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The College Seal and Motto

November 2009
We recently ran across two Bluestocking articles detailing the history of the college seal, the familiar oval which contains the motto “Dum Vivimus Servimus” (“While we live, we serve”). The articles trace the seal back to the 1915 PacSac. As usual, while the facts were partially correct, they were not totally accurate, which proves once again the value of going back to the source. – Read More –

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 to our interns, Stewart Self and Caroline Todd, for their research on Walter Johnson and Lonnie McMillian, two legendary PC coaches. – Read More –

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. . – Read More –

How PC was different 100 years ago

August 2009
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. We thought it might be fun for incoming students to see what PC was like 100 years ago. – Read More –

Memories of the 1940s

June 2009
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. – Read More –

Hard Times

April-May 2009
“We are confronted at this time with the most momentous question that Presbyterians have ever been called upon to answer-we shall either continue in the field of higher education, or we shall be forced to close our doors and turn the institution over to the bond-holders.” Dr. John McSween, Nov. 1929

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. – Read More –