James Yadkin Joyner

Life and Orange County connections

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1. April 13, 1879 A. C. Dixon baptizes twenty converts in Morgan Creek, among them Charles B. Aycock At the close of a spring revival Dixon baptized twenty people in Morgan Creek near the Purefoy mill. Among them were the student Charles B. Aycock, later governor, and James Y. Joyner, later state superintendent of public instruction. People: Charles B. Aycock, James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Almonte Charles Howell, A History of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 1854-1924 (1945), scan p. 28 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, April 19, 1879, p. 2
2. August 18-23, 1902 Orange County holds separate institutes for its white and Black teachers Required teachers' institutes met at Hillsborough for a week, the white teachers in the court house under Prof. C. C. Crittenden of Wake Forest College and the Black teachers in a hall west of the court house under Prof. Charles H. Boyer of Raleigh, a Yale graduate, with large attendance at both. On August 23 State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner addressed the teachers of both institutes before one of the largest crowds seen in Hillsborough in years, urging consolidated districts and local school taxes. People: Charles Edward Maddry, James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 21, 1902, p. 2
3. January 10, 1903 Caldwell school district votes a special tax for a rural graded school Voters in Caldwell District No. 5, Little River Township, approved a local tax for a rural graded school by 17 to 10, setting 30 cents on the $100 of property and 90 cents on each poll. People: James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 15, 1903, p. 3
4. by March 26, 1903 Orange County receives $1,315 in state aid to keep its schools open four months State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner sent Orange County $1,315 as its share of the $100,000 the General Assembly voted to bring the public schools up to a four-month term. People: James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 26, 1903, p. 3
5. August 9-10, 1904 The State Farmers' Alliance meets at the Barracks, and Governor Aycock speaks at its picnic The North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance held its eighteenth annual session at the Barracks near Hillsborough, where President William A. Graham gave his annual address. On August 10 a well-attended farmers' picnic heard State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner, Governor Charles B. Aycock, Dr. Tait Butler and Charles E. Maddry. People: Charles B. Aycock, Tait Butler, Charles Edward Maddry, James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 11, 1904, p. 2
6. July 16, 1906 The county teachers' institute opens at Hillsboro The Orange County teachers' institute opened at Hillsboro under Superintendent John C. Hocutt and Ira E. D. Andrews and kept up its work through nearly two weeks of daily rain; State Auditor B. F. Dixon was to address the teachers for State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner on July 26 and 27. People: John C. Hocutt, James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 26, 1906, p. 3
7. June 1908 The university gives State Superintendent James Y. Joyner an honorary doctor of laws The University of North Carolina, Joyner's alma mater, conferred the LL.D. on him at its June 1908 commencement in recognition of his service as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. People: James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Internet Archive: North Carolina Historical Review 33 (1956), p. 372
8. May 29, 1911 Alumni set up a General Assembly and plan an alumni monthly On May 29, 1911, the alumni adopted a plan for a General Assembly of delegates from local associations, a Council of fifteen, and a magazine to be called the University of North Carolina Alumni Monthly. W. H. Swift went out as field manager to organize local groups. People: Robert Bingham, William Stanly Bernard, James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 726
9. October 10, 1916 State and university educators set up a teacher-training program for Orange County State superintendent J. Y. Joyner, rural schools chief L. C. Brogden and UNC's L. A. Williams met the county board and won approval for a 1916-17 plan of general teachers' meetings in November and March and group meetings at centers across the county, run by the UNC School of Education. Teachers were paid to attend, with a per diem and mileage for Saturday sessions. People: James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 63
10. June 2, 1924 Chapel Hill High School graduates fifteen, with J. Y. Joyner as speaker Chapel Hill High School closed its year with commencement exercises from May 31 to June 2, 1924, graduating twelve girls and three boys. Former state superintendent J. Y. Joyner gave the address on Monday night, June 2, Alfred S. Lawrence preached the baccalaureate sermon at the Chapel of the Cross, and N. W. Walker of the university presented the diplomas. People: Alfred Stratton Lawrence, N. W. Walker, Fred W. Morrison, James Yadkin JoynerSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), June 5, 1924, p. 1
11. 1948 The University names its new men's residence hall for James Yadkin Joyner The men's residence hall the University finished in 1948 was named Joyner Hall for James Yadkin Joyner, an 1881 graduate and the state's superintendent of public instruction from 1902 to 1919.Search the index · The Carolina Story (museum.unc.edu): James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) and Joyner Residence Hall