Helen A. Thrush (1903-2006) was a professor and interim head of the Department of Art at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina and subsequently The University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1939-1969. Thrush recalls joining Woman's College because of the gifted and inspirational Gregory Ivy, the head of the art department; her love of teaching; the growth of the department; and the talented students and faculty. She describes the effects of coeducation, integration, adult students after World War II, and the Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham, Jr. controversy, including the resignation of Mr. Ivy. Thrush talks about Chancellor Walter Clinton Jackson, Vice Chancellor Mereb Mossman, and Dean Katherine Taylor as well as the Arts Festival and the beginnings of the Weatherspoon Art Gallery. She feels the biggest change to the university during her tenure is the loss of the 'family' atmosphere of the faculty.
