Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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The present then is a medley of work, energy and enthusiasm. There is pleasure in the past, a glorious work at present, and hoi c and wishes tor a pros) erous future. Out of a struggling and doubtful past, out of;» present filled with hopes which arc already lteing realized, Furman University will issue forth with an impregnable armor on ready for the 1 tattle with the future. Furman has had days that were dark and dreary, but these have passed away. And since she is growing stronger and stronger every day her golden days must lie in the future. To the future she looks for the crown of glory t that awaits her. With increased endowment, new departments will Ik added and new schools oj cned. The student body will grow from hundreds to thousands. Then w ill the dreams of our fathers who founded the institution he realized and Furman Ixr a University indeed. The day is coming when the great host of students will turn to the walls of our denominational colleges. Then will Furman reach the height of her glory; then receive tiie long sought for crown bound hv the tics of the lietterment of man and the glory of God. Irorne bv the hands of her noble sons. B. A. Bknti.ky i

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Furman Th As early as the loginning of the nineteenth century the leading Baptists of the State saw the need oi an educated ministry. With this need in view they began to plan. 'I'he result was the establishment » f the Furman Theological Institute on the high lulls about the Santee. Shortly afterwards the school was removed to Winns-lx ro. in Fairfield District. At the same time an agricultural department was added and the literary department broadened. From here, more than half a century ago, it was transferred to Greenville, it' name having been changed to Furman University. The institution was widened in every rcs| ect and. despite the thickening shadows of the war. never was there such a bright prosj ect for the future as now. With a faculty composed of young men versatile in talent, noted for their depth and breadth of learning and jx sscssiug rare mental vigor and acuteness. Furman University promised to lie at once the foremost college of the South. The student Ixxlv grew larger and larger every year and the dawn of Furman’s history was bright indeed. But clouds l cgan t gather. The blasts of the war trumpet and the thundering of cannon called the two hundred and sixty, who had gathered within her peaceful walls, to lay aside their lxx ks and march to battle for the cause espoused hv their State. University e Past Four years later, when the battle llag was furled by a people. defeated and cast down but not destroyed, tltc first thought that nine to the battle-scarred heroes was to re . ] en the school. What devastation filled the land! For years it seemed as if failure was inevitable. The era of Reconstruction hung like a pall over all her fortunes. but with a courage, true and sublime, these men brought Furman safely through. To write the present history of a school such as Furman is no mean task. Though in the past her progress has lnreu great, never in her history has it l ccn wlrt it is to-day. New buildings arc constantly being added, the student Itodv increasing, and now the endowment is being added to. The present administration has been very successful, indeed, in its effort to put Furman prominently Indore those whose duty it is to support it. To-day she is more widely and better known titan ever before. The Baptists realize that it is their school and are proud, and justly so. of the work which it is doing. The faculty stands for all that is 1 est in lw ili the old and the new methods of teaching, and nowhere will you find a more thorough system of instruction. The work of Furman is well known throughout the Southland and recognized by the older and larger institutions of the North as the equal of any. 10

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Board of Trustees WITH r XI'I RAT ION OK T I. If MS or SERVICE Rr.v. IX M. Ramjuv. I». I).. President. Charleston. S. C. Mr. A. 0 Furman. Secretary, Greenville. S. C Mr. H. P. McGee, Auditor, Greenville. S. C. 19(0 Rw. J. ||. BoLDRtn.r.. I.aneastcr H. J. Hayns worth. Esq.. Greenville Rw. t„ M. Rom. Spartanburg Rr.v. D. M. Ramsey. 1 . !).. Charleston Rev. A. c. Wilkins. L . I).. Batcshurg two Mr. J. A. Carroll. Gaffney Hon. J. H. Hudson, Bcnncltsvillc Rr.v. W. J I.ancston. I). I).. Greenville Mr. H. P. McGr.r. Greenville Hon. S. G. Mayfield. Denmark 1904 Mr. R J. Almckman. Alcolu R»:v. K. P. Easteruvc, MeColl Hon. W. H. Lyles, Columbia J. V. Shelor. Esq.. Walhalla W. II. Hunt. Esq.. Newberry 19M Mr. W. F. Cox, Anderson Dr. J. It. Earle. Greenville Hon. J. A. Fa NT, Union W. C. Miller. Esq., Charleston Rev. W. K. Thayer, Rock Hill Mr. L. F. Dorn, Parksvillc Mr. C K. Henderson. Aiken Mr. A. G. Furman. Greenville Mr. J. J. Lawton, Hartsville Dr. Brooks Rutledge. Florence Executivf. Committef. Mr. H. P. McGee, Chairman Mr. A. G. Furman, Secretary Dr. J. B. Earle H. J. Haynsworth. Esq. Res W. J. I.ancston. D. I). II. ). Haynswortii. Esq.. Treasurer of the l.'niversity B. K. Geer. M. A.. Assistant Treasurer H. T. Cook. M. A.. IX Lilt.. Proctor 12