Source: University Archives, CH0001/3 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: This patch is currently on display as part of the third installment of the Centennial Exhibits created by graduate student Adrienne Rae. Adrienne has done a great job putting together some really interesting exhibits. This month she is in the process of creating the fourth installment [...]
Source: University Archives, SL2650/2 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: From 1914 to 1919 the students and teachers had published the Training School Quarterly a multi-purpose periodical containing lesson plans, articles, reports on student activities, photos of graduates and alumni news. In 1921 the Training School became East Carolina Teachers College with a four year program. [...]
Source: University Archives, UW0000/2 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: This photo is of the reconstruction of the Old Cafeteria, which was originally known as the Refectory. Sometime during the night of April 1, 1915, the Old Cafeteria’s roof caught on fire. Both the roof and the upper part of the building were completely destroyed, but [...]
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, UW0000/2 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Since this week commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of East Carolina University, it seemed appropriate for this week’s staff pick to be two photographs that are related to the early years of ECU’s existence. The people in these photographs are standing on Fifth Street [...]
Source: University Archives, FA0000 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: Long before there was any thought of a faculty senate, there were ten faculty members and a president starting a two-year school for a student body consisting of 104 women and 19 men. Students enrolled on October 5th, classes began and on October 19th the faculty [...]
Source: University Archives, CH1000 Staff Person: Suellyn Lathrop Description: The East Carolina Teachers Training School Board of Trustees was created March 7, 1907 in Section 15 of the “Act to Stimulate High School Instruction in the Public Schools of the State and Teacher Training.” That section created a nine member board with the State Superintendent [...]
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 [...]