Lee College - Vindauga Yearbook (Cleveland, TN)

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ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE The business office is always a fun place to go when a person has some extra cash. Walk to the business office, to the office of the comptroller, or even to the maintenance depart- ment and you are going to come in contact with dedicated people led by Mr. David Painter. At Lee for fourteen years, now, Mr. Painter received his Master ' s de- gree in Business Administration at Middle Tennessee State Uni- versity and is a Certified Public Accountant. He undoubtedly could get a lot better job elsewhere, monetarily speaking of course; but since Lee College is a Chris- tian college dedicated to Chris- tian service and education, Mr. Painter feels that God has placed him here — here he can serve in a capacity that fully enables him to be a part of the promoting of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Mr. Keith LeCroy is the Comp- troller of Lee College. He is re- sponsible for the offices of accounts payable, accounts receiv- able, payroll clerk, NDSL clerk, senior bookkeeper, and junior bookkeeper — in fact, he is in charge of anything having to do Director of Business and Finance David Painter. 18 BUSINESS FINANCE 1

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the students, through groups like the President ' s Council on Student Affairs or the SGA. It would be disastrous, Duncan concedes, to fall into a trap of trying to catalog every prohibition. So students are an important part of the rule making process, aiding the Dean ' s office in setting principles broad enough to allow for flexibility and personal ex- pression. One of the most rewarding aspects of the Dean of Students ' job is the oppor- tunity to see students grow. A lot of students spend a while trying to find out what they ' re doing here at Lee. I ' ve seen a change in most of them, Dean Duncan says, from a grappling, trying to find out where they fit in, what it ' s really all about, and how to approach When you fail, acknowledge it, take a look at what went wrong, and try to deal with it. the college, and then getting involved in it and really developing themselves. Duncan regrets that he fails to express often enough to students his belief that there are people here that God is going to use in a marvelous way, adding, God has given them certain gifts and talents, and He ' s going to use them tremendously. The greatest thing Paul E. Duncan has learned in his tenure as Dean of Stu- dents is not to panic. It ' s so easy to panic, he says, when you ' re involved in a very difficult situation that involves parents, students, church officials, facul- ty, and you don ' t see any way out of it. People may not be willing to look at all the facts or have them available, and it becomes easy to get anxious. The best advice that Dean Duncan has found is to deliberately look at it, let it set, and expect that God will help you work things out. He explains why. Frequent- ly we get into more difficulties when we get into a hurry and make some wrong decision that we wouldn ' t have made if we had just acknowledged our depen- dence upon Him. To some, he admits, that may be considered a spiritual copout; but Dean Duncan is convinced that a practical faith is essential to successful living. If you ' re really doing what God wants you to do, he concludes, you will have difficult times, but God will see you through. —RKO Frequently we get into more dif- ficulties when we get into a hurry and make some wrong decision that we wouldn ' t have made if we had just acknowledged our dependence upon Him. Who ' s in Charge Here? The Lee College Board of Directors has had a relatively busy year. They have had to make many administrative decisions concerning where to cut and where to add as well as many other decisions that have and will affect the lives of many students. As far as ninety-nine percent of the administrative decisions dealing with fac- ulty and staff are concerned, President Conn is the final decision-maker. How- ever, upon President Conn ' s announce- ment of his resignation, the Board of Directors were brought to make a deci- sion unique to this year. The recom- mendation was Dr. Ray H. Hughes. The recommendation was brought before the Executive Committee of the Clmn h of God for approval. I hus, we see ihe chain of authority for fee College. Kx- cept for polic) decisions, the President is usually the final step on the ladder. The Board of Directors is over the President and the Executive Committee of the Church of God is over the Board of Directors. Dr. Paul Laverne Walker is chairman of the Board of Directors. He has prayerfully led the Board of Directors in what has been considered the most critical year in the history of the college. The Board of Directors, 1981-1982 Dr. Paul L. Walker, Chairman H. W. Babb Paul F. Barker John E. Black Elton Chalk Robert E. Daugherty Bill Higginbotham David Poitier William H. Pratt Richard L. Tyler, ] Cleo Watts THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE 17

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Comptroller Keith LeCroy. Mike Justice practices data processing. Jeanette Dennison is the smiling cashier. with accounting records. Being a graduate of Lee College, Mr. LeCroy feels the bond of earlier ties. He hopes to help the school by increasing the use of comput- ers. The maintenance department has been divided into three de- partments: interior, electrical and mechanical maintenance, and ex- terior maintenance. Mr. Pressley serves as the head of interior Joyce Holden keeps busy as a bookkeeper. Jean Lothian is the ever popular person from payroll. THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE 19