Friday, November 20,1970
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Campbell President Views Peril And Promise Of Education Scene
“Perhaps America will in
the next few years be the
greatest mission field,” de
clared Dr. Norman A, Wiggins,
President of Campbell College,
in his address at Louisburg
College Parents’ Day, October
10.
The statement related to the
importance the speaker
attached to educatio.i with
Christian impact, which he
viewed as definitely purposed
in the church-related college,
though in instances quite true
also of the state institution. In
fact, the speaker emphasized
the necessity of maintaining
both types of higher education.
In emphasizing the im
portance of the private, in part
icular the church-related
college, however, he did not
discount the value also of the
state institutions of high learn
ing; but emphasized the im
portance of keeping the dual
system of higher education.
In the lignt of his evaluation
of the church-related college.
Dr. Wiggins paid tribute to
Louisbui^ College with its long
history, beginning with the
charter of 1787, and with its
contribution to Christian
education over a long span of
years.
The speaker described the
current national scene of
campus disorder and affirmed
the great need for spiritual
emphasis and leadership on the
American college scene.
Relevant to this need he des
cribed the Christian college. He
both compared and contrasted
it with the function of the
traffic officer, as a retiring
college faculty member had
once done: while the traffic
officer tries to prevent
collision, the college endeavors
to lead students into collision -
with great minds and problems
of human existence through a
“search for truth from God,
br )ught to earth by Christ,”
leading into commitment to
God’s truth and service to man
kind. Also, Dr. Wiggins asserted
that spiritual values are the
“rare commodity on the
educational market.”
In spite of all the services
and values that the speaker
assigned to the Christian
college, the Campbell president
stated that in the 1950’s and
early 1960’s the “prophets of
doom” had foreseen church-
related colleges facing “early
demise.” Recent years, how
ever, Dr. Wiggins asserted, have
ushered in a greatly changed
situation: within the 1960’s he
saw the possibility of there
having come “perhaps the
finest years of church-related
colleges.” Even so, in spite of
an increase in over-all giving to
educational purposes, he
pointed out the expenses in
priv;.te colleges as soaring to an
alarming height; in contrast he
cited the far lesser cost to the
student in state institutions,
with the investment by the
state of $1,000 to $1,200 for
each student in its colleges and
Parents Visit Campus
On Saturday, October 10,
Louisburg College was invaded
by approximately five hundred
parents who had come to visit
with the students, meet the
faculty, and to become better
acquainted with our school.
Parents’ Day activities in
cluded registration of guests,
program for parents in the
auditorium, luncn, visitation
with teachers, and a parent-
faculty tea.
Featured guest speaker was
Dr. Norman A. Wiggins, presi
dent of Campbell College,
Buies Creek, North Carolina.
He spoke on “The Role of the
Church-Related College in the
Seventies.” He expressed a
dee^i regreat over the loss of
concer*i and interest in our
country today. He concluded
his address by stressing the fact
that good schools are basic to a
good society and the private
institution needs and deserves
public support.
Wrenda Goodwyn
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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universities. Thus, under
standably, the consequent
situation severely threatens the
private church-related college,
the speaker asserted.
With the high percentage of
high school graduates over the
nation currently entering
college (though in North
Carolina the figure is below
national level) and with the
prospect in the near future of a
gre.ily increased percentage, it
becomes important, according
to Dr. Wiggins’ view, for the
state to furnish scholarship aid
based on need to students
attending church-related
colleges. This plan, he declared,
would sp.ire the state the
burden of increasing its invest
ment for education as a result
of unnecessarily escalated en
rollment in state schools and
would at the same time
preserve both state and private
colleges. Such a plan of
scholarship aid the speaker
cited as already in operation in
more than tweiitj states; and
he added, “I predict that
within five years almost every
state will give such aid.”
With the mind and mood of
a fine element of students
today, Campbell’s president
envisioned worthily significant
progress in the years ahead as
natural science, social science,
and theological majors light the
way to the means for a more
excellent way and world of the
future.
Merritt
Concerning
Chapel
Last semester, a committee*,
composed of faculty members
and interested students, after
much deliberation, voted to
suggest to the administration
that compulsory chapel attend
ance be abolished or some
other effective means of reach
ing the college public through
chapel be initiated. As a result,
compulsory attendance to
chapel services was eradicated.
When questioned concern
ing the effectiveness of the
chapel committees In soliciting
students to attend the chapel
services held Tuesdays at
11:00, Chaplain Wade
Goldston stated that “the
atmosphere in chapel services is
more wholesome and more
intense.”
Attendance to chapel
services ranges from 5 to 20
percent of the students at
Louisburg. The highest rating,
20 percent; occurred when
John Gimenez, who gave up
the world of drugs for the
more satisfying world of
evangelism, informed a group
of interested students concern
ing tne sordid life of heroin
addiction.
Tom O’Keefe
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VISITORS VIEW CAMPUS ON PARENTS’ DAY Finch Photo
Annual College Day Held
On September 28, re
presentatives from fifty-two
colleges and universities came
to Louisburg College to assist
stude.its in selecting colleges
which they could transfer, and
to answer questions.
The annual “College Day”
was sponsored by the Office of
Testing and Guidance under
the direction of Mr. Allen de
Hart. An estimated three
hundred students passed
through the doors of the
library to secure applications,
ciitalogs, and to find out about
requirements. Thirty-nine
collegijs were represented from
North Carolina, thirteen from
Virginia, and one each from
the state of Colorado, South
Carolina, and Tennessee.
Mr. de Hart would like to
assure all stude.its that addi
tional information concerning
the colleges which were re
presented, as well as those
which were not represented on
“College Day,”are encouraged
to contact his office for
assistance.
“One college reprsentative,”
said Mr. de Hart, “told me that
he would like more Louisburg
College students at his school
because they were the finest
group he had.”
Wrenda Goodwyn
Lado Performs At LC
The Yugoslav National
Dance and Folk Ensemble pre-
se.ited a program to a captive
audience of Louisburg students
on October 21.
The folklore of Yugoslavia
was inherited over the
centuries from its many
different cultures and is as
ancient as any in Europe and is
oriei.lal in derivation as well as
European.
The ensemble first demon-
started the songs of Croatia,
Serbia, Macedonia, Dalmatia,
and Slovenia to North
American audiences at
Montreal’s Expo ‘67. They
have often thrilled many
audiences with their intricate
footwork and dazzling
costumes.
The flashing colors of their
choreography bring out the
heart and soul of Yugoslavian
histories of love, nature, and
harvest time as told in song and
dance.
Lado prese.’.tod a fascinating
program which was well worth
seeing and refreshing.
L. Pugh
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