A. C. Howell

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1. November 29, 1921 The Chapel Hill Community Chorus organizes Members of the Community Club's music department, with Paul J. Weaver of the University music department as director, organized the Chapel Hill Community Chorus and elected A. C. Howell of the faculty president. Open to faculty, students and townspeople of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the countryside, it planned at least two free public concerts a year, the first before Christmas. People: A. C. Howell Place: Chapel Hill High School building, Chapel Hill · Also named: Paul J. WeaverSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), December 1, 1921, p. 1
2. February 12, 1923 Rural Orange schools open a composition contest on electricity and running water on the farm A contest for rural school children on 'The Benefits of Electricity and Running Water on the Farm' opened on February 12, 1923, with the Raleigh Electric Service Company, a Delco-Light dealer, offering credits toward lighting plants for the winning schools and cash prizes for pupils. Schools in Hillsboro, Carrboro and Chapel Hill, which already had electric lights, were left out; Edgar W. Knight and two University professors were to judge. People: Edgar Wallace Knight, A. C. Howell Place: Rural schools of Orange CountySearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), February 15, 1923, p. 1
3. 1925 to 1945 A. C. Howell serves as the university's first secretary of the faculty Almonte Charles Howell, an English professor at the University of North Carolina, was the first secretary of the faculty, holding the post for twenty years. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries: A. C. Howell Papers, circa 1945-1967 (#4465)
4. fall 1935 The University adds three courses in the Bible As the first step toward the department of the history and literature of religions that the faculty and trustees had authorized, the University offered three Bible electives for juniors and seniors in 1935-36: archaeology and the Bible, the history of the Hebrews in the Old Testament period, and the Bible as literature. People: A. C. Howell, Gustave Adolphus Harrer Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 30, 1935, p. 1
5. May 1, 1942 Chapel Hill Baptists celebrate paying off their church debt About 260 members of the Chapel Hill Baptist church met at a fellowship supper and burned the cancelled note on their church building, whose mortgage the congregation had been told in late March was paid off. The Weekly said the church, built about twenty years before, had cost $110,000, of which the Baptist denomination gave $70,000. People: A. C. Howell Place: Baptist church, Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, May 8, 1942, p. 1
6. July 30, 1944 The Chapel Hill Baptist Church dedicates its paid-off building Twenty years after moving in, the congregation held a dedication service for its church, now fully paid for and redecorated. Howell read a short form of his history at the service; the church then had over six hundred members and no debt. People: A. C. Howell Place: Chapel Hill Baptist Church, Chapel HillSearch the index · Almonte Charles Howell, A History of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 1854-1924 (1945), scan p. 9 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 8, 1942, p. 1
7. January 1957 Howell's The Kenan Professorships is named one of the best Southern books of 1956 The Kenan Professorships, written by UNC English professor A. C. Howell and published by the University Press with illustrations by William Meade Prince and Adrian Lamb, was chosen for design among 25 best Southern books of 1956. People: William Meade Prince Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Adrian LambSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, January 13, 1957, p. 1