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- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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Isaac Emerson gives $25,000 for a new athletic field and stadium
Isaac Emerson of Baltimore, an 1879 graduate who made his fortune with Bromo-Seltzer, gave $25,000 for an athletic field and stadium. The field was under construction when students returned in September 1914 and was named Emerson Field for him.
Subject: Emerson Field
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Emerson Field's concrete stadium is ready for the 1916 baseball season
The stadium paid for by Isaac Emerson, with white concrete stands behind Bynum Gymnasium seating up to 3,200, was ready for a baseball game with Virginia set for April 3, 1916. Its plans were the first at the university to allow parking for automobiles.
Subject: Emerson Field
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Students form volunteer companies and drill on Emerson Field
Before the university had a Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit, about five hundred students formed volunteer companies and drilled on Emerson Field with old Civil War rifles, some 250 of them lent by Julius Cone of Greensboro. In January Graham told the secretary of war that four hundred men were asking for a unit.
People: Edward Kidder Graham
Subject: Emerson Field
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The university suspends intercollegiate football for the war
Intercollegiate football was dropped in the fall of 1917 as drilling men took over Emerson Field in the afternoons. Captain Allen took on the coach's duties, conditioning students with trench digging and mock attacks.
Subject: Emerson Field
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Carolina plays Virginia in Chapel Hill for the first time
The Thanksgiving Day game with Virginia, the high point of the season, was held in Chapel Hill for the first time, and more than 8,000 people crowded Emerson Field.
Subject: Emerson Field
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