrs. Sam R. Edwards to work at the library
during the summer
Dr. Ralph G. Hester
Written by Betty Graham Bunce, a Methodist
College student
Photo: Terry Sanford and Betty Bunce
Mrs. Judith T. Gatlin, instructor of freshman
English
Fayetteville's tavern problems ;
Mentions that bars having negative impact on
city growth hurt if enforcement of Methodist College recruitment
bar laws lax
Welcome mat out; St. Andrews
Overview of the progress at St. Andrews
lures visitors
Presbyterian College
Educational center
Photo: aerial view of St. Andrews
Conference delegates
Photo: Larry Warren and Amos McLamb,
delegates to the National Methodist Student
Movement Conference, shown with Dr. Sam
Womack
College offers new course for
Self-Development for Supervisors
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business men
College giving shows increase
College will register over 250 this
year
Duke offers nursing plan to
hospital and college
College adds three courses in
evenings
90 day students are enrolled at St.
Andrews
Dr. and Mrs. Ficken thrive on
college campus life
Honorary alumni
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Men's dormitory
Campus toured; college ready for
'62 start
Student registration
Moving into new dormitories at
Methodist College is exciting
event
774 students matriculate at St.
Andrews
209 students at Methodist College
here
314 enrolled at college, Weaver
reports
College plans women's dorm,
asks for bids
College to have first concert
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Prospective student
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Sanford will speak at MC
Founder's Day
College donation
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Professor and wife share love for
academic life
Symphony drive begins today
Pensive musician
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Starting early
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Terry seeks "vision" for college
Methodist College Foundation pledges
Update on college progress
Cape Fear Valley Hospital and Methodist
College
Evening fall semester curriculum complete
Update on progress
Profile of academic dean Dr. Clarence Ficken
and his wife
Photo: Methodist College Foundation
members tour new dormitories
Photo: men's residential unit
Dormitories ready
Photo: students registering
Photos: Big day - move in; Getting settled unpacking; Bed's all made - view of a room;
Student and friend - settled in with a teddy bear
Enrollment update
Day students
Update on enrollment
New housing unit planned
Otis Lambert, voice; then Wolfgang Fetsch,
piano
Photo: Stacy Weaver and Sam Edwards with
Hilda Hayes
Governor Terry Sanford to speak
Photo: Leon Baker of the Fayetteville Jaycees
presents a check to George Vossler and Stacy
Weaver, Jr.
Profile of Dr. James R. Heffern, biology
professor, and his wife Helen (includes photo)
Symphony plans (includes photos)
Photo: Barbara Lorek at Fayetteville
Symphony rehearsal
Photo: The Louis Spilman family at the preFounders Day dance
Review of Terry Sanford's Founders Day
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here
College plans permanent dorm to
house 150
Education discussion
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Sanford asks no higher education
lag
High school seniors will visit
college
Methodists to meet Tuesday
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Piano demonstration
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Program marks college close
Christmas carolers
Top rating
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Scholarship presented by paper
employees
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Scholarship
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speech
First dorm to be located in the area to the rear
of the student union
Photo: Terry Sanford speaks with Lester
Mason and Mary Monroe [from the Durham
Morning Herald]
Review of Terry Sanford's Founders Day
speech [from the Durham Morning Herald]
"High School Seniors Day" to be held at
Methodist College
Fayetteville District United Methodist
Churches to meet
Photo: Wolfgang Fetch, pianist, with students
Barbara Holmes and William Wolfe
Student-faculty luncheon and musical program
Photo: at the musical program
Photo: Frank H. Eason and Myrtice Jones
review the college cafeteria's "A" health rating
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lilly Scholarship
established in honor of the publishers of the
Fayetteville Observer
Photo: John Roberts presents a scholarship
check to Charles McAdams