Louisburg College - Oak Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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l ■ w v . icO NNV NV vvvv vv tw v v v vvNVNx N v vA v x x x v x College History X.s ' rilOSlC troubled i:irs which followcj the American Revolution, there were ery few schools ui tliL- South, and little or no desire for them. Hut ill lySf) the ( ' icneral Assembly of North Carolina m ' t and appointed fifteen men ot I ' ranklin county, who were to form the Franklin Academ ' . Major Brickell j ave the land; and the first building, a two-story wooden structure, was erected across the street from where the college now stands. Its first president was Matthew Dick- inson, a worthy man, and a graduate of ' ale. He resigned alter serving three years, and was succeeded by Mr. Hobbitt. In 1S02 the female department was added with a fee of only ; )l6.oo per year, under the supervision of Mi;,s Partridge. She soon married Mr. I obbitt, and under their guidance the college made an enviable name for itself. Thus for many years Louisburg College struggled on, its sole h.ill ot learning being an old two-story wooden building which is| now called the Annex, until in 1S57 the Main Huilding was erected and formally opened. Mr. Southgate safely guided our Alma Mater through the Civil War, ,uid the end of conflict found her standing unharmed, her majestic pillars raised in triumph to the sky. Days of trouble followed. At times it seemed as if she must truly fail. Prospects were dark indeed when she almost passed into the hands of a race other than our own color. But fate willed it otlierwise, and Louisburg continued unmolested on -the path of female education. The year 1 89 1 marked another imjiortant milestone in the history of our college, for it was during that year that she was deeded over to our own Washington Duke, whose son, Benjamin Duke, gave Louisburg into the care of the North Carolina Con- ference at the death of his father in 1907. It was after the conference took charge that the Davis Memorial building was erected, and modern heating devices were installed. In 1915 Louisburg entered into her own when she took her rank among the first Junior Colleges of the South, pronounced and recognized as such by the General Board of Education. Louisburg College has had a glorious past, but a still more glorious future awaits her if our dreams and labor bear fruit. In 1922 the Board of Trustees was extremely fortunate in securing Mr. A. W. Mohn for the presidency of Loui sburg College. In years to come it will bq impossible to think of the college without thinking of Mr. Mohn, for it was he who not only dreamed dreams of a greater college, but realized them. In 1917 there were only Main and Davis Buildings. Today, 1927, thanks to Mr. Mohn, there are many additional improvements. In 1924, West Wing was completed, and Main Bm ' ldirg was comnletely remodeled inside. In 1926 Wright Memorial Dormitory, a building donated bv our b-nefactor, Mr. R. W. Wright, in wmnvMHaMNwl y