Fred W. Morrison

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1914 Fred W. Morrison takes charge of the Chapel Hill schools After a year as principal of New Bern High School, Fred W. Morrison, a 1913 graduate of the university, became head of the Chapel Hill school system. He led it until 1924, apart from his army service in 1918.Search the index · NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Morrison, Fred Wilson
2. September 11, 1916 Chapel Hill's public school adds home economics and a two-session day in its new building When the Chapel Hill public school opened on September 11, 1916 in its new $55,000 building, the school board added a high school home economics department under Lydia E. Lacy of Council Bluffs, Iowa, two more teachers, and a day split into morning and afternoon sessions. Enrollment had grown from 174 to 249 in four years, and the high school from 43 to 85. People: Fred W. MorrisonThe News (Chapel Hill), September 7, 1916, p. 1
3. by June 7, 1917 Chapel Hill High School graduates twelve with E. C. Branson as speaker Chapel Hill High School held its commencement, with Professor E. C. Branson giving the address and Mayor W. S. Roberson presenting diplomas to twelve graduates; principal W. F. Morrison made the announcements. People: Eugene Cunningham Branson, W. S. Roberson, Fred W. MorrisonThe News (Chapel Hill), June 14, 1917, p. 5
4. by January 2, 1919 Principal Fred Morrison returns from the army to the Chapel Hill school Lieutenant Fred Morrison, principal of the Chapel Hill school, came back to his post after his discharge from the army. Lettie Glass had run the high school as acting principal while he was away, and she was called home to Greensboro on December 30 by her mother's illness. People: Fred W. MorrisonSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), January 2, 1919, p. 1
5. by March 6, 1919 The University School of Education begins a survey of the Orange County schools At the request of the Orange County Board of Education, the University School of Education began a complete survey of the county's schools, meant to map out a ten-year program for them. Dr. L. A. Williams conducted it with Fred Morrison of the Chapel Hill graded school and J. A. Capps, a graduate student. People: Fred W. MorrisonThe News (Chapel Hill), March 6, 1919, p. 5
6. June 1919 The university's School of Education publishes a study of the Orange County public schools At the county Board of Education's request, the School of Education at Chapel Hill surveyed the county's schools through the 1918-19 year, visiting more than 60 percent of them in person, and issued the results as an Extension Series bulletin. The study framed the schools as a business run for the county's families and offered Orange as a typical rural North Carolina county. People: Fred W. MorrisonSearch the index · L. A. Williams, A Study of the Public Schools in Orange County, North Carolina (1919), scan p. 5
7. November 1922 Piney Mountain parents get the commissioners to repair their school truck road A delegation of parents from the Piney Mountain school community, whose children rode a motor bus to the Chapel Hill School, went before the county commissioners in November 1922 and persuaded them to repair the road the school truck used and keep it passable. The board ordered the work begun at once. People: W. S. Roberson, Fred W. MorrisonThe News (Chapel Hill), November 30, 1922, p. 1
8. 1923 to 1924 Lettie Glass serves as acting superintendent of the Chapel Hill schools Lettie Glass ran the Chapel Hill schools as acting superintendent while Fred W. Morrison was away, and again in 1923-1924. She is the only woman in the book's list of superintendents. People: Fred W. MorrisonSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 145
9. September 10, 1923 The Chapel Hill school opens with 432 pupils The Chapel Hill school opened with 432 pupils registered on the first day, 256 in the elementary grades and 176 in the high school, 30 more than a year before. Superintendent Fred W. Morrison presided at the opening exercises before leaving to study at Columbia, and Lettie Glass took charge as superintendent for the year with 22 teachers. People: Fred W. MorrisonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 13, 1923, p. 1
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. by June 5, 1924 Fred W. Morrison returns to head the Chapel Hill high school Fred W. Morrison, superintendent of the Chapel Hill high school, returned in June 1924 from a year's leave at Columbia University to take charge of the school for the next session, after Lettie Glass had run it in his absence. By mid-July, though, he had resigned to join the faculty of the North Carolina College for Women, and L. R. Sides of the University's music department was elected principal. People: L. R. Sides, Fred W. MorrisonSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), June 5, 1924, p. 5 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, July 17, 1924, p. 1
12. by July 17, 1924 L. R. Sides becomes principal of the Chapel Hill school as Fred W. Morrison resigns Superintendent Fred W. Morrison resigned to join the faculty of the North Carolina College for Women, and principal Myrtle Green resigned to marry. The school board elected L. R. Sides, leader of the university's student band, as principal, and with no new superintendent named, much of Morrison's supervision fell to him. People: Fred W. Morrison, L. R. SidesSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 17, 1924, p. 1