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VOLUME 17 NUMBER 17 THURSDAY. APRIL 27, 1989 - 25? PER C
Sen. Sanford Squelched Idea in Early
1960's of Turning PSU into a
community college
* Sen. Terry Sanford (D-NC),
whose achievements have includ
ed being governor of North
Carolina and president oT Duke
University, visited the studios of
WPSU-TV Monday afternoon
for a taping session at that public
TV facility of PSU.
He couldn't help but reflect
about 26 years earlier when he
was the guest speaker at Pem
broke State College's Diamond
Jubilee Celebration of the
school's 75 years of existence. He
was handed a program about the
occasion. In it was a picture of
the young Gov. Terry Sanford.
On that May 10, 1963, occa
sion, Sanford was introduced by
Sen. Hector MacLean of
Lumberton. Completing his first
year as Pembroke State College's
president was English E. Jones.
Chairman of the PSC Board of
Trustees was Rev. L. W. Jacobs.
Has Pembroke State changed
that much'
"Good heavens, yes," ex
claimed Sanford. "IT has made
remarkable progress."
Then he shared how in the ear
ly 1960s there was talk of turning ?
the school into a community col
lege as part of the stale's com
munity college system, which was
getting underway. And he told
how the decision was made "not
to downgrade the school, but to
upgrade it."
"1 had the feeling the school
was just beginning to come into
its own in those days--that people
were just beginning to appreciate
it." (Note: the enrollment in
1961-62 was 570 as compared
with its present 2,704).
"It was just beginning to be a
quality institution," said San
ford. "We were beginning to lake
some steps to help it."
Sanford said President English
E. Jones "came to see me
because there was some fear of
the community college system. A
lot of people said, 'Make Pem
broke a community college.' And
there was a lot of logic to that at
the time.
"But it struck me," he said,
"that because of the peculiar
nature of this school, it would be
debilitating to downgrade it?
and consequently we ought not to
leave it as it was, but to upgrade
it. And we started on it "
Sanford said Jones was a key
man in helping the school. "I
knew JOnes when I was in (he
legislature. He called on me when
he came up to speak to the Ap
propriations Committee," he
recalled.
Although Dr. Walter Cialc was
the president before Jones
became Pembroke State*'-. t*>p ad
ministrator in 1962, Sunfoid
said, "English Jones was the
school's lobbyist." English Jones
was the first Indian president and
first Indian chancellor at PSU.
Sanford has been impressed by
the manner in which the school
has established itself "And I
would have been optimistic in
1963?that we could
have donq anything we set out to
100 Students Honored on
4'Awards Day" at PSU
PSU's 10th annual "Awards
Day" was held recently with
some 100 awards presented to
students in various fields for ex
cellence.
Each academic department
presented awards with most being
cash awards. Scholarships and
certificates were also presented.
Chancellor Paul Givens was
master of ceremonies for the pro
gram, saying at the outset: "This
is a time for applause and for
students to feel good about their
achievements. By their
achievements, they inspire others
to reach down in themselves, see
they have great possibilities, find
them and nurture them."
Awards presented by the dif
ferent departments were as
follows:
American Indian Studies:
Awsard for Excellence-Manuel
Conley, Eayetieville; Adolph
Dial Service Award-Wanda Lee
Whit more, Pembroke.
Art: Merit Certificates-Marie
Cohen, Ft. Bragg: Jackie Howell,
Rockingham; Lynn Hunter,
Rowland; Judith Jones, Southern
Pines: Merit Scholarships-Paula
Perry, Fayettcville; Janet
Sessoms, Whiteville.
Biology: James B. Ebert
Scholarship- Christ Holt,
Rael'ord; MARL (Minority Ac
cess to Research Career
awards)--David Locklear, Pem
broke; Clayton May nor, Pem
broke; Larry Morgan, Pem
broke; Rhonda Sanderson, Fair
mont.
Business Administration and
Economics: Outstanding
Achievement Award--Gail
Freeman, Lumberton.
Communicative Arts: John
I Green Memorial Endowed
Scholarship-Scott Burns, Cary.
'CMA Faculty Award for
Outstanding Graduate-Steve
Dawson, Gibsonville; Amy
Killough, Hamlet; Karen Van
Zandt, Red Springs.
Education: Scholarship
Award s--Wanda Callahan,
Laurinhurg: Susan Lowe. Fayet
tcville; Janice Taylor.
I l?li h? no n
Philosophy and Religion:
AETNA Insurance Co.
Scholarship--Angie Bullard,
Bladenboro; American Bible
Society Award--Angie Bullard,
Bladenboro; AETNA
Scholarships--James Dees,
Autryville; Teddy Lawson,
Clark ton.
Physical Science: AETNA
Foundation Scholarships- Cor
nelius Dial, Pembroke; Clayton
Maynor, Jr., Pembroke; Gary D.
Nealy, CHadbourn; Kevin Skid
more, Fayetteville; Brian Suvick,
Rahway, NJ; CRC Freshman
Chemistry Achievement-- Brian
Suvick, Rahway, NJ; Excellence
in Chemistry Certificates-Brian
Dial, Maxton; Amanda Hood,
Southern Pines; Patrick Patter
son, Beaufort; Mike Suvick,
Lumberton; April Volinger,
Laurinburg; American Institute
Geology and Geography: Ex
cellence in Geography Award
Mary Kurzenski, Laurinburg.
Health, Physical Education
and Recreation: Kenneth
Johnson Award-Billy Wilkes,
Pembroke; AETNA Award
Willie Gore, Tabor City.
History: Outstanding History
Student-Beth Lewis, Lumber
ton; John Green Memorial
Scholarship-Brad Allen,
Lumberton; Max Weinstein
Scholarship-Derrick Chavis,
Pembroke; W.R. Bullard
Scholarship-Denise Hunt, Fair
mont; Clifton Oxendine
Scholarship-Renford Scott,
Pembroke.
Mathematics and Computer
Science: James A Jacobs Award
for Outstanding Graduate
Donna Gongora, Fayetteville;
Department Award for Outstan
ding Non-Graduate--Laine
Johnson, Hope Mills.
Music:
Musicianship'Scholarship
Service Award- Maurice Grubb,
Fayetteville; Howard Lamb,
Bladcnbuio.
I
of Chemists Award-Brian Dial,
Maxton.
Political Science: Weisberg
Memorial Fund Award-Geiald
Stunkel, Laurel Hill; Outstan
ding Graduating Senior-Penny
Lock tear, Lumerton.
Psychology: Outstanding Stu
dent Award ? Kim Reeves,
Lumberton; Helen Britt Pate,
Rowland.
Sociology and Social Work:
Davis Osterneck Memorial
Scholarship in Medical
Sociologh-Pamela Locklcar,
Fairmont; Issac Shain Memorial
Scholarship- Minervia Smith,
Laurinburg; Elizabeth Santa
Ana, Pembroke; Criminal Justice
Scholarships?Diana Kcane,
Lumberton; Jerry Caddell,
Laurinburg; mauncc Doenstcin
Holocaust Memorial
Scholarship-?James Dees,
Autryville; Susan Locklear,
Lumberton; Beverly Enterpriscs
Kingsdale Manor Scholarship
Susan Locklear, Lumberton.
Broadcasting: Charles E.
Bougan Memorial Award- 1 ec
Williams, Laurinburg; Dr
Richard Pisano Award -Ellen
Barney, Lumberton; Outstanding
Senior Broadcasting Award-Sam
Lawson, Eden; Dr. Donald
Hileman Memorial Award Lkza
Babirak, Fayettev illc; Paige
Johnson, Pembroke; Outstan
ding Public Relations Student
Award?Milliccnt Locklcar;
Broadcasting Scholarships I i/a
Babriak, Fayettevillc; I IUii
Barney, Lumberton; Stephanie
Gingrich, Jacksonville; Paige
Johnson, Pembroke; Wlllian
Kountis, Jr., Pembroke; I ee
Williams, Laurinburg.
Col.. Ihomas Robeson
Chapter of the Daughters ol the
American Revolution Awards
Cadet Col. Mare McWilliams.
Petersburg, Va.; Army ROll
Cadet 1st Lieut. Gloria Janiel
Cox, Hamlet.
Admissions Department
Award: Linda Musquiz, Fayet
tevillc.
Chancellor's Cup: Women's
Division-Angel Flight- Silver
Wings; Men's Division-Tuu
Kappa F.psilon
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Shown conducting si workshop for Robeson Count* .
Hon ' is Dr. Gilbert Sampson, chairman of Pembroke s??t Ft 'n ",vlan'P"l???ves in Mathematics tduca
Computer Science. The series of Saturday ??rL,h,., ? University's Department of Mathematics and
w,'rksnop\ continues through May 27 at PSU.
FIRST FEMALt I.UMBEE
GRADUATES FROM
AEROTG
-JMHHK?
"Second Lieutenant Cynthia Rene
Locklear, the daughter of Mr. Eddie
Mack and Mrs. Frances Locklear of
Saddletree, has been assigned to the
20th Surveillance Squadron Eglin
AFB, Honda the largest Air Force
Base in the United States. She will
attend Undergraduate Space Train
ing at Iowry AFB, Denver, Colo,
beginning May 30. Locklear will be a
Space Surveillance Operations Crew
Commander upon completion of
(raining.
Loddear is a 1983 graduate of
Magnolia High School and a gradu
ate of ftm broke State University
with a B. A. degree in Art and a B.S.
degree in Mathematics. While at
PSU, Locklear was named among the
Outstanding Young American Col
lege Students. Outstanding Young
Women of America, and the First
Female Lumbee Indian to graduate
from Air Force Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC).
THE
COACH 'S
CORNER
BY KEN JOHNSON
fhf f hanging O/lhe (rtutrd
Will the hiring of Dr. Joe Oxendine
put a balanced, total 1* K. program in
place at PSU? "lhc answer is "No."
The myth that HSU has excellence in
athletics is just that a myth Without
football you have just sports You
don't have tn-vlUnce in sports The
college -hould stop patting them
selves on tiie back and quit saying
such nonsense. Dr. Givens could
have done it, but being a major in
psychology "no stress and no strain"
was probably the practical imperii
tive for him. He has been truly the
best fund raiser the college will ever
have Dr. Jones started the Chancel
lor's Club for fund raising. Dr
Givens more than earned it out when
he *oki me on joining the Chancel
lor s ( luh I don't regret it. but I do
wish he had put in football. It's the
only sport that can pull people
together. "Hound ball" and baseball
have limited viewers. They are not
the "he man, macho" sports that
unite people and pull them together.
FWball is the only answer. Hope
Joe puts it in.
IIYKrWHWNSON
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??i iic-jfe Adult Fellowship
reaI i /es dream o-f
beaut if ication o-f" Pembroke
by Shirley S Lowry
One hundred seventy-two (172)
trees were set out along Pern
broke stieetsthis past week. I hey
inlude 9S Crepe Myrtles, 12
Dwarf (. repe Myrtles, and 65
Biadford Pear trees. This project
was a joing effort of the Town of
Pembroke and the local Single
Adult fellowship Club.
Henry Smith, Singles Presi
dent, Annie (Chavis) Boyle,
Chairperson of the Tree
Beaut meat ion Committee. Mary
(Hammonds) l.ocklear, Jessie
Belle Chavis, and Shirley S.
l.owry, C onunittec members, all
assisted in planning and or setting
out the trees. Those representing
the I own of Pembroke in plan
ting the trees were McDuffic
Cummings, town manager,
James I ocklear, public works
dirccloi. Billy Lowry, Jr.,
superindlcndent of public works,
and Pembroke Public Works
employees Joseph Johnson,
Monfoid Dial, and Lester
I ockleai.
Local businessman Don
Jacobs, a self-employed engineer
and suneyor whose office is
located on Union Chapel Road
near Second Street, donated the
Hag markers used as a guide in
Netting out the trees.
Initiators of the lrce
Bcautification Project were An
nie Boyle and Shirley Lowry.
Mrs Boyle served on the local
Shade I ree Commission while
living at Piscalaway, New Jersey.
Alter adopting this project the
Singles Club Committee was in
volved in several months of ad
vanced planning and prepara
tion.
THe Single Adult Fellowship
would like to thank the Town of
Pembroke for their cooperation
in helping to beautify our town.
The Singles Club has requested
that the t own Board appropriate
some money to be placed in the
annual budget lor Town
Beautificalion.
Pembroke State University has
alrcad) begun additional planting
to enhance the landscaping at
PSU and has worked
cooperatively with the Singles
Club on this project.
There is a place for any in
dividual group or club that would
like to be in this project.
The Pembroke Mayor, Milton
R. Hunt, Town Manager,
McDuffie Cummings, and Coun
cilman Larry T. Brooks, Henry
Oxendine, Vernon Oxendine and
Harry Oxendine have given sup
port money, and time to help
make a more beautiful (own.
A tree is a long lasting
memorial ot beauty that will be
appreciated for years to come, in
memory or appreciation of so
meone we love.
Contact the Singles Club or the
Town officials if interested in
Pembroke's present and future
beauty.
Contact Dr. Norma Jean
Thompson, club secretary for
lub membership. On weekdays
he can be reashed at 521-4214.
A beaiilifleation project is btinx co-sponsored by I be Singles Club
mill Ihc loon of Pembroke. Trees nre being planted in ana around
Pembroke. Shown recently planting trees are: McDuffle Cummings,
left, Pembroke town manager; Mary H. Locklear, Member, Tree
Beaulificalion Committee, Singles Club; Billy Lowry, Jr., Superinten
dent of the Pembroke Public Works Department; Annie Chavis
Boric. ( halrperson. Iree Beaut it icat ion
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