Andrew College
Cuthbert is the site of Andrew College, founded here January 1854, named in honor of Bishop James O. Andrew whose refusal to free his Wife´s slaves separated the Northern and Southern Methodist Episcopal Churches (1844). First President - Augustus Alden, of Yale, a pioneer in Georgia for higher education.
The second college chartered to confer graduate degrees upon women. Served as a Confederate Hospital 1863-65.
The first women´s college in the Soth to include Physical Education in its curriculum (1867)
Today, a fully accredited Junior College, it has upheld throughout a century the highest principles of education, Christian womanhood.
GHM 120-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.