Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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' V ' r . Ill William Coineliu.s Pressh Ji « is li,,in in Trov. Tennessee, on March 5, 1S!I4. He leceued Ins B (le-,iee at Kiskine Colle,ae. South Carolina, when he was twenty %eais old Fioni 11114-1917 Dr. Pressly was the principal o£ thiee sihools in Mecklenburg County. North Caro- lina. While he was doing a splendid woik there, he enlisted tor service In the World Wai in 1117 s a non-commissioned officer he served two years, being ovei seas fifteen months. Dr. Pressly, on furlough in Prance, spent a year of graduate study at the University of Besanijon. This young American soldier, only twenty-four years old, then returned to America to resume his duties as principal of the Matthews school, Matthews, N, C. Ill

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Ill 1!I20 Ur. Pifssly came t.. I ' eai ' e as its Husiiiess Maiiaser. There lie met .Miss Harriet Byrne, tlie fair-haired teaeher tif seieiu-e, wlioiii he married a year later, . tter six years he was elected President of Peace and had the honorary degree Litt.D.. con- ferred on him by Erskine College the same year. In 1931 Dr. Pressly received the degree of Master of Science from the Xorth t ' arolina State College. Even though Dr. Pressly had not accomplished so much, we would not love him any less. It is Dr. Pressly. the man. that holds so high a place in the hearts of the Peace girls. We feel that he is not only our revered, honored, and beloved President: but that he is also our really true and sincere friend. Because of this the faculty, the Board ot Trustees, and the . Iuninae place in Dr. Pressly their utmost contideiice and complete devotiou. Ill