Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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.ff fini 'W' Dedicated to Mr. Charles Hand The essence of a person's being may at times be more easily recognized by others in the recollections of times spent to- gether. These events are left only in the memories of those who remain after the passing of one who was very close. When one ponders these, it is possible to extract the values that were truly appreciated in the life of the one you remember. When thinking of Charles, I remember the times of conversations which during their course led me to know of his cares, concerns, and the things which he loved: his family, teaching, his own art production, his church, Samford, the outdoors, a ioyful nostalgia for past happy events Probably from this list you will deduct the warmth and personable nature that he had. When pondering the words to write here, I found a smile on my face as I thought of our acquaintance. Now as the image of his apron, sweater and last painting comes to mind,there is reinforced the knowledge that life is never over at death, but also that influence and interests will live on in the lives of those touched by him' Lowell Vann

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ln Appreciation to President and Mrs. Leslie S. Wright for Twenty Years of Service to Samford University. Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Stephen Wright came to Howard College in 1958. At that time, there were nine buildings ready for occupancy on the new campus, barely over two thousand students enrolled, and seventy-five faculty members. Howard College was a small liberal arts school little known outside Baptist circles in Alabama. During the next twenty years, ten maior academic buildings, eight residence facilities, and numerous additions were constructed on the new campus. ln 1965, Howard College became a full-scale university. Samford University now consists of seven schools including the Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing, the School of Education, the School of Business, the School of Music, the School of Pharmacy, and the Cumberland School of Law. Dr. Wright now presides over a large multi-purpose university that is widely respected throughout the South for the level of its scholarship. Enrollment has doubled in his twenty years here and Samford now has 212 full-time faculty members. For all these things, Entre Nous salutes President and Mrs. Wright for twenty years of leadership.

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College today is a different place than it was in 1960 or even 1970. There is a new atmosphere on campuses- on this one as much as any other. Today we have changing attitudes about everything from rel- igion to careers. ll-'