College Athlete; Virginia State College for Negroes
Eugene "Ace" Bailey came to Virginia State College for Negroes in 1934. While here, Bailey lettered in three sports for all four years until graduating 1938. The only athlete to have accomplished this feat thus far. Sadly he died in...
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....
The drawing was done by Samuel A. Madden a 1934 graduate of Virginia State College for Negroes. The monument was to be constructed using the bricks from the old Virginia Hall which was being torn down in 1937.
Front row (L-R): Waverly Jennings; Floyd Jackson; Henry Holland; James Waters; Emmerson Spry; Walter Ross; Henry Brown; Joseph Taylor; Horace Cromwell. Second row (L-R): Unknown; Joseph Hobbs; John Davis; James Walkins; Jonathan Wharton; Russell...
Bennett College--Campus Building; Housing; College Buildings; Photographs; Buildings; Dormitory
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Hall Was Erected in 1934 as a Senior Dormitory Under the 1930's Building Program Begun After Bennett College Became a Women's College. The Buidling Was Designed By Charles C. Hartmann, One of Greensboro's Most Prominent...
Wilson Hall, Erected in 1912, Was the First Resident Hall for Women, Serving Both Students and Faculty, at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School. The Dormitory Was Named in Honor of the School's First Dean of Women, Mrs. Mary L....
Clark, Felton G. [Grandison], b. 1903 d. 1970; Southern University and A & M College--Administration
Black and white photograph of Dr. Felton Grandison Clark. Southern's second President and son of Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark - [Southern's first president]. Dr. Felton Clark was Dean of the university from 1934-1938. He served as president of...
Cortada, Rafael;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Dr. Rafael Cortada (1934- ) served as fourth President of UDC, serving from 1987 through 1990. Cortada received his BA in philosophy from Fordham in 1955; his MA in secondary education from Columbia University, in 1958; and his P.D. from Fordham...
Students, Faculty and Families Attend the Baccalaureate Service at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College in 1934. The College Is Now Tennessee State University.
The Graduating Class of the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College Posed After Commencement on May 27, 1934. The School Later Became Tennessee State University.
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...
June 16, 1914 - April 30, 1953. Typewritten, Bound in Cloth Cover With Leather Spine and Corners, With Metal Binding System. Title Embossed in Gold on Spine. Page Numbers Printed in Blue Ink on Pages (1-232). Some Entries Indicate Minutes of...
Miner Teachers College
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Soroities
Prior to 1934, the DC Board of Education did not sanction Fraternities and Sororities. Mrs. Mary McNeil, a sympathetic Board member, was instrumental in the Board’s decision to allow Miner to have sororities and fraternities.
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities
Delta Sigma Theta – The Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was authorized to make charter members of the Beta Iota Chapter. The charter members were initiated by the Alpha chapter on February 14, 1936. The charter members, who had...
Miner Teachers College; Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities; Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha – the first of the “Greek organizations” at Miner, established in 1934. The charter members formed the Keys Club in 1934, which was really an interest club of AKA. Marjorie H. Parker was the President and later the first...
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities;
Rho Delta Rho
Rho Delta Rho – Rho Delta Rho was organized in 1934 by 13 men of Miner Teachers College for the purpose of foster better relationships among men at the school.
During World War II, the fraternity, because of the small number of men in the...
The Concert Singers Were Popular During the Early 1930s. They Performed for Radio Broadcasts, the Century of Progress Exposition, and Were Asked to Sing for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
