Furman University
By: Courtney L. Tollison ; foreword by David E. Shi.
Contributors: David E. Shi (Foreword)
Series: Campus history series
Publisher: Arcadia  Publishing
Published: October 27, 2004
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738517254
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: United States - State & Local - South; Pictorial works; Higher; Education / Teaching; History: American; United States - General; History / United States / General; South Carolina; Furman University; History
First sentence: Soon after Dr. Richard Furman founded the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the nation's first Baptist statewide denominated body, Furman proposed the establishment of a regional academy to educate and train ministers in the Baptist faith.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Furman Academy and Theological Institution : 1826-1850; title: Administrators and major events; title: Buildings and grounds : 1851-present; title: Academics and cultural life; title: Student life : on the hill, at the zoo, and in the Bubble; title: Furman athletics : F.U. all the time!