Oral history project interview with Edith Brannock, Class of 1939, and Irene Hook Covington, Class of 1941, on May 3, 1989. Brannock was the daughter of Ned F. Brannock, Class of 1899 and professor of chemistry from 1908 to 1955. Edith Brannock was an assistant professor of home economics at Elon from 1962 to 1980. She died in 2017 at the age of 99. Covington was the daughter of Alonzo Hook, Class of 1913 and professor of science and math, Dean of the College, and registrar from 1914 to 1957. Irene Hook Covington was member emerita of the Elon Alumni Board and a longtime volunteer with the Elon Alumni Association. She died in 2013 at the age of 93. Interviewer: a student in Dr. Robert Ireland's History 212 course. They talk about how Elon was affected by WWII, what dorm life was like, the railroad, Elon classes and how it has changed, Elon being a marriage school, Elon's extracurriculars, rules and regulations, dining hall food, fads and fashion, the various Elon fires and how Elon rebuilt, and commencement.
