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Month: August 2015

The Rise and Fall of the McIver Memorial Building

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by Erin Lawrimore After the Brick Dormitory fire of 1904, the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) constructed Spencer Residence Hall to serve as the primary residence for students at the school. Once the site of the former Brick Dormitory had been cleared, however, administrators set to work on a much-needed classroom building for […]

Dr. John H. Cook: A Progressive Advocate for North Carolina’s Teachers

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by Erin Lawrimore On March 25, 1936, North Carolina Republican Chairman William C. Meekins expressed his disappointment that Woman’s College’s dean of the department of education Dr. John H. Cook would not accept the party’s nomination as candidate for the state superintendent of public instruction. Cook declared that while he was “tremendously interested in public […]

Julius Foust and Harry Barton: Partners in Design

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith 1930s Campus Map Showing the Barton Additions The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has one of the most beautiful campuses in the state, in most part because of the efforts of past college president, Julius Foust and architect Harry Barton. Although Barton had many important commissions throughout North Carolina, […]

Consolidation and WC: Building the UNC System

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by Erin Lawrimore In 1930, North Carolina Governor O. Max Gardner proposed bringing together the state-sponsored institutions at Chapel Hill, Raleigh (then State College), and Greensboro (then the North Carolina College for Women) into a single consolidated university system, sharing a single president and board of trustees. The 1931 legislature passed the consolidation bill, and […]

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