HIGH POINT, N.C., June 30, 2009 – Alice Sink, a retired associate professor of English at High Point University, recently published a book that contains early details of High Point College.
The book, “Hidden History of the Piedmont Triad,” was launched on June 19. It includes a chapter, titled “High Point College: The Early Years (1924-1927),” and is based on research and interviews from the early 1980s with Herman Coble, the first HPC graduate, as well as Lelia Coble, N.P. Yarborough and Louise Adams.
“Included in the book are old photographs given to me by Mr. Coble before he died,” Sink says. “There are also pictures printed of the Masons getting ready for the cornerstone ceremony on Nov. 14, 1924, and photos of Herman Coble, construction of McCulloch Dormitory and a program from the First Annual Banquet on May 4, 1927.”
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 50 countries and more than 40 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” The university offers 66 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at www.highpoint.edu. Chris DudleyVice President for [email protected]