Ione Mebane Mann (1898-1988) graduated in 1919 from the State Normal and Industrial College, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Mann recalls her decision to attend college, her student days, courses she took, and her professors. She explains the students' respect for the professors, the teaching styles of Walter Clinton Jackson and Harriet Elliott, and the summers she spent taking preparatory classes. Mann talks about being 'classed' in her junior year after earning enough credits, her involvement in the Cornelian Literary Society and Shakespearean May Day pageant, and the walking period during the weekdays. She describes students' church attendance, her bout with homesickness, the activities for physical education, and the uniforms they were required to wear.
