Linden Hall School - Leaves Yearbook (Lititz, PA)

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Linden Hall An Historic School INDEN HALL came into existence under circumstances that are worthy of note, since they have left an indelible stamp upon the school and have given it that seriousness of purpose that has characterized it during the one hundred and eighty years of its work. Its story carries us back to the year 1746. It was begun as a dayfschool for the daughters of the hardy pioneers who settled in Lititz and its vicinity, and banded themselves together for mutual helpfulness. It is signiicant of the type and spirit of these early settlers that, at the very outset, they made provision for the educa' tion of both their sons and daughters. The fame of the little Pennsylvania village school, resided over by teachers whose culture had been acquired in the schools of Europe, spread abroad. Parents in various parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland cov' eted for their daughters the excellent training and education en- joyed by the Moravian village girls of Lititz, and urgent requests weris made that their daughters might be admitted as boarding' pu . P Good schools were scarce, under the circumstances it appeared a duty to yield to the entreaties and share the opportunities and advantages of Linden Hall with others. A boarding department was added in 1794. The first board' ingfpupil came from Baltimore. The increasing number of apglif cants compelled enlargement of the plant from time to time. e two rooms at first set apart for the school have grown into the group of buildings which now serve the needs of the School. Spirit and Purpose To send forth young women with abounding health, with minds well instructed and trained to clear thinking, with broad sympathies, with refined tastes, with appreciation of the beautiful world in which they live, with hands trained for the useful tasks of IPlge Swenj