Commissioned Officer; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute.
Virginus Johnston was a 1913 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. Virginus was one of five Virginia State University graduates to be commissioned an officer in the 92nd division during World War I.
Not many HBCUs had Reserve Officers Training Corps, at the beginning of World War I. James Nicholas, who will graduate from Virginia State and become a full professor at Virginia State and Rector of the Board of Visitors, was a member of this corp.
Baseball players--Louisiana--Baton Rouge; Southern University and A & M College--Baseball
Felton G. Clark member of the 1918 Southern University baseball team is seated first on the left and his father, Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark, president of Southern University and A&M College is standing on the right.
6 1/2" x 4 1/2"b/w Photograph Mounted on Decorative 10" x 8" Board, With Names in Ink on Front, and Pencil List on Back. Notes on Back Initialled SHC (Sophy Cornwell, Librarian); Same Handwriting on Front. Date Uncertain. Names...
Cloth bound "Record" Book With Leather Corners & Spine. 500 Printed Page Numbers, Pages 178-498 are Blank. Some Items are Folded and Pasted in; Some Loose in Back of Book. Starting Approx. 1935 (p. 123) Minutes are Typed and Pasted...
Dr. Betts, A Minister Of The South Carolina Conference, Was Elected The Fifth President Of Paine College In 1917, And Served Until 1921. During His Administration, Paine Acquired Ninety One Acres Of Property; And The Southern Methodist General...
Margaret M. Washington (1865-1925). Class of 1884. Booker T. Washington's third wife. Helped found the Tuskegee Woman's Club and the National Association of Colored Women (1896). Edited the Association's main publication, National Association Notes...
Dr. Hollis B. Frisell Was the Second President of Hampton Institute Serving From 1893 to 1918. He Came to Hampton Institute as the Chaplain For the School and Later Became President.
