1892
The Lyrian Literary Society began the school's first library collection.

John Taylor Averett retired.

Charles Fenton James replaced John Taylor Averett as president.

1893
Students established the Philomathean Literary Society, and its members were known as Philos.

1898
Charles Fenton James added a wing to the Patton Street building that included the school's first indoor plumbing.

1900
A tradition of "Hiding the Crook" began around 1900. The practice was abandoned in the early 1960s because somehow the crook disappeared. (In 1999 the crook was discovered in the college vault and placed in the college archives.)