the other girl was annamarie samuel. in lived in this building the 90's as a full member of the single sisters choir. she ate and slept and worshiped with the girls. there was a connection or a focus on being open to all girls, regardless that was there at the beginning of the school. moravianst as accepted the racial attitudes of their surrounding people. that diversity was lost. in the 20th century, they again started being open to other people, not just to white southern children. the school did grow quickly because it was so successful, because it was the only school for girls in not just the state but in this region. they added college courses in the 1800s and by the beginning of the 1900s, they change the name to the salem academy and college. we like to say we still have that diversity we had almost 250 years ago because we have girls from all over the world. college fora traditional college students and we have graduate courses for nontraditional college courses. i think it is important for there to be a school l