NST: NBC News 1951: Truman in W-S for WFU Groundbreaking

[Brangus]

Maybe I should have put this in the Pit but I thought this was very cool. Sorry if Haas.

 

[DeacsPop]

Very cool; thanks for sharing.

 

[Liquid Karma]

The Time Life image archive has lots of photos from this. I had one as my avatar on the Scout boards for a couple years.

One of my favorite historical figures breaking ground at the new campus of my favorite university! Love it.

 

[WinkinDeac]

If you were here in '51, it's a Haas.

 

[beachdeac]

Who could have known back then what a great national university WFU would become?

 

[Liquid Karma]

 

[Liquid Karma]

Truman was a great American.

 

[EatLeadCommie]

Interesting that Tribble seems to have had a Mid-Atlantic accent

 

[NewBernDeac]

And I was there, close in, as part of the Safety Patrol of a local 7th grade class. wow.

 

[WFU1977]

And I was there, close in, as part of the Safety Patrol of a local 7th grade class. wow.

Tribble was from Virginia. Not exactly Mid Atlantic but only one state away. He also spent time in NY, Boston and Florida.

 

[tsywake]

The digital forsyth online library has a ton of old pics from the groundbreaking too if you so desire.

 

[EatLeadCommie]

Tribble was from Virginia. Not exactly Mid Atlantic but only one state away. He also spent time in NY, Boston and Florida.

the Mid Atlantic and Mid Atlantic accent are a bit different. FDR had a Mid Atlantic accent too. Most recently, William F. Buckley. You really don't hear it anymore.

 

[DEACS76]

At the 1:41 mark "multi-billion dollar endowment". WF has never been in the red, now I know why. The place was affordable when I went, now it's a tough sell, thanks to Dr Hearns and his "great bargain" complaining in the mid 80s, that drove up tuition.

 

[Chill4three]

My dad attended the speech. He had never told me until last summer, even though I graduated Wake in the early 90's. Dad has always been a guy of few words, but I would have thought he would have mentioned it.