Lambuth College - Lantern Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

The Growth A Brief Look At During the years 1976-1979, Lambuth College undertook the gathering of historical data from the early days of what was then the Memphis Conference Female Institute, through the present time, showing the growth and development of what we now know as Lambuth College. An oral and written history was accomplished through the means of personal interviews with key fig- ures who were instrumental in the college ' s growth. Interviews were taped with such person- alities as Drs. Sarah V. and Katherine Clement; Miss Helen Womack, daughter of the first presi- dent of Lambuth College; Dr. Luther L. Gobbel, second president of the college; Dr. James S. Wilder, Jr., third president; Dr. Arthur D. Oxley, Dean Stella Ward, Dean and Mrs. Wood K. Whetstone, Dean Billie P. Exum, Dean Walter H. Whybrew, and several others who either attend- ed M.C.F.I. or taught at Lambuth in its early years, or who knew personally many of the peo- ple responsible for the school ' s progress. The following articles are taken, for the most part, from the interviews gathered by Dr. Annie Lou Smith ' s journalistic writing classes. The com- plete written and taped interviews are now pre- served in the Luther L. Gobbel Library. Special thanks for the materials here selected go to Mrs. Judith Hazlewood, Dr. Annie Lou Smith, Ms. Carolyn Norton Pearce, Mr. Greg Chapman, Mr. Phillip Dodson, Mr. Michael E. Lawrence, Ms. Letitia Pyron, and Mr. James L. Hughes. TOP LEFT — Terri Townsend and Brent Dreher note that Lambuth is a landmark. MIDDLE LEFT — Students return to the dormitories following classes in Jones Hall. BOTTOM LEFT — The log cabin has added another touch of the past to the campus. BELOW — The quadrangle viewed from the Chapel belfrey.