Baptist College at Charleston - Cutlass Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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25 YEARS %W need ta -he. co»e g e ,n d- I- a.ea b ec, m e a — | of acme and organized consideraoon. deliberation at a Sept. meeting S?e g ecnanered»s th eBap U s,CoUe g eof t he,owco U no y . we, «ed. D, nn A. H« »a 5 e,ec t ed . f« P— November. 1965 . rhp rirv limits of Charleston at the North- Purchase of acreage 16 mnes from the «f™™ ?g The first semes ter of east intersecuon of Interstate 26 and US . H g of Nofth classes was held in the education build n of Ac Hr Charleston. Students were housed « the St. J Charleston. Student body totaled 588. si. - — Tr rats: enrolled. A nl 2 President Hamnck ' s inauguration. del R.vers. May 14. Commencement Day. 78 h diplomas. C 8 e fuUy acceded Joyce Bagwe... ft Mo„„oon g P m begins. B ' 4 v The campus grew out of the wood j at the intersection of 1-26 and High- j way 78. Entering the Reflection Pond is one! tradition that former students and! present students alike know about Dr. John A. Hamrick shows a map of the campus to the first four stu- dents to register at BCC, Madeline Livingston, Maria Theresa Francese, Pam Gambrell and Glenn Berry. X 2 Silver Anniversary

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MUM I 1 Seniors anxiously await the playing of Pomp and Circumstance as their cue. By God ' s grace, walk through those doors of op- portunity and make a differ- ence in the world. ' ' Sherri Crow Dr. Hunter presents Charles Boots Godwin with a col- lege ring given to him by friends at the college. ew Journey Before an overflow crowd. 214 recipients re- ceived degrees at the May 21 graduation ceremony. Guest speaker was S.C Baptist Convention Presi- dent Jimmie E. Harley. Har- ley also received the honor- ary doctor of letters degree. Charles Alexander Harvin, III, class of 1972, received the honorary doctor of laws de- gree. Harley challenged the graduates to adopt positive qualities in their lifestyle and to love others. We live in a world where people are pleading for men and wom- en of character, integrity and honesty. Our lives should be all that we say they are, he said. Two graduates were rec- ognized for special achieve- ment. Christy Scott Stephens received the John A. Barry Scholar Award which is pre- sented to the graduating sen- ior achieving the highest scholastic ratio and who, in the judgment of the faculty. evidences the greatest prom- ise for future scholarship. Sondra G. Sessions re- ceived the Myrtle E. Ham- rick Award which is present- ed to the graduate represent- ing the most ladylike character. Sherri Crow, senior class president, delivered her final address to the class of 1988. By God ' s grace, walk through those doors of op- portunity and make a differ- ence in the world. she said. rtMWtrft?«;i? f Graduation

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Being a music professor, it is a thrill to have a music building after 20 years and, most of all, our own auditorium to work out of. Dr. David W. Cuttino Baptist is finally getting to be the school it was meant to be in size and in purpose. Dr. Silas H. Garrison Baptist truly has achieved academic excel- lence in a Christian envi- ronment. Ms. Vera Frances Johnson The desk clerk at the St. John ' s Hotel (the first BCC dorm ) would hide the students ' mail, and they would drop water balloons on him from the staircase. Coach Jim Settle Silver Anniversary 1 3