School's Out for the Girls Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Reviewer Revan: Cache Owner (CO) has not responded, so I am regretfully archiving this cache to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace this cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 10 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the Reviewer Revan.

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Hidden : 8/14/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

a small round container

REYNOLDS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE. Reynolds Presbyterian College was chartered originally as an academy in February 1898 by the Reynolds and Matthews families of Albany, Texas. With encouragement from the Presbyterian pastor, French McAfee, a board of trustees was organized with George T. Reynoldsqv as president. The school, named in honor of Barber Watkins Reynolds, opened that fall. Classes were initially held in the church and a vacant store building. On January 10, 1899, the permanent school facility, a two-story, turreted structure of pressed brick with white stone trim built on a hill just west of town, was ready for occupation. It had a music room and a library. O. E. Arbuckle served as the academy's first principal and was succeeded by C. R. Melcher, John Andrew Carnagay, H. H. Britan, and Paul Baker. The academy was established primarily for the children of the founding families. In 1909 it was taken over by the Abilene Presbytery and raised to college rank. Rev. Levan Gray was installed as president. By September 1910 a two-story dormitory had been added to the campus structures. In addition to the standard academic curriculum, the college had programs in music and recreational sports, including baseball and football. However, despite its high moral and academic standards, the college's location in a relatively poor and sparsely populated area of West Texas resulted in a lack of sufficient patronage. Many of the Reynolds and Matthews heirs chose to go elsewhere for college, and by 1914 the institution was abandoned. Meanwhile, beginning in 1913, the dormitory became Reynolds Presbyterian Home, an orphanage under the supervision of J. Gilmor Smith and his wife; the main building later became part of the orphanage. The orphanage moved to Dallas, and the buildings were razed in 1927.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre sebag gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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