Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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I 1 Business Manager CHARLES E. MCKINNEY Spartanburg Junior College B.S. Appalachian State Teacher's College M.A. Appalachian State Teacher's College Mr. McKinney became Business Manager in the summer of 1963. Prior to his appointment as Business Manager, he was a member of the Lees-McRae College faculty in the division of terminal courses. He came to Lees-McRae in the fall of 1962, as an instructor, after completing his Graduate study for the Masters Degree at A.S.T.C. in Boone. Academic Dean LEWIS M. HALL B.S. College of William Ka Mary M.A. East Tennessee State College Dean Hall has been a member of the Lees-McRae College faculty for ten years. He came to the college in 1954, as a math instructor. In 1961, he was appointed Academic Dean of the college. During his first eight years at the college, prior to his appointment as Academic Dean, he also coached baseball, girls' basketball, and was an assistant football coach. After this year, Dean Hall will be taking a leave for further study at the University of Tennessee where he has been awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Fellowship. ,asf .. f lfg 'Q 13 as

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ADMINISTRATION Lees-McRae College was filled to an overflow capacity when classes began on September 16th. The College, nicknamed more than a decade ago by a Reader's Digest writer the campus in the clouds, had an enrollment unprecedented in its thirty-four-year history. Over 522 stude nts started classes for the fall semester. We have over 200 returning sophomores and over 300 freshmen, the largest freshman class in the history of the school, Mr. Leroy McCaskey, director of Admis- sions and Student Services announced at the opening faculty meeting. The 522 students were 300 men and 222 women, some of them residents of states as distant as Con- necticut and Florida. The student body continues to grow: in 1960, 325 students enrolled, in 1961, 378 students enrolled, in 1962, 403 students en- rolled, in 1963,440 students enrolled, and now there is a record enrollment of 522. Friendliness is a keynote trait of the small campus of Lees-McRae where the compact arrangement of dorms, classrooms, and faculty homes brings about a close and cordial relationship between students and faculty. Under the guidance of Mr. Lewis Hall, Academic Dean, the faculty offers sound and competent in- struction to LMC students. To its liberal arts graduates the college awards the student an intro- ductory foundation in liberal arts and permits emphasis on any one of the sciences, the social studies, or the humanities. There are preparatory studies for those who major in religion, medicine, denistry, education, engi- neering, forestry, agriculture, law, business ad- ministration, nursing, or medical records. These programs are planned for those who continue their education at a senior college. Some 60 percent of Lees-McRae graduates continue their education. A course of terminal study is provided for those who plan a career as secretary, engineering aide, medical librarian, X- ray technician, medical secre- tary, or medical record librarian. In the medical specializations, study at Lees-McRae is followed by internship in hospitals throughout the Southeast. Expenses at Lees-McRae compare favorably with those at other private colleges in the state. Mr. Charles McKinney has the difficult task of super- vising the business affairs and management of the Business Office. Under capable leadership in the administration, and through a competent faculty, Lees-McRae sets as its goal improved junior college status. Director of Student Services Director of Admissions LEROY H. MCCAS KEY B.S. Tennessee Polytechnical Institute Mr. McCaskey was appointed Director of Admissions in the fall of 1962. During the summer of 1963, he accepted the post of Director of College Relations, and in summer of 1964 he assumed the position of Director of Student Services. A graduate of Tennessee Polytechnical Institute, Mr. McCaskey came to Lees-McRae after teaching in high school in Georgia. His office is in charge of admissions, recruitment, and student services at the college. ws.

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T' .1 sq ,Qs .4 Assistant Director of Student Services Miss Eleanor Osborne A.B. Randolph- Macon College MISS ELEANOR OSBORNE came to Lees-McRae in the fall of 1963, after teaching at the Graham School, acollege preparatory school for girls in Norfolk, Virginia. She is an assistant to Mr. McCaskey in the Student Services Department as well as an instructor in Latin and a sponsor of the student newspaper The Bobcat Tales. MRS. WISEMAN came to Lees-McRae in 1960, as secretary to the registrar. She now serves in the capacity of Registrar in the Admissions office. GEORGE LITTON has been Athletic Director and head football coach since the fall of 1962. Before becoming the head mentor of the Bobcats, Litton served as graduate assistant on East Tennessee State University's athletic staff. DR. ROBERT NEWMAN joined the college staff this year. He came to the college from Drew University where he was doing work on his Ph. D. Degree in New Testament study. Director of Athletics George Litton Ch?-Plain B.S. East Tennessee State University DP- R0be1'f G- Newman B.A. University of Florida B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary '- , Ph. D. Drew University I ,. y p .Tel , ..L Y .1 o 1 W I E X .AJS 3 1 n Eli-N, .ln ' IH XIIA x .l ,Q '- -. 1 1 t 1 .1LjlzgE,i Q3g,5g-' 'Lt-lQigligl3 QaE5'? Registrar Mrs. Mille Wiseman .il Secretary to the President Mrs. Joyce Baker A.A. Lees-McRae College iff un. ri 7 l-..