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FACULTY. 



Rev. Samuel Lander, A. M., D. D. ; John G. Clinkscales, A.B. ; Rev. 

 Jno. M. Lander, A. B. ; Wm. T. Lander, A. B. ; Mrs. M. L. Prince, 

 Miss Franciade Wagner ; Mrs. Margaret J. Langdon ; Miss Augus- 

 ta M. Hagen ; Miss Ada E. Lineback ; Miss Laura McP. Lander. 



Terms : For twenty weeks, from |71 t6 §136. See catalogue. 



cooper limestone female institute. 



As far back as 1835, a number of gentlemen, attracted by the fame of 

 the Limestone Springs, in Spartanburg district, resolved to make a fa- 

 mous watering place there, and for that purpose erected a hotel, four .sto- 

 ries in height, with capacity for accommodating between two hundred 

 and fifty and three hundred boarders. 



The want of convenient transportation to and from the Springs defeat- 

 ed the object of the projectors of the enterprise, so that shortly after the 

 attempt- was abandoned, and the property was sold to the State. 



In 1846, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Curtis, and his son, William Curtis, of 

 England, purchased the property, and founded a female college. Their 

 administrations are a part of the history of the State. The thorough in- 

 struction, the refined home influence, the salubrious climate, offered to 

 pupils, attracted large numbers, and Limestone Springs became almost 

 as famous as Dr. Waddell's school, at Willington, in former 3'ears. The 

 institution continued until the close of the war. 



After this, the property changed hands several times. At length it 

 was purchased b}' the philanthropist, Peter Cooper, of Xew York, whose 

 intention it was to establish a technical school for women. He subse- 

 quently made a donation of the property to the " SpARTANBURCr Baptist 

 Association," for school purposes. 



The present principals, Messrs. H. P. Griffith and R. 0. Sams, were 

 elected by the Association, and in October, 1881, the exercises of the In- 

 stitute were regularly begun. About fifty pupils attended during the 

 first year, and the numbers are increasing. The future of the Institute 

 is full of promise. 



Location. Limestone is situated in the Piedmont country of South 

 Carolina, one mile from the Air Line Railroad. Its post office is Gaffney 

 City, a flourishing town. The building contains about one hundred 

 comfortable rooms, and the grounds extend over six acres of blue grass, 

 shaded by elms and oaks. A mineral spring, pouring out sixty gallons a 

 minute, is just outside the enclosure. 

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