Due West Female College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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most far-reaching work was his success in having the college transferred from the con- trol of the stock company to the Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The institution had been maintained largely by the churchg now it was to be a denom- inational school owned and controlled by the church. It was at the time of this trans- fer in 190-1 that the name was changed from Due' Ufest Female College to PVoman's College of Due Wvesf. I Of Dr. and llilrs. Richard Lee Robinson, now President and Dean, respec- tively, of the college, it is not necessary to speak. All the Associate Reformed Pres- byterians, indeed many in other denominations, know of their work. VVith no en- dowment, little financial aid from the denomination, with the continued rise in prices of everything, they have labored cheerfully and indefatigably. New departments have been added and the standard raised to satisfy requirements of the Association of Southern Colleges. The burden of the administrative work has been theirs: our ap- preciation and praise should also be theirs. In 1915 the much needed Alumnae Building was ready for use. This, a gift largely of the alumnae of the college, contains the auditorium, practice rooms, music studios and art studios. Quoting Dr. D. G. Phillips, in an address delivered September, 1910: No arithmetic of earth, eternity alone can reveal the debt our church owes the VVoman's College. Struggling for six years against poverty and poor equipment, she has held a place with other splendidly equipped colleges of our land. A list of the names of those connected with the VVoman's College, both professors and students, is a list of which any institution might be proud. Among the professors there are: Dr. J. 1. Bonner, Professor P. Kennedy, Dr. Jas. Boyce, lVIrs. L. 111. Bonner, Nlrs. K. P. Kennedy, Bliss lN'IcQuerens, llrs. E. C. Stuart, Bliss llflildred C. VVatkins, lVIrs. VV. B. Lindsay, Mrs. Jennie E. Bonner and others not less dear to students of former days. Over one thousand graduates have gone out to every part of our country. A large number have found their work in Egypt, Rlexico, Japan, India, China, and Korea. The VVoman's College has a record of which she may be proud. It is for the students of today to see that her record is not sullied, her honor not stained. -Tl l il ...J Page Seventy-four

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-,- Exlentful Dates In the fall of 1859, sixty years ago, at the home of Rev. Jonathan Gallo- way in Newberry County, S. C., three men dreamed ta wonderful dream-the founding of a Christian College for girls. Nov. 1, 1859, the people of Due West awoke to find the dream had come true, the Due West Female College was a reality with Dr. J. I. Bonner at its head. The second Monday of Jannuary, 1860, marked the formal opening of the College. August 7, 1860, the corner stone was laid. July 8, 1861, the first commencement day. The graduating class num- bered five. In October, 1861, Miss Lila Morse, later Mrs. Bonner, began her work in the college as teacher of piano, and for fifty-six years she was intimately con- nected with the college. Amid the general ruins of War, th-e trustees practically bankrupt, organ- ized a joint stock company in 1867. 1869 marked the beginning of dormitory life in the D. W. F. C. In 1876, the Castalian and Amelian Literary Societies grew out of an over- grown organization. Synod adopted the D. W. F. C. in 1904. 1906-Carnegie Dormitory, the gift of Adrew Carnegie and friends of the College was completed. In 1909, the name was changed from HD. W. F. C. to D, W. W. C. Celebration of fiftieth anniversary-1911. A new building on the Campus-Memorial Hall-1914. In 1915, the Library put on new life. In 1917, the alumnae dreamed of an Endowment Fund. The dream has come true in the Forward Movement of 1919. Vlfatch the Home Coming in June, 1920-Sixtieth Anniversary, 1 ,... W 1 1 1 1 i Page Se-wnty-:ix