The 1955 yearbook mentions Hurricane Hazel several times throughout. The storm cancelled classes, took its toll on campus greenery, and converted the Weil Ballroom to a displaced persons shelter. This issue also includes a feature in memoriam to NC Governor and Chair of the UNC Board of Trustees William Bradley Umstead. Campus activities include highlights from the Social Science Forum, Inter-Faith Forum, and Arts Festival. The yearbook of the institution now known as The University of North Carolina at Greensboro was published between 1902 and 1993, first as The Decennial (1902), later as The Carolinian (1909-1917), and finally as Pine Needles (1920-1993).