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Eidenier, Betty Hobgood, 1991 March 29

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: 01-UA112-OH003- Series 2- File Folder 7

Scope and Contents

Eidenier recalls her role in student government and student campus life and traditions. She discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961, the North Carolina Speaker Ban in 1963, President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and sociological attitudes as the college became integrated and coeducational. She talks about the strong curriculum of the institution and remembers Chancellor James S. Ferguson and the English faculty, especially Randall Jarrell. Subjects: Living on campus, her expectations of the school when she arrived, her involvement in student legislature as dorm representative, president of student legislature, the speaker ban controversy, her debate on UNC Public TV concerning the speaker ban, sister classes, dress code, the Kennedy assassination, integration, men on campus and its effect on the female students, protests over men.

Dates

  • 1991 March 29

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Betty Hobgood Eidenier (1944- ) is everlasting class president of the class of 1966 at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She came to the university when it was named Woman.s College of the University of North Carolina.

Extent

From the Collection: 8.00 Linear Feet (17 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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