NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION
THE LIBRARY
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Belmont Abbeijj Colle3e
VOLUME II, ISSUE 6
September, 1973
Mrs. Hart Dies
Former Chairman Of The B&E Dept.
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Mrs. Hart is seen addressing one of her classes,
remember her as a “good teacher.”
Her students
Mrs. Isabelle Ellis Hart,
former Chairman of the
Business and Economic
Department at Belmont Abbey
College, died September 15. A
memorial service was held
September 17 in the Hankins and
'Whittington Funeral Chapel,
with The Reverend John
Bradley, President of Belmont
Abbey College, officiating.
Abbot Walter A. Coggin, O.S.B.,
read Psalm 23, Mrs. Jean S.
Moore read from Robert
Browning’s “Prospice,” and
Dr. Gilbert J. Farley, Chairman
of the Business and Economics
Department, delivered the
Eulogy. He began by saying,
“She was a good teacher. This is
what her students say, and what
greater tribute could be paid a
teacher?”
Interment followed in Mt.
Hebron Cemetery in upper
Montclair, New Jersey.
An alumna of both Vassar
College and Duke University,
Mrs. Hart came to Charlotte in
1940 from Rosleyn, Long Island.
She worked for the Navy
Department for fourteen years,
and her History of Forty-
Millimetter Ammunition During
Worid War II is on file in the
National Archives. In Charlotte
she performed her war work and
gave numerous lectures to
various groups on civil defense
plans. Also busy in the
recruitment of employees, she
said: “We had to get people
hopped up to win the war, you
know.”
She joined the faculty of
Belmont Abbey College in 1961,
having taught at Belmont High
School and Sacred Heart.
Mrs. Hart served as Chairman
of the Council of Women’s Civic
Organizations in Charlotte, was
twice president of the Charlotte
Business and Professional
Women’s Club, and served on the
Governor’s Commission on the
Status of Women in North
Carolina during Terry Sanford’s
administration.
She has also served as firs!
vice president of the Charlotte
chapter of The American
Association of University
Women, and was an officer of the
Charlotte Altrusa Club for
Women Executives.
In addition to these activities,
she served on the board of the
Mecklenburg Unit of the
American Cancer Society, was
speaker for the Mecklenburg
Civil Defense Unit and wrote
newspaper publicity for the Mint
Museum of Art.
She was a licensed
parliamentarian out of the
University of North Carolina and
taught several courses in the
Charlotte area.
A member of Kappa Delta P,
and Pi Gamma Mu honor
societies, she has been listed in
“Who’s Who in American
Women” since 1967. In 1971 a
scholarship was given to the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte in Mrs. Hart’s name.
She was also chosen to appear in
Outstanding Educators of
America For 1971. Her citation
stated: “in recognition fo|
contributing to the advancement
of higher education and service
to the community.”
Mrs. Hart is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Jouis G. Johnson,
(See HART, Page 4)
Abbey Enrollment Inereases
First Resident Girls
The Abbey enrolled 622
students for the current 1973-74
academic year. Of that number,
225 are freshmen, causing this to
be one of the largest freshman
classes in the history of Belmont
Abbey College.
Girls, living on campus for the
first time in the ninety-six year
history of the Abbey, comprise
104 of the total number. (About
sixty are resident students).
O’Connell Dormitory has been
Note: We’re late and have no
color. We might be small,
but the paper shortage has
also caught up with us. With
luck the situation will be
changed by the next Issue.
partially renovated for use by
the girls. A new screen-type wall
has been constructed on the front
of the dormitory and a com
munications system was in
stalled in the lounge. Changes
were also made in the rooms,
such as new beds with storage
drawers and extra lighting.
Twenty three foreign students,
representing fifteen countries,
are also enrolled as students this
year. Included in that number
can be found relatives of royalty
and political dignitaries in the
various countries.
The largest enrollment is from
the state of North Carolina,~with
217 students; following second is
New Jersey with 114 students,
and running a close third is
Virginia with 103 students.
Of the 622 enrolled, 422 are
Catholic students and 200 Non-
Catholic students representing
nineteen states from California
to Massachusetts.
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O’Connell Dormitory, for girls, has a new look,
modifications have also been made.
Interior