Dr. Phillip Stone, archivist of the college and of the Methodist Church in South Carolina, shares stories, documents, photographs, and artifacts about college, church, and South Carolina history. ...
At the college's Baccalaureate service last Saturday, Wofford chaplain Dr. Ron Robinson '78 spoke about mentors and the important role they play in all of our lives. Mentors, Dr. Robinson noted, aren't necessarily older than those they influence, and he cited one example from Wofford's student body in 1957. In an era when many older South Carolinians were unwilling or unable to speak out on the great political-moral issue of the day - civil rights - Wofford student Charles Brockwell '59 spoke boldly. Dr. Robinson referenced a column that Brockwell wrote in the Old Gold and Black on October 26, 1957 in which Brockwell discussed the Student Christian Association's attempt to bring a group of students from Claflin College, one of Wofford's sister Methodist colleges in Orangeburg, SC, to Wofford to share in a joint worship service. Because Claflin was a college for African-American students, the Wofford administration rebuffed the Student Christian Association's plan. Here's the full column. Click on the image for a larger, readable version. After graduation, Dr. Charles Brockwell went on to become a Methodist minister in South Carolina and Kentucky. If you're looking for Dr. Robinson's sermon, it's available on the Wofford website . ...
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At the college's Baccalaureate service last Saturday, Wofford chaplain Dr. Ron Robinson '78 spoke about mentors and the important role they play in all of our lives. Mentors, Dr. Robinson noted, aren't necessarily older than those they influence, and he cited one example from Wofford's student body in 1957. In an era when many older South Carolinians were unwilling or unable to speak out on the great political-moral issue of the day - civil rights - Wofford student Charles Brockwell '59 spoke boldly. Dr. Robinson referenced a column that Brockwell wrote in the Old Gold and Black on October 26, 1957 in which Brockwell discussed the Student Christian Association's attempt to bring a group of students from Claflin College, one of Wofford's sister Methodist colleges in Orangeburg, SC, to Wofford to share in a joint worship service. Because Claflin was a college for African-American students, the Wofford administration rebuffed the Student Christian Association's plan. Here's the full column. Click on the image for a larger, readable version. After graduation, Dr. Charles Brockwell went on to become a Methodist minister in South Carolina and Kentucky. If you're looking for Dr. Robinson's sermon, it's available on the Wofford website . ...