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that his ihterest should, have been immediately a ouceu., a,'. U.-&I- nis* assignment to the Asheville District, by the lack of educational^ opportunities which he discovered there, and much, ofnis thought and energy were directed to the establishment ana mainte­ nance of a school in western North Carolina* this he cameu u.a in^a'general way until the educational awakening in North Carolina made many of the private schools unnecessary and he then redoubled h^s energies in the maintenance of parochial schools which he badges- ^ tablished in western North Carolina particularly Appalachian Schools a-h Valle Crucis, Christ School, Arden and Patterson ocboo^ 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 Mias Eva Marker,.of Augusta, Georgia, moved to Asheville, and spent the time since taen in'their ministrations to the people of the mountain District. Bishoo Horner, as said before, was intensely interested in education and was for many years a friend and Trustee ol University of North Carolina, and attended the January meeting of.the Trustees at Raleigh, though he was not well at that uime* Like his father, he was of a tall and commanding appearance an^ _ commanded the respect of school friends and his fellow citizens by his warm heart, intelligence and genial disposition. Kany who learned in the Horner School the things which ^ so ably taught w^ll telT in years to come of the wisdom that flowed i..om nls^ 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 ^ai^o lived among them* His work in North Carolina wilA. A. Hicks, Chairman K. P* Lewis Mrs. E* L* McKee Committee. "Secretaryf The following degrees in course were conferred WOMAN'S COLLEGE UNIT BACHELORS OF ARTS Myrtle Louise Beaver.......... Lucile Evans Beckerdite - - - Dorothy Hale Belnay f - - - Mildred Estelle Biddle ........ Vera Euzelia Black.............. Dorothy Blackwood............ Mildred Esther Boatman - Mildred Kathleen Bowles -. Laura Mackie Boyd .......... Alary Frances Brame.......... Rebecca Deane Braswell - - Edna Ruth Britt................ Alary Elizabeth Brummitt . Mildred Brunt.................... Frances AlcKean Bulwinkle Susan Alartin Capehart - - Edna Grace Capel .............. Annie Ruth Adams ^ t ................................................ Richmond Alartha Elizabeth Albritton.......................................... Hookerton Greene Elizabeth Lou Allen ...................................................... R^e Fhl! Sampson Ida Kathryn Allen ........................................................ Bunnlevel, Harnett Virginia Gill Allen .......................................................... Hendersoiy Vance Aliene Thompson Alley ............................................ Greensboro. Gudford janie Fairley Allsbrook ............................................ larboro, Edgecombe Margaret Andrews...................................................... ^ Fgh Pomt, Gudford Mary Elizabeth Angley .................................................... Leno.r, Caldwell Douglass Archibald .............................................. Concord R. 3, Cabarrus Buna Mae Arnold................................................ Fuquay Springs Harnett jerrie lulia Arthur ...................................... Charlotte, R. 4, Mecklenburg Mary Elizabeth Auman .............................................. Seagrove, Randolph Katherine Austin * f ............................................ Leaksville, Rockmgham Margaret Ruth Bane ............................................ Reidsville Rockmgham Annie Laurie Bason.......................................... Greensboro, R. 2, Gudford Josephine Dugga Bateman ..............................Wilmmgton, New Hanover *Dated July 23, 1932. Sarah Lee Bazemore .......................................................... Aulauder.Bert.e f Absent by permission. Susan Lorene Beatty f .............................................. Stanley, . , as on ................ Bear Poplar, Rowan Winston-Salem, R. 3, Davidson ........................ Cranford, N.J. .................... New Bern, Craven .................. Gherryvide, Gaston .......... Winston-Salem, Forsyth ...................Greensboro, Guilford ........ Fayetteville, Cumberland ........................... Stanley, Gaston ............................ Wended, Wake ...................Greensboro, Guilford .......................... Warsaw, Duplin .............. Oxford, R. 3, Granville ............ Winston-Salem, Forsyth ......................... Gastonia, Gaston .......................... Windsor, Bertie ...................... Wadesboro, Anson