Photos (Top To Bottom)(1) The Classroom Building with

twenty - three large classrooms andforty-two faculty offices completedin November, 1959.

(2) Six of the first seven studentsto be accepted for admission to thefirst freshman class at the entranceto the Classroom Building. From left:Margaret Weston, Ft. Bragg; FrancesHall, Fayetteville; Marsden Pope,Route 7, Fayetteville; Irving Bare­foot, Clarkton; Patricia Jackson,Hope Mills; and Joe Ward, Hallsboro.

(3) Science Building 85% com­pleted with ten laboratories for bio­logy, chemistry, physics, and homeeconomics, two lecture rooms, a 200seat lecture hall, faculty offices,equipment and supply rooms.

(4) The Student Union Cafeteria80% completed.

College Gets Set For Opening September 15, 1960Some Questions

Being Asked By

Prospective StudentsDo I Have to be a Methodist toattend Methodist College?

No. The College will exist as achannel through which the searchfor truth, knowledge and the basicvalues is pursued. A Christian at­mosphere will be provided in whichthis pursuit may take place. Thestudent body will be interdenomi­national, therefore applications fromstudents of any denomination or faithwill be welcomed.'What will be the annual costfor a day student?

Tuition will be $400 per year andfees $100 per year making a total of$500. In addition to this will be thecost of the noon meal at the Collegecafeteria, books and other incidentalexpenses. One-half tuition will beremitted for sons and daughters offull time ministers of any denomina­tion in Cumberland County, sons anddaughters of ministers of the NorthCarolina Conference of the MethodistChurch and to those young peopleentering a full-time vocation in theChurch. Scholarships and other stu-dent aid are available through theCollege, For further informationwrite the Director of Admissions.

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Page Two NEWSLETTER May, 1960

MemoStaff Appointments

AnnouncedDR. CLARENCE E. FICKEN, on

April 1, 1960, assumed the duties asthe first dean of Methodist College.Dr. Ficken comes to this new postfrom Ohio Wesleyan Universitywhere he served as dean for 14years. During this time he served asacting president for one year andinterim president for two years. Heserved as executive secretary of theOhio Commission on Education Be­yond the High School during the fallsemester of 1957-58. When he leftOhio Wesleyan, he was an appointeeof the Ohio College Association tothe Ohio Council on Teacher Edu­cation. A native of Huntingburg, In­diana, Dr. Ficken has also served onthe staff of Macalester College, St.Paul, Minn. as teacher of French,dean of men, dean of the college andacting president. He is a graduateof Baldwin - Wallace College withM.A. degree from Northwestern Uni_versity and the Ph.D degree fromUniversity of Wisconsin. He alsostudied at University of Chicago,University of Minnesota and Univer­sity of Paris, France. He has servedas charge lay leader in the WilliamStreet Methodist Church, Delaware,Ohio and is being retained on theirofficial board as member of thechurch's policy committee. He is amember of Phi Beta Kappa, KappaDelta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa anda number of professional associations.Mrs. Ficken will join Dr. Ficken inFayetteville on September 1, 1960 atwhich time they will establish theirpermanent residence.

FRANK H. EASON, Comptroller.From 1951 to 1960 he was Superin­tendent of Schools, Franklinton, N. C.Prior to this he was Principal ofLittleton High School in WarrenCounty and teacher and coach in theFuquay Springs High School and theJohn Graham High School in War­renton. He attended Duke Universityand Wake Forest College receivingthe B.S. degree from Wake Forestin 1936. He received the M.A. degreefrom E a s t Carolina College. AsComptroller he has custody of allCollege property and is responsiblefor all matters pertaining to the busi­ness and fiscal affairs of the College.He will be responsible for the em­ployment of non-teaching personnel.He is a certified Lay Speaker in Ra­leigh District of Methodist Church,and has served as Sunday SchoolSuperintendent, teacher, Trustee, andOfficial Board member of the Frank­linton Methodist Church. He is mar­ried to the former Eunice Matthewsof Kipling, Harnett County. Theyhave one daughter, Mrs. Sara Heit­kamp of Woman's College, Greens­boro; and one son, John Michael, age6.

Desk

from the

President's

Alva W. Stewart, Librarian, left and F. H. Eason, Comptroller discussthe potential use and adaptability of a sample book shelf which may be usedfor the College Library.

Plans are rapidly maturing for the admission of the first class toMethodist College in September, 1960.

The building program is moving as planned. The Classroom-FacultyOffice Building has been completEd and turned over to the Board ofTrustees. as this written, the Science Building, the Cafeteria-Stu­dent Union Building, the heating plant and the bath house for physicaleducation classes are all in the final stages of completion. All the utilitylines are in place throughout the entire campus for both present andfuture buildings and the master grading plan for the campus has alsobeen completed. Work will begin in the immediate future on pavingroads, sidewalks and parking areas.

We have been encouraged by the response from prospective facultymembers and prospective students.

Dr. Clarence Ficken, for 14 years Dean at Ohio Wesleyan Universityand recently acting President, has taken up his duties as the new Deanof the College. Other faculty appointments are well advanced and onlyone or two positions remain unfilled for the faculty needed for the firstyear.

Student patronage will be limited during the first year to day stu­dents. Also, we will have only a Freshman class. Despite these limitations,student response to the announcement of the opening of the College hasbeen gratifying. Some 300 catalogues have been mailed out in responseto students' requests and applications have already been received fromsome of the top ranking high school students of this immediate area.

As we move toward the completion of the first phase of our buildingprogram, we are faced with the realization that the operation of the Col­lege will be a much more difficult task than the building of the College.We shall need the enlarged and increased support of the Church in thisundertaking.

We have traveled a considerable distance on the road to the realiza­tion of our dream. Let us thank God and take courage as we look forwardto the long road ahead.

Faithfully yours,L. Stacy Weaver

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SAMUEL R. EDWARDS will jointhe staff on July 1 as director ofadmissions and registrar. Since 1952he has served as Principal of theFayetteville Senior High School, oneof the leadng high schools of NorthCarolina. A native of Pennsylvaniahe holds the B.S. degree from Mans­field State Teachers College and the'M.A. degree from Duke University.He is a World War II veteran, vol­unteering in 1942 and commissionedin 1944. Among other assignments heserved as recreational officer on theNaval base at Saipan. He has servedas recreational and athletic directorin several North Carolina schools in­cluding Williamston and La Grange.Edwards is married to the formerLillian Aldridge of La Grange. Theyhave one son, Reese, a senior at Fay­etteville Senior High School. He issuperintendent of the Sunday Schoolat Hay Street Methodist Church, Fay­etteville. He is a member of the StateAdvisory Committee on Teacher Edu­cation and a similar group on voca­tional education, and served as super­visor in the Fayetteville area for theNational Teacher Examinations givenon April 9.

ALVA W. STEWART, of Marsh­ville, N. C. is the College Librarian.A native of Georgia he attendedAuburn University and later the Uni­versity of North Carolina where hereceived the A.B. degree in PoliticalScience. He received the M.A. degreein Political Science from Duke Uni­versity and did further study at Van­derbilt University, Nashville, Tennes­see. He will receive the M.S. degreein Library Science from Universityof North Carolina on June 1, 1960.He served two years as an officer inU. S. Air Force and is currentlyin the active reserve. He has servedon the staff of Asheboro Currier­Tribune. The Greensboro Record andthe Rock Hill Evening Herald. Hehas served on the staff of the PublicLibrary of Charlotte and Mecklen­burg County and as student assistantat the library of the University ofNorth Carolina. He is a member ofthe American Library Association;Beta Phi Mu, honorary library, sci­ence fraternity and the B apt i s tChurch.

THE REVEREND SAM J. WO­MACK, JR., a native of Lakeland,Florida will be professor of Bibleand College Chaplain. He has anA.B. degree from Florida SouthernCollege, B.D. degree from Duke Uni­versity Divinity School and will re­ceive the Ph.D. degree from DukeUniversity in September, 1960.

He is listed in Who's Who amongAmerican College and University Stu­dent, is a Duke University Scholar,Lilly Endowment Scholar and theGeurney Hon's Kearn Fellow. He isa member of the National Associationof Biblical Instructors, American So­ciety of Church History and National

Samuel R. Edwards, left, who assumes the duties of Registrar and Directorof Admissions July 1, evaluates a student application with Dean Ficken.

Association of University Professors. Science North Carolina Academy ofHe had six years of military service Science: American Chemical Societyin World War II and the Korean and Carolina Geological Society. Heconflict. During this time he received is a member of the Society ofand answered the call to the Chris- Friends. He and Mrs. Ott will movetian teaching ministry. He resigned to Fayetteville in the summer, occu­as managing editor of the Lake- pying the home which they have pur­land Ledger, Lakeland, Florida, to chased on the highway in front ofenter Divinity school. He is past Pre_ the College.sident of the Exchange Club of Lake- DR. MYRON L. SIMPSON will beland, Fla., is a Methodist, married professor of Biology. He comes fromand has one child. Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania

DR. CHARLES OTT of Guilford where he has been professor of Bio­College, N. C. will be professor of logy. Prior to this work he taught atchemistry. Since 1944 he has been Washington College, Chestertown,professor of chemistry at Guilford Maryland and Westminister College,College and prior to that taught at New Wilmington, Pa. He received hisWilliam Penn College, Oskaloosa, A.B. degree from American Univer­Iowa, and Central State College, Ed- sity and did graduate study at Uni­mond, Oklahoma. Previously he was versity of Cincinnati and MedicalResearch Chemist for the Mid Con- College of Virginia.tinent Petroleum Company. He re- He received the Doctor of Scienceceived the B.S. degree from William Degree from John Hopkins Univer­Penn College and the Ph.D. from the sity. He has written extensively inUniversity of Iowa. Dr. Ott is a mem- scientific journals, is listed in "'Who'sbel' of Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Who in American EducatlOn" andand Fellow of Oklahoma Academy of "American Men of Science."

Dean Ficken Analyzes The ChallengeA pessimistic observer of the human scene once

asked Will Rogers, "What's wrong with the worldanyhow?" The answer was, "I dunno, it must bepeople."

In arriving on a new college campus in the mak­ing, one pauses reverently to witness what's rightwith the world. It must be those people who havenot only dreamed such a dream but have set thestage for Act One of its realization. On every hand,one senses a spirit of dedication to an inspiring idealand the determination to build a beautiful and sturdysetting for its realization.

We are now engaged -in the crucial task of bringing together theinitial cast of the endless pedormance called Methodist College. Earnestlywe now look to Methodist leaders, civic sponsors, high school principals,and other builders of a better world to send us "men to match ourmountains" of opportunity, young men and women who have the men­tal and spiritual resources to help set the tone of a community of Christ­ian scholars.

Weare parHcularly anxious to enlist some of the many superiorhigh school graduates who have been insufficiently challenged to con­tinue their education. The opening of Methodist College next Septembershould be the occasion for a new emphasis on the conservation of talent.

The fullest possible development of our human resources is not onlya crucial national necessity but a spiritual ideal of the highest order.

For a while we shall have to rely on our friends to serve as ouralumni, sending us future graduates of whom we may be proud. It willtake the combined efforts of many to get us off to a good start in ourquest for quality.

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liMY REASONS FOR CHOOSING

METHODIST COLLEGEII

How many student.s will the Collegehave in the first. class?

The faculty is being set up to takecare of from 150 to 200 students thefirst year. Since the number of stu­dent applications will soon pass the100 mark, those interested in attend­ing Methodist College should filetheir applications as soon as possible.

What about accreditation?Methodist College will operate

from the beginning on accreditationstandards. A College cannot be ac­credited by the Southern Associa­tion of Colleges and S e con d a r ySchools until it has graduated oneclass aEd has been observed for threeyears. During these seven years, Me­thodist College will be meeting thebasic requirements of quality faculty,library facilities, endowment andethers. It is fully intended by theTrustees and administration that bythe end of the seven-year periodMethodist College will have met allthe requirements. In the meantimethere is on file in the College officecertifications from three of the lead­ing colleges in North Carolina stat­ing that these colleges will acceptcredits of transfer from MethodistCollege.

Admission to graduate schools oftheology, medicine, arts and sci­ences, engineering or others does notde·pend upon accreditation of the in­stitution from which a student grad­uates, but rather, on the basis of acandidate's accomplishment, ability,character, strength of recommenda­tions, and the quality of faculty andprogram of the institution fromwhich he graduates.

Students coming to Methodist Col­lege should have no concern aboutgaining admission to schools for ad­vanced study, provided they do highquality work at Methodist Collegeand receive from the College staffendorsement for further study.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED(Continued from Page 1)

When will on-campus dormitoriesbe available?

This will depend upon the avail­ability of funds. Every effort is beingmade to assure the construction ofdormitories within one or two years.When dormitories are bu;U, the stu­dentS' already enrolled will have firstchoice of the rooms.Are rooming facilities availablein Fayetteville?

Yes. A number of very fine peopleof Fayetteville have indicated thatthey will have a room or roomsavailable in their homes for rent tostudents_ The College staff wi U assiststudents to locate off-campus rooms.

National Honor So­ciety, Spanish Club,winner of D. A. R.award for the nigh­est average in U. S.History out of morethan 400 students.

Hit will certainlybe a great honorand a r.leasure to bea member of thefir s t graduatingcla~s of an institu­tion which has theprospects of be: n0 avery fine college ofhigh standing. I feel

sure it will acouire a prominent IJositionbecause of the -high quality of its curri­culum and (;f its facu ty. One can takemort: ul'lde in ilis. schooi l( he is a partof it from its very beginning. I am sureI will enjoy going to Methodist Collegenot only because it is an excellent Col­lege in many respects but being trainedunder Christian guidance will be an as­set to me for the present as we'l as forthe future. I consider it an honor to havebeen chosen as one of the first sevenstudf'nts to bz acceoted for admission tothe first freshman" class at MethodistCollege."

Elaine BarbeeFayetteville, North CarolinaFayetteville Senio,r High School

Beta Club, Glee Club,Student Council,Senior Class Presi­dent.

"The opportunityof attending collegeis a privi,iege whichwhen offered shouldbe taken without theslightest hesitation.My reason for at­tending colle~e is tofurther my educationso that I will bebetter able to serveGod and at the sametime to serve man­kind. My choice of

Methodist Colleqe enables me to com­mute daily and" also provides the rareexperience of being among those whowill establish traditions, spirit, and thehigh standards of the "New Born" Col~lege. In the atmosphere of this new cam­pus with its contemporary arch itecture.learning will be thrilling and the doorsthat OQen into the future will open tonew challenges."

Beta C;ub President.Key Club, MonogramClub, Science Club,Future Teachers ofAmerica, Chief Mar·5 h a II, finali,st inMorehead Scholar-s hip competition,winner of TerrySanfc,rd Scholarship.

h JOIn my opinion a

~ ..~ person couldn't have~ the inward happinessand se~f-satisfactionnecessary for a suc­cessful future with-

out a cOllege educati.on. I believe onceMethodist College begins operation therewill be no better institution of highereducation in North Carolina. It wouldbe a great thrill to me to be a memberof its first graduating class-"

Harold Junior TeagueFayetteville, North CarolinaMassey Hill High School

Irving BarefootClarkton, North CarolinaHallsboro High School

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