Cox College

Cox College. . , (Around the four sides of the top stone) , May this property used in the past , For the light of learning , Continue in the future , To enlighten and enoble humanity, (Side one) , Organized 1843 Chartered 1840 , Cox , Southern Female , College , "Sit Lux" (Let there be light) , Removed from La Grange, Ga. , Chas. C. Cox 1895 President , This cornerstone from the Cox College building formerly located on this block of property was donated to the city of college park and incorporated in this monument as a memorial to Cox College and to the Civic Center established here , (Side two) , Laid by order of John S. Davidson C.M. , F.& A.M. of Ga. , W.S. Cox Supv. Arct. , F.L. Rousseau Supt., (Side three) , For almost a century Southern Female (or Cox) College, the second oldest college for women, stood for scholarship, culture, Christian character and service., Its biblical motto was: "That our daughters may be as cornerstones polished after the likeness of a palace., In 1940 the property was sold to the city of College Park and the Fulton County Board of Education for civic and educational purposes., The principal owners of the college were as follows: , Milton E. Bacon 1844-1857 , I.F. Cox 1857-1888 , Charles C. Cox 1888-1905 , Mrs. Sallie Cox Stanton 1888-1902 , Mrs. Alice Cox Crenshaw 1888-1912 , Mrs. Mamie Bacon Cox 1905-1912 , William Stakely Cox 1888-1938 , Mrs. Alice Cox Reins 1938-1940, (Side four) , Leaders in the development of the civic center were as follows: 1940 purchase of this property for Civic Center , G. W. Harris, Mayor of College Park Jere A. Wells, Supt. Fulton County Schools , Hugh C. Couch, Chairman Planning Committee , 1941 First buildings erected , Wallace Sitton, Mayor , 1948 This memorial authorized , Howard Evans, Mayor , 1949 This monument unveiled , M. T. Anderson Mayor