The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-26
MONDAY, JANUARY 2e, 1920
SIXTY YEARS OF SERVICE.

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Spartanburg Journal:
I unJay+ June the sixtieth anniversary OF Ihe
D,o West Female College, now called The wo-
mans College, will be celebrated. IL IS o"e
Of the Oldest and one of the best OF the lhstl'u-
lions in South Carolina for the higher educa-
+ion of women. Lander and Winthrop ara
converse and Coker and Chicora and Anderson
,nd Limestone colleges for women had no1
been born when the Due West Female Ie'ege
was hewing the way for the many excellent
and wel-eouipped institutions that have fol-
lowed. 1t was regarded at the time u was
funded as rather adventurous enterprise
for the forward-looking men OF very SINAI
village to undertake; but 'tthere were giants IN
those days" at Due West though not IN the
matter of large possessions, for, in the man,
they were men of restricted means. Ihey haa'
however, courage that did not count the cost
and faith that did not falter, mad through
and faith that did not falter, and through
work. and through all the years of war and
Reconstruction and political revolution and
economic strain its doors have never been
closed.
sThe records will show, we believe, that not
less than six thousand young women have oeen
trained within its halls in all the accomplish
ments of an exalted womanhood. 1t Is little
short of the miraculous that what has been
done has been done. Without financial endoW-
.me,t. without other resources than the sacrl-
fees of the men who were behind the under
taking and could i'll atford"to bridge the gulf
between income and oAtgo, their faith trium-
phant Ger their fears, the light of liberal learn
ing has been kept alive upon this altar.
. s"The story of the Due West Female College
will be told some day, doubtless. The founders
have all passed away, but their work remains.
Thew left the world better than they found It,
= They builded better than they knew They
should be held in everlasting remembrance;
for the path of the just is as the shining light,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect
day." .. 81 ="
AL that Major Hemphill says is deservngly salo'
And the Woman's College has never done better
work in it's history than it has done IN recent
wears under DR.. f. L. Robinson, its present Presl-
Dent The course of study has been greatly I'M
nrovad. the standard of the institution has peen
raised, and with the help of the Alumnae Asso'i"-
tion and its competent officers the plant has oeeh
ENLARGED and made more suitable to the needs OF
modern institution for the education Of young "o
men.
And the institution in the future is not TO De
,+bo,n,. ST least partial endowment. In the re-
cent Forward Movement in the Associate REFORMED
Church the sum of one hundred thou
sond dollars was pledged for this purpose, and tne
subscriptions having been double the amount aSAeu
we hope that the Synod will feel that morally anu
eoutable two hundred thousand dollars must ~
tc this institution unless perhaps the donors nave
des;onated otherwise. With an endowment OF TWO
hundred thousand dollars the college should be en-
abled to greatly increase its usefulness.
At present. we believe, there are some one huii-
dred and fifty students in attendance on thiS liis'
tution and that it is full to capacity, while other
students have been turned away Ihls furnishes
evidence that the college is doing the WORK loi
which it was designed, but it is to be hopeo tha1
the Church will not allow the college to stand stlil
when students, the daughters of members OF the
church. are being turned away to other Institutions
Tho nlant should be so enlarged and the endowment
fund SO increased that every young woman in the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. VINO 50
wills it, may receive her education IN the colege o
the church.
And the people of Abbeville County should nave
an interest in the school which is so near them'
end where so many of the young women OF the
county have received their education. Taking note
Of the advancement of the work done in the college
along all lines, the friends and supporters OF the
institution would strive to see that it receives the
sunnort it so we'll deserves, while those with daugh-
seeking an education of the right kind, should
NOT without reason disregard the advantages which