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Construction Begins on New Penny Infirmary ARCHITECT’S DRAWING OF NEW PENNY INFIRMARY Gov. Sanford Asks for End to Money Barriers on Education in Address Here PLATFORM COMMITTEE—Members of the platform committee for the Dedication Services held last month pose for the photographer. Two new dormitories and an addition to the cafeteria were dedicated in the impressive ceremony. Governor Terry Sanford delivered the main address. Baptist Convention Rejects Proposals Speaks At Dedication of New Buildings The time must come when no capable young person decides he cannot go to college because of a lack of money. Gov. Terry Sanford said here October 17. He called for state tuition grants and unlimited loan funds so that every high school gradu ate “can look forward to educa tion beyond the high school.” Sanford spoke at dedication services for the college’s new dormitories and enlargement of the cafeteria. The services were part of “Homecoming Day” at Chowan. He said he was not suggesting free college education because "that would not be sound public policy and we can better spend our education (money) el s e - where. Besides there is chara- ter building in striving to pay part of your way through col lege.” But he did suggest: "That the state pay to each student attending a private col lege a tuition grant equal t o one-half of what it would cost the state if the student attended a state supported college. This would strengthen the private colleges, ease the burdens of the state colleges and save the state money. It also would maintain a healthy balance between pri vate and state-supported c o 1 - leges. “We must have unlimited loans funds, backed if necessary by a state guarantee. Experi ence has shown that college loan funds do not suffer loss. The students are careful to repay them. Every student should be able to borrow the necessary money to complete his educa tion.” Going to college or to a tech nical institute or to an indus trial education center should be the realistic dream of every capable North Carolina child, the governor declared. The first proposal was p r e- sented to the legislature last term but did not receive support. Gov. Sanford said the growth of Chowan College is indicative of growth of higher education in North Carolina. He noted that in the state there are twice as many college students now as a decade ago and more enrolled in community colleges, technical institutes and other vocational training centers then there are enrolled in ma jor colleges in the state. The governor cited the growth of Chowan since 1957 under Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker from a plant valued at less than $1 million to a plant at more than $4.5 million. He also noted that the growth had not stopped. “Since 1948 the college has produced leaders for Hertford County, for Northeastern North Carolina and for our entire state and nation. BiU the op portunities for Chowan College are greater today than they have ever been in the entire 116 years of the existence of this institution. “We know North Carolina will need in increasing numbers the secretaries, the skilled craftsmen of the School of Graphic Arts, the nurses and the other gradu ates of Chowan College and other church-supported schools of North Carolina. He said every student who Is taught in a church-related col lege represents a marked saving to the taxpapers. And channeling funds from the Higher Education Facilities Act is no more offensive to the belief of separation of church and state than is the G.I. bill, he said. North Carolina Baptist Mes sengers at their recent conven tion in Greensboro voted down the Higher Education Facilities and the Trustee Proposals for the Baptist colleges. The two proposals were des igned to help the colleges main tain and possibly expand their vital places in Denominational Christian Higher Education. In recent letter to Dr. Bruce E, Whitaker, Chowan College pre sident, George Pittard, IV, presi dent of the Student Government Association, said: “I would like to express to you my heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the effort which you so vigor ously put forth in behalf of High er Education Facilities and the Trustee Proposal. I know how much the two proposals meant to you personally, and also how much their approval could have meant to all of us here at Cho wan College. ... I can assure you that every student here at Chowan College appreciates how unselfishly you give yourself to your work.” In reply to the student govern ment president's letter Dr. Whit aker said in part: "You are correct that these two proposals meant a great deal to me personally and that they could have been meaningful to all of us here at Chowan College. George, your letter at this time means more to me than you and the students, whom you represent in a very real sense, could pos sibly know. Let me add that I am grateful that the members of our student body have sought to ex press their disappointment in quiet but none-the-less deeply felt sentiments, than could have been the cast. Frankly, it de monstrates an understanding and maturity on the part of our stu dents which I greatly appre ciate.” OLD CEMETERY Arlington National Cemetery was established 100 years ago. Mode Possible By Chowan Alumna's Gift Another chapter in the growth of Chowan College was written last month when construction started on the new Penny Infirm ary. It is located behind the now unused east wing of the "Col umns" building. According to an announcement by Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, Presi dent of Chowan College, the struc ture is being made possible by the generous gift of Mrs. Lola Mae Freeman Penny, a former member of the Board of Trustees. Under a policy of the Board, don ors who provide 51 per cent of a facility may designate its name. Mrs. Penny is an alumna of Chowan and now resides in Ral eigh. She is a native of Bertie County. She is 86 years old. On the first floor, which will be for girls, Penny Infirmary will have the entrance lobby, one efficiency apartment with private bath, two examination rooms, an office, four private bedrooms and bath with toilet facilities. On the second floor, which is for male students, there is also an efficiency apartment with private bath, six bedrooms with bath and toilet facilities and a balcony overlooking the lobby on the first floor. The cost of the Penny Infirm ary, fully equipped, will be $100,000.00. The 5,100 square foot facility is expected to be com pleted by June 1, 19(11 Missionary to Brazil Visitor At Chowan Miss Sistie Givens, Baptist missionary to Brazil toured the Chowan College campus, Friday, October 30, and gave a brief talk to the Young Woman's Aux iliary as announced by Mrs. Al George, counselor of the YWA's at Chowan. Miss Givens says it was from her counselor in Young Woman's Auxiliary that she "caught the contagious fervor of missions." Now she shares that fervor with Brazilian girls as she teaches in the South Brazil Training School, in Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, and assists in Brazilian YWA work. Her duties with the Trio Train ing School I where young women prepare for vocational Christian massionary education, evange lism, church recreation and Eng lish courses, supervising the stu dents' field work in local church- ,es and slum areas, and substitut ing as director of the school dur ing the furlough of another mis sionary. Appointed by the For eign Mission Board in 1958, Miss Givens studied Portuguese i n Campinas, Sao Paulo, for a year before going to Rio. While she was still struggling to learn the language she organized a YWA in her Campinas church. An Oklahoman, Miss Givens was born and reared near Man- gum. The Oklahoma Baptist Student Union sent her to Jamaica to work in Vacation Bible Schools in the summer following her col lege graduation. Upon her re turn to the States, she was as- s i s t a n t home demonstration agent in Tulsa County, Oklaho ma, for two years. Other Baptist campuses Miss Givens visited other than Cho wan included Mars Hill, and Campbell. 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