Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Csvie loamp of Sacrifice It is easier In sacrifice great than little things Montaigne AUGUSTA FEMALE SEMINARY 1875 Jo Hook THE FOUNDERS Rufus William Bailey 1842-1849 Mary Julia Baldwin 1863-1897 THE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS Dr. A. M. Eraser 1923,-1929 Dr. L. Wilson Jarman 1929-1946 Dr. Frank Bell Lewis 1947- 10

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tfnGfi pprecLauon iu As Dean of Students, Miss Elizabeth Parker has rendered valuable service to Mary Baldwin College. We wish to take this way of ex- pressing our gratitude for her interest in us and her untiring efforts in our behalf; and for her patience and un- derstanding in dealing with our prob- lems.

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HISTORY Mar) Baldwin was founded as Augusta Female Seminar} in 1842 by the Reverend Rufus . Bailey. Ii was first located in rooms over a cabinet-maker ' s shop on the corner of New Street and Court House Alley; shortly after, it was moved to the Craig house on Greenville Avenue. Two years later the new school was moved to the presenl Administration Building. Mr. Bailey remained Principal of the Seminary until 1849. Under his gui- dance, the principles of high and sound standards, for which the institution was in be known throughout the years, were formulated, In 1863, Miss Mary Julia Baldwin and Miss Agnes McClung took over the supervision of the institution. Miss Baldwin overcame the educational difficulties brought about by the Civil War, and through her resourcefulness and determi- nation, the work of the Seminary continued when every other school in this section of the country was forced to close, .Miss Baldwin served as Principal for thirty-four years and during that time the academic level of the courses was raised until the curriculum for the higher i lasses was paralleled to that of the standard colleges and universities. In 1895, the name of the institution was changed to Mary Baldwin Seminar) by an act nf the Legislature of Virginia. Following the death of .Miss Baldwin, the Seminary continued to prosper under the leadership of Miss Ella P. Weimar and later under Miss Marianna P. Higgins. In 1914, Mary Baldwin became a junior college, and finally a four year college in 1923, when the name was changed to Mary Baldwin College. As a standard liberal arts college, Mary Baldwin has had three presidents. They are Dr. A. M. Fraser, who became President in 1923. Dr. I.. Wilson Jarman, President from 1929 until his retirement in 1946 and Dr. Frank Bell Lewis who was inaugurated as the third President on November 18, I ' M . Her Founders ' dreams were fulfilled, when Mary Baldwin College was ad- mitted to full membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secon- dary Schools, the Association of American Colleges, and the American Council on Education. In 1938 the institution was placed on the approved li-t of the Association of American Universities and in l ' Md became a member of the American Association of University Women.