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material relating to the proposed sale of the College in 1903 Summary:
See above Interpretive:
In 1903,
the Board of Trustees decided to sale the College due to financial hardships.
This decision did not sit well at all with the College's many alumae, one of whom
was , an alunma of the class of 1893. Miss Smith took the lead and was the driving
force in raising the necessary $25,000 (primarily in pledges) in thirty days to
keep the College open. Several years later, Miss Nannie Lee Smith became the first
woman to sit on the College's Board of Trustees. Status:
Non-Circulating Notes:
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