Brevard Institute opened Thursday morning of last week for the 1926-27 school session with an enrollment of approximately 200 students. The school opened with bright prospects for an unusually good year in all respects, the students displaying seriousness and enthusiasm for a promising year’s work.
The Institute Chapel was well filled at the opening exercises with students, former students and visitors. Rev. A. S. Raper of Shelby and former pastor of the Brevard Methodist Church, opened the exercises with devotionals, after which Rev. E. R. Welch, pastor of the Methodist Church, addressed the teachers and students with a few remarks. Superintendent O.H. Orr then introduced the new teachers and made announcement regarding the classification of students and other necessary details of the school work.
The faculty includes some 16 members, the majority of whom have been connected with the Institute for a number of years. Among the number are four new teachers, including Miss Frances Denton of Arkansas, teacher of foreign languages; Miss Lucile Myers of Tennessee, director of athletics; Miss Mary Long, Bryson City, director of music; Miss Sophia Elliott, Shelby, dietician.
From the front page of the Brevard News, Sept. 18, 1926
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