Founded in 1851, Miss Miner’s school became known under the following names: 1) Colored Girl’s school, 2) Miner Normal School, 3) Washington Normal School #2, 4) Miner Normal School (a second time), and 5) Miner Teachers College. The school was...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Normal School;
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Miner Teachers College – Alumni and Alumnae;
Miner Teachers College -- Students
Miner Teachers College, formerly Miner Normal School, graduated its first class in 1933, as a teachers college. Miner officially became a Teachers College in 1929.
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College – Alumni and alumnae;
Miner Teachers College -- Students;
World War, 1939-1945.
Graduates of Miner Teachers College who served in the military during World War II.
World War II was accompanied by increased employment opportunities for students, military inductions, teaching shortages, and the increasing desire of many male...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents;
Whitehead, Matthew
Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last president of the Miner Teachers College, before it merged with Wilson Teachers College to become part of the District of Columbia Teachers College, in 1954 in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s...
College theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College
The Centennial play was intended as part of a week-long celebration of what Eugene A. Clark, President of Miner Teachers College, referred to as “a hundred years of educational effort by recapitulating the story of significant characters,...
College theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College
This play was intended as part of a week-long celebration of what Eugene A. Clark, President of Miner Teachers College, referred to as “a hundred years of educational effort by recapitulating the story of significant characters, events, and...
College presidents -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teacher College
Clark, Eugene A.
Miner Normal School
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents
school principals -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Normal School
Eugene A. Clark (1883-1962) was the last principal of Miner Normal School and the first president of Miner Teachers College. Born in Washington DC, he received his degrees from Williams College and Miner Teachers College (1908). He taught in the DC...
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.
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Miner Teachers College -- choral organizations
From 1930 through 1950, Miner Teachers College developed its music and dramatic departments. The College Choir was formerly known as the College Glee Club. Each spring the College Choir presented an annual concert, which was one of the cultural...
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Students
The purpose of the Student Council was to promote cooperation among all members of groups and to provide the framework for a democratic government in which all members may participate. The officers were elected each year by the student body.
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Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities
Phi Sigma Phi Sorority – Phi Sigma Phi Sorority was organized in 1940 by eight women at Miner Teachers College for the propose of promoting greater love and friendship among the women of the College.
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Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities;
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta – In the early 1930s, the Kappa Alpha chapter of Zeta Phi Beta was established at Miner Teachers College. Zeta stated that its objectives included finer womanhood, sisterly love, and scholarship. The chapter’s work included...
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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...
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College theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.;
Miner Teachers College
J. Francis Gregory, an English instructor at Miner. was largely responsible for student drama at Miner. He was responsible for organizing and directing the Little Theatre group at the College.
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, Associate Professor of English,...
