R J Reynolds High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA 1705-'Charles Griflin, the first professional teacher in North Carolina was sent to Pasquotank County. 1760-First academy established at Wilmington, 1772-A school for little girls established by the Moravians at Salem. This later developed into Salem College. 1776-Adoption of a constitutional provision for legislative establishment of schools and for a university. 1825-Establishment of the State Literary Fund. 1837-A resolution directing that a plan for common schools, suited to the condition and resources of the State, prepared and reported to the next General As- sembly. 1839-First Common School Law drawn by William W. Cherry. 1852--Plan of graded school system outlined at the annual meeting of the State Educational Association. 1864-Legislature passed graded school bill. 1865-First institution for negroes set up to offer courses above elementary level. 1870-First public white school established in Greensboro. 1903-The Literary Fund set aside exclusively as a means of building and improving schoolhouses. 1907-'Legislature authorized the establishment of rural high schools. 1914-The establishment of the first County Training Schools for negroes. 1915-Public high school in every county. 1917-State certification of teachers begun on a deHnite standard of training. High schools declared by su- preme court to be a part of the public school system. 1918-Constitutional amendment passed setting up a mini- mum term of six months. 1919-First accredited high schools for negroes. , 1920-First listing of high schools accredited by the State Department of Public Instruction, 1921-General Assembly provided the Hrst Special Build- ing Fund of 55,000,000 for building schoolhouses. 1923--Provisions made for county-wide organizations of schools. First public high schools for negroes were accredited by the state. 1929-Beginning of bus transportation in negro schools. 1931-Complete support for a term of six months of school assumed by the state. 1933-Complete support for a term of eight months of school assumed by the state. -North Carolina Education

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