Lagrange College One Hundred and Fifty Years 1831-1981 ^-< or <*> . A Significant Sesquicentennial We celebrate 150 years of service by LaGrange College for several good reasons: 6. 7. 8. It was the first school for women chartered by the State of Georgia (Dec. 26. 1831) The only schools in the state offering education to young men at the same time were the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. It remained in operation throughout the War Between the States. Its doors have never closed. Its first bachelor's degree was conferred in 1846. As early as 1881-1882 the Masterof Arts degree was offered fortwo years of study after the Bachelor of Arts degree had been conferred. The College was a private school until sold as the LaGrange Female College to the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church in 1856. In 1866, when the North and South Georgia Conferences were created by the General Conference, LaGrange Female College became the property of the North Georgia Confer- ence only. In Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell told that Aunt Pittipat and her friend, Miss Tomlinson, attended LaGrange. (p. 560) In 1953, after 122 years as a school for young women, LaGrange College became coeducational, and is today one of the stronger liberal arts colleges in the Southeast. As a part of its offerings to enhance career and professional education the College emphasizes the fine arts. It enjoys one of the most excellent campus theatres in America and an unexcelled college art center, unmatched at any undergraduate school in the State. LaGrange College is celebrating its sesquicentennial. When La- Grange was founded in 1831 , there were only 24 states in the union; Andrew Jackson was President of the U. S. A.; Napoleon had only been dead 10 years; Abraham Lincoln was 22 years old; Robert E. Lee was 24 years old; General Sherman was 11 years old. LaGrange College has survived four wars and three fires, yet offers a way of life today. w l w- 1- <^1 -^BML. jpy ** _ t " <^^i fSSfl " r jj : P^v 1 M TrJWIB! 1 f \ 1 . VfUfci cjut 1 1 ~~**T& ^;*i3 | - -"*