LaGrange College - Quadrangle Yearbook (Lagrange, GA)

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In connection with Dr. Henry ' s interest in French General LaFayette, LaGrange College owns many works associated with this man. Among these are a statue of LaFayette by Eugene Hiolle, a bisque by Jean Antoine Houdon, a 140-year-old book collection on LaFayette and his wife, Adrienne, as well as lithographs, maps, and other related articles. Dr. Henry was presented, on July 4, 1975, with the flag that flew over LaFayette ' s grave in Paris for one year. However, the most outstanding work is the bronze statue of LaFayette located on the LaGrange Town Square. This statue, owned by LaGrange College, is on permanent loan to the town. Aside from this well-known interest in LaFayette, there are many sides to Waights G. Henry. His hobbies include reading and speech writing. He also writes a column for the Columbus Ledger Enquirer, as he has done for 28 years. Dr. Henry ' s days are busy but he always manages to take a lunch break and watch SEARCH FOR TOMORROW with Mrs. Henry. He also enjoys KOJAK and, of course CHARLIE ' S ANGELS. So, this is Dr. Waights G. Henry, Jr.— a man of many talents and interests. Dr. Henry, thank you for these past thirty years and all you have done for LaGrange College. For all these outstanding accomplishments, we salute you! At left, Mrs. Henry proudly poses with her husband. Below, Dr. Henry, who has established a collection of Lamar Dodd paintings for the college, is shown with the artist.

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DR. WAIGHTS G. HENRY, JR.: A SALUTE Under the administration of Dr. Henry, LaGrange College has become recognized as one of the strongest small Liberal Arts Colleges in the Southeast. From fifteen graduates in 1948, the graduating class has grown to almost two hundred students. During these years the college has also grown by 600% enrollment, 15% faculty, 13 buildings, and three million dollars. The library, after being moved from Quillian, has grown from 1,000 to ap- proximately 65,000 books. Teaching equipment, once only a few maps and microscopes, now consists of sophisticated equipment in math, business administra- tion, language, and science. Despite these phenomenal changes, Dr. Henry feels that his administration will be best remembered 100 years from now for acquisitions made in the area of the fine arts. Because of the President ' s interest in art, many works have come to the college by artists such as Lamar Dodd, Albert Christ-Janer, Carl Holtey, Charles Hargins, Athos Menaboni, and Edward Shorter. The College owns a 17th century Spanish oil painting and an 18th century tapestry woven in Brussels. Other works include a sculptured head of Lamar Dodd by James F. Thompson, A bronze statue of John Wesley by Marshal Daugherty, and a bronze copy of a 5th century B.C. Greek shepherd boy. Dr. and Mrs. Leland D. Case have donated an Indian art collection. This collection contains art and artifacts of the Hopi , Sioux, Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache Nations. Finally, LaGrange College owns two Cowboy Equestrian Statues by Harry Jackson: Two Champs and Bronc Stomper. One is from the mold of the statue given to Queen Elizabeth II in Nov. 1976 by President Gerald Ford. 28

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Even students who don ' t like most Forums at LaGrange College packed into Price Theater on March 7, 1978 to hear a speaker who promised to be completely different. Daddy King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., held the audience ' s attention as he spoke of his own life as a guide and example for young adults. This forum proved to be among the best for the year at LaGrange College.