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In 1896 the S.C. General Assembly passed an act of separation which severed the State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute from Claflin University and established a separate institution which eventually became South Carolina State University.
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Claflin University was founded and named in honor of Lee Claflin, a prominent Methodist layman from Boston, and his son William Claflin, then governor of Massachusetts. With “the only admission requirements for prospective students being the possession of good moral character and a conscientious desire to learn,” Claflin University offered, for the...
Dr. Alonzo Webster was appointed the institution’s first president at the first meeting of the Board of Trustees. An outstanding leader, Webster served not only as Claflin’s president, but also as a member of the Board of Trustees, professor of systematic theology and moral and mental philosophy and chief fundraiser.
In an effort to strengthen Claflin’s financial base, Webster helped establish an agricultural and mechanical college at Claflin University, the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Institute, on March 12, which assured state funding for the institution through the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862.
Webster resigned as president on June 5, but served as a member of Claflin's Board of Trustees until 1886. The Rev. Dr. Edward Cooke, a graduate of Wesleyan University, Harvard University and McKendree College became the second president of Claflin, which saw its enrollment increase to more than 300 students. Under Dr. Cooke's scholarly leadership,...
Cooke appointed then-special agent of Claflin University, the Rev. Dr. Lewis Marion Dunton, to resolve the fiscal problems of the University through fundraising. Dunton proved to be an adept fundraiser and played an instrumental role in generating support for Claflin in the South, which had previously proven elusive.
Claflin's new main building opened. The University also began enrolling students from all over the state, increased its faculty and curriculum, introduced extracurricular activities and installed a replacement library.
The institution continued to prosper under Cooke. The board proposed the addition of a school of law and a school of medicine. The chair of the law school was former South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Jasper Wright.
Another much celebrated occasion came in 1882, when the Board of Trustees approved the recommendation that two students, Nathaniel Middleton and William Bulkley, receive bachelor’s degrees. They became the first students to complete the four-year college course offered by the University. After their graduation, Middleton earned an MD degree, becomi...
The institute split from the university in 1896, becoming the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina and later South Carolina State University. In 1879 Claflin presented its first honorary degrees, and Claflin University’s Normal Department graduated its first class.
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1896 – 1911. On March 3, 1896, the South Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation establishing the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina. Thomas E. Miller, a former Congressman from South Carolina, became the first president (1896-1911).
Apr 15, 2016 · The university opened its doors on October 27, 1869, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, or complexion. On December 18, 1869, the school received a charter from the South Carolina General Assembly and became the first historically black college or university in the state.
The university's beginnings were as the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Institute in 1872 in compliance with the 1862 Land Grant Act within the institution of Claflin College—now known as Claflin University.
Sep 24, 2024 · In 1896 the S.C. General Assembly passed an act of separation which severed the State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute from Claflin University and established a separate institution which eventually became South Carolina State University.
