Two-day symposium honors
’’education governor” Aycock
APRIL 25. 2001 - WCC CAMPUS VOICE 9
Participants in the Aycock Ssrmposiuni'toured the Aycock
Birthplace on Saturday after viewing a film about Aycock's life.
PHOTOS: CRYSTAL STRICKLAND
By CRYSTAL STRICKLAND
In observance of the 100^^
anniversary of the election of
Gov. Charles B. Aycock, Ray
Brannon, a WCC sociology
instructor, dressed up in 1912's
attire and gave excerpts of
Aycock's last speech before his
death.
Brannon’s performance was
just one event in a 2-day
symposium held on Friday and
Saturday January 19 and 20,
2001, in the Learning Center
on WCC’s campus and at the
Aycock Birthplace in Fremont
to honor the former governor.
The 2 days consisted of
lectures and workshops. On
Friday Ray Brannon gave Gov.
Aycock's speech "In the Words
of Charles B. Aycock." Dr.
William A. Link, a professor at
LHSfC-Greensboro, lectured on
"The Paradoxes of Southern
Reform: The Case of North
Carolina".
After dinner, catered by
Vermillion's, Dr. Jeffrey J.
Crow, Director of the Division
of Archives and History in the
North Carolina Department of
Cultural Resources, lectured
on "The North Carolina
Partisan Press in the 1890s.”
On Saturday, a continental
breakfast was held in the
Visitor Center at Aycock
Birthplace.
Following breakfast was a
film of Gov. Aycock's life. At
the ending of the film, staff at
Aycock birthplace gave a tour
of Aycock's historic home.
Kathy Bundy, a historic
interpreter, gave a school
marm presentation in the
historic 1893 schoolhouse.
In the afternoon Dr. James L.
Leloudis, a professor at LHSfC-
Chapel Hill, spoke on "Public
Education and the Making of a
New North Carolina." Dr.
John H. Haley, a professor
fi'om LTNC-Wilmington, spoke
about "Reckoning with Race:
The Progressive Paradox."
Later in the afternoon, mini
workshops were held for
middle and high school
teachers. The purposes of
these workshops were to create
more projects and hands-on
activities to make history fiin.
Dr. Gary Freeze, professor at
Catawba College, gave a
workshop on "Making the
Maps Match: Disfranchise
ment's Connections." Jo Ann
Williford and Claire Pittman
presented a workshop,
"Making the Progressive Era
Come Alive: Local History
Inside and Outside the
Classroom."
Dr. John Haley, professor at
UNC-Wilmington, makes a
point during his lecture.
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Approximately 200 teachers,
students, and community
members attended the events
supported by the North
Carolina Humanities Council,
the Carolina Power and Light
Company, Govemor Charles
B. Aycock Birthplace
Advisory Committee,
Also, Govemor Chares B.
Aycock Birthplace State
Historic Site, North Carolina
Department of Cultural
Resources, North Carolina
Historic Sites, North Carolina
Humanities Council, M&J
Foundation, Wayne
Community College, and
Wayne County Historical
Association.
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Kathy Bundy, who volunteers as an historic interpreter, gave a
"school marm" pi^esentation in the 1893 schoolhouse.
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