East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Greenville merchants sold over $267 million of merchandise in 1974. It IS estimated that student consumers of East Carolina spend as much as $15 million for food, clothing and other items each year in Greenville. Students are not only consumers but also employees. Many students work in local busi- nesses for experience and to sup- port their way through school. When asked about Greenville, many students felt it is pretty nice for a college town. Some students felt that there was not enough in the way of entertainment. Others contend that Greenville has much more to offer than their own home- towns, yet some students feel the community leaves a lot to be de- sired. In the words of one student Greenville is a nice place to be while in school but I don ' t want to live here permanently. ,.3 |y jj ' W ' ' 2 ' r ' ' f r 1-

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Above Left: Evans Street as it appeared in ttie Summer of 1975 before the mall was began. Above Right: Evans St and the new pedes- trian mall completed in Dec, 1975- Above Left: A student purchased a formal from Brody ' s. a popular store for students and citizens that specialized in women ' s wear- Above Right: Two co-eds shop downtown Greenville for Christmas presents. Right: Jerry ' s Sweet Shop is one of the many businesses that employee students part time- A Greenville lady purchases cakes and pastries for to serve at a luncheon. Opposite Page: Above: Students often eat breakfast or late night snacks at the Crow ' s Nest a popular restaurant open 24 hours a day and situated across from the cam- pus- Right: Pitt Plaza. Greenville ' s main shopping center, serves the community with a variety of stores including department, clothing, groceries, hardware, records, stereo equip- ment stores as well as beauty shop and restaurants.

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In recent years Greenville has become an educational as well as commercial and agricultural city. There are three elementary schools, one junior high and one senior high school. Pitt Technical Institute located just outside of Greenville, has increased its enrollment ten fold in the past ten years. The most notable institution of higher learning in Greenville is East Carolina University. Founded in 1907 as a teachers training school ECU has become the third largest university in the state and has some of the best fine arts programs on the east coast. The university consists of nine professional schools: Allied Health, Art, Business, Education, Home Economics, Medicine, Mu- sic, Nursing and Technology and a college of arts and sciences. Located in the center of Green- ville the campus covers over 600 acres. The 11,000 students add to the community as resi- dents and consumers. As the largest business in the area, the university has a faculty of 800 and employs a staff of about 1,000. Along with the city the campus is also growing. Since 1967 when East Carolina College became East Carolina University the campus has grown with new buildings to meet the demands of the increased enrollment. Tyler Dorm, Minges Coliseum, the Science Complex, Brewster and the Nursing, Home Economics and Allied Health Schools have all been built in the past decade. More recently the Leo Jenkins Art Center, Mendenhall Student Center and an annex to Joyner Library were opened in 1974 and 1975. In the fall of 1976 East Caro- lina will expand the school of Medicine to a four year program. The expansion will create new jobs on campus and in the ECU wing of the new county hospital as well as increase enrollment.