Pfeiffer University - Chimes Yearbook (Misenheimer, NC)

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The faculty apartments overlook the tennis courts. No wonder our serve is off! Freshman Receptions, Home of Faculty Teas, and High Level Con- ferences ... It is even rumored that Dr. Stokes finds time to drop in occasionally at The President's Home.

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ACHIEVEMENTS 1885—Oberlin Home and School founded by Emily Prudden near Lenoir, North Car- olina. . . . 1903—affiliation with the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; name changed to Ebenezer Mitchell Industrial Home and School. . . . 1910- -move to a new campus at Misenheimer. . . . 1913—graduation of first secondary school class. . . . 1922—accreditation of secondary school department by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. . . . 1928—junior college program initiated. . . . 1932— junior college status recognized by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. . . . 1933—W. S. Sharp named first president. . . . 1934—accreditation of junior college work by North Carolina State Department of Education; name changed to Mitchell Junior Col- lege and High School. . . . 1935—name changed to Pfeiffer Junior College. . . . 1942— junior college accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. . . . 1944—Chi M. Waggoner named president. . . . 1953—J. Lem Stokes, II, named president. . . . 1954—authorization from Board of Trustees to advance to senior college status. . . . 1957—first graduation of senior college class. . . . 1959—accredita- tion of four-year program by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. . . . 1960—recognition by the University Senate of the Methodist Church; election to membership in the Association of American Colleges. .. .

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Everybody agrees that the food here is Goode Food. ... If you don't like it, nabs and cokes are conveniently available in the Rec Room, along with ping pong and music. Did we say music? Freshmen claim that it takes a college degree just to get the address right. But the mail comes anyway. And everybody finds time at least twice a day to dust out his box. It's so peaceful in the country! But Merner ain't that peaceful! Must be Sat- urday afternoon.