Photos through the Decades at Meredith College: 1900s

Four athletes with sports equipment. (Oak Leaves, 1905.)

Actors dressed for a 1906 production of As You Like It. (Oak Leaves, 1907)

Casual snapshots of members of the Cute Codak Club taken on the porch of a campus building or in the yard. (Oak Leaves, 1906)

A skeleton, nicknamed "Mr. Bones," was a gift of the Class of 1907. The gift reportedly "delighted" Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll, who taught classes in Physiology. 

These two young women, posing in the Astro Hall with a prop well and water pump, were probably taking part in a play. (1908.)

Many student's snapshots of the era were of friends in their dorm rooms.

The downtown campus had limited space for recreation, but did have a tennis court. Tennis was a popular pastime among the students and staff. 

A group of unidentified women sit on the steps of East Building, the home of "The Club," a residence hall for students who reduced expenses by buying and preparing their own food and doing their own cleaning. 

"Violin Department" (Oak Leaves, 1909.) when the college opened, many students were not interested in the full curriculum required for a bachelor's degree. Instead, they studied music or art exclusively and were awarded a diploma or certificate. Note the girls in the bottom row: they were part of the Academy serving elementary and high school students. 

Students often decorated their rooms with photos and with banners from nearby schools.

Lucy Hood (Class of 1913) collected snapshots into an album now held in the Archives. Here an instructor and three students from the Academy pose on the lawn on the original downtown campus. 

A student in the art studio on the top floor of Main Building.