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

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uri- PRESBYTERIAN JUNIOR COLLEGES FIRST CRADLIATINC CLASS ls! mar: D. I . Blue, X. Paul. H. Fisler, D. C. Xurrrarr, C. Htitlgins, X. A. Lirrdsav, jr ftlrl ron-' l-. l-Q lkrlterson, N. K. Lewis, T. H Nprrrrgs, lr. L. McLean, J. D. Mclrrnis, K. A. Nlclrer, D. A. Slcbill, 1. R. Ferguson. 3rd mir: D. harrison, D. Spangler, D. NItI.authIin. S S. Xlcxrtlrur, t ll, Watts, Ci, O. McNair. C. Nftlnnis. XY. D. McCormick. 4111 roar: F, McNair, C. Robeson, K. Dellingcr, Nltllwirrerr, C' S. Xdzrrrrs, l., Hrrrgrzrxt-. Y. t Xltlrrrrrs C. Pepper. I I institution be established as soon as possible. A thorotrgh study was made of the matter and a report was made to .1 joint session of l-aretteville and Mecklenburg Presbvteries held in the Carolina College auditorium in Maxton on November 29, IQQT, which session endorsed the plan and retornrnended that the offer of the owners of Carolina College be accepted and the institution located there The two presbvterres their retrrrrrrrrerrded this report of their committees to the srnod. It is evident that from the beginning the college was intended to serve young people in the southe.rstern section of the state. lt was treated because it was needed. It was a vision attended by hope and faith. The courage and determination of the founders appear' most adrrrirahle in view of indif- ference, opposition. and nristrntlerstandings. In a pamphlet prepared at this time, entitled X junior lollege for BoXs - lg One Needed in the Svnod of North CarolinaP , XY. H. Be-lk wrote: In mv opinion there is great need for a junior toll:-ge for bovs rsithirr the hounds of North Carolina. under the supervision of the Presbvterian Church. We need a school where the average but mar obtain an etlutatron under Christian influentes at rrrorlerate tost W . . . If such a school were established, many bovs would receive an education who might not otherwise he able lo do sun. Rex, I.vnn Walker, pastor of the Hamlet Church, wrote: , . bv receiving this propertv in an ideal location, we will have a good heginnirrg lo plant this stlrool would he for the ssnod a high privilege. We can then nourish it . . .1 pras that the Synod rnav be lerl lo Lttctpl it, and that we mar trust L-oil to raise up lar-seeing and conseerated men and women to endow and establish it ttpon a limi foundation. Rev j. Nl. Clark, Home Xlission Supt., C.ontord Preshvten' , am- i bitious and worthv bovs would be given an opportunitv to get at least a partial college education, thus multiplving their ptrssllllllllts for tlseftll citizena 1 ship. Rev. A. 1. Howell, XX'inter Park Church, Wilmington: . . We Presbvterians are apt lo he too torrservative Let us ptlslr the junior' college I idea! It is doing well with the girls, Let the boys have the advantage of it. Ret. Watson Fairlev. ill Raeford. lhe problem of the thrrrch todas I in extending the Kingdom is the lack of trained workers, men who have in addition to mental training the Christian ideal and motive A junior college I . . . would be the best investment the svnod could make for its own future development, The ages hetrreen l'2 and IS rears are the rnost important for , Christian training, and in a junior college for boys, North Carolina will find her best source of trained leadership, I A Rev. J. G. Garth, Svnod's publicitv tlerlt for many vears, wrote in 1927: What rrrav he the forerunner of another great institution of the North l5t.h Session, junior College, Maxton, N. C, October 9-ll, l92R. . ...S -TR 4 .4 v if ,,. . A W

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if If II' I ', , 1 , 41 '1-x IM I Ps 'K 4 . ARQ 4.5 ' fa.. Rev. XVilliam Black Dr, H. C, Hill Mr. J. P. Wiggins Mr, R, L, McLeod III IIS A SMAILII CUILIIIEGIE . . . AND YIEII IIIHIIERIE AIIQIE III-IIUSIE WIHIO IIOHWIE III WIEIBSIIIEIR The history of Presbyterian junior College is a story of faith - faith in the will of God and faith in the frrture. From the time when President McLeod, on september 12, 1929, held up a Bible at the opening chapel exercises and said, This college shall be built on the Bible , until the present, the existence and continuation of Presbyterian junior College has been due to the faith, energy, and influence of a group of consecrated Christian men. Dr. Halburt C. Hill, one-time moderator of the General Assembly, Southern Presbyterian Church, and pastor of Centre Church and its daughter- churclr in Maxton, was one of the earliest advocates of a college for men in this area, He was largely instrumental in the reopening of old Floral College s Flora Macdonald College in 1896, Until his death in 1924 at the age of 92, Ire continued to work for zr college for men. Dr. William Black, the d great evangelist and founder of churches in North Carolina. was a native of Maxton who grew up in the Centre congregation. He intcreste many people in the idea of a Presbyterian junior college for men in eastern North Carolina to serve the youth of the new churches he was establishing. Among those was the merrhant prince of the South , Mr. Xvilliam Henry Belk, who became the hrst trustee of P. nl. C. lt is ironic to note that Dr. Black 'died on November 27, 1927, two days before Mecklenburg and Fayetteville Presbyteries reconrrnerrded to the Synod of North Carolina the estab' l':1 nt of an institution in Maxton. After the death of Dr. Hill in 1924, his successor at the Maxton Church, Dr. E. I., Siler, continued to work for rsrme the founding of a college at Maxton, It has been said that time and time again he prayed that an institution might be established. Certainly his prayers and the prayers and interest of others were heeded, for more and more the need was being felt for such a Presbyterian school in Eastern North Carolina. On September 28, 1927, the trustees of Elise High School presented an overture to Fayetteville Presbytery, seeking authority to establish a junior col- lege in connection with that school. Elise Academy had been begun by Fayetteville Presbytery in 1904 when Reverend R. S. Arrowood opened a school ' ll d at Hemp, N, C.. now Robbins. Mr. john B. Lenning, capitalist and railroad builder, gave land for the school, and the new enterprise was ca e Elise in honor of his daughter. Before its eventual consolidation with Presbyterian junior College rn 1940, rt came to be known as an outstanding pre- paratory school. It is noteworthy that hfty of its graduates became ministers. Fayetteville Presbytery, on the above date, resolved, That we recognize the need of ar junior college tfor merry and recommend that such an This group officially established l'.j.C, Presbyterian Synod of N.C 54?? A? ' f-P' 4 I ft' 'arf' Q1 'r, . 1 -f , 4- 4 .,,,,,.f Q Hr' ff ,- ' ' 1171 . 1 , qhjmt M-c.prf,4..,I,,,,.,, rr .Ir, r, ,jr

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w-,, vt at .4 ,4 .7- 'rs ii pf'-Nl.. Q I r -Qt 1 gl tr V 'T uv l X I E :rr 5 . . . ' l , n t 1 we 1 ? l l l hart President R. X, lNItLeocl President R. C. Matheson President P. Cary Adams President Louis C. Laklotte 15129-1932 12132-19214 1934-1938 1938- Carolina system of Christian Education was the meeting of two of the largest presbvteries in the treneral Assembly. lfayetterille and Mecklenburg, at the Scotth lttwll of Nlavtorr As nearly ererrboclr knows, that town was named because so many Scotch people settled there. All you need to say in any introduction rs 'l am glad lo meet vou. Hr. Mao, and rritre times out of ten you are right. .Ks you might suppose, the community is prosperous and, Surprising .rs it may sotrrrd, not over-frugal. .Xs note, Presbyterian money in a Methodist school. .Xt least oneethird of the funds used to build Carolina College carrie lronr the pockets of the Macs. Carolina College and grounds are worth 3232,0tl4l. It is the property of the l-Qastern Conference of the Methodist Church. Flora Macdonald College for girls is twelve miles away, and Duke Vrrirersity is calling to Methodist youth of both sevt-sg and so, like a magnihcent ship ashore on the sands, Caro- lina Lollege lies in strong and useful beauty on the outskirts of this aggressite little town, The obligations resting on this property amount to '33l'l,0ll0, The Methodist Corrferente has instructed the trustees to sell the plant for the debt, if a sthool can be established there. Local banks hold the mortgage on the land and buildings. and there are some open accounts ...' These facts were presented to the rrreetirrg of the two presbyteries, as they assembled after a honnteous harhetue feast in the dining room of Carolina Collcge, where they were guests of the ladies and the Mormax, the live boosters of Maxtonf' .ls was expected. some opposition arose to the proposal. Mr, P. XViggins, who was most generous of his time and effort on behalf of the College during this period and who later served as a trustee, answered the opposition in his article. Some Ubjections Explained and Answered . which ap' peared in 1927. The Synod of North Carolina met in special session at Carolina College on February 21. 1928, to consider the Presbvteties' retommendations. After a full discussion of the question, Synod resolved to establish a junior college at Maxton and to attept the generous offer of the Methodist Conference to sell the Carolina College property. A Board of Trustees consisting of eighteen members was elected. The school was named The Presbyterian junior College, and was placed under the control of the synotl as a whole. This relationship to the entire synod was unique for a junior college. Synod's action seems to have been largely inlluenced by two devoted laymen, Mr. W. H. Belk, and Mr. R. L. McLeod, of Maxton, When the cam- paign to raise the ptrrclrase price failed to secure sufhcient funds, the balance needed was borrowed. The notes were later taken over bv these two men, who took a mortgage on the property. At this time it was written, It is hoped by those who are leading in this matter that the college may be opened bv the fall of 1929 Preparation was begun toward securing a president. aclministrative officers, and faculty members. In a letter dated january 23. 1929, and addressed to Dr. Watson Fairley, Rev. R. A. McLeod, Stated Clerk of the Synod and superintendent of Elise Ataderrry. wrote: 1t was a real pleasure to see you last night and have the little chat about the educational situation, My! how I wish our Church would wake up on this vital subject, To one at all acquainted with the drift in public education. there can be no doubt about the need for earnest effort on the part of the Church to ptrt the Christian element itrto education , . . Since last night I hare been thinking seriously about the personal ques- tion you asked rrre, nnrnelv, rm attitude toward the possibility of being called to the ofhce of president of the Maxton school . , . 1 am willing to say this much to you as a friend, but on no sense as a bid for the place. If it should appear to the trustees that I am the man to take this place, I am willing to give the matter prayerful consicleration . . . 1 think I can honestly say that I am more concerned to see the project succeed than 1 am to merely seem to succeed myself. lvithout boasting, 1 feel that I have some reason for humble pride in having a small part in setting in motion the movement that has brought us this near a junior college. and I crave no greater personal pleasure than to see the movement tome to a glorious success. I had set my heart on Elise, but if the Lord has led us in another direction, I am willing to follow. Rev, McLeod was elected president and served until his death in 1932. Burning of the mortgage, 1939, Nlr. Hervey 1-Irans. Dr, Laklotte, and Dr. Walter Lingle, Dr. R. A, White. and Dr. lVilliam P. Few at Rev. R. I.. Alexander ln3UgUT3llUll of Pl'CSidEl1l, 1939. - s. 'r .....