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 Series IV JANUARY, 1919 Number 3 
 
 Chicora and Its Ideals 
 
 Columbia, South Carolina 
 
 Entered at the Postoffice at Columbia, South Carolina, as Second-class Matter 
 

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Chtrora 
 
 (JLnllcgr for IBomcit 
 
 S. C. Byrd. D. D., President 
 
 (SLolumbta, §. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No . 1 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 I take pleasure in addressing to you this 
 and the succeeding letters in reference to 
 Chicora College for Women, Columbia, S. C. 
 
 It may be to your interest to read these 
 letters carefully while considering the selec- 
 tion of a college. 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
Pleased Pupils and Pleased 
 Patrons Our Best 
 Asset. 
 
Chtcara 
 
 (Unllcgc for E^ornm 
 
 S. C. Byrd, D. d., president 
 
 Columbia, §. C. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 2 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 Chicora College for Women is a standard 
 College of Distinction and Character. It is 
 under Christian influences, in home-like sur- 
 roundings, and has a large and strong faculty 
 and a loyal student-body of high ideals and 
 genuine aspiration. 
 
 It maintains a College of Liberal Arts and 
 Sciences, Schools of Art and Expression, and 
 a Conservatory of Music under European trained 
 specialists . 
 
 It is the supreme aim of the College to 
 make women of high moral and spiritual charac- 
 ter, disciplined in mind and body. 
 
 The highest attainments of life are not 
 intellectual but spiritual . The most perti- 
 nent interrogation is not what one knows, but 
 what one is. 
 
 Parents seeking ideal moral and social 
 surroundings for their .'children, and pupils 
 seeking high educational advantages, are cor- 
 dially invited to write for catalogue and an- 
 nouncements . 
 
 We appeal to the discriminating. 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
Some Extracts from Letters 
 Follow. 
 
 Many Others Might Be 
 Given. 
 
(Uhtcora 
 
 (ttallcgr for IDantrit 
 
 S. C. Byrd, D. D., President 
 
 Columbia, §. (L 
 
 PRESIDENT’S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 3 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 This message is in reference to the loca- 
 tion, campus and buildings of the College. 
 
 The location is the beautiful city of Colum- 
 bia, the capital and educational center of the 
 State. Columbia is a city of about 45,000 
 inhabitants, easy of access from all parts of 
 the country and is thoroughly modern in sani- 
 tary equipment. Its climate is that of the 
 Sand Hill section of North and South Carolina 
 and is, therefore, mild, pleasant and naturally 
 heathful. The health record of the city and 
 College is probably unexcelled. 
 
 The Campus is the old Preston-Hampton es- 
 tate which is situated in the beautiful resi- 
 dential section of the city. The charm and 
 beauty of the gardens of this place have been 
 famous for nearly a century. Probably few, if 
 any, schools in America have lovelier surround- 
 ings . 
 
 The buildings of the College are attrac- 
 tive and commodious, and are equipped with all 
 modern conveniences. They possess a home-like, 
 inspiring and cultural atmosphere, together 
 with real comfort and a gratification of the 
 aesthetic taste. 
 
 We appeal to the aesthetic . 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
‘1 Want to Thank You and Mrs 
 Byrd for Your Kindness to Me, 
 and to My Girls. I Will Never 
 Forget You. Everywhere I Go 
 I Sing Chicora’s Praises.” 
 
(EhtcDra 
 
 Cnllrgr for lHameit 
 
 S. C. Byrd, D. D., President 
 
 (Eolumbta, C. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No, 4 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 While beautiful grounds, commodious build- 
 ings and complete appointments are desirable 
 and exceedingly helpful in securing the best 
 results in a college, yet we realize that 
 these do not make a college, and, indeed, are 
 not even the chief factors in a high-grade 
 college. Therefore, while endeavoring to fur- 
 nish one of the best equipped and most attrac- 
 tive college plants in the South, we have recog- 
 nized the imperative necessity of securing a 
 large, strong and competent faculty of earn- 
 est, faithful and professionally trained men 
 and women. The greatest care is exercised in 
 the selection of officers and teachers. 
 
 The curriculum constitutes the substantial 
 features of a broad, liberal education and 
 culture. It is extensive, of high grade and is 
 especially adapted to the needs and desires of 
 cultured womanhood. 
 
 We appeal to the ambitious . 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
4 4 In Your Ski lful M an agem en t 
 and With the Many Advan- 
 tages You Have, Chicora De- 
 serves the Support of Lovers 
 of a Fine Christian Education 
 Everywhere. ” 
 
(Ehtcora 
 
 (fallrgr far JfBanten 
 
 S. C. Byrd, D. D., President 
 
 (Eoluntbta, §. C. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 5 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 Our Collegiate Department embraces the Col- 
 lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences including 
 Home Economics, which offers courses leading to 
 the degrees of B. A. and M. A. ; and a College 
 of Fine Arts, which includes a Conservatory of 
 Music and Schools of Art and Expression. 
 
 This message is about the standard of the 
 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , and my 
 next will be about the College of Fine Arts. 
 
 The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 
 requires fifteen units of High School work 
 for unconditioned admission to the Freshman 
 Class ; 
 
 Has twelve professors holding B. A. and M. 
 
 A. degrees from leading colleges and universi- 
 ties ; 
 
 Offers four full years of college work ; 
 
 Has a working library of about five thou- 
 sand volumes, and a laboratory equipment for 
 Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Domestic 
 Science . 
 
 We invite comparison . 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
“My Visit to Chicora Was Greatly 
 Enjoyed. I Had No Idea W hat 
 a Splendid Institution You 
 Have. I Was Delighted With 
 Your Fine Equipment, the 
 Splendid Record Which You 
 H aye Made This Session and 
 the Bright Prospects for Next 
 Year.” 
 
Chtcnra 
 
 (Eallege far IBomnt 
 
 S. C. Byrd. D. D., president 
 
 Columbia, §. <L 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 6 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 m 
 
 I wish to talk with you now about the ‘Conser- 
 vatory of Music. 
 
 Believing that the study of music should 
 produce a type of education of high character 
 and complete in itself, the courses are planned 
 to the accomplishment of this end, and lead to 
 the degree of Baccalaureate of Music. 
 
 The results achieved are a highly developed 
 technique, refinement of artistic perception, 
 a trained memory and correct processes of 
 thought . 
 
 The methods of the several departments are 
 based upon the teachings of the greatest liv- 
 ings authorities . 
 
 Each member of the faculty is an artist 
 and an experienced teacher. The heads of the 
 departments are all European trained. We do 
 not think that you can find better musical 
 advantages anywhere in the South. 
 
 We invite the consideration of those who 
 know. 
 
 Sincerely , 
 
‘1 Cannot Express to You the 
 Pleasure I Anticipated in Meet- 
 ing the Various Teachers W ho 
 Have Done So Much eor Our 
 Daughter and eor the Splendid 
 Training She Has Received 
 Not Only in the Various 
 Branches in the College 
 Course, But in What is of 
 Priceless Value — G enuine 
 Christian Womanhood.” 
 
Chtrora 
 
 (fallrgc far iftantrit 
 
 S. C. Byrd, D. D., president 
 
 Columbia, S. C. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 7 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 Have you thought of the fact that the pulse 
 of civilization is marked in great measure by 
 Art development? The cultured and practical 
 value of the study of Art is being more and more 
 recognized by both educators and the public. 
 
 Chicora College for Women offers a course of 
 study in the School of Art which is designed to 
 meet the needs of the day, to awaken a love for 
 the beautiful, to stimulate the intellect to 
 appreciate the beauty that is in the commonplace 
 and to train the eye and the hand to interpret 
 these conceptions to others. The teachers in 
 this School have not only the artistic tempera- 
 ment, but also cultivation and experience. 
 
 In Painting, Drawing and Applied Design high- 
 class professional work is done. 
 
 In the School of Expression genuine work is 
 done in vocal training, bodily poise and gesture 
 and the appreciation and interpretation of 
 literature. The same high ideals which 
 characterize the Music and Art Departments 
 obtain likewise in this. 
 
 The course is made practical to prepare the 
 student for work at home, in book clubs, church 
 organizations and social societies and for 
 further development in general self-culture. 
 
 We appeal to the cultivated. 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
“When Your Letter Came I Was 
 
 Not at Home, so Came 
 
 Running With it and Seated 
 Herself by My Side as I Took it 
 from the Envelope and Began 
 to Read it Aloud. When She 
 Realized That the Way Was 
 Open for Her to Return, She 
 Buried Her Face on My Shoul- 
 der and Wept for Joy. I Have 
 Never Seen Her Quite so Happy 
 as She Was.” 
 
(Ehtrnra 
 
 College for Horneit 
 
 S. C. BYRD, D. D., PRESIDENT 
 
 Columbia, C. 
 
 PRESIDENT’S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 8 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPLS : 
 
 You will be interested also I think, in 
 learning something of our purposes and practices 
 for the training of the body. 
 
 The College is in a true sense a school for 
 the body as well as for the mind and heart. 
 
 We believe in both health and comeliness. 
 There is, therefore, solicitous regard for and 
 the closest attention to the matters of health. 
 Regulations in modern sanitation are applied 
 and a maternal watchfulness observed. 
 
 A thorough course in Physical Culture is 
 offered, designed to encourage nature in her 
 normal activities and to prevent and overcome 
 tendencies to abnormal development. Appreciat- 
 ing the great value of fresh air, an effort is 
 made to have as much of the physical training 
 and recreation as possible out of doors. 
 
 There are athletic grounds for the out-door 
 games and a well-equipped gymnasium. 
 
 By retracing one’s steps only once, the 
 gardens, which compose the campus, have ap- 
 proximately three miles of the most fascinating^ 
 walks. 
 
“But Above and Beyond All Else, 
 
 Mbs. and I Feel That 
 
 Our Girl Would Not Have 
 Received Such Personal At- 
 tention, Both in Morals and 
 Religion, and the Training of 
 Her Powers Toward the Ac- 
 complishing of so Much in Her 
 Course of Studies Elsewhere. 
 We Shall Always Speak Good 
 Words for Chi cor a and Its 
 Management. ” 
 
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE 
 
 (fhtcara 
 
 College far lHarnnt 
 
 S. C. Byrd, d. d., president 
 
 Columbia, §. C. 
 
 Letter No. 9 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 I wish to tell you in this message of our 
 Student Organizations. 
 
 The Young Women's Christian Association we 
 regard as the most important organization main- 
 tained by the pupils. It is invaluable in draw- 
 ing them sympathetically together, training them 
 in Bible study and developing them in Christian 
 work, and its influence upon their lives, in 
 social, moral and spiritual things, is strong 
 and helpful. 
 
 Two Literary Societies afford a wide scope 
 for original work and the application of things 
 learned in the class-room, and contribute much 
 to the intellectual and social life of the 
 pupils . 
 
 Great interest is taken in athletics, and 
 the Athletic Association, under the general 
 supervision of the Physical Director, has charge 
 of all athletic sports. This Association has 
 proved exceedingly valuable. 
 
 The Student Co-operative Association is an 
 organization of the pupils for a three-fold 
 purpose : (1) student government ; (2) the cul- 
 tivation of self-control ; and (3) the develop- 
 ment of college spirit. The Association is a 
 prominent factor in college life. 
 
 We believe in individual responsibility and 
 in self-government . 
 
 Sincerely , 
 
 
 President . 
 
“We Are Not Able to Express in 
 Words Our Appreciation for 
 Your Fatherly and Motherly 
 Love to Our Girl, and We Will 
 Ever Use Our Influence in Any 
 Way We Can for the Good of 
 the College.” 
 
Chtcora 
 
 (fLoIlrge for HBamett 
 
 S. C. Byrd, d. d.. President 
 
 Columbia, §. C. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 10 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 This letter to you concerns the Adminis- 
 tration of the College. 
 
 Chicora College for Women is a Christian 
 home-school. The character of the Christian 
 home is the character of this College home. 
 
 Just such environment, ideals, virtues and 
 customs obtain here as are found in the happy 
 and real home . 
 
 Every effort is made to secure right conduct 
 by a reasonable and affectionate appeal to en- 
 lightened conscience and to a correct conception 
 of true, noble, gentle, beautiful womanhood. 
 
 While the pupils have their own organization 
 for self-government, every feature of the 
 general administration is under the direct care 
 of the President and his wife, who live in the 
 College. The closest attention is given to the 
 individual pupil, and her special needs, whether 
 they be physical, intellectual, social, moral or 
 spiritual, are looked after with a sincere 
 desire for her comfort, happiness, best and 
 highest development. 
 
 We try to do for the daughters of others 
 committed to us just what we would wish the 
 authorities of a college to do for a daughter 
 of our own whom we might entrust to their care. 
 
 President . 
 
Would Like to Write a Long 
 Letter to You and Mrs. Byrd, 
 But Will Ask You to Accept 
 Our Love for Your Love to Our 
 Child and Rest Assured That 
 if You Ever Need Any Testi- 
 monials the Best You Can Write 
 in Favor of Your Work Will 
 Be Gladly Signed by Us.” 
 
Chtcora 
 
 (SLttllrgr far Elontfit 
 
 S. C. Byrd. D. d., president 
 
 Calumbta, §. <L 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 11 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 "As goes AMERICA, so goes the WORLD." 
 
 As go the HOMES OF AMERICA, so goes 
 AMERICA. 
 
 As are the MOTHERS in the HOMES OF AMERICA, 
 so go the HOMES OF AMERICA. 
 
 The MOTHERS in the HOMES OF AMERICA are 
 largely what the COLLEGES OF AMERICA make the 
 WOMEN OF AMERICA. 
 
 CHICORA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN makes thoroughly 
 and correctly educated WOMEN for AMERICA and 
 for the WORLD. 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
“If I Had More Girls (Three Have 
 Been Sent) I Would Send Them 
 to You. I Will Never Forget 
 Your and Mrs. Byrd’s Kindness 
 to My Daughters and Will 
 A i , ways Think of You W i t h 
 Deepest Gratitude.” 
 
(khtnmr 
 
 (Eallcge for MBtrmnt 
 
 S. C. Byrd, D. D., President 
 
 Columbia, £. C. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 
 
 Letter No. 12 
 
 TO PARENTS AND PUPILS : 
 
 Chicora College for Women is a STANDARD 
 COLLEGE OF DISTINCTION AND CHARACTER, and 
 offers courses in 
 
 Religion and Philosophy 
 Letters and Science 
 Home Economics 
 The Fine Arts 
 
 (Music, Art and Expression) 
 
 OUR MOTTO: "Non Ministrari Sed Ministrare. M 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
For Catalogue and Information, 
 Address 
 
 REV. S. C. BYRD, D. D., President, 
 Columbia, S. C.