Morris Harvey College - Harveyan Yearbook (Charleston, WV)

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Fifteen years ago the Kanawha River front, where this main building now stands, was covered with briars and brambles, with a spur track of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad running the entire length of it. At that time it was impossible for any of us to see clearly, even in dreams, what has since taken place. This magnificent structure was not at that time on the drawing boards. It was a dim hope supported by faith in people and in the future. Little by little the briars and brambles disappeared, the railroad track was removed, and structures began to take shape and form. For the past eight years they have been occupied by students, faculty, and adminis- trative officers. Their corridors have been traversed by thousands and thousands of visitors until the entire plant has that lived- in look. They house a sound educational program well rooted into the traditions of the past, surrounded by the warmth and love of the present and reaching out toward an expectant but great future. If the tempo of progress for the past fifteen years can be maintained for the next twenty-five to thirty years, we could easily have here the greatest single enter- prise in the great Kanawha Valley. We have a firmer basis for our hope and a better undergirding for our faith for the years ahead than were possible in the immediate past. Dr. Leonard Riggleman HARRY G. STRALEY Dean of the College MARSHALL BUCKALEW Vice President, Treasurer and Business Manager Ivan Staffoid T. F. Goldthorpe Assistant Director of Development Assistant to the President 15

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Dr. Leonard Riggieman THE PRESIDENT 14

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Douglas Bumgardner Dean of Men Stella Cooksey Dean of Women and Director of Student Services THE ADMINISTRATION Clara Changes Veterans Counselor and Director of Placement John C. Callahan Director of Public Relations Winton R. Houck Director of Alumni Affairs