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Image Approximate Date
1950
Source
W427.2-1
Description
Groundbreaking for the Winthrop Training School Gymnasium (later called the Student Activity Center) 1950 with Catawba Hall in background. W.T.S. Director Ralph Barbare shovels the first spadeful of ground for a new gymnasium at the school. The building cost more than $60,000 including equipment. In the photograph, left to right, are: Steve Moore of Moore Construction Company in Rock Hill; President Henry R. Sims of Winthrop; Charles Cobb of Rock Hill, Winthrop trustee; Dr. S. J. McCoy, academic dean of the college; John T. Roddey of Rock Hill, trustee; R. Brice Waters, Winthrop administrative director; William B. Moore of the W.T.S. faculty; Mr. Barbare; and Mrs. E. G. McCall of the W.T.S. Parent-Teachers Association. Pupils representing each grade are grouped at right Margaret Anne Moorer of Summerville, Winthrop senior, standing next to Mrs. McCall; and Mrs. George Cobb of the W.T.S. faculty, extreme right
Collection Location
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Name
Winthrop University Photograph Collection: Withers/ Winthrop Training School
Media Type
Notes
"For additional information, including availability of higher resolution copies, please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, (803)323-2334. Digitized images made possible through the generous grants of the Clarence H. and Anna E. Lutz Foundation, the Knapp Foundation, and Louise Pettus."
Buildings Exhibits
Withers/W.T.S. Building / 1912
Keywords
James Pinkney Kinard, Jean Crouch Thurmond, Winthrop University, Kindard Hall, Winthrop College, the South Carolina School for Women, South Carolina Industrial College, Winthrop Training School for Women
