Clinch Valley College - Outpost Yearbook (Wise, VA)

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The f Pioneer Facult The first faculty was composed of seven full time instructors. Dr. Campbell set an energetic pattern as he was Dean as well as teacher of all the education classes. Mr. and Mas. Campbell worked together as a team in establishing the school, and she was a capable and friendly partner. Mrs. Jessie Lee Campbell began and headed the Business College, teaching Commercial subjects both day and ni ht. 8 The students and the communiw will always remember them with admiration and affection. Mr. W. L. Wilson, English professor has wide and varied interests from coding sentences to gardening and how the world may end. He helped students begin the college paper and has continued as adviser. Remember his fine Van Dyke beard and his role as Kentucky Colonel for the Centennial. He is very much interested in the development of a pageant of the TRIAL OF THE LONESOME PDIE for this area. Miss Anna I. Miller came to us :Enom Goucher the second semester to head Speech and Dramatics. Greatly loved, she approaches her classes and students with warmth, encouragement, and a great en- thusiasm. Very active in community aiairs, she directed two plays for the community, Our Town in 1955 and The Glass Menagerie in 1956. She helped in organizing the Highland Players and has helped direct the plays Bl.ithe Spirit in 1956 and two one-act plays in 1957. Mr. Joseph C. Vance was the young history professor the first two years. Coming to us from the University of Virginia, he proved to be a wonderful lecturer keeping students enthralled and eager to know what Mr. Grant would do next. He acted as librarian the first year. An eager fishennan and hlmter, he was a friendly companion to students who would face the wilds of High Knob before daybreak searching for trout amongst wasps' nests. He assisted the students in planning and beginning student government and the Honor System. Leaving after the second year, he is remembered with great a.Eection. Mr. Vance ...iw 5928352 ...ai L ' D 3 sf sm... f,.. as ..., Q ,S ..,.. ,W ,W ,X

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE Members: Glenn Williams, Glenn Phillips, J. J. Kelly, Hagen Rich- mond, M. M. Long, Kenneth Asbury, W. J. Thompson, Fred Greear, Not Pictured---J. L. Camblos. The Local Advisory Board composed of men from the area served by C.V.C. are loyal and helpful in many ways. They were instru- mental in the establishment of the college and have worked diligently to see the college firmly established. They spearheaded the trips to Richmond for establishnxent and later appropriation for the new building and they stand always ready to go to bat for the college. Dr. Olen K. Campbell came to C.V.C. as the first Dean. He worked diligently and untiringly to help the young institution grow strong. He and Mrs. Campbell came with pioneer spirit and worked long and hard at chores both academic and physical to help get the building ready, classes organized, faculty comfortable, and students enrolled. They followed through to the successful completion of the second year at which time Mr. Campbell resigned to go to Randolph Macon. He did much to interest the area in the college by making speeches at high schools, Civic Clubs and even preached a few Sundays at local Churches. The third year Mr. Joseph C. Smiddy, who had been biology in- structor since C.V.C. began, became Dean. Pleasant and helpful, he has done a fine job of squeezing in the increased student body. With skill and understanding, he is an able counsellor to students in both academic and personal problems. Active in community affairs, he and student delegations make frequent speeches on the life and times of C.V.C. Dean Joseph Smiddy lg V , r Dean O. K. Campbell ,'5l. 'G v r, ttr W U C7 Q 4 J ,f 1

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W 'Q y f 1 2 H .v pix, 10 1 ' ,, - Y X Q, Elsa r - s ,cw . is sl-E., 3 .f Q., . V .r L - . V, A. .,.',v'1L6- 4 I . 35 7- ., . 'sg N 'il rr GJD 2 ,a u A ' , if , ' w --'Sh 6 ip.-nail .l A H , ' L, A . .V .l.41f.. Mr. smiddy Mr. Botts Mr. Smiddy commutes from Big Stone to each his Biology classes. VVith a big smile and a joke, he remains a popular favorite among students. He has directed the Glee Club from the Erst and led songs Qwith ad libsj at assemblies. But he's a serious teacher, as all who take Botany and Zoology know there is no monkey business . Who can forget his butterfly slides and special lecture on Bees and F1owem? Mr. Gibson came from Roanoke College to teach mathematics. He is a very capable teacher, and he is able to mix calculus with his puns and dry wit. He coached the baseball team the first year, and set up a weather observation station at C. V. C. If you stay at school until 4:30 in the afternoon, he's always there checking the pulse of the climate. He organized a Science Fair the second year. There were seven part-time instructors the first year. Mr. Charles McElroy, local architect, started the engineering program. He had fonnerly taught at Virginia Polyteclmic Institute. Mr. Stanley Botts, lawyer from Big Stone, commuted to teach Commercial Law and Accounting. He is a wizard at split-second timing, arriving briefcase laden, and he talks just as rapidly. Old Horse John , his favorite example in class, has been sold, traded, and sued for the past three years. Mrs. Betty Gibson was the friendly and efficient instructor of Business Math. Mr. Monroe Thrower and Mr. William Ford taught Accountin art of the ear. Miss Gem Kate Ta lor and Mrs. Hender- 8 P son Graham came to tezch weekly education classses and interior decorating. Mrs. Doris E. Edkins, as Secretary to the school, added a colorful British accent to the office. James Lipps became custodian of the college. Mrs. Edkins ,X .. :KI to Ir .Xe Y Mr. Gibson f- . ,ilu H ff Mr. McElroy llJimll Liprs