The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-11
NJ. H. Bittinser
Joins Lon gwood
College ! acuIty
President Tells
OF Other Changes
For Next Session

Announcements made by Presi-
dent Dabney S. Lancaster at the
LongWood Commencement Exer-
cises last Sunday covered a host
of information including faculty
changes, gifts, and the present
outlook on next years enrolment
Gifts headed the list. Longwood
consecutive $1,000 to the college
which will be used for Lowood
case. and the handsome Bible
now residing on the rostrum at
Jarman Hall is present from
the College Young Women's
Christian Association.
Leaves include the absence of
DR.. Francis B. Sinkins during the
first semester to be a visiting pro-
lessor at Princeton University and
a years leave granted to DR.. and
Mrs. Marvin Schlegel for study in
Europe.
Mrs. Helen Mcdowell, assistant
professor of education, has OBJ
tanned leave of absence for the
first semester next year in order
to work on her Doctorate at the
University Of Virginia.
designations
Inc designations of three mem
bers Of the faculty who had taught
for many years in the college
were accepted These were Miss
Katherine Upper, professor of
home economies Miss Florence
StubbS, associate professor of
history and social sciences: and
Miss Bessie H. Jeter, associate
professor of home economies.
Charles Attix, member of the
m usic department. and Mrs.
Coline Hudson, college hostess,
also rendered their designations.
New appointments for the forth
coming year revealed that Mrs.
Kathleen Cover, presently assist
ant professor of education. will
teach sociology classes formerly
handled by Miss Stubbs, and M.
H Bittinger, formerly of the
Hampden- Sydney College faculty
will come in as associate profess
sor of history and social studies.
Other Additions
Other faculty additions include
the appointment of Foster Gre
sham, head of the English De
partment at Lane High School
Charlottesville, to the Longwood
English Department During the
past year, Mr. Gresham, a gradu-
ate of Randolph Macon College
with a B A. and of the University
of Virginia with an M. A.. has
had a leave of absence with a
Ford Foundation Fellowship in
which he has been pursuing
graduate studies at Princeton.
Miss Lora Bernard. formerly
with the Clifton Forge High
School, will be an assistant pro-
fessor in the Home Economics De
partment. She has a B. S. from
Carson Newman College and an
M S. from the University of
Tennessee.
Miss Eleanor w e ddle. SO
graduate of Longwood College
with a B. S degree who has been
teaching at jefferson High School
IN Roanoke, will return to the
college as assistant instructor in
physical and health education.
Substitute appointments in the
History Department are James M.
Helms for DR.. Simkins during the
first semester. and George H
Callcott for DR.. Schlegel. Mr.
Helms received his B. A. at Glenn
son College and is now working
on his Masters at Virginia. Mr..
Callcott, now research assistant
at the University of North Caro-
lima, has a B. A. from the Univer-
'sity Of South Carolina and an
M A. from Columbia.
Dr. Lancaster announced that
new French and Spanish assist
ants have been secured. They are
Micaela Duarte. of Mexico City.
Mexico. and Michele Bodo, of
Paris, France.
Mrs. Hudson will be replaced
by Mrs. Anna Keller, of Ewing
ton, Va. as hostess in the Sopho-
more dormitory.
Promotions
The list of promotions indicated
that Associate Professors Simkins.
Schlegel and Charles F. Lane
have been promoted to full pro-
fessorships Miss Elizabeth Burg
er Miss Janice Lemen. Dr.. Steven
Early, and Malcolm Graham,
formerly assistant professors. will
rise TO associate professorships,
and Joel Ebersole, formerly an in
structor. VIII be an assistant pro-
fessor
The outlook for the college
enrolment during the l954-55
session. according to DR.. Ian
caster. is excellent. Total enroll
ment during the past session was
653. whereas present enrolment
counting returning students and
new applicants, runs between 900
and ZOO The President believes
that the start Of the next session
VIII find an enrolment of 725