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THE CHOWANIAN, APRIL-MAY, 1960 A Salute To The First Family On Chowan's Campus PRESIDENT BRUCE E. WHITAKER He Directs Progress of Chowan By FRANK PITTARD It is often said that behind every progressive organization or institution there is an out standing man. Chowan is cer tainly outstanding, and the man behind it is President Bruce E. Whitaker. No one spends more time or effort in the interest of Chowan College. He’s ever present, and his effect upon the College is ever present. No matter wheth er its seeking money for the building program or making a speech, he always has the in terest of Chowan always in mind and heart. Look at his record of accom plishments while at Chowan. When he was appointed in May of 1957 Chowan had approxi mately 200 students. There was a great need for a building pro gram if Chowan was to become an outstanding institution. He came to Chowan during a cru cial period in its history when it had to go either forward or backward. Under his influence and guidence it has moved for ward at a very rapid pace. New Buildings Two new buildings have been added since he came, and an other is being built. These build ings are the girls dormitory, the recently constructed cafe teria, and the new men’s dorm itory, which is now under con struction. Inrollment has increased over 100 per cent. The faculty has been enlarged, both in size and in qualification of teachers. It is Dr. Whitaker’s firm belief that, “No college can be any stronger than the level of in struction of its faculty,” and he believes Chowan has a faculty which it can be proud of, both as to classroom and extra-cur ricular work. Dr. Whitaker was born in Cleveland County on June 27, 1921, near Shelby. He was the oldest of eight children. At the age of 19, with $74.25 as assets and a desire to become a min ister he entered Wake Forest College. He graduated from this institution in 1944 and then en tered Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary from which he graduated in 1950 with BD, ThD, and ThM degrees. He has served as pastor of the Smith- field Baptist Church, in Smith- field, Kentucky, and as assist ant to the president at Shorter College, just to mention a very few of the positions he has held. Before coming to Chowan in 1957, he served as State Student Secretary for the Baptist State Convention in North Carolina, during which time he worked with 58 colleges. Continuously Planning President Whitaker is plan ning continuously for Chowan. His plans include having a stu dent body of 650 on-the-campus students; adding several more buildings, including classroom, a new library, and other much needed buildings, and to con tinue to add new staff members of the highest caliber. Another goal which he con siders very important is that of some day having Chowan a four year college, a day which may not be too far away. It has been learned from a reliable source that for the present Chowan is to remain a junior college, but as soon as certain requirements are met, such as obtaining a higher general endowment, new classroom and other facilities, Chowan can and will be made a four-year institution. Chowan certainly has reason to be proud of i t s President. Hard working, tirelessly, h e works for the future of Chowan. Graphic Arts Class Visits Newspaper Plant in Raleigh On Tuesday, April 12, the students of the School of Graph ic Arts made a field trip to Raleigh to visit the News and Observer plant. The purpose of the trip was to give the students, who will be going into the printing field up on graduation, a look-see at how a newspaper of this size is produced. The students were met at the plant by Mr. Noel Blackard, the mechanical superintendent of the plant. He took them on an extensive tour of the plant— taking in all departments, and each separate operation that goes into the newspape r’s production. Mrs. Whitaker The First Lady Has Very Busy, Busy Schedule By BUDDY OWENS The wife of Chowan’s Presi dent is indeed a busy woman. Having two young children to care for is considered quite a job for most mothers, but Mrs. Bruce E. Whitaker, in addition to her duties as housewife, mother and hostess for Presi dent Whitaker’s guests, also teaches classes in the depart ment of Religion and English. Some of Mrs. Whitaker’s other activities include teaching a Sunday School class at the Bap tist Church, acting as president of the Melrose Women’s Club, and participating as member of several college faculty commit tees. President and Mrs. Whitaker have two boys, Garry Bruce, one-year-old, and Barry Eugene, who is seven. A day in the life of Mrs. Whitaker goes something like this: Preparing breakfast, get ting the children ready—Barry for his first grade school class and Garry for his busy day play ing at home. After taking Barry to school, there are a dozen or so house chores to complete be fore going to her early morning class. After teaching is over, Mrs. Whitaker goes to her office in the Columns building where she grades papers, and con sults with students. At four o’clock she begins to prepare the evening meal. After the meal is finished and the house chores are completed, she sits down with the children and listens to Barry’s reading as signment. As the heads begin to nod, she gets the boys ready for bed, listens to Barry’s prayer and then returns to her chair to finish up on some sewing, catches up on the latest news, or just sits and looks at TV. She prefers tc cut to a minimum any night meetings that might inter fere with her time with her family. Saturdays and Sundays are family days at the Whitaker heme. The family can be found wcrking in the yard, taking an afternoon stroll, visiting their ir.'ends, going on picnics, and of course attending their church services on Sunday. Above, and in spite of all this activity, Mrs. Whitaker is al ways congenial, and ready to offer her help when and where it may be needed. A gracious lady is the wife of Chowan’s President. Scholarships There are a limited number of $100 scholarships to be given each year by Chowan College. These scholarships are for stu dents with the highest academic standing, having an “A” aver age, it has been announced by Mr. Ross A, Cadle director of admissions. There are also ath letic scholarships. Also there is the National De fense Act Loan Fund which is available to needy students. These loans are made through the college. Mr. Cadle will be available to talk with students interested. A BARRY, MRS. WHITAKER AND GARRY GARRY GOES AFTER THE JAM / BARRY SAYS HIS PRAYERS
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