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Wonderful 100: The History of NC State Campus Radio

11/2/2022

According to a 1922 Technician article, the first radio station on campus was established on October 16, 1922, and was known by the call letters WLAC (“We Lead All Colleges”). The radio station…

Darwin, the Missing Link and Bryan show at the NC State College student agricultural fair, Nov. 1922

Wonderful 100: 1922 Evolution Controversy

6/29/2022

During the 1920s, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was a controversial and contested topic in the United States and North Carolina, as described in an online resource from the UNC-Chapel…

Members of the Student Council, the original executive (and judicial) branch of Students Government, 1921-1922.

Wonderful 100: Student Government

1/3/2022

During this 2021-2022 academic year, North Carolina State University's Student Government turns 100.  The student body passed a constitution in Feb. 1921 that created a "House" (the legislative…

Dedication of NC State University's Memorial Belltower, 10 Nov. 1921

Wonderful 100: First Belltower Dedication

11/8/2021

One hundred years ago, a dedication ceremony was held to lay the cornerstone for NC State University's Memorial Belltower.  The ceremony took place on 10 Nov. 1921, 3 years after the end of…

Lucille Thomson is considered the first woman to be a fulltime student at NC State. She enrolled 100 years ago in 1921. Agromeck photo.

Wonderful 100: Lucille Thomson

8/30/2021

One hundred years ago, Lucille Thomson enrolled at NC State in the fall 1921 semester.  She is the first woman known to have enrolled full time at the university.   Originally from…

First anniversary meeting of Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs of Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, NC, 1920

Wonderful 100: Federation of North Carolina Home Bureaus

8/26/2020

On August 26, 1920,  at the Farm Men and Farm Women's Convention in Raleigh, the home demonstration clubs of North Carolina united for the first time, forming the State Federation of Home…

Technician masthead, 23 August 2006

Wonderful 100: The Technician

2/15/2020

Earlier this month, the Technician student newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary, having commenced publication on 1 February 1920.  Special Collections holds all issues of the newspaper…

Rehabilitation student float in the NC State College Agriculture Parade, Oct. 1924. After World War I, the college trained and educated hundreds of disabled veterans. Photo from 1925 Agromeck yearbook.

Wonderful 100: Rehabilitation Soldiers at NC State

12/16/2019

This edition of Special Collections News looks at the rehabilitation program that North Carolina State College conducted after World War I ended (1918) to provide vocational training for disabled…

E. S. King, who served as secretary of the YMCA chapter at NC State University, 1919-1955

Wonderful 100: E. S. King at NC State

9/20/2019

E. S. King in 1960, after he had retired from NC State. One hundred years ago in 1919, E. S. (Edward Scull) King came to NC State as secretary of the campus Young Men's Christian Association (…

J. H. Ripple became NC State's first All-American athlete in 1918.

Wonderful 100: NC State's First All-American Athlete

9/27/2018

The 1918 football season was disappointing for NC State.  We played only four games and lost three of them.  That season had a bright note, however, in that one team member,  J. H. "…