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The faculty approved a plan to hold fall engineering classes in the summer as part of a nationwide war effort to accelerate graduation at technical schools.
Due to low regular enrollments during World War II, degree specializations in construction, sanitary, structural, and transportation engineering were phased out with only the general civil engineering degree available.
Students gathered over 150,000 pounds of scrap metal in 3 hours for the war effort. A banner over the collection pile read "To Hitler & Co. from NC State College."
One of the most significant contributions to the war effort was the Diesel Program developed by the Mechanical Engineering Department. The program trained more than 1,500 members of the navy.
Fifty-eight women were enrolled at NC State, many taking advantage of special scholarships to provide engineering training to women so they could work in industry during World War II.
In his remarks at the event, Eisenhower celebrated North Carolina history and agriculture and suggested that the U.S. could be a global leader in the aftermath of World War II.
State 4-H Club Leader L. R. Harrill and others watched as the U.S.S. Tyrrell was launched from Wilmington. North Carolina 4-H helped fund and name two warships during World War II.
Carmichael Gymnasium was named for William Donald Carmichael, a World War I veteran and advocate for the completion of Reynolds Coliseum. The Department of Physical Education was one of the early occupants of the building.
A. F. Greaves-Walker published a 6-part series of bulletins through the Engineering Experiment Station that outlined the need for developing and investing in North Carolina minerals. The bulletins described "the location of the deposits and enumerate the possible uses of various minerals, with the hope that North Carolinians may be interested in developing new mineral industries during the post-war period." The bulletins advocated investing efforts to develop and retain these resources locally, particularly during the years following World War II.
Plans were announced for up to 2,000 military trainees to enroll at State College and take specialized defense classes through the U.S. War Department. The college operated as two separate units: one for the military and one civilians.
Chancellor J. W. Harrelson asked students to suggest a new name for the sports teams. He disliked the term Wolfpack because of connotations with World War II German U-boat formations. Student voted overwhelmingly, however, to keep the name.
Construction for a new basketball arena and ROTC armory began in 1942. Construction was interrupted for many years because of World War II. The building was named for businessman William Neal Reynolds and funding to begin construction came from the Works Progress Administration.
Department head A. F. Greaves-Walker took a leave of absence from NC State to serve as Chief of the Metals and Minerals Branch of the Office of Production Research and Development. His research contributed to development of materials in the war effort.
During World War II, State College formed a partnership with the U.S. Navy to train naval officers in diesel engineering. The Diesel Building was constructed to house this project. It was designed by Ross Edward Shumaker and became part of Broughton Hall in 1951.
Dean Campbell hired Elliot B. Grover in 1944 as a professor of yarn manufacture. Ed Shinn returned from the war where he had risen to the rank of major in the Chemical Warfare Branch of the US Army and would head the knitting area in the School of Textiles.
NC State students held a convocation on the Brickyard in the aftermath of U.S. expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, and the death of four Kent State University students in Ohio. The following day, nearly 6,000 students from NC State and other colleges protested by marching on the State Capitol.
More than 75 trailers, forming what was known as the "City of Trailers" or "Trailwood," were constructed. These structures were built so married World War II veterans and their families could attend NC State on the GI Bill. In 1949, Trailwood was relocated, and Williams Hall was built in its place.
Harris Cafeteria (now Hall) was originally built as a cafeteria but later housed the departments of Counseling, Registration and Records, Student Development and Residence Facilities. It was named for NC State's first cafeteria manager, Louis Hines Harris, who was hired to feed students using a limited budget following World War I.
In the early 1920s, the campus offered a rehabilitation program for disabled World War I veterans returning from military service. The program was federally funded and available in multiple university departments. (See Rehabilitation Soldiers at NC State for more information.)
The 4-H "Food for Victory" program offered awards ranging from to $1 to $250 in war bonds or stamps for farm boys and girls who participated in the "Food for Freedom" extension program. They helped produce more milk, eggs, beef and veal, lamb and mutton, corn, barley, rye, hay, soybeans, peanuts, and vegetables.
