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Vol VIII
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 17, 1967
Wesleyan Receives
$100,000 Bequest
North Carolina Wesleyan
College has received a be
quest of over $100,000 from
the estate of Mrs, Anna Puett
Bonney to establish a schol
arship fund in memory of her
late husband, C. L. Bonney.
Dr. Thomas A. Collins,
W esleyan’s president, made
the announcement. It is the
largest bequest received by
the young Methodist-related
liberal arts college which was
founded here in 1956.
In her will, administered
by the Peoples BankandTrust
Co. as executor, Mrs. Bonney
stipulated that the remainder
of her estate, after certain
bequests to relatives, be held
by the college. The income
from this endowment would
finance “C. L. Bonney Schol
arships” to assist “needy and
aeservlng students of high
scholastic standing.”
Mrs. Bonney, a native of
Dallas, N. C., attended the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel HilL After grad
uation she came to Rocky
Mount as a math teacher in
the city schools. Here she
met and married C. L. Bon
ney, a widower. He was a
native of Princess Ann Coun
ty, Va., who moved to Rocky
Mount to be associated with
one of the early Ford deal
ers. Later he established
and conducted a prosperous
automobile distributorship
until his retirement in 1928.
The Bonneys were long ac
tive- in community and church
affairs. They were mem
bers of the First Methodist
Church. Mr. Bonney served
for many years as Finance
Chairman of the local Board
of Aldermen. He was a mem
ber of the Kiwanis and the
Benvenue Country Club. As
an avid sportsman, he be
longed to the Durant Island
Club for which he served as
qjajoager until his death on
April 6, 1965. The Bonneys
had a daughter who was kill
ed in an auto accident in New
York in 1963. Mrs. Bon-
ned died in Rocky Mount
Jan, 14, 1967.
Luther W. Hill of Tarboro,
chairman of Wesleyan’s Board
of Trustees, said, “This is
one of the most worthy means
I know of perpetuating a life
long interest in young people
and in Christian education.
All of us will be challenged
by their idealism and fine
example.”
Local trustees knew the
Bonneys welL They uniformly
praised the magnificent man
ner in which the Bonneys re
membered the college. The
scholarship fund will assist
in the educational prepara
tion of many students for gen
erations to come at N. C,
Wesleyan.
President Collins said,
“This kind of generosity and
this obvious faith in Wesley
an College will challenge all
of us associated with the col
lege to keep at the task of
accelerating our educational
progress while maintaining
our concern with the young
people who are our major
reason for being. We shall
try to use wisely the scholar
ship funds entrusted to our
stewardship by this bequest.”
Dr. Allen F. Cordts, di
rector of development, noted
that the bequest will almost
double the small endowment
for scholarships presently
available to the college.
“This great act of love and
benevolence challenges us all
to increase our support of the
educational enterprise called
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege which has so quickly
become an integral part of
the Nash - Edgecombe com
munity. All of us are en
riched by this gift”
BATTLING BISHOP WRESTLERS who fin
ished second to St. Andrews in the recent
DIAC tournament. The Bishops lost out to the
Knigrhts 37-33 in the four team tournament.
Pictured are: Front Row — Tony DeMuth,
Tom Dickenson, Steve Smith, Harry Ross-
man. Second Row—Coach Bill Music, Leon
Anderson, Nat Railey, Dave Griffin, Sldp
Gilbert, and Wliit Blaclistone. Ray Martin
who reached the tournament finals in tlie 123-
pound class is not pictured. (See story and
further pictures on page 6).
Seventy-one Students Make Dean’s
List For Fall Semester
Chris Felts—All Conference
Seventy-one students made
the Dean’s List at Wesleyan
for the fall semester, accord
ing to Dr. Jack W. Moore,
academic dean, who released
the names of the honor stu
dents totaling 12 percent of
the student body.
To attain Dean’s List
honors, a student must take
at least 12 semester hours
arid achieve a B plus average.
Three seniors topped the
list with perfect 4.00 aver
ages. Warren “Doc” Blan
chard, Mary Catharine Flythe
and Billie Mae Royall
achieved all A’s.
Others who made the Dean’s
List and their averages are:
3.90, Mrs. Bonnie G. Flem
ing; 3,88, Linda K. Leonard;
3,83, Irvon E. Clear; 3,80,
Rebecca Daughtry, Alyce Nix
on, Christopher Taylor; 3.77,
Carl Carter, Robert Yohe;
3.75, Ronnie Arrington, Wil
liam Knott; 3.73, Charles An
derson, Audrey F. Colley.
Also, 3.69, John Roberts;
3,63, Mary P. Elam, Mrs.
Mary Finch, Mrs. Alice Ken
nedy, Marilyn Shepard; 3.61,
Henry D. Lea; 3.59, Lloyd C.
Judy, James Polley; 3.58,
Benjamin Roney, Jr.; 3.56,
John Hamill, John Porter, Jr.;
3.50, Melvin Gay, Mrs. Bren
da Mattox, Jeneil Parker, Ru
fus Riddick, Elizabeth Warr-
by.
At 3.47, Daniel Davis, Char
les Shelton, Carolsmith; 3.44,
Barbara Crawford, Arthur
Newsom, ni, Harriet Soden;
3.43, Virginia VanLaan; 3.40^
Margarette Farmer, Shirley
Fisher, Raleigh T, Mowbray,
III, linda Weddell; 3.39, Mrs.
Susan Nickens; 3.38, Nancy
Parker; 3.37, Michael Scha-
den; 3.-35, David Griffin, Sue
Ketcham; 3.33, Claire Ander
son; 3.32, Phillip Maness;
3.31, David Pittman, Robert
Somers, Nancy Stuart; 3,30,
CaroljTi Daughtry,
Also, 3,29, Christopher
Felts; 3.28, Mary Harris,
Barbara Ricks, William Wil
liams; 3.25, Theresa Conway,
Richard Monk; 3.24, Dianne
Woodard; 3.23, Carolyn
Barnes, Eileen O’Grady, Sue
Robertson; 3.21, Diane Malla-
lieu, Linda Sterlock; 3.20, Su
san Burkle, H. Timothy
Isaacs, John Livesay, Frank
Moore, Jerry Smith and Bev
erly Vincent.
Corcoran Exhibit On
Display All Of Feb.
The traveling Exhibition
from the Corcoran Gallery of
Art of Washington, D. C., will
be on display on the Wesley
an campus for the entire
month of February. The Ex
hibition, “American Figure
Drawings”, is currently on
display in the Exhibit Room
of the Administration Build
ing and is available to stu
dents at any time that classes
are not being held in the
room.
The exhibition is composed
primarily of studies of the
nude, with representative
sketches of many genres in-
c luded.
In this sampling of Amer
ican figure drawings are in
cluded works covering a
chronological range of about
150 years. Starting with ex
amples by two famous early
artists, Copley and West, the
series continues with draw
ings by the early 19th Cen
tury genre painter, Mount, and
the history and genre painter,
Leutze. Of a later period
the muralist John La Farge
and the “expatriate” John
Singer Sargent are included.
Bringing the series down to
the early 20th Century are
Davies and Glackens, mem
bers of The Eight. They are
followed by, among others,
Reginald Marsh and the con
temporary Franklin Watkins.
The 30 works on display
include sketches done in pen
cil, ink, charcoal, chalk and
pasteL
The sketches, while seen
primarily as figure studies,
may also be of value as his
torical or allegorical studies.