Category: Trustees
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Ashmore Park: Home of North Greenville Baseball
North Greenville has consistently had a baseball team since 1953. Prior to 1953, the school fielded teams off and on, but it was not consistent. We are not sure when it was built, but there was a crude baseball field down the hill from Neves Hall that was completely redone…
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Turner Chapel: A History
Gathering spaces have always been an important part of North Greenville. When the founders constructed the first main building on campus, they designed the building so that the walls could be taken down and the entire first floor could be used as a gathering space for the school. The same…
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North Greenville’s First Academic Dean and Co-Founder: Dr. Samuel Miller Lawton
“Among Mr. Lawton’s most valued characteristics are his steadfast refusal to be discouraged, his persistence, his determination, his genuine appreciation of deep spiritual values, and his constant sense of humor which has served him and his colleagues well in tiding over many a discouraging situation.” – The Greenville News, May…
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Women’s History at North Greenville
Women have played a vital role in North Greenville’s history since the very beginning. North Greenville was founded as a co-ed institution in 1892 and has remained one throughout its existence. Women have also served in roles such as faculty, dorm mothers, dieticians, and nurses but it has not always…
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North Greenville’s Founding Father: Benjamin F. Neves
“As the shadows touch the mountains, so the shadows of those who have loved North Greenville touch the school. And the lengthened shadow upon that hill is that of Benjamin Franklin Neves.” – Jean Martin Flynn Benjamin Franklin Neves was born in Tigerville on March 19, 1852 to parents Alsey…
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Mr. BSU: Dr. Wade Hale
“There are several reasons why I teach at North Greenville… The college is small and allows individual interest and counsel for any student who will avail himself of these helps. Then there is the challenge of the small part that each instructor can have in the lives of the many…
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Mountain Boy, Alumnus, Principal, and Preacher: Dr. John Dean Crain
John Dean Crain was born October 25, 1881 in a cabin near Glassy Mountain. He was the fifth child of seven born to David Hoke Crain and Jane Suddeth Crain. Dean began working on the family farm as soon as he was old enough to do chores. It was hard…
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From Moonshining Family to the Pulpit: James “Jim” Howard
“…From that Piedmont belt, noted for producing moonshiners and Baptist preachers, came such esteemed and valuable men as Dean and Buford Crain and James Howard.” – Dr. David M. Ramsey Throughout its history, Tigerville and the rest of the “Dark Corner” of Greenville County had a bit of a reputation…
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