RAM’S HORN
**The Voice of the Student Body*
Vol. IV, No. 7
Southeastern Community College, wniteville, N. C.
May, 1969
see Graduation
Exercises June 8
Southeastern's graduation exercises will be held June 8
• 5:00 p.m. The event will be in front of the main
iiilding unless the weather does not permit, and then the
i^ercises wiU be moved to the auditorium. Approximately
50 students will receive degrees.
The College Chorus will present the music for the
jtercises. Dr. Asa T. Spaulding, will be the principal
peaker for commencement. Dr. Spaulding now resides in
lurham, where he has been the prime force in the growth prwently serving as dean of the
. ' ^ nnwnllAl Mr
Third SCC President
Named By Trustees
Dr. William T. Cottingham,
whose career in higher education
spans 15 years, has been named
president of Southeastern
Community College, and will
assume his new duties on July 1.
Dr. Cottingham, 53, is
nd
expansion of the North Carolina Mutual Life
‘'France Company.
Doctor Spaulding was born on a farm in Columbus
[Ounty, and attended elementary school at Farmers Union
tefore moving to Durham. After high school he attended ncui
^orth Carolina College, Howard University, was graduated Hallsboro, chairman of
|^9na cum laude from New York University School of board of trustees
•ommerce, and earned an MA degree in mathematics from
he University of Michigan. He holds honorary doctoral
legrees from Shaw University, North Carolina College,
fforgan State, and the University of North Carolina.
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I IS listed in all major Who's Who publicaDons, iisted in college concept and program,
he Insurance Hall of Fame and the Board of Governors of Wyche said the new president is
Academy of AcUevement along with other
' A to the purpose of getting the job
nian with such a remarkable record of business of teaching accomplished.
Phievement and public civil service to his native state and Dr. ^places^^^^^
r PhiliD Comer as presiuent, and
. “on, seems eminently qualified to address a group of becomes Southeastern’s third
^'idents who are about to graduate from Southeastern chief executive since its
founding in 1965. Comer
college parallel division at
Gaston Community College in
Gastonia, which staff he joined
in 1966.
The announcement of the new
president was made Wednesday
by Henry B. Wyche of
■ the
of
Southeastern Community
College.
He expressed pleasure with the
selection, and he describes Dr.
Cottingham as “a man totally
dedicated to the community
[^nimunity College,” Comer said
J*’ of Durham, and native of Columbus County
commencement
exercises on
Sunday. June 8.
resigned six weeks ago to accept
an executive position with the
Foote Mineral Co., in Exton,
Pa., after serving as
Southeastern’s president since
August, 1967.
Dr. Cottingham is a native of
Douglas, Ga., and was dean of
students and professor of
psychology at South Georgia
College in Douglas when he
moved to Gaston Community
College as dean of instruction.
He was named to the
Southeastern post from a field
of over 80 applicants from 22
states and the District of
Columbia. Wyche said such a
response to the board s effort to
fill the vacancy “is indicative of
the reputation for excellence
and progressiveness held over the
nation for Southeastern
Community College.”
Dr. Cottingham is a graduate
of Duke University (cum
laude—honors in English), and
holds a master’s degree from
Emory University. He has a
Ph.D. in college administration
from Florida State University.
He began his teaching career at
North Georgia College in
Dahlonega, Ga. Later, he served
four years in the US Coast
Guard during World War II, and
returned to Douglas, Ga., to
work in private business for 10
years.
In 1958, he resumed his career
in high education, joining South
Georgia College as registrar and
head of the psychology
department.
He is married to the former
Farrar Babcock of Oklahoma
City, and they have four sons
and two daughters.
DR. WILLIAM T. COTTINGHAM
He
holds membership in a
number of professional
organizations, including the
American Association of Junior
Colleges, and the North Carolina
Education Association.
Dr. Cottingham is active in
civic, social, and cultural
activities, and has been a speaker
and conference leader in the
field of personal relations.
He is a Methodist, and is an
active lay leader in church
affairs, and teaches an adult class
in the First Methodist Church in
Gastonia.
Alumni Have First Homecomin
Southeastern’s Alumni
Association will hold its first
Annual Homecoming Dinner
Saturday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m.
at the Heart of Whiteville Motel.
On Sunday, June 8, the
Association will present a gift to
the college during
Commencement Exercises on
the campus.
The Alumni Association was
formed during the 1968 winter
quarter and the first meeting was
a dinner at which officers of the
organization were dected.
Alumni officers are Larry
Rooks, president; Miss Sue
Davis, vice-president; Mrs. Annie
Hooks (1965-66), Miss Karen
Ward (1966-67), and David
•Parker (1967-68), secretary. The
co-ordinator for the association
is Mrs. Pauline Moore, SCC
counselor. Membership is
determined by having been an
g
alumnus of SCC for one quarter
and payment of a $1.00 fee.
“An Alumni Newsletter is
published quarterly for the
members. It consists of
interesting and outstanding
happenings concerning the
progress and success of SCC’s
alumni, as well as other news
about the association,” said Mrs.
Moore.
IMOTICEI
Since a yearbook has not
yet been published at
Southeastern, THE RAM'S
horn editor and staff
decided to publish
numerous photographs in
its last issue, including an
eight page Photo Section.