 Holt came to the college in 1898 to teach stenography and typewriting.Holt resigned from the college in 1903 to marry Dr. Lowery Layman Lewis, who was instrumental in getting the School of Commerce and Marketing established in 1914 as the first department of marketing established in the nation.During its first year, there were 37 students enrolled in the school which increased to 164 in just two years.