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

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS DR JULIUS 1. FOUST MISS LAURA H. COIT MR E. J. FORNEY MR. C. E. TEAGUE PRESIDENT EMERITUS SECRETARY OF THE COLLEGE TREASURER ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER MR GEORGE M. JOYCE MISS MARY TAYLOR MOORE DR RUTH M. COLLI NGS MR. GUY R. LYLE AUDITOR REGISTRAR PHYSICIAN LIBRARIAN

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DR. WALTER C. JACKSDN Progress has been the keynote of Woman ' s Col- lege since Dr. Walter Clinton Jackson became Dean of Administration in 1934. Dr. Jackson had long served as a teacher and as vice-president before his election to the head of this institution. During his administration, he has guided and developed this branch of the Greater University into a liberal arts college that is respected in all academic circles All the growth during Dr. Jackson ' s administration has not been cultural, however. Today finds Woman ' s College one of the largest universities of its kind in the United States with an enrollment of approxi- mately 2,250 students. Dr. Jackson has stimulated each member of the student body with his own clear-thinking and vigor- ous outlook on life. He has taken a sympathetic interest in the least of our troubles and has always been the first to give us a word of encouragement in all of our undertakings. MISS HARRIET WISEMAN ELLIOTT Miss Harriet Wiseman Elliott, educator, political fig- ure, and fighter for women ' s rights, has a life on which she can look with pride. In her early history, she was greatly interested in woman suffrage and organized the first woman ' s suffrage group in North Carolina. Believ- ing then that women should have responsible freedom, she has been guided by this phrase; it has been the symbol of her relationship with the students at the Woman ' s college, where she has been as professor of political science since 1913 and as dean of women since 1935. In May of 1940 Miss Elliott was asked by President Roosevelt to serve as consumer commissioner on his National Defense Commission. Planning national defense in terms of human values, she strove to maintain and strengthen living conditions. She gives us butter with our guns, is the way one person expressed the signifi- cance of her work. As the only woman member of this commission, Miss Elliott was the exemplification of her own statement: For the first time in history women today are equally important v ith men, not only in a crisis, but in all the affairs of the nation Miss Elliott is more than a professor of political science, more than a dean of women — she is an estab- lished institution, and her motto responsible freedom for women, will live in the hearts of us, the students, down through the years. We shall always feel the in- fluence of one of the great women of our times. Eighteen

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THE RESIDENCE HALLS - 1942 Through aid of the Legislature and the citizens of Greensboro, the first building that served as a dormitory at Woman ' s College was erected between Administration and Mclver Buildings. Though the hall was never named, it possessed such character that it became universally known as Old Brick . Old Brick was burned, but in its place we now have fifteen large dormitories which stand as tangible evidence of the growth of our college. KIRKLAND HALL MISS CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS, Counselor NELL BAREFOOT, House President Kirkland Hall, built in 1912, was named for Miss Mary Sue Kirkland, the first woman princi- pal of the college. Kirkland has special historical interest as for many years it housed the student publication offices in its basement. WOMAN ' S HALL MISS MARY PARKER, Counselor POLLY CREECH, House President Woman ' s Hall, completed in 1912, was dedi- cated by the General Assembly of North Caro- lina to the Women of the Confederacy. Miss Jamison became the first counselor when she accepted the invitation of the seniors, who moved in, to come and live with them. ANNA HOWARD SHAW HALL MISS GENEVIEVE WALBERG, Counselor SIDNEY ANNE TOOLY, House President When Anna Howard Shaw Hall was erected in 1920 the students unanimously desired that the building be named for Anna Howard Shaw. It was their wish that the character of Anna Howard Shaw prevail over Shaw. Twenty