fO
•HC'
■>
Third Edition
Montreat Collecre. Hontreat. N. C.
Movember..,.._15AQ^
'^ontreat\ Observes Founder’s D ay
|''VW
COLLEGE INSTALLSV.GAS
\
Thanksgiving
As v/e work in,„-'J'ur modern Hgfme/Sc'^nl>mic''g^O- '^J^MoGO’Tdnrl Ortmt ma'^-ic words to ate,ur.c
and Scien-ct Laboratories, wA |se"idoj;ip«'^,„, returned a^adn to our campus I
that there vr^s a fime\ v?tie,n |*' v’Ytlss, \vory ono of you i s'"-©.OT-iing homo to
Collep;e labg'ratories \ ,.j;',,Md;nitrGb4:
realise""
Mon'^reat
decidedly crude, Th^' stoyf^^
evolutionary/ process through g'T'hlch
those departments hayb gone/shoui^ make^
us appreciate thom^aoro than we ((ever'’
nave •
Col''l^go, and we", a,§^ your
'y’yofen-ge sistors7'-?pon our
• ’Opip-it ioyousD-rpurlo’’.,
dlcPlopin£j'' r/nu s^nd . our ■ founder
A
arms in the
dtiy.
on this
/
(
\\
Vihon Miss Susanna Jones | v/as inSpbame
of Household Economics and Scienc(| in,,/.i
1918, hor room was in the' old Andei^on/
Auditorium. The department vras nl.kt/
situated in the Alba Dormitory in j^he
room vdiich is nov/ the small dihint:
room, Yihen Miss Helen Miles joinod\tho
Montroo.t faculty to exert her ■'^ef
ficioncy in the Home Economics iDc-lj
partmont, she had her endurance todltedii
by the dark room, a single sink,//and!
sputtory oil stoves with erratic /disM'
positions-. Then cane the day ip. the
fall of 1935 when the department /could
be moved to the new building,
Hall. There the department was given "
tlireo largo rooms on the second'-f-ioor..,,,.,,
The - equipment of today incIndds'"'so'^^'Sn"”"
sewing machines and, a kitcHch/ydivided.,,,,.,
into units complete with sinkb,, s-boves",
and fully equipped cabinets.
I I
Until November 1956> the Scictifco Labh".-
oratory filled two small roofiife inDhe J
old Anderson Auditoritm. The'i*C''""'“>'~.w:Qxe *
eight microscopes, a fov; glai's-4aei,;deers,
some anatomy maps, ono table| and 'T’K'®'""
torso which, still in uso,jis faffee-"-
tionatcly called "ChriS'cephor' ’"'C'orpy.s«..„^^
cic." From the auditorium the depart
ment
was moved to the basement of
Gaither Hall, The room here va-.s dark;
/'In th^j Mountain Retreat Afisoci-
atib’h--'i'/'autji'brized the President, Rev,
.y!''.
R,CC. /U/dcTson, to offer the use of the
/iontreatb grounds and buildings to the
/'General fjAssoBilDly of the Frcr.bj/tcrian
Church ‘to bo used for sohool puiposcs
during the winter months. • The General
Adse:hbly -,\ accepted the offer in May,
1914; and/ roferred the association of
the i schodtl to' its scvora.l different
s|'nop.s, appointing trustees who wore to
o|)cn|the jdhool. In. October, 191G, the
b|bnt|cat|'' Normal School opened with
cAgh|; plipils, six of them boarders at
the bid llontrcat Hotel, v/hich has navi
bbeiT^Efipletcpd by the Assembly Inn, In
"""ll''S"24, the !,|pjitrcat Hotel burned, ruid in
...,ibhe 'fPlIew'iyig year, the Alba Hotel was
ithken as a fioriiiitory, and classes were
Auditoriumc, Mrs. R.
‘■""'GT'-An'Serson -bresentod Gaither Hall to
~....Montrtrttt"5'o|Llcge in 1935 for i'i's vomin-
ihtrr.tion Ijuilding. P’clie;.whip Kd.ld-
i ipg ivT-s buip.t by the Vtoaen'/ AvHf.iary
I o.f the Presbyterian Clrurch and pLvi.n to
t}|c sclj,!U3-lr"^or ’ a doricitoryIv. A.'.ril,
1‘940"^ the.JtoUorson Auditorium corned,
•b.ui,^"-±'g'''bcingl rebuilt and c-'lcrgcd at
this time, 5Kh ■ college expect.s c/ have
tKat..,b,ui'i'ding at its disposal by 1941,
At present, the i3miiodiato campi'w holds
the three dormitories—Fellowship,
Alba., and' Lookout; Gaither Hall, and
(Turn to page 4)
(Turn to page 4)
* »1
6^
*
i,' ^
njsT't