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Carolina College was a Methodist college for women which operated in Maxton, North Carolina, from 1912 to 1926. The college offered the Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) degree until 1919, at which time it became a junior college offering only the Associate of Arts (A. A.) degree. Financial difficulties forced the closure of the institution in 1926. The property later became Presbyterian Junior College (which moved to Laurinburg, North Carolina and became St. Andrews Presbyterian College) and then Carolina Military Academy. A 1973 fire at the then-closed Carolina Military Academy destroyed the main building. == History == As early as 1906 the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, recommended that a "seminary for girls" should be established in Maxton, North Carolina. Not until the Annual Conference meeting in November 1909, however, did the church actually declare the following:
In 1911 Rev. S. E. Mercer was appointed president. In 1912, after years of fundraising by devoted Methodists in the North Carolina cotton belt, the college opened with 40 students. A year later the school had fourteen teachers and eighty-seven students. Courses were offered in literature, music, voice, art, business, Bible, and physical culture. In 1916 Rev. Mercer resigned and Rev. R.B. John was appointed president of Carolina College. The first years of World War I had taken a toll on enrollment but by 1918 the number of students rebounded. In 1919 Carolina College began offering only the A. A. degree, rather than a B.A. In 1922 Rev. John was succeeded by Mr. Ernest J. Green. Mr. Green resigned in the summer of 1926, and the North Carolina Christian Advocate reported that Dr. J. Allen Hunter had been appointed to replace him (August 5, 1926). However, in November 1926 the Journal of the North Carolina Conference (of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South) reported that "When the trustees canvassed the situation in August, they found it too late to secure a president and faculty, so they decided not to open the doors for this year." The institution subsequently went into receivership. The property was purchased by the Synod of the Presbyterian Church〔(Carolina College Collection at Methodist University )〕 and became Presbyterian Junior College (PJC). PJC merged with Flora Macdonald College in 1958 and moved to Laurinburg to become St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Carolina Military Academy later purchased the site. A 1973 fire at the then-closed Carolina Military Academy destroyed the main building. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carolina College (Maxton, North Carolina)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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