Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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 workman that needed not to be ashamed— Charles H. Jldson R e presenting Rat a I ty

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ginning the University was stripped of everything but the campus, the main building j and several thousand dollars held for ministerial education; and it was only in 1885 1 and 1886 when, by the successful agency of R. II. Griffith, a considerable endowment fund was raised, that the institution breathed freely again. X In 1897 Dr. A. P. Montague became President, and during his incumbency of five years the Alumni Hall, Fitting School, and Montague Hall were built. A I)r. E. M. Poteat succeeded Dr. Montague in November, 1903. In the same year, under the agency of Rev. Joel I. Allen, subscriptions to the amount of $125,ocx were JIV secured for endowment. Q In March, 1905, Mr. Andrew Carnegie proposed to give $15,000 for a Library Building, on condition that $i5, xx be raised as an endowment for the Library. his condition was met by Dr. Judson, who created the Charles H. Judson Endowment Fund for the Library. Dr. Judson died January 12, 1907, in his 87th year, after having served the University in various capacities, Professor, Treasurer, Acting President, Dean, for fifty-six years. In recognition of his eminence as a mathematician and teacher, shortly before his death, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching granted him a pension of one thousand dollars per annum. In his last will and testament Dr. Judson made the Library Endowment Fund residuary legatee of his estate. The University is now under the Presidency of Dr. V. J. McCilothlin, under whose guidance giant strides have been taken. The growth, which had been steady and continuous for many years was greatly stimulated by the Seventy-five Million Campaign. The student body and the faculty have been more than doubled during these years, departments of Education and of Law have been established, and the resources of the institution in buildings, equipment and endowment have been greatly increased. 24

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WILLIAM JOSEPH McGLOTIII.lN, Ph.D., D.I)., LL.D. President 26