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played such a major role in getting the school started, it was only fitting that he was elected the first head master and teacher, a position he filled for the next three years. The Croatan Normal School opened its doors in 1887 with an enrollment of fifteen students. In 1905 Reverend D.F. Lowry received the first diploma issued by the normal school for completing its Scientific Course. In 1909 the decision was made to move the school to the present site of Pembroke State University. Two years later because the name ■ ' Croatan had become a label of decision, the General Assembly changed the name of the people to Indians of Robeson County, and the name of the school to Indian Normal School of Robeson County, a change that pleased nobody and settled nothing. The Indians wanted a more clearly identifiable name for themselves, and in 1913 the legislature renamed them the Cherokee Indians of Robeson County and the name of the school became the Cherokee Indian Normal School of Robeson County, a name it would bear for the next twenty-eight years. In recognition of the fact that the school was an institution of higher learning, the 1941 state legislature officially changed the name of the school to Pembroke State College for Indians, later shortened to Pembroke State College. In 1953 the doors were opened to such white persons who might be approved by the Board of Trustees. The Brown case in 1954 opened the school to qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, or national origins. The General Assembly of North Carolina granted regional status to the institution in 1969 changing the name to Pembroke State University. For 67 years the institution served only Indian people of Robeson County. Today, as in 1887, a Lumbee Indian, Chancellor English E. Jones, proudly heads one of North Carolina ' s finest institutions. On October 2, 1969 at the University Convocation, Governor Robert Scott concisely summed up the history and achievement of Pembroke State University; he said, From humble beginnings Pembroke State has become a major factor in the educational system of North Carolina; its future is unlimited. The INDIANHEAD wishes to thank Adolph Dial for compiling this feature. i 22 23
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