Cullowhee, April 29—Rev. J.M. Rowland, editor of the Christian Advocate of Richmond, Va., and author of several books on Western North Carolina, will deliver the annual graduation sermon here Sunday, May 16, officials the State Normal school announced Wednesday. The annual address will be given by State Senator Thomas L. Johnson of Lumberton, who is a native of Buncombe county and a graduate of Mars Hill college. The climax of the commencement program will be the school’s out-door pageant of Western North Carolina, to be given May 19.
From page 3 of The Sylva Herald and Ruralite, Tuesday, May 4, 1926
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In case you're confused like I was, a normal school (from the French école normale) was a specialized college created to train teachers, especially for elementary grades. The word normal referred to establishing norms—model classrooms, model teaching methods, and standardized professional expectations. Cullowhee State Normal School today is Western Carolina University.
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