University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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up his nicnihership on the Board, and he was succeeded as secretary by J. M. Spainhour. When Dr. Spainlioiir ' s term as cHrector expired, it was filled by the election of Dr. J. O. Wilcox, of Ashe County. But Dr. Spainhour ' s interest in the institution was so great that, on the motion of his successor, he was employed to act as secretary of the Board, which position he held at the time of his death last November. In addition to Dr. Spainhour ' s regular work as secretary, he preserved 2,500 clippings from newspapers, covering the entire life of the College, and arranged them carefully in seven volumes. These volumes have been donated to the institution by Mrs. Spainhour, and a committee has been appointed to continue tiie work of preserving current comments on the work of the College, just as Dr. Spainhour had begun it. B. F. Aycock Wayne 4 years J. A. Bi.AiR Randolph 5 years H. G. Chatham Surry 11 years S. M. Finger Catawba 3 years J, E. Fowler Sampson 6 years S. M. Gattis Orange 4 years R. D. Gilmer Haywood 9 years E. McK. Goodwin ... Wake 3 years John Graham Warren 6 years R. T. Gray Wake 2 years James Y. Joyner Guilford i year A. C. McAlister Randolph 6 years C. H. Mebane Catawba 6 years J. D. Murphy Buncombe 2 years M. C. S. Noble New Hanover 7 years J. F. Post New Hanover 4 years John C. Scarborough Wayne 4 years W. P. Shaw Hertford 11 years J. M. Spainhour Caldwell 4 years R. H. Stancell Northampton 4 years T, F. Toon Robeson i year W. D, Turner Iredell 4 years J. C. Wilcox Ashe 3 years PRESIDENTS. SECRETARIES. TREASURER. S. M. Finger E. McK. Goodwin E. J. Forney John C. Scarborough J. M. Spainhour Charles H. Mebane Thomas F. Toon James Y. Joyner