Wesleyan College - Veterropt Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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£ K25 JK. LUX ’f Historical Sketch of Wesleyan W hSLhA AX ( OLLEGK was incorporated in 1830 by the Legislature of Georgia under the name of “ The Georgia Female College.” Two years later, the trustees elected a president and faculty, and in dan- narv, 1839, the doors of the College were opened to the public. On the first day ninety young women were enrolled, and during the term the number increased to one hundred and sixty-eight. At first the College was under the control of the Georgia f onferenee of the Methodist Church, and is now governed by the North Georgia, South Georgia, and Florida Conferences. The ( nllege has the distinction of being the oldest college 4 for women in America, and probably in the 4 world, and lias for three quarters of a centurv maintained the highest standards of educational life. It is the aim of its management that it should he not simply the oldest college for women in America, but the last. More than two thousand graduates of the College are widely scattered throughout the world. The diploma of “Wesleyan” has been pronounced the “higest academic honor open to a woman in the South.” The College is located in the best residential section of Macon, which is, perhaps, the most beautiful and cultured of all Southern citii s. The campus consists of eight acres, with the buildings located at one end, and the remaining space used for recreation grounds. The buildings in use are five in number, consisting of Main Building, Susannah Wesley Memorial, Roberts Hall, the Dining Hall Building, and Senior Hall. An endowment fund of $300,000 has recently been completed by Dr. V. N. Ainsworth, which goes to greatly increase the efficiency and strength of the College, and gives it an added pre-eminence in the field of Southern education. 8

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Main Building