Lenoir Rhyne College - Hacawa Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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:;. - ■. -.:- ?0- - ?• -■- ■ , 9 1 p ' V IP force were much increased, courses broadened, standard raised, methods improved, and a name and place won among the colleges of the State and country. Successful departments of music, art, voice, expression, and business were established, and much equipment along these lines and for the library and laboratories was secured. Three large rooms of the main building were finished, and a new front added. In 1902, Oakview Hall for women was erected ; in 1909, it was enlarged. In 1907, Highland Hall for men was erected ; in 1907-8, St. Andrews, the college church, was erected ; in 1912-13, the Yoder Science Building was erected and equipped, and steam heating plants installed. It would be impossible to over-estimate the importance of the erec- tion and equipment of these buildings in the growth and development of the college. Early in the administration of Dr. Fritz, our graduates were admitted to the senior class at our State University, and were graduated in one year. In 1910, after our standard had been raised and faculty strength- ened, our graduates were admitted without examination to graduate work in Carolina and other universities. In 1915, Lenoir College was rated one of the ten A-grade colleges of our State by the educational authorities of the State. In 1915-16, an endowment of $50,000 was raised by President Fritz, assisted by Mrs. R. A. Yoder. In March, 1919, President Fritz resigned, and was recalled as professor of mathematics and astronomy. He continued in charge of the college till January, 1920. During this eighteen-year period, the col- lege was practically self-supporting ; the teachers, being greatly over- woi ' ked and underpaid, still constituted the endowment. For six of these years no appropriation was received from Synod, and the amounts received for the other years were little more than the interest and equipment costs paid by the college. The average yearly enrollment for this period was 270. The number of students enrolled to date is 4,043, and the total number of graduates 450. In the fall of 1919, a campaign for a real endowment was launched, and at the end of two months the goal reached was $310,000. This meant a new lease on life, and a hopeful future for the college. In January, 1920, Dr. John C. Peery took charge as president, and a new era in the history of the college dawned most auspiciously. Eight m % ft-v 1 m m m AMmmm mm wm ■if

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