The 1941 Babsonian. - Babson College

BR UCE CARLISLE EDE:'\TOK
Northwood Place, Jackson, Tennessee
Objective:
Distribution; Wholesale Grocery
h'x'jJerifllce:
J. C. Edenton Company; Federal Cotton Compress;
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
,)pecial Tmillillg:
Salesmanship; Marketing; Market Analysis; Wholesaling
and Retailing; ,\dvf'rtising; Accounting
Fduratioll :
, Riverside Military Academy; Darlington School;
University of Yirginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
(one year); Babson Institute of Business Administration,
Babson Park, Mass.
Extracurricular . 4ctivities:
Alpha Tau Omega; Committee on For('ign Relief,
C nivcrsity of Virginia; New York Times Repre-sentative;
Intramural Sports, Babson Institutf'
Persollal Data:
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Edentun's home is locat~d in Jackson, Tennesse-e,
where his family owns a wholesale grocery house.
He altended Riverside Military Academy and the
Darlington School before entering the Univf'rsity of
Virginia. Aller one year there, he transferred to Babson
Jnstitul(' as astudent in the Two-Year Coursf'.
PRACTICAL TRAINING
Edenton has already decided to go into the v,holesak
grocery business and his work at Babson IJlstitute has
been selected with this in mind.
His actual work in various wholesale establishments
plus his work at Babson Institult: has equipped him to
face- the probkms of Distribution. The courSt' at Babson
Institute aims to bring the student in contact with the
actualities of management in wholesaling and retailing
institutions, and develop his understanding of their
many marketing methods. Problems dealing .. ",ith these
concerns form a large portion uf the assigned \york.
THE BCSINESS NIAK
Edenton is mentally and physically alert. His work
prior to coming to Babson r nstilute was of very high
quality, and his work here has been excellent.
Socially and intellectually at home in any group, he is
cooperativf' and helpful in promoting any enterprise or
idea which is advanced.
Edf'nton is one of the men from the South whose accent
revealed his environment. Personality plus, and
an easygoing nature make him o ne of the most popular
Babson m('n.
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