This being Commencement weekend, I thought today would be a good day to share an older Wofford diploma. This one was actually never issued, as it isn’t dated or signed by all of the college’s officers. I found the diploma in President Snyder’s 1930s files. The archives has other diplomas – some older, some much older. I am still trying to determine when the college switched from Latin to English, but I think it was by the early 1950s.
The Latin translation is provided by Chris Strauber, reference and web services librarian here at Wofford.
The President and Trustees
of Wofford College
established under the laws of the state of South Carolina
Greetings in God to all and to each reader of this
Be it known that we have decided to grant Cecil Guy Nichols,
a young man of blameless character and versed in humane letters, after an open
examination in the arts by the faculty and distinguished trustees of the
College, the title of Bachelor of Science; and we grant to him the power to
enjoy all the privileges and honors which anywhere pertain to that degree. Of
which let this document and our names be the public evidence.
Granted on campus [ ] in the Year of Our Lord nineteen
hundred and [ ]
[ ], Chairman, H.N. Snyder, President
[ ], Secretary, [ ], Secretary