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M. C. S. Noble

Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble (1855–1942) came to the University of North Carolina in 1898 as professor of pedagogy, became dean of the School of Education in 1913, and retired from teaching in 1934. He was a director of the Bank of Chapel Hill for thirty-three years and died at his home in Chapel Hill.

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1855–1942 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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StorylineBattery C, Orange County’s National Guard artillerymen, 19171917 · 4 events · Men from Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsboro helped fill Battery C, a Durham-based field artillery battery of the North Carolina National Guard, by its July 1917 deadline. Chapel Hill and Carrboro furnished 34 men and Hillsboro 4, and Samuel M. Gattis Jr. of Hillsboro was made one of its lieutenants. On July 23 the Order of Red Men entertained the Chapel Hill and Carrboro men at their hall in Carrboro. Two days later between 30 and 35 young men left for camp at Trinity College in Durham before training in South Carolina. In late August the Chapel Hill Red Cross sent the battery's Orange County men comfort bags, and a committee of the battery wrote to thank the women.

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  1. M. C. S. Noble joins the university as professor of pedagogy Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble, superintendent of the Wilmington schools, was elected professor of pedagogy at the University of North Carolina by the trustees meeting at Raleigh on January 26, 1898. He also directed the university's summer school. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: Noble, Marcus Cicero Stephens · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 3, 1898, p. 2
  2. The university opens its first summer term of regular courses For the first time the university offered a twelve-week summer term of regular courses that counted toward a degree, opening on June 12, 1900, alongside the four-week Summer School for Teachers. Tuition was twenty dollars. People: M. C. S. Noble, Francis Preston Venable Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 590
  3. Education professor M. C. S. Noble takes a Queen Anne house on West Cameron Avenue The two-story frame Queen Anne house at 214 West Cameron Avenue, with a front gable and wraparound porch, is believed to have belonged about 1907 to Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble, later dean of the School of Education. People: M. C. S. Noble Place: 214 West Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: School of Education, West Cameron AvenueSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Chapel Hill Historic Sites Survey: Final Report (1992), p. 8
  4. Masons lay the cornerstone of the Carnegie library On the Saturday of the 1907 commencement the Grand Lodge of Masons, led by Grand Master Francis D. Winston, laid the cornerstone of the new library built with Andrew Carnegie's gift. Construction had begun in October 1906. People: M. C. S. Noble, Eric A. Abernethy, Francis D. Winston, Andrew Carnegie Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 664
  5. Joshua W. Gore, professor of physics and dean, dies Joshua Walker Gore, professor of physics and dean of the university, died in a Baltimore hospital on April 8, 1908. A memorial service followed on May 10, and alumni later gave his portrait for the library. People: M. C. S. Noble, Charles Edward Maddry, Joshua W. Gore Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 673 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 16, 1908, p. 3
  6. The School of Education is established with M. C. S. Noble as dean The university formally established its School of Education as a professional school in 1913, with M. C. S. Noble as dean. He held the post until 1921 and kept teaching until he retired in 1934. Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: School of EducationSearch the index · UNC School of Education: History
  7. The Bank of Chapel Hill elects Milton E. Hogan cashier At the directors' annual meeting in the bank building, cashier J. C. Taylor resigned; Milton E. Hogan was elected cashier and John P. Cole assistant cashier, and a ten percent dividend was declared. M. C. S. Noble stayed on as president and H. H. Patterson as vice-president. People: James Cole Taylor, M. C. S. Noble, Henry Houston Patterson, Milton E. Hogan Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: John P. ColeSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), January 14, 1915, p. 4
  8. The university publishes M. C. S. Noble's county geography bulletin built on Orange County The UNC Bureau of Extension issued The Teaching of County Geography as Extension Series No. 12, an outline for teachers that used Orange County as its worked example, from soils and crops to town histories and school statistics. Education dean M. C. S. Noble wrote it with help from botanist W. C. Coker, state forester J. S. Holmes and historian J. G. de R. Hamilton. People: William Chambers Coker, John Simcox Holmes, J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · M. C. S. Noble (University of North Carolina Bureau of Extension), The Teaching of County Geography (1915), scan p. 7
  9. Chapel Hill holds Rally Day with a parade, exhibits and a picnic on the campus Seven to eight hundred people from Orange, Durham, Chatham and Alamance came to M. C. S. Noble's Rally Day on October 29, 1915. About fifty cars paraded through Chapel Hill and Carrboro, farm, garden and needlework exhibits filled Memorial Hall, and the day closed with a picnic dinner, government films, a Sunday school singing contest won by Damascus, and races. People: M. C. S. Noble, Edward K. Graham Place: Memorial Hall and the University campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), November 4, 1915, p. 4
  10. J. Cheshire Webb is appointed chairman of the Orange County Council of Defense J. Cheshire Webb of Hillsborough was appointed chairman of the Orange County Council of Defense, with M. C. S. Noble, C. H. Robertson, Shepperd Strudwick, S. W. Andrews, John P. Hughes and P. C. Collins as members. He led the council through the war and the 1919 homecoming. People: J. Cheshire Webb, M. C. S. Noble, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Paul C. Collins, Charles H. Robertson, Samuel Weldon Andrews Place: Hillsborough · Also named: John P. HughesSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 44
  11. The Red Men's lodge at Carrboro gives a send-off for the men of Battery C The Order of Red Men entertained the Chapel Hill and Carrboro men of Battery C at their hall in Carrboro, with M. C. S. Noble as the main speaker, Alex. H. Koonce also speaking, and refreshments served by the women, two days before the men left for camp. People: M. C. S. Noble Place: Red Men's hall, Carrboro · Also named: Alex. H. KoonceThe News (Chapel Hill), July 26, 1917, p. 5
  12. Isaac W. Pritchard becomes vice-president of the Bank of Chapel Hill The Bank of Chapel Hill's advertisements in the News, which had long listed Pritchard among its directors, began naming him vice-president, under president M. C. S. Noble and cashier M. E. Hogan. People: Isaac W. Pritchard, M. C. S. Noble, Milton E. Hogan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News (Chapel Hill), September 13, 1917, p. 5
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  1. Orange County holds a Fourth of July war rally on the UNC campus At the Governor's request the UNC Summer School invited the county to its July 4, 1918 celebration, and at least 3,000 people came for a parade, a flag raising and S. M. Gattis's address in Memorial Hall. The county Council of Defense met in Gerrard Hall, and Adolph Vermont's pageant on French-American friendship played in Battle's Park. People: M. C. S. Noble, J. Cheshire Webb, Samuel Mallett Gattis, Adolph Vermont Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Battle's Park, Gerrard Hall, Memorial HallSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 20
  2. Chapel Hill holds its annual Rally Day fair in Memorial Hall Hundreds of people from the surrounding country came to Chapel Hill's annual Rally Day, where Memorial Hall held exhibits of farm, garden, kitchen, dairy, orchard and poultry products, Red Cross and home economics work, and war relics. The day also brought University orchestra music, gymnasium stunts, free state education films at the Pickwick theatre and a singing prize for the Mann's Chapel choir. People: M. C. S. Noble, Julian S. Carr Place: Memorial Hall, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), October 23, 1919, p. 1
  3. Orange County Training School holds a farmers' conference and community fair The Orange County Training School, the county's Black training school at Chapel Hill, held a farmers' conference and community fair with prizes for corn, hay, livestock, canning, baking, needlework and school garden work. Principal B. L. Bozeman reported that white visitors, among them county agent E. S. Vanatta, Mrs. Collier Cobb and M. C. S. Noble, spoke, and that former principal R. E. Malone praised the school and its teachers. People: M. C. S. Noble, Bruce L. Bozeman Place: Orange County Training School, Chapel Hill · Also named: R. E. Malone, E. S. Vanatta, Mrs. Collier CobbThe News (Chapel Hill), November 27, 1919, p. 4
  4. Black residents of Chapel Hill rally to pay the Training School's debt and build anew Black residents of Chapel Hill met on Sunday afternoon, February 1, to back the Orange County Training School. George McCauley and Thomas L. McDade asked for money to pay off the school's debt and buy more land for better buildings, teacher Mabel D. Holmes read an essay on the need for a modern building, M. C. S. Noble of the University spoke, and the meeting collected $35. Principal B. L. Bozeman followed with a printed appeal for a dormitory and a demonstration plot, checks to go to Noble as treasurer. People: M. C. S. Noble, Bruce L. Bozeman Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: George McCauley, Thomas L. McDade, Mabel D. Holmes · Also mentions: Orange County Training SchoolThe News (Chapel Hill), February 5, 1920, p. 1
  5. Masons lay the cornerstone of a new dormitory on University Day On University Day, October 12, 1921, the Grand Lodge of Masons, with about sixty local members marshaled by M. C. S. Noble, laid the cornerstone of a new dormitory, the first building of the state's new program for the campus. Lefler and Wager's lodge histories name it Grimes Dormitory and say Past Grand Master Samuel M. Gattis of Hillsborough's Eagle Lodge ran the ceremony and gave the address, with Chapel Hill's University Lodge taking part. The News called it the new Steele dormitory, then nearing completion; the group of four dormitories that includes Grimes had not yet been started. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, M. C. S. Noble Place: UNC campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 319 · Also: The News (Chapel Hill), September 8, 1921, p. 3; The News (Chapel Hill), October 13, 1921, p. 1
  6. W. E. Thompson becomes cashier of the Bank of Carrboro By May 1923 W. E. Thompson was cashier of the Bank of Carrboro, the Carrboro branch of the Bank of Chapel Hill, with M. C. S. Noble as president. He held the post until the branch closed in April 1933. People: W. E. Thompson, M. C. S. Noble Place: Carrboro · Also mentions: Bank of Chapel Hill, Carrboro branchSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 17, 1923, p. 4
  7. Bank of Chapel Hill director Henry Lloyd dies Henry Lloyd, a stockholder and director of the Bank of Chapel Hill, died by early January 1923, when his executors qualified. The bank's directors and stockholders adopted a tribute calling him a faithful officer who took great pride in the bank's growth. People: W. S. Roberson, M. C. S. Noble, Isaac W. Pritchard Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill · Also named: Henry LloydSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), February 1, 1923, p. 5
  8. A six-acre site is bought for the Orange County Training School's new building With the Training School's building lost to fire, its committee (M. C. S. Noble, Dr. Charles S. Mangum and J. S. Holmes), helped by Black and white citizens, sold the old lot and used the proceeds and the insurance to buy six acres at the end of Church Street beyond Pottersfield, with room for farming and gardening. Construction was to start that summer for about 400 pupils; meanwhile classes met in makeshift quarters, including the Odd Fellows' hall lent free. People: M. C. S. Noble, Charles Staples Mangum, John Simcox Holmes, Bruce L. Bozeman Place: End of Church Street beyond Pottersfield, Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, April 12, 1923, p. 3
  9. The Chapel Hill school graduates fifteen as its high school passes 200 pupils At the school's closing exercises, principal Fred W. Morrison announced that high school enrollment had passed 200 for the first time, 210 against 49 nine years before. H. H. Williams gave the address, M. C. S. Noble presented diplomas to fifteen graduates, and Mrs. A. C. McIntosh reported $260 raised for a loan fund for needy high school students. People: Fred W. Morrison, Henry Horace Williams, M. C. S. Noble Place: School auditorium, Chapel Hill · Also named: Mrs. A. C. McIntoshSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 7, 1923, p. 1
  10. Dean M. C. S. Noble takes a year's leave to write a history of education in North Carolina M. C. S. Noble, dean of the University's school of education, took a year's leave of absence in 1923, after 25 years on the faculty, to write a history of education in North Carolina, planning to spend about half his time in the state archives at Raleigh. Place: School of Education, UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), August 30, 1923, p. 1
  11. The Orange County Training School opens its year in borrowed buildings While it waited for its new building on land already bought at the end of Church Street, the Training School for Black children opened in a moving picture theatre and the Odd Fellows Hall on Franklin Street for the lower grades and a rented house on Rosemary Street for the high school. A meeting at Rock Hill Baptist Church the night before, with E. D. Mickle of Durham as speaker, raised more than $40. People: Bruce L. Bozeman, M. C. S. Noble Place: Franklin and Rosemary streets, Chapel Hill · Also named: E. D. Mickle · Also mentions: Rock Hill Baptist Church, Franklin Street, Rosemary StreetThe Chapel Hill Weekly, September 27, 1923, p. 1
  12. Black Chapel Hill raises money to clear ground for a new Orange County Training School At a meeting called by the Black parent-teacher association in the interest of the Orange County Training School, Black residents took up 'How We Can Build a School' and reported $241 raised among themselves in about a week to start clearing the site for a new building at the end of Church Street. M. C. S. Noble, E. W. Knight, J. S. Holmes and Dr. C. S. Mangum spoke for the white townspeople. People: M. C. S. Noble, Edgar Wallace Knight, John Simcox Holmes, Charles Staples Mangum Place: Orange County Training School, end of Church Street, Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, December 13, 1923, p. 4
  13. The contract is let for the new Orange County Training School building After two rounds of bids came in too high, the contract for the Orange County Training School's new building went to F. M. Williams of Durham at $17,550, of which the county board of education gave $15,000 and the General Education Board $2,550. The one-story brick and tile building, with nine classrooms and an auditorium for 400 pupils, was to stand on six and a half acres at the north end of Church Street and be done by October 1. People: M. C. S. Noble, Charles Staples Mangum, John Simcox Holmes Place: North end of Church Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: F. M. WilliamsThe Chapel Hill Weekly, July 3, 1924, p. 1
  14. The Bank of Chapel Hill nearly finishes a $30,000 remodeling with a rear addition The News reported the Bank of Chapel Hill's remodeling nearly done and the building soon ready for its house-warming. Between $30,000 and $35,000 had been spent, with a 50-foot addition at the rear, a new front, tile floors, marble work, new furnishings and skylights. People: M. C. S. Noble, Robert L. Strowd, Milton E. Hogan Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Franklin Street, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), July 31, 1924, p. 1
  15. The Training School building committee names the new auditorium for Henry Strowd M. C. S. Noble said the committee building the new Orange County Training School had decided to name its auditorium for Henry Strowd, a Black citizen of Chapel Hill who had sold six and a half acres of his land for the school at a reasonable price when no other site could be found after the old building burned. People: M. C. S. Noble Place: Orange County Training School, end of Church Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Henry StrowdThe Chapel Hill Weekly, July 3, 1924, p. 1
  16. W. S. Long, founder of the school that became Elon College, dies and is mourned in Chapel Hill Rev. W. S. Long, who after the Civil War started at Graham the school that grew into Elon College and later served as Elon's president and as Alamance County school superintendent, died in Sanford of injuries from an automobile accident, nearly 85. He had retired to Chapel Hill; his funeral was held at his Pittsboro Street home the next day, and the University's chapel exercises that morning became a memorial with an address by M. C. S. Noble. People: M. C. S. Noble, Harry Woodburn Chase Place: Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: W. S. LongSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 7, 1924, p. 4
  17. Black residents lay the cornerstone of the new Orange County Training School building A large crowd of Black residents of Chapel Hill and the country around turned out for the cornerstone laying of the new Orange County Training School building on the Henry Strowd hill at the end of Church Street. Black Masons conducted the ceremony, the Chapel Hill colored band played, school board chairman M. C. S. Noble introduced N. C. Newbold, the state director of Negro education, who gave the address, and the school's principal and local trustees took part. People: M. C. S. Noble, N. C. (Nathan Carter) Newbold Place: Henry Strowd hill, end of Church Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Henry Strowd · Also mentions: Orange County Training SchoolThe News (Chapel Hill), September 4, 1924, p. 4
  18. Orange County Training School pupils celebrate their new building with a $105 gift To celebrate the opening of the new Orange County Training School building at the north end of Church Street, the Black school children held a rally, had their photograph taken, played a football game and made up a gift of $105 for the school, more than 70 of them giving a dollar each. The faculty thanked the white school committee of M. C. S. Noble, Charles S. Mangum and J. S. Holmes and the Black and white donors who had helped build it. People: M. C. S. Noble, Charles Staples Mangum, John Simcox Holmes Place: Orange County Training School, Church Street, Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, December 18, 1924, p. 1
  19. John Sprunt Hill buys the Noble property beside the Carolina Inn John Sprunt Hill of Durham, owner of the Carolina Inn, bought M. C. S. Noble's property at Cameron Avenue and Pittsboro Street for $35,000. He reserved a strip next to the Inn for a proposed faculty club and planned to sell the rest as two fraternity lots, saying he wanted to protect the Inn's surroundings. People: John Sprunt Hill, M. C. S. Noble Place: Cameron Avenue and Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Carolina Inn, Cameron Avenue, Pittsboro StreetSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 8, 1926, p. 1
  20. The University marks the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Memorial Hall In place of the parade and stunts of earlier Fourth of July programs, the University Summer School suspended classes for an hour on Monday, July 5, 1926, for a ceremony in Memorial Hall marking the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Townspeople were invited; the band played, patriotic songs were sung, Rev. Walter Patten led the prayers and M. C. S. Noble gave the address. People: M. C. S. Noble, Walter Patten Place: Memorial Hall, University campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 9, 1926, p. 2
  21. Charles Craig builds a three-car garage on the M. C. S. Noble place Contractor Charles Craig was building a garage for three cars on M. C. S. Noble's place at Hillsboro and North streets, one each for Noble and his children Alice and Mark. The Weekly called a triple garage for one family a novelty in Chapel Hill. People: Charles C. Craig, M. C. S. Noble Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Charles CraigSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 30, 1926, p. 4
  22. Orange County Training School graduates twelve The county training school for Black students at Chapel Hill held its commencement with orations by three graduates, spirituals by the glee club and a male quartet, an address by Rev. Eugene Olive and diplomas presented by M. C. S. Noble of the University faculty; twelve boys and girls graduated. The Weekly noted the large crowd and the simple dignity of the ceremony. People: M. C. S. Noble, John Caldwell Place: Orange County Training School, Chapel Hill · Also named: Eugene OliveThe Chapel Hill Weekly, May 27, 1927, p. 1
  23. The Bank of Chapel Hill and its Carrboro branch start charging for bad checks Beginning November 1, the Bank of Chapel Hill and its branch, the Bank of Carrboro, charged 50 cents for every check returned for insufficient funds, following the Durham banks. Cashier M. E. Hogan said the bank had returned 40 bad checks in a single day the week before, and University officials agreed to help enforce the charge on students. People: M. C. S. Noble, Milton E. Hogan Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, and Bank of Carrboro, CarrboroSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, October 21, 1927, p. 1
  24. Bank of Chapel Hill stockholders hear a report of $1,850,000 in resources At the annual meeting the bank's president, M. C. S. Noble, reported total resources of $1,850,000 and deposits of $1,500,000, against $10,606 in resources in its first months in 1899; all directors were re-elected. The meeting fell on the 25th anniversary of Noble's election to the board. People: M. C. S. Noble Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 10, 1930, p. 1
  25. Black parents and teachers raise money to lengthen the term of Chapel Hill's Black high school Chapel Hill's Black high school, which M. C. S. Noble said was the only school in Orange County doing high school work for Black students, had only a six-month term, and its Parent-Teachers Association raised $425 in pledges among Black residents and sent Charles C. Craig to solicit white citizens, who gave $106 in cash and $70 in pledges by February 11. A campaign by the school's teachers and pupils added $153, and principal C. C. Scott quoted the state supervisor of Black high schools that it was the only high school of its class in the state with a six-month term. People: M. C. S. Noble, Charles C. Craig Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: C. C. ScottThe Chapel Hill Weekly, February 14, 1930, p. 2
  26. Chapel Hill's men give Frank Graham a barbecue supper on his accession as president About 200 men of Chapel Hill gave Frank Graham, the University's new president, a barbecue supper at the Country Club on the evening of July 9, 1930. Mayor Zeb Council spoke for the town, Rev. A. S. Lawrence for the churches and Robert B. House for the village's alumni, and M. C. S. Noble closed with recollections of the presidents he had known. People: Frank Porter Graham, Alfred Stratton Lawrence, R. B. House, M. C. S. Noble, Zeb P. Council Place: Country Club, Chapel Hill · Also named: Frank GrahamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 11, 1930, p. 8
  27. UNC Press publishes M. C. S. Noble's history of the state's public schools The University of North Carolina Press published M. C. S. Noble's History of the Public Schools of North Carolina, which the Weekly said he had finished at 75 after long research. Noble, who came to the University from the Wilmington schools in 1898, was also president of the Bank of Chapel Hill. Place: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Bank of Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 13, 1931, p. 1
  28. Bank of Chapel Hill tells stockholders it lost nothing in 1931 At the annual stockholders' meeting, president M. C. S. Noble reported that 'not a dime' had been lost in the Bank of Chapel Hill. A directors' audit found its $766,000 in loans, with its branch the Bank of Carrboro, amply secured; deposits had fallen to about $1,120,000 while surplus rose to $100,000. People: M. C. S. Noble, Milton E. Hogan Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 15, 1932, p. 1
  29. University Day exercises honor Presidents Winston and Alderman and dedicate memorial tablets At the 139th anniversary exercises in Memorial Hall on October 12, Walter Murphy eulogized former President George T. Winston, who had died that fall, and M. C. S. Noble spoke for his friend Edwin A. Alderman. Tablets placed in the hall in the previous two years were dedicated, bearing the names of Charles Manly, Kemp P. Battle, Henry R. Bryan, John W. Graham, Kerr Craige, George M. Rose, Richard H. Lewis, Winston, Alderman, Edward K. Graham and Marvin H. Stacy. People: M. C. S. Noble, O. Max Gardner Place: Memorial Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Walter Murphy, Edwin A. Alderman, Kemp P. Battle, Edward K. Graham, John W. Graham, Richard H. Lewis, Marvin H. Stacy, George T. WinstonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, October 14, 1932, p. 2
  30. Rock Hill Baptist church marks Louis H. Hackney's 58 years as its pastor Rock Hill Baptist church, Chapel Hill's Black Baptist congregation, honored Rev. L. H. Hackney on 58 years as its pastor with an anniversary program that packed the church. Speakers included the University's M. C. S. Noble, his friend of many years, the president of Shaw University and the pastors of the town's Black churches. People: Louis H. Hackney, M. C. S. Noble Place: Rock Hill Baptist Church, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 12, 1934, p. 1
  31. Bank of Chapel Hill stockholders set up a surplus fund to end their double liability Stockholders of the Bank of Chapel Hill adopted a resolution creating a surplus fund equal to the bank's common capital stock under a 1933 state law, so that on the commissioner of banks' order they would be freed of double liability if the bank were liquidated. A new state law in March ended double liability for stockholders of all state banks from July 1, 1935. People: M. C. S. Noble, Clyde Eubanks, Milton E. Hogan Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 11, 1935, p. 3
  32. The Bank of Chapel Hill begins making personal loans at 6 per cent The Bank of Chapel Hill announced that it would make personal loans for up to a year at 6 per cent interest, repayable monthly, with no commissions or fees and the same security as its regular loans. The Weekly noted that commercial banks had shunned such loans, leaving borrowers to lenders charging 10 to 14 per cent or to loan sharks charging up to 40 or 50 per cent. People: M. C. S. Noble, W. E. Thompson Place: Bank of Chapel Hill, Franklin Street, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 9, 1937, p. 1
  33. Educator M. C. S. Noble dies in Chapel Hill Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble, Kenan professor emeritus of education, former dean of the University's school of education, Wilmington's first school superintendent and a leader of the state's public school movement, died at his Chapel Hill home at 87. He was president of the Bank of Chapel Hill and chairman of the trustees of the A. and T. College in Greensboro, and the Weekly credited him with much of the work of founding and improving the Orange County Training School. Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Bank of Chapel Hill, Orange County Training SchoolSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 5, 1942, p. 3

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A map of Orange County, N.C.

Noble, M. C. S. (Marcus Cicero Stephens), 1855-1942 · 1915

Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble drew this 1915 map to show how Orange County's original territory was divided, tracing the formation of Caswell, Person, Alamance, Durham, Chatham, Randolph, Guilford and Rockingham counties out of it. Topics include county boundaries and the history of political divisions in the Piedmont. Surviving as a photocopy on a sheet 31 by 23 centimeters.

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Collier Cobb Photographic Collection, circa 1890s-1920s

Cobb, Collier, 1862-1934 · 1894

Collier Cobb (1862-1934) taught at the University of North Carolina and made photographs there from the 1890s into the 1920s. Approximately 500 items in seven linear feet, P0013 in the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives at UNC. Subjects include campus buildings, the Old Well, alumni, employees, and faculty, with portraits including Wilson Caldwell, Harry Woodburn Chase, R. D. W. Connor, and Frederick H. Koch.

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  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 352 NOB A History of the Public Schools of North Carolina Noble, M. C. S. · 1930

    M. C. S. Noble, dean of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina, traces the state's public schools from colonial apprenticeship of orphans and chartered academies through the Literary Fund of 1825, the common school law of 1839, Calvin H. Wiley's superintendency, Reconstruction, and the graded schools and the white and Black normal schools of the late 1800s. Published at Chapel Hill in 1930; 463 pages with portraits and an index.

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Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026