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THE PAJACA 1943 PFEIFFER JUNIOR COLLEGE Misenheimer. N. C. Henry Pfeiffer Chapel
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A HISTORY We at Pfeiffer feel that our school has one of the brightest futures of any school of its type in the country. In order that everyone interested might have a better knowledge of the amazing progress which is our history, the staff has decided to include a short historical sketch in this issue. In 1899, Miss Emily Pruden, one of the early leaders of education in North Carolina, established a small school in Lenoir. North Carolina. It was named in honor of Ebenezer Mitchell, a veteran of the Union Army in the War between the States. Mrs. Mitchell of Dayton, Ohio, his mother, had contributed money to the founding of the school. Fire destroyed the school in 1903, and the authorities appealed to the Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church for help. The society took over the operation and management of the school and moved it to its present location at Misenhcimer in 1907. Two buildings were erected, Mitchell Home for girls and Cline Hall for boys. Again in 1914, the school was the victim of another fire. 1'his time the main building was destroyed and Cline Hall had to be used as a girls’ dormitory. The boys were housed in the village. Also in 1914, the high school was accredited by the State Department. In 1928, two years of college were authorized and the lower grades were gradually abandoned. The school then concentrated on the last two years of high school and the first two years of college. In 1933, W. S. Sharp, a man who has meant much in the development of Pfeiffer, came to the school to become its president. Under his guidance, the Junior College was given full recognition by the State Department of Public Instruction. Through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer of New York City, Rowe Hall. Merner Hall. Goode Hall, the new Cline Hall, and the President’s
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