State College Enrollment Nears 1,500, Sept. 27, 1924

State College Nears 1,500 Enrollment

At noon on Tuesday, 1,230 students had enrolled at State College and it was announced at the Registrar’s Office that more than 200 others had sent in applications for admission. Most of these were expected to register during the week.

With dormitory facilities for only1,000 students, College authorities have been very much concerned with providing rooms for the overflow. Many of the students have been given temporary quarters in the wards of the infirmary, and others have found rooms in homes near the campus. Every effort is being made, it was stated, to care for the increased attendance, which has seriously taxed the dormitory capacity of the College.

Ten days after College opened last year the enrollment was 1,022. This year, six days after opening, the registration shows a clear gain of 25 per cent. Listed in the enrollment are more than a hundred students who came to the college without previously indicating their intention of entering.

Although class work started on Friday, September 19, it is expected that students will continue to enroll for the next few weeks. By the first of October, it is said, the registration should be about 1,500. The Freshman Class has more than 500 men.

From the front page of the Tri-City Daily Gazette, Leaksville, N.C., Sept. 27, 1924

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