Athens State College - Columns Yearbook (Athens, AL)

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Sotne Facts About Athens College The General Asscnilily of Alaliair.a. c-n January 9, 1843, passed an act to incorporate llie I ' emale Institute of t!ie Tennessee Annual Conference of the Methodist F.piscopal Clnircli, Sout:i. at Athens, Alaljania. The purpose of the incorporators was to offer to the young women who should enroll in the institution the same aaVantages that their brothers enjoyed. The ideals of the institution were religious from the first, and the cliaracter of the enterprise may he judged by the people who have been connected with it. The first President of the Board of Trustees was Judge Daniel Coleman, and his successors have been men of the same type. Rev. R. H. Rivers was the first President of the Institution, and he has had a number of successors, lAit the mc;i and the two women who have held this position have been characterizea by their scholarship and religious zeal. In 1870 the institute became the property of the Xorth Alabama Conference, and two ears later its name was changed to Athens Fen- ale Institute. In 1889 its name was again changed to .Athens Female College, and again in 1915 to Athens College for Young Women, which name it has since retained. The tract of land on which the college is located was the gift of the following parties: Thds. Maclin, Benjamin Maclin, and Thos. Ilobbs. Funds for the construction of Founders Hall -.vere raised by voluntary contribution. Ir. Robert Beaty donated the land on which Brown Hall is locateo ' . This building was first used in 1912. It was named in honor of its first donors, the parents of Miss Florence Brown, a former secretary of the institution who gave her life in lovintj service to the college. Music Hall and the heating system were completed in 1914, the swimming pool in 1919, the gymnasium in 1922, and the Xew Dormitory in 1924. As the college has increased its ec|uipment and furnishings, it has developed its curriculum and raised its standard of learning. In May, 1909, distinct lines were drawn between the college ana ' academy, and in 1921, what had been known as Athens College .Academy was given the name of Rivers .Academy, and was made a member of the Southern Association for Secondary Schools. The college was placed among the B grade colleges of the Church. In 1913 it was classed as A ' ' grade, the highest class of colleges controlled by the Church. Since that time it has been made a member of the Southern .Association of Women ' s Colleges. In 1924 it was decided by the trustees of the college that a:i instructor in the College must hold at least a Master ' s Degree. The Instituticn has lac; ' to pass tl.rcr.gb many vicissitudes in the course of its long career, but it has always lived up to the principles and ideals upon which it was projected. .Many young women have gone out from its walls who ' have reflected credit on their Alma Mater. Daughters of the college may be found today in prominent places in the religious, social, and literary worlds. Therefore with the satisfaction that comes from a knowledge of success, -Athens College for Young Women can turn to the future, prepared for broader service ana ' confident of achieving greater glorv. X. L. M. Nine