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i l i Personal Contact Key To PC Admissions Job r S BY DONALD H. OTEY of Nixon’s job which keep him from being an “office locked* $Far from being a trivial, sea- administrator. The college sends sjbal chore, the job of Director representatives to many high of Admissions of a college is a school College Day programs in nanding, fulltime challenge Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, ending though all 12 months of North Carolina, and Virginia, and year. The man who fills this at Presbyterian College is Joseph 0. Nixon, formerly of f esbyterian’s Athletic andPhy- :al Education Department. Ni- xon succeeds Col. A. J. Thacks- t{jn, who retired last spring. To nfeet the challenge of recruit- ife more and better students for C, Nixon has built on the foun- •tion laid by Col. Thackston as >11 as initiating many excell- Bt ideas of his own into the re- Iting and admissions pro- «am. ^The admissions office at PC rives for as much personal ,ntact as possible between pros- Jlctive students and the college, tjiis is one of the many aspects Joe Nixon is the official repre sentative to a great many of these programs. These programs are designed to expose high school juniors and seniors to the assets of Presbyterian College and the opportunities which exist for them as PC Students. To further personal contact, Mr. Nixon also encourages in terested students to visit the campus led by a student. Accord ing to Nixon, the results of these visits are almost always en couraging. Most visitors are im pressed by the beauty of the cam pus and the friendliness of the students. This, however, is not always the case. Mr. Nixon cit ed an example of a girl who JOE NIXON visited the campus on a rainy Friday afternoon. The campus was almost deserted, as it usu ally is on Friday afternoon, and the girl found Presbyterian Col lege very “ depressing", Needless to say, she decided not to attend. PC. This example is the excep tion rather than the rule, but it indicates the Influence a campus visit has in determing which college a person will attend. PC students themselves do a large part of recruiting, both consciously and unconsciously. When the students return home they talk a great deal about their school and in the process gen erate interest in PC in their high school friends. Nixon stated that Presbyterian’s representatives at College Day programs see very few students with no knowledge whatsoever of PC. The questions that prospective students ask about PC are highly predictable. One of the first ques tions asked in most cases con cerns entrance requirements. Women students inquire about the regulations placed on females at tending PC. Better high school students usually ask more aca demic questions concerning majors available and elective op portunities. Other questions re late to dormitory facilities, size of the school, ratio of men to wo men, student-teacher ratio, and other areas. Prospects tend to gain information about social life through students already at tending the college rather than through PC’s administrators. Although the above facets of the recruiting and admissions pro gram are most easily seen, the major portion of the work is done behind the scenes. Volumes of correspondence are answered, and many prospects are initially contacted through the mail. By October of 1969, almost 1,500 con tacts had been made with possi ble students for the 1970-71 school year. The mailing list is compiled from lists sent from a variety of sources, and just this corres pondence alone soon reaches gar gantuan proportions. Presby terian subscribes to several col lege placement services which send names of qualified high school juniors and seniors. The Beta Club listing of sev eral southeastern states is com piled, and brochures and letters are sent to many on this list Other sources are the National Merit Corporation, Presbyterian ministers, alumni, junior col leges. Joe Nixon has great hope for the future of Presbyterian Col lege in recruiting and admitting better students. The present goal of the college is a stable enroll ment of roughly one-thousand students in the early 1970’s. If present recruiting techniques prove to be successful, Nixon feels this numerical goal can easily be reached and that the calibre of students entering PC will tremendously improve also. Redecorate Now for The Holidays at Low Sale Prices Luxurious Mediterranean Stereo Frigidaire Range Features Lift-off Door and Big Storage Unit! Lift off door in seconds... take the "extra reach" out of oven cleaning. 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C. visited Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Murphy. On Saturday afternoon Mrs. J. L. Moon of Greer were their guests and on Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Murphy and Mrs. Inez Williams of Union visited them. ATTENDED FUNERAL Mrs. Jettie Norris, Dottie and James and Carl Norris were in Clearwater, Fla., last week and attended the funeral ofNick Walk er on Thursday. They stayed at the home of Mr s. Walker and Mrs. Fuby Fennell, and Mrs. Willie Green who were there also. Before returning to Joanna on Saturday they spent some time with Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Norris in Safty Harbor, Fla. Honeycutt, and Larry Killian. On Dec. 18, also Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown will observe a wedding anniversary. Bohdan Kramm, Edith Murphy, and Virgil Livingston will cele brate a birthday on Dec. 19 and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moon, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vaughan a wed ding anniversary. On Dec. 20 Mike Mason and Mickey Smith will celebrate a birthday. On Sunday, Dec. 21, Lynn Mor ris, Louise Dove and Johnny Wil lingham will celebrate a birthday and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Wallenzine, Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Floyd and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kelly will ob serve a wedding anniversary. Many happy returns of the day on Dec. 22toShermanMcCarson, Shelly Roxann Koon, Willie Pra ter, Frances Johnson, Bootsie Oswalt and Mack Brown who will be celebrating birthdays and to Mr. and Mrs. Algie Abrams and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wise who will observe a wedding anniver sary on that date, also. Dec. 23 brings a birthday to Jones Wallenzine and a wed ding anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Derrill Bozard. On Christmas eve, Dec. 24 birthday wishes go to Karen Pat ricia Chappell. Also on Dec. 24, Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Rowland, and Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bedenbaugh will observe a wedding anniver sary. CHRISTMAS PARTY * * * The Children’s Department of Epworth Methodist Church en joyed a Christmas party on the evening of Dec. 12. They visited shut-ins, and sang carols before having refreshments at the Edu cational Building. They enjoyed games to suit the occasion and Santa was there to talk to the children. The Sunday school teachers and some of the mothers assisted with the party. ATTENDS CHRISTMAS DINNER On Sunday, Dec. 14, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Boyce, Ray and Don, Mrs. Corrie Lee Boyce, W. J. Hogan and sons Jeff and Gene, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boyce, Karen Lowery, Vicki Humphries, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boyce joined other relatives at the home of Mrs. Maggie Sutton in Lamar for a Christmas dinner. CHRISTMAS GET TOGETHER On Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Murphy, and the Murphy family enjoyed their an nual get-together. Light refresh ments and punch were served to the 23 guests. Smith Nominated For AF Academy James Robin Smith of Clinton has been nominated by Congress man James R. Mann to the U.S. Air Force Academy for the class entering in 1970. Utilizing the open competitive system, the congressman desig nated 10 nominees from Green ville, Spartanburg and Laurens counties, one of whom will be selected by the academy to fill the vacancy created by the im pending graduation of David Knight Shelton Jr. In addition to the Congressional vacancy, nominees will have an opportunity to compete for ap pointment as “Qualified Alter nates*. The Air Force Academy Board will select approximately 500 candidates for “QualifiedAl ternate* appointments in the class entering in 1970. Six of those nominated by Mann are from Greenville with one each from Spartanburg, Taylors and Travelers Rest, in addition to Clinton’s Smith. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The First Baptist Church will present a play by the youth of the church, and the choir will have a rendition of Christmas music, on Sunday evening at 7:30 The pastor, Rev. Edward d] Pierce, extends an invitation to the public. It will be at the Club House. i BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES Garner, Susan Vaugh John Gaskin, Mrs. J. L Stan Stockman, V.L. Co Smith is a sai of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith of Clinton. He is a senior at Clinton High School where he is a member of the Junior Classical League, Civ ics Club and National Honor So ciety. * * * Insurance Claims Climb NEW YORK—The cost to insurance companies of paving claims growing out of auto atci dents is mourning steadily, says the Insurance Information In stitute. From 1958 through 1968. the average Inxlilv injury liability claim rose 58 per cent from S981 to 81,550 and the average property damage liabil ity claim climbed 77 per cent from SI51 to S267.