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HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY 199 In 1853 the citizens of Randolph County, impressed with the need of an institution of learning, and wishing to secure to themselves its benefits, determined to erect suitable buildings at a cost of not less than $10,000. Acting on the advice of Hon. William A. Hall, to put the institu- tion under the care and patronage of Mount Pleasant Baptist Association, a letter stating the above proposal, signed by William A. Hall, H. Austin and P. P. Ruby, in behalf of the citizens of Randolph County, was ad- dressed to and accepted by the Association, and the institution took the name of the Association. Under this arrangement the money was secured and the building erected. February 28, 1855, the charter was obtained. In 1857, the building having been completed at a cost of $12,500, and a school of 170 pupils under Rev. William Thompson, LL. D., President, and Rev. J. H. Carter, A. B., Professor of Mathematics, and Miss Bettie Ragland, Principal of female department, having been taught with gratifying results one year, the institution was formally tendered by the board of trustees to the Association and accepted; the Association at the same time promising to endow the college remotely with $25,000, and within two years, with $10,000, appointed Rev. Noah Flood to pro- ceed at once to secure the last named amount, and pledged himself to maintain sufficient and efficient teachers until the $10,000 endowment was secured. Rev. W. R. Rothwell succeeded Dr. Thompson in the presidency and the college ran till 1861, filling the most sanguine expectations of its friends. President Rothwell gathered quite an extensive library, provided apparatus for chemical, philosophical and astronomical purposes, secured a considerable cabinet of minerals and fossils and established the char- acter and reputation of the college. The War of 1861 crippled the re- sources of the school, by cutting off students, and a deficit of $580 in teachers' salaries was imposed, which failing to be met by the Associa- tion, the trustees of the college let it to President Rothwell, who, at his own risk, and mainly by his own effort, carried the college through the clouds of war into the sunshine of 1868. The school which had hitherto been self-sustaining, or carried by the magnanimity of President Roth- well to 1866, now being cut down by the impoverished and unsettled state of the country, made a move for an endowment a necessity, and the call became imperative. The board of trustees at Mount Gilead church in 1866, with emphasis called upon the Association to redeem her past pledges for endowment.
| Title | History of Randolph County, Missouri |
| Creator | Waller, Alexander H. |
| Subject |
Randolph County (Mo.)--History Randolph County (Mo.)--Biography |
| Date.Original | 1920 |
| Date.Digital | 2007 |
| Format | jp2 |
| Collection Name | Missouri County Histories Collection |
| Source | Topeka : Historical Publishing Company, 1920. |
| Type |
Books and pamphlets |
| Identifier | mch000066 |
| Publisher | Missouri State Library |
| Rights | All images are in the public domain |
| Language | English |
| County |
Randolph County (Mo.) |
| Coverage | Missouri -- Randolph County; |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri State Library |
| Copy Request | Contact Missouri State Library at (573) 751-3615 or libref@sos.mo.gov. |
| Title | mch000066p0199 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Transcript | HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY 199 In 1853 the citizens of Randolph County, impressed with the need of an institution of learning, and wishing to secure to themselves its benefits, determined to erect suitable buildings at a cost of not less than $10,000. Acting on the advice of Hon. William A. Hall, to put the institu- tion under the care and patronage of Mount Pleasant Baptist Association, a letter stating the above proposal, signed by William A. Hall, H. Austin and P. P. Ruby, in behalf of the citizens of Randolph County, was ad- dressed to and accepted by the Association, and the institution took the name of the Association. Under this arrangement the money was secured and the building erected. February 28, 1855, the charter was obtained. In 1857, the building having been completed at a cost of $12,500, and a school of 170 pupils under Rev. William Thompson, LL. D., President, and Rev. J. H. Carter, A. B., Professor of Mathematics, and Miss Bettie Ragland, Principal of female department, having been taught with gratifying results one year, the institution was formally tendered by the board of trustees to the Association and accepted; the Association at the same time promising to endow the college remotely with $25,000, and within two years, with $10,000, appointed Rev. Noah Flood to pro- ceed at once to secure the last named amount, and pledged himself to maintain sufficient and efficient teachers until the $10,000 endowment was secured. Rev. W. R. Rothwell succeeded Dr. Thompson in the presidency and the college ran till 1861, filling the most sanguine expectations of its friends. President Rothwell gathered quite an extensive library, provided apparatus for chemical, philosophical and astronomical purposes, secured a considerable cabinet of minerals and fossils and established the char- acter and reputation of the college. The War of 1861 crippled the re- sources of the school, by cutting off students, and a deficit of $580 in teachers' salaries was imposed, which failing to be met by the Associa- tion, the trustees of the college let it to President Rothwell, who, at his own risk, and mainly by his own effort, carried the college through the clouds of war into the sunshine of 1868. The school which had hitherto been self-sustaining, or carried by the magnanimity of President Roth- well to 1866, now being cut down by the impoverished and unsettled state of the country, made a move for an endowment a necessity, and the call became imperative. The board of trustees at Mount Gilead church in 1866, with emphasis called upon the Association to redeem her past pledges for endowment. |
