[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 19434-19435]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LEES-McRAE COLLEGE, BANNER ELK, NORTH CAROLINA

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, today, Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, 
North Carolina, celebrates its centennial. It is altogether fitting 
that we pause to honor the vision and accomplishments of its founder, 
the Reverend Edgar Tufts, on this celebrated day.
  For 100 years, Lees-McRae College has provided a quality, student-
centered, values-based education. From its humble beginning in Edgar 
Tuft's study, Lees-McRae has grown into a fully accredited 
baccalaureate institution.

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  In addition, Lees-McRae is committed to being an integral part of the 
larger community, as witnessed by its outreach projects, cooperative 
programs with area schools, and humanitarian service activities.
  Lees-McRae College is an institution of which the entire Nation 
should be proud, and we wish it well as it enters its second century.

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