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The Ram's Horn
May, 1969
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Dr. Robert Gustafson has accepted a position at Pembroke State
University for next year.
Gustafson Goes
To Pembroke
Dr. Robert Gustafson, Dean of
the College, will leave
Southeastern Community
College this year and next year
will become Professor of
Philosophy and Religion and
consultant to the Humanities
program at Pembroke State
University. “I will miss
Southeastern Community
College and the many friends on
the staff and in the student
body. I have a respect for the
work being done by the faculty
at Southeastern and I am firmly
convinced that Southeastern
Community College has a most
important Contribution to make
to the area.”
The decision to leave
Southeastern was a hard one to
make but I was gratified at being
offered many challenging
positions. The offer to join the
faculty at Pembroke came to me
quite unexpectedly as I was
beginning to consider several
positions. Among the other
positions under consideration
was a Vice-presidency of a junior
college, the directorship of a
group of cooperating colleges
and universities in a large city in
this state, a deanship in a junior
college out of North Carolina
and another professorship.
Pembroke’s student body has
increased dramatically in the last
several years. I believe it is the
fastest growing four year state
institution of higher education.
Of significant importance is the
increasing strength of the
academic program at Pembroke.
Under the able leadership of
President En^ish Jones and of
Dean Kenneth Kersh the
academic program at Pembroke
is continually being strengthened
and enriched. It is a university
for all of the people and its
future is quite bri^t.
The most satisfying
accomplishment at
Southeastern, from my point of
view, is in helping to bring to
Southeastem’s capable faculty
more good faculty memliers. All
faculty positions were filled for
the academic year 1968-1969
and there are several able faculty
members coming to join the
faculty next year. I am pleased
that the Federal Government has
responded favorably to our
request to grant a waiver of the
Exchange Visa to Mr. and Mrs.
Janos Balogh. They will be
allowed to remain in the United
States.
I might add that we will be
remaining in North Carolina and
in the southeastern part of the
state where we have lived for a
number of years. We lived in
Wagram, Red Springs,
Laurinburg, and now \^^iteville.
I look forward to seeing many
Southeastern students who will
transfer to Pembroke State next
year and will say to our friends
here “we are moving next door.”
see Singers
Tour May 8-9
Students of the SCC Singers
appeared on a tour May 8-9.
Tliey mado four appearances at
elementary and hi^ schools in
Concord and Cabarrus County.
The tour was financed by the
colleee.
Selections that they performed
were: Alle Rum Corpus, The
Waters Wide, Hey Look Me
Over, Hello Dolly, Scarborough
Fair, Italian Street Song, Dry
Bones, Cabaret, and Lemon
Tree.
llie SCC Singers accompanied
by Mrs. Frances Bullard are
composed of: Altos—Janice
Richardson and Alice Jacobs;
Sopranoes—Sharon Butler,
Belinda Phillips; Basses—Lynn
Harrington, Franklin Drew;
Tenors—Richard Lusk, Dean
Gore and Steve Putnam.
Several Join
see Faculty
Dr. Gustafson announced that
three new professors in the
college transfer program will be
joining the staff at Southeastern
Community College next year.
They are: Mrs. Josephine
Holcomb in the area of social
sciences. She received her
Master’s Degree from Wake
Forest University where she was
a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
For the past three years she has
been on the faculty of
Wytheville Community College
in Wytheville, Virginia. She has
published an article titled
“Gandhi and the Round Table
Conference” in January 1967.
While at Wytheville Community
College she served as Chairman
of the Student Activities Faculty
Committee and was a member of
the Faculty Evaluation
Committee.
Mr. G. Lynn Ryals will join
the biology faculty next year.
He has taught at Lees-McRae
College for the past two years
and is a graduate of Appalachian
State University. He is a member
of the American Institute of
Biological Sciences and is listed
in LEADERS IN AMERICAN
SCIENCE 1968. WhUe at
Appalachian he was Vice
President of the student body
and president of Sigma Mu
Sigma, the National Service
Fraternity. He was also President
of the mens interdorm council.
Mr. Ryals received a National
Science Foundation Grant to
pursue biological studies at the
University of Oregon this
summer.
Novelist Joins
SCC Faculty
Heather Ross Miller, one of
the brightest names on the
American literary scene, will join
the faculty at Southeastern
Community College as an
instructor in English.
Mrs. Miller, whose home is at
Singletary Lake State Park near
Elizabethtown, will begin her
teaching tenure with the start of
the fall term in September.
She visited the campus
recently, and met with E. Philip
Comer, president of the college,
and Dr. Robert K. G^ustaf^n,
dean of the college. Both college
officials expressed pleasure with
the arrangement which calls for
Mrs. Miller to teach in the
English department.
Mrs. Miller is the author of
three novels and a book of
poetry, in addition to numerous
articles, reviews, and short
fiction. At present, she is
working on a fourth novel, and a
second collection of poetry.
Her works include “Gone A
Hundred Miles,” published last
year; “The Wind Southerly,” in
1967; “Tenants of the House,”
in 1965, all published by
Harcourt, Brace, and “The Edge
of the Woods,” published by
Atheneum in 1964.
Her authorship, coupled with
previous teaching experience,
and a sensitivity to Southeastern
North Carolina are described by
Dr. Gustafson as “a rare
combination which is welcomed
by our staff and faculty.”
Mrs. Miller taught creative
writing, poetry, and literary
criticism at Pfeiffer College from
1965 to 1967. She holds a
Bachelor of Arts in English and a
Master of Fine Arts in English
and Writing from the University
of North Carolina at
Greensboro. She is married to
Clyde H. Miller and they have
two children, Melissa, 8, and
Kirk, 5. She is a native of Stanly
County.
The above group completed their high school education through
the Adult Education program at SCC.
50 Hi^h School
Adults Graduate
Culmination of long efforts by 50 adults to complete high school
training came May 15 in impressive graduation ceremonies in
Southeastern Community College’s Adult High School education
program.
Altogether, the group has comi^eted from one year’s high school
work up to four years of work. ITiey were award^ diplomas by C.
W. Duggins and John Hicks, superintendents of public instruction in
Whiteville and Columbus County. The High School completion
program is part of Southeastem’s adult education division.
Whiteville Attorney D. Jack Hooks was the principal speaker,
and the SCC Community Chorus furnished the music. The
invocation and benediction were given by the Rev. William Ross,
missionary of the Columbus Baptist Association.
Receiving diplomas were Mrs. Mary Lou Autry, Vernon A.
Averitt Jr., Carl Bennett, Mrs. Rebecca C. Best, Mrs. Toni Blackmon,
Mrs. Elda Bowen, Mrs. Hilda Brown, Mrs. Shiriey W. Brown, Mrs.
Marcia Buckner, Mrs. Betty Jo Burchette, Mrs. Rosa L. Caines, Mrs.
Martha Callihan, Ben Carteret, Jerry Carterette, Archie Currie III,
Guilford Edwards Jr., Billy W. Gilliard.
Mrs. Jacquelyn Godwin, Mrs. Brenda Gore, Mrs. Jean Gore, Mrs.
Zarella Hamer, Mrs. Fay Hamm, Bennie Hammonds, Edward S.
Hester, Mrs. Carol Hinson, Mrs. Juamta Hoover, Mrs. Nell
Hunsucker, Dale D. Inman, Mrs. Esther Jones, Robert C. Jones, Mrs.
Barbara Larrimore, Mrs. Betty L. W. Long, Mrs. Phyllis Long, Mrs.
Peggy McPherson, Mrs. Amy Memory, Mrs. Jaxie Memory, Carol
Mullinax, Mrs. Peggy Norris, Mrs. Debra O’tuel, Donna Jayne
Plunkett, Joseph D. Powdl, Mre. Lynda Prevatte, Mrs. Lillian Soles,
Carolyn Styron, Mrs. Elaine Tedder, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, Betty
Jane Thompson.
Henry M. Tlson, Herman L. Tomlin, and Mrs. Catherine Nance
Wallace.
SCC Students Receive Awards
Thirty-six students received
awards for achievement in
extracurricular programs and
activities at Southeastern
Community Collie on Tuesday
during special ceremonies in the
college’s First Annual Awards
Assembly.
The awards covered a broad
field of campus activity, ranging
from academic and student
government achievement to
athletic accom{iishment.
Officials of the college, headed
by President E. Philip Comer,
and Dean of the College Dr.
Robert K. Gustafson, made the
awards, and Dr. Robert Vargas,
dean of student peiwnnel
services, was the principal
speaker.
The program also included the
installation of the 1969-70
officers of the Student
Government Association by Pat
Clark, outgoing president.
Awards recipients include:
Dianna Rogers of Fairmont,
Miss Southeastern Community
College.
Iris Williamson of Chadbourn,
runnerup Miss SCC and Student
Government Association
senator.
Harry Foley of Savannah, Ga.,
most valuable soccer player.
Maliston Stanley of Whiteville,
most valuable basketball player.
Sandra Etheridge of Whiteville,
outstanding member Student
Nurses Association, and marshal.
Sharon Clarkof
Elizabethtown, most spirited
cheerleader.
Alfred (Red) Ward of
Greensboro, Editor of “Ram’s *
Horn,” and Who’s Who Among
Students in American Jr.
Colleges.
Patricia Qark of Whiteville,
SGA president. Who’s Who
Among Students in American Jr.
Colleges, outstanding member
Phi Theta Kappa, and marshal.
Dale Coleman of Whiteville,
Who’s Who, SGA senator.
Alice Davis of Clarkton, Who’s
Who, and marshal.
Walter Strickland of Cerro
Gordo, Who’s Who, and SGA
senator.
Ruth Ward of Nakina, Who’s
Who, and SGA senator.
Judith Thompson of
Lumberton, Who’s Who.
Alan Watkins of Greenville,
S.C., Who’s Who.
Louise Yoder of Whiteville,
Who’s Who, outstanding member
SGA, and SGA treasurer.
Willie Ward of Chadbourn,
SGA vice president and marshal.
O.C.' Stevens of Whiteville,
SGA vice president.
Sue McPhatter of Lumberton,
SGA secretary.
The following were recipients
of awards as SGA senators:
Hamp Avant of Whiteville,
^rolyn Floyd of Fair Bluff,
^ris Thompson of Whiteville,
Armelda Bracey of Hallsboro,
Sherry Faulk of Nakina, Richard
Lusk of Whiteville, Harry
™ynor of Whiteville, Archie i
Moore of York, S.C., and Judy j