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

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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,

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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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JAMES A. CAMPBELL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING (1961) is a beautiful and fitting memorial to the founder of Campbell College and his wife, Cornelia Pearson Campbell. It houses the main administrative offices of the campus. A Jamltg, taf f