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Month: January 2019

Flying High at the Woman’s College

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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 […]

Edward Jacob Forney, A Man of Many Talents

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Edward Jacob Forney was a truly remarkable man. Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1860, he witnessed the Civil War, Reconstruction, and two World Wars before his death in 1948 at 80 years old. One of his earliest memories was watching a Northern soldier shooting out the windows of his […]

Play Ball!: Building a Baseball Stadium on Campus

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Have you ever gotten a chance to take in a Division I baseball game at the University’s Baseball Stadium?  Beyond the enjoyment of watching highly skilled ballplayers compete, the facility itself offers attendees the experience of unobstructed views of the field, elegant metal entrance gates, comfortable seating, and a brick-relief sculpture.  The building’s architectural features convey the […]

WC’s “Little Golf Course”

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by Erin Lawrimore Mary Channing Coleman, director of the physical education department at Woman’s College from 1920 to 1947, was a strong force for the development of athletic resources on the WC campus. In addition to advocating for the construction of the first building used solely as a gymnasium, Coleman oversaw the development of tennis […]

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