Confederate General; Battle of the Crater; Readjuster Party; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
William Mahone was a railroad engineer, a Confederate General, and a hero in the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. After the Civil War he was one of the people who helped establish the Readjuster Party. The Party's support of the public...
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....
Wilson Teachers College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College
Wilson Teachers College was established in 1873 as the Washington Normal School. The name was changed to James Ormond Wilson Normal School in 1913 in honor of the man who was superintendent of schools when Wilson Normal School was founded. Wilson...
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Buildings
WTI’s administration building and student center was dedicated in 1973. By this time, WTI was located on a 21 acre wooded site north of Van Ness Street north of Connecticut Avenue, NW
Wyomia Tyus Was the First Olympic Athlete to Successfully Defend Her Sprint Title in a Subsequent Olympiad. At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Tyus Ran the 100-Meter Dash in 11.2 Seconds in the Preliminary Heats, Tying Wilma Rudolph's World Records, and...
Miner Teachers College;
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...
