The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-03
September IL, % Are Red-Lettcr Dates
For Over 1000 Hill, Longwood Students
James +. kinard
Named Dean At
Hampden-Sy Sydney

"a Wig anu t1dulputfl-S Nullty
may prepare to welcome more
than 1000 students when Long
wood College and Hampden- sgd
ney open their doors for another
academic year this September.
Hill College expects an enroll
ment OF 35 students OF which 1875
will be new. while the Farmvillc
institution is expecting student
body Of 700, largest since the Sc
lective admissions program was
lnaugurated in l947 with 200 Of
these being new students.
Glasses Begin
Glasses at Hampden- Sydney will
commence On Friday. September
II. with regular academic Schpd-
ules beng followed from Saturday
September IS, on. New men Will
arrive on Tuesday, S ptember IA.
for registration Of freshmen and
transfer students and participa-
ton in the ODK orientation pro
gram Following days will high
light placement testing for new
students further orientation. and
reception
Orientation for Longwood'S now
students Will begin on Monday,
September 20. and the following
two days Will be devoted to ACTIVE
ties designed to acquaint
them with their surroundings.
Glasses will begin on Thursday
September %, but formal or.en-
taation will continue through
Sunday and informally through
out the year
New Hill Dean
Several changes in the lacul-
tn at the Hill College have re-
Gently been announced by Of
fcials. James f. Kinard. assistant
dean during the past year. will
step into the office of dean Of ;hc
college vacated by DR. David c.
Wilson who Will continue to
teach Greek.
Replacing DR.. w. B Guerrant
as Bible professor is DR.. Joseph
B Clover, Jr, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church at Morganton.
N c. Dr James w Frederickson.
head Of the chemistry department
at Davis and Elkins College. Will
teach chemistry at Hampton
Sydney this fall.
Other Changes
Charles M Hummel a gradu-
ate of VPI and the Wharton
School Of Business in Pennsylvan-
ia Will Join the economics de-
partment
Charles w Bondurant returns
to the Hill chemistry department
this fall after a years leave of
absence for work on his decorate
at VPI He was a member of the
Hampden-Sydney faculty for two
years prior to last year
Additional changes TO greet the
students when they return this
fall Will be the conversion of old
Graham Hall gym into a modern
infrmary and new dormitory
space at an approximate cost of
100000 These Improvements are
probably the last one to be made
in a recent program costing the
college almost half a million dol
lars during the last five years.
L. C. Appointments
To the new Longwood appoint
mentS that were announced by
President Lancaster at the June
graduation. one more has been
added Miss Betty Lois Price.
graduate of VPI, who has been
teaching in Giles County pub
lie schools will Join the faculty
as a member of the home eco
Monies department
Other additions are M II. Bit
finger, former Hampden-Sydney
College faculty member. to Long
woods history and social studies
department, Mrs. Kathleen Cover
to teach sociology Foster Ora
ham, recipient Of a Ford Founda-
ton Fellowship for studies at
Princeton. TO the English depart
ment; Miss Lora Bernard as as
sistant professor in the home &C.
onomics department. and Miss
Eleanor Weddle as assistant in
structor in the physical and
health education department
Substitute Teachers
James M Helms. who has been
working on his Masters at Vir-
ginia will be substitute for Or.
Francis B. Simkins during his SIX
months leave Of absence and
George II Callcott, a research as
sistant at the University of North
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