Spartan Stories
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Spartan Stories
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Town Students
Day Students on Campus
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by Kathelene McCarty Smith When the State Normal and Industrial School opened its doors in October of 1892, there was barely enough room for the 176 students who came through them. By the end of the year, the girls’ school had 223 students spilling out of the dormitories. This overflow resulted in some students rooming […]
Shall We Dance: Early Campus Formals
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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Senior Dance, 1939 When the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) opened its doors in 1892, its purpose was to train young women to enter the teaching profession. Social occasions were limited and there were no opportunities for the girls to attend […]
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