Science Class, circa 1960

This image shows students attending a science class in Smith-Wright Hall, built 1940, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the early 1960s. Students can be seen sitting at tables working with machinery. Smith-Wright served as the second science building on campus, providing offices, laboratories, and classroom facilities for the Departments of Biology, Geology, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics until 1963, when the Rankin Science Building was completed. It then housed the Departments of Business Education, Mathematics, and Speech.

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Appalachian State University

General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 6, Smith-Wright Hall, C14.1.6.6.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Smith-Wright Hall (1940)

1960-1969

Series 1 -- Campus and Buildings

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