Furman, local businesses and volunteers have helped to breathe new life into Sirrine Elementary, a school that was on its deathbed just two years ago.
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The Hollingsworth will: Furman's best-kept secret
"Furman, charities to share in Hollingsworth fortune." The bold headline in the January 3 issue of The Greenville News shocked nearly everyone in the Furman community.
If the busts of the nine presidents displayed in the McAlister Auditorium could speak, they would have an interesting story to tell.
The Furman library delivered
its first batch of books to Sirrine Elementary School in December. Janis Bandelin,
director of the James B. Duke Library, is pictured (standing) with Bill Whitney,
president of the Urban League, and Gwendolyn Wright, principal of Sirrine
Elementary.
When Annie VanDeWark, a university painter, was given a creative license last December she took liberties. A tiny storage room in the basement of the Furman administration building is her Sistine Chapel.
