Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 6, 1992                   TAG: 9203060467
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

RECALLING TECH'S EARLY COED DAYS

The college became coeducational in 1925. Prior to that, a few local girls took classes, but none were graduated until it became officially coed. After that the out-of-town coeds lived in private homes until a faculty residence was converted into a dormitory.

Later, several faculty residences were razed and a coed dormitory was built. It was referred to as the skirt barn, as it was in the vicinity of the college barns.

I don't know just how many girls registered in 1929, as a number dropped out before graduating. However, nine of us graduated in 1933 - three in home economics, three in biology, two in business administration and one in chemistry. JULIA S. BALLENTINE ROANOKE