{"id":182,"date":"2011-11-11T20:17:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T01:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2012-08-03T22:47:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T02:47:49","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakridgemilitary.com\/\">Oak Ridge Military Academy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/\">Bennett College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.edu\/index.cfm\">Greensboro College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guilford.edu\/\">Guilford College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncg.edu\/\">University of North Carolina at Greensboro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncat.edu\/\">North Carolina A &amp; T State University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"3\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=BtKEAAAAIAAJ&amp;lpg=PR17&amp;ots=IiDYepoct5&amp;dq=DAVID%20CALDWELL%20ACADEMY&amp;pg=PA168#v=onepage&amp;q=DAVID%20CALDWELL%20ACADEMY&amp;f=false\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Guilford County Schools, 1790-1840<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">DAVID CALDWELL ACADEMY (LOG COLLEGE)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GREENSBOROUGH ACADEMY<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Male Academy, organized in 1816, was located on Sycamore Street between Ashe and Greene Streets.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\nFemale Academy, established in 1819, was on West Gaston Street between Commerce Place and Eugene Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">SHIELDS ACADEMY (LANCASTRIAN TYPE)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Opened in 1819.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GREENSBOROUGH FEMALE SCHOOL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GREENSBOROUGH FEMALE COLLEGE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CALDWELL INSTITUTE<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Chartered in 1836. Relocated in 1845 to Hillsborough in Orange County.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakridgemilitary.com\/history_timeline_of_the_school.html\">OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE \/ OAK RIDGE MILITARY ACADEMY<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">EDGEWORTH SEMINARY<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Supplanted Greensborough Female Academy.\u00a0 Opened in 1840.\u00a0 Established by John M. Morehead, later a NC governor.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\nClosed during the Civil War, the school reopened in 1868 and continued until 1871, when it closed its doors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.unc.edu\/ncc\/gbnf\/efs.html\">Gone But Not Forgotten<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">NEW GARDEN BOARDING SCHOOL \/ GUILFORD COLLEGE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guilford.edu\/about_guilford\/\">Guilford College<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GREENSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Established in 1845, as a private classical academy occupying the Caldwell Institute building.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\nIt continued until the late 1800&#8217;s, and was probably absorbed into the public high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">OTHER ACADEMIES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mrs. Dare&#8217;s Boarding and Day School (1840&#8217;s), an inexpensive school sometimes conducted in connection with the common school<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Classical School (1848) under William C. Doub<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Greensborough Male High School (1857), conducted by C. W. Holbrook<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Greensboro Classical School (1857), with James D. Campbell as principal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Hoyle School (1859) with Eunice and Rhode Worth as teachers<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOLS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It is to be assumed, then, that schools of the old field type existed in Greensboro.\u00a0 The Log College profession was interested in subscription schools&#8230;\u00a0 Subscription schools continued in Greensboro until the late 1880&#8217;s; and two which are well remembered by citizens of today were taught by Mrs. Ellen H. Hundley and Evelina Maria Porter, familiarly known as &#8220;Miss Lina.&#8221;\u00a0 Mrs. Hundley&#8217;s held in her home at the corner of Greene and Sycamore Streets, has been described as &#8220;the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> most finished &#8212; the most cultured and refined,&#8221; for Mrs. Hundley was a &#8220;gentlewoman.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;Miss Lina&#8217;s&#8221; one-room school alongside the Porter home at 426 West Market Street seems to have been the most impressive.\u00a0 Her firm discipline, her corner of switches, her unrelenting interest in thorough learning, and her powerful and dominant personality have placed her among Greensboro&#8217;s immortals.\u00a0 O. Henry,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> otherwise known as William Sydney Porter, received his entire scholastic training under his aunt, &#8220;Miss Lina.&#8221;\u00a0 Both of these schools were closed by 1900.\u00a0 There have been a few small private schools since then, but they have been largely overshadowed by public education.\u00a0 The modern Page Private School at 1005 West Market Street with Julian Johnston as proprietor is perhaps the largest in this group&#8230;.\u00a0 &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <em>&#8220;Greensboro, North Carolina:\u00a0 The County Seat of Guilford,&#8221; by Ethel Stephens Arnett, UNC-Chapel Hill Press, 1955, p. 80.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">PUBLIC SCHOOLS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(coming soon)<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AFRICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8220;There are very few references to Negro education in the community before the Civil War.\u00a0 The first census taken of the village showed that there were altogether 102 Negro slaves.\u00a0 When the bill &#8220;to render it criminal to teach slaves to read and write&#8221; was in its second reading in the State Senate (December 7, 1830), Judge John M. Dick moved to amend t he bill by adding &#8220;that the provisions of this act shall not extend to the County of Guilford,&#8221; but his amendment did not carry.\u00a0 However, in spite of the law, Greensboro people are said to have taught in secret many Negroes to read and write.<\/p>\n<p>Greensboro, North Carolina:\u00a0 The County Seat of Guilford<em>, by Ethel Stephens Arnett, UNC-Chapel Hill Press, 1955, p. 81.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">DICK &amp; DILLARD LAW SCHOOL <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Judge Robert Paine Dick &amp; Judge John H. Dillard formed the school in Greensboro and trained nearly 300 lawyers between 1878 and 1893.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">formerly known as:<br \/>\nState Normal &amp; Industrial School, State Normal &amp; Industrial College,<br \/>\nNorth Carolina College for Women, The Woman&#8217;s College of the University of North Carolina<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncg.edu\/inside-uncg\/inside-history.htm\">UNC-G website<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/nc\/bookshelf\/alumni-news-unc-greensboro\/feed\">NCGenWeb Digital Bookshelf \u00bb Alumni News \u2013 UNC Greensboro<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncat.edu\/\">NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL &amp; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtcc.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/\">BENNETT COLLEGE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.edu\/index.cfm\">GREENSBORO COLLEGE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/\">HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb-data.com\/ybook\/resultlist.php?county=guilford&amp;state=NC\">Students from Guilford Who Attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from NC Yearbook Index<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oak Ridge Military Academy Bennett College Greensboro College Guilford College University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina A &amp; T State University Guilford County Schools, 1790-1840 DAVID CALDWELL ACADEMY (LOG COLLEGE) GREENSBOROUGH ACADEMY Male Academy, organized in 1816, was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/education\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}