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Fall 2011
Issue No. 7
Barber-Scotia College:
In the Beginning, Faith
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CONCORD MUSEUM SPECIAL
EXHIBIT EXAMINES HISTORY
OF VENERATED AFRICANAMERICAN COLLEGE
VISIT OUR
TWO MUSEUMS
IN DOWNTOWN CONCORD:
CONCORD MUSEUM
Union Street Square
11 Union Street South, Suite 104
Concord, NC 28025
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays,
11 AM until 3 PM
CABARRUS COUNTY
VETERANS MUSEUM
Historic Courthouse
65 Union Street South, First Floor
Concord, NC 28025
Open Mondays through Fridays,
10 AM until 4 PM
“The Architecture of Barber-Scotia College” photo exhibit on display.
Barber-Scotia’s most famous alumnus,
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955).
Free admission.
Group tours by appointment.
Donations warmly appreciated.
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PFC James McClamrock
Special Exhibit.
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The June 23rd open house for the Concord Museum’s “35 Years of the Old Courthouse
Theatre” special exhibit attracted Historic Cabarrus Association and OCT supporters.
One of the historic treasures of Cabarrus County
is Barber-Scotia College, the predominantly
black learning institution located on Cabarrus
Avenue in west Concord. If you’re a newcomer to
“these here parts” or even if your family’s roots run
deep throughout the county, you may not be aware
of Barber-Scotia’s significance not only to our
community but also to American and AfricanAmerican history.
And thus, with great pride the Concord
Museum presents its current special exhibit,
“Barber-Scotia College: In the Beginning,
Faith,” a collection of rare books, bibles,
photographs, art, yearbooks, and artifacts culled
from the college’s archives. Also on hand is
Alexandra Porter’s photography exhibit, “The
Architecture of Barber-Scotia College,”
images that are mounted onto actual window
panels removed from the school’s Graves and Faith
Halls during a 2002 remodel.
“Barber-Scotia College: In the
Beginning, Faith” will be on view at the Concord
Museum through Thursday, December 22.
Museum hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays,
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A newly expanded “Public Schools in
Cabarrus County” exhibit has also recently
opened at the Concord Museum. Therein you’ll
discover how education in our region expanded
from one-room schools to segregated public schools
to desegregated public schools. Letter jackets,
photos, and other materials from high schools of
yesteryear including Bethel, Hartsell, Logan, and
Winecoff are also on display, along with a sizable
selection of vintage yearbooks from many area
schools, past and present! (And allow us to take this
opportunity to make an appeal for donations of
school yearbooks, letter jackets and sweaters, band
and sports uniforms, and other items connected to
our schools—your donations help us preserve the
stories and memories of those who helped make
Cabarrus County the wonderful place in which
we’re privileged to live.)
While on the subject of schools, we were
saddened over the August 18, 2011 passing of
Concord’s Coach George “Ick” Alley. As a
Concord High School student, Ick was a star
athlete, and later became a teacher and coach at
the school he loved so dearly. He was also
passionate about community history and was a
member of Historic Cabarrus Association. Coach
Alley donated his CHS letter sweater to the
Concord Museum back in 2009, and you’ll
currently find it on display. We dedicate this edition
of Past Times in his honor.
Print editions of Past Times are produced as
a membership benefit for Historic Cabarrus
Association members. You can read or download
each issue of Past Times in color by visiting our
website, www.historiccabarrus.org. And
remember, Historic Cabarrus Association and our
museums receive very little external support, so
your memberships are crucial in the sustainment of
our endeavors. Thank you, members, for your loyal
support!
Michael Eury, Editor
Past Times #7, Fall 2011. Published quarterly by Historic Cabarrus
Association, Inc., P.O. Box 966, Concord, NC 28026. Text and
photo submissions pertaining to Concord’s and Cabarrus
County’s history are sincerely appreciated; contact Michael Eury,
Editor, at [email protected] or 704-782-3688.
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George “Ick” Alley, 1929-2011.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lois Marlow, President
Chris Measmer,Vice President
Jimmy Auten, Treasurer
Leslie Cook, Secretary
Donald Anthony
Helen Arthur-Cornett
Nancy B. Brewer
Frances Brown
Deloris Clodfelter
Joan Jones (life)
Kathy Kitts
Lisa Linker
Peg Morrison
George M. Patterson
John W. Price
Dana Ramseur
Molly Reese
Heath Ritchie
STAFF
Michael Eury,
Executive Director
Gail Honeycutt,
Executive Assistant
Heather Wilson,
Museum Associate
VOLUNTEERS
Kyle Brandon
Richard Galloway
Marta Meares
Rose Rummel-Eury
James E. Summers
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The History of Barber-Scotia College
HISTORICAL INFORMATION COURTESY OF BARBER-SCOTIA COLLEGE AND WIKIPEDIA
1) The Early Years
Under the auspices of the Presbyterian
Board of Missions for Freedmen, in
1867 Reverend Luke Dorland founded
Scotia Seminary, a parochial school for
black women that would eventually
become Barber-Scotia College, located
at 145 Cabarrus Avenue West in
Concord.
Dorland, a white missionary,
was commissioned by the Presbyterian
Church to establish an institution to
educate the daughters of newly freed
slaves to prepare them as teachers and
social workers, so that they might teach
other African-Americans who had been
denied an education during slavery. It
was the first school of its kind in the
South after the War Between the States
(1861–1865).
Seminary subjects classified as
normal, academic (grammar), and
Scotia Seminary students,
1907.
homemaking were offered.
In 1908, the seminary had 19
teachers and 291 students. From its
founding in 1867 to 1908, it had
enrolled 2,900 students, with 604
having graduated from the grammar
department and 109 from the normal
department.
2) Growing Beyond Its
Seminary Roots
In 1916, the name of the institution
was changed to Scotia Women’s
College. In 1930, Barber Memorial
College of Anniston, Alabama, merged
with Scotia Women’s College.
Its present name, BarberScotia College, was adopted in 1932.
That was also the year that Dr. Leland
Stanford Cozart, the school’s sixth
president, became Barber-Scotia’s first
black president. Dr. Cozart presided
over the school for 32 years, from
1932–1964, guiding the college
through tumultuous times in American
and Southern history including the
Great Depression and the Civil Rights
Movement.
Four years after the merger of
Scotia with Barber, the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools granted Barber-Scotia full
approval as a Class ‘A’ junior college.
Eight years later, in 1942, the Board of
National Missions took action to
support a four-year program for the
college; and in 1945, the first class to be
g r a n t e d t h e B a ch e l o r ’s d e g re e
graduated.
The North Carolina Board of
Education granted the college a fouryear rating in 1946, which made it
possible for graduates who planned to
teach to receive the ‘A’ certificate.
A glimpse at the Concord Museum’s Barber-Scotia College special exhibit.
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3) The New Frontier
On April 2, 1954, the charter was amended to
admit students without regard to race or gender.
The first male to be admitted to the now-co-ed
college was a white student. Soon after this
charter amendment, Barber-Scotia College was
admitted to full membership in the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
Throughout the mid- to late 20th
century, Barber-Scotia College produced a
succession of prominent African-America
community leaders. Its vibrant campus provided
a positive and engaging atmosphere that
extended beyond its student body; many young
blacks from Concord’s Logan community
fraternized on the school grounds.
Barber-Scotia College is historically
related to the former Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, and currently to the
Presbyterian Church (USA) as of June 1983.
The Presbyterian Church in its Church World
Mission Goals, revised by the 202nd General
Assembly’s June 1990 Statement, stated: “As a
continuing goal, upholding church-related
educational institutions, we will seek to form
close partnerships with various church related
educational institutions, especially with racial
ethnic institutions.”
4) Troubled Times
Barber-Scotia College lost its accreditation in
2004 due to what the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools (SACS) deemed a failure
to comply with SACS Principles of Philosophy
of Accreditation, as the school “awarded
degrees to nearly 30 students in the adult
program who SACS determined hadn’t fulfilled
the proper requirements.” The loss of
accreditation meant that students became
ineligible for federal financial aid (affecting an
estimated 90% of its students). A precipitous
drop in enrollment occurred, many employees
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were laid off, and on-campus housing was
terminated the following year. A mounting debt
resulted.
In subsequent years the school has
struggled to overcome these adversities, and its
current president, Dr. David Olah, and its Board
of Directors are dedicated to restoring the
college’s accreditation and erasing its debt. With
an eye toward the emerging renewable-energy
industry, the school has introduced the BarberScotia Energy Institute.
The college currently
has approximately 50
students.
To learn more
about Barber-Scotia
College, please call
704-789-2900, stop by
the campus at 145
Cabarrus Avenue West
in Concord, or visit
Barber-Scotia students preparing for
www.b-sc.edu.
Presbyterian retreat, 1961.
“We, at Barber-Scotia College, believe that human dignity is an
endowment from God and that all persons have the responsibility for
developing their potential to the fullest and for devoting their creative
energies toward making a better world. We believe that all persons
have six important aspects—intellectual, physical, emotional, social,
ethical, and spiritual—and that their development of one aspect is
integrally related to the development of all others.
“We, at Barber-Scotia, believe that this development and this
integration must take place within a framework of cultural heritage
and through a commitment to ideals arising from Christian and
democratic principles. Recognizing the unique and infinitely
significant value of the individual, it is our goal to provide an
opportunity for all students to realize their capabilities. We will
provide the opportunity through a liberal arts education in a
community concerned with the interaction of cultures, Christian
heritage, scholarship, citizenship, and leadership. The College
continually seeks to provide an atmosphere and an environment in
which learning will always be adventurous for the total community of
scholars.”
– The Mission of Barber-Scotia College
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Dr. Leland S. Cozart (right), Barber-Scotia’s first black president.
Dr. Leland Stanford Cozart
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune
North Carolina native Dr. Leland S. Cozart
was educated at Johnson C. Smith
University, Teachers College (Columbia
University), and Harvard University. He
spent all of his professional life in the field of
education, or in related areas—as a high
school teacher and principal, and as
president of Barber-Scotia College.
Cozart was Barber-Scotia’s sixth
president and its first African-American
president. The preceding five presidents of
the school were white Presbyterian ministers.
Cozart presided over the college for 32 years,
from 1932–1964.
During this period, Cozart also
served as secretary and treasurer of the
Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools. Prior to his tenure at Barber-Scotia
College, he was executive secretary of the
North Carolina Teachers Record.
Upon his retirement, Cozart was
elected president emeritus by the BarberScotia College Board of Trustees and
commissioned by them to write the history of
the College and highlights of the Centennial
Year. This history was published as the book
A Venture of Faith: Barber-Scotia College, 1867–
1967 (1976, Heritage Printers, Charlotte,
NC).
Barber-Scotia College’s most famous
alumnus was South Carolina native Mary
McLeod Bethune, an educator and civil
rights leader. She was best known for starting
the Daytona Normal and Industrial School
for Negro Girls in Daytona Beach, Florida,
that eventually became Bethune-Cookman
College. Bethune was also an advisor to U.S.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
One of 17 children born to former
slaves and having to work in fields at age five,
Mary McLeod entered Scotia Seminary in
1887, where she received her first formal
schooling. She took great joy immersing
herself into her studies and graduated in
1894.
In addition to founding BethuneCookman and serving as its president,
Bethune worked for the election of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, and became a
member of Roosevelt’s Black Cabinet,
sharing the concerns of black people with
the Roosevelt administration while spreading
Roosevelt’s message to blacks, who had been
traditionally Republican voters. Her house in
Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle is
preserved by the National Park Service as a
National Historic Site, and a sculpture of her
is located in Washington’s Lincoln Park.
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Mary McLeod Bethune.
“We have a
powerful
potential in our
youth, and we
must have the
courage to change
old ideas and
practices so that
we may direct
their power
toward good
ends.”
– Mary McLeod
Bethune
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Remembering Army PFC James F. McClamrock
SPECIAL EXHIBIT AT VETERANS MUSEUM ENDS NOVEMBER 18TH
James Fleet McClamrock was born
on November 17, 1987, in Columbia,
S.C., the second of six children born to
Ja m e s M a rk a n d S u s a n U h l s
McClamrock. He was a graduate of
South Iredell High School. He married
his bride of two years, Shannah Marie
Dartt McClamrock, in 2008. He was a
member of Concord A.R.P. Church,
where his father serves as pastor.
The McClamrock family has
deep roots in Concord. James’ father,
Mark, was born and raised in Concord
and graduated from Concord High
School in 1978. James’ grandfather,
Fleet McClamrock, was a long-time
member of the Concord Police
Department.
Private McClamrock was in
the U.S. Army with the 25th Infantry
Division, stationed out of Hawaii and
serving in Iraq. He was killed on
September 7th, 2010, when an Iraqi
insurgent sprayed bullets into his
division’s compound. James was shot
through the face and neck and had a
total of seven bullet wounds, and died
instantly. His fellow soldiers remarked
that he died at peace, with a smile on
his face.
Ja m e s M c C l a m ro c k w a s
passionate about life and loved people.
He had a knack for making the
underdog or the average person feel
special.
It is a tremendous honor for
the Cabar rus County Veterans
M u s e u m t o re m e m b e r Ja m e s
McClamrock on the first anniversary of
his death with a special exhibit of
images, unifor ms, and personal
belongings loaned to us by his family.
The personal items remind us that
James was not only a brave soldier—he
was also a loving husband, son, brother,
and friend.
This exhibit opened on
September 7th, 2011, the first
anniversary of Private McClamrock’s
death, with a memorial held at the
Davis Theatre. Special guest speakers
included U.S. Congressman Larry
Kissell, Concord Mayor Scott Padgett,
Cabarrus County Board of
Commissioners Chairman Jay White,
Keith Arbuckle of the North Carolina
Patriot Guard Riders, and members of
the McClamrock family.
The James McClamrock
special exhibit will run through Friday,
November 18th. Veterans Museum
hours are Mondays through Fridays,
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The exhibit will also be on
view during the Downtown Concord
Art Walk on Friday, November 18,
from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Members
of the McClamrock family will be in
attendance at that time. Please visit the
Veterans Museum during Art Walk to
pay your respects to the family and to
honor the life and service of James F.
McClamrock.
Patriot Guard Riders (left) and Police Explorers at the McClamrock Memorial on Sept. 7, 2011.
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Commemorative quilt.
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Fall and Winter 2011 Calendar
Saturday, November 5
Thursday, November 10
Saturday, December 3
“MANY JOURNEYS” AMERICAN
INDIAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28215
Native American song, dance, oral histories,
and food. Free admission. Bring nonperishable food item to donate and receive
free raffle ticket.
“A LOOK AT THE CANNON
FAMILY”
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Concord Library Auditorium
Lecture by Dr. Gary Freeze of Catawba
College. Free admission.
“A GOLDEN CHRISTMAS”
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site
9621 Reed Mine Rd.
Midland, NC 28107
Old-style Christmas celebration. Historic
Cabarrus Association is among exhibitors.
Images of America: Concord author Michael
Eury book signing.
Friday, November 18
PFC JAMES McCLAMROCK
SPECIAL EXHIBIT: FINAL DAY
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Art Walk)
Cabarrus County Veterans Museum
The Veterans Museum will be open Friday
evening during Downtown Concord Art
Walk. Members of the McClamrock family
will be present at that time.
Friday, November 18
DOWNTOWN CONCORD
ART WALK and BARBER-SCOTIA
SPECIAL EXHIBIT OPEN HOUSE
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Concord Museum
All Historic Cabarrus Association members
and Barber-Scotia College alumni are
invited to attend this Open House, held in
conjunction with Art Walk. Light
refreshments will be served. Free admission.
Looking for the perfect
Christmas gift for that
history buff on your list?
Visit the Concord Museum Gift Shop for localinterest books, repro maps, lithographs,
DVDs, and vintage postcards.
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 to 3,
or shop online at historiccabarrus.org.
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Sunday, December 4
HISTORIC HOMES TOUR
Residents of Historic Concord
Info: 704-788-9076
Thursday, December 22
“BARBER-SCOTIA COLLEGE:
IN THE BEGINNING, FAITH”
SPECIAL EXHIBIT: FINAL DAY
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Concord Museum
Friday, December 23, 2011
through
Saturday, January 7, 2012
CONCORD MUSEUM HOLIDAY
CLOSURE
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Cabarrus Flashback
Historic Cabarrus
Association, Inc. is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization
dedicated to the
preservation of the
heritage of the City
of Concord and of
Cabarrus County,
North Carolina, and
to the education of
its citizens, students,
and visitors.
Help us solve this HISTORY MYSTERY: Here’s Mount Pleasant High
School’s basketball team, ca. 1944. Is your grandfather or dad in this
photograph? Or are you? If you can identify any of these figures, please
contact us at 704-782-3688 or [email protected]. Thanks!
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