Elizabeth City State University - Viking Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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BOYS ' INDUSTRIAL BUILDING After operating one year in this location, the school moved to Shannon Street, now Euclid Avenue, in a larger structure which became known as the Old Normal Building. As the enrollment increased, homes in the vicinity of the school were used for the primary grades and also to house out-of-town students. As the school continued to grow, efforts were begun to raise funds to purchase a school site. A friend donated five acres of land on Southern Avenue Extended and eighteen acres were purchased at a cost of $2000. On this site two brick buildings were erected with state funds. One of these buildings which is now Lane Hall was used as the adminstration building. The other, Symera Hall, was used as a girls ' dormitory, dining hall, and kitchen.

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Seventy Years of Progress Seventy years ago on March 3, 1891, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill introduced by Hugh Cale, a Negro legislator from Pasquotank County, empowering the State Board of Education to establish a state normal and train- ing school for the colored race in the town of Elizabeth City. On January 4, 1892, State Normal School began operation in a rented frame building on the campus of the Baptist Normal Institute located on Roanoke Avenue with two teachers, Professor P. W. Moore and his assistant, Professor John H. M. Butler; 69 students, and a budget of $900 for maintenance. n ailmw ■ ■■JL ' JJk OLD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

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I MGemSA - ' -f %r r- EAST VIEW of CAMPUS. 1921 proved a banner year for the Institution. The North Carolina General Assembly appropriated one half million dollars for the erection of buildings at the three Negro teacher-training institutions in the state. Although this appropriation was greater than previous appropriations, it was not adequate to erect and equip the needed buildings at the three institutions. Dr. N. C. Newbold, Director of die Division of Negro Education in North Carolina, secured from the General Educa- tion Board of New York $125,000 which was added to the appropriation made by the General Assembly. From these funds Mcore Hall, Butler Hall, an Industrial Arts Building and two faculty homes were erected and equipped. Dr. Moore retired in 1927 and was made President Emeritus, the first such action to be taken in a public institution in the State of North Carolina.