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Collt ' jit ' . The .■icadeiny was coiitiiuud on the sjxit now occupied l)v the Louisburg Hifjh School. The new adniini.stration biiihlinji: was one of the finest and best college buildings in the state for the time in wliich it was built. While most colleges were closed during the late Civil War period. Louisburg College continued its work of taking care of the young women, and, altliough federal soldiers occupied the Administration Building, the principal, Mr. Southgate, continued the work of education in tfie other buildings. After the Civil War the college was embarrassed by debt, but the struggle for existence and recognition continued until in 1891 when the property came into the hands of Wasliington Duke, one of the greatest benefactors of the South. L ' ljon the death of Mr. Duke in lltOT. his son. Benjamin Duke, transferred the college to the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Church has conducted the college for the benefit of the Christian education of the young women ever since. To meet the educational demands made upon the college, the Davis Memorial Building, the Franklin Building, the Fattie ,1. Wright Dormitory, and the central heating plant have all been built since tlie Church took charge of the institution. Louisburg College applied in U»1.5 for junior college rating l y tlie General Board of Education, and this recognition was granted. In the spring of 1923 appeared the first volume of The Oak, the college annual of the Senior Class of Louisburg College. This annual is published once a year and gives a bird ' s-eye view of the activities in which Louisburg College students engage. Many illustrious names in the history of education in N ' ortii Carolina have been connected witii Louisburg College, either as president or as a faculty member. Among them are the names of F. D. Bagley, Asher H. Ray. J. D. Green. L. S. Massey, M. S. Davis, F. S. Love. A. D. Wilcox, and D. E. Earnhardt. In 1931, under the administration of A. I). Wilcox, the college was made co- educational and it now serves to educate and train the young men as well as the young women of the state. The word Female was then dropped from the name and the college became Louisburg College. Since D. E. Earnhardt became Jjresident. tiie college has purchased a good farm of two hundred acres on the Henderson road, and the farm is being developed, and it is expected to produce the greater part of the meats, milk, and vegetables used in the boarding department of the College. Louisburg College is rich in history and in tradition. But it is young in spirit and is ever looking forward to serve the best interests of the young people and to educate and train them for the noblest and truest citizenship. I :{
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Louisburg ' College History From till- State Rtcords of Nortli Carolina. Clark. Vol. XXIV. Laws of 1777- 1778. vf read the followiiij; law enacted January (i, 1778: Be it therefore enacted by tile (ieneral Asseinlily of tlie State of North Carolina — that Doctor .loliii Kinfj. William Lancaster — (and others) — he constituted and appointed trustees — to re- ceive — all moneys — that may he subscribed for the jjurjiose of erecting an academy in the town of Louisburg. Franklin County. North Caroiin.i bv the name of Franklin Academy. This document further |)rovides for ap])ointing teachers, for allowing tile school to give certificates ;nid diplom.is and for all other niatter.s pertaining to conducting a school of high grade in I.iniishurg. In this charter were the beginnings of I.ouisbnrg College. On the hill overlooking the Tar River, a large tract of land was bought by the Trustees and a suitable building was erected in 1779, a faculty was chosen, and Franklin Academy commenced its work of usefulness in educating the young jieople of the State. Before any state university had ever been chartered, the institution that flowered into Louisburg College commenced its career of service to North Carolina. Matthew Dickerson. the uncle of Cyrus W . I ' icld. of Atlantic Cable fame, was the first principal of the school. He was a native of Connecticut, a graduate of Yale, and was thoroughly jircpared to conduct a great school for the people of eastern North Carolina. The course of study included, in addition to the elementary and grammar grade work, such subjects as literature, rhetoric, metaphysics, philosopin-, geometry, trigonometry, analytics, surveying, astronomy, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French. Italian — and all for a tuition charge of twenty-six dollars a year. The school drew large numbers of students and was successful from the beginning. In 1813 a female department was added to the Franklin Academy, the female department being located on the present college campus and the male department being located on the site of the present Mills High School. Courses of study were outlined to tiach the young women the subjects of reading, writing. English grammar, arithmetic, gi ' ogra|)liy. astronomy, painting, music, and ornamental needle- work. The female dc|).irtiiiciit was called Franklin Seminary. In 1816, .lolin B. Bobbitt bccanir priiu ' ipal of the academy and ;i Miss Partridge from Massachusetts became head of the Seminary. These two persons soon formed an indissoluble union by marriage and. under tiieir guidance, the two divisions of the school estab- lished a re])Utation that made both schools and |)rincipals famous. The years ])assed. Franklin Academy and Louisburg Female Seminary con- tinued to make their contribution to the cause of education and noble living. Ac- commodations were outgrown and now buildings were erected. In 18.56, the demands on the school became such that a joint stock com])any was organized to build and to finance the institution. In that year was erected the jjresent administra- tion building and the name of the institution was changed to Louisburg Female I 2
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