FALL SEMESTER ENROLLMENT UP 33 PERCENT

New Dormitories Occupied This Fall

The above is one of two new dormitories, one for men and one for women, occupiedfor the first time this fall by members of the freshman class. The college now hasfour dormitories which will accommodate a total of 620 students. Half of each ofthe new dormitories have been left vacant for the current school year in order toprovide space for a normal size freshman class next fall. It is anticipated that allfour dormitories will be filled next year.

Total Of 818 EnrolledA record enrollment of 818 students

bas been re9ched at Methodist Collegefor the fall semester of 1965-66.

Of the total enrollment, 470 are resi­dent students and 348 are commuting.The student body is comprised of 432men and 386 women.

This enrollment represents a 33 percent increase over the fall semester en­rollment of last year.

This year's class of 407 new freshmenis the largest since the college openedin 1960 with 88 freshmen.

Of the full-time students, 299 studentscome from Fayetteville, CumberlandCounty and Fort Bragg; 316 are from56 other N. C. counties and 180 comefrom 15 other states including NewMexico and Oklahoma.

Wake County is second to Cumberlandwith 29 students. Nine other countieswith 10 or more students enrolled are:Sampson, 23; Guilford, 21; Harnett, 19;Durham, 18; Forsyth, 16; Mecklenburg,15; Lee, 14; Richmond, 12; Wayne, 10.

Lenoir County is represented with 9students; Alamance, Carteret, Pasquo­tank, and Robeson, 8 each; Bladen andRockingham, 6 each; Brunswick, Duplin,and Moore, 5 each; Montgomery, Onslow,Orange, Pitt, and Randolph, 4 each;Burke, Catawba, Columbus, Granville,Hoke, Johnston and Person, 3 each;Cleveland, Craven, Jones, Rowan, Vance,and Yadkin have 2 each.

Counties with 1 each are Albemarle,Beaufort, Chatham, Dare, Davidson,Edgecombe, Gaston, Halifax, Haywood,Lincoln, Macon, Nash, New Hanover,Pamlico, Rutherford, Stanley, Watauga,and Wilson.

Virginia leads the out-of-state enroll­ment with 84; South Carolina is secondwith 25 and New Jersey a close thirdwith 24. Other states are: New York,11; Pennsylvania, 10; Maryland, 8; Flor­ida, 4; Georgia, 3; Connecticut, Dela­ware, Illinois and Tennessee, 2 each;Indiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma, 1each.

Congratulations To-Dr. Willis Gates, Area Chairman of

Fine Arts, whose article "The StringPlayer in Seventeenth Century France"appeared in the 1965 Spring Issue ofAmerican Strings Teacher.

Bruce R. Pulliam, Assistant Professorin Social Studies, who received a fullfellowship to attend the Foundation forEconomic Education Summer Seminarheld at Irvington-Qn-Hudson-New York.

R. Parker Wilson, Assistant Professorof History, who was selected for a partin the play "Inspector General" present­ed by the Fort Bragg Play House before

the American Educator's Theatre Asso­ciation at Miami, Florida, in August. TheTheatre Association represents littletheatres, childrens' theatres and dramadepartments of colleges and universitiesthroughout the nation.

Phillip J. Crutchfield, Assistant Pro­fessor of Biology, whose article, "TaxaCollected from Roanoke Island New to1.e Flora of North Carolina," appeared

in a recent issue of Castanea, the officialpublication of the Southern AppalachianBotanical Club.

Dr. Francis Merchant, Area Chairmanrf Language and Literature, whose book,Symbol Fantasy - A Colleclion of Playsand Poems, will be off the press inOctober.

Registering For "Wesleyen Service Guild Weekend"

Summer Conferences Bring Hundreds To Campus

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More than 1,100 ministers, women andlaymen of the North Carolina Conferenceof the Methodist Church attended sum­mer conferences on the Methodist Collegecampus during July and August. The col­lege is pleased to have had the oppor-

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tunity to provide facilities for these con­ferences and in so doing to say "thankyou" for what the church has done andcontinues to do in helping to providethese campus facilities for the extensionof Christian higher education.

September, 1965

Thirteen Receive DiplomasAt End Of Summer

The 1965 list of graduates has beenincreased to 76 with the graduation of13 students during the summer.

In a brief campus ceremony, on Sep­tember 9, diplomas were awarded byPresident Weaver as follows:

Bachelor of Arts - Doris Clugin Rul­nick, Magna Cum laude, French, Fay­etteville; James Milton Beard, Jr., Eco­nomics and Business, Hope Mills; Cath­ryn McGougan Canaday, English, Rae­ford; Edmund Lilly Grady, Jr., Econom­ics and Business, Fayetteville; Jerry An­drew Keen, Economics and Business,Goldsboro; Nancy Spivey Matthews, Ele­mentary Teacher Education, S1. Pauls;Neil Sutton, Economics and Business,Malba, New York; Henry Hulon Warren,History, Clinton; Sidney Reeves Wheeler,Economics and Business, Fayetteville;Martha Tyson Wilson, Elementary Teach­er Education, Fayetteville.

Bachelor of Science - Stephen Ed­ward Holtz, Mathematics, Alexandria,Virginia; Jerrold A. Marcus, Biology,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; RoderickLee Waldbart, Biology, Fayetteville.

This brings to 124 the total number ofgraduates from the college to date.

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Alan Porter, tenor, will give a concerton February 22. Porter, who is instructorin voice at Methodist College, has beenreceived enthusiastically in previous re­citals at the college and elsewhere.

On. March 1, Dr. Jose Maria Chaves,Danforth lecturer on Latin AmericanAffairs, will give a lecture. Dr. Chavesis a Colombian educator, lawyer, diplo·mat and authority, on Cervantes.

Alirio Diaz, classic guitarist, will givea concert on March 8. Mr. Diaz, born inVenezuela, was assistant to the greatSpanish guitar-virtuoso Andres Segoviaand was presented by him to the publicas one of this century's leading practi­tioners on the guitar.

On March 19, the Fayetteville Sym­phony Orchestra will present their springconcert.

The College Chorus will present theirspring concert on April 5.

The concluding program will be anOratorio by the Methodist CollegeChorus, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestraand guest soloists. This program will bepresented on May 14.

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The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestraunder the direction of Dr. Willis Gateswill give their fall concert on December11. The Fayetteville Symphony underDr. Gates' leadership is rapidly becomingone of the leading symphony orchestrasof the area.

On December 13, The Methodist Col­lege chorus under the direction of AlanlVI.Porter, instructor in voice at the col­lege, will give their annual Christmasprogram. The 50-voice chorus has ex­perienced unbelievable progress in thefive years since the college opened forthe first class.

On January 12, Ursula Zollenkopf,contralto, will be presented in concert.Miss Zollenkopf, who lives in west Ger­many, is one of the fine European sing­ers. She has had successes all overEurope, including her performance underStravinsky in the world's first presenta­tion of his oratorio "Threni" in 'Venice.

Seven programs will be featured dur­ing the second semester.

A concert on February 15, will featureOttomar Borwitzky, 'Cellist. lVIr.Borwit­zky is principal 'cellist of the BerlinPhilharmonic Orchestra.

Sixteen Methodist College graduateshave been accepted for study in graduateschools and seminaries.

From the class of 1964--Alton Bethea,Biology, N. C. State University; HelenCarter, Library Science, U.N.C. at ChapelHill; John Ormond, Theology, PerkinsSchool of Theology, Southern MethodistUniversity; Ruth Stapleton, Literature,U.N.C. at Chapel Hill; Harold Teague,Chemistry, Teaching Assistantship, N. C.State University; William Wolfe, Music,Graduate Assistantship, U.N.C. at ChapelHill.

From the class of 1965 - Sandra Au­try, English, East Carolina; Nancy Best,Christian Education, Scarritt College;Paul Brill, Chemistry, Teaching Assist-antship, North Carolina State Univer­

sity; David Herring, Business Adminis­tration, U.N.C. at Chapel Hill; Barbay;aHolmes, Music, Graduate Assistantship,Appalachian State; Loche. McLean, Li­brary Science, Emory University (willenter in January 1966); Betty Mitchell,Special Education, U.N.C. at Chapel Hill,summer of 1965; Kermit D. Norris, The­ology, Boston University, School of The­ology. Glen Jones was accepted for grad­uate study in chemistry at V.P.I. butlater went with R. J. Reynolds TobaccoCo. George Collie, accepted by the LawSchool, U. N. C. at Chapel Hill, at theend of his junior year, 1964.

GRADUATE SCHOOLS ACCEPT 16 M.C. GRADUATES

September, 1965

The Public Occasions Committee atMethodist College has announced a 13­program concert-lecture series for the1965·66 academic year. Each programin the series is open to the public andwill be presented in the Student Unionat 8:00 P.M. All programs except theFayetteville Symphony and the Oratorioare without charge.

The series opened Tuesday evening,

October 5, with a lecture by Professor I

Richard Walser of the English Depart­ment of North Carolina State University.

Other programs during the first sem­

ester are scheduled as follows: October I

20, Dr. H. Warner Kloepfer, Danforthlecturer on human genetics. Dr. Kloepferhas the reputation of being an outstand­ing speaker in laymen's language oncritical genetic problems of the nuclearage.

November 16, Nathan Twining, pianist,will give a concert. The son of GeneralNathan Twining, retired Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff, Mr. Twining is ayoung pianist who has experienced aunique and phenominal rise in the con­cert world.

1965-66 Concert-Lecture

Series Announced

"Pastors' Conference On Evangelism"

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NEW FACULTY MEMBERS ADDED FOR 1965-66 ACADEMIC YEAR

During faculty orientation 17 new faculty members for this fall meet with Dr. Samuel J. Womack, Jr., dean of the faculty.They are from left, seated, Dr. Ofelia M. Balaez, associate professor of mathematics; Mrs. James D. Holmes, instructor InFrench and Spanish; Ingram C. Parmley, instructor in phychology; Dr. Womack; Mrs. Joy A. Jackson, instructor in English;Ray J. Kinder, instructor in history; Miss Stella Robbins, cataloging librarian; Dr. John O. Tobler, associate professor ofpolitical science. Standing, John Aaron McAlexander, instructor in physics and mathematics; Fred C. Wansley, assistantlibrarian; Dr. Richard O. Hartman, associate professor of retigion and philosophy; Dr. Fred G. Piercy, associate professorof Spanish; Miss Frances Douglas, assistant professor of physical education; Dr. Karl H. Berns, professor of education andpsychology; Charles E. Matthews, instructor in English; Mrs. Edith C. Boushy, assistant professor of English; Bill R. Cain,instructor in sociology; Dr. Bobby L. Crisp, assistant professor of biology. Six of the new members are replacements andeleven are additions to last year's faculty. The faculty now numbers 50.

signment in the Philippines on Septem­ber 13.

Turner, a History major, was active incampus affairs during his 4 years atthe college. He was a member of the

Two Graduates Accepted

By Peace CorpsTwo 1964 graduates have been accept­

ed for service in the Peace Corps.Lois Blackburn of Fayetteville and

Walter Turner of Kure Beach will begintheir services this fall.

Miss Blackburn transferred to Meth­odist College from Hartford Junior Col­lege, Bel Air, Maryland. She majoredin Biology at Methodist College.

She completed her 10 weeks trainingin September and departed for her as-

Blackburn Turner

varsity basketball team, feature editorof the college newspaper, member of theCollege Chorus, Student Government As­sociation Senator and President of theY. D. C.

He was elected Chairman of the NorthCarolina College Young Democrats for1965.

During the summer of 1965, he parti­cipated in the North Carolina State Gov­ernment Summer Internship Program.

He will be assigned to the Philippinesand will work with the people in de­veloping small industries.

He will begin his training October 16at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, andwill serve for two years in the Corps.