"The
Early Years", describes the first forty years of
the school as it grew from The East Carolina Teachers
Training School, 1907 - 1921, to The East Carolina Teachers
College, 1921- 1950. Featured in it are images of the
Old Austin Building with a portrait of Herbert E. Austin
who was the first science teacher and became Department
head and eventually the Vice President. Accompanying the
buildings are portraits of the people they were named
after to include The Robert Wright building. He was the
President from 1907-1934. Other images depict dorm life,
sports activities, cheerleaders, original literary society,
and the first male basketball team when the school became
coed in 1929. The football team was originally the Teachers
then the Indians and in 1934 became the Pirates. With
in this mural you can see how the first pirate symbol
changed up to 1950.
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