St Andrews Presbyterian College - Lamp and Shield / Bagpipe Yearbook (Laurinburg, NC)

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The WEE BAGPIPE The two Presbyteries met in joint session in the audi- torium of the Carolina College, Maxton, November 29, 1927. After a careful consideration of the report of the committee, the following resolution was adopted: Re- solved, That this joint conference of the Presbyteries of Fayetteville and Mecklenburg, recommend to the Synod of North Carolina the establishment of a junior College for Men, and that Synod accept the generous offer of the Methodist Conference of North Carolina of the Carolina College property at Maxton for that purpose. The Synod of North Carolina met in special session in the auditorium of the Carolina College on February 21, 1928, to consider these recommendations. After a full discussion of the whole question the following resolution was adopted: That it is the sense of this body that the Synod of North Carolina should establish within its bounds a Junior College for Men. The offer of the Methodist Conference of North Carolina was accepted and the following resolution creating the Presbyterian Junior College for Men was adopted: NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved: First: That the said Synod of North Carolina, now in special session in Carolina College auditorium, Maxton, N. C., on this 21st day of February, 1928, in response to said call, and said call having been found in due form, and notice of same having been mailed more than fifteen days prior to this date, does hereby accept the offer of the Trustees of Carolina College to transfer their plant in the town of Maxton to such corporate body as may be hereinafter named and provided for, upon the payment of the sum of approximately 531000, said property to be used and operated as a Junior College for men, under the beneficial ownership and control of the Synod of North Carolina, Presbyterian Church in the United States, it being understood that said plant consists of about 1815 acres of land upon which is located an administration build- ing, dormitory, president's home and other smaller build- ings, together with all equipment as scheduled in their in- ventoryg that a Board of Trustees consisting of 18 members,

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Presbs termn Junior College HISTORY OF P. J. C. INTRODUCTION ECAUSE of the struggles of the Board of Trustees and Faculty, our school has lived and Hourished through ten years of work. Though the depression has been a great hold-back, and the financial end was in dire need of re- plenishing, our beloved Alma Mater has sent many stu' dents to higher schools of learningq and with the splendid enrollment expected for next year, we are certain that time will bring forth a bigger and better school for those boys who feel the need of a junior College. HISTORY On September 28, 1927, the Trustees of the Elsie High School presented an overture to the Presbytery of Fayetteville, asking for authority to set in motion an effort to establish a junior College in connection with that in- stitution. Subsequent events indicate that this was but the crystallization of a general feeling that there was a real need in this part of the Lord's vineyard for such an in- stitution. The Presbytery gave its hearty approval of the idea contained in the overture in the following resolution: That we recognize the need of a junior College ffor menj and recommend that such an institution be estab- lished as soon as possible. A committee of five was ap- pointed to investigate the whole question as to cost, loca- tion and the possibiltiy of securing the co-operation of other Presbyteries in the enterprise. A similar commit- tee was appointed by Mecklenburg Presbytery. These committees held a two-day joint conference studying the whole question and visiting the prospective locations for the proposed school. In their report they endorsed the plan to establish a junior College for men, recommended that an offer from the owners of the Caro- lina property at Maxton be accepted and the institution located there, and called for a joint meeting of their re- spective Presbyteries to hear and study the report.

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11111111 ll Presbyterian Junior College one Trustee from each Presbytery and nine Trustees at large, shall be elected at this meeting, that said Trustees shall be divided into three classes, whose terms shall ex- pire as follows: Six in the Fall of 19293 six in the Fall of 1930, and six in the Fall of 19313 and all vacancies in the Board of Trustees caused by expiration of terms, resigna- tion or otherwise, shall be Hlled by the Synod, that said Trustees, when elected, are hrreby authorized, empowered and directed to procure a charter under the laws of the State of North Carolina, for the Presbyterian Junior College for Men, which shall be the name of the institu' tion, and which shall be owned by the Synod of North Carolina, and controlled by it through the Board of Trustees: and said Trustees shall acquire a good and perfect title to the aforesaid property, without limitations or restrictions, taking title in the name of the Presbyterian junior College for Meng that said Trustees are further authorized to provide for the payment of the amount necessary to be paid for said property, such funds to be obtained by them in such manner as they may deem ex- pedient, whether by solicitation from individuals, or by negotiating loans upon the property itself as security, and to execute and deliver any and all notes, bonds, deeds of trust, or other legal instruments for such sums as may be necessary to complete the transfer of the property hereinbefore authorized, that it is contemplated by the Synod, and power and authority are hereby granted to said Trustees to initiate and carry forward plans to the end that a Junior College for Men shall eventually be opened, established and operated at Maxton, under the control of the Synod of North Carolina, which shall be for the glory of God and a blessing to mankind, that said Board of Trustees shall make a written report to the next stated meeting of the Synod.