Rena Bridgman Lupton (1883-1977) attended the State Normal and Industrial School, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, from 1901 to 1904. Lupton discusses arriving at the school from the country, working in the dining hall to pay her tuition, the Brick Dormitory fire of 1904, her subsequent illness, and her return to eastern North Carolina. She talks about her admiration of and appreciation for the faculty and administration, especially President Charles D. McIver. Lupton recalls the campus buildings, campus life, and the literary societies. She reminisces about her days of being the only teacher in a rural school.