/******************************************************************************* FILE: mud_Scripts.js REQUIRES: prototype.js AUTHOR: Takashi Okamoto mud(tm) - http://www.mudcorp.com/ VERSION: 2.1 - update to make it work more like MudFadeGallery DATE: 04/07/2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This file is part of MudShiftContent. MudShiftContent is free for anyone to use, but this header MUST be included, and may not be modified. *******************************************************************************/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // GLOBAL VARS var imgs; var imgsGallery = new Array(); //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // MOUSE EVENTS function setOnMouseClick() { var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) { switch(elements[i].className) { case "next": elements[i].onclick = function() { imgs.move('next'); return false; } break; case "prev": elements[i].onclick = function() { imgs.move('prev'); return false; } break; } } } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // INIT function init() { setOnMouseClick(); // images gallery imgsGallery[0] = new Object(); imgsGallery[0].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[0].image.src = "images/timeline/1836.gif"; imgsGallery[0].title = "1836"; imgsGallery[0].caption = "The 37-year-old Right Reverend George Washington Doane, second Bishop of New Jersey, purchases a small Quaker academy in Burlington on the Delaware River. Bishop Doane changes it into an Episcopal boarding school for girls, which he calls Saint Mary's Hall. It will educate young women from grades seven through twelve. No one cared much about the education of girls in the early 19th century. Most boys were lucky to be educated through a private schoolmaster; public education was non-existent. Girls had no place in the world outside their own home. But that was the point. Bishop Doane realized that most women were likely to marry and have a family, so it was important for them to live whole, intelligent, complete, Christian lives. As mothers of children, they would wisely shape young characters. As companions to their husbands and as educated women, they would be able to discuss history, philosophy, and literature rather than just colicky babies and local gossip."; imgsGallery[1] = new Object(); imgsGallery[1].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[1].image.src = "images/timeline/1837GWDoane-Inman-1837.jpg"; imgsGallery[1].title = "1837"; imgsGallery[1].caption = "Bishop Doane raises capital for the new school by issuing shares of stock. Alas, a severe financial depression hits the young United States and money dries up. Saint Mary's Hall carries on and opens, funded through the bishop's personal funds and through the donations of a few believing friends."; imgsGallery[2] = new Object(); imgsGallery[2].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[2].image.src = "images/timeline/1837.jpg"; imgsGallery[2].title = "1837"; imgsGallery[2].caption = "The doors open on 1 May 1837 to 57 young women. The tuition was $100 a term and included fuel, light and all instruction in, among other subjects, 'English, ancient languages, psalmody, plain sewing, and domestic learning'."; imgsGallery[3] = new Object(); imgsGallery[3].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[3].image.src = "images/timeline/1839Riverside1839.jpg"; imgsGallery[3].title = "1838-1839"; imgsGallery[3].caption = "John Notman, a young and unknown architect from Scotland, is commissioned by Bishop Doane to build a residence on the property adjacent to Saint Mary's Hall. The house, called Riverside, is completed in a year. With 25 rooms and 8000 square feet, it is an impressive house in a style that had not previously been seen in the United States, called 'Italian Gothic'. Notman would later design the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, and many other noted buildings."; imgsGallery[4] = new Object(); imgsGallery[4].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[4].image.src = "images/timeline/1840.gif"; imgsGallery[4].title = "1840s"; imgsGallery[4].caption = "The reputation of Saint Mary's Hall grew quickly, and many prominent Episcopalians sent their daughters to the school. Even with difficult travel in the mid-19th century, the names of girls from New Orleans and Chicago, Boston and Richmond appear on the rolls. Students live together in a plain dormitory, rise every morning at 5:30, and prepare for a rigorous day, studying everything from geometry, astronomy and history to Greek, Latin, Italian, and French. Chapel morning and evening is required. "; imgsGallery[5] = new Object(); imgsGallery[5].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[5].image.src = "images/timeline/1844.gif"; imgsGallery[5].title = "1844"; imgsGallery[5].caption = "The first class is graduated from Saint Mary's Hall. Phoebe Babbitt, from Newark, New Jersey, receives the first diploma."; imgsGallery[6] = new Object(); imgsGallery[6].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[6].image.src = "images/timeline/1846.gif"; imgsGallery[6].title = "1846"; imgsGallery[6].caption = "Commissioned by Bishop Doane, John Notman builds for Saint Mary's Hall what is thought to be the first Gothic-style church building in the United States. Consecrated on 25 March, 1847, 'The Chapel of the Holy Innocents' stands today, listed on the National Register of Historic Places."; imgsGallery[7] = new Object(); imgsGallery[7].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[7].image.src = "images/timeline/1847ChapelHolyInno.jpg"; imgsGallery[7].title = "1847"; imgsGallery[7].caption = "Bishop Doane establishes a boys' school similar to Saint Mary's Hall, which he calls Burlington College. It receives a charter from the State of New Jersey."; imgsGallery[8] = new Object(); imgsGallery[8].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[8].image.src = "images/timeline/1850SMHCirca1850.jpg"; imgsGallery[8].title = "Mid 1850s"; imgsGallery[8].caption = "Burlington College attracts sons from some of the best families in the country. However, its finances are not well established, and it begins to be a monetary drain on Saint Mary's Hall."; imgsGallery[9] = new Object(); imgsGallery[9].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[9].image.src = "images/timeline/1859.gif"; imgsGallery[9].title = "1859"; imgsGallery[9].caption = "Bishop Doane dies at age 59 on 27 April 1859. The schools, Saint Mary's Church, and the city of Burlington are deeply shocked. His funeral on 1 May is attended by nearly 3000 people. Bishop Doane is succeeded by the Right Reverend William Henry Odenheimer, who becomes the third Bishop of New Jersey."; imgsGallery[10] = new Object(); imgsGallery[10].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[10].image.src = "images/timeline/1860.gif"; imgsGallery[10].title = "1860"; imgsGallery[10].caption = "Many worried that Saint Mary's Hall couldn't survive without Bishop Doane and his magnetic personality. Not only did it survive, it flourished. An extraordinary demand came for the Register of the School and applications pour in from all over the country. The school is filled and the waiting list extends to more than 100 students. New dormitories open and every inch of space is used."; imgsGallery[11] = new Object(); imgsGallery[11].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[11].image.src = "images/timeline/1861Register1861.jpg"; imgsGallery[11].title = "1861-1865"; imgsGallery[11].caption = "About 40 percent of the young women at Saint Mary's Hall are from Southern states involved in the secession from the Union. After the firing on Fort Sumter, pupils from the south return home. But vacant desks are soon filled. Many newly-wealthy northerners want a better education for their children and the enrollment of 1864 is the largest to that time. General Ulysses S. Grant's family live on Wood Street in Burlington and his two sons attend Burlington College. Grant's visit to Burlington College and Saint Mary's Hall on Good Friday 1865 saves him from John Wilkes Booth's second bullet at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC."; imgsGallery[12] = new Object(); imgsGallery[12].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[12].image.src = "images/timeline/1870sElvinKSmith.jpg"; imgsGallery[12].title = "1866"; imgsGallery[12].caption = "The walls and roof of the Chapel of the Holy Innocents are plastered and painted; dormers are put in for ventilation. The ante-chapel -the reception area just outside the back of the chapel- is built. The Reverend Elvin Smith, principal of Saint Mary's Hall, donates a brass lectern and a memorial window to George Washington Doane is installed."; imgsGallery[13] = new Object(); imgsGallery[13].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[13].image.src = "images/timeline/1868.gif"; imgsGallery[13].title = "1868"; imgsGallery[13].caption = "Odenheimer Hall is commissioned. Its basement will house a new kitchen and dining room. The first floor is dominated by a large study hall -the present lower-school wing- and the top two floors are dormitories."; imgsGallery[14] = new Object(); imgsGallery[14].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[14].image.src = "images/timeline/1870SMHCirca1870.jpg"; imgsGallery[14].title = "1874"; imgsGallery[14].caption = "Bishop Odenheimer was succeeded by the Right Reverend John Scarborough, who becomes the fourth Bishop of New Jersey. He often commented 'When I am weary with Diocesan troubles and cares, I come down to the Hall for an hour or two and go away refreshed'."; imgsGallery[15] = new Object(); imgsGallery[15].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[15].image.src = "images/timeline/1875.gif"; imgsGallery[15].title = "1875"; imgsGallery[15].caption = "The association of graduates of Saint Mary's Hall is formed and the first reunion in Burlington held. A medal designed by John Sartain is struck by Bailey Banks and Biddle and presented to every woman who joins the 'Society of Graduates'. Chapters of graduates are formed in Pittsburgh, New York City, Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia."; imgsGallery[16] = new Object(); imgsGallery[16].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[16].image.src = "images/timeline/1878.gif"; imgsGallery[16].title = "1878"; imgsGallery[16].caption = "Owing to the financial hardships that began in the 1850's, Burlington College closes its doors."; imgsGallery[17] = new Object(); imgsGallery[17].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[17].image.src = "images/timeline/1882ClassPortrait.jpg"; imgsGallery[17].title = "1882"; imgsGallery[17].caption = "Class Portrait"; imgsGallery[18] = new Object(); imgsGallery[18].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[18].image.src = "images/timeline/1892SMHMagazine1892-FIrst.jpg"; imgsGallery[18].title = "1892"; imgsGallery[18].caption = "The inaugural issue of Ivy Leaves, a magazine for graduates of Saint Mary's Hall, is published."; imgsGallery[19] = new Object(); imgsGallery[19].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[19].image.src = "images/timeline/1895PageantCirca1895.jpg"; imgsGallery[19].title = "1895"; imgsGallery[19].caption = "Pageant"; imgsGallery[20] = new Object(); imgsGallery[20].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[20].image.src = "images/timeline/1900OdenheimerHallCirca1900.jpg"; imgsGallery[20].title = "1900"; imgsGallery[20].caption = "By the last quarter of the 19th century, the status of Saint Mary's Hall has declined. It was no longer the pioneering 'female seminary' in Bishop Doane's day. So in the 1890s, Principal Charlotte Titcomb, an intellectual and scholar, designed a college preparatory course to admit Saint Mary's Hall graduates to the 'best women's colleges'. She was the school's truly last Victorian figure."; imgsGallery[21] = new Object(); imgsGallery[21].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[21].image.src = "images/timeline/1910Gym1910s.jpg"; imgsGallery[21].title = "1910"; imgsGallery[21].caption = "Gym Circa 1910"; imgsGallery[22] = new Object(); imgsGallery[22].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[22].image.src = "images/timeline/1910SMHStudentCirca1910.jpg"; imgsGallery[22].title = "1910"; imgsGallery[22].caption = "SMH Student Circa 1910"; imgsGallery[23] = new Object(); imgsGallery[23].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[23].image.src = "images/timeline/1910StudentsGig1910.jpg"; imgsGallery[23].title = "1910"; imgsGallery[23].caption = "Students"; imgsGallery[24] = new Object(); imgsGallery[24].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[24].image.src = "images/timeline/1912DiningHall.jpg"; imgsGallery[24].title = "1912"; imgsGallery[24].caption = "Scarborough Hall -- costing $50,000 -- opens in October 1912. It includes a splendid dining hall, 16 bedrooms, a gymnasium, and shower baths."; imgsGallery[25] = new Object(); imgsGallery[25].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[25].image.src = "images/timeline/1914BpScarborough1874-1914.jpg"; imgsGallery[25].title = "1914"; imgsGallery[25].caption = "Bishop Scarborough dies. He had been Bishop of New Jersey for 39 years, through five principals and headmistresses at Saint Mary's Hall. Nelson Corridor is built to join Odenheimer and Scarborough halls, the gift of the New York City chapter of the Society of Graduates. The name honored Susan McDonald Nelson, member of the first graduating class of 1844. "; imgsGallery[26] = new Object(); imgsGallery[26].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[26].image.src = "images/timeline/1937BpMatthews1915-1937.jpg"; imgsGallery[26].title = "1914"; imgsGallery[26].caption = "The Right Reverend Paul Matthews becomes the fifth Bishop of New Jersey. Under his leadership, Saint Mary's Hall returns from the brink of financial difficulty and once again flourishes. The school rapidly adjusted to 'modern times' in the first quarter of the 20th century. There is a new spirit of gaiety, camaraderie, and fun, with pageants, field days, picnics, road trips, dances, and ample opportunity to meet 'appropriate' boys. The school purchases the house next door to its grounds known as Fairholm. It is first used for an infirmary and faculty residences, but later it includes a music room and classrooms for 'domestic science and sewing class'. "; imgsGallery[27] = new Object(); imgsGallery[27].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[27].image.src = "images/timeline/1920sPostcard.jpg"; imgsGallery[27].title = "1920s"; imgsGallery[27].caption = "Riverbank, Burlington, NJ"; imgsGallery[28] = new Object(); imgsGallery[28].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[28].image.src = "images/timeline/1920DormRoomEarly1920s.jpg"; imgsGallery[28].title = "1920s"; imgsGallery[28].caption = "Dorm Room Early 1920s"; imgsGallery[29] = new Object(); imgsGallery[29].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[29].image.src = "images/timeline/1922MrFearnley.jpg"; imgsGallery[29].title = "1922"; imgsGallery[29].caption = "Saint Mary's Hall is now enjoying relative prosperity of the first three decades of the 20th century. The administration of Principal John Fearnley and his wife include the introduction of central heating, electrical lighting, and showers. A new modern kitchen, splendid cooks, and a dietician are part of the 'new ideas'. This was the age of amenities and elegance previously unimaginable at the school. In 1922, Saint Mary's Hall purchases yet another adjoining house, which becomes the home of the lower school in 1926. The formidable Second Empire house later becomes 'Senior House', a dormitory for senior girls. There are many formal dances with nearby boys' schools, including Peddie, Lawrenceville, and Bordentown Military Institute. They are always preceded by a glee club concert given by the visiting school. In addition to dancing, drama, and dressing up, there was also now fine dining. The girls were summoned to dinner with the bang of a gong - sounded by the beloved William Huggs - attired in white jacket and tie. Indoors and outdoors, the athletic program expands and sports from basketball, field hockey, horseback riding to archery, track and field, and canoeing all become available."; imgsGallery[30] = new Object(); imgsGallery[30].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[30].image.src = "images/timeline/1920StudentCirca1920.jpg"; imgsGallery[30].title = "1920s"; imgsGallery[30].caption = "Student Circa 1920s"; imgsGallery[31] = new Object(); imgsGallery[31].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[31].image.src = "images/timeline/1920StudentsSundayBestCirca.jpg"; imgsGallery[31].title = "1920s"; imgsGallery[31].caption = "Students' Sunday Best"; imgsGallery[32] = new Object(); imgsGallery[32].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[32].image.src = "images/timeline/1926DressRegs1926.jpg"; imgsGallery[32].title = "1925"; imgsGallery[32].caption = "School administration passed to the Sisters of the Community of the Transfiguration (an Episcopal religious order) after the resignation of Mrs. Fearnley in 1925. Under the leadership of Sister Edith Constance, a niece of Bishop Matthews, the school worked to improve its academic and college preparatory credentials. While the Sisters' tenure as administrators was brief, their traditions lived on. Floating a candle-laden cross down the river at graduation continued into the early 1970's, and their establishment of a school uniform is a tradition that continues through the current day."; imgsGallery[33] = new Object(); imgsGallery[33].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[33].image.src = "images/timeline/1930ChristmasMystery.jpg"; imgsGallery[33].title = "1930"; imgsGallery[33].caption = "1930 marks the beginning of a much-loved tradition, the 'Christmas Mystery'. It originally began as an entertainment for the boarding students who remained at the school over the holidays. It is perfected into a script with music, the version still performed annually."; imgsGallery[34] = new Object(); imgsGallery[34].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[34].image.src = "images/timeline/1930FairholmMusicRoom1930s.jpg"; imgsGallery[34].title = "1930"; imgsGallery[34].caption = "Fairholm Music Room"; imgsGallery[35] = new Object(); imgsGallery[35].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[35].image.src = "images/timeline/1930Students1930s.jpg"; imgsGallery[35].title = "1933"; imgsGallery[35].caption = "1933 saw the promotion of the Vice Principal Edith Weller to Principal. Her ambitious plan to start a junior college was stymied by the Depression. During these difficult financial times, the school is helped by its ability to attract day students, enhanced by the completion of the Burlington-Bristol Bridge in 1931. Three different bus routes were established, to Beverly, Mount Holly, and Bristol, Pennsylvania."; imgsGallery[36] = new Object(); imgsGallery[36].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[36].image.src = "images/timeline/1930IvyLeaf1930s.jpg"; imgsGallery[36].title = "1937"; imgsGallery[36].caption = "Saint Mary's Hall celebrates its hundredth anniversary with a week-long celebration."; imgsGallery[37] = new Object(); imgsGallery[37].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[37].image.src = "images/timeline/1940MedalDiploma1940s.jpg"; imgsGallery[37].title = "1940s"; imgsGallery[37].caption = "The years of World War II brought a number of changes. Fairholm was converted back to a residence and Riverside was converted into classroom space. With 102 students, the Bishop's feast is suspended and an 'austerity dinner' is held in its place. The dining room is draped with socks, sweaters, and scarves knitted to send overseas. All the young male waiters were drafted or enlisted, leaving behind only William Huggs the butler, Henry Purvis, the baker, and Earl, the chef. Gone are the tablecloths and napkins, and meat is served less frequently."; imgsGallery[38] = new Object(); imgsGallery[38].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[38].image.src = "images/timeline/1940Students1940s.jpg"; imgsGallery[38].title = "1940s"; imgsGallery[38].caption = "Students"; imgsGallery[39] = new Object(); imgsGallery[39].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[39].image.src = "images/timeline/1941StudentsPrincipal.jpg"; imgsGallery[39].title = "1941"; imgsGallery[39].caption = "Students & Principal"; imgsGallery[40] = new Object(); imgsGallery[40].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[40].image.src = "images/timeline/1943SeniorHouseStair1943.jpg"; imgsGallery[40].title = "1945"; imgsGallery[40].caption = "The vast edifice known as 'Senior House' is razed in 1945. (Photo: Senior House Staircase circa 1943) "; imgsGallery[41] = new Object(); imgsGallery[41].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[41].image.src = "images/timeline/1947GroundsCirca1947.jpg"; imgsGallery[41].title = "1947"; imgsGallery[41].caption = "Grounds circa 1947 "; imgsGallery[42] = new Object(); imgsGallery[42].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[42].image.src = "images/timeline/1950sArcheryEarly1950s.jpg"; imgsGallery[42].title = "1953"; imgsGallery[42].caption = "A new headmistress arrives in 1953, Mrs. Elsie Slater. The number of boarding students is in decline, and the decision is made to change from a boarding-finishing school for women to a country day school, with a lower-school option for both girls and boys. Riding is featured prominently in the school's publicity material. "; imgsGallery[43] = new Object(); imgsGallery[43].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[43].image.src = "images/timeline/1950Mid1950sHorseShow.jpg"; imgsGallery[43].title = "1957"; imgsGallery[43].caption = "To raise money for the school, an annual horse show and fair begins. The first took place at Helis Stock Farm in Jobstown, New Jersey in May 1957. For 30 years the horse show supported a scholarship fund. "; imgsGallery[44] = new Object(); imgsGallery[44].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[44].image.src = "images/timeline/1961Handbook.jpg"; imgsGallery[44].title = "1961"; imgsGallery[44].caption = "Riverside, the bishop's house built by George Washington Doane in 1837, is demolished, as Saint Mary's Hall no longer needs the 8000 square feet and the empty structure is the target of vandalism."; imgsGallery[45] = new Object(); imgsGallery[45].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[45].image.src = "images/timeline/1965.gif"; imgsGallery[45].title = "1965"; imgsGallery[45].caption = "The Board of Trustees decides to establish a separate boys' school, to be named Doane Academy. It would maintain a distinct administration, faculty and classes, but use the Saint Mary's Hall building facilities. In 1966 it opens, with William M. Williams as its headmaster-and with a new field house."; imgsGallery[46] = new Object(); imgsGallery[46].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[46].image.src = "images/timeline/1969DoaneAcadClass1969-first.jpg"; imgsGallery[46].title = "1968"; imgsGallery[46].caption = "When school begins in 1968 there are 268 students enrolled. This is the highest enrollment yet achieved."; imgsGallery[47] = new Object(); imgsGallery[47].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[47].image.src = "images/timeline/1970sBoysSoccer.jpg"; imgsGallery[47].title = "1968"; imgsGallery[47].caption = "Doane Academy boasts varsity teams in soccer, basketball, baseball, wrestling, crew, skiing, and tennis. A new science building adjoining the gymnasium is completed."; imgsGallery[48] = new Object(); imgsGallery[48].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[48].image.src = "images/timeline/1974DoaneAcadClass1974.jpg"; imgsGallery[48].title = "1974"; imgsGallery[48].caption = "Class of 1974"; imgsGallery[49] = new Object(); imgsGallery[49].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[49].image.src = "images/timeline/1974FireDoaneHall.jpg"; imgsGallery[49].title = "1974"; imgsGallery[49].caption = "On the 27th of February 1974 fire ravaged the historic main building on the Saint Mary's Hall campus - Doane Hall. The building, a late 18th century structure, was declared a total loss, but due to historic preservation limitations could not be demolished. The building façade was repainted and the building left vacant for the next two decades."; imgsGallery[50] = new Object(); imgsGallery[50].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[50].image.src = "images/timeline/1974FireDamage.jpg"; imgsGallery[50].title = "1974"; imgsGallery[50].caption = "Fire Damage"; imgsGallery[51] = new Object(); imgsGallery[51].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[51].image.src = "images/timeline/1974WilliamScheel.jpg"; imgsGallery[51].title = "1974"; imgsGallery[51].caption = "School opens in September 1974 under a new headmaster, Reverend William Scheel, and with a new name: Saint Mary's Hall - Doane Academy. It has become a unified co-educational college preparatory school, offering education from kindergarten through grade 12. As the decade progressed, Arts programs at the school were particularly successful. From these classes came a Sesame Street animator and five well-known painters. Rock musicians flourished and the drama department presented a triumph in 'Oliver' as a dinner theater production."; imgsGallery[52] = new Object(); imgsGallery[52].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[52].image.src = "images/timeline/1980s.gif"; imgsGallery[52].title = "1980s"; imgsGallery[52].caption = "1980 saw the arrival of the Reverend Peder Bloom as headmaster. Known for his bright red socks and a booming voice, Father Bloom lead the school into a period of renewal with enrollment growing to more than 245 students. It was during his short administration that the drama club started a new tradition of 'Doane's Dungeon', a haunted house set up in the school's basement, which continues to entertain visitors to this day."; imgsGallery[53] = new Object(); imgsGallery[53].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[53].image.src = "images/timeline/mid_1980s.jpg"; imgsGallery[53].title = "Mid 1980s"; imgsGallery[53].caption = "After Headmaster Bloom's sudden death in 1984, Charles Toll takes the helm in 1986. During his tenure, he revives the crew team and begins a father's and mother's club, responsible for sales, bazaars, painting, and refurbishing the physical plant. The school's Spirit Week tradition (including the infamous Miss Doane contest) is renewed during this period. The school celebrates its 150th anniversary in 1987."; imgsGallery[54] = new Object(); imgsGallery[54].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[54].image.src = "images/timeline/1997AnnivOfChapel.jpg"; imgsGallery[54].title = "1990s"; imgsGallery[54].caption = "In 1991, Headmaster Christopher Hartley introduced the interim period (the precursor to our Rocks, Roots and Wings program) and boosted the academic credentials by starting Advanced Placement classes. He oversees architectural repairs to the chapel in advance of the 150th anniversary of its consecration, celebrated by the Society of Graduates on May 3, 1997."; imgsGallery[55] = new Object(); imgsGallery[55].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[55].image.src = "images/timeline/1994DoaneHallRuins.jpg"; imgsGallery[55].title = "1990s"; imgsGallery[55].caption = "In 1996, a freak storm with gale force winds brings down a portion of the remains of Doane Hall, which had remained empty since the fire of 1974. The rest of the building is condemned and demolition proceeds. A new Nelson Corridor with beautiful views of the Riverbank is dedicated in 1998."; imgsGallery[56] = new Object(); imgsGallery[56].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[56].image.src = "images/timeline/1999SchoolCloses.jpg"; imgsGallery[56].title = "1999"; imgsGallery[56].caption = "On Wednesday, July 28, 1999, the Burlington County Times headline read 'St. Mary's closes'. On Thursday, July 29, 'Future of St. Mary's site uncertain'. Years of uncertain finances and a nearly non-existent endowment created an untenable financial situation. The trustees decide there is no alternative but to close the school. A flurry of energetic activity followed immediately on the heels of this momentous decision. On Friday, July 30, the Burlington County Times headline reads: 'Public loan helps save St. Mary's'. Through the efforts of Donn Saunders, the new headmaster, trustee Harry Van Sciver, devoted graduates and friends, and several key members of the Board of Trustees, the school was able to reopen in September."; imgsGallery[57] = new Object(); imgsGallery[57].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[57].image.src = "images/timeline/2003FiskPortico.jpg"; imgsGallery[57].title = "2000-2007"; imgsGallery[57].caption = "September 2000 greets the arrival of a new millennium with a new Headmaster - John Mcgee. Headmaster McGee brings his impressive reputation, and strong charismatic leadership to bear on the problems facing the school - increasing enrollment, renovating our historic buildings, and broadening the school's horizons. Increased fundraising efforts during this period enable the school to begin looking towards the future and how best to continue Bishop Doane's Legacy."; imgsGallery[58] = new Object(); imgsGallery[58].image = new Image(); imgsGallery[58].image.src = "images/timeline/2009_future.jpg"; imgsGallery[58].title = "2008"; imgsGallery[58].caption = "The school moves into a Bold New Era. For decades, Saint Mary's Hall-Doane Academy had labored under the awkwardness of the hyphenated dual name. Longstanding confusion about the school's identity made it increasingly difficult to recruit new students to continue Bishop Doane's mission. In 2008, the Board of Trustees voted to simplify the school's name and honor its founder by changing the school's legal name to 'Doane Academy'. The spirit, vigor, and determination to provide young people with the finest possible education - which was Bishop Doane's passion - still infuses the school nearly 175 years later. Right onward!"; // MudShiftContent(id, unitX, unitTotal) imgs = new MudShiftContent('imgs', imgsGallery); // set init if ($('imgs_title')) $('imgs_title').innerHTML = imgsGallery[0].title; if ($('imgs_caption')) $('imgs_caption').innerHTML = imgsGallery[0].caption; } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // EVENTS Event.observe(window, 'load', init, false);