The First OneHundred Years

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• The First One-Hundred Years

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Founded in 1899 as Watauga Academy
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By Brothers B.B. D.D. Dougherty
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Small Beginnings

• The Academy started with 53 students enrolled in
  3 grade levels (Up to 3rd Grade)
• School was on 1.5 Acres
• By 1900 they were offering Grammar High School
  Courses
• Early mission was to educate the mountain
  children of Western North Carolina

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The School Evolves

• 1903- Appalachian Training School
• Just a High School
• 1921- Appalachian Normal School
• Began to offer College Courses
• 1929- Appalachian State Teachers College
• Became a four-year institution

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A Family Affair Dougherty College

• B.B. Dougherty was President
• Brother D.D. Dougherty was Treasurer and Business
  Manager
• D.D.s Daughter, Lillie Shull, taught music

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A Lasting Legacy
L.S. Dougherty Building Family Consumer
Science Built in 1962
B.B. Dougherty Building Administration
Building Built in 1968
D.D. Dougherty Building Old Library Now houses
the LAP, Advising, ROTC Built in 1935
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A School in BooneThe Lost Province

• Boone was a remote location and an unlikely place
  to found a school
• Harsh Winters
• Poor Roads (Dirt Mud)
• Students came to Boone on horseback
• Population of Boone in 1899- 150
• This isolation allowed the school to form its own
  identity with little outside influence

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Let There Be Light!

• Up until 1915, Boone had no electricity
• B.B. created New River Light Power which
  supplied power to the school the Town of Boone
• ASU still owns operates this
• This means free power to the school!!
• New River also donates 650,000 a year for
  scholarships

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The only way to get to Boone was to be born in
Boone
The Railroad Changed This!
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The Battle for the Rail

• East Tennessee and Western North Carolina
  railroad (ETWNC)
• Ran from Johnson City, TN to Cranberry, NC
• Wanted to expand into Watauga County
• Both Boone Banner Elk wanted the railroad to
  come through, but only one could have it!

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Tweetsie Comes to Town

• Boone was able to pass a bond referendum to help
  construct the railroad
• The presence of Appalachian State Teachers
  College helped close the deal!
• First locomotive arrived October 24, 1918
• Near Depot Street

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Tweetsies Effects

• Ushered in many new businesses and hotels
• Opened the area to new products such as
  magazines, papers, farm equipment, and new
  medicines

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Now its just a themepark

• Floods in 1940 destroyed much of the track.
• Reduced revenues forced the rail company not to
  rebuild
• 1957- Tweetsie Railroad opens as a themepark!

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Campus- 1926
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The Reign of Blanford BarnardBackground

• Born October 21, 1872
• Education
• Lenoir High School
• Wake Forest (until his senior year)
• Graduated from Carson Newman (1896)
• Doctorate from UNC-Chapel Hill (1899)

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Boys on one side, Girls on the other

• Boys Girls were constantly separated
• At all events (Chapel, Assembly, Sporting
  Events), Boys Girls sat on opposite sides
• Residence Halls were divided by Kraut Creek
• After the meal, a bell would be rung. Boys would
  leave first, then a second bell would be rung
  three minutes later, at which time girls would be
  dismissed.

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Separate Housing
Females
Males
Newland Hall (Original)
Lovill Home (Original)
Justice Hall (Original)
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Dating

• Freshman Girls- Allowed 1 date per week
• Sophomore Girls- 2 dates per week
• Junior Girls- 3 dates per week
• Senior Girls- Unrestricted
• Dates were carried on in the dormitory living
  rooms the assembly hall from 8-10 p.m. These
  dates were supervised

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Other Rules

• Students had to walk straight from one class to
  another walking on the right hand side of the
  hall. No lingering was allowed
• Dormitory inspections for neatness
• Grade for human behavior
• Females could not ride in cars or stand by one
  for an extended conversation

Student Information Book, 1930
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The End of an Era

• Students began to protest against these
  restrictions (Student strikes in 1935 1943)
• Students returning after WWII demanded greater
  freedom responsibility
• Dougherty gradually began to give in
• Dancing was allowed around 1940

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Out with the Old...

• 1955- B.B. Dougherty retired as President of
  Appalachian State Teachers College
• He served for 56 Years!!
• President through
• WWI
• Great Depression
• WWII
• 10 U.S. Presidents (And FDR served 4 terms!!)

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Enrollment Trends- Part I
Can you explain this?
Great Depression
Tuition, Fees, Room Board 200
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Enrollment Trends- Part II
WWII 1941-1945
GI Bill
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1955
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Did You Know?

• There were classes on Saturday, but no classes on
  Monday. Monday was wash day.
• The old campus hangout was the soda shop in the
  old university bookstore
• Founders Hall used to be the county hospital
• Whitener Hall was the old Elementary School
• Chapell-Wilson was the old High School
• The football field was located in between
  Edwin-Duncan Hall and Smith-Wright

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Precursor to Freshman Seminar?
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Dr. William Plemmons

• September 1, 1955- installed as President
• Education
• M.A. in History from Duke (1935)
• Ph.D. in History Educational Administration
  from UNC-Chapel Hill (1943)
• Background
• School Teacher Principal
• College Administrator at Chapel Hill

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Building the Transition

• Dr. Plemmons was known as the builder
  president, as twenty-four new buildings were
  constructed during his tenure
• He coined the phrase The Appalachian Family and
  helped build school spirit.
• Dr. Plemmons led the institution from a small
  single-purpose teachers' college to a
  multi-purpose regional university
• Enrollment began to soar

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Getting a Graduate Education

• Cratis Williams helped form the graduate school
• In 1953, there were 8 graduate degrees (all in
  education)
• By 1958, there were over 30 different degrees!
• We now have over 90 (including one doctoral
  program in educational administration)

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The Symbolic Shift
December 29, 1966- Old Administration Building
burned down
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Birth of ASU

• This symbolized the demise of the old, making way
  for the birth of Appalachian State University
• 1967- Officially became ASU

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Enrollment Trends- Part IIIPlemmons Tenure
Baby Boomers!
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No Longer Isolated

• Boone was no longer a secluded location
• New Roads, the Pretty Environment, the Ski
  Slopes brought many tourists to the area
• Television Radio brought the outside world
  into Boone

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A Common Experience

• ASU began to reflect the tensions of the rest of
  the nation
• Students protested against Vietnam Kent State
• Muhammad Ali Jane Fonda came to speak here

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Dr. Herbert Wey

• Became ASUs third president in 1969
• Education
• Ed.D. from Indiana State University
• Background
• High School Administrator
• Chair of the Education Department at ASTC
• Dean of the Graduate School

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A Member Institution

• 1972- Appalachian State University becomes part
  of the UNC system
• Herbert Wey becomes Chancellor

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New Developments

• Dr. Wey helped develop
• Watauga College
• College of Business
• App House (Washington)
• New York Loft
• Broyhill Continuing Education Center (only 3rd of
  its kind in the nation)
• Outdoor Programs
• ASU Foundation
• NCAA Athletics

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Outstanding Faculty

• Dr. Wey also brought in an excellent faculty.
• There were many Ph.D.s graduating in the early
  1970s. Dr. Wey brought in many outstanding new
  instructors to ASU.

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Dr. John Thomas

• Became Chancellor in 1979
• Education
• B.S. in Engineering (University of Kansas)
• Law Degree (University of Missouri)
• M.S. in Research Development
• B.B.A. in Business Administration (Florida State)
• Background
• Served in the Marines
• Manager at NASA
• Dean at ETSU
• Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at ASU

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A Wired Campus

• Dr. Thomas installed a campus wide cable system
  (Appalnet) and wired all the buildings
• At the time, this was on the leading edge

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Dr. Frank Borkowski

• Became Chancellor in 1993
• (Our Current Chancellor)
• Education
• Ph.D. in Music (West Virginia)
• Background
• College Teacher
• Assistant Director of School of Music Associate
  Dean of Faculties at Ohio University
• Vice-President Provost at University of South
  Carolina
• President of University of South Florida

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A Look Towards the Future

• The UNC system expects close to 50,000 more
  students to enroll over the next ten years
• ASU has been mandated to increase enrollment over
  this time period. Chancellor Borkowski has stood
  firm in capping enrollment at 12,500 on campus
• Off-Campus Growth
• Extension Instruction (offering degrees at local
  community colleges)
• Distance Learning

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Enrollment Trends- Part IV
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National Recognition

• Appalachian State University has been
  consistently ranked as one of the top regional
  universities
• Ranked 4- Public Universities in the South

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