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Beautiful scenes, cnerisned traditions, dear friends, nappy memories — these are tke things you should treasure, and these are the things we have tried to preserve for you in the following pages.
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CHEY had come lo the new land with quiet faces and determined minds, carrying in their breasts the desire for peace and spiritual growth. They were the settlers of Wachovia, In 1 766. a group of Moravians founded a community which was later lo be known as Salem. These brave settlers led a life of incessant toil and vigilance, but they began with a spirit and faith which were indomitable, and they met and overcame alt difficulties. The most unusual feature of this community was that an education for girls was considered necessary. A few years after the settlement was made, three small girls gathered daily to be taught reading, wntmg. music, sewing, and knitting by a member of the Sisters ' Choir, As the students grew older their studies became more advanced. This was the foundation of education for girls at Salem. When, after the Revolution, it was known that Salem had a school for girls, there were many requests for the school lo be opened to students from other places, and at the beginning of the nineteenth century, a school for girls was definitely established. South Hall was erected, and a few years later the first boarding pupils arrived at Salem Female Academy. The years witnessed a steady growth of the school. Dur- ing the time of and preceding the War between the Stales, when on account of divided opinion or lack of money many institutions were closed, the doors of Salem remained open. The period following the War between the States was perhaps the most difficult, for there were few pupils and meager funds; but, by means of sacrifice on the part of teachers, trustees, and scholars, the school continued, and in 1867 all efforts were rewarded in (he granting of a charter by the North Carolina Legislature. Salem was incorporated into a college in the decade after the war, and since that time its progress has been unimpeded. Today it is in Class A of the colleges of the United Slates; it has an endowment, the value of which approaches the million dollar mark; and the student body and faculty number three hundred and twenty.
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