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Vol. XXX, No. 2
LoUisburg, North Carolina 27549
October, 1983
Louisburg College dedicates Taft Building
E- Hoover Taft, Jr.
The man behind the name
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E. Hoover Taft Classroom Building
By KELLI SWINSON
History will be made on
Louisburg’s campus Oct. 20,
1983. The Taft Classroom
Building will be dedicated on
that day. Those present at the
Taft Classroom Building
Dedication will be: The Taft
family and friends, Board of
Trustees and their spouses.
Board of Visitors and their
spouses, Administration,
leaders of the North Carolina
Conference of the United
Methodist Church, faculty,
staff, and friends of the col
lege.
The dedication will begin at
11:15. A tour of the building^
will follow. The 36-member
Board of Trustees will hold a
meeting in the afternoon.
Their spouses will have the
opportunity to attend
demonstrational classes.
The Taft Building was con
structed as specified by the
Third Century Campaign.
The 1983 summer school
students were the first to use
the facility. This fall, approx
imately 750 students attend
classes in the Taft Building.
For the first time, Louisburg
College students enjoy a tri
level, air-conditioned,
carpeted classroom building.
To maintain the beauty of this
facility, no smoking, eating or
drinking is allowed in the Taft
Building.
The dedication of the Taft
Classroom Building will be a
step forward into the direc
tion of growth for Louisburg
College. This event will
denote progress while pro
viding the foundation for suc
cess.
Lou-U welcomes parents
By KELLI SWINSON
Parents’ Day is a special oc
casion at Louisburg College.
Saturday, Oct. 29th is set
aside for parents, faculty and
staff to become better
aquainted.
The following schedule is
designed to be interesting, in
formative, and entertaining:
9:30-10:45 p.m. — Registra
tion and refreshments,
(Library terrace and veran
da), parking on north and
south sides of the auditorium.
11:00-11:45 p.m. — Parents’
Day program, (college
auditorium), special entertain
ment and messages of par
ticular interest to parents.
12:00-1:00 p.m. — Buffet
luncheon, (Benjamin N. Duke
Cafeteria).
1:00-4:30 p.m. — Parent-
faculty and staff visitation,
(offices and classrooms).
1:30-4:00 p.m. — Men’s
basketball intrasquad scrim
mage, (Holton Gymnasium).
2:00-4:00 p.m. Art exhibit:
pastels and paintings by John
Wallner, Wake Forest (Art
Gallery, Fine Arts Building).
The cost of the buffet lun
cheon will be $4 per person
($2.25 for children under 12).
There will be no charge for
resident students.
Parents’ Day in past years
has generated a good feeling
among the faculty & staff.
Parents’ Day unites the facul
ty & staff with the parents so
that together they can work
toward helping Louisburg
College students achieve suc
cess.
By CARLA A. JOYNER
Along with mini-skirts and
checkered tennis shoes, a new
classroom building became a
part of the Louisburg College
campus scene this year. If you
were at Louisburg College
last year, you can certainly
appreciate the latter. The AC
Building, with its leaky ceil
ings, creaky floors, and faulty
heating system, has been
replaced by an updated and
modern facility known as the
Taft Building. This new
classroom building, that
represents the first phase of
Louisburg College’s suc
cessful Third Century Cam
paign, is named after a promi
nent Greenville, North
Carolina attorney and United
Methodist layman, E. Hoover
Taft, Jr.
Taft is married to Helen Fleming Taft and has two sons: E.
Hoover Taft, HI, and Thomas F. Taft. He attended Greenville
City Schools and Duke University, where he earned his
bachelor of arts and doctor of laws degrees.
He has practiced law in Greenville, North Carolina, since
1936 and has been active in the development of real estate in
Greenville, involving approximately 1,000 acres within the city
limits. Taft is one of the principal organizers and the director
of the following businesses: Home Builders and Supply Com
pany, Greenville; Eastern Lumber and Supply Company,
Winterville; Dixie Supply Company, Greenville and Goldsboro;
and Lynndale Development Company, Greenville. He is one of
five members of The Greenville Utilities Commission, which
operates the electric, water, gas, waste disposal, and CATV
system for the city.
Taft has been active in the Jarvis Memorial Church for many
years. He is presently chairman of the Finance Committee and
the Board of Trustees. In addition, he is a member of the Board
of Higher Education for the Methodist Church and a director of
the Methodist Foundation of the North Carolina Conference.
Since 1961, Taft has been a member of the Board of Trustees
of Louisburg College and has served as chairman for 14 years.
In the past, he has been a member of the Executive committee
and chairman of the Finance Committee.
Because of E. Hoover Taft, Jr., Louisburg College’s campus
was expanded and its financial security was enhanced with a
promise for continued growth in higher education. In response
to the announcement of the naming of the new classroom
building, Taft challenged the college “to make the building like
a beacon of light for truth.” It seems only fitting that this
“beacon of light for truth” be named after such an influential
man as E. Hoover Taft, Jr.
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