The first women’s college in the “Golden Corner” of South Carolina was established in 1856 under the name Greenville Baptist Female College. It was affiliated with the Baptist Church, but students were from various denominations. The first course catalogue was printed in 1857. It gives a list of the trustees, faculty and students. The college was established in order to help educate the middle...
Vardry McBee is a Greenville, South Carolina celebrity; with everything from streets, buildings, and residence halls erected in his name, there is no doubt McBee had an impact on Greenville, SC. McBee’s name does not have the same resonance outside of this South Carolina city today, although in 1852 McBee gained national recognition in the southern agricultural magazine De Bows Review. The publication...
The main resource utilized by Furman University students and faculty for information pertaining to academics and university policies/guidelines is the University Catalog. Furman’s first catalog was first published in 1852, under the Board of Trustees President W.B. Johnson, with James C. Furman as the chairman of faculty. In its opening pages, the catalog lists every student at Furman and their...
Mary Mauldin, a member of the first graduating class of the Greenville Baptist Female College, would have been exposed to variety of subjects throughout her academic training. According to her college’s 1857 catalog, Mary would have taken a course of study much like that of her brothers at nearby Furman during her senior year. She would have taken advanced courses like history, botany, moral and...
On August 10, 1859, The Charleston Mercury printed a letter from a young man traveling in and around Greenville, South Carolina, who, during his travels, attended the commencement ceremony of the Greenville Baptist Female College. When he arrived, he found a hall overflowing with attendees and was forced to push his way into the room, along the way enduring several “such tight squeezes as no sensible...