Pine Forge Academy - Flame Yearbook (Pine Forge, PA)

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x Garage--converted into chapel. Dairy Barn--converted into chapel. Grist mill--converted into present school building. The eight, old, but sturdily constructed buildings acquired new purposes. The quaint mill building with its new look became head- quarters' for offices and classrooms. The dairy barn blossomed as our new chapel. The stable for horses and wagons became our cafe- teria with additional rooms upstairs for girls. The dog kennels first served as Allegheny Con- ference headquarters when they moved from Washington, D, C, The Manor House became the palatial girl's dormitory. Cottages which were remodeled for Teachers' homes. E

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Pioneers llere they may find Him whom to know is life eternal. They may prepare for the joy of service in this world and for the higher joy of service in the world to come. The leaders of this denomination through the years have built a system of church- supported schools that have circled the globe. They are no longer experiments, but tried and proven and successful ventures. Pine Forge Institute is proud of its recent inclusion into this mighty endeavor to kindle and make the flame of Christian Education burn more bright- ly. ln the early thirties a committee compris- ing General, Union and local conference breth- ren was organized to establisharural boarding school for colored youth in eastern Pennsyl- vania. The great depression and other hind- rances prevented the successful completion of this project Nine months after the Allegheny Conference was organized, a committee composed of Elders J. H, Wagner, J.L. Moran, F.l,. Bland, J. H. Lawrence and M. S. Banfield, was author- ized to find a suitable site. After examining several places, Elder Bland, who was pastoring in Philadelphia, found the present spot. The committee.together with the Columbia Union President, Elder F,H. Robbins, visited the grounds on November 4, 1945, and later placed an option on it. ln three month's time the small membership of the infant conference raised over forty thousand dollars cash, and on April 27, 1946, almost six hundred acres of rolling woodlands were dedicated to God for the building of a school. F - ' as .N--l U1 vu, i i? 3? X 5' .Ai tt-f -6x S First kennel, then an office, now converted into laundry fi:-1' From storehouse to office, Principa1's home, and now a guest house.

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Manor House--Dormitory for Girls. 11 . lg. H.. K Present school building reconstructed from Grist Mill. ! Boys dormitory. The boys were housed in two or three homes at the bottom of the hill. The entire working force of the conference devoted the entire sum- mer of 1945 to the transformation project . School opened in September 1946 with over ninety students enrolled. What a task for the first faculty! The school board voted to call El- der J , L, Moran, former president of Oakwood Junior College and Secretary-Treasurer of the Allegheny Conference, as principal and mana- ger. With his rich experience he was able to assemble a faculty equal to the task. will . . ,.--4 , I My as-F' ' . K ...Q ya Pf