The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE


College have completed the work of
selecting the faculty of the College for
the coming scholastic year and author
ize the announcement of the names
and departments of the faculty as fol
lows:
The President, Rev. DR.. F. L. Reid,
is well known to the public in North
Carolina. He received the degrees of
A. B. and A. M. from Trinity College,
N. O., and that of D. D. from the Uni
versity of North Carolina. His first ex-
perience as a teacher was at the age of
10 years, when he was elected Principal
of Kernersville High School, Kerners-
vile, N. @. In 1876 he was elected
President of L~ouisburg Female College,
which position he held until he resigned
it to become editor of the Christian
Advocate. He is everywhere regarded
as eminently qualified in scholarship
and business capacity for the position
of President.
Rev. J. D. Arnold is the Professor of
Metaphysics and Mathematics. Prof.
Arnold is a member of the Western
North Carolina Conference; a graduate
of Randolph Macon College, Va. was
four years the President of Danville
Female College, Danville, Va. three
years Principal of the J~onesboro High
School and for the past three years has
been a professor In Asheville Female
College, which place he voluntarily re-
signs to become a professor in Green's
boro Female College. He is regarded
as a most excellent teacher, a minister
of fine preaching ability and a genial
gentleman. The College is to be con
graduated on securing his services. He
and his wife will reside in the college.
Mrs. J. D. Arnold is to be the Lady
Principal and Assistant Teacher in the
Literary Department. She is a daugh-
ter of the late Col. David Clark, of
Halifax county, N. c., and is a sister
of Judge Walter Clark, of the North
! Carolina Supreme Court. She grad
uated with first honors fromIthe South
ern Literary Institute, of Baltimore,
Md. She is a lady of extensive culture,s
of superior accomplishments and will
make a most excellent Lady Principal.
Prof. bred Peacock has been re-
elected to the chair of Latin, German,
Physics and Chemistry. Prof. Pea
cock has been at the head of his de-
partment in the College for six years
and deserves the reputation which he
enjoys Of being one of the best teachers
in the State, lie al get as much
thorough, good, honest work out of his
pupils as anybody Of whom we know.
He is a first honor graduate of Trinity
College and before coming t O Green's
boro had charge of the Seminary in
Lexington, n. O. He is we'll and
~favorably known to the people Of North
Carolina as a w~ide-awake, progressive
teacher.
Miss Lillian Long, of Chapel Hill, N.
c., has been selected for the chair of
English Literature and History. Miss
Long is a sister Of Prot. 4. w. Long
and Mr.. Vernon w. Long, She is a
graduated of Greensboro Female College
and has had fine experience in teach
ing. We learn that she is taking a
special course in English Literature
and History at the great Harvard Uni
versity, preparatory to her work at
Greensboro. She is a woman Of fine
character, of high intellectual attain
ments and a progressive teacher.
Miss Rachel @. Cornett, Of Grayson
county, Va has been elected to the
chair of English and French in the
College and has accepted. Miss Cor
nett is a graduate of Martha Washing
ton College, Va >, and for some years
has made speciality of English, French
and German. She is a highly cultured,
Christian woman and a teacher of un-
usual fidelity and ability. She has the
highest testimonials from those who
have observed her work as a teacher.
Miss Makepeace, the Musical Di-
rector, after graduating at Greensboro
Female College, spent three years in
New England Conservatory of Music,
making special preparation for herlife-
work. She has had unusual success as
an instructor in music, and is spending
the summer in the North studying the
latest and most improved methods of
teaching music. She has rare gifts as
a musician, and knows how to impart
instruction. She brings to her work
an enthusiasm born of a musical
genius that insures great success.
Miss Laura Doub, who assists in the
Musical Department, was educated. at
Greensboro Female College and then
took a special course in the Conserva
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