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The Weaver Pep, May 31, 1927. PAGE FIVE. WEAVER COLLEGE President Trowbridge States Aims of This Fine Institution By Roberta Wallace Cobb. Weaverville is a quietly pro gressive college town on the Ap palachian Scenic Highway, nine miles north of the tourist me tropolis of Asheville, in Bun combe County, North Carolina. It has its own Chamber of Com merce, a population between ten and J^welve hundred, six churches (of which two are Afro-American), a high school, a college, several stores, ga rages, a bank, a millionaire, and is reputed to have in its four miles of pavement more con crete surface per capita than any town in Western North Carolina. Civic interest is strongly con centrated in Weaver College proudly reposing on the greens ward of “Dry Ridge”—150 feet from the Highway and a quar ter of a mile from Main street —in all the dignity becoming to a $500,000 co-educational Junior College, owned and controlled by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Embracing fifty - five acres of ground which nature and man together conspired to convert mostly into forests, lawns, pastures, gardens, in cluding the gift of charming Lake Louise running over six acres to the highway, and with the comparatively recent $100,- 000 endowment fund, which B N. Duke formed with the nuc leus of $50,000, and a building extension program in vieW; Weaver College has reason to be justly proud. Old Fashioned Campus Coming up the driveway one is impressed by the old-fash ioned distinctive atmosphere pervading the campus, where “Silent stand the vine-clad walls Enclosing Wisdom’s classic halls.” No matter that the vine-clad walls of the one educational brick building with its two tall picturesque ivy-covered chim neys incorporate an outwardly undecorated architectural wing with a frame belfry pointing skyward, and bearing with the dignity of its age an unmistak able kindly, judicious, adminis trative air. This wing, the original build ing, constructed in 1874, con tains the library of 3,000 vol umes, one class-room, the of fices, the bookroom, quarters for the Athletic Association and for the student periodicals, and two society halls which have been used for the forensic train ing of several generations of young Americans. The larger wing to the Administration Building, erected in 1895 houses an attractive chapel, two class-rooms, a science labora tory, a science lecture room, and a storeroom for chemicals, ap paratus and library pamphlets. Skinner Hall Skinner Hall, the $45,000 Men’s Dormitory named for Da vid E. Skinner of the Class ot ’87, who donated $25,000 toward its construction in 1922, is con ceded to be one of the finest, all-round, modern equipped dor mitories in the South. Incident ally, Skinner Hall occupies the Northwest corner of the old Reems Creek Camp Grounds, an historic religious locality of m Western North Carolina. Crutchfield Hall built in 1908, and the erstwhile College presi dential “White House” of 1885, constitute the feminine student and instructors’ dormitories. These three brick buildings, with the exception of the “White House” and two frame cottages, list the College resi dences. The esprit de corps of Wea ver College as reflected through its activities is typically and grandly American. It stands for all that is noblest in the train ing of the faculties of mind and soul and body for healthy American citizenship. It empha sizes the triune education of mentality, personality, spiritu ality. It takes cognizance of the peculiar needs of certain classes of its student body and adapts its curriculum, its regulations, and finances accordingly. What the College Offers In the words of President Trowbridge: “In its eflfort to provide for each student just the training needed to develop his own individuality. Weaver College offers five distinct courses of study: “The Classical Course is de signed especially for those who feel reasonably sure that they will continue the course until Courtesy of Citizen. ■Photos by Citizen Staff Photogrrapher. 1.—^Proposed new buildings. 2.—Boys’ Dormitory. 8.-—Mr. Trowbridge, president of Weaver College. 4.—^View of the Campus with the Bishop Asbury oak on the left. 6.—^Ivy-clad College building. 6.—View of the College lake. 7.—Girls’ dormitory and Mess Hall. they receive a degree from some four year institution. It de mands that the student carry those studies which are re quired in the Freshman and Sophomore years of most A- grade institutions. “The General Course is pre sented for the special benefit of that very large number who feel sure they will never be able to secure a degree, but who wish to get some college train ing and prefer to map out a course of study to suit their particular needs, which leads to a junior college diploma. This course is, therefore, largely elective. “Intermediate between these two extremes are the Education, the Business administration, and the Music courses, each constructed to provide founda tion for the junior and senior years of the university, if one decides to continue training be yond junior college days, or to fit one reasonably well for mak ing one’s way without the uni versity work if it seems nec essary or advisable to do so. These courses look toward teaching, business, or avoca- tional preparation, and strive to make good citizens who shall be happy, physically well, eco nomically prosperous, socially valuable, and spiritually stimu lating. It seems that among the five groups of studies every one can find maximum value for the two college years, except, per haps, those who have decided upon some technical or profes sional career. Even in that case, a broad foundation of cultural training will probably bring the largest results in the long run.” Personality Tests Recognizing what a strong part personality plays in one’s success or failure in life and making study of the questions asked by employment agencies, bonding companies, and voca tional guidance advisors. Wea ver College has drawn up a list of ten cardinal elements which are in the making of every in dividual and fundamentals of that elusive thing called per sonality. All students are grad ed on these ten j)oints called “The College Attitude” which in the eyes of the college equal the grades made on studies. They are: manners, neatness, respect for property, co-operation, ini tiative, attendance and punctu ality, dependableness, earnest ness, improvement, and social hfe. Weaver College offers a schol arship in Duke University to the student making the highest average grade in the senior year. A scholarship in Greens boro Cpllege for Women is tend ered to the young woman whose grades in the senior year aver age highest. While Baylor Uni versity awards a scholarship to the honor graduates among the feminine students, loaning half the amount to the young lady who graduates with second highest rank. College Periodicals “The Weaver Pep” and “The Mountaineer” are the monthly and annual periodicals of the student publications, respective ly. “The Weaver Bulletin,” ed ited by the president of the Col-- lege and concerning alumni sketches and items of general interest, is published quarterly. One of the interesting fea tures of the college grounds is
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