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

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in which relevant religion and education contribute to the growth of true persons — Campbell College ' s true goal, past and future. Auu Now Retireiiieiii What manner of man do we honor as he stands gazing toward this future already beginning to be and to the past by which he has readied us for the living of these days? Years teach wisdom a book Dr. Campbell knows well reminds us. And so, like all men, he is intensively now what he has become through the years noted in this annual. This mold of character and bent of mind derived from his Scottish heritage will continue to mark life in those days before him as in days past. His interest in the well-being of community, state, and nation, long evidenced, will now have opportunity for expanded expression. Each of the ten Earls of Argyll, we note, without exception, played a prominent part in the public affairs of his country ; so, we think, will their descen- dant continue to do. Commitment to worthy and thoughtful religion will not abate. The Scotch Calvinist strain pervades his heritage and is personally meaningful. The first Lord Campbell of Lochawe was a benefactor of the church . . . founding the Collegiate Church of Kilmun, and made a grant of certain lands ... to the Cistercian Abbey of Saddell. Others, as the Fourth Earl, took a prominent part in the events which led to the Scottish Reforma- tion. The Fifth Earl is referred to as praecipui auctores instaurandae religionis — the particular agent for restoring religion. Dr. Campbell will view freedom for heightened service of his Lord ' s kingdom as a blessing. The opportunity, long cherished, to nourish the mind and to write will be more fully available to Dr. Campbell. Days of continued scholarship beckon. He can be described in the spirit of that ancestor, the Eighth Duke, who was a man of literary tastes ... an author himself . . . the friend of such giants as Macauley, Tennyson, and Carlyle. The Duke ' s book Scotland as it Was and as It Is . . . giving a graphic account of the social and economic changes in the West Highlands with reference to the part played by his family and clan in their country ' s history, offers Dr. Campbell one channel of literary interest — basic research as to the above factors as they shaped the period of his life and the educational institution that emerged bearing the family imprint. As a person of business and property he is now privileged, like Archi- bald, Third Duke of Argyll, to take an active interest in the affairs of his estate. This, as always, will be done as related of the illustrious ; ' n: 13

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Looking Back, continued this predominantly rural section. Enrollment dropped to less than three hundred, and most students were working and earning their way through college. The burning of Fred N. Day Annex, the total absence until 1937 of financial support from the sponsoring denomination, and the shortages created by World War II — these were part of the new president ' s per aspera, through difficulty. The Great Decade (1957-1967) following this advance through storm. This period most recent in the president ' s memory and experience has seen this college ' s most phenomenal growth. The student body and faculty, to his exaltation, have tripled. The physical plant and capital value have grown even more. The years of realization evolving from the strong foundation laid as Campbell College was recognized this year as a fully accredited senior college. A crowning remembrance must be the friendly faces of students, faculty, and Buie ' s Creek citizens greeting him on his return at the Dunn Railroad Station in the cold of a winter ' s night. This was what being Leslie has amounted to. Lookiiis Forward Appearing on every hand, change suggests the nature of the world we seek to serve through this institution. Our period in history is shaping us even as we seek to reshape it. As we see new buildings rising, we have witness in mortar and brick to the spiraling demand for the highly-trained mind and dedicated spirit. President Campbell, as he passes to another the responsibilities of leader- ship, has good cause for thinking that prospects augur well for the future of this college. Examination of an institutional self-study prepared for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in quest of the now- achieved accreditation reveals a page entitled Looking Ahead Ten Years (a modest forward look.) It is notable that the program presented there for upgrading our services and meeting the needs of an enlarged enroll- ment by 1975 is already in the process of accomplishment. While much remains to be done by means yet unfound, notable strides have been made in one year. These changes are not confined to the physical expansion of the College, important as that is. More foundational are the changes already evolving but whose fruition the future will see. Dr. Campbell has sound reason for faith that standards of our college will continue to rise and that there will emerge an expanding curriculum designed, with careful attention to the changing times and our unique role and setting, for continued progress 12

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Retirement, continued forebear who on one occasion struck out the formal preamble prepared by his man of business and put in its place the words: and seeing I wish to do to others as I would be done by, therefore. . . . The most prized property of the Campbells, a lovely home and yard near the beloved campus, is reminder of the well-groomed setting for the gracious hospitality that has marked the Campbell household. The many who have experienced it know that it will continue to enrich campus and community. Good tabletalk with guests humble and distinguished is an increased opportunity. For those students who will know Dr. Campbell as the respected Presi- dent Emeritus, the meaning of Dr. Harry Fosdick ' s words as dean of American preachers will be known: It ' s great to grow old if you stay young. As with the First Earl of Argyll, who knew the careful tutory of his uncle, these later students may record as does the ancient Genealogie, his kyndness and fidelity to his pupil (s) was exemplarily remarkable. We salute, then. President Leslie H. Campbell, not alone with feeble words but also with the silent, sincere appreciation of many hearts for service long and well rendered. We may say of him as did Prince Charles Edward Stuart in a remarkable letter to his father in 1745 concerning a distinguished Campbell of his day: There is one man in this country whom I could wish to have my friend . . . who I find is great credit amongst them, on account of his great abilities and quality. . . . Mr. Robert Lee Ni-uton. Dean oj the Chapel. iithor oj the above biographical sketch. m,