High Point College inaugurates Dr Patton amid homecoming festivities
Flemming spoke at the inauguration day paired with the college homecoming. Dr Patton was installed as president with greetings from city officials and church bishops. The event featured a luncheon and reception, and closed with a basketball game as the homecoming queen was crowned.
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Flemming
Dr. Patton
Holt McPherson
the Enterprise
Board of
College Trustees
Nolan B. Harmon
Charlotte
Paul N. Garber
Richmond
Patton
High Point
High Point College
Catawba
Bright Methodist weather marks High Point College inauguration
In a sunny February day at High Point College a new era began as Dr. Wendell M. Patton was inaugurated as president. Holt McPherson praised the Methodist day as students, alumni, and faculty celebrated with a colorful procession and homecoming activities including a basketball win over Catawba 84-69.
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Wendell M. Patton
High Point College
Holt McPherson
McPherson
Mary Todd Lincoln Letters Disturbing 1866 Springfield Ties
Eight unpublished Mary Todd Lincoln letters reveal distress in 1866 at living in Abraham Lincoln's old Springfield home with memories of Willie and the dead husband. The letters, signed by Mrs. Lincoln and dated a year after the assassination, show financial strain, appeal to Simon Cameron for funds, and a request to destroy the correspondence. Lincoln’s estate details and later pensions are noted, with the 15th anniversary of Lincoln's birth mentioned.
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
King W. Hostick
Lincoln
Chicago
Robert
Tad
Simon Cameron
Cameron
Congress
Robert Lincoln
Illinois
Davis
Washington
Willie
Herter Discusses Disarmament Plans
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter convened a secret Saturday conference with military, diplomatic and intelligence experts to discuss next steps in East West talks at Geneva on a nuclear test ban and broader disarmament talks with the Soviet bloc beginning March 15.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Geneva
Herter
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
State Department
Eaton
Farley
France
Italy
Canada
St Louis trees dying as city programs replace old shade
In St Louis the city parks department faces aging trees in residential areas as long planted specimens die off and a program to replace them begins. The initiative aims to preserve shaded streets while addressing municipal maintenance.
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ST. Louis
Joyce Kilmer
City of
City Department of Parks
Patton Urges Higher Standards and Intellectual Rigor
In a speech at High Point College Dr Patton warned against superficial academic measures and urged focus on curriculum quality student teaching and instructional methods He called for stronger standards to prevent diploma devaluation and criticized fragmented undergraduate courses while reaffirming the college as a religious program and urging a return to fundamentals and action.
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High Point College
Train Stops For Dog After Collision Between Tracks
The daughter of Mrs. D G Donovan reported a dog lying between two tracks after a train struck it. Mrs Donovan tried to lift the collie, heard another train, and stopped it by flagging the Baltimore and Ohio freight. The crew helped place the dog in her car.
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Pittsburgh
D. G. Donovan
Free shade trees offered to St Louis residents
Recreation and forestry programs raise and offer eight to ten foot tall shade trees at no cost to any St. Louis home owner or renter. Trees are provided to enhance yards and reduce heat in the community.
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Recreation and Forestry
St. Louis
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DR. Patton Watch
Dal Bayies
R. M. Andrews
Greensboro
Gertrude Vermillion
Woman's College
J.W.P. Mooney
Enterprise
Spartanburg
S.C
Mount Airy
Mrs. Patton
Jess Washburn
Arthur S. Flemming
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
North Carolina
Mary Todd
Springfield, Ill
Len W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
George B. Kistiakowsky
John F. Flobeng
Atomic Energy Commission
John N. Irwin II
Defense
Frederick M. Eaton
U.S
Philip J. Farley
Shade
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