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A GREATER WORK In the early days enrollment in the preparatory department often exceeded that in the four College classes. The last year in which this occurred was 1865-1866. Between 1868 and 1888 the average preparatory enrollment was 52, while that in the College was 98. Between 1888 and 1904 the respective figures were 73 and 170. Many of the prep students continued to come from Gettysburg and the rest of Adams county. In June 1883, acting with the permission of the board of trustees, the faculty decided that it was "expedient" to admit women to the department. Nine enrolled for the fall term.103 The catalogue made very clear that women were day students who were not eligible for dormitory accommodations. However, out-of-town parents were assured that lodging and board were easily found with reputable Gettysburg families. The 1897 catalogue stated that there was now a separate study hall for women students, who were "not obliged to mingle with the general classes except at regular recitation periods." In addition, while on campus they were "under the care of a lady superintendent." This was Emily B. Horner (1870- 1942), who upon her graduation by the College in 1901 was chosen Instructor in History for the preparatory department. She was the first woman to be listed among the College's instructional staff. After Principal Charles H. Huber reported in 1902 that more than a quarter of the students in prep were now women and that there needed to be some formal recognition of their place in the school, the board of trustees authorized the listing of a preceptress in the faculty section of the catalogue. The name of Rosa E. Plank (1879- 1980), a 1903 graduate, appeared in the 1903-1904 issue. In 1898 the faculty informed the board of trustees that major work needed to be done on the exterior and interior of Stevens Hall. They asked the board to consider as one of its options abolishing the preparatory department. In their January meeting, the trustees rejected this option and directed the building committee which had just completed South College to bring in recommendations for Stevens Hall. In June the committee presented figures for constructing a new preparatory building on a different site, for extensive remodeling of the old building, and for moderately repairing it. Not having yet found all of the money to pay for South College, the trustees authorized the expenditure of up to $3,500 to repair and refurnish Stevens Hall. 103For a discussion of women in the College, see pp. 302-304. The first nine women were Maggie M. Blackwelder, Henrietta L. Forney, Anna R. Miller, Rosa B. Pitzer, Laura M. Spangler, Beulah M. Tipton, Esther A. Valentine, Mary R. Wolf, and Bertha L. Ziegler. Blackwelder was from Arendtsville and Miller from Keysville, Maryland. The other seven were from Gettysburg. Miss Tipton's father was W. H. Tipton, well-known Gettysburg photographer. Miss Valentine's father was president of the College. 27