Things Discovered Along the Way:
We learn a lot while pursuing our research here in the
archives. Hopefully this blog, which includes some of our discoveries, will interest all of you PC historians out there. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have a
suggestion for a future topic.--Nancy Griffith
The College Seal and Motto (November 2009)
I recently ran across two Blue Stocking articles detailing the history of the college seal, the familiar oval which contains the motto “Dum Vivimus Servimus” (“While we live, we serve”). Thinking this would be an interesting subject for our blog, I decided to do some further research…
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Football Legends (October 2009)
Since we’re in the middle of football season, we thought it might be nice to profile a couple of PC’s football legends. Thanks once again to our interns, Stewart Self and Caroline Todd, for their hard work!
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School Spirit (September 2009)
With September, and the beginning of the football season, we thought it would be nice to examine school spirit at PC, including songs, yells, cheerleaders, our nickname, and our mascot, the Scotsman. Our thanks to our summer intern, Caroline Todd, who helped with the research.
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How PC Was Different 100 Years Ago (August 2009, Part 2)
Social Life
Starting in the spring of 2009, we had something new here in the archives – interns! In the spring, we had Lance Poston with us, and this summer it was Caroline Todd. Their big project was to trace the history of PC’s campus and buildings; you’ll be seeing the results of that research on our webpage. Caroline also helped us by preparing a number of entries for our blog, including our August blog, which will appear in two parts. We thought it might be fun for incoming students to see what PC was like 100 years ago.
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How PC Was Different 100 Years Ago (August 2009, Part 1)
Starting in the spring of 2009, we had something new here in the archives – interns! In the spring, we had Lance Poston with us, and this summer it was Caroline Todd. Their big project was to trace the history of PC’s campus and buildings; you’ll be seeing the results of that research on our webpage. Caroline also helped us by preparing a number of entries for our blog, including our August blog, which will appear in two parts. We thought it might be fun for incoming students to see what PC was like 100 years ago.
Continue reading How PC Was Different 100 Years Ago.
William T. Johnson and Charles B. MacDonald (July 2009)
Charles Brown MacDonald was one of my favorite people. He was a Senior at Presbyterian College when I was a Freshman. I assume he never knew my name. I can still hear his jaunty whistle as he walked down the hall and up the stairs to his room on third floor, Spencer Dorm.
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Memories of the 1940s (June 2009)
William T. Johnson, ‘47
During World War II, PC changed its academic calendar to a quarter system. Students could go to school year-round, and could graduate with a degree and an army commission in 28 months. The college students shared the campus with aviation students from the 39th College Training Detachment of the Army Air Forces. William T. Johnson began his career at PC before World War II, and graduated in 1947 after his return from the service. After his graduation, he enlisted in the Army National Guard. He posted these memories on his blog, and he has kindly given us permission to publish an edited version.
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Hard Times (April/May 2009)
With our country facing difficult economic times, we thought it might be interesting to look back at the Depression, and find out how the college managed to survive those tough times.
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Record of Garden Successes and Failures (March 2009)
William Plumer Jacobs
1868 – 1869
Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, fresh out of Columbia Seminary, arrived in Clinton in May of 1864. He was 22 years old, and had been hired as the first full-time pastor of the Clinton Presbyterian Church, now First Presbyterian Church, Clinton. The next year he married Mary Dillard, and by the time he was writing this garden notebook, he was living in his own home with his wife and two children, Florence and Ferdinand.We plan to publish these notes in several segments, to correspond to the months in which they were written. Hopefully you will find them informative, and they may even give you ideas for a garden of your own. Many of the seeds he mentions are still available from heritage seed catalogs.
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Record of Garden Successes and Failures (February 2009)
William Plumer Jacobs
1868 – 1869
Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, fresh out of Columbia Seminary, arrived in Clinton in May of 1864. He was 22 years old, and had been hired as the first full-time pastor of the Clinton Presbyterian Church, now First Presbyterian Church, Clinton. The next year he married Mary Dillard, and by the time he was writing this garden notebook, he was living in his own home with his wife and two children, Florence and Ferdinand.We plan to publish these notes in several segments, to correspond to the months in which they were written. Hopefully you will find them informative, and they may even give you ideas for a garden of your own. Many of the seeds he mentions are still available from heritage seed catalogs.
Continue reading Record of Garden Successes and Failures.
