Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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:LQ14 NTRE Nous llIHllI'IHHIIIIHIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIHIIIIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIlllIIIIH!IlllllllllllllllllllllIllIIHIIIIIIHlIIIIIHlIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll I I IIIHH!IIIllHIIIIHIIIIIHHIIIHHIIIIHHIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIHHIIIIHIIIIIHHIIIIIHH!IIIHIIIIIHHIIIIIIHIIIIIHHIIHHIIIIIHIIIIIUHIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIHIIIM I I IIIIHHIIHHIIIIIHIIlIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIllHIIIIHHIIIIIHIIIHHIIIIHHIIIIlHIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIIHHIIHHIIIHHHIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIHHIIIIIHIIIIHHIIIH I I IIIIHHIIIHHIIIHHIIIHH!IIIHHIIIHlllIllHHIIIHH!IlIHHIIIHHIIIIIIHHIIIIHHIIIIHHIIIIIHHIIIIIHIIIIHHIIIHlllIIHHIIllHHIIIIIHUIIIHIIIHIIIII J A History of Howard College T was in August, IS33, that Howard College had its birth in plan. The K5 Alabama Baptist State Convention was then in session, and it was resolved to found a school for the training of ministers of the Gospel, and for the im- ' fm! proving of the ministry of the Baptist denomination. It was the decision M of the aforesaid body to combine manual labor with mental training, and 8.5 accordingly a farm of three hundred and fifty acres was purchased near Greensboro, Alabama. ' XJ Three years later came the panic of IS37, and that together with the poor financial basis upon which the plan was necessarily pitched forced the sale of the property, and the first effort came to naught. But in November, l84l, the Convention, then in session at Talladega, Alabama, reopened the subject, and it was resolved to establish a college of high moral character, and a plan for its endowment was proposed. An agent was appointed, and Marion, Perry County, Alabama, was the place chosen for the location of the college. So it was that in January of the year 1842 Howard College became a reality. Its first president was Prof. S. S. Sherman, a graduate of Bowdoin College, and on the morning of the opening he, as president and only teacher, in a modest wooden building, with nine boys under him, stood resolutely upon the threshold of a glorious era, and began into the years a steady march, which was never to lag again. The college grew, and before the year was out the enrollment was thirty-one. In the fall of i842 a charter was obtained, and a plan started for the endowment of a Chair of Theology. Two years later the entire amount had been subscribed. It was in the second year of the institution's existence that three professors were added to meet its growth. In 1844 came the first of two material discouragements. lqhe college building was destroyed by fire, and only some of the paraphernalia was saved. However, new grounds were immediately purchased and a new building erected. It became ready for occupancy in IS46, and college routine was again resumed. It is interesting to note, from this period, the growth of the college through gradation or classes. In the beginning Howard was only a preparatory school, and a student was able to pursue courses of study only through the sophomore year. But during the session of IS46-47 a junior class was established, and the next year, IS47-48, a senior class was formed and seven were graduated, four with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and three with the degree of Bachelor of Science. The next important change in the history of the institution came in l852, when Professor Sherman resigned the presidency. Dr. Talbird was then elected to fill the important trust. He served nobly until the war interrupted the work. On the night of October l5, 1854, came the second and most crushing discour- agement. It was what is known to those the more familiar with Howard's history as The Fire. The building had been personally inspected by Dr. Talbird, and all of the students had retired. About midnight came the soul-piercing cry of Fire, It came from Harry, the faithful negro janitor and slave belonging to Dr. Talbird. His 4149 , I nlIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIHHIIIIIHHIIIIIIlllllllllHIIIIIHHIIIIHlIIIIIHHIIIIIHlllllilllllllllllllllllIIIIIIllHIIIIHHIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIllIIIIIIIHHIIIIIHIIIIIHllIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHHIIIHHIIIIIIIHIIIlIIllIIIIIIHlIIIIlllHIIIIIlllIIIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHIQ I I IHHIIIIIHIIIIIHWHIIWIIIIHHIIIIIHIIIII I