University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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EDICQTIOn In the history o ably played their part, h women educators the Senio of ours. Miss Ruth in North Carolina zvonien have reciatiou of the contribution of icates this Annual to one

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1705 — The Society for Propagation of the Gosfel in foreign Parts sends Charles GrifHn to Pasquotank County. Mr. Griffin i as the first Professional teacher ill Xorlh Carolina. 1760 — The first academics are established at WUinington and at Crozi ' field, Meck- lenburg County, near the present site of Davidson College. 1770 — Queens College is founded uiide-r the auspices of the Presbyterians. It is txsAce chartered by the Legislature ciiid tzcice repealed by royal proclama- tion. If zi-oiild seem that no compliments to his Queen could render JVhigs in- polities and Presbyterians in religion acceptable to George III. Queen ' s flourished, howcz ' er. under the name of Liberty Hall Academy and was granted a Charter by the nezfly independent state legislature. 1772 — The Moraz ' ians of Salem started a school for little girls zi. ' hich ultimately dezvloped into Salem College. The teacher of today often fights economic slavery. There was a time when his bonds were even more tangible. W ' c are told that in the earliest days of the colony, when a ship arrived with either redemptioners of convicts, school -masters w.ere as regularly advertised for sale as were weavers, tailors, or members of any other trade. There was little difference except, perhaps, that the former did not us ' .ially bring so good a price as the latter. Old records yield the following advertisements concerning two indentured school-masters. The first one had run away; the second had carried the children as far as he was qualified to teach them. Ran away: A servant man wlm had followed the profession of school-master. Much given to drink and .gambling. To be sold : A school-master, an indentured servant who has got two years to serve. N.B. He is sold through no fault, any more than we are done with him. He can learn book-keeping and is an excellent scholar.