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Found 10 events matching "watauga club"

5/1884
Watauga Club met

The Watauga Club met for the first time. The club was formed by young men who were investigating way to strengthen all aspects of North Carolina, including creation of an industrial school.

1/1885-2/1885
Watauga Club lobbied state legislature

The Watauga Club successfully lobbied 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 didn't mandate the school, however, and didn't provide sufficient funding.

06/14/1892
Closing ceremony

The speaker was Charles W. Dabney, member of the Watauga Club and president of the University of Tennessee.

Included in Commencements
1928
Peele Hall built

Peele Hall was built by Hobart Brown Upjohn and named for William Joseph Peele, founder of the Watauga Club.

05/26/1903
Fourteenth Commencement

The speaker was Walter Hines Page, a member of the Watauga Club and editor of the Forum, World's Work, and Atlantic Monthly.

Included in Commencements
1896
Watauga Hall built

Watauga Hall, built by Charles W. Barrett, housed a dining hall, dorms, and kitchen. It was named for the Watauga Club, a club of young men who lobbied the State Legislature for the founding of State College.

9/1969
Dabney Hall opened

Dabney Hall was built to house the Department of Chemistry and was named for Charles William Dabney, a charter member of the Watauga Club and a professor of chemistry.

1922
Page Hall opened

Page Hall was built by Hobart Brown Upjohn and named for Walter Hines Page, who was a member of the Watauga Club and instrumental in the founding of the college.

1/1887-2/1887
Continued call for agricultural school

Farmers' organizations in the state, along with the Watauga Club and Colonel Leonidas Polk, successfully lobbied the North Carolina State Legislature to add an agriculture school to the proposed industrial school in Raleigh. This new school would not be affiliated with the University of North Carolina and would be able to acquire and use the land scrip funds being received (but not used by) the University of North Carolina.

2003
Wendell H. Murphy Football Center opened

The Wendell H. Murphy Football Center was opened and named after alumnus Wendell Murphy. Murphy graduated with a BS in Agricultural Education in 1960. He later served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and the NC Senate. He was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by the NC governor. In 1999, he received the Watauga Medal, NC State University's highest honor. He was a Wolfpack Club member for more than 50 years, and he served as president of its board of directors. Murphy made significant contributions to the athletics program and was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.