Augusta College - White Columns Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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On May 7, 1963 the Board of Regents let it be known that Augusta College was to become a four year school. The Regents stipulated that the following things had to be done: upgrade the faculty with at least thirty- five percent holding a Doctor- ate, expand the curriculum, build an adequate number of class- rooms and laboratories, enlarge the library, reorient the faculty to points of view, functions, and procedures of a senior college institution , and finally (and most difficult) to meet Southern Association Standards at the earliest date of eligibility. When Augusta College applied for senior college status in the fall of 1962, it was very obvious that the skeletal Library would be a major stumbling block. Therefore, Ray Rowland pro- moted a massive book drive spon- sored by the Alumni Association. Augusta College graduated its first class of four- year graduates in the 1966-67 school year. This past year, the Federal Govern- ment approved the sale of the adjacent Army Reserve Center to the state for use by the college. Most visitors to our campus are immediately struck by the his- toric setting of the Old Arsenal. They comment on the clever adaption of old buildings to new uses. The impression is that here we have a relatively new institu- tion located on a historic old Our School was established so that the community would be bet- ter served, and the school has expanded and deflated with the fortunes of Augusta and Rich- mond County, and will continue to do so.

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