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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1964
RITZ
Theatre
Wiles Speaks At
Commencement
County Native
Rites Thursday
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
Vincent Edwards, Albert Finney,
George Hamilton, George Peppard,
Uglkft Sommers, Peter Fonda
The Victors
MONDAY, TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY
Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard,
Richard Harris, Tarita, Richard
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Mutiny On The
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GETTYSBURG, PA.—Dr. A. G.
D. Wiles, president of Newberry
college, will address the graduat
ing class at Gettysburg college’s
132nd commencement on Sunday,
June 7. Dr. Wiles will be awarded
the honorary Doctor of Laws de
gree.
A graduate of Gettysburg col
lege, with a doctorate from Prince
ton University, Dr. Wiles has
been active in Southern and nat
ional educational life since he
joined the faculty of The Citadel,
as head of the English depart
ment, in the fall of 1936.
He played a significant part in i
the Southwide re-evaluation of
higher education conducted by the
Southeastern Association of Col
leges and has participated in pro
grams of the Modem Language
Association and the Board of
Higher Education of the United
Lutheran Church in America. He
served for many years as a mem
ber of the Readers’ Qbuncil of
The American Scholar, Bhi Beta
Kappa quarterly magazine. He has
ben active as a public speaker, as
a consultant for the South Caro
lina Teachers of English and has
served in many capacities for var
ious educational societies.
Dr. Wiles is co-author of a
handbook of English, written, for
and used widely by the Ai^ny
Student Training Program in the
colleges, and is the author of
numerous articles on literature,
speech, the English curriculum,
and the library. He has been pres
ident of Newberry college siiice
1960.
Local Woman s
Father Dies
Robert Lee Bagnal, 6?, died
Friday in the field of his farm
near Mannings.
Born in Clarendon cottXltY' he
was the son of the late; Ronald
McQueen Bagnal and Mr^; JMary
Rebecca Holladay Bagnal, afvd was
a retired forestry warden n d
farmer.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Miss Nina Thames;
two daughters, Mrs. E. W. Snow
den of Kingstree and Mrs. T. M.
Folk of Newberry; five brothers,
G. M., W. T., J. W., J. E, and
Woodrow Bagnal, and two sisters,
Mrs. R. H. Johnson and Mrs. Har
riet B. Brewer, all of Manning.
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty
Wicker Williams, 38, who was
drowned in the Catawba river were
conducted Thursday at Bass Fun
eral home. Interment was in the
Grandview cemetery.
Mrs. Williams was bom and
reared in Newberry, a daughter
of Mrs. W. O. Wicker and the
late Mr. Wicker and attended
Newberry college. She was mar
ried to Wylie B. Williams Jr. in
October, 1947. Mrs. Williams was
a graduate of the York County
Hospital school of Nursing and
worked with the York County
Health department for several
years. She was employed with
Springs Manufacturing company
for two years and was also a
nurse for Winthrop college and
Winthrop Training school.
Survivors include her husband;
her mother, Mrs. W. O. Wicker,
of Newberry; a daughter, Miss
Toni Williams of Rock Hill, and
one sister, Mrs. E. O. Shealy, of
Newberry.
Cook Named To
Exchange Board
District Governor of Exchange
Club J. Howard Cook, Jr., of
Newberry was elected last week
end to serve on the Board of
Control of the State Exchange
Club. The election took place at
the annual State convention held
at the Ocean Forest hotel in Myr
tle Beach on May 1-3. Mr. Cook
is serving his second term as Dis
trict Governor representing the
National Exchange club.
Delegates to the convention
from the local Newberry club were
Club President Gordon Leslie Jr.,
and State Chaplain H. O. (Red)
Newman of Prosperity. Past Pres
ident and past State Board mem
ber Frank E. Culclasure also at
tended. All four were accompan
ied by their waves.
Phil Porcher of Charleston, the
retiring president, reported on his
year’s activities in that office and
new officers were elected for the
coming year.
Sam Doughton of Columbia was
elected president; Bob Smith of
North Augusta, secretary, and Ed
Guenther of Charleston, treasurer.
Also elected to serve on the
Board of Control was Perry Metts
Fant, a former Newberrian, now
living in Mount Pleasant.
Professors To
Study Further
Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president
of Newberry college, has announc
ed that leaves of absence have
been granted tothree members of
the faculty who plan to continue
their graduate work during the ac
ademic year, 1964-65.
Purvis E. Boyette, Assistant
Professor of English, has been
named a Vanderbilt Scholar for
next year. A member of the fac
ulty since 1961, he plans to enter
Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tennessee, to work toward the
doctor of philosophy degree in
English. He has indicated that he
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will probably spend two years in
graduate work during his leave of
absence. He serves as adviser to
The Newberrian, the college year
book, and as associate editor to
The Studies in Short Fiction, the
new scholarly periodical sponsored
by the college.
Albert P. Mature, Assistant
Prbfessor of Spanish, has been
awarded a faculty scholarship for
doctoral study by the Board of
College Education and Church Vo
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erica. After six years of service
on the faculty, he plans to enter
the University of Illinois, Urbana,
in September, for two years of
graduate work toward a doctor in
philosophy degree in Spanish. He
serves as sponsor of the Spanish
club.
Darryl B. Podoll, Assistant
Professor of History, has received
a faculty fellowship from the
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Company, Minneapolis, Minn. A
member of the faculty since 1960,
he will enter the University of
Kansas, Lawrence, for graduate
work toward the doctor of phil
osophy degree in European his
tory. He serves as associate spon
sor of the International Relations
club.
Two other members of the fac
ulty have been on leave of absence
during the current academic year:
the Rev. Francis I. Fesperman,
Assistant Professor of Bible and
Religious Education, who has been
completing residence work on his
doctorate at Vanderbilt University
and the Rev. John C. Cooper, As
sistant Professor Bible and Phil
osophy, who has been studying for
his doctorate at the University of
Chicago.
Students Take
History Tests
Students at Newberry High
school, along with over 23,000
other junior and senior high school
students in 185 schools across the
country took part in a special
testing program last week to de
termine how much they know a-
bout American, European, and
World history and how well they
understand the workings of their
own government.
“Widespread improvements have
been made in recent years in the
teaching and content of social
studies courses,” J. V. Kneece,
Superintendent, said today. “We
are pleased to cooperate in the
development of a series of new
tests which are appropriate to our
modern social studies programs.”
“They are being ‘normed’ to get
a picture of how students trru-
out the nation perform on each
test.”
Dorn Returns To
WaskV-gton
Congressman William Jennings
Bryan Dorn has returned to the
Capitol to appear before the
House Judiciary Committee, in be
half of his resolution, which would
permit voluntary prayer and Bible
reading in the public schools.
Dorn will also confer with of
ficials of his Public Works com
mittee about the proposed Duke
Dam and Steam plant on the
Savannah river in Anderson coun
ty.
On the way to the Capital, he
will address the annual Ladies’
Night banquet of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce in South
Boston, Virginia, the Corroll
county Democatic Party Banquet
and Rally on Saturday night at
Hillsville, a public gathering in
Stuart, Virginia, on the 100th
commemoration of the untimely
death of General J. E. B. Stuart,
at Yellow Tavern while defending
Richmond.
Dorn said that he has been forced
to cancel and refuse most out of
State gatherings, but was anxious
to speak in behalf of Senator
Byrd and Governor Tuck, who
have announced for reelection.
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