Louisburg College - Oak Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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f - ri ' ' ' ' ■ ' I ' lijjjjf ) ' I oral Board of Education in 1915, and today ranks as a Ipading Junior College for Young Wt)ni( ' n in tlic State. In January, 1024, the Hoard of Trustees mot in ' ilMruij;tnn and decided on a forward ini) enieiit profirain for tiie collejic. An addition to the Main Imiidint; was iirovided for and a campaijin for So(X),()()l) for Imildinns and endowinenl was authorized. Steps lia ' e already been taken looking; ' to the erection of tiie first buikling, and liy tlie time this book comes from the i)ress we lutpc it will be Hearing eonijiletion. ' ith the other improvements proviih ' d for, Louisi)urg College will rank second to none in the South and will lie in jiosition to fill its appointed place in the educational program of the church and state. To this end we will ever strive and with full hearts, willing hands, and earnest prayers do all we can to aid our dear Old Louisburg College in her work for the higiiest development of Christian womanhood. . ■ a . 1 ?-j ' 5 IV ® [Page Sixteen] fm m ' M? -

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.8 :) i R P,•.. -.. the remainder of his life. In 1907 at the death of Air. Washington Duke, the property was given to the North CaroHna Conference I)y his son, Mr. Benjamin Duke. After the church assumed control of the property and poHcy of the school the Davis Memorial Building was erected and a laboratory and a central heating plant installed. It was given formal recognition as a Junior College bj ' the Gen- I ■ [Pane Fifteen] -: - ' --- ' 1k ' - %S -K -iSj - X In 1810 Mr. John B. Boljliitt was principal of the Boys ' Academy and Miss Partridge, a lady from Massachusetts, was in charge of the Seminary. Mr. Bobbitt and Miss Partridge soon became the victims of the bUiul god ' s arrow and were ' married. Under the joint leadership of these two worthy people tiiese schools o established a rt ' imtation that made them famous through the state. ' V — In 1855 another step forward was taken. For more than lialf a century the ' ' old Seminary had done its work, but the people realized that something more was [7 - v,i needed; that the time had arrived when j ' oung women should be given liigher J educational advantages. To meet this demand a joint stock company was or- ST ( ganized and chartered by the Legislature, under the name of the Louisburg :sj Female College Company, the object of which was to establish a college of Q high standard for young women. The present Main Building of the College was then erected, and its doors were opened in 1857. From its cla.ssic walls have gone out streams of influence, always Christian in character, which gladdened and blessed the lives of all who came within its sphere. The College stood unscathed throughout the bloody storm of the Civil War with Mr. Southgate, a man of wisdom and culture, at her head. In the spring of 1865 the president and his family moved , fC into the old Academy, and our beautiful building, for such it always has been, liecame a hospital for sick soldiers of the Federal troops that were garrisoned ( ' Y ,. in our midst. At one time, on account of debt, our Alma Mater was about to f go into the hands of northern philanthropists and become a school for colored Jk Presbyterians, liut a timely amendment to its charter provided that it should be J used as a school for the white race forever. In 1891 the property came into the hands of the great-hearted Washington ' | Duke, and was held by him for the education of North Carolina women iluring ,

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