Safley, Rogers House, May Graduates, PAC Construction, 25- Year Veterans, Alumni News, Football Coach, Sports Report
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AGrand Opening: More than 200 persons toured the restored Mallett-Rogers House May 15. The opening featured an invitational exhibit by 14North Carolina artists. The college now has afirst-class gallery for the display of art. INSIDE: Safley, Rogers House, May Graduates, PAC Construction, 25- Year Veterans, Alumni News, Football Coach, Sports Report. 2 STAFF PROFILE MC TODAY - AUGUST 1988 ....... .. , . Dean Safley Feels Right at Home .....Methbdist C()tlegeToda/(USPS 074c Mike Safley '72 has just completed his 560) is published fourtirries ayeat' (April' first year as Vice President for Student Af• ..August,. September, aild Nov~mber) as a seiViceto rnc;:mbersoffueMethodist College. fairs (dean of students) at Methodist College. commUnlryandMefuodistCollege alumni by( This is not an easy job. He oversees most the News Bureau and the Alurrini Office of of the nonacademic aspects of student life• Methodist College, 5400 Ramsey S\Teet, on-campus housing, the Student Govern• Fayetteville, NC 28311. setaria Class mentAssociation, peer counseling and tutor• postage paid atFayettevillEi,:NC28302~9614i ing, intramurals, social activities, campus se• curity, special projects, guidance and place• Postmaster: Send Pos~gechan!esto: .••••.•. ment services. METHODIST~OLLE(}Br0I:>A Yi A United Methodist minister, Safley « 5400 RamseyStree(> .••.••.< came to Methodist from a position as associ• ate director of youth, young adults, worship, ..••••FaYet~Gi~e,••0c: •.~83.l.~.-1~;9••••••••••••••••••••... music, and the arts with the North Carolina Methi/distCollegifAtuml'll . Conference Council on Ministries. He previ• ...........................................................Assoc~~~{~~ejrsd. , .. " ........•...........•...... u . ously served as pastor of the Middleburg Mike Safley RayO()()ch '72.presideni;Flliffi Fillch United Methodist Church and as Chaplain of Tannenbalun 75 •.Yiceffifideiit; ¥argare(>. the Methodist Home for Children. He received his master of divinity degree from Duke popep8,. S~d~dary.Bife£t?T'siCynthia University in 1975. Safley is a native of Durham, N.C. Walkex' '65. Jerry Moliday '7tEugene When Safley started work at the college in August, 1987, he brought in his own team: BlounC77, SUSlUlYost Jaeger '81.; Roger Pait Kathy Woltz '73 as director of residential life and Chris Ryan, a graduate of Atlantic-Christian '85, JeiryC.}Vood, Sr;'64,EugeneBY College. as director of student activities. "I tried to hire staff members who would stay and work Dillman '73,ToIlieN'eil,?6; RacheUe together as a team." he explained . .••McCallum' 82; Hciinigan(Buddy r Kearns Counting the four residence hall directors, his secretary, the director of special projects, '84,AIII1Cirn:aglia'64, LariyLugar '72, Glert M. Hinnant '74, Mark Kendrick '83, Terri and others, Safley now heads a staff of 10 full-time employees plus 20 part-time resident Sue Moore.'85.lrrlfrzediatePast President; advisers (paid students who live in the residence halls). This coming year Kathy Woltz will Howard Lupton '72; Dire'ttofo!AlUinni take charge of the Guidance and Placement Office and Chris Ryan will manage residential life, Affairs, Ex~OfficioMeinber oltlieMCAA· in addition to student activities. Safley will also supervise Guardsmark, Inc., a private security firm recently hired to police the campus. Board of Directorf:LY~(}ruber BYord'12.. Last year. Dean Safley got to know almost all the resident students on a first-name basis . ....MethodistColiege> < .. // He visited the men's residence halls an average of two orthree times a week, while Kathy Woltz Administrtiti veDffleers ··....HH •••••> •••••·· did likewise in the women's residence halls. Safley recently selected 20 students to be resident > Dr. M?Elt6.ri HeridrickS;Pfeside1'li;Dr> advisers in 1988-89. Each adviser will receive a free private room and $100 a month. In return, LyIm Veach Sadler; yicefi;isidentforH each R.A. will be expected to enforce rules in the residence halls and implement an educational Acq.deiizicAffai~s;~1:r:R;6y AWl1itihiIe; yiCi ·PT'eside1'lifor BusinessAffai1's;DfWilliam P. and counseling program devised by Student Life. L6\Vderfuilk, ViCefiesidenijo(r;hiitchand .. Based on his experience last year. Safley formed a very positive impression of current CommilnityR elatioiis;OeneClaytBn;Vi(=e< Methodist College students: "They are academically talented and have incredible potentiaL Prfsident for DeveJopfheflt;>¥icnllelw. They take pride in the campus. The Student Government Association. particularly the High Court, is taking a more active role." Mike Safley's principal objective is to see that every student has a good educational .••••saf1eY.·.~2,Vici~::~~:~j~de~t~~air~ . experience at Methodist. Next year, each female freshman will be assigned a "big sister" and >.. Bill Bi11ing~'6~,Nljvs Buredupl'fec;tor;/ all freshmen will meet in small support groups one hour a week. The snack bar will become ..CynnByrc171.,DireCtofofAlitrl'liUt..ffdJrs;H the Lion's Den, with expanded weeknight and weekend hours. More weekend field trips are gdit()rs; Rita Wiggs, Spopts!rrfofmLltion .... planned next year for resident students . ..·j)il'eCtoT';SjJoHSEditdr[B6"fjpetkihS:·LyM.··· Safley says Methodist is a lot different today than it was 16-20 years ago when he lived on the first floor of Sanford Hall. "It's a lot less restrictive," he said. "Freshmen can have cars. ··.·BYtd,. ~m··B~l.~:S.'..0(oto~rfh~rs ·· . } ·U/ T)rpes#tti]'\g~y,.ypeT~ch.Pilli.tingbY We have daily visitation hours in the dorms (when men can visit women in their rooms and vice ·••••Th~§;.J?~v~$§&,J"#c~.••~.iicUlati6ri·foit1lls··.· versa) and females don't have to sign out." But he also feels there is less sense of community among students and staff than there used to be and he is working to change that. is~l1e:•••••12~s~j°l-ies .••••nu) •••••••••••••iC •••••••••••.•••..•••••••••••••••U ••••• The dean believes that Methodist College students should work with the staff and ........··... MetJiOdisi¢oitegedi/es1{()tdiscrtmihdU .....· administration, in an atmosphere of mutual respect, to govern student life. He feels the student ..·..()nJJieijasi.(ofrac~, ..co!()r/f.ex; •.~ti91}it!..()r •••••··· court system worked well last year and that ChiefJ ustice Rob Case and his staff were effective ·.···etFi@coT'igifi·6rr;eligi6uidefii/miiUitioitifitlie·....·.· in trying students for major infractions of college rules. HadlrlifUsirationofits educati0naz p6licies,H Safley believes that Patrick Zimmer, a day student from Fayetteville, will do a good job HschotaT'shipsarll1locin.prpgra'ns;'at~letiCsor... as S.G.A. President in 1988-89. The dean would like to see much greater emphasis placed on . any other college~cidiitifiisteT'edprograms .. meeting the spiritual needs of students. "We are a church-related institution." he said. "People Continued on Page 22 =-=====------------ MC TODAY - AUGUST 1988 CAMPUS NEWS 3 Restored Mallett-Rogers House Opens To Public Methodist College and the Florence ited Dr. Sue Kimball, a member of Rogers Charitable Trust held a ribbon cutting Methodist's English faculty, with the pro• and open house at the restored Mallet • posal that the college accept the house and Rogers House Sunday afternoon, May 15. convert it into an art gallery. Dr. Kimball had Located on the southern edge of the learned that the Rogers Trust was looking for campus near O'Hanlon Amphitheater, the a place to relocate the house. 18th century structure underwent a two-year, Dr. Hendricks said the college and the $150,000 renovation and will now serve as an administrators of the Rogers Trust had three art gallery. The Florence Rogers Charitable goals in mind during the restoration: to Trust donated the house to the college and maintain the house's historic character, to had it moved to the campus in February, make the structure useful as a 20th century art 1986. The college and the trust jointly fi• gallery, and to have a beautiful building. nanced the restoration and renovation. Paintings will be displayed on the first floor, Nearly 250 persons turned out for the sculpture on the second. He said the college grand opening and an inaugural exhibit by 14 will also hold receptions and special meet• North Carolina artists. Dr. William C. Fields, ings in the main house. The college trustees portrait painter and amateur historian, was held a luncheon meeting there three days the keynote speaker. before the grand opening. Speaking under a large tent erected for The house retains its full-width porches, the occasion, Dr. Fields observed that "the four working fireplaces, and heart pine floor• future of old buildings lies in adaptive use." ing, but has been equipped with an electric He also recounted a brief history of the Mal• heat pump, a combination of brass candela• lett-Rogers House, noting that officials of the bra and track lighting, and a security system. N. C. Dept. of Archives and History believe The interior walls, chair rail, and hand• the house dates back to at least 1830. Offi• carved mantels were painted light gray and cials who examined the house said it contains the upper portion of the walls was covered nails that were made in the 1790's. Some with a matching carpet to facilitate the hang• local historians believe it to be the famous ing of art works. "Council Hall" that James Council built in Members of the Cumberland County Youth The two-room cottage located behind 1735. Orchestra provided music for the opening. the main house contains a small restroom and Land records indicate that Council Hall a galley kitchen. It now houses the college was sold to Daniel Mallett in 1778 and that Daniel sold it to his brother Peter in 1805. Continued on Page 4 Peter's son, Charles Peter Mallett, reportedly had the house moved to Eutaw Springs in 1830 to avoid a "vaporous exhaust" from a nearby mill pond. Fields said land records suggest the house known as "Council Hall" was moved twice-from the banks of the Cape Fear to a site off South Gillespie near a cotton mill pond and from Gillespie Street to Eutaw Springs-before its finaljoumey to Method• ist College.