Famous for its free four-week travel program, this women’s college sent students on a trip each year that encompassed stops in New York, Washington, D.C., Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Albany, Atlantic City, Baltimore and Philadelphia, before returning back to campus for regular schoolwork. While it was only in operation until 1914, the school had a lasting impact on the surrounding community, as numerous businesses, churches, a South Nashville neighborhood, and a state natural area bear now encorporate the name “Radnor.” It is uncertain as to where Eshman came up with the name, though it is speculated that he may have brought it back from a trip to the Radnor township in Pennsylvania. The school’s main building burned in 1921
