The Golden Anniversary and Golden Jubilee on Saturday October 28, 1939, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Western Carolina Teachers College, homecoming, and the opening of six new buildings on campus. Officials and educators from across the state…
This 1941 photograph taken by W. Newton Turner (1910-1995) shows the front of Breese Gymnasium, built by the WPA and finished in 1939, with McKee in the background. Turner began teaching as an assistant professor of geology and geography in 1937 and…
Brown Cafeteria was built in 1957, and replaced the smaller, family-style dining facility in Moore Hall, which had served students since the 1920s. The cafeteria was named for Frank H. Brown who had attended the Cullowhee Academy in 1888 and then…