James Barnes came to Virginia State in 1931 as an instructor in health and physical education. He also coached basketball, football, and track during his short stay at Virginia State College for Negroes. There is a street named for Coach Barnes...
Campus Organization; Virginia State College for Negroes
The Choral Society, (college choir) 1931 conducted by Alston Burleigh. The pianist for the group sitting next to Mr. Burleigh on the front row is Undine Smith Moore.
Campus Physician; First Physics Graduate; Virginia State College for Negroes
Charles Townes entered Virginia State College for Negroes in 1931. Mr. Towns became the first physics graduate in 1934. He went on to get a Ph.D in physics from Penn State and M.D. in medicine from Howard University. After World War II, Dr....
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.
Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his M.E. from Purdue University. In 1922, Mr. Fauntleroy became Professor of Trade Science and Mathematics. There is a building named for him at Virginia State University.
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.
John Leon Lockett earned a B.S. and M.S. in Agronomy from the Iowa State College in 1923. In 1928, Mr. Lockett became the Director of Agricultural Division and Professor of Agronomy.
Ninth Annual Convention of the Presidents of Land Grant Colleges held at the Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark, president of Southern University and A&M College [front row seated left].
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Higbie, Edgar C.;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Higbie (1875- 1944) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1931. Dr. Higbie retired as President of Wilson Teachers College in February 1941, because of ill health. He remained on the faculty until his death in 1944.
Higbie was...
This Is a Photo of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Alpha Beta Chapter Taken in 1939. This Sorority Was Organized at Tennessee A & I College February 9, 1931. The Advisor Was Mrs. Martha Brown.
James C. Napier (1845-1940), Lawyer, Branker, Educator, Local Politician and Frequent Federal Office-Holder Was a Leader in the Drive to Establish Tennessee State University. Attorney Napier Appealed Many Time to the Committee on Agriculture,...
