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SIGHTS AND INSIGHTS Historical Sketck of Salem I HERE are many factors which combine to make us proud of Salem. One of them is her past. Now most people with a past have something to conceal; in general we are not so familiar with colleges; but of Salem we are glad to tell you all. AVhen the Moravians first came to America they brought with them their belief in the importance of education, and in e erj ' settlement that was made, some means for education was provided. In 1772 Salem Academy and College was founded as a school for the higher education of young women at the Moravian settle- ment of Salem. At the time of its beginning there was no similar school anywhere in the South, and only two in the North. It was from the beginning a school for the higher educa- tion of girls and young women, but we must remember the changes which have oc- curred in college curriculums, even in the last ten years, and when we go back one hundred and fifty, we find a radical difference. To be an educated woman in 1772 involved skill in sewing, knitting, spinning, h mn and scripture memorization, and Bible reading. The girls came from all over the South, in coaches and on horseback, sometimes to remain until the completion of their course. The storj ' is told of a father who brought his daughter to school for the entire course and who explained to the duty teacher that his daughter ' s trunk contained enough clothes for the period of her education, but that only one layer was to be used during a year. Between the first year ' s clothes and those for the second year papers had been laid, so that not until she was through would she see the graduation dress at the bottom of her trunk. Through four wars Salem has carried on her work of education, and now for nearly one hundred and fifty-one years she has been in constant operation. Needless to say, she has grown, and Salem Female Academ;- has become an A-Class college, known all over the country and loved by thousands of alumnae. Salem has been, and is, a family school, for we have some cases of families whose daughters have been Salem girls even for four generations. Salem, we believe, is only beginning her measure of usefulness. With her new dormitory, the Alice Clewell building, as the first of the enlargement she expects to make, she is fitting herself for a more efficient service. So long as her alumnae remain faithful to her training, she can feel that her struggles have not been in vain. Vhat is a past without a future? Salem is twice blessed in that she can combine with a glori- ous p t the prospects of a still more glorious future. n. P. Pa fr fourteen
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