Students jump over a bar on the athletic field in front of Spencer Dormitory on the current site of the Petty Building, circa 1911. Pictured are the gym teacher, Mr. Marriet, and [?] Batterhorn. The Spencer Residence Hall, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, consists of two connecting building; North Spencer Residence Hall, which opened in 1904, and South Spencer Residence Hall, which opened in 1907. The building was named in honor of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, a poet, social historian, and journalist. She was instrumental in having the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reopened after Reconstruction.