This yellowed press release, written by University President Charles Duncan McIver, is now part of UNCG’s University Archives collection. The release, in response to a dormitory fire on campus in 1904, was typed with typing errors hastily corrected. UNCG was then known as the State Normal and Industrial College. A few surviving photos document the extent of the damage.
January 21st, 1904.
The main dormitory of the State Normal and Industrial College was burned this morning about four o’clock. No student was injured in any way though a number of them lost their trunks and all their clothing. The citizens of Greensboro have opened their homes to the students, and comfortable temporary arrangements have been made. There will be no suspension of the college. The students have shown perfect self-possession, and there has been at no time anything bordering upon a panic. The three other dormitories together with the temporary equipment of rooms in the main college building, the Students’ Building, and the Curry Building will enable the college to continue its work for the present. In two or three weeks some permanent and better arrangement can be made.
Charles D. McIver, President
By Michelle Hines
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