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

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SCULPTURE U VEILEU AT CEREMO Y PRIOR TO GRADUATIO When President Crain focused on the theme of Roots and Wings' in his inaugural address he did not imagine that those words would become visual in the form of a sculpture. The two greatest gifts, Crain stated, that we can give our students are roots and wingsg roots for un- derstanding our heritage and wings for discovering our futuref' Crain observed, The sculp- ture has a strength and character that makes it fit well into this rugged country of mountain peaks and mountain people. Probably long after a casual observer forgets its title the piece will continue to reflect - and perhaps even stimulate - its symbolic power of making us reach upward for our vision of what Lees-McRae College should be. Sculptor Wayne Tripp stated, Lees-McRae is one of probably only two colleges in the state with public sculpture. I think it's great that Lees-McRae and the Banner Elk community are sup- porting art in this way. Once people know what the sculpture represents, and the idea behind it, they usually come to like it. The entire project, with the landscaping and the placement of puddingstone rocks and shrub- bery, is a focal point for the cam- pus and community activities. A new sign, along with the sculp- ture, invites visitors to the col- lege. The new sign is made of bronze which gives the effect of liquid gold and links the histori- cal past with the present by imaging the traditional college seal next to the new Lees-McRae logo. ln the parting words of Dr. Crain, Together the new sign and sculpture form an invitation for people to stop and linger on a campus that is old but forever newf' ,xx . R f ' ' 3f':'A35i 1 i .ig-iii. fxij Sculptor Wayne Trapp in front of model of Roots and Wings. ,U f - R R U ,f M R ta A ig , wi' Q?-R R U ' . f W-HR, A J , wi,-fm f . 4, . - R X ' W3S,.g5 'fl - 1 if if - ,,,,. , . .ft--2 :R is .Q sl? -s A Y ,K f I ' Ri R R if Riit rf-y-F l L-fx? Hb 4-ii NX? 'R tt,, U, f f I A V , 3 2 1 ff: 0 , A I :WFT 1 9 W' ' Utt it nn.-vii . Q, E J? Dr. Crain addresses audience at unveiling of sculpture me-rf Www if i .Q 1 y, . wav: in?-givin V .. fi.. K ,,, so i 'R-wg, in Riii 5 f- . f ,- R ,i'Fo'5R?f'f , , ' ' ff f -- 1 i . , ,tls ,t,.,,, , , J V- . sg, 4 , wif , ff f 1 p F rgfeifw f' - ' ' ' , 3 ,, if ' A - +R .f ,pf , . , -.fo li J H1',f,,e , ' - - 'if V - ' , 1' 7' ,., '.i K: ffv, . 4 V, ,,,, in 'fr' ' 55 g m A -A K V ,kg V. V '- , 1 1 ,.,, , 2 Z1 W 7: ,'- i S - . . - I ff f' :Ii'ef, ff? .,f' J fn'-r -4, s V, -'F' nik

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While you look through the pages of the 1986 Ontaroga I hope the yearbook staff has brought back wonderful memories of your life on 'The Elkf' I would like to thank Tabatha Farmer, Angela Jackson, and all those who helped me with the class section layout and identifying photos. I would also like to thank Phil Teagarden for his help in supplying a number of needed photos, and a special thanks to all the staff in the Public Relations Office, Joyce Baker, Joanne Franklin, Paula Hughes, for their assistance and hard work on the yearbook. I would finally like to thank the man' who is the inspiration and driving force behind this yearbook and all publications at Lees-McRae. Without his diligence and hard work, guidance and inspiration, I would have never been able to produce the 1986 yearbook. To a very good friend of mine, Mr. Don Baker, I say many thanks. Nicole qNikkiy Baker I A Editor and Illustrator Nikki Baker and Angela Jackson identifying class photos, Q , S 1986 v ONTAROGA STAFF :UI ll: ' 'e W Don Baker, Advisor Joyce Baker Joanne Franklin Paula Hughes photographer, layout and design typist and production typist and production production and photography assistant f.. , , ' ' 11 :-f - W i s , V I ii,c 4, 5,1 ws- ' If nl Ffa VF , rlr , N V X K - if S V mv ' ' th i f A ,fi J Yearbook Staff 181

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DYKEMA ADDRESSES 56th GRADU TIO CLASS Dr. Bradford L. Crain, President, and James A. Stone- sifer, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, conferred 92 associate in science and associate in arts degrees at the commencement exercises. Dr. Wilma Dykeman, noted author and novelist, delivered the com- mencement address at the graduation exercises. VJ i i .A , . S... Picon? Principals in the Fifty-Sixth Lees- McRae College Graduation Exercises IL-Rl: Dr. Bradford L, Crain. Presi- dent: Wilma Dykeman. Graduation Speaker: James Stonesifer. Vice Presi- dent for Academic Affairs. Dr. Crain congratulates ualedictorian Maria Braswell. Graduation 183