A Mark Of Integrity
...the basement. Huntington Hall lasted four decades before being destroyed by fire in 1918. In 1885, Zion Wesley Institute had 75 students enrolled. Dodge Hall was built in 1886 giving more space for a larger student body. When 1887 rolled around, legislature changed the Zion Wesley Institute to Livingstone College. This was in honor of David Livingstone, a great Christian missionary who helped Price with the raising of money in England. By 1888, Livingstone was known as the largest black college in North Carolina (Delmar). In 1904, a new auditorium was built to accommodate more students. Construction crews and student labor was used to construct the auditorium. Livingstone’s fourth president, William J. Trent, brought one million dollars worth of new buildings. Trent also brought the college out of a one hundred and fifty thousand dollar debt. He raised three hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars for another auditorium (Wals). The Andrew Carnegie Library was erected in 1908 as a gift from Andrew Carnegie. Additions have been made over the years. It has the four main sections of a library, a media room, rare-book room, upstairs classroom, computer lab, and basement. It has over eighty thousand volumes that are mostly over stacked (Tour). The Hood Theological building was dedicated in 1910 as a monument to the late Bishop J. W. Hood. It houses administrative offices, classrooms, and video conferencing capable boardrooms (Tour). Goler Hall was completed in 1917 in honor of former president, Dr. William H. Goler. It has 90 resident rooms, living-learning space, lounges, and a canteen. It was renovated in 1982 (Tour). Price Memorial Hall was dedicated in 1943 as a monument to Joseph C. Price. It contains administrative offices, classrooms, and computer labs (Tour). The William Johnson Trent Gymnasium was built in 1947 in honor of William Trent. In 1968 classrooms, offices and a spectator area with a seating capacity of one thousand seven hundred were added (Tour). Harris Hall was built in 1955 with funds raised by the United Negro College Fund. It was dedicated in memory of Bishop C. R. Harris, who held the first sessions. It contains residential space for 84 women, guestroom, lounge, buffet, recreation room, and a director’s apartment (Tour). Varick Auditorium Music Building was constructed in 1962 with practice space for the band and music majors. It also has space for choirs, classrooms, offices, and a spectator seating for one thousand two hundred and fifty spectators. The Aggrey Student Union was also founded in 1962 that contains the cafeteria and dining hall (Tour). In addition to the 1962, construction was Tucker Music Department (Delmar). In 1967, S.E. Duncan Building was built to provide quarters for the natural sciences and mathematics area. It included classrooms, offices, science laboratories, and plenty of equipment (Tour). As a gift from Bishop and Mrs. W.J. Walls, Walls Heritage House was dedicated in 1969. It is the institution center for Negro and African life and literature, and other international studies (Tour). S.E. Duncan Education School was acquired in 1985. It provided space for the Division of Education, the Division of Social Sciences, and the Division of Business. Also in this building are the Curriculum Laboratory and one of Salisbury’s first Head Start programs (Tour). The Harriet Tubman building sitting at the far end of the school provides the teaching space for social science, foreign language, and English. It also has a small theatre with a sea...