Alonzo Cleveland Hall (1886-1979) graduated from Elon College (now, Elon University) in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts. He received a master's degree from Columbia University and did graduate work at Harvard University. From 1916 to 1956, Hall was a professor of English and later head of the English Department at the State Normal and Industrial College (now, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro). He served as chairman of the Greensboro Housing Authority from 1941 to 1967. Hall talks about his arrival at the college in 1916, his impressions of the students during that time compared to the students of the early 1970s, and Dr. Julius I. Foust's contributions to the growth and development of the school. Hall recalls the chapel program, the campus theater company called Play-likers, participating in college plays, and the contributions of Raymond Taylor. He also discusses his publications, Outlines of American Literature and Outlines of English Literature, as well as his famous book on epitaphs Grave Humor.
