Montreat Anderson College - Agape / Sundial Yearbook (Montreat, NC)

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A HERITAGE THAT IS COLLEGE HALL College Hall was erected east of Gaither Hall in the years 1941- 1942. Dr. Anderson gave three choice lots to provide a site for this building. Money was taken from the college treasury to help pay the $40,000 cost of College Hall. In March 1958, College Hall was de- stroyed by fire and was rebuilt by mid-summer of the same year. The beginning of wisdom is this . . Proverbs 4: 7a

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... IN MEMORIAM Montreat was saddened by the death of Mrs. Robert Campbell Anderson on October 3, 1962, in her ninetieth year. Mrs. Robert Campbell Anderson was born in Mocksville, North Carolina, on August 10, 1872. She was named Sadie Gaither, the only child of Thomas Hall Gaither and Bettie Kelly Gaither. She was educated in Charlotte Female Seminary. In 1896 she was married to Reverend Robert Campbell Anderson and for sixty-six years, ’’adorned the teaching of God our Savior, as a minister's wife, the hostess of the Manse, and the First Lady of Montreat. Mrs. Anderson took an active part in the establishment of Montreat College in 1916. Her home was always open to students and faculty, to whom she was a gracious hostess. The college came to be her first love and primary concern. She shared with Dr. Anderson a vision of a strong Christian institution of higher education in Montreat, the home of the General Assembly. In 1959 the Board of Trustees changed the name of this institution in honor of Dr. R. C. Anderson, her first president, and Mrs. R. C. Anderson, her chief bene- factor. We humbly thank God for His servant, Mrs. Sadie Gaither Anderson, for the radiance of her Christian life, and the steadfastness of her faith, and we offer a prayer of thanks- giving that by His Grace, she endured to the end and received the Crown of Life and achieve- ed the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 5

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OURS Gaither Hall was named in memory of Mrs. R. C. Anderson's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hall Gaither of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Anderson donated money for this building and Dr. Anderson designed it. Up- on its completion in 1936, Gaither was dedicated as a building to be used for the Lord's work. Gaither consists of classrooms, a chapel, science laboratories, administrative offices, and a li- brary. HISTORICAL FOUNDATION The Historical Foundation, which is a li- brary, an archive, and a museum, was establish- ed and has been financed and operated by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. It is a center of interest to Montreat visitors and to students of church history. GAITHER HALL