Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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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

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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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LOT ' Chariii. iiriniiiality, energetic leailerKhUi, and a Ijcuiiiteous supply of encmiragins •■common sense are selilnm cnnibined in one imlividual. lint in Miss Preston we find tliem harmonizing completely with lici ' many otlnn ' lovable traits tliat make lor our class an ideal adviser. It was a very timid Miriam Preston who left the quiet land of Korea to get used to America from behind Peace ' s white pillars. Then, after an absence of several years spent in the pursuit of higher learning, she returned to her Alma Mater as an etncient teacher of the Bible. (Who would have guessed that she ever shrank from an interview with the Dean? I Aside from her aid in our quest after knowledge. Miss Preston has made herself unfor,gettable to every member of our class by her untiring interest and cooperation in all that we have done tor two .years. of r. S. Senat. IK liAll.KV iiah Williai 1,1 Ck.k.m;, ' 33. d Kditli I ' .iu llaile