Fact or Fiction?

Fact or Fiction: 

Ida Jane Dacus so disliked the Winthrop Training School (now Withers) building that she had her library designed to hide the school.

Ida Jane dacus- First Professionally trained Librarian in the State of South Carolina
Ida Jane Dacus- First Professionally trained Librarian in the State of South Carolina

Fiction: 

The building was named for Ida Jane Dacus because she was the first professionally trained librarian in the state, the official Winthrop Librarian from 1902 to 1945, and an 1898 alumna. It was constructed in 1969, four years after her death.

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