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Monday, June 13, 2022

Hornaday Installed as President of Davenport College, Lenoir, June 13, 1922

Mr. Hornaday Takes Charge of College. . . New President of Davenport Inducted Into Office—Comes from Trinity College

Lenoir, June 11—C.L. Hornaday was formally made president of Davenport college yesterday. Dorman Thompson of Statesville, president of the board of trustees, Rev. J.F. Kirk of Salisbury, secretary, F.C. Sherrill of Cornelius and Mr. Hoyle of Charlotte, members of the board of trustees, together with Rev. J.B. Craven, the retiring president, were here for the (word obscured) of administration.

In February of this year Mr. Hornaday was elected president of Davenport college by the board of trustees to take charge of the first of June when Mr. Craven would finish up his year. Mr. Hornaday was a member of the faculty of Trinity college where he had been for about 20 years, serving both in the college and in Trinity Park school.

Mr. Craven, the retiring president, is presiding elder of the Charlotte district, and has been actively engaged with this work since last annual conference. However, he was able to conduct the affairs of Davenport to the first of June also. Davenport college has grown wonderfully under the management of Mr. Craven, and it is expected to continue to grow, increase and develop under the new president.

From the front page of The Dunn Dispatch, June 13, 1922. Davenport College in Lenoir, N.C., was unable to withstand the Great Depression and merged with Greensboro College in 1933. For more information about Davenport College and to see a photo of the college, go to NCpedia at dev.ncpedia.org/davenport-college.

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