Part of the golf course was turned into a three-acre lake and a 2,500-seat grassy amphitheater. The dam for the lake was located near Market Street and Gray Drive.

The College began its 50th anniversary celebration with reunions, speeches, dinners, and an original dramatic production: We, the Women.

The art gallery in the McIver Memorial Building was named in honor of Elizabeth McIver Weatherspoon, a former student of the College, art teacher, and sister of Charles Duncan McIver.