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Project Torchlight: Thirty Years Later

Project Torchlight: Thirty Years Later BuI Best Air Force Officer...Animal Shelter Staff...Beautician... Director of Human Resources. . .ForestRanger. . .Inventor. . .Physician. . .Policewoman. . .Pmfessor. . .Restaurant Manager. ..School Counselor. ..School ?acher. . . Vietnam Veteran. .. Weaver During the fall of 1965, the trustees and administrators of Berea College were well into abolishing the Berea Foundation School, which had for decades served many low-income individuals needing a high school educa- tion. Therefore, the decision to abolish the Foundation School signaled to many Berea workers a reneging on a commitment to provide opportunity to individuals of all ages in the college's chosen Appalachian service area. During most of its history, Berea had been in the forefront of innova- tive educational and service programs, most ofwhich were quite radical for their time. Berea's early experiments in interracial education took place from the mid- 18 50s until interracial education was forbidden by Kentucky state law in 1904. (Upon the repeal ofthe Day Law forbidding interracial education in 1951, the college immediately reintegrated.) During Will- iam Goodell Frost's administration (1892-1928), Berea also had a Normal School for the training ofteachers, an Academy that later became the Foun- dation School, both of which educated students at the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Project Torchlight: Thirty Years Later

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Appalachian Review , Volume 25 (3) – Jan 8, 2014
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BuI Best Air Force Officer...Animal Shelter Staff...Beautician... Director of Human Resources. . .ForestRanger. . .Inventor. . .Physician. . .Policewoman. . .Pmfessor. . .Restaurant Manager. ..School Counselor. ..School ?acher. . . Vietnam Veteran. .. Weaver During the fall of 1965, the trustees and administrators of Berea College were well into abolishing the Berea Foundation School, which had for decades served many low-income individuals needing a high school educa- tion. Therefore, the decision to abolish the Foundation School signaled to many Berea workers a reneging on a commitment to provide opportunity to individuals of all ages in the college's chosen Appalachian service area. During most of its history, Berea had been in the forefront of innova- tive educational and service programs, most ofwhich were quite radical for their time. Berea's early experiments in interracial education took place from the mid- 18 50s until interracial education was forbidden by Kentucky state law in 1904. (Upon the repeal ofthe Day Law forbidding interracial education in 1951, the college immediately reintegrated.) During Will- iam Goodell Frost's administration (1892-1928), Berea also had a Normal School for the training ofteachers, an Academy that later became the Foun- dation School, both of which educated students at the

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Published: Jan 8, 2014

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