Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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i New Dormitory, Girls ' Home demand, and Mr. B. B. Dougherty and Captain E. F. Lovill, one Sunday in 1903, wrote the charter for the Appalachian Training School. Honorable W. C. Newland presented it to the Legislature, where it encountered fiery opposi- tion. The charter proposed to establish a school devoted entirely to the training of teachers. i

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Justice Hall, Boys ' Dormitory i Consequently Watauga Academy, with the two brothers as co-principals, opened in the late fall of 1899. Here southern teachers were able to obtain valuable training for their profession. It was soon obvious that such an institution, privately-owned and with a limited capacity, was insufficient. Commodious quarters were in g

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Refectory, where we dine W-- i Recognizing the present and future value of a training school of this type. Superintendent Dougherty advocated its establishment so logic- ally and effectively that the opposition in the Legislature was converted intc5 support. As a result. North Carolina became the first southern state to offer specialized training to its teachers. im w