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ASHEVILLE-BILTMORE COLLEGE
Volume XIV-R3
ASHEVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY. 1961
Number 3
Vote For A-B Bond Issue
Dr. Bushey s Dream
Nears Reality
DR. GLENN L. BUSHEY
Three Cheers for Dr. Bushey!
Through his vision and foresight,
Asheville - Biltmorc College will
soon be at home on a large down
town campus with beautiful .mod
ern buildings. This is the result
of more than ten years of faithful,
persistent endeavor in the face of
many obstacles. He has worked
with the college board of trustees
and with many committees in Ra
leigh, always looking forward to the
time when Asheville - Biltmore
would be a state-supported, Com
munity College on a conveniently
located, permanent site.
Why
Why should you as a citizen of
Asheville support the bond issue
for Asheville - Biltmore College?
If you live in the area of Asheville
and Buncombe County, there are
a number of excellent reasons why
you should support this campaign.
In the first place, voting for this
bond issue could save you money.
How could this be possible? Con
sider for a moment the rising costs
of a college education in this day
and time. Reader’s Digest carries
an article in its January issue that
predicts that by 1970 the cost of
one year in a senior college will
have risen to approximately $4,000.
You Should Vote
0. V. Prfssley Resigns
As Campus Crier Editor
Oliver V. Pressley, Editor of the
Covipiis Crier since the fall semes
ter of 1959 and who was one of
the original staff who started the
Campus Crier, has resigned his po
sition as Editor of the Crier “to al
low more time for studying.”
Miss Rachel Smathers, formerly
Associate Editor has been named
to succeed Mr. Pressley as Editor,
to become effective next issue.
Pressley cited the need for con
tinuing the Crier “at all cost,” and
feels that “a college paper to be
the unifying agent for any school.”
In addition to his position as
Editor of the Campus Crier, Mr.
Pressley is President of the Order
of Omar Khayyam, 1960 Editor of
Bluets, the college literary maga
zine, and holds a part-time job in
the office of Dixie Electric.
Pressley exjjressed approval of
Miss Smathers’ appointment and
said, “she has proved herself cap
able of filling the position. If it
had not been for her assistance
throughout the ])ast two years, the
paper would have been at a great
loss.”
(Cent, to page four)
Moving Library
Is Tedious Work
Moving a library is an exciting
piece of work, for one never knows
what problem may come up. It
is also a tedious and an arduous
task. For almost two years the
librarian and ilie student assistants
have been hard at wwk getting
the Asheville - Biltmore library
ready to move. They have sorted
the periodicals in the dungeon,
cleared out the vertical files, start
ed a display file and an art file,
and brought the scrap-book up to
date. A new system of re-making
the book collection will make it
easier to assemble in the new li
brary. A new card catalogue will
further help to locate material and
save time in re-organizing after the
move.
Not only have we catalogued
over a thousand books this year,
but we have also catalogued film
strips, and plan to do the same
with our music records.
It is high time that we move,
for we have rim completely out
of space.
Mrs. Emily Eiistis
If you have a child who is nine
years old right now, you can just
about figure that his college edu
cation will cost you around $16,000.
Now let us consider the advant
age of a community college from
the financial standpoint. Tuition
and fees at Asheville - Biltmore
College averaged less than $250
this year. Even on the basis of
rising costs consider this figure in
comparison to $4,000. Why pay so
much more for the same thing?
Asheville - Biltmore is a fully ac
credited junior college and offers
a wide variety of courses of instruc
tion almost identical to those of
other junior colleges in the area
plus the opportunities for adult
education in a well-rounded night
school curricula.
Education is important to you
as a resident of Asheville. With
out education a people and a cul
ture come into existence like the
countries making the headlines to
day. You may say “but things
could never reach this point here
in Asheville.” Possibly not, but
better education brings about bet
ter living conditions including
higher incomes and greater oppor
tunity for youth thus helping to
eliminate slum areas, crime, and
other public enemies.
You are the influential people
of Asheville. It is your city and
it is now and will become in the
future just exactly what you make
it. Get behind this bond issue
and use your influence to support
it. Give your children and the
other young people of your com
munity the chance to have a grow
ing, wide awake college right at
home. Give your support to your
college and help our youth become
better educated and more capable
of making Asheville, Buncombe
County, the state, and the nation
a better place in which to live.
Bond Issue Gets
Wide Approval
Asheville and area industries to
gether with civic and professional
groups have endorsed the pro
posed Bond Issue for Asheville -
Biltmore College. They are also
supporting the tax levy for mainte
nance expenses.
Directors of the Asheville Indus
trial Council make this statement:
“This endorsement is offered with
the conviction that our economy
can be no better than our educa
tional facilities. A modern well
equipped and well staffed Com-
mimity College is essential to our
])rogress and expansion.”
“The Enka Corporation also
adds its approval,” said President
Philip B. Stull.
The Greater Asheville Council
has thrown its full weight behind
the $750,000 bond issue and tax
levy.
A-B Alumni Hold Various
Positions Of Importance
Through the years the halls of
Asheville - Biltmore have echoed
with laughter, tears, joys and sor
rows, work and leisure as students
come to study here and then move
on into the outside world. Some
have been good and some bad but
many have worked hard and have
gone on to achieve the success for
which they have worked and
dreamed here at Asheville - Bilt
more. To them their studies here
were only the beginnings of prom
inent careers and today Asheville
Biltmore is proud to claim them as
former students.
It would be impossible to in
elude every former student on any
sort of list for they seem to be
scattered across the entire United
States but every now and then
word comes back to A-B that an
other former student has become
successful in some field or vocation.
In the field of education we
might mention William E. Reeves
who is principal of North Bun
combe High School; Charles Lloyd
an instructor at Davidson College;
James Fish is an instructor at Mars
Hill College; Donald Jones who is
principal of Lee Edwards High
School; James Owen who is prin
cipal of Black Mountain Elemen-
-ary; Martin Nesbitt principal of
Oakley Elementary and John Eas
ley who is an instructor at the
University of North Carolina.
Major General Albert Boyd re
tired from the Air Force and is
now Vice-President of Westing-
house Electric and Manager of its
Products Division. He is one of
the many notables in the industrial
field.
Politics attracted Gordon Green
wood representative in the North
Carolina General Assembly from
Buncombe County, and Mr. John
Shu ford a former senator.
The professional fields have at
tracted the largest number many
of whom live in Asheville or the
surrounding area. Among the
more prominent are Mrs. Wilma
Dykeman Stockeley who collobrat-
ed with her husband on the wide-
ly-read book Neither Black nor
White; Norvin Duncan who is an
annoimcer for Chanel 4, WFBC
TV, Greenville, South Carolina;
Shelby Horton a lawyer, a former
judge of Domestic Relations Court,
and a former member of the board
of trustees of our college; Richard
Wynne Managing Editor of the
Asheville Citizen, also on the staff
are Douglas Brookshire and Rich
ard Kaplan; Miss Gertrude Ram
sey Society Editor of the Ashexnlle
Citizen Times, member of the
board of trustees of the college,
and president of the Asheville -
Biltmore Botanical Gardens Asso
ciation; Father Keneth Donald,
Rector of St. James Episcopal
Church in Black Mountain; and
Mrs. Mary Jo DeNardo Ford who
is recognized in the field of music,
might mention Henry L. Baker,
District Manager, Ordinary Divi
sion, Prudential Insurance Corpor
ation of America; Morris Lipinsky,
Jr., of Bon Marche; George Goulas
of Friedman’s Jewelers; Betty Lou
Morgan, Advertising Department
of the Asheville Chamber of Com
merce; and John Bridges of the
Exhibit Room of Pack Memorial
Library. (Cont, on Page 4)
1927—Buncombe County Junior
College established. This
school was to be of definite
service to the community.
1930—Asheville - Biltmore College
becomes the official name
with city assistance on fi
nances.
1936 - 1949—College shifts through
four locations: David Mil
lard, Biltmore High School,
Merrimon Avenue, and See
ley’s Castle.
1952—The Community College Act
provides state support on a
dollar for dollar basis.
1961—Present Bond issue to pro
vide operating capital for
Asheville - Biltmore College
on its new downtown cam
pus.
Pertinent Facts Concerning the
College
It is under the supervision of
the State Board of Higher Educa
tion. The government is provid
ed with a local board of twelve
trustees. The program provides
transferable credit courses and spe
cial commimity service courses on
both day and night schedules.
It is accredited by the North
Carolina College Conference and
Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools.
The day students must take col
lege entrance examinations. The
college now has a testing and coun
seling service headed by a licensed
psychologist.
The faculty is composed of 25
members who hold among them
four doctorates, 18 masters, and
three bachelors degrees.
The enrollment is presently 410
students. The day school enroll
ment alone has increased almost
I /3 over last year.
Currently $80,000 a year could
be provided by a tax levy of 4c
per $100 in Buncombe County.
This would cost the tax payer who
has property assessed at $5,000, ac
tual value $12,000, only 17 cents
per month.
If the present $750,000 bond is
sue is aproved by the citizens it
will provide the following:
Increase the faculty, expand the
services of the college to the com
munity, provide for a physical ed
ucation building and playing fa
cilities for the major sports.
Thank you Mrs. Schreiber, for
all your assistance on this issue
of the Campus Crier!. No one
else knows so well the life story
of A-B College or remember
more alinnni than you.