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When
Wake Forest alumni and students return
to the original campus the weekend of
March 31- April, they may be able to
participate in breaking ground for the
planned addition to the Wake Forest
Museum on North Main Street.
Susan Brinkley, chairman of
the Wake Forest College Birthplace
Museum board of directors, said this
week the groundbreaking depends on the
results of feasibility study which will
show the strength and depth of support
for that addition. “We will have the
results before the reunion,” Brinkley
said.
She said the study, outside
of its result, shows increased support
for the birthplace and the addition,
which will widen the museum’s scope to
include the history of the town and
area. “The university is joining us and
helping to pay for the study,” Brinkley
said. “It’s the first time the
university has stood beside us and said
they are proud of us.”
Durward Matheny, a
birthplace board member, said the
estimated cost for the museum addition
was about $2 million a year and a half
ago. “Now it’s probably closer to $3
million.” Once the feasibility study is
complete and shows support to build the
addition, the board will take bids for
its construction. The board also plans
to raise about $1 million for the
building’s maintenance.
Brinkley and the board are
still firming up the plans for the
reunion. The alumni, their spouses and
friends are expected Friday, and current
students will arrive at noon Saturday
for tours around the campus and town.
Wake Forest University makes sure that
each student at the campus in
Winston-Salem has the opportunity to
return to the original campus at least
once during their four years of study.
Friday’s events include a
golf match at 10 a.m. at the Wake Forest
Golf and Country Club. The rest of the
day the alumni will be free to visit the
birthplace museum and visit with friends
in a tent on the grounds. Brinkley said
there will be refreshments and new
exhibits in the birthplace. The formal
events for the day end with a reception
at Brigs Restaurant.
Saturday morning at 10:30
there will be roundtable discussion
about sports on the old campus in
Binkley Chapel followed by a box lunch
in the Ledford Center.
Alumni, students and the
public are invited to the biggest event,
held in Binkley Chapel at 3:30. Ed
Wilson from the class of ’43 will speak
“about those times, those days” in Wake
Forest. There will also be greetings
from Wake Forest University President
Nathan O. Hatch, although Brinkley was
not sure if he would be present.
The day will conclude with a
dinner in the Ledford Center. |
