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University Summer School

The University Summer School began in 1877 as a state Summer Normal School at Chapel Hill for training white teachers, which also admitted white women; it held eight sessions through 1884. N. W. Walker revived the summer school in 1907 and directed it for twenty-seven years.

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Sites linked through the same people

  • Gerrard Hall through Kemp Plummer Battle, William Battle Phillips and 8 more
  • Memorial Hall through Kemp Plummer Battle, Edwin Anderson Alderman and 8 more
  • Old Chapel Hill Cemetery through Francis Preston Venable, E. C. (Eugene Cunningham) Branson and 5 more
  • Chapel of the Cross through Kemp Plummer Battle, Francis Preston Venable and 4 more
  • Hill Hall through M. C. S. Noble, Francis Preston Venable and 4 more
  • UNC Libraries through Edwin Anderson Alderman, M. C. S. Noble and 4 more

Indexed works

Books, articles, records, and images about University Summer School. Each has been reviewed for relevance; materials held at OCPL appear first.

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Report of Hon. Kemp P. Battle, President of the University of N.C. on the state of the University and the Normal School.

Battle, Kemp P. · 1878 · Daily and Weekly News Steam Book and Job Print

University president Kemp P. Battle's report to the trustees, dated January 15, 1878, on the condition of the University of North Carolina and on the 1877 session of its normal school, held in Chapel Hill to train teachers. Includes a report by secretary Dugger and a list of the normal students with their post offices. Printed in Raleigh by the Daily and Weekly News steam book and job print, 31 pages, online.

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Report of Hon. Kemp P. Battle, President of the University of N.C. on the State of the University and the Normal School [1878]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1878 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Report by Kemp P. Battle, president of the University of North Carolina, on the state of the university and the Normal School, dated 1878 and printed at Chapel Hill. Part of DigitalNC's North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Report on the winter "Summer School" held at the University of North Carolina, January 19 to March 2, 1941

Leavitt, Sturgis E. (Sturgis Elleno), 1888-1976 · 1941 · S.E. Leavitt

Sturgis E. Leavitt reports, on 9 April 1941, on the winter session the University of North Carolina held from 19 January to 2 March of that year, a summer school run out of season. It deals with the university's Inter-American Institute and with foreign students at Chapel Hill. Printed by Leavitt himself.

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U.N.C. Summer School Group -- 1909

1907

Real photo postcard of a University of North Carolina summer school class posed on the steps of Alumni Hall, the men in suits and the women in long dresses. The caption gives 1909, while a pencil note on the back reads 1907 to 1912.

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Published by or for this institution

Summer session : announcements ...

1979 · University of North Carolina Press

Announcements for the summer session at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, published by the University of North Carolina Press as part of the university record and carrying that series numbering, with the 1979 issue falling at number 878. The subtitle was dropped with the 1984 issue. Topics include summer school curricula and catalogs in Chapel Hill.

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Summer school weekly.

1958 · The University

Official weekly of the summer school at the University of North Carolina, published in Chapel Hill in four volumes with illustrations. Dated 1958.

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The 1924 summer school view book : University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C

1924 · University and College Publishing Company

Picture booklet presenting the University of North Carolina's summer school in Chapel Hill, published in 1924 by the University and College Publishing Company. Twenty-eight unnumbered pages, chiefly illustrations, 20 cm.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1990]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1990 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer Session catalog for 1990 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, published in February 1990 as number 1036 of the university's Record series.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1989]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1989 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

UNC-Chapel Hill's 1989 Summer Session catalog, published in February 1989 as number 1026 of the university's Record series.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1988]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1988 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published this catalog for the Summer Session in February 1988. It appeared as number 1013 of the University's Record series and covers curricula and courses.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1987]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1987 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Issued in February 1987 as number 1000 of the University's Record series, this Chapel Hill catalog for the Summer Session describes curricula and courses of study at the University of North Carolina.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1986]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1986 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Courses offered in the 1986 summer session at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, announced in a February 1986 catalog issued as volume 985 of the university's Record.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1985]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1985 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Record series catalog, volume 970, for the Summer Session at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Published in February 1985, it gives the curricula and course offerings.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1984]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1984 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer session announcement for 1984 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, issued in February 1984 as volume 954 of the university's Record series. It lists the summer courses on offer. Part of the North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1983]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1983 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Published in February 1983, the UNC-Chapel Hill Summer Session catalog for 1983 describes the summer course offerings. It is volume 940 in the university's Record series.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1982]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1982 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer Session announcement of UNC-Chapel Hill for 1982, issued in February 1982 as volume 924 of the university's Record series. It describes the summer school's course offerings in Chapel Hill.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1981]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1981 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer session catalog of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 1981, issued in February 1981 as volume 910 of the university's Record series. It sets out the summer courses offered in Chapel Hill.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1980]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1980 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Published in February 1980, this catalog for the Summer Session at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appeared as volume 894 of the University's Record series and sets out its courses of study.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1979]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1979 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

February 1979 announcement of the summer session at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, volume 878 of the university's Record series, listing the summer's courses. From the North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1978]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1978 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

UNC-Chapel Hill's Summer Session announcement for 1978, published in February 1978 as volume 862 of the university's Record series. It lists the summer school's course offerings in Chapel Hill.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1977]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1977 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Courses offered in the 1977 summer session at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, announced in February 1977 in volume 846 of the university's Record series. From the North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1976]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1976 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer Session catalog of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 1976, issued in February 1976 as volume 830 of the university's Record series. It gives the summer course offerings.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1975]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1975 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer school at Chapel Hill in 1975: the University of North Carolina's summer session catalog, dated 13 February 1975 and issued as volume 814 of its Record series. It sets out the session's courses.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1974]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1974 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer session announcement for 1974 at Chapel Hill, dated 11 February 1974 and published as volume 800 of the University of North Carolina Record, listing the courses offered that summer. From the North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1973]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1973 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer Session catalog of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 1973, dated February 1973 and published as volume 786 of the university's Record series. It gives the summer course offerings.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1972]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1972 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Volume 771 of the University of North Carolina Record, the February 1972 announcement of the summer session at Chapel Hill, with the courses planned for that summer. From the North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1971]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1971 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the 1971 summer session at UNC at Chapel Hill, dated 10 February 1971 and published as volume 759 of the university's Record series. It lists the summer's courses. Part of the North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Summer Session [1970]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1970 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the 1970 summer session at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, dated February 1970 and issued as volume 745 of the university's Record, with the courses offered that summer.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1940]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1940 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the 1940 summer school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, dated February 1940 and issued as University Bulletins number 352 in the university's Record.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1939]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1939 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the University of North Carolina summer session at Chapel Hill, issued 15 February 1939 as University Bulletins number 337, with the summer school's course offerings.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1938]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1938 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Course catalog for the 1938 summer session at Chapel Hill, issued in July 1938 as University Bulletins number 325 of The University of North Carolina Record.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1937]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1937 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School announcement of the University of North Carolina, dated 15 February 1937 and issued as University Bulletins number 313, with the summer session curriculum and courses at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1935]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1935 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

March 1935 Summer School catalog of the University of North Carolina, University Bulletins number 294, with courses and curriculum for the summer session at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1934]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1934 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Catalog of the 1934 summer session at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, issued in May 1934 as University Bulletin number 290.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1933]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1933 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School announcement for 1933 from the University of North Carolina, issued in April 1933 as bulletin number 284. It lists the summer courses offered in Chapel Hill that year.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1932]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1932 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The 1932 summer session at the University of North Carolina is the subject of this announcement, issued in April 1932 as bulletin number 278 with the courses offered at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1931]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1931 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer session catalog of the University of North Carolina for 1931, issued in May 1931 as University Bulletin number 272 with that summer's courses at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1930]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1930 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina announced its 1930 summer session in this April 1930 catalog, University Bulletin number 266, listing summer courses at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1929]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1929 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the University of North Carolina's 1929 summer session at Chapel Hill, published in April 1929 as bulletin number 260, with the courses offered that summer.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1928]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1928 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the 1928 summer session at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, issued in April 1928 as University Bulletin number 253 and setting out the summer course offerings.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1927]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1927 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the University of North Carolina Summer School for 1927, dated April 1927 and issued as University Bulletins number 243, with the summer curriculum and courses.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1926]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1926 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School bulletin from Chapel Hill, April 1926, issue 233 of the University of North Carolina's bulletin series. It is a course catalog for the university's summer session.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1925]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1925 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The 1925 summer school number of the University of North Carolina Record bears the date June 12 and was published at Chapel Hill by the university. It concerns curriculum catalogs and college publications of Chapel Hill. The number belongs to DigitalNC's North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1924]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1924 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A summer school issue of the University of North Carolina Record, dated June 13, 1924, published at Chapel Hill by the university and described as a catalog of curricula and a Chapel Hill college publication. It is filed in DigitalNC's North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1923]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1923 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

April 1923 announcement of the University of North Carolina Summer School, issued as University Bulletins number 201, covering the summer curriculum and courses.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1922]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1922 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School catalog of the University of North Carolina dated 20 June 1922, University Bulletins number 194, with the summer session curriculum and courses in Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1921]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1921 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School catalog of the University of North Carolina, dated 21 June 1921 and numbered 187 in the University Bulletins, giving the courses of that year's summer session at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1920]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1920 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill summer school bulletin dated 22 June 1920, University Bulletins number 175, setting out the University of North Carolina's summer courses.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1919]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1919 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School bulletin of the University of North Carolina dated 24 June 1919 and numbered 164, with the courses offered at Chapel Hill that summer.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1918]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1918 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the 1918 Summer School at the University of North Carolina, dated 11 June 1918 and issued as bulletin number 157. It lists the summer session's courses at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1917]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1917 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School announcement from the University of North Carolina, dated 12 June 1917 and issued as university bulletin number 146. It outlines the courses offered during the summer session at Chapel Hill.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School for Teachers. [1916]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1916 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the University of North Carolina Summer School for Teachers, dated 13 June 1916 and numbered 136 in the bulletin series, with the courses offered to teachers at Chapel Hill that summer.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School for Teachers. [1915]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1915 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina's Summer School for Teachers announced its 1915 session in this bulletin, number 128, dated 15 June 1915 at Chapel Hill. It gives the courses offered to teachers that summer.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School for Teachers. [1914]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1914 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill announcement for the 1914 Summer School for Teachers at the University of North Carolina, dated 16 June 1914 and numbered 119 among the university bulletins. It gives the summer session's courses for teachers.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School for Teachers. [1910]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1910 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Summer School for Teachers is the subject of this number of 'The University of North Carolina Record', dated June 6, 1910. It describes the university curriculum. The University of North Carolina published it, and it belongs to the North Carolina Yearbooks collection at DigitalNC.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School for Teachers. [1909]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1909 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

An issue of 'The University of North Carolina Record' devoted to the Summer School for Teachers, dated June 7, 1909. It describes the university curriculum. Part of DigitalNC's North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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The University of North Carolina Record. The Summer School. [1908]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1908 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summer School announcement from the University of North Carolina for 1908, published in March 1908 as bulletin number 60, with the courses planned for that summer in Chapel Hill.

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The University Record. The Announcement of the Summer School [1904]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1904 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the 1904 summer school at the University of North Carolina, issued in January 1904 as University Bulletins number 25 in the University Record series. It describes the summer courses planned at Chapel Hill. From the North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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The University Record. Announcement of Summer School [1903]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1903 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

January 1903 announcement of the University of North Carolina's summer session at Chapel Hill, University Bulletins number 17, with its courses of study.

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The University Record. The Summer School for Teachers [1902]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1902 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Announcement of the 1902 Summer School for Teachers at the University of North Carolina, numbered 8 in the University Bulletins, with the courses planned for teachers at Chapel Hill.

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University Summer School. Report of Committee on Literature for Schools [c. 1895]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1895 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A report by the University Summer School's Committee on Literature for Schools, dated about 1895 and printed at Chapel Hill. DigitalNC's North Carolina Yearbooks collection includes the report.

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Annual Report of the North Carolina University Normal School for 1880

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1880 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Annual report of the North Carolina University Normal School for 1880, printed at Chapel Hill and credited to the University of North Carolina. It belongs to the North Carolina Yearbooks collection at DigitalNC.

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Reports of the University Normal School of 1879

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1879 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Reports from the University Normal School of 1879, teacher training conducted at Chapel Hill under the University of North Carolina. Part of DigitalNC's North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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Reports of the University Normal School of 1878

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1878 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The 1878 session of the University Normal School produced these reports, printed at Chapel Hill by the University of North Carolina. Described as a report under college publications of Chapel Hill and Orange County, it joins the university material in DigitalNC's North Carolina Yearbooks collection.

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The University of North Carolina summer school for teachers : June 6 -- July 16 1910

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1910 · Published by the University

Catalog for the University of North Carolina Summer School for Teachers running from June 6 to July 16, 1910, published by the university at Chapel Hill. Topics include summer school and teachers college curricula at Chapel Hill and registers of faculty, with French language equivalents among them, which points to courses and instructors for that single summer term.

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Announcement of the ... session of the summer school for teachers

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · University of North Carolina

Serial announcement for sessions of the Summer School for Teachers at the University of North Carolina, published by the university at Chapel Hill. Topics include summer school curricula, teacher training at Chapel Hill, registers of faculty and catalogs of teachers colleges, so each issue set out courses, instructors and terms for teachers coming to campus.

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Announcement of the University of North Carolina summer school for teachers...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · University of North Carolina

Another of the University of North Carolina's announcements for its Summer School for Teachers, printed at Chapel Hill by the university. Subjects include curricula and catalogs for summer schools and teachers colleges at Chapel Hill along with registers of faculty, which describes a guide for teachers enrolling in summer study.

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Reports of the University Normal School.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · The University

Reports of the University Normal School, the teacher training session run by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the years after the Civil War. Issued in volumes by the university, with imprints at Chapel Hill in 1878 and at Raleigh in 1880. Topics include teachers colleges in North Carolina and the study of teaching at Chapel Hill.

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Announcement of the summer session at Chapel Hill, N.C

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1958 · The University of North Carolina

The university's annual announcement of its summer session at Chapel Hill, the 1958 issue, listing the courses offered that summer. It appeared as part of the University of North Carolina record series, and the note tracks the series numbers year by year, from 294 in 1935 to 580 in 1958. It is a curriculum catalog.

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Summer session, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill : first term June 13 to July 20, second term July 22 to August 28

1940 · University of North Carolina Summer School

Announcement of the 1940 summer session at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, with the first term running June 13 to July 20 and the second July 22 to August 28. Topics include summer schools in Chapel Hill and the summer school's curricula, and they note pictorial matter, so the booklet carries views of the campus along with its course listings.

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Announcement of the summer school

1934 · The University of North Carolina

The annual announcement of the summer school at the University of North Carolina, issued at Chapel Hill as part of the University of North Carolina record and carrying that title's numbering, the run going from number 233 in 1926 to number 290 in 1934. Topics include summer school curricula and catalogs in Chapel Hill and the training of teachers.

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University of North Carolina summer school schedule, June 1925

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1925 · University of North Carolina

The schedule of the University of North Carolina summer school for June 1925, published by the university at Chapel Hill. Topics include summer schools in Chapel Hill and the calendars of the university, so the item records the arrangement of that summer session.

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Announcement of the University of North Carolina : Summer School for Teachers : 1912, June 11 - July 20

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1912 · Seeman Printery

Supplementary announcement for the University of North Carolina Summer School for Teachers, covering the 1912 session that ran from June 11 to July 20 and issued on May 27 of that year. Printed by the Seeman Printery at Durham for the school at Chapel Hill. Topics include summer schools at Chapel Hill and the training of teachers.

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Fourth of July exercises of the University Summer School, 1912 : [program]

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Summer School · 1912 · University of North Carolina

Program for the Fourth of July exercises that the University of North Carolina Summer School put on in 1912, printed at Chapel Hill. Topics include Fourth of July celebrations in Chapel Hill and celebrations at the university.

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The University of North Carolina record containing announcement of summer school : June 15 to July 10, 1903

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1903 · Published by the University

Issue of the University of North Carolina record carrying the announcement of the summer school that ran from June 15 to July 10, 1903, published by the university at Chapel Hill. Topics include summer school curricula and catalogs, teacher training at Chapel Hill and a register of the faculty, giving the courses offered and the instructors who gave them.

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The University of North Carolina : the Summer School for Teachers, June 16 to July 5, 1902

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1902 · Published by the University

Announcement of the University of North Carolina Summer School for Teachers for the session of June 16 to July 5, 1902, published by the university at Chapel Hill. Topics include summer schools and teachers colleges at Chapel Hill, the curricula offered and a register of the faculty. One of a run of yearly announcements for the summer session.

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Courses of instruction in the summer school : June 21 - July 19, 1898

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1898 · The University

Course listings for the University of North Carolina summer school of 1898, which ran from 21 June to 19 July. The university printed it at Chapel Hill. A record of what the campus taught outside the regular session, in the term when the summer school was still a new part of the university year.

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A practical course in natural history

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1897 · University of North Carolina

Announcement of a practical course in natural history at the University of North Carolina, printed at Chapel Hill in 1897. The notes record that R. E. Coker was to teach it as part of the summer school, and the piece deals with the study and teaching of natural history in Chapel Hill and with the university's curricula.

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Summer school : 1895

University of North Carolina (1793-1962) · 1895 · The University

Circular for the 1895 summer school at the University of North Carolina, printed at Chapel Hill by the university.

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Summer School · 1895 · University of North Carolina Summer School

George T. Winston, president of the university, and Edwin A. Alderman, superintendent of the summer school, signed this single printed sheet issued by the University of North Carolina Summer School in 1895. Topics include the summer school's curriculum and faculty at Chapel Hill. One page, 28 by 22 cm.

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University Summer School : report of Committee on Literature for Schools : a graded list selected with reference to cheap editions

1895 · University Summer School

Report of the Committee on Literature for Schools, prepared at the University Summer School in Chapel Hill in July 1895. It offers a graded reading list chosen with cheap editions in mind, so that school libraries across North Carolina could afford the titles. The pamphlet deals with school libraries and with book lists for the state.

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University Normal School

1876

Three-page circular to the state's teachers and would-be teachers announcing a summer normal school at the University of North Carolina, authorized by the General Assembly. Governor Z. B. Vance signed it as chairman of the Board of Education. Dated 1876 to 1878. From Duke's Broadsides and Ephemera Collection.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

Announcement of a session of the summer school at the University of North Carolina, undated. Topics include summer school curricula at Chapel Hill, teacher training and the curricula of the university itself, marking the piece as a course listing for a single term.

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  1. McIver heads mathematics at the university's summer normal schools Then principal of the Greensboro graded schools, McIver was chief of the mathematics department at the 1877 Summer Normal School in Chapel Hill and taught mathematics, English grammar and physiology at the 1878 session. People: Kemp Plummer Battle Internet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
  2. The university holds its first summer session, a state normal school for teachers In the summer of 1877 the university hosted a statewide Summer Normal School, set up by the General Assembly in March 1877 to train white teachers for the common schools. President Kemp Battle and the Board of Education admitted white women to its classes, though state money could not be spent on them. UNC University Archives, For the Record: Women Students in the Summer Normal School at UNC · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, February 11, 1976, p. 1
  3. Summer Normal School offers the state's first kindergarten training Emily M. Coe of New York taught a class of teachers the kindergarten method at the university's 1878 Summer Normal School, with 53 children drilled daily. Battle believed it the first normal kindergarten class in North Carolina; the session enrolled 402 teachers, 190 of them women. People: Kemp Plummer Battle Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 158 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, February 10, 1928, p. 1
  4. Thomas L. Clingman lectures the Normal School on the follies of the positive philosophers Former Senator Thomas L. Clingman spoke to the Normal School and a crowd of visitors in Gerrard Hall on "The Follies of the Positive Philosophers", attacking Darwin, Tyndall and materialism. President Kemp P. Battle introduced him. People: Kemp Plummer Battle The Chapel Hill Ledger, June 29, 1878, p. 2
  5. About 350 teachers attend the second session of the University Normal School The University Normal School's second session, which opened June 18, counted about 350 students by July 10, from 52 North Carolina counties. The Ledger printed the full roll, with each student's county and post office, on July 20. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 13, 1878, p. 2
  6. Teachers at the Normal School form a State Teachers' Association Teachers attending the 1878 University Normal School organized a State Teachers' Association with Kemp P. Battle as president and began forming county associations. They also petitioned the legislature to continue the school. People: Kemp Plummer Battle Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 160 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 13, 1878, p. 2
  7. Calvin H. Wiley addresses the Normal School on North Carolina education Calvin H. Wiley, the state's former superintendent of common schools and now agent of the Bible Society, spoke to the Normal School on what North Carolina education is and what it should be. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 20, 1878, p. 2
  8. Seaton Gales speaks to the Normal School on the progress of the century Maj. Seaton Gales gave the Normal School an oration on the progress of the nineteenth century, which the paper called the finest speech of the session. It was to be printed in the University Magazine. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 20, 1878, p. 2
  9. Legislature extends Normal School benefits to women The 1877 act limited state money for the Summer Normal School to men, though women attended by invitation. When the two-year act ran out it was renewed with the restriction as to sex removed. Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 143
  10. The University Normal School opens its third session, with women admitted on equal terms President Battle opened the third Normal School in the college chapel, crediting Dr. Barnas Sears and the legislature, and announced that women teachers now attended with full rights rather than as invited guests. John J. Ladd again served as superintendent with a faculty including Charles D. McIver, J. L. Tomlinson, W. F. Tillett, W. B. Phillips and Miss E. M. Coe in the kindergarten, and about 150 were enrolled by the fourth day. People: Kemp Plummer Battle, William Battle Phillips The Chapel Hill Ledger, June 21, 1879, p. 2
  11. The State Teachers' Association holds its annual meeting at the Normal School The State Teachers' Association, formed at the Normal School the summer before, met at Chapel Hill with an opening speech by President Battle and an address by State Superintendent John C. Scarborough on the common school system. It discontinued its bureau, discussed founding an educational journal and recommended women teachers for the public schools; the paper noted that the year's effort to form county associations had failed. People: Kemp Plummer Battle The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 5, 1879, p. 2
  12. President Battle lectures the Normal School on the history of Chapel Hill President Kemp P. Battle gave the Normal School a lecture on the geography and history of Chapel Hill: how the university's site was settled by ballot and a committee, how the campus and its first buildings were laid out, and the local place names. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 26, 1879, p. 2
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  1. The third University Normal School closes with its commencement The university's third summer Normal School, which had about 250 teachers in attendance in early July, closed with a concert, a commencement of debates, essays and orations before a crowded chapel, and a promenade. During the session the people of Chapel Hill and the teachers gave the school a melodeon, and afternoon classes and examinations for teachers' certificates were added. People: Kemp Plummer Battle The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 26, 1879, p. 2
  2. The Peabody Fund agrees to keep up its aid to the Chapel Hill Normal School Peabody Fund agent Barnas Sears told State Superintendent Scarborough that he would continue the Fund's appropriations to the normal schools at Chapel Hill and Fayetteville, along with new grants to several town schools. The Chapel Hill Ledger, November 29, 1879, p. 2
  3. Henry E. Shepherd is chosen superintendent of the University Normal School Henry E. Shepherd, superintendent of the Baltimore public schools and son of Judge Jesse G. Shepherd of Fayetteville, was chosen superintendent of the University Normal School for its fourth session, set for June 24 to July 29. Through its agent Dr. Sears, the Peabody Fund gave money to help teachers who could not pay their own way. The Chapel Hill Ledger, April 3, 1880, p. 2
  4. The University Normal School holds its 1880 summer session The University Normal School met at Chapel Hill for its summer session under H. E. Shepherd, superintendent of the Baltimore schools, with lectures, a model elementary school of village children and a kindergarten department. In late July the Ledger reported a smaller roll than in 1879 but called the session a success. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 24, 1880, p. 2
  5. Rev. Dr. Pritchard of Wake Forest lectures the Normal School on education and the state's resources Rev. Dr. Pritchard of Wake Forest College lectured the Normal School on education as the means of developing North Carolina's resources, arguing that farmers needed more intellectual training and that the state lagged behind states with developed resources and schools. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 24, 1880, p. 2
  6. State superintendent J. C. Scarborough addresses the Normal School on the public school system J. C. Scarborough, state superintendent of public instruction, visited the Normal School and gave a long address on the public school system, defending its plan and saying its great defect lay not in the law but in the want of money. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 24, 1880, p. 2
  7. Rev. Dr. Rondthaler of Salem lectures the Normal School on German schools Rev. Dr. Rondthaler of Salem lectured the Normal School on the schools of Germany, describing compulsory attendance, the eight-year common school course and the German universities. The Chapel Hill Ledger, July 24, 1880, p. 2
  8. The University Summer Normal School draws more than 300 teachers from 64 counties The 1883 session of the State University Normal School at Chapel Hill enrolled well over 300 students from 64 counties. The Observer judged it the best session yet, for the quality of its students more than their number. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 21, 1883, p. 2
  9. J. L. Tomlinson is elected superintendent of the summer normal school at Chapel Hill Professor J. L. Tomlinson of the Winston graded school was elected superintendent of the Chapel Hill Normal School for its 1884 session. Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 22, 1884, p. 2
  10. The University Summer Normal School holds its last session The eighth and last session enrolled 305 teachers, after which the legislature divided the $2,000 yearly appropriation among four normal schools chosen by the Board of Education. Battle counted 2,480 enrollments at Chapel Hill from 1877 through 1884. People: Kemp Plummer Battle Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 287
  11. Dixie Lee Bryant teaches at the summer school in Chapel Hill Bryant, head of science at the State Normal and Industrial School in Greensboro, was on the faculty of the 1894 Summer School for Teachers and Students in Chapel Hill, teaching physical geography and botany. Encyclopedia of UNCG History: Dixie Lee Bryant
  12. The university opens a Summer School for Teachers and Students to women and men The four-week school under Edwin A. Alderman admitted both sexes for a $5 fee and enrolled seventy-five, with academic and teaching departments staffed by university professors and teachers from the State Normal and city schools. It was one of four summer schools the university ran that year. People: Dixie Lee Bryant, Edwin Anderson Alderman Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 504
  13. 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. NCpedia: Noble, Marcus Cicero Stephens · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 3, 1898, p. 2
  14. 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 Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 590
  15. The university opens a summer course in library work By 1904 the university had begun a summer course of instruction in library work, meant to train librarians as workers with books rather than custodians. Louis Round Wilson taught library methods in the 1905 Summer School. People: Louis Round Wilson Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 632
  16. Orange County teachers are offered the university summer school and pay tied to exam scores The board accepted Dr. Venable's offer to admit county teachers to the University Summer School and set pay by the July examination: $35 a month for an average of 95 and $40 for 98. People: Francis Preston Venable DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 54
  17. The University Summer School for Teachers opens with more than thirty Orange teachers The University's Summer School for Teachers opened on June 13, 1904 for a session to close July 8, with President Francis P. Venable giving the address of welcome in Gerrard Hall. The News counted more than thirty Orange County teachers among the students and expected the largest session in years. People: Francis Preston Venable The News (Chapel Hill), June 16, 1904, p. 1
  18. N. W. Walker revives the UNC summer school Walker, professor of secondary education since 1905, revived the university's summer school in 1907 and directed it for twenty-seven years. In 1921 he became acting dean of the School of Education. NCpedia: Walker, Nathan Wilson
  19. Adolph Vermont teaches French and German at the university Summer School Vermont taught French and German at the UNC Summer School for Teachers in 1910 and 1911, and the 1912 faculty list names him instructor in the Romance languages. Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), pp. 711, 728, 738
  20. Adolph Vermont directs and acts in As You Like It for the Summer School's Fourth of July The Summer School's Fourth of July of 1911 ended with an evening performance of Shakespeare's As You Like It, directed by Vermont, who also played Orlando. Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), pp. 728-729
  21. Summer School students perform the colonial play Esther Wake In the summer of 1912 the Summer School for Teachers presented Esther Wake, a play by instructor Adolf Vermont about colonial North Carolina, on the steps of Smith Hall. People: Adolph Vermont Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 738
  22. The University Summer School holds a Rural Life Conference Speakers on country life filled the week, among them Dr. William A. McKeever of the University of Kansas, T. E. Browne of the state boys' corn clubs, Agriculture Commissioner W. A. Graham, State Health Officer W. S. Rankin on rural sanitation, and E. C. Branson and Farmers' Union president H. Q. Alexander on farmers' problems. People: Eugene Cunningham Branson The News (Chapel Hill), July 15, 1915, p. 1
  23. Dr. C. S. Mangum teaches a daily first aid class at the 1917 UNC Summer School Dr. C. S. Mangum taught first aid every day through the six weeks of the 1917 Summer School to a large class of Chapel Hill people and summer visitors, with two local Red Cross members helping with bandaging. The course closed with practical and written examinations sent from Washington. People: Charles Staples Mangum State Archives of North Carolina, Military Collection, WWI Papers, Box 2, Folder 37: Orange County Red Cross History (typescripts, 1918-1919), scan 24
  24. The university Summer School closes its thirtieth session with about 900 students The university Summer School ended its thirtieth session with an enrollment of about 900, second only to 1916, and more than 80 percent of the students stayed the full six weeks. The war kept many college men away. The News (Chapel Hill), August 2, 1917, p. 5
  25. 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 Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 20
  26. A thunderstorm halts Esther Wake at Cameron Park during the homecoming University Summer School students staged Adolph Vermont's play Esther Wake, on the early history of Hillsborough and Orange County, at Cameron Park for more than 5,000 people. A heavy thunderstorm stopped it in the second act. People: Albert Coates, N. W. Walker, Adolph Vermont Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 114
  27. The University Summer School closes with 921 students, most of them women teachers The University Summer School ended its session with 921 students: 273 men and 648 women. Of them 520 were teachers and 112 more were preparing to teach; 89 North Carolina counties and 52 students from other states were represented. The News (Chapel Hill), August 14, 1919, p. 1
  28. Men of the Summer School adopt student government In June 1928 the men students of the University Summer School voted at a mass meeting to set up student government for the summer session, then elected a council headed by Charles W. McAnally. The Weekly said it was the first time student government had existed in the Summer School, which had been under faculty control. The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 29, 1928, p. 8
  29. University Summer School enrolls a record 1,752 students The first term of the University's 1928 Summer School, which opened June 14, enrolled 1,752 students, the largest summer body yet, mostly teachers, from 21 states and every North Carolina county but two; Orange sent 106, more than any other county. The second term enrolled 902, also a record. People: N. W. Walker The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 3, 1928, p. 1
  30. A glee club of Black Durham insurance employees sings for the Summer School On August 9, 1928, a glee club of 30 Black employees of a Durham life insurance company sang in Memorial Hall as part of the University Summer School's entertainment program, which billed it as a night of spirituals. The Summer School had also scheduled the Hampton Institute Quartette for July 7, with a second program that night at Rock Hill Baptist Church for Black residents. The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 10, 1928, p. 5
  31. The Summer School board lets students wear pajama suits about the campus On July 31, 1929, about twenty summer-school students who had begun wearing pajama-style suits on campus and in the village paraded before the Summer School's administrative board in the South Building, which saw no objection so long as nothing offended decency. The fashion followed editor Louis Graves's long campaign for cooler men's summer clothes and W. O. Saunders's pajama walk in Elizabeth City. People: Louis Graves, R. B. House, Charles T. Woollen, Addison Hibbard The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 2, 1929, p. 1
  32. UNC Summer School enrollment falls to 1,625 The University Summer School, which opened June 11, registered 1,625 students for its first term against 1,882 the year before. The Weekly printed first-term figures for 1926 through 1931, which had peaked in 1930. The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 19, 1931, p. 1
  33. Former summer school and education dean N. W. Walker dies Walker had headed the university's summer school and its school of education until he retired with a heart ailment in the summer of 1934. He died at his home after a long illness on February 13, 1936, at 61. After his death his house at 517 East Rosemary Street was sold to education professor Guy B. Phillips, and Albert and Gladys Coates stayed on in the cottage behind it. People: Gladys Hall Coates Howard E. Covington Jr., The Good Government Man: Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government (2018), p. 165 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, February 21, 1936, p. 5; Chapel Hill Weekly, April 3, 1936, p. 2
  34. Edgar W. Knight resigns as director of the Consolidated University's summer schools Edgar W. Knight resigned as director of summer schools for the Consolidated University, effective July 1, after which summer work was to be run through the University's regular administration. Until then Dean R. B. House conducted the Chapel Hill session under Knight's direction. People: R. B. House The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 11, 1937, p. 1
  35. The university hosts 108 South American students in its Winter-Summer School In 1941 the university received 108 students from seven South American countries for a six-week session of English courses and regular classes, called a summer school because it was summer in South America, in a program Leavitt directed. They arrived in January and received diplomas at closing ceremonies in Hill Music Hall on February 28. The General Assembly met in special joint session in Chapel Hill in their honor. People: Frank Porter Graham UNC Institute for the Study of the Americas: One Hundred Years of Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1915-2015 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, January 24, 1941, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, February 28, 1941, p. 1

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