Pine Needles, 1922 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Pine Needles, 1922N October 5, l92l, the North Carolina College for Women celebrated the thirtieth year of its activity with the biggest build ing program and largest enrollment in its history. The first year of its work found three buildings, dormitory space for less than one hundred and fifty boarders, with a teaching force of fifteen, and an enrollment Of 225 students.By l9oz the faculty had increased to about thirty members. The library, which was for a time in rooms number 2 and 3. Main, had three thousand volumes. The training school had been built, the Old infirmary, which is now a practice hall, the steam laundry, a large dining room and a well-arranged kitchen all showed the growth of the college. By additions to the dormitories and by renting several neighboring residences the dormitory capacity was then about three hundred and fifty. An old annual of 1902 records the great comfort that had been given by the substitution of gas for kerosene lamps, the introduction of single beds, and the placing on every floor of por celain baths.Courses were Offered in three departments: the normal, the business, and the domestic science. There was also a special course in which a student could get training in vocal culture, physical culture, and industrial art. The course of study required four years for completion, after which the student received a lifetime license to teach in North Carolina.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.