Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ANDERSON COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Location. Anderson College is located in the delightful Piedmont region of South Carolina, in sight of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The dry, brac ing air of this section makes it an ideal place for growing girls and boys. The College Plant is on the outskirts of the City of Anderson. The City is in easy walking dis tance, and the electric railway stops just in front of the Main building. Being near a city, but not in it, is a distinct advantage to a col lege. The students are removed from the ordinary distractions of city life. Their health can be bet ter guarded. A larger campus can be secured. JAMES P. KIN ARD, Ph. D., President. C. M. FAITHFULL, A. B Vice-Preiident. Just after the recer They were entertained by were said about the Collei editors had to say : Early next morning two cars, which luid lieen furnished hy the Piedmont and Northern were filled with thc editors and their friends an?' n trip made to Anderson. Mr. William Banks, editor of the An derson Intelligencer, arranged every detail of this outing and was an ideal host. The country travers ed was u part of the beautiful Pied mont section. The Interurban pass es a number of thriving manufact uring centers. Arrived at Anderson, we editors were hospitably received and entertained at a splendid new institution of learning. Anderson College. Here the president, trus tees and their wives and a number of representative citizens conducted their guests over the handsome building. Anderson College is one of the younger colleges for the higher education of young women, but it is doing a great work already. The Baptists of the State have rea son to be proud of Anderson Col lege. Plans set on foot by the An derson Chamber of Commerce led to an offer of $100,000 and a site and the Baptists decided to build the college. The buildings are large and comfortable, the dormitories de serving of especial mention. The rooms nre arranged en suite with baths between every two rooms. Though the college is only two years old, it is already well equip ped and can easily care for a large number of student*. Dr. James P. Kinard, formerly professor of Eng lish at the Citadel and also at Win throp, is president of this thriving Institution and he has an excellent corps of teachers. - Lancaster News, July 17th. THE EDITORS AT ANDERSON COLLEGE it meeting of the State Press Association at Chick Springs, a few of the editor the city, and lunch was served to them in the large dinning room of Anderson C *e on the return of the editors to their homes. Following are two "samples" MAIN BUILDING AND DORMITORIES. s came over to Anderson, ollege. Many nice things of the kinds of things the The Inst day of thc Association'? meet was spent in the best town in South Carolina or any other State. We refer to Anderson, whose ever lisping*slogan is"MyTown." "Billy" Banks, the editor of the Anderson Intelligencer, conducted us over thc recently constructed and superior In terurban Railway. We were taken then to the handsome, newly finished "Anderson College for Women. " This magnificently appointed and equipped college was a revelation to us. At tremendous cost these An derson people have established this excellent seat of learning, and the money was raised right in the town, and no sign of debt hangs over il. We inspected the whole building in all its departm :nts, and ?ts modern and thoroughly :ip-to-date r.ppoint ments will equal anything in this latitude.-Edgefield Chronicle, July 16th.