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WAKE FOREST Inivèsite te fonde apre North Carolina Batis Konvansyon an Eta achte yon 600-acre (2.4 km2) plantasyon soti nan Dr. Calvin Jones nan yon zòn nan nò Raleigh(Reveye Konte) rele nan “Forest nan Wake.” Nouvo lekòl la, fèt yo anseye tou de minis Batis ak pwofàn, louvri sou Fevriye 3, 1834, kòm Wake Forest Manyèl la Travay Enstiti, yo rele paske elèv ak anplwaye te oblije pase mwatye nan chak jou fè travay manyèl sou plantasyon an. Dr. Samyèl Rete tann, yon minis Batis, te chwazi kòm nan “direktè lekòl,” pita prezidan, nan enstiti a.
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Wake Forest University was founded after the North Carolina Baptist State Convention purchased a 600-acre (2.4 km2) plantation from Dr. Calvin Jones in an area north of Raleigh(Wake County) called the “Forest of Wake.” The new school, designed to teach both Baptist ministers and laymen, opened on February 3, 1834, as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, named because students and staff were required to spend half of each day doing manual labor on the plantation. Dr. Samuel Wait, a Baptist minister, was selected as the “principal,” later president, of the institute.