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==Trinity College==
Bradsher attended Trinity College from 1901 to 1905 and graduated [[Latin honors|cum laude]]. He received his master's degree in 1905. His thesis was entitled "Growing tobacco in the State of North Carolina."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HaVIAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA124|title=Annual Catalogue of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.).|first=Trinity College (Durham|last=N.C.)|date=1901|page=124|publisher=Trinity College|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Manufacture_of_Tobacco_in_North_Caro.html?id=FB5FnQEACAAJ|title=The Manufacture of Tobacco in North Carolina|first=Arthur Brown|last=Bradsher|date=15 July 2018|publisher=Historical Society of Trinity College|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was a member of [[Alpha Tau Omega]].
===Tombs===
In 1903, Bradsher was the principal founder of the Tombs, one of the strongest organizations on the Trinity/Duke campus from 1903 to 1942.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8851735/arthur_bradsher_one_of_the_founders_of/|work=Durham Morning Herald|date=April 7, 1922|page=9|accessdate=July 15, 2018|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=Tombs Staged A Dinner Last Night}} {{Open access}}</ref> Its purpose was to promote Varsity and intramural athletics and to improve team sportsmanship and school spirit. Another objective was to firmly cement relations between Trinity and other schools in the field of sports. The Tombs morphed into the Varsity Club in 1945. It combined the strengths from both organizations. Bradsher returned to the campus often to council the Tombs organization.<ref name="duarFeb1951">{{cite magazine |title=Arthur Bradsher, '04, Great Trinity Pitcher, Dies |url=https://archive.org/stream/dukealumniregist371951#page/43/mode/1up |magazine=Duke University Alumni Register |location=Durham, N.C. |date=February 1951 |page=43}}</ref>