The 1977 edition of The Pine Knot, the yearbook from from Atlantic Christian College, gives an interesting glimpse into the musical tastes of students at the small school in Wilson, N.C., at the time.

The Student Government Association thought they had a sure hit on their hands when they booked the now widely-popular Jimmy Buffet to play a concert.  Apparently they were ahead of their time.

 

 

So if there weren’t too many Parrotheads on campus in the 70s, what kind of music did they like?

 

 

Note the closing line: “Truly, no one since Fleetwood Mac aroused so much student enthusiasm at Atlantic Christian.”

 

Yearbooks from Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) are now available in the North Carolina Yearbooks collection on DigitalNC.

 

Student yearbooks from Atlantic Christian College and Barton College in Wilson, N.C., are now available on DigitalNC as part of the North Carolina Yearbooks Collection.

Big news for alumni of public universities in North Carolina: student yearbooks from all 15 University of North Carolina system universities are now freely available online.  Yearbooks for 14 of the schools have been digitized by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center and are available in the North Carolina Yearbooks collection on DigitalNC, while yearbooks from North Carolina State University are available through the excellent Historical State digital collection.

Student yearbooks from Western Carolina University are now available on DigitalNC.  Ranging in date from 1918 to 2005, the online collection includes 73 volumes.  The yearbooks are from the Special Collections department in Hunter Library at Western Carolina.

 

Author David Sedaris in 1976

Western Carolina has many well-known graduates, including author David Sedaris, originally from Raleigh. He didn’t graduate, transferring to Kent State after a year or so, but he did stick around long enough to get his picture in the 1976 edition of The Catamount (p. 239).  And it’s quite a picture.

Fifty-nine yearbooks from Pfeiffer University are now available on DigitalNC. The school, which is located in Misenheimer, N.C., opened a satellite in Charlotte in 1977. 

Student yearbooks from Western Piedmont Community College are now available in the North Carolina Yearbooks collection on DigitalNC.  There are 16 volumes online, spanning the years 1968 through 1983.  The yearbooks were digitized by the Library at WPCC.

A page from the 1995 edition of “The Oak” from Louisburg College

The 39th annual International Whistler’s Convention is now in full swing in Louisburg, N.C., the self-acclaimed whistling capital of the world. The competition lasts for five days and is full of interesting rules and regulations: whistlers enter the contest in three categories — Classical, Popular, and Allied Arts (in which a performer can combine whistling with other talents, such as miming, singing, or drama) — and are expected to follow a Whistler’s Code of Ethics. 

Louisburg College is an official supporter of the convention, and there are some great images from the event over the years in their student yearbooks on DigitalNC.org. Whistling may be a serious business, but it certainly results in some pretty funny faces.