salem academy and college timeline
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April 1772Te Girls School opens with three students
and one teacher, Elisabeth Oesterlein, inthe Congregation House.
1785Salem enrolls
its rst Arican-
American
student.
October 1766Four Single Sisters and 12 Older Girls, ages 13 to 17, orsake
the warmth and comort o their homes in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. On oot, they travel more than 500 miles to
the wild rontier o North Carolina. For 29 nights, they sleep
under a cold, open sky. In villages along the way, onlookers
gather to watch this curious group pass by. One o the
travelers is young Elisabeth Oesterlein.
Tey join the settlement o Bethabara or the next ew years
while they wait or a new town, Salem, to be carved out o
the wilderness. Seeking Gods will in all that they do, the
Moravians establish a school or girls in 1772.
From these humble beginnings emerges Salem Academy and
College. A powerul legacy, an incredible journey, has begun.
Following are just a ew o themany events that have occurred inhistory since Salem Academy andCollege was ounded in 1772. Formore details, read Frances Grinsbook, Less Time for Meddling: SalemAcademy and College 1772-1866.
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April 5, 1786Accompanied by a trombone salute, 33 Single Sisters
and Older Girls move into their new residence, the
Single Sisters House.
1805South Hall opens to house boarding students.
South Hall Door
1819Te Single
Sisters House
addition is
dedicated.
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1826Salem admits its rst Native
American student, SallyRidge, the daughter o
a Cherokee chie. She
graduates rom the school,
but in 1838, the daughter
o another Cherokee chie,
Jane Ross, leaves Salem to
join her amily on the rail
o ears.
1856Main Hall is completed on the Square in
place o the old Congregation House.
1861-1865Te Civil War rages,
but unlike other
schools, Salem never
closes its doors.
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Student alcoves, 1886
Picnic at Bethabara, c. 1890s
Hay Mow on Academy andCollege grounds, c. 1900s
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1909-1949Under the leadership o President
Howard Rondthaler, the campus
grows rom 3 1/2 to 56 acres.
Te daisy chain, a highlight o graduation rom1901 to 1935
Cooking class, 1912
1912Salem Academy and
College separate
academically.
Varsity basketballteam, 1925
May DayQueen, 1929
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1930Salem Academys Mary Patterson Hall
is completed with Emma Bahnson
and Carrie Schafner wings.
Memorabilia: Panoramic view o campus
1933Salem College School
o Music receives
accreditation.
1951Te Rondthaler Science
Building is constructed
on the College campus.
1957Te Mary
Weaver
wing at theAcademy is
completed.
Te College class o 1940
Salemite editorial staf, 1956
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1965Te Salem
Academy and
College Fine
Arts Center is
constructed. 1971Te Academy completes
the Mary McCoy
Hodges dormitory wing
and Lucy Reynolds Critz
classroom wing.
College Swim eam
1971Te January erm
program begins or both
the Academy and College
students.
1991Te College grants its
rst graduate degrees.
1991During Salem Academy
and Colleges rst 219
years, each o its 17
inspectors or presidents
was a man. In the early
years, all o them had been
Moravian ministers.
In 1991, the trustees
selected its rstemale president,
Dr. Julianne Still Trit.
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2003Te Academy
renovates the daystudent lounge
and expands it to
include a sunroom,
cyber ca and
tness area.
1992Renovation o
the existing gym
into Bryant Hall
and completion
o a new gym,
swimming pooland commons
area improve
acilities or
sports.
1997Salem marks its
225th anniversary.
1996On October 10,
1996, the Salem
College Center
or Women
Writers holds
its opening
celebration.
Students outside the Academy
2004Salem purchases 7.5
acres o Central Park,
expanding the
Academy and College
campus to 65 acres.
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2009Te College nishes the
three-year process o joining
the NCAA Division III.
2005Salem launches
capital building
projects to renovate
and restore somecampus buildings,
including the
Academys Mary
Patterson Hall, the
Colleges Bitting
Residence Hall, the
Salem Fine Arts
Center and the
Single Sisters House.
2007Te communitygathers to
rededicate the
Single Sisters
House, using
the same music
and liturgy rom
the Moravian
loveeast service
or the rst
dedication on
April 5, 1786.
2007Salem Academy and College
celebrates the inauguration o
Dr. Susan E. Pauly as Salems
nineteenth president.
Students on back porch o Main Hall
Adult student