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that his interest should have been immediately aroused, after his
assignment to the Asheville District, by the lack of educational
opportunities which he discovered there, and much of his time,
thought and energy were directed to the establishment and mainte-
nance of a school in western North Carolina. This he carried on
in a general way until the educational awakening in North Carolina
made many of the private schools unnecessary and he then redoubled his
energies in the maintenance of parochial schools which he had es-
tablished in western North Carolina particularly Appalachian Schools
at Penland, Valle Crucis, Christ School, Arden and Patterson School
at Ledger Wood. At one time as many as 2000 children were attend-
ing the parochial schools maintained by his church in western
North Carolina.

When the Asheville Parish was organized Bishop Horner and
his good wife who before her marriage was Miss Eva Marker, of
Augusta, Georgia, moved to Asheville, and spent the time since then
in their ministrations to the people of the mountain District.

Bishop Horner, as said before, was intensely interested in
education and was for many years a friend and Trustee of the
University of North Carolina, and attended the January meeting
of the Trustees at Raleigh, though he was not well at that time.
Like his father, he was of a tall and commanding appearance and
commanded the respect of school friends and his fellow citizens by
his warm heart, intelligence and genial disposition. Many who
learned in the Horner School the things which he so ably taught
will tell in years to come of the wisdom that flowed from his
lips as he taught them at Oxford, while those who were blessed by
his presence and care in the District of his adoption will remember
with lasting gratitude his able and loving ministration while he
lived among them. His work in North Carolina will abide.

A. A. Hicks, Chairman
K. P. Lewis
Mrs. E. L. McKee

Committee.

Henry M. London [signature]
Secretary.

The following degrees in course were conferred:

WOMAN'S COLLEGE UNIT

BACHELORS OF ARTS

Annie Ruth Adams * † ................................................ Hamlet, Richmond
Martha Elizabeth Albritton .......................................... Hookerton, Greene
Elizabeth Lou Allen ...................................................... Rose Hill, Sampson
Ida Kathryn Allen ........................................................ Bunnlevel, Harnett
Virginia Gill Allen .......................................................... Henderson, Vance
Aliene Thompson Alley ............................................ Greensboro, Guilford
Janie Fairley Allsbrook ............................................ Tarboro, Edgecombe
Margaret Andrews ...................................................... High Point, Guilford
Mary Elizabeth Angley .................................................... Lenoir, Caldwell
Douglass Archibald .............................................. Concord R. 3, Cabarrus
Buna Mae Arnold ................................................ Fuquay Springs, Harnett
Jerrie Julia Arthur ...................................... Charlotte, R. 4, Mecklenburg
Mary Elizabeth Auman .............................................. Seagrove, Randolph
Katherine Austin * † ............................................ Leaksville, Rockingham
Margaret Ruth Bane ............................................ Reidsville Rockingham
Annie Laurie Bason .......................................... Greensboro, R. 2, Guilford
Josephine Dugga Bateman .............................. Wilmington, New Hanover
Sarah Lee Bazemore .......................................................... Aulander, Bertie
Susan Lorene Beatty † .............................................. Stanley, R. 1, Gaston

Myrtle Louise Beaver .......................... Bear Poplar, Rowan
Lucile Evans Beckerdite .................. Winston-Salem, R. 5, Davidson
Dorothy Hale Belnay † ........................ Cranford, N.J.
Mildred Estelle Biddle ............................ New Bern, Craven
Vera Euzelia Black................................ Cherryville, Gaston
Dorothy Blackwood...................... Winston-Salem, Forsyth
Mildred Esther Boatman ................... Greensboro, Guilford
Mildred Kathleen Bowles ......... Fayetteville, Cumberland
Laura Mackie Boyd ..................................... Stanley, Gaston
Mary Frances Brame ...................................... Wendell, Wake
Rebecca Deane Braswell ................... Greensboro, Guilford
Edna Ruth Britt ......................................... Warsaw, Duplin
Mary Elizabeth Brummitt ............... Oxford, R. 3, Granville
Mildred Brunt ................................ Winston-Salem, Forsyth
Frances McKean Bulwinkle ......................... Gastonia, Gaston
Susan Martin Capehart .......................... Windsor, Bertie
Edna Grace Capel .................................... Wadesboro, Anson
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*Dated July 23, 1932.
† Absent by permission.