Presbyterian College - Pac Sac Yearbook (Clinton, SC)

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UPPER CAMPUS IN AUTUMN.

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Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. The College was founded in 1880 by the Clinton College Association or- ganized by Dr. W. P. Jacobs. Its total assets in the year of its birth were a two- story wooden school-house, a few books, a number of pupils, and earnest work- ers with great hopes for the future. In I 888 its name was changed to the Pres- byterian College of South Carolina, and it became the property of the Presby- teries in 1 904, when The Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina wns chartered by the Legislature. The first College building was erected in 1885, on the grounds of the Thornwell Orphanage, by the citizens of Clinton. The Rev. J. F. Jacobs, in 1891-92, made a canvass of the State which resulted in the building of the Alumni Hall for a dormitory, and a cottage for the Professors, on the land which had been given by Messrs. J. W. Copeland and Newton Young. In 1907 the present administration building was erected and the College was located on its own campus. The Laurens Hall and Judd Refectory followed in quick succes- sion. Then, Dr. Douglas came in 1911. Since his arrival three buildings, a new dormitory, the science hall and library, and the central heating plant, have been erected in modern style on the campus. The internal improvement kept pace with the external. The standard of scholarship has been raised from year to year, unril the curriculum is second to none in the State. The ' library has been enriched by many new books, the chemical and physical laboratories under the careful direction of Professors Cartledge and Bailey in the new science hall have been made far superior to the average, and Prof. McLaughlin has fitted up a fine laboratory for biological and mineralogical studies. Inter-collegiate athletics have expanded and grown better by leaps and bounds. The athletic field has been improved until we have now a splendid gridiron and an excellent baseball diamond. The Athletic Association has at last awakened to the fact that the College has the material for any kind of athletics, and the greatest spirit has been manifested this year. In athletics, especially, this year in the College has been a most excellent one. The greatest gain which the College has made is in the increased interest and confidence felt in the institution and its President by the membership of the Synod and the people in general over the whole State. Many faithful workers have gone forth from the College into the ministry, the various profes- sions, and business of all kinds. From the history of the past, and its energetic present, the College cherishes hopes for a large expansion and a very brilliant future.