“We Were Challenged”
Printed courtesy of Louisburg College Public Affairs
Louisburg College opened
the first of a four-session
seminar on values in education
at church-related colleges on
Nov. 7 in the Jordan Student
Center. Bishop W. Kenneth
Goodson, currently on the
faculty at the Duke University
School, was the guest lecturer.
Dr. J. Allen Norris Jr. presided.
“He is one of the best Bible
teachers I know,” said Bishop
Carlton P. Minnick Jr.,
Resident Bishop of the Raleigh
Area of the United Methodist
Church, who introduced him.
Bishop Goodson was elected to
the episcopacy in 1964 and has
given courageous leadership in
Alabama and Virginia. He
retired and returned to his
native state in 1980.
The seminar is made possible
by a $3,200 grant for 1985-86
from the Division of Higher
Education of the Board of
Higher Education and
Ministry in the United
Methodist Church. The four
sessions are open to members of
the Conference Board and to
the faculty and staff of
Louisburg College.
The theme of the seminar is
“Into the Third Century:
Values Clarification in United
Methodist Higher Education.”
Bishop Goodson quickly set
the tone of the evening session
by saying that “the Church and
the church-related colleges are
one and the same.” He
reviewed the history of
Methodism from 1784 and its
emphasis on education. “We
have 128 schools with more than
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212,630 students, and
properties totaling over
billion dollairs,” he said.
Woven into his theme was a
description of his educational
experiences at Catawba
College, and how later as a
father he desired his children to
attend church-related schools.
“I ask,” he said, “that it give my
daughter a sense of conviction,
that it develop her mind and
her potential, and that it direct
her toward social values.”
Bishop Goodson stressed
that case for higher education—
a process where the real life
values should have substance
and unity.he said. He further
pointed out that the church’s
unity with education is within
its nature-“a combination of
knowledge and vital piety.”
What should be the goals of
the church-related college?
High quality erf education,
moral and social values,
promotion of the Christian
faith and to communicate its
values by what it does. “I teach
according to what I know and
what I am,” he said. In his
strong emphasis on sound
academics, he also, emphasized
that the church-related college
is a steward of tradition for the
good of society. A vital role of
the church-related college is to
offer “insight and wisdom to be
more effective.”
the second topic, scheduled
for Jan. 16, is a review of the
theology and values of the
Wesleyan/Methodist traditions
and the impact of these values
on higher education within
Methodism. It will be led by
Dr. Thomas A. Langford,
former Dean of Duke
University Divinity School.
For Felj. 27, the topic is a
review of values that are
important for living in the
Church’s third century, and for
April 3, the topic is on effective
ways for value transmission in
the value-centered, church-
related college.
de Hart Blazing The Trails
By PAUL MARTINI
If you are the type of person
that enjoys the excitment of
such activities as hiking,
backpacking, mountain
climbing, rafting, canoeing,
kyaking, and hang gliding then
maybe the Louisburg College
Appalachian and White Water
Club is for you. This club
participates in many of these
outings on weekend and
holiday trips . to such sites
throughout the East and the
Pisgah National Forest (near
the Blue Ridge Parkway), the
Blue Stone Canyon (near
Athens West Virginia), the
French Broad River in N.C.,
and the New River in West
Virginia. Other activities the
group plans and participsltes in
are camping, fishing,
bicycling, nature studying,
cave exploring, parachuting,
water skiing, and snow skiing.
Allen de Hart, Louisburg
College Director of Public
Affairs, is the faculty advisor to
the club. Mr. de Hart is #1 in
the nation in number of trails
hiked, and has hiked over
15,000 miles. He has also
written three books, North
Carolina Hiking Trails, South
Carolina Hiking Trails, and
Hiking in the Old Diminion.
The club itself, which was
founded in 1975, has over 150
members nationwide. These
members include faculty,
students, alumni, and friends of
the college. As the annual fall
meeting for the club was held
on November 23, the 1986
officers were presented.
According to club informa
tion, the president of the club in
1986 will be James (Jimmy)
Boyette from Raleigh, N.C.
Jimmy has had white water
experience on the French Broad
River as a kayakist and
conoeist. He also went over
5000 miles in a canoe with a
friend in Minnesota and has
much hiking experience on the
Appalachian Trail in North
Carolina, Virginia, and West
Virginia. Jimmy is an Eagle
Scout ad well as an Assistant
Scoutmaster. Jimmy has 10
years experience in hiking,
camping, river running, and
leadership training.
The Vice President for 1986
will be Richard Davis for Wake
Forest, N.C. He has experience
hiking sections of the
Appalachain Trail in Virginia
and North Carolina. He has
also hiked over 60 miles of trails
in the Monongahela National
Forest in West Virginia.
Richard has also completed 2
semesters of the Louisburg
College Course Hiking and
Backpacking.
The 19R6 Secretary-
Treasurer will be Johnny (Jeff)
Jeffries from Durhaft, N.C. He
has backpacking and canoeing
experience on the Neuse River.
He also has hiking experience
in over 25 miles in the Potomac,
White Sulfer, Marlinton, and
Greenbrier Districts of the
MNF in West Virginia, and has^
hiked part of the Allegheny
Trail in West Virginia. Jeff
also has one semester of hiking
and backpacking at Louisburg
College.
But to be a member of the
Appalachian Trail and White
Water Club, it takes a little
more than mere interest in
outdoor sports. A potential
member must be experienced in
either backpacking or .in white
water. This experience does
not include the Louisburg
College class Hiking and
Backpacking, which is just a
semester class for learning to
hike and backpack.
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