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Learning, Growth, and Service


From the start, NGHS emphasized academic learning, of course, but also personal growth.


Early classes at the high school included arithmetic, English, geography, Latin, music, and Bible. Students also had the opportunity to join the debate club. Later, the first orga- nizations on campus consisted of mandatory literary societies that gave students practice in debate, speech, and essay writing.


In addition to most classes, Principal Brock also led a weekly prayer meeting with the young boys of the school; many of them went on to profess faith in Christ as a result. Students at North Greenville also met together for Sunday school.


Administration Building, Between 1919 to 1928


Notably, Benjamin Franklin Neves donated the land for the original site, set on 10 acres in Tigerville, SC, and located about halfway be- tween Glassy Mountain to the north and Paris Mountain to the south.


By some miracle, everyday members of the association’s churches, as well as the surround- ing community, stepped in to provide the needed funds and resources for the project to take shape.


“The Grandest Place I Had Ever Seen”


Within a year from that summer night when Ballenger first spoke up at the NGBA, the as- sociation had already erected a school building. All the pieces were coming together.


“Te original building of three rooms stood on the knoll of the hill on the new campus,


1994


NGC gained accred- itation as a four-year institution in 1994.


and the faculty consisted of Professor Hugh L. Brock (principal), Cancie Hill, and Pearl Pow- er,” wrote historian Archie Vernon Huff, Jr.


And on Jan. 16, 1893, North Greenville High School (NGHS) commenced its very first ses- sion. Ranging from kindergartners up through teenagers, the student body boasted a total of 80 students. No doubt for most, that first day of school at NGHS was also their first time in a real classroom.


“Te school had three rooms, two porches, a piano, and a bell,” remembered Dr. Jesse Bailey, honor graduate at the end of NGHS’ first year of classes. “I thought it was the grandest place I had ever seen, and it was.”


Even then, the school’s patrons, its students, and the nearby community felt generally pleased with the new school in Tigerville. Te “Greenville Daily News” deemed the high school “the finest institution of learning in the county outside the city of Greenville.”


2006 In 2006, NGC became North


Greenville University (NGU), now with seven distinct un- dergraduate colleges, as well as online and graduate programs.


26 | NGU.EDU 2017


NGU opened a new cam- pus for online and graduate programs at 405 Lancaster Ave. in Greer, SC, in 2017.


One of the earliest organizations at North Greenville — and certainly the longest running — was the Baptist Young People’s Union, which focused on influencing NGHS students to become “morally and spiritually better.” Lat- er, it became known as Baptist Student Union (BSU) and then, starting in 2017, Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM).


Some North Greenville students even worked at the 90-acre farm on campus in exchange for their schooling, providing food for the students, faculty, and staff of the school. Others worked at the Neves or Wood Store to help pay for their school expenses.


And for fun, everyone enjoyed the occasional corn shucking, play, or baseball game.


These Changing Times


Not only did NGHS provide students with a solid education, but it also prepared them for respectable careers (or the education they would need for them) and propelled them toward a life of Christian service.


Continued on page 31 2018


During Spring 2018, NGU celebrated its 125th anniversary in conjunction with the inauguration of its eighth president: Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr.


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