University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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' TRIBUTE List well to me, and I to thee Will sing a wondrous lay. Of a good fight made by a knight— A knight of yesterday. No glittering armor did he wear. No shining blade he bore; But just as valiantly he fought As those good knights of yore. Who in the days of chivalry. Had nobly gone before. His foe was not of humankind. His fight was not with man. But ' gainst the power of Ignorance He boldly raised his hand. And right and left did smite amain, And fearlessly did stand. He strove that every little child Whate ' er its lot might be. Should not in mental darkness dwell. But look abroad and see The beauteous light that knowledge gives. And giving, makes man free. And God be praised, the yielding foe He ever backward drove. Nor turned aside, nor e ' er forgot The end for which he strove. Strong in the strength that always comes From an abiding love. —A Knight of Yesterday, by R. D. Douglas, in the State Normal Magazine, 1906.

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r ¥j DR. CHARLES DUNCAN McIVER Founder and First President

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i J A SHORT HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COLLEGE At this milepost in our journey, the twenty-hfth anniversary of the founding of our College, it is interesting to review the splendid progress made from time to time, and to note the forces at work from year to year in the evolution of our institution into a real college whose name we mention with a feeling of pride. Perhaps the most satisfactory way of making this review at least in regard to the essential facts, is to make a chrono- logical study of events and their significance. 1891 The North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School was established by an act of the General Assembly. This was accomplished only after a hard struggle of ten years ' duration. Greensboro, with her favorable location, her offer of thirty thousand dollars and ten acres of land, donated by R. S. Pullen, R. T. Gray, E. P. Wharton, and others, was chosen as the school home. 1892 On October 5th the school first operied its doors for the reception of students, with Dr. Charles Duncan Mclver as President. During this year two hundred twenty-three students were enrolled. Out of this number there was a graduating class of eleven, all of whom, with one exception, were graduates of other colleges for women in the State. To train the minds of these two hundred twenty-three students, coming from sixty-eight out of the ninety-six counties, there was a faculty force of fifteen members. The dormitory capacity and equipment this first year were very meager, there being room for only one hundred fifty boarders. On the whole campus there were only six buildings. 1893 The school received its first appropriation since the ten thousand dollars donated in 1891. This appropriation amounted to twelve thousand five hundred dollars. This year the Young Women ' s Christian Association and the Cornelian and Adel- phian Societies were established. 1894 Was notable as being the year in which a young Nebraskan, William Jennings Bryan, delivered the Commencement address. This was the first appearance of the young Con- gressman in North Carolina.