High Point University - Zenith Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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progressive leadership HPC is a college currently envel- oped in a program of development and expansion. One integral factor in this move toward excellence is leadership— dynamic, creative, pro- gressive. A college is only as good as its leaders, and HPC ' s recent advancement suggests superior lead- ership. The College has four admini- strative departments— Academic Af- fairs, Student Affairs, Public Affairs, and Business Affairs— coordinated by President Patton and the Board of Trustees. These administrative leaders are the men who initiate new policies and change old ones. They are also men who represent HPC. Daily they come in contact with the public, projecting an image of HPC to the man on the street. The impressions these men give are important. Good impressions inspire the support that is so necessary to a college during times of projected growth and im- provement. HPC is growing with the aid of many friends, and the Col- lege leaders have worked diligently to encourage much of this support. Trustees and ARD 0F ItUSUtt T tum % MVWftTN •a. cwim r, camou NM. 0ACSI.mil IK, J. MAM ill CIVUITII m. Mini. racM •ft. CI. WIT Mf. H.I. » • ■ IK, CFIUI ■«« ■ m. tew •• w 1 -L , HUl«i«- l,,|Pi m utwH 0 00 x The Board of Trustees meets periodically to determine official HPC policy. 24

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Builds Aiming toward 1974, the year marking HPC ' s Golden Anniversary, the Golden Decade Development Program continued to move toward the raising of ten million dollars in ten years. Officially initiated September 1, 1965, this program has been the most ambitious undertaking ever attempted by HPC. With many Golden Decade Achieve- ments already tangibly evident, the year 1968-69 saw the end of Phase I of the program and the beginning of Phase II. During the last years of Phase I, several new facilities made their way to the campus. A new academic facility, Ha- worth Hall of Science, was occupied in the fall of 1967. This year a modern co-ed dormitory and a much-needed Health Center emerged as evidences of the Golden Decade Program of HPC. The major task being undertaken in Phase II of the Golden Decade is to raise funds for a new Student Union complex. The proposed building, according to ten- tative artist ' s plans made public this year, will contain a book store, lounges, various game rooms, a multi-purpose dining hall, a day student locker area, meeti ng rooms, and publications offices. Believing that the emphasis should be placed on the development of the best program for a limited number of students, HPC plans to keep its enrollment at approximately 1200. With this concentra- tion on the Golden Decade Development Program, HPC continues to be a college in motion, finding itself in the strongest position in its history. HPC students were proud of their new coed dormitory, completed for use in the fall of 1968. 1Z «J Dedicated on October 28, 1967, Haworth Hall of Science was the first building completed with Golden Decade funds. 23

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Dr. Patton Guide HPC Dr. Patton uses his library to keep up with current educa- tional trends. For the past ten years Dr. Wendell M. Patton has served as chief administrator of HPC. It is in this capacity that he, along with the help of the Board of Trustees, has kept this institution moving and growing. A man of many honors, Dr. Patton received his edu- cation at Wofford College, University of Georgia, Pur- due University, and Colgate University, and obtained the B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and L.L.D. degrees. Very much interested in the College ' s growth and development, President Patton looks ahead to the success of the Golden Decade program. This ten-year (1965-1974) effort to raise ten million in income gives HPC the chance for the increase and improvement of its facilities. But Dr. Patton is also concerned with the growth and development of each person involved in this insti- tution. He feels that in order to keep the institution growing, each member should constantly review the goals and objectives of the institution and that these goals should be the yardstick by which we measure our efforts. The very purpose of HPC is to prepare young men and women for leadership in their com- munities, to feed them not only intellectually, but also spiritually, to give them not only knowledge, but also wisdom. Dr. Wendell M. Patton President of High Point College 25