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Davison McDowell Douglas came to PC in 1911 from the Maryland Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.  He was a graduate of Davidson College and Columbia Seminary, earned an MA degree from the University of South Carolina, and completed additional post-graduate work at Princeton and Johns Hopkins. During his fifteen-year tenure, the college continued to grow

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PC’s insistence on challenging academics began during the term of the eighth president, Robert P. Adams. PC raised its academic standards and its entrance requirements during this period. In addition, students were required to become members in either of the literary societies. Students also were required to attend the College’s daily devotional exercises as well

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Dr. William Gordon Neville, whose name graces PC’s signature building, was faced with quite a task during the first year of his presidency. With PC under full control of the Synod of South Carolina, several towns felt that their communities had more to offer to the college than Clinton could offer. Bennettsville, Chester, Sumter, and

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Almon Edwin Spencer had been serving as a professor of Greek and French for six years when he was named PC’s sixth President in 1897. Spencer led PC during a time of great change during his tenure as president and even afterward, as he served PC for a total of 54 years. A number of

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Rev. Ephriam Clark Murray was a well-known minister in South Carolina when the trustees named him PC’s fifth president. Rev. Murray had served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Summerville, SC. He authored The Pastor’s Bible, which is available in the Founder’s Library in the PC Archives. Rev. Murray hoped to bring the college under the control

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Our look at the PC Presidents brings us to the man who served when Clinton College became the Presbyterian College of South Carolina and the one serving when PC began to attract students outside the Clinton area. PC’s Third President:  Joseph Whitner Kennedy, 1888-1891 Two very significant events happened during the presidency of Joseph Whitner

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Commencement Weekend begins this Friday, with the 130th commencement of Presbyterian College scheduled for Saturday, May 11, on the historic West Plaza. A complete list of the weekend’s events include: Friday, May 10  12:00 p.m., Senior Class Farewell Luncheon, Alumni Green, West Plaza 2:00 p.m.,  Hall of Fame/Wysor Saber Award & ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Edmunds

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A graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary, Robert Perry Smith served as the head of the Reidville Female Academy in Reidville, S.C. before becoming the college’s second president. During Smith’s presidency, the college moved into its new building, Recitation Hall, on four acres that had been acquired on the southern edge of town adjacent to Thornwell

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We’ve all heard of PC founder William Plumer Jacobs. Presbyterian College, originally known as Clinton College, had its beginning in 1880 because of the commitment and dedication of this one man who served as pastor of Clinton’s First Presbyterian Church. Jacobs originally established the college to supplement the education of the orphans at Thornwell, which

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When she was in high school, PC senior Keighley Aldridge babysat for a little boy who was diagnosed with cancer and received treatment at St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Aldridge remembers that the boy’s family “had such an amazing experience with St. Jude” and they still continue to raise money for research that goes to the

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