Mount Olive College - Olive Leaves Yearbook (Mount Olive, NC)

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THE PAST THE PRESENT THE FUTURE OCR TTVEXTY-FIFTH ,4.Y.YIVERS-4RY: REFLECTIONS ON A VISION 1951-1976 The past is prologue. - Shakespeare The true historical image of Mount Olive College is not an abandoned elementary school building which became a college plant but a vision which became a miracle. Two hundred years ago. our Nation declared its right to be free: twenty-five years ago Mount Olive College declared its right to exist. Giving birth to both our Country and our College was a vision: - A vision that human life is endowed by its Creator with a promise that should be developed: - A vision to work and sacrifice to fulfill this promise: and - A vision of a future which transcends the restraints of the present. Our history is the unfolding of this vision. It was in 1951 that the vision of a Christian College was presented to the North Carolina State Convention of Free Will Baptists by the Reverend David W. Hansley. and it was in 1952 that the Reverend Lloyd Vernon with a student body of six at Black Mountain took the first step toward translating this vision into learning. Today. this vision has visibility in two hundred acres of God's good earth - a 1 10-acre campus and a 90-acre site - with a fully accredited educational program and fiscal assets of S5 million. Visibility of even greater significance. however. is reflected in the lives of 4.000 students whom a dedicated faculty has encouraged to Stir up the gift of God with which they were endowed. The past is prologue. - prologue to what? A vision of a great destiny that transcends quantitative measurements and finds its fulfillment in equality - the quality of life that is the equal right of every child bom on earth. The future of Mount Olive College is a commitment to serve those who have a vision to develop this promise with which they are endowed by their Creator. Out of nothing comes nothing - except what is created by a vision. W. Burkette Raper. President 'H'

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ADMINISTRATIO Posvs Qftll 0 Past Charles Harrell, dancing in his youngcr days The Rapcrs and Miss Owens. enjoying a picnic Mr. Barefoot, partying with classmates .ix

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144- mm ,....s..,nx.. .. :J ... ...f 1 lfuhnqffnuuhfvfhfa-vi.-11.1.- .,... Dr. Ray Swords, Academic Dean Dr. Hilda Owens, Dean of Students S 5 Q. ., 2 - ' 5 . f 2 ' 1 . .l 4.1 U 1 .Hh5 '--..,, ri'lix' ' 'TS , ,s - f YS I AIDTK-,bif- -1 I . -S Mr. Charles Harrell, Business Manager Mr. Harold Herring, Director of Development, with Beverly Herring, his secretary and wife. 29 F