Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-04

crnment was unchanged. (Thc state
was under negro rule. The legislature
was composed Of negroes, the iieuten-
ant governor was {; negro. and the
governor was Il carpctbaGge0. At the
college no change was visible. There
was the same neglected campus, sur
rounded by a broken, satelcss. picket
fence, the same four brick walls Of
the college building. Inside there had
once been the nucleus of a library.
and q fair collection Of scientific aD-
pa-atus; but the books had most Of
them becn carried off, the apparatus
broken or stolen-~and that which was
sound had been given or sold to Fur
man university. Common wooden
benches werc the cn!y furniture Of the
school rooms =.
Thus began the term OF service that
was 10 last forty-s six years, and Which
was TO sec the college grow from q
small institution, with meager facili-
ties and equipment into an institution
that today Is known and respected far
and wide. Then there were but forty
pupils: today there arc. more than six
hundred. Then tho entire physical
properties Of the school were not worth
$4,000; TO-DAY the buildings and equip
ment are worth nearly $1,0Q0.000. and
construction is to begin Immediately
upon another building to cost S250,G00.
It is impossible for mere figures to
convey an adequate conception Of the
breadth and scope OF Miss Judson's
work for the Greenvilic Woman's COL
legc. Today her personality is more
firmly impressed upon the larger and
finer institution than it was forty years
ago. upon small and struggling
school, Throughout the south women
in every walk Of life, by their culture
and refinement, high ideals and fine
service bear testimony to the infu-
ence of Miss Judson's character and
devotion.
Although for many years she has
been professor emeritus, her inhu-
ence has been felt in shaping the char
acter and policies of the institution
which she has done so much to make.
Her wide knowledge of the affairs Of
life; her kindness and sympathy: her
devotion to duty under trying circum-
stances. no less than her innate cul-
ture and womanlincss. have been 4
source of inspiration to three genera
tions of women who have como under
the spell of her personality.
Made innovations.
Miss JudSon, carly in her career.
took for hcr watchword progress. and
tho emancipation OF womanhood. AL
though at no time 4 militant suffraS
list. she was long an advocate Of the
movement TO give women n place in
the councils Of the nation. She was
responsible for many innovations at
the college, and sometime encounter
cd opposition in her efforts to give the
young ladies under her care all that
could lie had from college course.
She was the first to introduce ply
sical culture in n girls school in the
south. and the first TO make change
in tho custom that had prevailed for
years Of having girls graduation
essay read at commencement by n !
young man. She f"&t"rcd literary and
debating SUcirtics and il was largely
through her efforts and influence that
:. library was started at G.. W. G.
\ close student Of political science,
she believed for many years that wo-
man would como into her own rs Il
factor in politics and government, and
she encouraged her pupils tottalic an
active interest in national and inter- /
national politics. Although north
crn woman by birth and tradition. she
waS an ardent southern SympathiZcr
during the war Between the states.
and stayed in tho south throughout
the four years between 1861 and 1865.