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IN COLORADO — Air man Ronald D. Daven port, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davenport, Jr., of 119 Reeder St., Joanna, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. He has been assigned to Lowry AFB, Colo., for training as a special electronics specialist. Airman Dav enport, a graduate of Clinton High School, at tended the University of South Carolina. 13-County Form Bureau Meeting Here Farm Bureau Women and County Secretaries from 13 coun ties met in Clinton Wednesday, April 9, to plan the 1969 program of work for Farm Bureau Women and Young People. The meeting was held at Mary Musgrove Hotel in Clinton. The Piedmont District consists of Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg and Union counties. McKee Serves Aboard 'Seattle' Radioman Seaman JohnP. Mc Kee, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. McKee of 311E. Flori da St., Clinton, is serving aboard the newly-commissioned fast combat support ship USS Seattle. The Seattle was commissioned in Bremerton, Wash, on April 5. The Seattle is the third ship in a new class of fast replen ishment vessels of the Navy. Carrying fuel oil, ammunition, and provisions, the 58,000-ton ship does the Job of three Navy ships. The 796 foot ship is the larg est Navy ship ever built on the west coast. It will act as a one- stop shopping center for the fighting ships of the Navy. Calvary Baptist Revival Opens Revival services will be con ducted at Calvary Baptist Church, April 13-20. Dr. L. Byron Harbin, pastor of First Baptist Church in Joanna, will do the preaching. Services will begin each night at 7:30 o’clock. Other special features of the revival will be congregational singing, personal testimonies, music by the church choir, as sisted by the handbell choir on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday night. J. W. Spillers is pastor of the church and he, along with 870 members of the church, invites the public to attend this revival. Dr. Weering Discusses Present And Future CHR0NICLE> Clinton, S. C., April 10, 1900—1-0 Where Medicare stops, we start. Tliat's our policy. To fill in the gaps, talk to your man from Nationwide about “Senior Hospitalization.” Dollar-powered protection for pennies a day. JOHN C. HARMON 302 N. Broad — 833-3472 Nationwide Insurance. The man from Nationwide is on your side. LOT HEALTH HOME CAR BUSINESS Natfanwirf. Mutual InMnao. C» Hlfll 1 J ' Mutual Fir. Ira urine Ca Nabauwub lj(. liHunan Co. Ham. 0M1 BY RUSH OTEY In an Interview with The Chron icle last week. Dr. MarcC. Weer- slng. President of Presbyterian College, revealed some of his personal feelings concerning the present and future of the College. Reprinted below is a partial text of that interview. Chronicle: For the past few months Presbyterian College has been engaged in a fund drive with a goal of $2 million to be used towards a new physical educa tion and ROTC center, a new li brary, a new infirmary, and an increase in endowment Would you comment on the progress be ing made In this campaign? Dr. Weersing: Our present needs at PC stand at $5 mil lion. The Synod adopted the $2 million figure as a goal for the churches of South Carolina. Pro gress thus far has been phe nomenal in the Laurens County portion of the drive, and this can’t be emphasitedenough. The response in this county has been fantastic and in my opinion couldn’t be matched anywhere else. The College Is certainly en- debted to the citizens of this county for their loyal support. We couldn’t ask for better support anywhere! The current figure that we’ve raised stands at$l,200,000. Over $800,000 of this has been raised in the Laurens County area, and the rest from special gifts and corporate foundations. We are currently engaged in the Synod of South Carolina portion of the drive, and we have completed sixteen area meetings with re presentatives from churches throughout the state. We are very optimistic about the response from these meetings. Hopefully, the remainder of the $5 million total can be raised through corporation and special gifts, which will entail the final effort of this particular cam paign. The majority of the funds over the $2 million figure will be applied toward our endowment. CHRONICLE: What are PC’s present goals for the future, in areas such as the size and pro portion of the student body, fac ulty qualifications, and possible academic innovations? Dr. Weersing: We are cur rently in the process of expand ing the size of our student body to approximately 900 students. This number was recommended to us by several educational and financlaJ experts who studied our facilities and programs. These 900 students will be made up of roughly two-thirdsmenandone- third women. Eventually we hope to construct an additional wo men’s dormitory to accommixlate this increase in coeds. NINE REPORTS DAILY I FOLLOW THE MASTERS OVER WLBG AM-FM PRESENTED BY McGEE'S DRUG STORE CITIZENS Federal Savings & Loan Assoc LAURENS OIL COMPANY MEN'S SHOP, LAURENS DIRECT PHONE REPORTS FROM THE MASTERS IN AUGUSTA BY A WLBG SPORTS REPORTER Nine Times Each Day During The Tournament The MASTERS Is As Close As Your Radio —WLBG In terms of academics, we are working toward obtaining a facul ty with at least 50% with their Ph.D degree. Of course we will adhere to our liberal arts goals and curriculum to a great ex tent. Our goals will be to teach our graduate to think in a man ner which will benefit society. I see no evidence of our becoming anything like a factory which seeks to produce people who will be able to go through the motions of a job without having to think. We hope that our graduate will be thinking people, people able to use the basic facts of their educational experience to grow in a creative manner. Personally I am encouraged with the quality of graduate which PC claims. For example, recently a representa tive from a well-known graduate school came to our campus and after looking at only the acade mic records of several students in his particular field, he of fered, on the spot, teaching fel lowships to over half the students concerned and scholarships to most of the others. We believe that our graduates speak well for the college. I believe that there should al ways be a place at PC for the healthy, average student who wants to work for his college education. We would be missing a great opportunity to serve society if we overlooked our responsi bility to the C student. Of course this is not to say that we will not recruit students with A aver ages in high school; we simply believe that there is room for many different kinds of students with different abilities and in terests, as do most all liberal arts institutions. Currently there is a balance in our student body of about 20% who had A averages in high school, 45% with B aver ages in high school, and 30C ( who graduated from high school with C averages. In the future we will probably maintain a similar tal- ance while seeking to challenge each student to the best of his capabilities in college. Chronicle: Du you foresee any academic innovations coming up in the next few years at Pres byterian College 0 Dr. Weersing: Many educators now believe that innovation in itself is not necessarily good, and leadersof large universities beg those of us in the liberal arts tradition to hold to our basic structure of education and curri culum. Our main goal, as I have stated before, is to teach our graduates to think creatively and productively; when we believe that a certain innovation would help us better achieve that goal, then we will not be afraid to innovate in that particular area. As far as specific changes in the making, there is the pos sibility of our working on a par amedical program in addition to our regular pre-med major. We will continue to emphasize and improve our teacher-training program. We will cooperate in more areas with other education al institutions especially in the FiveClintonions On Honor List CLEMSON - Yfjbe Clemson University students from Clinton have been cited for outstanding scholastic achievement through the first semester of the 1968- 69 academic year. They are among 726 Clemson students named to the Undergrad uate Honor List which requires a cumulative grade-point ratio of 3.00 toward a possible 4.00 (all A’s) and the completion of a minimum of 12 semester hours.. Robert L. Bracey achieved Highest Honors, which requires a grade-point ratio of 3.80 or above. Making Honors, which re quires a grade-point ratio of 3.00-3.49, were Charles R. Hol land, Michael Archambault, Janice L. Kirby, and Robert E. Meadors. Epworth Church Plans Services Epworth Methodist Church in Joanna will hold four special ser vices Sunday, April 13, through Wednesday, April 16, at 7:30p.m. each evening. Rev. Phil Jones of Simpson- ville will be the speaker and Rev. Joe Alley of Newberry will be the song leader. In South Carolina, some 34,000 persons are employed in the weaving departments of textile companies, according to inspec tion reports. area of research. Currently we offer graduate level courses in education cooperatively with Clemson University, and similar programs are being considered in other fields. An Honors Program is needed for our more advanced students and will come in the next few years. Chronicle: What about the em phasis on athletics at PC? 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