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1925 to 1931 - J.F. Brower
Professor Brower entered Trinity College (Duke University) at the age of 16 and graduated with a Masters degree in 1879. He began his teaching career in 1880 teaching math at various schools. He served as the Headmaster at the Salem Boys School for 21 years until it closed in 1910. He then became the Headmaster of the Clemmons Moravian School until 1925. He was Principal of the “new”
Clemmons School until his retirement in 1931 after 51 years of teaching.
1931 to 1945 – Theodore Rondthaler
Mr. Rondthaler graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1919. He obtained his Masters degree from Princeton in 1923. He and his wife, Alice, started the school Orchestra in 1931. They also started the school Christmas Pageant in 1932. He resigned as principal to become a professor at Black Mountain College in the spring of 1945.
1945 to 1949 – T. Ray Gibbs
Attended Western Carolina Teachers College and the University of North Carolina.
1949 to 1950 – G. Linnet Potts
Attended Wake Forest College and the University of North Carolina.
1950 to 1952 – George B. Lester
1952 to 1955 – Robert Chilton
Mr. Chilton obtained a B.S. from Appalachian Teachers College in English and Social Studies in 1950. He also obtained his Masters degree
in Education from the University of
North Carolina in 1955.
1955 to 1981 – W. Frank Morgan
Mr. Morgan obtained his B.S. from Wake Forest University and his Masters degree in Education from the University of North Carolina. He was the principal during the last year of the High School in 1956 and stayed on as the Elementary School Principal until the school closed in 1981.
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Dedicated September 22, 2017