North Carolina Wesleyan College - Dissenter Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC)

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Dr Petteway and Dr, Boone Grant, recipient of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan award. Dr. David W. Brooks delivers the Foundc-:r's Day address. i XX' Q we 'i P Dr. Petteway, Dr. Brooks, and the Honorable J. Phil Carlton, president ol the Board of Trustees. The Wesleyan Singers directed by Dr. Stephen Wilson. l2 Founders Day , V 'H ,f' . - .-,. maiitrzzs if aa r-14338 36: , -- . my if who gm 4,

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f, C6 Compared to the nations oldest colleges, what are the twenty-seven years of this Col- lege? The blinking of an eye. An infant swept along in a basket in the educational stream. Ayouth groping and growing. But to those is hose dream of a college for Rocky' Nlount began a third of a century' ago. this campus and classrooms, these pro! 1 Founders D '83 fessors and students represent the achieve- ment of that dream Without their vision. without their patience, without their strength there never would have been this College. They gave generously' and often at great sacrifice. They' labored and prevailed against incredible difficulties and barriers. They founded a College, They' would understand To Dream lt ls To Achieve lt in a manner that we can only dimly grasp. We honor thein for their ef- forts and their inspiration, Xnne Wllsttlilceltlerlwtlltreelptultlstilll'iellot1iir.irX 'Xluinni Xiyards, the Reverend .ind Phyllis lflxeele, Xlry Ross Qi biegall, .ind Walter Pindcll, .lr . W 'ff 1.'FM'E.sglt!' ' ii l' M H 'I-at .... -Q-eff L ,g, 0 Ib gg, jglds x ! s 41 mv nf' 7 attentive audience if, 4 nf Students help celebrate the founding ofthe College Founders lJ.iy '