Spartan Stories

Tales from the UNCG University Archives

by Erin Lawrimore In the Fall 1946 course catalog, the Physics Department at Woman’s College added a new class to its curriculum. “Elements of Aeronautics” allowed WC students to not only understand the principles of aeronautics but to actually learn how to fly from instructors from the Hawthorne Flying Service at the Greensboro-High Point airport […]

by Erin Lawrimore In last week’s Spartan Story, we looked at the decision to name Greensboro as the site for North Carolina’s newly-created State Normal and Industrial School. Greensboro citizens were happy and excited — while those in other towns also in contention for the institution were not so pleased. Greensboro won the right to […]

by Erin Lawrimore On February 18, 1891, the General Assembly of North Carolina passed an act that officially established a “normal and industrial school for white girls.” This act appropriated $10,000 per year for maintenance of the school, but not for buildings, land, or other facilities. In fact, the act stated that “the institution shall […]

 
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