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Source: University Archives, CH1050/3/1 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: During the Depression the state of North Carolina began cutting budgets and in 1931-32 fiscal year declared it would operate on a cash only basis. On February 17, 1932 Robert Wright held an emergency meeting of the entire faculty and staff to discuss the reductions in [...]

Source: University Archives, SL2650/1/1 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: ECTC News was the first student newspaper at East Carolina. It started as a two page stenciled newsletter issued twice a month beginning October 23, 1923, became a broadside printed on newsprint and ended as a multi-page newspaper on June 1, 1925. It was replaced in [...]