Ruth Vick O'Brien (1900-1975) graduated in 1921 from the North Carolina College for Women, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1942, she received a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. O'Brien talks about growing up in Seaboard, North Carolina; college rules and regulations; changes that have occurred at the university since she was in school; campus and cultural activities during her college days; and religious influences on campus. She also mentions faculty who influenced her life such as Viola Boddie, Laura Hill Coit, Harriet Elliott, Magnhilde Gullander, Walter Clinton Jackson, Emma King, Eduard C. Lindeman, and Frances Womble.
