1886-87 - Brock Historical Museum of Greensboro College

GREENSBORO 

FEMALE COLLEGE, 

NORTH CAROLINA 

1886-’87. 

GREENSBORO 

Thomas, Reece & Co., Book and Job Printers. 

1887.

GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE, N.C.

Calendar 

THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT 

Is on the last Thursday in May. 

THE COLLEGIATE YEAR 

Is divided into two sessions of twenty weeks each. 

THE FALL SESSION 

Begins on the fourth Wednesday in August, and continues 

twenty weeks. 

THE SPRING SESSION 

Begins on the second Tuesday in January, and ends on 

the last Thursday in May. 

It is very desirable that all Pupils be present at 

the opening of the Session, and continue to the close. 

Rooms engaged will be reserved for only three days 

after the school opens.

Stockholders 

MR. E. J. LILLY, Fayetteville, N.C. 

R. T. GRAY, ADM'R., Raleigh 

JULIAN S. CARR, Durham, 

J. A. GRAY, 

J. M. WINSTEAD, 

Greensboro, 

J. M. ODELL, Concord, 

J. A. ODELL, Greensboro, 

J. H. FERREE, Randleman, 

R. R. GWYN, Elkin, 

REV. L. W. CRAWFORD, Newberne 

T. M. JONES, 

PROF. O. W. CARR, 


Trinity, 

J. S. CARR, PRESIDENT. 

J. A. ODELL, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

J. M. WINSTEAD, J. A. GRAY, 

PROF. O. W. CARR. 

J. M. ODELL, 

J. H. FERREE, 

DIRECTORS. 

J. A. GRAY, 

J. M. WINSTEAD, 

E. J. LILLY.

Faculty. 

REV. T. M. JONES, A.M., D.D, PRESIDENT, 

Mental and Moral Philosophy and Natural Science. 

PROF. W. F. ALDERMAN, A. M., 

Mathematics and Ancient Languages 

M'LLE LEONIE JESURUN 

M'LLE ANTOINETTE GOLAY, 

Modem Languages. 

PROF. R. FASOLT, 

Musical Director 

MISS SARAH R. JONES, 

DEL. ALDERMAN, 

MARY E. ARNOLD, 

Assistants in Music. 

MISS I. M. SPEAKS, 

Vocal Music 

MISS ELLEN ANDREWS, 

Drawing and Painting. 

MRS. D. A. ROBERTSON, 

MISS E. H. BUMPASS, 

SARAH E. BRUTON 

Assistants in the Literary Department 

MISS M. W. CALDWELL, 

Principal of Preparatory Department. 

MISS LILLIAN M. ARNOLD, 

Elocution 

MISS M. W. CALDWELL, 

Calisthenics 

MISS DORA JONES, 

Lady Principal. 

MRS. V. C. PELL, 

Attendant upon the Sick.

Alumnae 

Number of Graduates previous to the Destruction of the College in 1863, 

1848 

1849 

1850 

1851 

1852 

1853 

1854 

I855 

1856 17 

Graduated elsewhere, between 1863 and 1874, under the ad- 

ministration of the same President and on the same 

course of study 51 

Since the Re-opening of the College in 1873. 

8 1882 I2 

5 1883 24 

13 1884 13 

1885 19 

10 1886 17 

14 1887 22 

14 9 9 

9 

Total. 429 

The Alumnae Association holds its annual meeting on 

the last Wednesday in May. 

OFFICERS. 

President.-- Miss EUDORA D. JONES, Greensboro, N.C. 

1st Vice President- MRS. J. A. CUNNINGGIM, Greensboro, N.C. 

2nd L. W. ANDREWS, 6' ' 6 

3rd J. J. THOMAS, Thomasville, 

4th MISS LULA E. BALL, Greensboro, 

Recording Secretary- MIss MAMIE SHERWOOD, 

Corresponding Secretary- MIss SALLIE BRENT, 

Treasurer- MISS DELETTE ALDERMAN,

Students 

Senior Class. 

Allen, Mary M., Wentworth N.C. 

Anderson, Mollie L., Albemarle, 

Atwater, Sallie L., Chatham Co., 

Burroughs, Effie T., Horry Co., S.C. 

Caldwell, Daisy L., Greensboro, N.C. 

Carpenter Carrie W., Chatham Co., 

Crump, Minnie, Davie Co., 

Diggs, Inez H., 

Rockingham 

Edwards, Nannie B., Alleghany Co., 

Grainger, CapitoIa C., Kinston, 

Gwaltney, Mattie E., Greensboro, 

Hagan, Lora, 

Hollingsworth Sue K 

Mt. Airy, 

Houston -Mary, Monroe, 

Makepeace, Maggie M., 

Maxwell, Lena J., 

Moore Lillie M., 

Franklinsville, 

Dallas, 

Pittsboro, 

Murray, Mary I., Greensboro, 

Page, Annie M., Rockingham 

Powell, Bettie C., Rockingham Co., 

Smith, Margaret V., Greensboro, 

Stackhouse, Alice, Marion Co., S.C. 

Stephenson, Laura H. Pittsboro, N.C. 

Walker, Minnie M., Greensboro, 

Webb, Cornelia A. Wadesboro, 

Did not finish the Course.

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Junior Class. 

Adams, Juliet C., Lynchburg, Va. 

Andrews, Rosa L., Greensboro, N.C. 

Atkinson, Maggie B., Davie Co., 

Atwater, Amma F., 

Durham 

Ballance, Mary 

Barrett Maggie 

Lewiston, 

Kernersville, 

Butler, Rosalie R., Rockingham 

Caldwell, Erie J., Greensboro, 

Calvert, Maggie P., Jackson, 

Carrigan, Ena M., Society Hill, S.C. 

Clark, Ella M., Greensboro, N.C. 

Clegg, Lula M., Chatham Co., 

Dail, Hattie L., 

Davis, Lillie E., 

New Berne, 

Mount Holly, 

Duncan, Georgie L., Atlanta, Ga. 

FitzgeraId, Mollie H., Davidson Co., N.C. 

Frazer, Mamie L., Trinity College, 

Folger, Flora M., Surry Co., 

Gravatt, Ada A., Fredericksburg, Va. 

"Green, Annie H., Fayetteville, N.C. 

Groome, Lula M., High Point, 

HaIliburton, Etta B., Haywood Co., 

Harris, Emma S., Mebane, 

Harvey, Katie C., Kinston, 

Hawkins, Mary G., Greensboro, 

Herndon, Myrtie M., Morrisville, 

Hollingsworth, Sade E., Mt. Airy, 

Houston, Florence, Monroe, 

Hudgins, Lena M Oxford, 

Isler, Eliza, LaGrange, 

Ivey, Emma L., 

John, Mary J., 

Olin, 

Laurinburg, 

Kendall, Minnie, Anson Co.,

GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE. 9 

Junior Class- Cont'd 

Kindley Kate L., Cabarrus Co., N.C. 

Lawrence, Lizzie Tarboro, 

"Leathers, Emma A. Durham Co., 

Long, Laura L., Chapel Hill, 

McDonald, Louise L Greensboro, 

Odell Lena C., 

Paris, Minnie M., LaGrange, 

Rawley, Annie J., Reidsville 

Rawley, Berta M., 

Richardson, Mamie A. Selma, 

Robbins, Mamie M., Trinity College, 

Sergeant, Ella F., Greensboro, 

"Shell, Ida M., Trinity College, 

Sherrille, Bessie C., Newton 

Sloan, Minnie D., Jonesboro, 

"Smith, Mary L., Greensboro, 

Swaim, Isabella, 

'Taylor, Winnie, J Milton, 

Thomas, Fannie L., Danville, Va. 

Thompson, Lula B., Wilmington N.C. 

Townsend, Fannie M., Bennettsville S. C. 

Vaughn, Luola, Madison, N.C. 

Wade, Mollie A., Troy, 

"Wall, Sallie E., Wadesboro 

Watson, Lottie E., Fayetteville 

Weatherly, Mary R., 

"Wilson, Ruhamah 


Winecoff, Jane E., Con cord, 

Wooten, Katie S., LaGrange, 

Wright, Katie K. 

Thomasville, 

Wyche, Bertha, 

York, Ada H., 

Haywood, 

Granville Co., 

*Irregular-did not pursue all the studies of the Class

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Sophomore Class. 

Alderman, Manna, Greensboro, N.C. 

Avent, Bella, 

Bailey, Bettie P., 

Ballentine Lina E., 

Haywood 

Walnut Cove, 

Varina, Wake Co., 

Bardin, Emma J., Charleston S.C. 

Borden, Georgie, Goldsboro, N.C. 

Branson, Flora A., Augusta, Ga. 

Brown, Lula E., Greensboro, N.C. 

Burkehead Eliza M., Winston, 

Caldwell, Abbie W., 

Clark, Dollie B., 


Cramer, Nellie B. Thomasville, 

Cunningham, Elizabeth C., Greensboro, 

Davis, Mary, Beaufort 

Diggs, Minnie H., Rockingham 

Dove, Minnie A., Concord, 

Grafflin Sallie, Wilmington 

Harris, Lella C., Wilton, 

Herring, Carrie V., Marlborough, Co., S.C. 

Hill, Mildred P. Stokes Co., N.C. 

Hodgin, Mary T., Winston, 

Jones, Alice L., Greensboro 

Jones, Cora M., Columbia, S.C. 

Keogh, Katie A., Greensboro, N.C. 

Lindsay, Berta M., Reidsville, 

Lockhart, Lillie L., Durham, 

Mann, Emma, 

McNairy, Mary M., 

Mebane, Berta P., 


Rand, Emma, Raleigh, 

Raoul, Alice H., Asheville, 

Rosenthal, Carrie, Swepsonville 

Rowland, Penelope K., Lumberton, 

Sellars, Flora L. Burlington


Sophomore Class- Cont'd. 

Smith, Ella S., New Garden, N.C. 

Stamey, Mildred L., Reidsville 

Stansel, Mattie G., Robeson Co., 

Waller, Ada R., Granville Co., 

Wall, Sallie A., Lilesville 

Watkins, Judith E., Randolph Co., 

Winstead. Mamie W., Roxboro, 

Yelverton, Emma D., Freemont 

First Class. 

Alderman Mamie, Greensboro, N.C. 

Arnold, Pearl, Henderson, 

Ball, Pattie J., Greensboro, 

Bardin, Beulah B., Charleston S.C. 

Bruton Lillie May Reidsville N.C. 

Burton Nannie L., Caswell Co., 

Bowles, Selina J., Greensboro, 

Calhoun, Macy M.,. Marlborough Co., S. C. 

Dailey, Martha F., Alamance Co., N.C. 

Davies, Florida M., Jacksonville Fla. 

Doub, Agnes, Greensboro, N.C. 

Faucette, Mary C. W., Caswell Co., 

Ferree, Nettie, Randleman 

Fortune, Jennie L., Buncombe Co., 

Fortune, Rosa, 

Harvey, Lucy B., Kinston 

Jackson, Lelia L., Carthage, 

Peyton, Lula L., Greensboro, 

Pickard, Annie L., Randleman 

Reynolds, Minnie L., Atlanta, Ga 

Small, Mary T., Greensboro, N.C. 

Thomas, Mary F. L., Matrimony 

Tate, Victoria L., Greensboro, 

Williams, Bettie

I2 GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE. 

Preparatory Department. 

_- 

Arnold, Virginia, Henderson, N.C. 

Ball, Lucy, Greensboro, (' 

Bowles, Lillie E., 

a ' 

Brown, Elizabeth T., Elizabeth City, " 

Fasolt, Amelia, Greensboro, 

Fasolt, Hattie, " " 

Fishblate, Elizabeth, 

Kirkpatrick, Maggie H., 6' 

Lindsay, Mary, 

Love, Annie, 

" 

Merrimon, Nellie W., 

Pannill, Florence D., 

4 

Wentworth, - 

Sessoms, Margaret A., Cumberland Co., 

Tate, Clara C., Greensboro, " 

Turner, Lizzie; " " 

,'


Students Taking a Special Course. 

Miss Alderman, Myra V.,- I. M., Greensboro, N. C. 

Ball, Bettie, D., P., 

Ball, Lula, V. M., 

Buie, Fannie, V. and I. M., E., Caswell Co., 

Caldwell, Mattie,-E., Greensboro, 

Campbell, Ida,-I. M., Jonesboro, 

Dixon, Nellie,-E., Greensboro, 

Exum, Alice V. and I. M., E., Wayne Co., 

Mrs. Glenn, J. D . V. M., Greensboro, 

Glenn, R. G., I. M., 

Miss Merritt, Sallie, D., P., Mt. Airy, 

Peyton, M. C., I. M., P., Greensboro, 

Stone, Florence, D., P., Boston, Mass. 

Vernon, Ella B ., D., P., Slatesville, Va. 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

I. M.- Instrumental Music. P . Painting. E. Elocution. 

V. M.- Vocal Music. D . Drawing. 

SUMMARY. 

Senior Class 25 

Junior Class 66 

Sophomore Class 42 

First Class 24 

Preparatory Department. 15 

Students taking a Special Course.. 14 

Total 186 

Instrumental Music 121 

Vocal Music 39 

Ancient and Modern Languages.. 64 

Elocution 43 

Art Department 42


Course of Study 

of 

Primary Department. 

Spelling. Harrington 

Reading, 1st, 

Geography Maury 

Lessons in English. Knox and Whitney 

Arithmetic .White 

Child's Book of Nature .Hooker 

Penmanship and Drawing. 

Calisthenics, Singing. 

Object Lessons. 

Lessons on Color and Form, 

Composition. 

Collegiate Department. 

FIRST CLASS. 

Spelling and Reading Continued. .Barnes' 5th Reader 

English Grammar Swinton 

Arithmetic Completed Joseph Ficklin 

Manual of Geography, with Map Drawing Maury 

History of the United States .Barnes 

English Coinposition Swinton 

Botany. 

Natural History Wood 

Algebra begun 

SOPHOMORE CLASS 

Algebra Wentworth 

Ancient 'Geography. Mitchell 

Mythology Keightly 

Physiology. Steele 

Natural Philosophy Steele 

History of England. 

English Composition Chittenden 

Reading Exercises.

GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE 15 

JUNIOR CLASS. 

Geometry.. .Welsh 

Chemistry .Steele 

Rhetoric Bardeen 

History of the World.. .Barnes 

Logic Coppee 

Test Words Henderson 

English Literature.. .Brooke 

Reading Selections 

SENIOR CLASS. 

Trigonometry and Mensuration.. Wentworth 

Astronomy Steele 

Moral Science. 

Intellectual Philosophy.. Wayland 

Evidences of Christianity.. .Alexander 

Test Words. .Henderson 

Constitution of the United States .Hart 

English Literature- (Swinton) with readings from the best authors. 

Geology and Mineralogy taught by Lectures. 

Reviews. 

Optional Studies 

Extending through the four years, in connection with the 

English Course 

Ancient Languages. 

LATIN. 

1. Latin Grammar, Latin Reader- Bingham and Gildersleeve. 

2. Caesar- Bingham. 

3. Virgil, Arnold’s Latin Prose Composition, Cicero’s Orations. 

4. Horace, Cicero De Officiis or Livy. Latin Grammar through 

the course. 

GREEK. 

We have had no classes in Greek for several sessions. It will be 

taught when desired, and approved Text-books used.


Modern Languages. 

This department, under the instruction of an accomplished lady, an 

excellent teacher of French and German, offers superior advantages 

to those who desire to make the study of language a specialty. An 

eclectic method is used combining the Natural Method with a 

thorough course of instruction in Translation, Grammar and Com- 

position. Special attention is paid to conversation, and a table, 

presided over by the instructress, is reserved for those who wish to 

speak French exclusively during meals, thus acquiring a fluency of 

speech that cannot be obtained in the class-room alone. 

COURSE OF STUDY. 

FRENCH. 

FIRST YEAR. 

Grammar begun Keetel 

Petites Causeries.. Sauveur 

Dictation Exercises. 

SECOND YEAR. 

Grammar completed. 

Premieres Lectures 

Rosa Madame 

Dictation and Composition. 

THIRD YEAR. 

Grammar reviewed.. 

Keetel 

English into French 

Sadler 

Athalie Racine 

Corneille 

Dosia Greville 

L’Avare 

French Composition. 

Moliere


GERMAN. 

FIRST YEAR. 

Grammar (Begun) Eysenbach 

Studien Und Plaudereien .Stern 

Dictation Exercises. 

SECOND YEAR. 

Grammar (Completed) Eysenbach 

Grimm’s Marchen 

Selected Plays. 

Dictation and Composition. 

THIRD YEAR. 

Grammar (Reviewed). Eysenbach 

Exercises in Translation from English into German. 

Wilhelm Tell.. .Schiller 

Undine. 

German Composition .De la Motte Fouque 

Instrumental Music 

The Music Department is under the direction of Prof. 

RICHARD FASOLT, teacher of Piano, Violin, Organ, and 

Harmony. Prof. Fasolt is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory 

of Music at Berlin, Germany, and was for 

several years a successful teacher in that celebrated institution, 

being afterwards appointed Musical Director to 

the King of Prussia. Prof. Fasolt is a thorough musician, 

and a faithful and successful teacher. He is assisted 

by a corps of accomplished and efficient lady 

teachers. 

We have a systematically arranged course of study, 

ranking with the best music schools in the land and 

abroad. The aim of the faculty is to teach the principles


of music thoroughly and well, rather than devote the time 

to mediocre compositions that are of no lasting benefit. 

The private recitals held fortnightly have become quite 

a feature of College life. Pupils of all grades are required 

to take part, and the interest is sustained by making piano 

duetts, quartettes, singing by the chorus class, recitations 

by the elocution pupils, and dialogues in French and 

German, as well as singing and playing of solos, part of 

the program. 

Classes are formed for the study of notation, time, and 

harmony, which every music pupil is required to attend. 

The following text books have been used this year in 

the theory classes on Wednesday: Peter’s Musical Copy 

Book, Emery’s Head and Hands,” Palmer’s “ Piano 

Primer,” and Challoner’s “ History of the Science and 

Art of Music. Instruction is also given in musical history 

and biography. 

Diplomas will be given to pupils who complete the 

prescribed course of study. 

No regular pupil will be graduated in music until she 

shall have completed her work in the literary department. 

Pupils not taking the studies of the Literary course may 

receive a diploma in music when they ’have completed 

the prescribed scheme of study. 

SCHEME OF TECHNICAL STUDIES. 

PRIMARY CLASS.- Schmidt’s Five finger exercises. 

Czerny’s I IO Exercises, Book I. Scales. 

FIRST CLASS.- Duvernoy’s ecole de Mechanism, Books 

I, 2 and 3. Scales. 

SECOND 

CLASS.- Czerny’s etudes de la Velocite Books 

1 2, 3 and 4. Technics. Scales.

GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE. '9 

THIRD CLASS- Cramer etudes, (Hans Von Bulow's 

Kullack's Octave Studies. Technics. 

Books I, 2, 3 and 4. 

Scales. 

ADVANCED CLASS- Chopin etudes, opus 25, Book I 

and Opus IO, Book I. Technics. Scales. 

In connection with the above, Kuhlau's, Clementi's, 

Diabelli's and Lichner's Sonatinas; Mozart and Beet- 

hoven's Sonatas, and other Compositions of the best 

Classical and Modern Composers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY COURSE Pupils who have completed 

the regular course of study during their Junior 

year, will be required to study:-Chopin, opus 25, Book 

2 Chopin, opus IO, Book 2 Bach, One and Two part 

Inventions and English Suites. 

Pupils will be required to spend two years in the third 

and fourth grades, and if they complete the specified 

studies in less time must take supplementary studies. 

GRADUATES IN MUSIC. 

1883 2 

1884 I 

1885 4 

1886 5 

1887. 

Miss Addie C. Donnell, Greensboro, N. C. 

Alice B. Exum, Wayne Co.,

20 

GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE. 

Vocal Music 

Special attention is paid to the department of Vocal 

Music, it being our aim to afford the best facilities for 

the cultivation of the voice. 

The instruction given is comprised under two heads- 

Special Vocal Lessons and Lessons in Classes. Pupils 

who take special lessons may take lessons in class with- 

out additional charge. 

This department is filled by an experienced and ac- 

complished vocalist, whose success during the past three 

scholastic years, gives ample assurance of her peculiar 

adaptation for teaching Vocal Music. 

At the devotional exercises, held morning and evening 

in the College Chapel, the pupils are expected to sing, 

and each young lady is required to have a copy of the 

New Hymn and Tune Book. A weekly practice is held 

in which all must take part, unless excused by the Vo- 

cal Teacher. 

METHOD. 

The Bassini Method is the one pursued in this depart- 

ment, assisted by such studies, carefully and judiciously 

selected, as the peculiar needs of the pupils may require. 

Correct and artistic rendering of their work is the aim of 

their instructor. 

.The chorus classes receive careful instruction in the 

rudiments of Vocal Music after the most approved 

methods, special attention being paid to reading at sight.


Drawing and Painting 

This department is now on a basis that is in the high- 

est degree satisfactory. The Art exhibition at the re- 

cent Commencement gave evidence of the superior abil- 

ity of the teacher and successful work on the part of her 

pupils. 

The method used is that recognized as best, and taught 

in the finest schools of the North. Broad handling and 

strength are insisted on as the first requisites to a fine 

picture, while beauty and finish follow. 

The object in this school is to make each pupil an 

independent student of Nature and Art; we therefore lay 

more and more stress on the importance of studying 

directly from Nature, Life, Still-life and Casts, and the 

pupils are encouraged to follow out this plan as the one 

to gain real knowledge of Art, though there are hand- 

some copies provided. Drawing and painting are taught 

in all mediums, pencil, charcoal, crayon, oil, pastel, water 

colors, &c. 

The best facilities are offered for this study in its vari- 

ous branches. The Studio is furnished with a full col- 

lection of casts, consisting of statues and busts from the 

Antique, flowers, fruits, birds, &c., and an ample supply 

of copies, landscapes, figures, animals, flowers, fruit, &c., 

after the best masters. These are furnished for the use 

of the Art-students free of charge. 

That branch of Art, the Decorative, so popular to-day, 

is taught in all its most attractive styles, as painting on 

China, Slate, Pottery, Silk, Satin, &c. 

Hammered brass and wood carving will be taught 

when desired.


GRADUATES IN THE FINE ARTS. 

1884 2 

1885 4 

1886 1 

1887. 

Miss Ella B. Vernon, Slatesville, Va. 

Elocution 

This study is commanding more attention every year, 

and its importance is more widely acknowledged than 

ever before. To read well is no longer thought of as a 

rare accomplishment, but as a necessary part in the edu- 

cation of woman. We therefore give to Elocution spe- 

cial attention, and are careful in obtaining competent and 

thorough instructors of this art. The celebrated system 

of Gesture after Delsarte will be taught. 

The text books used will be Monroe’s Sixth Reader, 

Raymond’s Melody in Speech and Delsarte System of 

Dramatic Expression, a recent publication by Genevieve 

Stebbins. Readings and recitations from the best authors 

are given throughout the course. 

Lessons are given both privately and in class. 

Orthography, Penmanship and English Composition 

receive special attention in all the classes. 

Arithmetic, English Grammar and Algebra reviewed 

in the higher classes. 

Candidates for the higher classes must be prepared for 

examination on the previous course.


Lectures 

Lectures, accompanied by experiments illustrative of 

the Natural Sciences, regularly delivered. Special course 

of lectures on Physiology and Hygiene. Lectures on 

other subjects of interest and importance occasionally 

delivered. 

Diplomas and Certificates 

Full Diplomas will be given to those young ladies who 

stand an approved examination upon the regular English 

course and one Ancient or Modern Language, though 

more than one may be studied if desirable. Parents can 

select what Ancient or Modern Language or Languages 

they may wish their daughters to study. 

English Diplomas will be given to those who complete 

the regular English course, which embraces all the stud- 

ies of the curriculum, except those called extra or op- 

tional. 

Certificates of Proficiency will be given to those young 

ladies who desire to take an eclectic course, on the com- 

pletion of any special department. 

Permanent Gold Medals 

THE CHOPIN MEDAL.- offered by Mrs. R. G. Glenn, 

to the best performer on the Piano. 

ART MEDAL.- offered by Miss S. Ella Bruton, in 

memory of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Nixon Bruton, for 

the best painting in oil from nature.

24. GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE. 

GLENN MEDAL.- Offered by Mrs. Dr. C. M. Glenn, in 

memory of Dr. R. W. Glenn, to be awarded to the young 

lady who attains the highest proficiency in Elocution. 

LUCY MCGEE MEDAL.- Offered by Miss Dora D. 

Jones, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Lucy McGee Jones, 

for the best Essay written for graduation by a member 

of the Senior Class. To be decided by impartial judges 

having no connection with the Institution. 

BAXTER PHILLIPS SCHOLARSHIP MEDAL. Offered 

by Mr. Thos. J. Gill, of Laurinburg, N.C., in memory of 

the late Rev. Baxter Phillips, for the highest grade of 

scholarship in the Junior Class. 

Gold Medals Awarded at Commencement of 1887. 

Chopin Medal.- Miss Alice R. Exum, Wayne Co., N. C. 

Glenn Medal.- Miss Alice B. Exum, 

Art Medal.- Miss Lora Hagan, Greensboro, 

Lucy McGee Medal.- Miss Maggie V. Smith, Greensboro, 

N. C. 

Baxter Phillips Medal.- Miss Hattie I,. Dail, New 

Berne, N. C. 

Post Graduates 

Those young ladies who have received a diploma from 

the College and retain or resume their connection with 

the Institution, in any of its departments, are styled Post 

Graduates. There are several studies which may be 

profitably pursued by our graduates, in addition to the 

superior advantages offered in the department of Music 

and the Fine Arts.


Charges 

PER SESSION OF TWENTY WEEKS. 

In order to place the advantages of the School within 

the reach of a large number of persons, the Directors 

have fixed the charges for board and tuition at the lowest 

possible figures compatible with financial safety and the 

superior educational facilities and physicial physical comforts offer- 

ed. No margin has been left for deduction or losses. 

BOARD (exclusive of washing and lights), and TUITION in 

the full English Course.. $75.00 

Tuition in the English Course, for day scholars. 20.00 

Incidental Tax 2.00 

Tuition in Primary Department.. $12.00 to 15.00 

Fuel, per month .50 

Washing and Lights, per month about.. 2.00 

EXTRA OR OPTIONAL STUDIES. 

Tuition in Ancient and Modern Languages, each.. $5.00 

Music on Piano and Organ, each. 

20.00 

Under the Professor.. 25.00 

Music on Guitar.. 15.00 

Special Vocal Lessons. 20.00 

Vocal Lessons in Classes 5.00 

Oil Painting 20.00 

Drawing $5.00 to 15.00 

Use of Piano and Organ, each.. 2.50 

Use of Guitar 1.50 

Elocution -Special Lessons. 10.00 

Lessons in Class.. 5.00 

Amount required in advance.. 75.00 

Remainder at the end of the session. 

Daughters of Ministers in regular Pastoral work, for board, 

tuition in the English Course and one Ancient or Modern 

Language 60.00 

The above, with Music added 75.00


Pupils entering within the first two weeks. are charged 

from the first day of the term otherwise from the time 

of entrance. Pupils withdrawing without leave, or for 

other than causes wholly providential, are charged in 

full. 

Each boarding pupil is required to furnish one pair of 

sheets, one pair of pillow cases, towels and table nap- 

kins. 

Each young lady coming to school should be provided 

with an umbrella, a pair of overshoes, and a water-proof 

cloak, and have her name distinctly marked on every 

article of clothing. 

General Remarks 

This Institution was founded by the North Carolina 

Conference, chartered in 1838, opened for the reception 

of students in 1846, and continued in successful operation 

until its destruction by fire in 1863. It was re-opened in 

1873. The purpose of its founders was to furnish to 

young ladies the necessary advantages and facilities for 

the acquisition of a thorough and accomplished education. 

For many years, it has enjoyed a reputation unsurpassed 

by any Female College in the South, and standing as the 

mother of chartered Female Colleges in North Carolina, 

it still holds its place in the front rank among those 

Institutions which aim at the higher education of woman. 

Hundreds of noble, cultivated women have gone out 

from its halls, exerting an elevating and refining influence 

upon society, and filling their homes with the light of a 

beautiful, cultivated, Christian womanhood. 

While this is a denominational College, being patron- 

ized chiefly by Methodists several other denominations 

are represented in its patronage. No efforts are made 

to interfere with church relations or preferences.


LOCATION, BUILDING, &c. 

The College building is located near the western limits 

of Greensboro, in the centre of a campus embracing 

forty acres, with ample shady walks for outdoor recrea- 

tion. It is very large, commodious and well adapted to 

school purposes, containing a capacious chapel and din- 

ing room, study hall lecture, recitation and music rooms, 

parlors, an art studio, and dormitories sufficient to ac- 

commodate two hundred boarders. The dormitories are 

large, well ventilated, warmed by means of fire places 

and provided with neat, convenient and comfortable 

furniture. The art studio and study hall are in the north 

side of the building, with several large windows in each, 

through which a soft, pleasant light is admitted, and 

both are large, commodious and well furnished. 

Greensboro has long been noted for the intelligence, 

social refinement and morality of its citizens, is entirely 

free from any local cause of disease, and possessing a 

mild, salubrious climate. is a very desirable place for the 

education of young ladies. It is in the central part of 

North Carolina, and easy of access by railroad from 

several directions. It is a prosperous, growing place, 

and promises, at no distant day, to become a very im- 

portant centre of trade and travel. 

APPARATUS, &c. 

The Institution is furnished with all the appliances of 

a first-class Female College, consisting of one Organ and 

eighteen excellent Pianos, ample Philosophical an d 

Chemical Apparatus, Scientific Charts, Maps, Globes, 

Cabinet of Minerals, &c. 

Important additions were made to the Apparatus last 

summer. Other valuable articles are soon to be added, 

one of which will be an excellent Astronomical Tele- 

scope.


LIBRARY AND READING ROOM. 

The Reading Room is supplied with a library of useful 

and entertaining books, both for reading and reference, 

and the best periodical literature of the times, consisting 

of Quarterlies, Monthlies, Weekly, and a few Daily 

papers. 

Several hundred dollars’ worth of new books have re- 

cently been purchased for the library, thus affording 

ample facilities for obtaining useful information, in con- 

nection with the mental training derived from the study 

of text books and lectures. Other books will be added 

from time to time, as they may be desired. 

SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION. 

Our course of study is sufficiently extensive and well 

arranged. Instruction is designed to be systematic and 

thorough. The constant aim of the Faculty is to secure 

accurate scholarship and a high standard of attainments. 

We consider the object of pursuing a course of study 

to be, not only to acquire knowledge, but so to train and 

develop the intellectual powers that the mind may become 

capable of correct, discriminating, vigorous thought. 

The Faculty earnestly recommend to parents having 

daughters preparing for college, to have them well trained 

in Spelling, Reading, Writing, Geography, English Grammar 

and Arithmetic. Applicants for admission, even 

into the advanced classes, are often found almost totally 

deficient in these essential studies. 

Parents are sometimes disappointed in the classification 

of their daughters. This is not our fault. 

Our duty to 

the Institution, to our patrons, and to the pupils committed 

to our charge, forbids us to place a pupil in a class 

for which she is not prepared by previous training.


EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS. 

Every quarter closes with a written examination, in 

which the pupil has ample time and opportunity to mani- 

fest her knowledge of the subject, and upon the result of 

this examination, combined with the daily record of 

scholarship, a report is made of the pupil’s standing. 

This, with a statement of general deportment, is for- 

warded to the parent or guardian. 

The information contained in the reports to parents 

and guardians forms a basis for appropriate counsel and 

encouragement. 

In connection with these reports we have a Roll of 

Merit, which will contain the names of young ladies who 

have not been absent without excuse, and who have ren- 

dered prompt and cheerful obedience to all the regula- 

tions of the Institution. The Roll of Merit will be read 

in public. 

LITERARY SOCIETY. 

For the promotion of general reading and other liter- 

ary accomplishments, the young ladies of the College 

have organized among themselves the Irving Literary 

Society. This Society is an important auxiliary in the 

cultivation of taste and manners, and affords rare facili- 

ties for improvement in Elocution, Composition and 

Conversation. 

The Society Hall is conveniently and handsomely 

furnished. 

The College Message a literary journal of high order, 

is published monthly in the interest of the Institution, 

affording the pupils art excellent field for the exercise of 

talent in composition, and furnishing an interesting me- 

dium of communication between the Alumnae and their 

Alma Mater. 

During the first two years of its existence the Message 

has attained a wide circulation in this and neighboring


excellent medium of advertisement. 

In order to defray the expenses of publishing the 

magazine, a subscription price of 75 cents per year is 

charged. 

The Message should be a regular visitor in the house- 

hold of every patron, friend and Alumnae of the Institu- 

tion. 

All communications should be addressed to the College 

Message, G. F. College; Greensboro, N.C.


Strict attention is paid to the cultivation of true refine- 

ment, purity of morals, and Christian principles. 

We aim at the highest moral, mental and physical 

culture, that our pupils may be properly fitted for their 

legitimate sphere as educated, Christian women. To 

this end the President embraces every opportunity for 

counsel, encouragement or reproof, and endeavors con- 

stantly to surround the inmates of the College with the 

atmosphere of a cheerful, well regulated family. 

Female teachers residing in the College take special 

interest in the welfare of the pupils, and assist in the 

government of the school by cooperating with the 

President in his efforts to secure the observance of rules 

of order and attention to study. They also accompany 

the pupils in walking for recreation, and occasionally, to 

the stores. Indeed, all the teachers and officers are 

expected to devote themselves faithfully to the interests 

of the Institution, and to give to its laws and adminis- 

tration a cordial support. 

DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. 

This department is under the personal supervision of 

Miss Dora D. Jones, assisted by a good housekeeper, and 

an intelligent and experienced lady to attend to the sick. 

All the sanitary arrangements of the building are so 

made as to promote the health and comfort of the pupils. 

The table is constantly supplied with the best quality of 

food, wholesome, well cooked and in abundance. Every 

attention necessary to the welfare of the school is given. 

When boarders enter the College they are received as 

members of our own family, and guarded with parental 

care from all evil influences. The young ladies are re- 

quired to keep their rooms neat and in good order. 

Hours of study, rest and recreation are arranged with 

reference to their physical as well as intellectual devel- 

opment. A portion of each day is set apart for invigorating

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outdoor exercise. When well, their health is 

guarded with constant care, and in sickness they receive 

the utmost kindness and attention. 

An extra charge of twenty cents per meal will be made 

when sent to rooms, or in case of protracted illness, fifty 

cents per day for all extra attention. 

CALISTHENICS. 

Under the direction of an accomplished lady teacher, 

the pupils will be daily exercised in Calisthenics. These 

beautiful exercises not only develop and strengthen the 

physical constitution, but impart grace and elegance to 

the person. It is desirable that every pupil should take 

part in these exercises. None will be excused except by 

the request of parents, or the advice of a physician. For 

the use of the implements-dumb-bells, rings, wands and 

Indian clubs-a charge of only 50 cents per session will 

be made. 

Each young lady must be furnished with a calisthenic 

suit of dark blue flannel. This suit consists of a plain 

full skirt and a loose blouse waist, trimmed with white 

braid. It can be easily made at home, or furnished at 

the Institution. This suit may also be utilized as a 

school dress. 

RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES. 

Mental culture, however extensive it may be, when not 

sanctified by the pure principles of Christianity, may be 

a curse to its possessor and to society. Particular atten- 

tion is therefore paid to the develpment development and right regution 

of the religious feelings and sentiments. 

The regular exercises of the School are opened and 

closed with appropriate religious services, consisting of 

Bible reading, singing and prayer. Weekly prayer meet- 

ings are regularly held in the College parlors by the


pupils and ladies of the Faculty. The young ladies are 

required to attend church, once at least, every Sabbath 

and when the weather is inclement, religious services are 

conducted in the College Chapel. 

A regular Sunday School is conducted in the College 

Chapel every Sabbath under the direction of the Presi- 

dent of the College and the resident lady teachers of the 

Faculty. 

An auxiliary of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society 

ciety is in successful operation. 

VISITING AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

The young ladies are not permitted to spend a night 

out of the College, or to attend dancing parties, or the- 

atrical entertainments and visits in the day will be reg- 

ulated by the wishes of parents and guardians, and the 

discretion of the President. 

Young gentlemen wishing to call on the young ladies 

of the College must present letters of introduction from 

their parents or guardians. Necessary calls upon board- 

ing pupils should be so arranged as to interfere as little as 

possible with their studies. It is desirable that visits 

should not be made during hours set apart for study arid 

recitation, nor on the Sabbath 

The correspondence of the young ladies will be under 

the direct supervision of the President. And while he 

opens no letters that come into the School, and reads 

none that go out, except in extreme cases, he allows no 

correspondence with young gentlemen, except by per- 

mission of parent or guardian. All letters to young 

ladies in the School should be directed to G. F. College, 

Greensboro, N. C.


UNIFORM. 

To prevent extravagance, unpleasant distinctions, and 

needless attention to dress, a uniform has been adopted: 

For winter-Black cashmere. For summer-white lawn. 

The-uniform is designed to be worn only when the 

pupils appear in public. 

For ordinary wear, plain, neat clothing is amply suffi- 

cient. Parents are advised not to indulge their daughters 

in expensive articles of dress, for their cooperation is 

necessary to prevent extravagance. 

.CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 

Text-books, stationery, &c., will be furnished at a 

slight advance on wholesale cost. 

Boarding pupils will not be allowed to open accounts 

in the city. Purchases can be made only under direction 

of the officers of the College. 

Parents and guardians are requested to deposit with 

the President all funds for contingent expenses, otherwise 

the officers of the Institution must not be held responsible 

for any loss that may occur. 

Young ladies are not permitted to make expensive 

presents, or to purchase costly articles of jewelry. 

All express packages should be prepaid.

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