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1905

When the Faculty School first opened its doors in 1905, Ras Beirut was on the rural outskirts of Beirut, separated from downtown by citrus groves and mulberry plantations.

Amy Bliss, the widow of President Howard Bliss and part of the original group that organized the school in 1905, donated the land.

1914

On Belle’s first day in 1914, the Faculty School had grown from 18 students to over 40.

1916

In 1916, the Turks also deported British residents, including Thornton.

In 1916, Turkish officials instituted a voucher system where families in Beirut were allotted limited amounts of food.

1920

The small faculty school thrived and by 1920 had expanded from its original home on rue Bliss to a red-roofed house on rue Sidani.

1921

It would never again be so closely affiliated with the Syrian Protestant College, which in 1921 renamed itself the American University of Beirut.

After 1921, ACS would no longer be run by a close-knit group of parents.

1925

Belle Dorman '33 graduated from the new ACS in 1925, eleven years after her first day at the beginning of the war.

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