Press release from Warren Wilson College:
Seven members of the Asheville Normal and Teachers College (ANTC) Alumnae Association made their way to Warren Wilson College for the 94th annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. The event featured members of classes from the 1940s.
“This is one of those special events we all look forward to each year,” said K. Johnson Bowles, vice president for advancement, Warren Wilson College. “These women are the legacy of the Asheville Normal and Teachers College, and we are honored to share in their history.”
Attending the 2015 luncheon was Mary Margaret Deyton ’43, S. Marie Ledbetter ’43, Ruth Clay Moore ’43, Helen Hampton ’42, Frances Mann ’41, Sarah Lowery ’41 and Margaret Royster ’40. Deyton and Moore also used the occasion to reunite, as they were roommates during their time at ANTC.
ANTC had its origins in an all-girl Presbyterian missionary school founded in 1887. By the 1920s, ANTC and associated schools included the Asheville Farm School, which later became Warren Wilson College. Thousands of students passed through ANTC’s doors, obtaining two-year teaching certificates or going through a four-year program that also included a bachelor’s degree in education. After 57 years, ANTC closed in the midst of World War II.
The ANTC Alumnae Association continued and became part of the Warren Wilson College family. The Association endowed the ANTC Scholarship in 1988. Additionally, the women raised money to build the ANTC Memorial Cottage on the Warren Wilson campus in 1995 and created an endowed fund for its maintenance.
In the last year, three Warren Wilson College students have received the ANTC Scholarship including Madeleine Fischer from Mountain Rest, South Carolina; AnnaMarie Posey from Marietta, Georgia; and Rebecca Smith from Ironwood, Michigan.
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