The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-04-13

end. About fifteen thousand dollars
was subscribed. This building, now
known as Guilds hall, a handsome
three-story brick dormitory, was COM
pleted January, 1914. It easily ranks
as one of the best dormitories in the
state. 1t is designed and built es-
pecially for the comfort, convenience
and care Of the students. On the first
floor is the spacious dining room, the
large and handsomely furnished lob
by, kitchen, pantry, shower baths and
four bedrooms. The building is heat
ed by steam and lighted by electricity
During the year 1915 the school re-
ceived magnificent donation from
c. F. 'Rizer for the erection
of a gymnasium. This went far
toward equipping Carlisle SUI
perbly for the care and training of
the physical as well as intellectual
and moral side of the students life,
and placed her among the best equip
ped schools of the south.
The school having grown so rapid
ly during the first five years of the
Guilds administration, the authori-
ties found it absolutely necessary to
enlarge the main building, adding
four large class rooms. In order to
accommodate the boarding pupils
more satisfactorily, an addition was
made to Brabham hall, it being re-
modelled and practically made new.
In 1918 a we'll equipped laundry
was erected on the campus. In 1919
the school purchased an adjacent lot
on the northern end Of the campus.
having upon it a cottage containing
six rooms. The building is now be-
ing used as an infirmary. In 1920
the adjacent lot with a cottage on
the southern end of the campus was
purchased. This cottage at present
is being rented and the income used
for the upkeep of the property.
Wishing to lay special emphasis
upon the name "Carlisle,' and in Or
der that the school might stand as a
monument to the man for whom it
was named, the board in 1913 de-
cided to change the name of the
school from the Carlisle Fitting
school to Carlisle school.
The military feature, which was
inaugurated during the Hogan ad-
ministration, was abandoned upon the
reopening of the school in 1910.
During the world war in order to
meet the crisis the school adopted
the military feature again and was
designated by the government as one
of the R. o. T. C. units. The military
feature will doubtless be continued.
Carlisle school was well represented
in the army of it's country, having
many of it's former students in the
service as officers and in the ranks.
In 1920 Col. J. c. Guilds resigned
his position to accept the presidency
of Columbia college. The authorities
regretted to have to give up the SER
vices of Col. Guilds, but realizing the
needs of Columbia college, they ac-
cepted his resignation. w. c. Dun
can, who had been connected with
the school from the beginning Of the
Guilds administration, was elected to
succeed him. During the past two
years the school has prospered under
the leadership of Col. Duncan. This
year the school has suffered a great
deal from damages caused by fire, the
two wooden dormitories being de-
stroyed by fire within a period of four
months. The loss is partially covered
by insurance. The board has gone to
work to make plans for the erection
of a new brick dormitory to replace
the wooden structures that have been
destroyed. It is planned 10 have this
building ready for occupancy by the
opening of the next school year SO,
though handicapped this year, the
school will open its next session bet
ter equipped for the great work that
it has before it.
In the period of thirty years the
school has grown from a plant val
ued at $4,000 with two buildings to
a plant valued at $4,000 owning
twelve buildings, from an enrolment
of thirty-eight to an enrolment of
over two hundred. The school open
ed with faculty of four: H. G. sheri-
dan, headmaster; John J. Riley, first
assistant; Miss E. J. Murphy, primary
department; J. A. Klein, music de-
partment At present there are eleV-