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Watauga Club lobbies state legislature
| Date: | 1/1885 - 2/1885 |
| Description: | The Watauga Club successfully lobbies the North Carolina state legislature, with the sponsorship of Leazar Dixon, to pass a bill for an industrial school separate from the University of North Carolina's land scrip. The legislation doesn't mandate the school, however, and doesn't provide sufficient funding. |
| Timelines: | Highlights in NC State History | NC State's Land Grant |
Watauga Club meets
| Date: | 5/1884 |
| Description: | The Watauga Club met for the first time. The club was formed by progressive-minded young men who were investigating way to strengthen all aspects of North Carolina, including creation of an industrial school. |
| Timelines: | Highlights in NC State History | NC State's Land Grant | This Month in NC State History (May) |
First classes held
| Date: | 10/3/1889 |
| Description: | The first classes are held at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Fifty-two students, at the minimum age of 14, attend. Tuition was $20 a session. Students could select from two basic curricula: agriculture and mechanics. |
| Timelines: | Academics | Highlights in NC State History | NC State's Land Grant | This Day | This Month in NC State History (October) |
Headquarters for the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station dedicated
| Date: | 7/1886 |
| Description: | In July of 1886, there were elaborate ceremonies at the site, including speeches by prominent state officials, a procession of guests, and the laying of a cornerstone. |
| Timelines: | Campus Buildings & Grounds |
Former slave begins 50 year career at university
| Date: | 1889 |
| Description: | An early female African American employee of the university was "Aunt" Ellen McGuire, who began working at NC State in 1889. McGuire worked at State for 50 years, retiring in 1939. According to a 1939 Technician article, McGuire was born into slavery on a North Carolina plantation. Although McGuire maintained many responsibilities while the College employed her, she spent much of her time working in the infirmary. |
| Timelines: | African Americans | Women |
First library opens as a single room in Holladay Hall
| Date: | 1889 |
| Description: | Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr., a professor of English and bookkeeping, is the first college librarian. For the next ten years, Hill ordered all of the books for the library and supervised the student assistants. Due to his scholarly interests, the early collection was dominated by the humanities and history, despite the agricultural and engineering focus of the curriculum. |
| Timelines: | Academics | Campus Buildings & Grounds | Highlights in NC State History | Libraries |
Agricultural Experiment Station transferred
| Date: | 12/9/1889 |
| Description: | The Agricultural Experiment Station is transferred from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture to the North Carolina College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts. |
| Timelines: | Academics | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Highlights in NC State History | NC State's Land Grant | This Day | This Month in NC State History (December) |
Funds appropriated for the library
| Date: | 12/1889 |
| Description: | The Board of Trustees appropriates $500 for "library purposes" and $150 for subscriptions for magazines, newspapers, and other periodicals. |
| Timelines: | Libraries | This Month in NC State History (December) |
First Mathematics courses
| Date: | 10/1889 |
| Description: | Courses in mathematics offered when the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of Mathematics |
First History courses
| Date: | 10/1889 |
| Description: | Courses in history offered when the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of History |
First Agronomy courses
| Date: | 10/1889 |
| Description: | Courses in agronomy offered when the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of Soil Science |
First Botany courses
| Date: | 10/1889 |
| Description: | Courses in botany are offered when the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of Plant Biology |
First Chemistry courses
| Date: | 10/1889 |
| Description: | Courses in chemistry taught when the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of Chemistry |
Civil engineering taught as a component of the first Mechanics Course
| Date: | 10/1889 |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
First English courses
| Date: | 10/1889 |
| Description: | Courses in English are offered when the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of English |
Alexander Holladay elected President
| Date: | 8/30/1889 |
| Description: | The Board of Trustees elects Alexander Q. Holladay as the first President of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The offer surprised Holladay, because he had applied to be only a professor of English, but he accepted the presidency position anyway. |
| Timelines: | Highlights in NC State History | This Day | This Month in NC State History (August) |
Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany established
| Date: | 1889 |
| Description: | Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany established as one of the five original academic divisions of the North Carolina College of Agricultue and Mechanic Arts |
| Timelines: | Academics | Department of Horticultural Science |
Board of Trustees meets for the first time
| Date: | 4/22/1887 |
| Timelines: | Highlights in NC State History | NC State's Land Grant | This Day | This Month in NC State History (April) |
