Dr. Marchwardt To
Speak April 6th
Dr. Albert H. Marchwardt
professor of ancient and modern
literature at Princeton
University and a leading
authority on the history and
structure of the English
language, will speak at Chowan
College Tuesday, April 6 at 4 p.m.
in Marks Hall auditorium. He is
sponsored by Chowan and the
National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE) as part of their
Distinguished I^ecture Program.
Prior to his Princeton ap
pointment in 1963 he had spent
thirty-five years on the faculty of
the University of Michigan,
where he received his A.B., A.M.,
and Ph. D. degrees and was
elected to Phi Beta Dappa.
He is the author of “Scribner
Handbook of English” (first
published in 1940 with subsequent
editions in 1948 and 1960); “In
troduction to the English
language”! 1942); and American
English” (1958); co-author (with
FredG. Walcott) of “Facts About
Current English Usage” (1938)
and (with Randolph Quirk) of “A
Common Language” ( 1964).
F.ditor of “Historical Outline of
English Sounds and Inflections”
and ‘‘Laurence Nowell’s
Vocabularium Saxonicum”
(1952) he has contributed ap
proximately one hundred articles
on lingusitics and language to
scholarly journals. His resear
ches have extended to the entire
range of English linguistics.
Since 1940 Dr. Marckwardt has
been Director of the Linguistic
Atlas of the North Central States.
He has served as the director of
the P^nglish language Institute in
Mexico and the University of
Michigan English Language
Institute. In 1953-54, he was a
Fulbright lecturer at the
Universities of Vienna and Graz,
Austria. He has also held visiting
professorships at Columbia
DR. MARCHWARDT
University and U.C.L.A.
The recipient in 1961 of
Michigan’s Distinguished
Faculty Achievement Award, he
is a member of the Advisory
Committee on Cultural In
formation and Chairman of the
Advisory Panel of the English
Teaching Division of the U.S.
Information Agency. He is also
a member of the Research Ad
visory Committee of the Division
of Research U.S. Office of
Education and of the National
Advisory Council on Teaching
English as a Foreign language.
At Ann Arbor, Dr. Marckwardt
served his community as a
member of the Board of
Education. He was also on the
Board of Education of
Washtenaw County and a
member of the Board of Direc
tors of the Michigan State
Association of School Boards.
He recently received the David
H. Russell Award for
Distinguished Research in the
Teaching of English presented by
the NCTE.
BOOK OF MEMORY ON DISPLAY—The Chowan
College Book of AAemory is permanently displayed on an
attractive stand in McDowell Columns.
By the direction of its BounI of Triistccs, Chowan
College opcrrtlcs on a noii-tliscripiiiiulory busis
as to race, color, and national origin-
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President Whitalcer inspects Boole of Memory
Book of Memory
Provided os
Special Memorial
By BOBBY S. CROSS
Director of Development
There comes to all ot us those
times when we are at a loss as to
what to do or say, especially when
we lose someone dear, those times
when words seem so empty and all
our best deeds inadequate. There
also come those special days and
moments when we remember most
vividly those whom we love, when
we wish for some way to give ex
pression to our deepest feelings.
Almost every day someone chooses
to honor the memory of a loved one
through a special memorial gift
through the Book of Memory at
Chowan College. Often these gifts
are made in lieu of flowers during a
time of deep personal loss. Other
gifts are made on special occasions
and times of remembering.
Whatever the time or the reason,
each gift is a very special memorial.
The names of those so honored are
inscribed in the beautiful bound
volumes of the Book of Memory
which are entrusted to the President
of Chowan College. The Book of
Memory is always open for view.
The president writes to the family or
friends of all those so honored
notifying them of the gift and the
inscription.
Gifts to Chowan College through
the Book of Memory range from a
few dollars to several hundreds of
dollars. Each gift, regardless of size,
is important and the amount of the
gift is never disclosed. All gifts are
invested in the General Endowment
of Chowan College, the earnings
from which are used each year in
every phase of the operation of the
college. Each gift then is held in
perpetual trust and is a living in
strument of service to the young
men and women who come to
Chowan.
After brief words and flowers have
faded away, the warm glow of
memory remains. At Chowan
College there is a special Book of
Memory recording the names of
many recalled and loved.
Should you like to make a
memorial gift through the Book of
Memory at Chowan College, please
write to the President enclosing your
gift and giving the name and ad
dress as you would like it to appear
in the Book of Memory, the date of
death, and the names and addresses
of those that you would like the
President notify of the gift. When
you visit the Chowan campus, make
it a point to open the pages of this
beautiful Book of Memory.
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