Salem College - Sights and Insights Yearbook (Winston-Salem, NC)

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— »f( OLD SALEM ACADEMY j it-- DEDICATION TO THE Salem Girls ' School was started on April 30, 1772, when two little girls and one teacher met in the Gemein Haus of the then new Salem settle- ment. In 1802 a boarding school was started which was united with the older institution in 1811, being thereafter known as Salem Female Academy. Through prosperity as well as through adver- sity, girls from all parts of the South received their education here. On February 3, 1866, Salem was incorporated with a charter from the state of North Carolina and has been since then Salem Academy and College. The two insti- - tutions remained under one administration, and Osl! ' «8 P ' until the fall of 1911 under one faculty. Since then they have been wholly separate, yet united in spirit. 1 In 1805 Salem Female Academy moved from the Gemein Haus into its new home, South Hall. For a hundred and twenty-five years the walls of this building have echoed the

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—4§[ N EW SALEM ACADtf ■■■ NEW SALEM ACADEMY ... USV talk and laughter of its girls. The much-worn steps, the alcoves and study halls, all could take us back through the years and tell fascinating stories of other girls who have loved this their Alma Mater, i Again Salem Academy is moving into new and larger buildings. It is going on into a future filled with promise and opportunity and rich in tradition and lofty ideals. As the branches of a tree the spirit and ideals of Salem Academy have spread around the daughter institution, Salem College, through the years, giving it a vision of the strength and faith that went into her history. To you, the New Salem Academy, our mother institu- tion, whose success and greater life we antici- pate, and whose past of noble sacrifice and priceless heritage we share, we, the Class of 1 1 1930, dedicate this volume of i SIGHTS AND INSIGHTS