In 1897, Benson Library, Often Referred to as Benson #1, Was Completed and Made Possible By a Gift of $1,600.00 From Miss Mary Benson of Brooklyn, New York. This Building Was Constructed Under the Supervision of George E. Hayes, An Instructor In...
Not many HBCUs had Reserve Officers Training Corps, at the beginning of World War I. James Nicholas, who will graduate from Virginia State and become a full professor at Virginia State and Rector of the Board of Visitors, was a member of this corp.
Commissioned Officer; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute.
Virginus Johnston was a 1913 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. Virginus was one of five Virginia State University graduates to be commissioned an officer in the 92nd division during World War I.
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".
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....
Virginia State was quite involved in many of the problems concerning the second World War. This patch was designed to show support for the nation during the second World War.
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, Yearbook, Students, Faculty
Yearbook. Pre-Title Page: A Century of Endeavor in Behalf of an Ideal. Title Page: The 1954 Lion, Published By the Senior Class of Lincoln University, Free Men in a Free World, Through Education and Brotherhood, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania....
Inscription reads as follows: Atlanta Daily World 100 Per Cent Wrong Club presents the 20th Annual Sports Banquet. Arnett [Ace] W. Mumford, head coach of Southern University was also honored. Banquet was held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Ball Room...
Clarence Wilson Entered Tennessee A & I State College in 1945 on a Basketball Scholarship. Wilson Captained the Tigers From 1945-1949. During These Four Years, He Was Selected All-Mid-Western Conference Team. Under the Guidance of Coach...
Dr. James Edward Shepard (November 3, 1875-October 6, 1947) founded the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in 1910. He was the school's first president and served in that position from 1909 until his death on October 6, 1947. Prior...
The DC Board of Higher Education appointed Dr. Frank Farner as the first President of Federal City College. Dr. Farner had been recruited by Sen. Morse. Dr. Farner served from September 1968 through 1969. After leaving FCC, he went on to become...
Leatrice B. McKissack (1930- ). Entrepreneur, businessperson. Class of 1951. Past CEO of McKissack and McKissack Architectural and Engineering, Inc., builder of Fisk's Carnegie Library (1909) and Tuskegee's famous World War II airbase. Member of...
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...
