Campus Newsletter; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The third attempt to establish a student publication at Virginia State was named The Campus Review. The earliest, the Clarion, lasted from 1914-1915. The second was the Crater Scroll, which ran from 1924-1925. The Campus Review was published...
Doxey Alfonzo Wilkerson had a A.D. Degree in English from the University of Kansas. He came to Virginia State in 1927. He was the acting director of the high school and professor secondary education in 1929.
John Edwin Settle earned a B.S. in Agriculture from the Univeristy of Idaho and became the Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry at Virginia State College for Negroes in 1929.
Dormitory; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The second dormitory constructed for female students in 1929. The building is in the Georgian Style and was designed by Charles M. Robinson. It was named for the Governor of Virginia, Elbert Lee Trinkle.
Campus Buildings; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Dormitory built for women students, Byrd Hall is in the Georgian Revival Style, designed by Charles M. Robinson and was named for the Governor of Virginia, Harry F. Byrd.
Sports; Basketball; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The 1929 women's basketball team was coached by Miss Lucille Lewis. Miss Lewis would later marry Mozart Frazer and would be known all over the world as "Teacher Frazer".
Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Otelia Shields Howard was a graduate of Fisk University in 1921. She edited what was called the Campus Review which was published in 1929. Her father, James Shields, was in the first class that graduated from Virginia Normal and Collegiate...
