And Set Aglow A Sacred Flame History Edgar Tufts Memorial Lees

Description: And Set Aglow A Sacred Flame: History of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association 1895-1942. By Margaret Tufts Neal. Pudding Stone Press, Lees-McRae College, 1983. probably a First Edition , but not stated. Hard Cover. 160 pages. Illustrated with several vintage b/w photos. excellent condition with vg dust jacket. signed.--------------------Lees–McRae College is a private college in Banner Elk, North Carolina affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Lees–McRae College has the highest elevation of any American college or university east of the Mississippi River, at 3,720 feet (1,130 m) above sea level It is one of the few colleges to be named after two women, Suzanna Lees and Elizabeth McRae.HistoryLees–McRae College was founded in Banner Elk as an all-female high school in 1899 by Reverend Edgar Tufts, a Presbyterian minister. He named the school The Elizabeth McRae Institute after a well-respected educator in 1900. School benefactor Suzanna Lees' name was added in 1903 and the school's name became the Lees-McRae Institute when the school was chartered by the state in 1907.An all-male branch was founded during 1907 in Plumtree, North Carolina. The Plumtree facility was destroyed in a 1927 fire, leading the two campuses to merge at the Banner Elk site. After the merge, the high school program was phased out and the institute was renamed in 1931 to Lees–McRae College, an accredited, coeducational junior college.Lees-McRae began moving toward offering a four-year program in the late 1980s and the school's president made the recommendation to the board of trustees in 1987. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools granted Lees-McRae status as a four-year college in 1990. In 2005, Lees-McRae became the first expansion site for New Opportunity School for Women, a program that helps educate and employ women in Appalachia

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