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he History of W F U V | – he History of W F U V | – by Edwin Graves Wilson -, W F U C © E G W, A F , , : L D , W F U, P.O. B , W-S, NC . J D U. T M P S. P -, U S A. L C C N: ISBN ---- F N A E W, E G, - T H W F U. In Grateful Memory R H B (-) R A D (-) M H R (-) J R S (-) W G S (-) So many friends and colleagues—from the faculty, from the sta, from the ranks of the alumni—have helped me during the writing of this History that I dare not even begin to list them all. I hope that they will forgive me if I do not mention them, one by one, but instead single out a few people whose contributions have been necessary and continuing. First, I want to acknowledge the authors of the een “In Retrospect” essays, all of them students during the Scales presidency. I hope that readers of this History will appreciate, as much as I do, their memories and observations as providing a perspective on campus life that I would not have been qualied to give. Members of the sta of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library have been unfailingly ready to assist me, but I must name, as having been particu- larly helpful, Julia Bradford from the University archives. I don’t know how many times she has opened the locked door of the sixth oor stacks so that I could explore papers and documents that I needed to consult. When I have turned in my writing to athletics, I have regularly sought the advice of Assistant Athletic Director William “Bill” Faircloth, who was here as a football coach during the years about which I write. Emily Richey in Media Relations has, again and again, found pictures of Wake Forest athletes that I needed as illustrations for my text. All the men and women in the News Service and in Creative Services —Kevin Cox, Kerry King, Cherin Poovey, Cheryl Walker, Janet William- son, and Priscilla Wood—have been available to give me information and photographs. I realized anew how valuable and how loyal they have been in their long-time service to Wake Forest. e pictures in this History are the work of many talented photogra- phers, including students (unidentied) working for e Howler, unknown (to me) sta photographers for e Wake Forest Magazine, and the various professional photographers whose pictures made their way, usually with- out accreditation, into the University archives. I mention with gratitude McNabb Studios and, because it is likely that I have used their work, the names of “Cookie” Snyder, Claude McNeill, Bill Ray, and Hobart Jones. I also appreciate the contributions of Susan Mullally, who opened her les to me and whose remarkable talents are visible here and there throughout this book. (She and Emily Herring Wilson also created the Sesquicentennial poster of 150 Wake Foresters which has been reproduced and is included as a bonus for readers who want to see the faces of Wake Forest men and women of our legendary past.) Ken Bennett, who is now the University’s ocial photographer, has come to my aid whenever I called, and I oer him my heartfelt thanks. Anyone writing about the history of Wake Forest must acknowledge, as I do, the presence of Professor Ed Hendricks, who is more familiar with that history than anyone I know and who is always generous with his suggestions and insights. Jim Bareeld and Reid Morgan have also been occasional and welcome advisers. In recent months, as the book has nally come together, I have relied on the generous support of Sandra Boyette, who has read what I have written, made constructive suggestions, and been on all occasions a wise and friendly counselor. Dave Urena, who is responsible for the design of this book, has shown his mastery of his cra, notably for me in his creation of the book jacket and in his page-by-page blending of text and pictures. Susan Robinson used her characteristic skill and good nature when she became my assistant on those occasions when Susan Faust was traveling or on leave. And that leads me to the most important person of all: Susan Faust, my steadfast assistant, whose good ideas have made their way into this book, who reminded me day aer day of what I might else have for- gotten, who has reviewed every page of this History without showing bore- dom, and whose good cheer always makes her a delightful person to be with. She really deserves to be called my collaborator or even co-author. Edwin Graves Wilson Provost Emeritus Wake Forest University April 2010 CONTENTS AN EPLANATORY PREFACE 1 APERSONAL PREFACE 3 1 FROM TRIBBLE TO SCALES FROM COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITY 14 2 THE ELEVENTH PRESIDENT HIS FIRST YEAR 3 IN RETROSPECT he Experimental College and ther Memories 37 3 THE END OF CHAPEL AND THE CHANGING COLLEGE SCENE 44 IN RETROSPECT eflections on Covenant Hose 62 4 AWHIRLWIND OF IDEAS 64 IN RETROSPECT Daniel in the Lions Den 80 5 VENICE, VISITATION, AND VICTORY 85 IN RETROSPECT A Milestone in Sports History 102 6 TOWARD “ARTES PRO HUMANITATE” 104 IN RETROSPECT A Convivial elationship 116 7 THE SITH-YEAR PLATEAU 121 IN RETROSPECT A een emembers 130 8 BOOKS, GOLF, AND CALENDARS 135 IN RETROSPECT What Happened hose Nights in March 148 9 DEPARTURES AND RETURNS 153 IN RETROSPECT WWDDWAAA 170 10 AYEAR OF CONFIDENCE 172 IN RETROSPECT An Intensely Absorbing Activity 183 11 A DEDICATION, A NOMINATION, AND A HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD 188 IN RETROSPECT Let Me now If here Is Anything I Can Ever Do or o 199 12 CAUSE AND EFFECT 206 IN RETROSPECT Dr Scales and the lippy lops 216 13 BAPTISTS, BUSINESS COURSES, AND BELLS 221 IN RETROSPECT A oom pstairs at the residents Hose 230 14 A COVENANT, A FIRE, AND A TANGERINE BOWL 236 IN RETROSPECT I Was Captivated by the heatre 248 15 ON THE WAY TO THE SESQUICENTENNIAL 254 IN RETROSPECT de to a Newspaperman 264 16 DARKNESS AND LIGHT p. 399 IN RETROSPECT My wn ersonal Wake orest 279 17 MUSIC AND FAREWELL 285 18 EPILOGUE 299 19 AFTERTHOUGHTS 308 DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY 319 HISTORICAL LISTS 377 APPENDICES 403 INDE 425 An Explanatory reface , I to Fthe writing of this History. One option was to construct the central narrative around topics: academic aairs, for instance, or athletics or student activities or administrative decisions on impor- tant issues or some other focus that would specically illuminate a designated area of University life over the entire sixteen years when James Ralph Scales was president. A second option was to proceed chronologically and to tell the story of each year as the year unfolded, mixing together within the same time frame all the events that seemed to be signicant to an understanding of what was happen- ing at that time. As the pages of the History indicate, I chose the second option. Among other reasons I wanted those readers who were on the campus during a particular year to be able to look again at that year and see themselves in the context of their own memories. Also, I believe that what happens in one place on the campus at a given time feeds naturally into what is simultaneously happening elsewhere and that insights and perceptions from various sources, when brought together, provide a coherence that is otherwise dicult to develop. erefore, I suggest to readers who are looking primarily for a straightforward narrative that they begin with my “Personal Preface” and proceed through the seventeen chapters and the “Epilogue” and the “Aerthoughts,” setting aside for the time being—if they choose—the notes that appear at the end of each of the sixteen chapters covering the Scales administration. ese “Notes,” by the way, are intended to indicate the totality of the University, in all its drama, and to provide a historical record, beyond the evidence presented in the “chapters,” of what individual ee | e Z. Smith Reynolds Library participants in college life were doing and what, in athletics and at cultural events, they were experiencing. us I have provided “Fac- ulty Notes,” “Administrative Notes,” and “Student Notes” as well as some of the highlights of the “Calendar of Events,” the “Year in Athletics” and the Spring Commencement exercises. I have also paid a moment’s tribute at the end of each chapter to members of the faculty and sta who died during the year under consideration. Believing that a history of this kind is also a record of data and information that might some day be useful to future readers and writers, I have included, at the end of the volume, various lists and statistics that seemed to me important. I have looked at each aca- demic department in the undergraduate college and concentrated on the men and women in that department: their degrees, their progress through the professional ranks, honors they won, and services they rendered. Of necessity I have omitted much that I would like to have said, but I wanted at least to recognize, however brie y, each of my colleagues in teaching and research. e appendices that follow the reports on the academic depart- ments and that, except for the index, bring the volume to an end explain themselves, I think. I hope that they provide information that can—and will—be easily and conveniently used. | A ersonal reface I “ ,” - W W F C in Wake Forest, North Carolina, I hardly ever studied in the Heck-Williams Library.