Campbell University - Pine Burr Yearbook (Buies Creek, NC)

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JSk v : Today I ail li And Effort Dr. L. H. Campbell Mrs. L. H. Campbell Campbell College Today Since its beginning, there have been those who have sacrificed and worked that Campbell College might live and grow. Is the present Campbell College doing superior work or could the work that it does be done just as well or better by other institutions? We believe that it renders a unique service to the youth of this area. A study of the student body reveals that the age variation is wide enough to include any who are seeking an opportunity to enrich their lives and become more useful citizens. Even if a student reaches a high goal academically, socially, and physically, Campbell College does not feel it has succeeded with that student unless he rightly relates himself to Christ. It is the policy of the College to provide means for leading the student to Christ and developing him in mature Christian living. The training received from such endeavors has caused many former students to say that they owe a greater debt to Campbell than to other institutions they have attended. Lack of money is no barrier. Campbell welcomes all who come with a purpose. Campbell empha- sizes the development of the individual student by affording him specialized attention. Campbell also offers the student an opportunity to participate in numerous extracurricular activities. Men and women of bro ad and varied experiences are brought to the campus for the benefit of the students. In fact, Campbell is ever on the alert for bigger and better opportunities for those who make up its student body. A tree is known by its fruits, and is not cut down as long as the production is good. Judged on this basis, Campbell College must live and grow.

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©! £ Yesterday Tradition Dr. James Archibald Campbell Mrs. James Archibald Campbell Campbell College In the Past In the summer of 1886, a young Wake Forest Sophomore named Jim Arch Campbell was selling books in Buics Creek in order to earn his tuition for the fall term. Here he met Mr. Pearson, who con- vinced him that he should start a school in the community, for it was hard times in those days and only a few wealthy people could send their children off to expensive boarding schools. Not even waiting for the school house to be completed, Jim Arch started the first term in the old church house January 5, 1887, with sixteen students, among them Miss Cornelia Pearson, who later became his wife. The opening hymn that day was Jesus Savior, Pilot Me, symbolizing the fact that the school from then on was to be a Christ-centered institution. Soon after the opening, Jim Arch discovered that some of the pupils could pay their tuition neither in cash nor in kind. Thereupon, he conceived the idea of letting these pupils work off their tuition by cutting and hauling wood, firing the stove, or cleaning up the building. This principle of helping those who are willing to help themselves has remained unchanged to the present day. By 1900, the little one-room building had grown into a huge, rambling structure. One night, an angry red glow filled the sky, and in a few hours, Professor Campbell ' s school was nothing but ashes. I: seemed for a moment that the noble venture had come to an end, but with the help of Mr. Kivett, the first brick building was begun. Meanwhile, classes went on in a weird structure called the Taber- imi le which had been used in 1808 for commencement exercises. Shortly thereafter, with the advent of the state-supported secondary school system, private academies all over the kind began to shut down. In order to adapt itself to changing conditions, the school in 1925 became affiliated with the Baptist State Convention. In 1926, college courses were instituted. Shortly afterward, the name of Buies Creek Junior College was changed to Campbell College. Dr. James Archibald Campbell died in 1934, but his school marches on, still guided by the same noble principles that guided it through those early difficult days.

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Tomorrow— Progress Campbell College In the Future With no claim to the power of divination, and without resorting to speculation as to unpredictable revolutionary social changes that may come, it is possible with a considerable measure of certainty to predict major possibilities in Campbell ' s future. For instance, everyone knows that in the forseeable future college facilities will be woefully inadequate throughout the United States to meet the demands of a rapidly growing population. The urgency of the need for greater facilities among private, Christian institutions, if we maintain our present balance with tax-supported institutions, is seemingly beyond human possibility of realization. When one considers the growing need for relatively small junior colleges for closer supervision and guidance, and when one regards the fact that Baptists in North Carolina constitute approximately one-half the church membership, and finally when one has re- gard for the growing demand for education in the great eastern and central sections of North Caro- lina, the evidence is convincing that Campbell College faces a wide, effectual door of opportunity. To meet this opportunity, several additions to the physical plant are needed immediately. With a present student enrollment of approximately 750 students, exclusive of summer school, the plant is taxed to capacity and in several respects overtaxed. If a goal of 1,000 students were set, a plant outlay of at least SI, 000, 000 would be required to provide for doubling the size of the present library, doubling the capacity of the dining hall and adding new dormitories, classrooms, and offices. The question that presses for an immediate answer is: Will our alumni, friends, and sponsors supply the means to meet this challenge which the future presents to our beloved school.