Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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‘a : Those faces — amused and mis- chievous, quizzical and kind, intense and appreciative. Remember ... ... the blush of the girl at the pro- posal of the boy. ... the benign look of the teacher who receives a ‘‘yes’’ answer to a ‘““how’’ question. the raised eyebrow of the chapel supervisor at the fifth flat tire in a month. ... the slow smile of reassurance from one friend to another. ... the nervous twitch of the freshman donating his first pint of blood. ... the proud look of the sopho- more who can distinguished be- tween red and green knights, Monta- gues and Capulets. ... the pleased expression of the junior who has finally declared his major. ... the furrowed brow of one en- tering senior seminar. the grimmace of the runner breaking the tape. ... the heavy lids of the typist as she pulls her last foot-noted page from the machine. ... the villainous grin of an active during initiation rites. the gratitude on the face of the college president at a prolonged standing ovation. eens per” aeeneS et: | 12 OPENING

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Backlog: What percent of other church affiliated students come to Lipscomb? Collins: About 90% of the students who attend DLC are members of the church of Christ ... Ten percent would be with other churches. Backlog: What are your responsi- bilities to this college as it’s Presi- dent? Collins: | serve as the Chief Execu- tive. Decisions stop at my desk. | work under a Board of Directors. This board meets quarterly. We have an Executive Committee on the board. The Executive Committee meets on call. The work of the Presi- dent is to give direction to the school, to coordinate the school. Basic decisions come to my desk and final decisions have to be made. | have the Vice President for Cam- pus Affairs, Vice President for Busi- ness Affairs, and the Vice-President for Institutional Planning who report to me. This is a job of Director, Coor- dinator, and 50% of my time is given to fund raising. Whereby, we are try- ing to work in development to keep the school strong in a financial way. Backlog: Do you find any free time with the responsibilities of this job? Collins: Not as much as being Vice President. We have to arrange free time on the schedule like anything else. We do take time to relax. We are trying to work out a schedule to be with the family as much as possi- ble. We have to schedule free time as we schedule busy time. Backlog: How did you choose Christian education as your future and how did you begin? Collins: | came to Lipscomb as a student. My mother wanted me to come, and my father also had the desire for me to come. | came here. My wife and | met at Lipscomb. When the opportunity came in 1944 to return to the school to help raise money. | thought of my two daugh- ters and | wanted them to have a Christian education. | gave up local church work and evangelistic work to some extent to come back to Lipscomb. Basically, | guess because | loved the school and | wanted my two girls to have a C hristian educa- tion. | saw the opportunity of making Lipscomb a four-year college and thus | returned. Backlog: What type evangelistical work did you do? Collins: | was doing local work with the church at Old Hickory. They al- lowed me to hold a number of meet- ings which | refer to as evangelistic work. Thus, | changed the course of my life to some extent in giving up fulltime church work and a number of meetings each year. | came to Lipscomb and went to Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ on a part- time basis. Later in 1955, | gave up local work entirely and held more meetings. | enjoyed evangelistical work from 1955 to this past year when | became President. | still hold a few meetings, but | have had to cancel many of them. My life has changed to a great extent since be- coming President. Backlog: How long do you plan to stay with David Lipscomb College? Collins: | have no real plans | have always said that | would like to retire when | am in the middle sixties. That means in three or four years from now. : Backlog: We will hate to see that. Collins: Thank you. We have to re- tire from Lipscomb when we are sev- enty. | am sixty two years old and that would mean that | would have to retire in eight more years. Backlog: How much has Lipscomb changed since you first attended? Collins: The basic ideals have changed very little. We still have our required Bible, and we still have chapel as we had while | was a stu- dent. Certain customs have changed in regard to dress and cer- tain behavior patterns have changed, but the basic principles are the same. Every teacher is a Chris- tian as when | was a student. As | mentioned, we have a controlled en- vironment. There have been certain rules that have changed in regard to dating. When | was a student, if a girl and boy went to town on a date, they went in a group with a chaper- one. Things like this have changed a great deal. Willard Collins — President of David Lips- comb College. (1). President Collins joins in the fun of Bison Day after being decorated by the social clubs. (2.) President Collins takes time out to visit with two of his four grandchildren. (3.) President Collins prepares to speak before the student body. (4.) OPENING 11

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