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METHODIST COLLEGE RECEIVES $& 000 GRANT
FAYETTEVILLE—Methodist College has received an unrestricted v rant
for $2 , 000 from the Sears-Roebuck Foundation.
A J R u m m a n s , representing the Sears Foundation, prasented
the aid-to-education check to Dr. L. Stacy Weaver, M, thodist Co eje
President," on campus.
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Grants totaUaj more than $ 4 3 , 2 0 0 w ? ! 1 be distr buted to
4i privately supported coiiejes and universities -n North Caro 1 na this
week by the Foundation, a spokesman sa : d today
ThstUferth Carolina co e-jcs and un vers t es are amonu
more than 975 private, accredited two- and four-year inst'tut ons acr@ss
the country which are sharing m $!, oOO, 000 In Scars Foundat on funds
Natlonal'y, pr;vate coT'e^ss and univers.it-^s wi
rect ive
$1,000,000 in unrestricted grants and an addit ona - $ . j O O , 0 0 0 through a
S.ars Foundation program to assist col eje and umvers ty ibrar es
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The unrestricted funds may be used as the co: eges
and universities deem necessary. The library ^rant program is desijnad
to supplement the normal book acqu: ; s-t : on oudgets of the part cipatrnj
institutions.
In addition to ts unr stricted and co , ^e ' brary grant programs, the Sears Foundation dunng tiiu current year w
nvest s ijht'y
more than $500,000 in various student fmancia' aid and other education
programs, the spokesman said. T us wi
bring the higher educat on ex-
penditures of the Sars-Roebuck Foundation to more than $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 in H70.
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OUTLINE: Al Rummans., Sears-Roebuck Foundation representative, presents
a $2,000 aid-to-education grant to Methodist Coi-eye President
Dr. I. Stacy Weaver. (M. C. photo - Chris Drew)
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Grants totaling more than (amount) will be distributed to (number) privately
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supported colleges and universities in (state) this week by Th~e S-ears-Koe1nrck
Foundation, a spokesman said today.
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The (state) colleges and universities are among more than 975 private,
accredited two- and four-year institutions across the country which are sharing in
$1,500,000 in Sears Foundation funds.
Nationally, private colleges and universities will receive $1,000,000 in
unrestricted grants and an additional $500,000 through a Sears Foundation program
to assist college and university libraries.
The unrestricted funds may be used as the colleges and universities deem
necessary.
The library grant program is designed to supplement the normal book
acquisition budgets of the participating institutions.
In addition to its unrestricted and college library grant programs, The Sears
Foundation during the current year will invest slightly more than $500,000 in
various student financial aid and other education programs, the spokesman said.
This will bring the higher education expenditures of The Sears-Roebuck Foundation
to more than $2,000,000 in 1970.
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OFFICERS ELECTED
BY METHODIST COLLEGE BUSINESS WOMAN'S CLUB
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Mrs. Earleene Bass was elected president of the
Methodist Co ! ege Business Women's C'ub at the October "3 'unchu-on
meeting he1 >d in tne col ego cafeter a.
Mrs. Haze! Horion, first president of ihe/^C ub,
installed Mrs. Bass as pras.dent- Mrs. Sarah Wl 1 ! s, v:ce pres'dantMrs. Sue Sass, secretary and Mrs. Clyd'ia Smith, treasurer
New officers lighted candies to sign fy their acceptance
of duties of the office.
Miss i\athieen W-st lighted a candle representing
membersnip and support of membersfor the new y-e'ectfed off cers
The president announced c:>mnutteo cha rmen and aopo'ntfcc s:
Mrs. P^ggy Wann, historian- Mrs- Edna Watson, program commit o.e Mrs
Mae Murry Bruton, community s^rv Cc Mr& D ane Ho den. soc a comm ttee
The cluo encourages hi : ih standards arnon^- bus n^ss women,
development of friendsh.p among emp oy^es, and part c pat on n ac:
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which aid in the improvement of the civic and social welfare of th«•college community.
During the business session of the meeting, deas
were presented fofr Thanksgiving and Christmas projects
The Methodist Col e^e Business Woman's C>ub meets
monthly. Membership consists of facu ty and adm;mstrat<on secretaries.
October 23, 1970
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FORMER METHODIST COLLEGE PROFESSOR WRITES BOOK
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.—Dr. George A. Dunlap, former Eng'tsh professor
at Methodist College is author af the enlightening and often humorous
Giving It The Good Old Co Liege Try. Dunlap's third pub ication was
released Octobef 4~by Carlton Press, Inc., N wYo'rk, N . Y . , $ 3 . 0 0 .
• Tha book is an attraction for Fayettevil ans, sinc,it contains a section of interesting anecdotes invo'vinj facu ty-student
' contacts the author made whJ.e "nested ; n the piney woods" at M; thodist
Colege in 1955 and '.967.
Ususua epiSocus arc at. p ctod :n the v ^n, tt^s of
Methodist Co.:ege professors and adm.nistraiors, among them: the
College pres-d..nt, academ ; c dean, chap'ain, and nstructors n s. 1 '•rctod
areas.
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Thumb-nai' sketches of student portray a literary wh : z
who was an "appie-poUsher"- a basketba.i" hero who became a Dy'an Thomas
schoiar and twin wrestlers who alternately were ca ; 'ed down or s'umbcring
in ciass . A ! so mentioned are athletes
who vis ted tho Prof's apartm nt for
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evening tutoring sessions' a wrestler who had to m^ss English c ass to .iose
ten pounds to qualify .for an sven'.ng wrest n j match and a junior co;.:d cited
for giving the best excuses for betnv tardy and assent from c'.ass
English with such "characters, " at ,,ast for the professor,
did not seem dull.
Dun ap briefly re ates such activities as "Dr '< ng Wanj
Day," whan students voluntarily paid tribute to a professor of oo^ticai
science from China, (Dr. Wang, it suems, won argument over a.vis t;ng
lecturer who spoke on the Vietnam war.J_
A'so recorded is an veriing staging of a popular play by,
the College drama group, Green and Gold Masque Kt.>ys, directed by a facu'ty
adviser. Dunlap ment'ons 1 th;o cast party hrld n the faculty aoartment of
the Catologing r ibranan on May 0, ' ; ?59;
The author describes the oven t as "a ga.'a rocept'.on or
the director, and cast of "Androcles and th,; Lion, " a n after-the-show party
in which a 1 ! the performers were abso'uteiy uninhibited."
Dunlap re'ca''s attrnd n.j o'ays at th?- Fayettc--' e L tt'e
Theater, where he saw co-eagues perform
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"The 'kids' — rebels and a'<l — were courteous, cons derate
and said 'Sir' without blinking an aye lash as if I were an ancient age of
seventy-three, as I actually was," the author reca) s.
"In classrooms they students
general y confine their
stimulants to Cokes, sipped through straws while imb'bing gulps of wisdom
emanating from professorial lips ."
Dunlap confirms hat after a tour of Furopc, he was enticed
from retirement and enrollment on the Registry of P. tired P rsons o
he
American Association >f University Professors by the Acad^m c D an, who
advised him to leave his carpetbags at home.
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KJriown at iihs A ma Mater, Havcrford Coy eg 3 n Ardmore,
Pa., as "Spike," a "slim, red-haired k d, 'Dunlap is referred to in t'HTe
Main Una Chronicle as "Ardmoro's 'Mr C h o s . 1 "
Dun' ; ap earned his A. 3. at Haverford , his A. M and
Ph. D. at the,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Before going to M ihodist C~> lege, he taught at :7 co leges
and universities in the United Stat s. Now retired, he ^ves .;n his hometown
in Pennsylvania.
Dunlap has been affiliated with severa orjamzat>ons:
Nationa' Council of Teachers of English, Coliega English Assoc;at : on,
Modern Language Association of America, A%ner can Associat on of Un versity
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Professors, and the American Association of Emeriti.
A bachelor, Dunlap's hobbies nclude traveling, bowling
and writing.
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At Methodist he taught courses n English.
Th_: iackat ;!urb of G ying It Tne Qoqd_O d C ;- eg_e Try
summar, z^s:
"Looking back w th a warm g o w , D : . Cun'ap :r n^s a 1 :ve,
not without humor,. ch^ ntaresting and vantgated persona t es who
peopled his college svor'ds. . .. H.'r writes of these people w<th a c'osc^yobserved, warmly^interested aplomb.''
Duniap's three-part oook nciud.s: ". . .th'- author's
personal contacts with professors at Haverford College from 912 to ^ 5
his professor-and-student contacts at M • t nodes t Co!]eg; and seven short
stories of collage life, all "ictional."
Tha book contains delightful memo rs 'f co'ley .
fe.
October 2 3 , 1970
FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER Feature
for November 1, 1970
Jean Hutchinson
Assistant Director of
Public Relations
Methodist College
Fourteenth Major Added
ART -- PERSONALIZED AT METHODIST COLLEGE
Chartreuse and orange on metal. . . . "This sculpture
is a series of forms creating lines intended to please or stimulate the
viewer."
His white smock stained by smudges of brown, yellow
and red paint, Donald Green, Associate Professor of Art at Methodist
College, discusses one of his impressive works of art casually displayed
in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building.
Another feature has been added at Methodist College,
opened to students in 1970. Art is o u u i l j b l o «i, the fourteenth major
at the liberal arts, coeducational, senior college.
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Art at Methodist College
Speaking of one of Cumberland County's latest cultural
additions, Green says, "The Fayetteville community is fortunate to have
the new art major available at Methjfodist College. I hope the major will
stimulate interest in art. . .in what is happening in art today.
"Local students have the chance to get familiar with contemporary artists and find means of individual expression without having to
go far away from home for instruction."
The department anticipates having three students graduate
with degrees in art -- a notable happening since the major just became
available with the 1970-71 academic year.
Increased student interest in art courses, the completion
of an adequate, modern Fine Arts Building and the rounding out of a thorough
fl&iJf'sl
liberal arts program contributed to the establishing of art as the faurteonth
major at Methodist.
Among the 32 hours required tercoinplcte rcqiriieiuentb foi
-t4-i<j. uiajur arc courses in drawing, four hours; basic design, six hours; art
history, six hours; and studio work, fourteen hours. An additional required
course is a senior seminar-workshop, for which a student is required to hang
j _ .1., • 111 T n T ^ i m \y of art courses on campus may
a retrospective exhibit of works created
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individual attention shown to students by Green and/colleague, Mrs .
Eleanor Howell, who earned her A. B. degree from Maryville College and
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Students dress casually and amble in and out of.
studio classes at will. They discuss their projects openly with peers
and professor as they work. Many spend hours in the studio after class,
voluntarily, "doing their thing" in clay, metal or oils.
~^~~\s ofesware encouraged to select their own media,
projects and study pursuits. •Potential artiste enjoy emphasis on individual
expression and freedom to explore aesthetic realms.
The art department, like other departments at Methodist
College, attempts to personalize instruction in an effort to establish a
close faculty-student community.
Facilities are available on campus for all-inclusive studio
work through several media, including drawing, painting and sculpture. A
future goal of the department is to offer more specialized instruction training
for graphics and crafts .
Art Major at Methodist College
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her M . F . A . from Columbia University. Green's B . F . A . was conferred
at Illinois Wesleyan University; his M . F . A . , at the University of Wisconsin.
Experienced Instructors
Green brings to his classes a wealth of experience and
experimentation in various media. Before earning his B . F . A . , with an
under-graduate concentration in painting, he spent three years working in
commercial art in Chicago. Prior to that, he studied at the American Academy
in Chicago.
Sculpture was Green's area of concentration as he earned his
Masters degree. At the University of Wisconsin, he had a graduate assistantship as an aid in under-graduate sculpture classes.
An occasional lecturer in art history, Green has won prizes
and honorable mentions in numerous art shows for works in water color, oil
and sculpture. His most recent prize, presented in the spring of 1968, was
a $300 Purchase Award for a sculpture in welded steel at the Gallery of
Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem site of a southeast regional art show.
Green also won second prize in that show: a two-man exhibition held at the
Gallery the following August.
Mrs . Howell is a well-known instructor in the field of art
supervision in Virginia and North Carolina. She taught art at Winthrop College
in South Carolina . She has had contact with every age group in her career
of teaching aa&. Before coming to Methodist College, she instructed art
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although she includes Ha=fae£=feobby every form of artistic expression. Her
work has been exhibited in shows in Virginia and North Carolina.
"Art is life. . . . Handwriting is drawing," Mrs. Howell
enthusiastically advises. "When you write or draw, you reveal your personality. She finds teaching art rewarding because the creativity requirement,
when properly channeled, can have positive influences on a student's direction
and outlook on life.
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Art at Methodist College
Colorful "kiddie" projects and gigantic visual aids
brighten a room where art education and appreciation courses are taught.
"Art appreciation involves helping a person to look around
and be aware of his environment. . . . Through perceptual awareness a
person selects his own choice of art forms and develops his own personal
styles and tastes. ... He begins to see satisfying elements in nature."
Mrs. Howell explains how proportion, form, color relationships and symbolism in lines and colors are important in^' course
-pweeiatiefi.
ink, students work with lines and spaces in
basic design course, valuable to commercial art enthusiasts.
In the art education course, elementary education majors
are encouraged to experiment in various media.
"Students are encouraged to think originally, so that, in
turn, they will encourage their students to think originally, or creatively,"
Mrs . Howell explains .
Constructive Pass-time
A walk through the studio class in sculpture reveals a
somewhat disorderly maze of clay heaps, metal scraps, sawdust and plaster
of Paris fragments.
An art major, Angie Vurnakes from Fayetteville, comments
on the unique instruction available in the department. Another student
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FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER Feature
for November 1, 1970
Jean Hutchinson
Assistant Director of
Public Relations
Methodist College
Fourteenth Major Added
ART — PERSONALIZED AT METHODIST COLLEGE
Chartreuse and orange on metal. . . . "This sculpture
is a series of forms creating lines intended to please or stimulate the
viewer."
His white smock stained by smudges of brown, yellow
and red paint, Donald Green, Associate Professor of Art at Methodist
College, discusses one of his impressive works of art casually displayed
in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building.
Another feature has been added at Methodist College,
opened to students in 1970. Art is available as the fourteenth major offered
at the liberal arts, coeducational, senior college.
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Art at Methodist College
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Speaking of one of Cumberland County's latest cultural
additions, Green says, "The Fayetteville community is fortunate to have
the new art major available at Methjfodist College. I hope the major will
stimulate interest in art. . .in what is happening in art today.
"Local students have the chance to get familiar with contemporary artists and find means of individual expression without having to
go far away from home for instruction."
The department anticipates having three students graduate
with degrees in art — a notable happening since the major just became
available with the 1970-71 academic year.
Newest Major
Increased student interest in art courses, the completion
of an adequate, modern Fine Arts Building and the rounding out of a thorough
liberal arts program contributed to the establishing of art as the fourteenth
major at Methodist.
Among the 32 hours required to complete requirements for
the major are courses in drawing, four hours; basic design, six hours; art
history, six hours; and studio work, fourteen hours. An additional required
course is a senior seminar-workshop, for which a student is required to hang
a retrospective exhibit of works created while working for the major.
Popularity of art courses on campus may be attributed to
individual attention shown to students by Green and colleague, Mrs.
Eleanor Howell, who earned her A. B. degree from Maryville College and
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her M . F . A . from Columbia University. Green's B . F . A . was conferred
at Illinois Wesleyan University; his M . F . A . , at the University of Wisconsin.
Experienced Instructors
Green brings to his classes a wealth of experience and
experimentation in various media. Before earning his B . F . A . , with an
under-graduate concentration in painting, he spent three years working in
commercial art in Chicago. Prior to that, he studied at the American Academy
in Chicago.
Sculpture was Green's area of concentration as he earned his
Masters degree. At the University of Wisconsin, he had a graduate assistantship as an aid in under-graduate sculpture classes.
An occasional lecturer in art history, Green has won prizes
and honorable mentions in numerous art shows for works in water color, oil
and sculpture. His most recent prize, presented in the spring of 1968, was
a $300 Purchase Award for a sculpture in welded steel at the Gallery of
Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem site of a southeast regional art show.
Green also won second prize in that show: a two-man exhibition held at the
Gallery the following August.
Mrs . Howell is a well-known instructor in the field of art
supervision in Virginia and North Carolina . She taught art at Winthrop College
in South Carolina . She has had contact with every age group in her career
of teaching art.
Before coming to Methodist College, she instructed art
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educators inSanford, N. C.
Gallery of Definitions
Green, relaxed and speaking easily through his lunch
hour, admits that art, like poetry/ has its own gallery of framed and
molded definitions.
"Art is a way for the artist or individual to express
himself. It is a way for one human being to communicate with another -hopefully, with many people. . .to communicate with feelings, tangibly.
It is man's response to his environment or the particular subject in question,
rather than an image of that subject. Art is not a picture; it is the person's
response to the subject."
Precisely, Green believes that art is " . . .a tangible form
of man's response to his experience." He feels that the most important
thing a teacher can do for an undergraduate is to help him find his proper
direction and strengths in art. . .to realize his own potential in expression."
Mrs . Howell says that she seeks to help a student be more
aware of his environment. . .to see satisfying elements in nature."
Art, to Mrs . Howell, is " . . . sort of a spiritual thing .. ., "
and she feels that the expression and creativity it requires can help a student
adjust to life.
"In art class one can relax and produce positively. He
can socialize among fellow students of art and learn to communicate through
art, " she says .
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Students dress casually and amble in and out of art
studio classes at will. They discuss their projects openly with peers
and professor as they work. Many spend hours in the studio after class,
voluntarily, "doing their thing" in clay, metal or oils.
Students of art are encouraged to select their own media,
projects and study pursuits. Potential artists enjoy emphasis on individual
expression and freedom to explore aesthetic realms.
The art department, like other departments at Methodist
College, attempts to personalize instruction in an effort to establish a
close faculty-student community.
Facilities are available on campus for all-inclusive studio
work through several media, including drawing, painting and sculpture. A
future goal of the department is to offer more specialized instruction training
for graphics and crafts .
Positive Influence
Water color, ink and oils are Mrs. Howell's favorite media,
although she includes in her hobby every form of artistic expression.
Her
work has been exhibited in shows in Virginia and North Carolina.
"Art is life. . . . Handwriting is drawing," Mrs. Howell
enthusiastically advises. "When you write or draw, you reveal your personality. She finds teaching art rewarding because the creativity requirement,
when properly channeled, can have positive influences on a student's direction
and outlook on life.
More
Art at Methodist College
Page 6
Colorful "kiddie" projects and gigantic visual aids
brighten a room where art education and appreciation courses are taught.
"Art appreciation involves helping a person to look around
and be aware of his environment. . . . Through perceptual awareness a
person selects his own choice of art forms and develops his own personal
styles and tastes .... He begins to see satisfying elements in nature."
Mrs. Howell explains how proportion, form, color relationships and symbolism in lines and colors are important in a course in art
appreciation.
Often using ink, students work with lines and spaces in the
basic design course, valuable to commercial art enthusiasts.
In the art education course, elementary education majors
are encouraged to experiment in various media.
"Students are encouraged to think originally, so that, in
turn, they will encourage their students to think originally, or creatively,"
Mrs . Howell explains .
Constructive Pass-time
A walk through the studio class in sculpture reveals a
somewhat disorderly maze of clay heaps, metal scraps, sawdust and plaster
of Paris fragments.
An art major, Angle Vurnakes from Fayetteville, comments
on the unique instruction available in the department. Another student
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Art at Methodist College
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discusses the senior seminar-workshop exhibit required, as she shapes
an abstract bust in clay.
A special part-time student, Col. William Saunders,
reports that he enjoys going to campus semiweekly just for the sculpture
course which provides a constructive pass-time. Saunders, a former
architect, once served at Fort Bragg.
Monthly Exhibits
In an array of autumn colors, Green's latest exhibit,
"D. Green, '70)' will show in the Fine Arts Building through November 7.
The exhibit generally revolves around Green's abstract
sensitivity to nature in art, specifically his probing examination of leaves
and trees. Leaf shapes have formed a recurring theme in his paintings
and drawings for more than a year, and he considers himself perhaps at
mid-cycle in this satisfying but exacting approach to nature.
Five oils are displayed, entitled simply: Shrub #1, Shrub #3;
Bay Tree #1, Bay Tree #3; and Oak Leaves . Four leaf drawings are included,
as well as three sculptures, two masculinely executed in welded steel.
The art department attempts to schedule different exhibits
monthly.
Mrs . Howell's exhibition may be viewed during the remainder of
November.
The North Carolina National Bank Graphic and Water Color
Traveling Exhibit will show during December.
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In a continuous effort to reveal student talent for public
appraisal, a January student show by combined classes at Methodist will
be exhibited.
The Fifth Annual Juried Student Show is scheduled for
April, with a Methodist College collection Purchase Award available.
February and May shows are to be announced. Fayetteville
area visitors are welcome on campus for all shows .
The newest major at Methodist College, like the quality
of instruction available in the department, is a definite asset to Fayetteville 1 s
cultural community.
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October 2 6 , 1970
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FORMER METHODIST COLLEGE PROFESSOR WRITES BOOK
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. --Giving It The Good Old College Try, George A.
Dunlap; Carlton Press, Inc., New York , N. Y.;
149 p p . ; $ 3 . 0 0 .
A former English professor at Methodist College is author
of the enlightening and often humorous Giving It The Good Old College Try.
October 4 was the release date for the third publication by Dr. George A.
Dunlap.
The book is an attraction for Fayettevillians, since it
contains a section of interesting anecdotes involving faculty-student
contacts the author made while "nested in the piney woods" at Methodist
College in 1966 and 1967.
U n u s u a l episodes are depicted in the vignettes of
Methodist College professors and administrators, among them: the College
president, academic dean, chaplain, and instructors in selected areas.
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"In classrooms the students generally confine their
stimulants to Cokes , sipped through straws while imbibing gulps of
wisdom emanating from professorial lips."
Dunlap confirms that after a tour of Europe, he was
enticed from retirement to Methodist College by the Academic Dean, who
advised him kindly to leave his carpetbags at home.
Known at his Alma Mater, Haverford College in Ardmore,
P a . , as "Spike," a "slim, red-haired kid," Dunlap is referred to in the
Ardmore Main Line Chronicle
as " M r . Chips."
Dunlap earned his A. B. at Haverford, his A . M . and
Ph. D. at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Before going to Methodist College, he taught at 17 colleges
and universities in the United States.. Now retired, he lives in his hometown,
Ardmore , Pa .
Dunlap has been affiliated with several organizations:
National Council of Teachers of E n g l i s h , College English Association,
Modern Language Association of America, American Association of University
P r o f e s s o r s , and the American Association of Emeriti.
A bachelor, his hobbies include t r a v e l i n g , bowling and
writing.
The jacket blurb of Giving It The Good Old College Try
summarizes:
"Looking back with a warm glow, Dr. Dunlap brings alive,
not without humor, the interesting and variegated personalities who
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Thumb-nail sketches of students portray a literary whiz
who was an "apple-polisher"; a basketball hero who became a Dylan
Thorn a scholar; and twin wrestlers who often were reprimanded for slumbering
in class. Also mentioned are athletes who visited the Prof's apartment for
evening tutoring sessions; a wrestler who had to miss English class to
lose ten pounds to qualify for an evening wrestling match; and a junior coed
cited for giving the best excuses for being tardy and absent from class.
English with such "characters," at least for the professor,
did not seem dull.
Dunlap briefly relates such activities as " D r . King Wang
Day," when students voluntarily paid tribute to a professor of political
science from China. (Dr. Wang, it seems, won argument over a visiting
lecturer who spoke on the Vietnam war.)
Also recorded is an evening staging of a popular play by
tho C dlege drama g r o u p , Croon and Gold Masque K e y s , directed by a
faculty adviser. Dunlap mentions the cast party held in the faculty apartment of the Catologing Librarian on May 10, 1969.
Dunlap refers to plays he attended at the Fayetteville
Little Theater, where colleagues from the College performed,
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peopled his college worlds . . . . He writes of these people with a closelyobserved, warmly-interested aplomb."
Dunlap's three-part book includes:
" . . .the author's
personal contacts with professors at Haverford College from 1912 to 1916; his
professor-and-student contacts at Methodist College; and seven short stories
of college life, all fictional."
The book contains delightful memoirs of college life.
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Oct. 27, 1970
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METHODIST COLLEGE CROWNS HOMECOMING QUEEN
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. — The 1970 Homecoming Queen at Methodist College is
Miss Vicki Barefoot, a sophomore from Newport, N. C. Miss Barefoot was
crowned during the halftime interval of a soccer game between the Monarchs
and the St. Andrews Presbyterian College Knights, with the Knights victorious
4-0.
The 1969 queen, Miss Georgena Heather Clayton, a 1970
graduate from Jacksonville, crowned the new queen and presented flowers
to her court: Miss Virginia Dillon Aydlett, fourth runner-up and a junior from
Elizabeth City; Miss Susan Fogleman, third runner-up and a sophomore from
"Winston-Salem; Miss Peggy Jo Bland, second runner-up and a sophomore from
Pittsboro; and Miss Kathryne Lynn Cook, first runner-up and <a junior from
Elizabethtown.
Following the afternoon activities, an alumni dinner was held
and an evening concert featured rock groups "Lumbee," "VWarm," and "Liquid
Smoke."
The October 23-24 weekend events marked the sixth
annual Homecoming festivities for alumni at Methodist College which opened
to students in 1960.
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Homecoming Queen
October 26, 1970
Jean Hutchinson, Assistant Director
Public Relations — 488-7110, Ext.228
M. C. Photo — Chris Drew
CUTLINE: The 1970 Homecoming Court at Methodist College in Fayetteville
was announced Saturday, October 24, at halftime during a soccer
game versus St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Finalists include:
(foreground, 1 to r) Miss Virginia Aydlett, fourth runner-up from
Elizabeth City; 1969 Queen Georgena Clayton, a 1970 graduate
from Jacksonville, N.C.; 1970 Queen Vicki Barefoot from Newport,
N. C., Miss Peggy Bland, second runner-up from Pittsboro; Miss
Kitty Cook, first runner-up from Elizabethtown; and Miss Susan
Fogleman, third runner-up from Winston-Salem.
(Approximately 150 alumni returned for the sixth annual Homecoming
at Methodist College which opened to students in 1960.)
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METHODIST COLLEGE
ISHEE-LAMBERT PIANO RECITAL SCHEDULED
Mrs . Jean B . Ishee and Mrs . Barbara Lambert will
p r e s e n t . <i l . w o - p i r i n o r c * o : i l f ) l Wednesday e v e n i n g cil f ' : 0 0 , N o v . 4 , i n
the Methodist College Reeves A u d i t o r i u m .
Both performers are native North Carolinians and
well-known musicians in the area. Each has had extensive experience
in solo performance, accompanying, and teaching.
Mrs . Ishee earned her Bachelor of Music degree at
Greensboro College, where she studied piano with Mark H o f f m a n and
organ with Mildred Towne .
Her Masters degree was conferred by the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her instructors there were Jan Schinhan,
piano, and Glenn Watkins, organ.
M r s . Ishee has done graduate work at Julliard School
of M u s i c in New York, where her piano instructor was Barbara Holmquest
and her organ instructor was Lillian Carpenter.
Mrs. Ishee has taught piano in Sanford, Chapel H i l l ,
High Point, and Fayetteville .
She has served as organist-choirmaster at Steele St.
Methodist Church in Sanford and at Central Friends Church in High Point.
In J 9 6 7 M r s . Ishee appeared as a soloist in the Fayetteville
Symphony Orchestra .
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Presently she is employed as Assistant Professor
of Music at Methodist College, where she has been a member of the staff
since 1960.
Mrs. Ishee has been organist-choirmaster at St. John's
Episcopal C h u r c h since 1959.
For outstanding achievement as a teacher and performer,
Mrs. Ishee has been awarded the Certificate of Professional Advancement
by the N. C. Music Teachers Association.
Mrs . Lambert received a Diploma in Music at Sullins
College, her R . M. and Masters in M u s i c at Converse C o l l e g e , S p a r t a n b u r g ,
S . C.
She completed summer study in piano privately with Dr.
C . C . Loomis at Sullins College; Edwin Hughes and Jewel Betheny Hughes
in New York City; Dr. Frank Shaw in Oberlin, Ohio; and Edwin Gerschefski
at Converse College.
Mrs . Lambert has given concerts as a p i a n o soloist and as
an a c c o m p a n i s t for her husband Otis P. Lambert in South C a r o l i n a , North
Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, New YorkCity and Rochester, N. Y.
She has taught previously at Converse College. Currently
serving as organist at Highland Presbyterian C h u r c h , M r s . Lambert is a
private piano instructor and a music teacher at the Fayetteville Academy.
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October 30, 1970
FOUNDERS' DAY OBSERVANCE AT METHODIST COLLEGE
Methodist College will observe its eleventh Founders' Day, Monday,
November 2 at 11:30 a.m. in Reeves Auditorium.
Highlights in the life of the college will be presented through a
pictorial slide presentation.
Events will be covered from the present
to March 7, 1956 when the Steering Committee appointed by the Mayor of
Fayetteville at that time, George B. Herndon, contacted Bishop Paul N. Garber and
extended the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church an invitation to
establish a college in Fayetteville.
The slides will depict the development of the campus from the four
buildings which were completed when the college opened in 1960 to the 16 buildings
now in use and a campus valued at over nine million dollars.
Special music will be provided by the college chorus.
Friends of the college and the public are invited to attend the Founders'
Day Program.