Berry College: A History

APPENDIX A. Important Dates in the Life of Martha Berry and the Development of Her Schools

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [First Page] [191], (1) Lines: 0 to 65 ——— 0.30293pt Pg ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [191], (1) appendix a Important Dates in the Life of Martha Berry and the Development of Her Schools 1821 September 21, Thomas Berry (father) born in Tennessee. 1838 July 30, Frances Margaret Rhea (mother) born in Alabama. 1860 April 11, Thomas Berry and Frances Margaret Rhea marry in Alabama, live in Turkeytown area of Cherokee County (now Etowah County), Alabama. 1866 July 23, Thomas Berry buys first real estate in Floyd County, Georgia, on Howard Street (now Second Avenue). October 7, MB born in Alabama (according to MB; some sources put her birth in 1865). 1871 July 7, Thomas Berry purchases property including original part of house now known as Oak Hill. c. 1900 MB begins Sunday schools and day schools in Rome area. 1902 January 13, Boys Industrial School founded on Lower Campus. 1903 Boys Industrial School incorporated by order of the judge of the Superior Court of Floyd County; MB deeds eighty-three acres of land to Boys Industrial School. 1908 Corporate charter amended, legal name changed to the Berry School; alumni association established. 1909 Thanksgiving Day, Martha Berry School for Girls opens on Log Cabin Campus. 1910 President Theodore Roosevelt visits Berry. 1914 First Mountain Day. 1916 School for boys started on Mountain Campus at foot of Lavender Mountain. 1917 Corporate charter amended, legal name changed to the Berry Schools. 1920 MB receives honorary doctor of pedagogy degree, University of Georgia. 1922 Berry Schools accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. 1923 Henry and Clara Ford first visit the school. 1924 MB elected to the National Institute of Social Sciences; MB named distinguished citizen of the state by the Georgia General Assembly. 1925 MB receives Roosevelt Medal, Roosevelt Memorial Association, presented by President Calvin Coolidge. 1925–31 Ford Buildings completed. 1926 Berry Junior College established with G. Leland Green as first president. 1927 MB obtains remaining ownership of Oak Hill; MB deeds Oak Hill to the Berry Schools. 1928 First junior-college class, twelve students, graduates. 191 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [192], (2) Lines: 65 to ——— 2.30026p ——— Long Page PgEnds: TEX [192], (2) 1929 Berry Junior College accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. 1930 Berry (senior) College established; MB receives honorary doctor of laws degree, University of North Carolina; MB included on Ida Tarbell’s list of America’s fifty greatest women. 1931 MB voted one of America’s Twelve Greatest Women, Good Housekeeping magazine contest. 1932 MB appointed to Board of Regents, University System of Georgia; first senior-college class, seventeen students, receives degrees. 1933 MB receives Eleanor Van Rensselaer Fairfax Biennial Medal for patriotic service to America, Colonial Dames of America; MB receives honorary doctor of laws degree, Bates College; MB receives honorary doctor of humanities degree, Berry College. 1934 MB received at the Court of St. James’s by King George V and Queen Mary. 1935 MB receives doctor of public service degree, Oglethorpe University; MB receives doctor of laws degree, Duke University. 1936 MB receives doctor of letters degree, Oberlin College. 1937 MB receives doctor of laws degree, University of Wisconsin; MB appointed member of Georgia State Planning Board. 1939 MB receives American Institute of Social Science Medal. 1942 February 27, Martha Berry dies, Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta; M. Gordon Keown becomes acting director of the Berry Schools. 1944 Dr. William Jesse Baird becomes Berry’s second president. 1946 Dr. James Armour Lindsay becomes Berry’s third president. 1951 Dr. Samuel Henry Cook becomes Berry’s acting president. 1953 Dr. Robert Stanley Lambert becomes Berry’s fourth president. 1955 William McChesney Martin Jr., chairman of the board of trustees, becomes Berry’s acting president. 1956 May, High School for Girls closes. Dr. John R. Bertrand becomes Berry’s fifth president. 1957 Berry College accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. 1959 First international student admitted. 1961 Board approves modification of the two-day work requirement; day students allowed to enroll. 1962 Calendar changed...