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

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Ill Appreciation Since 1946, Mr. B. W. Jenkins has been the one person chiefly responsible for getting to the students an ever improved yearbook. For several years, the graduating class did not publish an annual. Through the efforts, inspiration, and hard work of Mr. Jenkins, the yearbook is now a part of life at Campbell and is eagerly looked forward to each spring. After many years of hard work, Mr. Jenkins ' health has forced him to slow down. It has been neces- sary for him to give up his work as adviser to the yearbook staff. The staff has tried as best it could to carry out those plans and ideals Mr. Jenkins had for this book. Credit for the good book we have this year goes to Mr. Jenkins. He got us off to a good start by organizing our staff and starting us working before his illness. Even though Mr. Jenkins has not been available to advise with us during the final stages of this annual, we have tried to give you the com- plete coverage of this school year as he would want it recorded in these pages. The staff, the sophomore class, and the entire student body thank Mr. Jenkins for the very positive contribution he has made to the college, to student life, and to the Annual. We wish him a very speedy and complete recovery. We are looking forward to having him back on our staff next year.

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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.

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f 3n jUemoriam WILLIAM PRESTON BIGGERS, JR. 1936-1955