OCTOBER 1921 Number 1

The Institute Monthly I

Entered as second-class matter. January 29. 1914. at the post-ollke at Institute. West Vir- ginia. under the act of March 3. 1879.

Vol. XIV OCTOBER 1921 Number 1

Devoted to the Interests of The West Virginia Collegiate Institute Twenty-five Cents the Scholastic Year. Five Cents Per Copy

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PAGE Editorial 2 The Teachers' Association 4 The Twenty-Sixth Annual Commencement 5 State Summer School at Institute 9 The New Members of the Faculty 12 Necrology-Mattie Brown Prillerman 14 Football-The Season's Outlook Andrew H. Brown-Distinguished Alumnus of the West Virginia Collegiate Institute 16 Alumni Personals 18 llirt~ W Marriages 20

-- EDITORIAL STAFF

S. H. Guss D. A. LANE,JR. C. E. MITCHELL,BUSINESSMANAGER. Address all Communications to "THE INSTITUTEMONTHLY,"Institute, W. Va. , •

- THE -I N S TIT UTE M 0 NTH L Y 3 The Institute Monthly worthy effort, helpful criticism, suggestion, or articles of literary merit. "Vo right. and get your lessons" was the theme of President Davis Vol. XIV OCTOBER 1921 No.1 first mormng as~embly talk for the year, and its sentiment is worthy Entered as second-class matter, January 29, 1914, at the post-officeat Institute, II of general adoption. I wUl do right and I will get my lessons should be the slogan of every student. Faithful adherence to cc======w=e=st=V=ir=g=in=ia=,=u=nd=e=r=th=e=a=c=t=of=M=a=rc=h=3='=1=87=9=_======~ A Slogan both of these resolutions will assure a happy and success- for the ful year; departure from either is sure to result in disaster. Year The first of these resolutions is as important as the second, Editorials . and after all, easy to keep. It is true, to be sure, that we are. sometimes called upon to make decisions in knotty or delicate , I ethlc~l problems, but on the whole, the line of demarcation between In this, the initial number of the scholastic year, THE MONTHLYextends ~hat IS right and what is wrong is plainly defined,-so clearly outlined, greetings to teachers, students, alumni, friends and the casual Ind~ed, that .he who runs may read. There is always some more ex- reader to whom its columns may come. We are conscious of the fact penenced fnend or some sympathetic teacher to advise the student that, when compared with dignified cosmopolitan periodic- when unusual situations arise, but the simple path of every-day duty is Greetings als, we are not to be thought of. Weare lacking in every generally easy to follow. It must be followed if one's school life is to particular that makes them the Lars and Penates in thous- bring the greatest gain, for it is only the student who "does right" ands of homes; yet we have a mission, the importance of which is but who is able to bring to his "lessons" an eager and satisfied mind. A partially signified in our various issues. student must do right before he can get his lessons. Behind the printed page of THE MONTHLY,with its fallacies and ty- What, then, of the second of these resolutions, I will get my lessons? pographical imperfections, stands something grander and more noble It might seem that comment should be unnecessary here, but a school than the casual reader may get from the printed page. We want you to of today has so many "extra-curriculum" activities in it program that tear aside the veil that hinders your vision and see with us the great students (and indeed.: teachers) sometimes lose sight of the fact that purpose for which this school was established. We want you to see in schools exist primarily for scholastic activities,-that is, for the getting all its devious course, the march of a race through -the halls of this of lessons. If it were not for this, schools would not exist. Every school out into the world to a better condition of life and liberty than school worthy of the name stands for scholastic achievement; every had ever been enjoyed before. We want you to watch the parental student worthy of the name stands for scholastic endeavor. Athletics sacrifice of the pleasures and comforts of life that has been endured SOciallife, the musical clubs and the multifarious activities of schooi by the patrons of this school, that some boy or some girl may face the life,-all have their place; but the greatest of these is scholastic attain- world with fairer prospects that their forbears did. We want you to ment, rejoice with us over the spiritual and material growth that is manifest May I will do right and I will get my lessons be Institute's slogan among those whose lives have been touched and uplifted by the contact for the year. of this school. We want you to feel, though skeptical you may be the change that is being effected toward things worth while by those 'who It is indeed encouraging to note that the year which marks the passing have graduated from this Institution, and have gone forth as mes- of the first-year class of the Secondary Department brings to us the sengers of glad tidings and great joy. AboXe all, we want your heart largest Freshman College class in the history of the school. These to burn within you, as you feel the spirit of the School in yolW midst young men and young women deserve much comrnenda- as we preach the propaganda of All Men Up, and No Man Down as For the tion for havi?g expressed, by their e~rollment in college, exemplified in the teachings of our School. To these ideals THE College their determmatwn to pursue. the hiaher education. It MONTHLYwelcomes all of you. We beseech you to join with us in 'all at- Student has always seemed to the Edlt~r that it is very easy for tempts to uplift. Let us have a line from you, from the standpoint of the colored youth to become dlscouraged,-much easier •

T"HE -INSTITUTE 'MONTHLY ------~~~=THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY------5 than for his fairer neighbor. It is a braver thing, then, for him to before, has dignified the profession of teaching by making its emolu- push on to the heights. THE MONTHLYwishes to extend to the .Fre~h- went compare favorably with a living wage, and demanding in return man class its most hearty welcome, and to the upper-classmen Its SIn- therefor, certain prerequisites on the part of the teacher. cerest congratulations upon their return. Through educational meetings such as will take place in Hunting- ton, force is given to these movements for uplift and a dynamic urge is engendered that results in civic betterment. IN UNION THERE Is STRENGTH. Resentment, selfishness, aggrandizement, too frequently have been the agents that have retarded great movements, nullified "The Teachers' Association honest endeavor, disrupted systems and destroyed governments. After the passage of years, right purposes have influenced right-thinking On November third and fourth of the current year, the West Vir- minds, and affairs have been rightly adjusted. ginia State Teachers' Association, composed of the Negro teachers of With this for our guiding principle, we hail with gladness the coming the State, will meet in the city of Huntington. 011 the same date, the of the day when the teachers of Northern and Southern 'West Virginia West Virginia Educational Association, whose membership is composed will shake warm hands across the chasm of separation and vow on the of the white teachers of the State, will meet in convention in the same altar of their union, that the deeds of the past for education in this city. There is no union of the West Virginia State Teachers' Associ- State shall be as nothing when compared with those of the future. ation and the West Virginia Educational Association, for while both are organized for the uplift of the teachers, each has its distinctive problems to solve in the school work, and the world's stock of things worth while is added to by the solution of the problems of each. THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL The point of this meeting most significant to Negro education is , that the Northern and Southern divisions of the West Virginia Teachers' COMMENCEMENT , Association, twin sisters of a common destiny, who have for years been dallying along the primrose path of a mistaken idea have, like the Pro- HE West Virginia Collegiate Institute's twenty-sixth annual r • digal Son, come to themselves, and we have it on reliable authority, commencement week began on Friday, May twentieth and , that the wanderers will journey together from now henceforth. ended on Wednesday, May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred Thus will the vision of THE MONTHLYbe realized. Thus will come twenty-one. The Fourth-year play, the Baccalaureate ser- 1 to fruition the fulfillment of an earnest plea that seemingly has been as mon, the graduating exercises of the Bible Class, the Dorothy-Con- a lone voice crying in the wilderness, a reed shaken by the wind on stance Prize Rhetoricals, two baseball games between Institute and , some bleak and lonely moor. Wilberforce University, the Alumni Banquet and the Commencement In no boastful spirit do we venture to bespeak the beginning of a Exercises were the chief features of a very full program. Fifty di- . new era in the field of the teacher throughout the State. There is but plomas and certificates were awarded to graduates of the College, Nor- .one big problem of education in West Virginia and it cannot be spoken mal and Secondary Departments. of in terms of eastern or western, northern or southern, white or black. There is a conscious dignity associated with the deliberations of an The Fourth-Year Play \,-educated and thoughtful assembly representing the highest ideals of a 'commonwealth, that will demand the respect-and consideration of those On Friday evening, the Fourth-year class of the Secondary Depart- who sit in the seats of the mighty. Under the proposed uni&. new tnent presented'its class play, Dic:kens' Cricket on the Hearth, before an vigor, new purposes, new accomplishments will arise, that will excel the audience which taxed the capacIty of Hazelwood Hall. A play of this splendid deeds of the past. type, depicting unfamiliar English life and customs, presents unusual The outlook of the teachers in West Virginia is brighter than it difficulties to a group of amateurs. Much commendation is due the has ever been before. The State Department -of Ed!cation, as never lass, therefore, for the excellent performance which was staged by its • 6 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY - THE INS TIT UTE M 0 N T HL Y 7 representatives. Especially noteworthy was the acting of Mr. Edward Emma Reid, Carrie Richards, Arthur Scales, Freda Scott, Mabel Smith, Coles as John Perrybingle. Miss Clara Mae Fairfax as Dot, Mr. James E. L. Taylor, and Ella Kate WOods. Phillips as Squire Tackleton, and Miss Mary Stratton as Till! Slowboy. Other members of the cast were Mr. Watkins Haynes, MISS Geneva West, Miss Eloise Lovette, Miss Leona Mills, Mr. Frank Fairfax, ~iss The Rhetoricals Leora Harris and Mr. Clarence Bowles. The scenery and costuming Another enthusiastic audience gathered in Hazelwood Hall on Mon- were designed by members of the class. day evening, on the occasion of the annual Dorothy-Constance Prize On Saturday, from six-thirty to eight o'clock in the evening, the Rhetoricals. A prize of fifteen dollars was offered to that student of President and Mrs. Davis were host and hostess to the members of the the College Department who should deliver the best oration, and a prize graduating classes, their friends, the faculty and alumni, at an informal of ten dollars to that student of the Secondary Department who should reception in East Hall. render the best declamation. Four contestants represented the Col- lege, and five the secondary Department. The secondary prize was Baccalaureate Sunday IIwarded to Mr. George D. Penn of the fourth-year class, for his ren- dition of Poe's The Raven. Mr. Alexander Washington, '24, won the Sunday was Baccalaureate Day, and eleven o'clock of that morn- College prize with an oration entitled The Little Things. Honorable ing found Hazelwood Hall again crowded to overflowing. The Rev- mention was given Miss Winnie R. Page, '24 who spoke concerning the erend Mr. C. F. Jenkins of Montgomery, West Virginia, who delivered Japanese problem upon the subject Should the Doors be Closed? The the Baccalaureate address, chose as his subject The Business of Chris- judges of the contest were Mr. W. W. Sanders, Mr. A. A. Taylor, tian Living. It is important today more than ever, he said, that and Dr. R. L. Jones of Charleston. Music was contributed by Miss young men and women should emphasize Christianity and Christian Maud S. Dandridge, Normal '21, Miss Lorena Simpson of the Third- living at the outset of their careers, in order that a world now being re- Year Class' and the school chorus. built may be able to depend upon them as a solid foundation. Music by the chorus and a soprano solo by Miss Lorena Simpson of the third- Commencement Exercises year class rounded out the program of the morning. The annual Commencement Exercises were held in Hazelwood The Bible Class Graduation Hall on the morning of May twenty-fifth. Interest was added to the occasion by the presence of many notable guests, chief among whom The Alpha Bible Class of students in the Moninger Teacher-Train- was the Honorable Mr. Ephraim F. Morgan, Governor of the State of ing Course, which is conducted under the auspices of the National Sun- West Virginia. Governor Morgan took opportunity to express his day School Association, held its eighth annual commencement exercises pleasure at being present and to plea:l his support to the school and to on Sunday evening. Two orations were delivered by graduates: one, the cause of education in West Virginia. Other remarks were made The Benefits of the Bible School, by Mr. Drue Culumns; another, Peter as by Mr. George M. Ford, State Superintendent of Schools, Mr. W. W a Typical Christian, by Miss Naomi Grant. The Class was addressed Sanders State Supervisor of Colored Schools, Mr. George S. Laidley, by Mr. D. F. Merritt, well-known Bible scholar, who spoke concerning Superintendent of Schools of Charleston, Mr. James S. Lakin and Mr. '1he Doctrine of Separation. J. Walter Barnes of the State Board of Control. Professor Byrd Prillerman, director of Sunday School work among The Commencement address was delivered by Miss Nannie H. Negroes in West Virginia, presented diplomas ~o the following twenty- Burroughs, president of the National. Training School for Women and eight graduates: Marcellus Broady, Margaret Br?wn, Merle Blown, Girls, Lincoln Heights, D. C. Combining subtle humor with pointed William E. Bush, Chalmers Carter, Louie Chatman, RIchard Colley, Drew fact, Miss Burroughs held her audIence spellbound for the space of Culumns, Anna Duckwyler, Naomi Grant, Carl Hairston, Frankie Harris, an hour. Her subject might well have been Lessons from Slavery. Naomi Humbles, Hallie Logwood, Martha Madison, Madeline Marshall, Slavery, she said, had its "good points':, as well ~s bad, in that the slave S. B. Moore, Addrene Morse, Cora McDaniels, W. S. Nash, John O. Payne, holder "woke his Negro up, brought hISNegro in, and put his Negro to , 8 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 9 work." But slavery, she continued, is a thing of the past. Negroes - Diplomas and Certificates now "own themselves", and "every Negro owns a Negro". In order to achieve success, then, Negroes should now do voluntarily The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon Russell Edward those things which they once did by compulsion; that is, they should ~oss. • wake up, "come in," and go to work. Diplomas of graduation from the Normal Department were award- The following prizes were awarded: ed to Merle Henrietta Brown, Bessie Belle Cornette, Jeanette Leola Cross, MaudSelika Dandridge, Ruth Naomi Grant Cora Louise McDan- The Fleming Prize Scholarship, for the best record in scholarship iels, A?a Washin~on and Martha Eva Madison. ' during the Freshman College year, to Alexander Washington of Clarks- DIplomas of graduation from the Secondary Department were burg. aw~rded to Frank Thurmond Fairfax, James Watkins Haynes, Walter The Fleming Prize Scholarship, for the best record in scholarship ~~J?r Fore, ~aq~aret Jones, Petris Allen Higginbotham, John Louis during the four years spent in the Secondary Department, to Clara WIlha~s, Alv111DIckerson, Myrtle Estella Taylor, Flossie May Early, Le- Mae Fairfax of Ronceverte. ona Eh~abeth Mills, Rosa Belle Saunders, Thelma Augustus Viar, Clara The Senator William E. Chilton Best Woman Prize, to the best Mae Fairfax, Gillespie Garland Lomans, Elizabeth Marie Robinson Lil- woman of affairs and the most helpful Christian influence during the lie Gertrude Mosby, Alonzo Shaw Harden and James Flournoy Phillips. year, to Geneva Poindexter, College '22, of Martins Ferry, Ohio. Certificates in Masonry were awarded to Petris Allen Higgin- The C. Powell Best Man Prize, to the best man of affairs and the botham and John Louis Williams. most helpful Christian influence during the year, to Bernard Brown, Certificates in Printing were awarded to Alvin Dickerson and College '23, of London. James Flournoy Phillips. Certificates in Domestic Science were awarded to Rosa Belle Saun- The W. W. Sanders Rural School Prizes of fifteen and ten dollars, ders, Flossie Mae Early, Clara Mae Fairfax, Leona Elizabeth Mills, for the best and second-best essay written by a Normal student on some Thelma Augustus Viar, Margaret Vance Jones, Elizabeth Marie Rob- subject connected with rural schools, to Naomi Humbles, Normal '22, inson and Lillie Gertrude Mosby. of Charleston and Naomi Grant, Normal of Parkersburg. '21, Eloise Lovette, Estella Edith Eggleston and Geneva Laurenda West completed the The T. G. Nutter Short Story Prizes of fifteen and ten dollars, for requirements for graduation in the 1921 Summer School. the best and second-best short story: first prize to Winnie Regina Page, College '24, of Charleston; second prize divided between Madeline Mar- shall, College '24, of Keystone, and Louise Coleman, College '24, of :...... •...... •... Kimball. The Dorothy-Constance Public Speaking Prizes: (see The Rheiori- I State Summer School at Institute I cals, above.) : : The Frank H. Jackson Mechanical Prizes, for best and second-best Unprecedented in Numbers and Quality efficiency in the Mechanical Department: first prize of ten dollars to Arthur Truhart, First-Year, of Columbus, Ohio, for work in Masonry; The summer school that closed twenty-nine teachers attended the Second prize of five dollars to Crawford Willis,of Institute, for work in at the West Virginia Collegiate summer session, out of a registra- Auto- Mechanics. Institute, July 22, 1921, was com- tion of 137. The 1921 session . Two prizes presented by the Institute Chapt~r o"f~he W. V. C. I. Parable in numbers to the summer outstripped all others in point of Alumni Association; for best and second-best efficiency 111the Domestic ~ SChools held at the largest centers attendance and enrollment. Of Arts Department: first prize of ten dollars to Pearl Anderson, Fourth- of Negro education in the United 347, three hundred thirty-seven Year, of Charleston, for work in Dressmaking; second prize of five dol- States. Prior to 1920 ninety-five attended classes. This was by far lars to Edna Reynolds, Second-Year, of Caldwell, for work in Plain was the high-water mark in enroll- the largest gathering of colored Sewing. ll1ent. In 1920, one hundred and teachers ever assembled for any OFFICE OF DOCTOR ANDREW H. BROWN (See Page 16) THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 11 purpose in West Virginia. teachers and students of the State This unusual attendance was to read the impression of Dr. due mainly to the efforts of John Neuman about the Summer School. W. Davis, who, through an With his permission, we quote the extensive campaign of suggestion following excerpt from a letter and information, aroused a high addressed to President John W. degree of interest among the Davis, bearing the date of July 23, teachers of the State. 1921: In fact, the enrollment and attendance had to be restrained to As I look back upon my visit to the Institute, I feel more and more what a the limit of the school's power to great privilege it was that I enjoyed. I house and feed. The type of was impressed by the general atmosphere work attempted was mainly along of earnestness which I felt all around me. that of professional educational The students seemed to me a group of quite subjects leading to credits for de- serious people. Both in their formal meetings, and in their off hours, they struck me grees, renewing and securing of as the sort who appreciated the opportun- certificates, and a better prepara- ities offered by the Institute, not only for tion for teaching. study but for wholesome recreation and The effect that the new companionship. ' demands for' teachers were pro- The questions they asked after the lect~s indicated a desire to get all possible help ducing, was clearly seen in the upon fundamental problems affecting their seriousness of purpose and the work as teachers. The understanding re- persistent effort that each teacher vealed in these questions compared very put into his or her work. favorably with what I have met in other The teaching force was chosen group of teachers elsewhere. I think I. should mention, too, the quiet dignity from the best that the country which I noticed everywhere upon the produces. The special lecturers, campus. chief among whom were Dr. F. M. Those of your faculty whom I had the McMurry of The Teachers' pleasure of meeting impressed me as able College,Columbia University, Dr. men, alive to the importance of their work, loyal to the spirit of the college, and anx- Henry Newman of the Ethical- ious to make it mean much to the students Culture School, New York Univer- and to the country." sity, Dr. Walter Barnes of the Fairmont Normal, Superintendent The week of Bible Study under Geo. M. Ford, Hon. J. Frank the leadership of the State Direc- Marsh, Hon. George S. Laidley tor, Professor Byrd Prillerman, and other attaches of the State brought to the Institution such Department of Education, could not experts as D. F. Merritt, Walter A. be excelled in their special lines, Snow, W. Hobard Hill, J. W. and are recognized as the foremost Merrick, and others of noted abili- specialists throughout America. ty in the field of Bible Study and It may be interesting to the Sunday School work. •

12 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY - THE I STITUTE MONTHLY 13 The summer school was follow- from the Institute week. ed by a week of teachers' institute, At this juncture, plans are being and Percy A. Granger of New York. She is head of the Depart- ment of Music. with State Supervisor for Negro made for a bigger and better sum- t Schools W. W. Sanders, and Pro- mer school for 1922. Propagan- fessor C. W. Boyd, of Garnett da of preparation in consonance ADOLPHP. ~AMBLIN, B. S., professor of Biology, comes to us from High School, Charleston, West with the demand of the hour is Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, from which school he was graduated Virginia, as instructors. being disseminated by the man- in 1919. Dunng the year 1919-20 Mr. Hamblin was assistant in Eighty-eight teachers were in agement of the School, and there Biology and assistant foot-ball coach' at Knox. attendance, and they attested in is every reason to feel that the most emphatic resolutions very success of the past will be far sur- EXIEL. KELLY,B. S., is a graduate of the Kansas State Agricultural appreciative sentiments as to the passed by the accomplished merits College, where she specialized in Home Economics. She has also done merits of the benefits derived of the future. work in Dietetics at Columbia University, and during the latter part of the past summer she traveled over the state of West Virginia in the interest of her work in Home Economics. Miss Kelly is directress of the i•••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••·++·•••••••••••••••• • Smith-Hughes Department of Home Economics.

f The New Members of the Faculty ! MARYW. LANE,A. B., instructor in English, was graduated magna cum •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••i laude from Howard University, as valedictorian of the Class of 1918. he comes to us from the Armstrong Technical High School of Wash- This year brings nine new members to the teaching and adminis- ington, D. C., where she was a teacher of English during the year 1920- trative staff of the West Virginia Collegiate Institute. The school 21. is extremely fortunate in having secured persons of such high calibre, and THE MONTHLYextends to them a cordial welcome. loUISE DANIELS,B. Ed., was graduated from the Normal Public High School in 1916, and from the Illinois State Normal School, Normal, Illi- FRANCISc. SUMNER,Ph. D., professor of Psychology and Philosophy, nois, in 1921, after special work in Home Economics. Miss Daniels is was graduated from Lincoln University, magna cum laude, in 1915, an instructor in Domestic Science. and from Clark University (Massachusetts) in 1917, with the degree of A. B. He was instructor in Psychology and German in Lincoln GEORGED. BROCK,A. B., hails from Palmetto, Georgia. He is better University during the years 1916-17 and received the degree of known, however, as "Brock of Morehouse", which school he claims as Master of Arts from that school at the end of the year. During the Alma Mater. During the past war, he entered the Y. M. C. A. service, years 1917-20, Dr. Sumner was a fellow and scholar in Psychology and since the war he has served as Physical Director of the Y. M. C. A. and Philosophy at Clark TTniversity, by which school he was awarded Association of Washington, D. C., and as Executive Secretary of the the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1920. Last year, Dr. Sumner Association at Charleston, S. C. Mr. Brock is Director of Physical filled the chair of Psychology and Philosophy at Wilberforce Univer- Education. sity, and during the past summer he was a special instructor in Mrs. HATTIE R. KING is matron of Glasscock Hall and instructor in Psychology at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Domestic Art. Her literary work was done at Spelman Seminary, At- lanta, Georgia, and she is a graduate of the Household Arts course of CORNELLA D. LAMPTON, Mus. B., received her literary trainings Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. King has had valuable ex- 1908-12, at Oberlin, Ohio. Her musical education was begun at Perience as a teacher of Plain Sewing in Virginia and of Dressmaking Howard University, Washington, D. C. under Professor Roy W. Tibbs. at Lincoln Settlement, New York City. After t~ree y~ars of post-garduate work in the Oberlin Conservatory of MUSIC, MISS Lampton studied under Alexander Raab of Chicago MISS RUTH BURKE, assistant in the Business Manager's office, is an , • 14 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY - THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 15 alumna of Institute Commercial '15. After her graduation from Insti- Conspicuous in memorial observ- and impresssive in character. The tute, Miss Burke continued her commercial studies at ~oward Univer- ances were thoje held Septem- exercises were interspersed with sity. She has had four years of experience in the business offices of ber 30 by the lo~al chapter of the appropriate musical num~ers.' chief Livingstone College, North Carolina, ann the A. and 1. State Normal Woman's Improvement League, among which was the smgmg of School, Nashville, Tennessee. of which Mr:s. Prillerman was an her favorite hymn, "His Eye Is on active member. Brief remarks on the Sparrow." ber life and character were made For the School, THE MONTHLY by the members present. Mrs. registers for husband, family and Amanda Spriggs pronounced a friends, its measure of SOITOW. ( NECROLOCY eulogy beautiful in its simplicity, : ••••••• • ••• •• ••••••••••••••••••••••• ++++++++ ••• • •••• 1 Mattie Brown Prillerman : FOOTBALL t Class of 1912 i ++ •••••••••••••• The Season's Outlook and Schedule N the fullness of the duration, and the tragic termina- fleeting years t hat tion of what was presumed to be mark the passage of a an indisposition of minor quality r,:r~HE West Virginia Collegi- could be whipped into form, and soul from the begin- was a startling blow to her vast ate Institute has a p - with the nucleus of veterans, no nig to the end of this life, in the number of acquaintances. proached the barrier on better team could be desired. presence of the greatest respon- The last rites were observed in the football tract with But since there are no provisions sibilities that may confront a Hazlewood Hall of the West Vir- .~tl ff-"H more confidence in the made for the early training of the mother, at the height of that pin- ginia Collegiate Institute. The SUccess of its contests than that football squad, the outlook for the nacle to which a worthy woman cortege was the most conspicuous with which she faces the sound of proper preparation of a squad of may climb in the effort to serve in number of cars, carriages, and the whistle now. Coach Brock, our comparatively raw material, is not Christ and humanity, Mattie persons, and in magnificence of new coach, faces a very difficult the most flattering. Can we re- Brown Prillerman, wife of Pres- floral tributes that has ever gath- problem in that he has a very peat the success of former years? ident Emeritus Byrd Prillerman, a ered to the memory of a citizen in difficult and crowded schedule This is a query heard on every church woman, a club woman, a this vicinity. The funeral address and formidable opponents. side. Who will fill the places of woman active in social and educa- was delivered by the Reverend Mr. The Collegiate Institute lost, our former stars? The return of tional uplift, a woman whose life C. H. Woody of Charleston. He by graduation and otherwise, five Sam Holland to school has been was devoted to worth-while things was assisted by the Reverend Mr. \'eteran players, who had carved the brightest spot in the doubtful attempted and done, cast off the 1. V. Bryant of Huntington, and f r themselves a niche in the hall outlook. The back-field has ex- cares of life, and passed to that others. Mr. Prillerman, the be- of the cleated shoe immortals. cellent material. Cardwell, of bourne from which there is no re~ved husband, was unable to be Late entrance of a few old play- East High, Columbus, Ohio, is a returning. Her demise, resulting present on account of being\t:on- ers will perhaps delay the per- rough-riding back, who with .from the shock of an operation, fined in the Charleston General fection of form that they have Eaves, Harris and Lowry of last occurred in the Charleston Gen- Hospital from nervous prostration. hown in other years. There ~sa year's eleven, ought to let any eral Hospital, July 9, 1921. Her The body was interred in the ery promising band of rookIes, opponents know that they were in tenancy there had been of short village cemetery. however, and given time, these a man's game. Smith is showing 16 . THE INS TIT UTE M 0 NTH L Y well at end and as a half. Saun- team must develop fast. Coach ders, Moore, and Captain Brown, Brock has a man's-size job cut on the line, are still to be depended out for him. There will be four upon for a stonewall defense. The games played on the local grounds work of Jones at center, Cross at this year. This has happened for end, Gough and Bowles at quarter, the first time and ought to draw and others of the new and former- heavily from the neighboring ly second-string men, is attracting towns. laudatory comment from compe- The following schedule will be tent judges. The near date of played: the Howard game means. that the

October 15 Bluefield Colored Institute. " 22 State University of Louisville. " 29 Howard University at Charleston. November 12 Kentucky N. & 1. at Lexington, Ky. " 18 Va. Theological Seminary and College at I Lynchburg, Va. " 24 Wilberforce University at Institute .

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • i Andrew H. Brown, D. ·S. ! t•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• i Distinguished Alumnus of the West Virginia Collegiate Institute Normal Class 1902

o list of the prominent be accomplished. professional men of the Dr. Brown, by birth, and by ele- capital city 0 f West mentary and secondary education, Virginia i s complete is a product of Kanawha County. unless it contains the name of Doc- After finishing the course offered tor Andrew H. Brown. In the line by the graded schools of Charles- of his special profession he is ra- ton, he matriculated at The West ted with those to whom entrance Virginia Collegiate Institute in must be prearranged, and whose 1898, and graduated in. 1902. His waiting list is limited by the course through the secondary de- knowledge of what actually may partment was marked by persist- WAIT! G ROOM To DOCTOR BROWN'S OFFICE 18 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY - THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 19 ency rather than brilliancy, and sentiments of the Collegiate Insti- in the real estate business. Mr. Mr. J. E. Banks is engaged in the same characteristic marked his tute and her alumni, in this attempt Meadows has recently erected a extension work in the State under efforts in the various athletic activ- to honor one of her deserving sons. five-room bungalow at Institute, the supervision of the Extension ities that were in vogue at the W. Va.,with modem conveniences. Department of W. Va. University. school during his student life. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• .1910 Mr. Banks has been instrumental After his graduation he matricu- t t in getting many exhibits for vari- Mr. W. O. Armstrong is prin- lated in the dental course at i Alumni Personals i ous County Fairs for the colored cipal of Dunbar High School,Fair- Howard University, Washington, people in the state. D. C. He creditably finished this •••••••••••••••••••••••••• mont, W. Va. Mr. Armstrong was course in record time, but did not 1896 a member of the Varsity Baseball 1911 Team of 1910. immediately begin to practice his Mr. H. H. Railey, formerly Mr. Orestis A. Pierce, ex- '16, profession. It was at this juncture teacher of public schools, Montgo- Ohio State University, who was that one of the sterling traits that mery, W. Va., and at one time Mr. Basil S. Braxton, Pharo D., last heard from in London, Eng- have made him a successful busi- field agent for The Colored Or- ichigan University, is operating land, has seemingly mysteriously ness man, an honored citizen, and phans' Home, Huntington, W. Va., his pharmacy, Detroit, Michigan. disappeared. No word has come an adept practitioner showed itself. has been appointed Superintendent Reports come to us that Dr. Brax- from him to relatives or friends As his funds were exhausted, Doc- of that institution by Gov. E. F. ton is very successful in this busi- for a period of five years. ness. Dr. Braxton was a member tor Brown would not accept any Morgan. THEMONTHLYwould appreciate of the 1910 Old Gold and Black loan to start him in business, from 1900 any information of a later date con- baseball team. . cerning him. friends or relatives. He resolved Mr. and Mrs. Rollins W. James that when he opened his office, and family have recently changed Mr.Elvin Howard, carpenter, has '1912 every piece of needed furniture their residence from Huntington and apparatus should be paid for. oved into his new five-roombun- Mr. G, E. Ferguson, who is en- to Institute, where Mr. James has low which he has constructed. It took him a year or two to realize gaged in real estate business, and erected a modern two-story dwell- r. Howard, while a student in this his resolution, but it was done. Mrs. Ferguson, have changed their ing. Mr. James is a member of the stitution, was a star athlete as a His progress has been that address to 1006 Washington St., Institute faculty. Jnember of the 1910baseball team. which comes to a well-prepared Charleston, W. Va. where he is 1901 and well-balanced surgeon who erecting a building for business has determination and push to at- Mr. Frederick D. Page and Mrs: Mr. Emmett B. Saunders, B. S. purposes. tract patients. Close application Page have changed their place of Agr., '19, OhioState University, to business, and judicious invest- residence to Institute, W. Va. Principal of Kelly Miller High Mr. Don. W. Jones and Mrs. hool Clarksburg, W. Va. Mr. Jones have changed their address ments have placed Doctor Brown 1907 among Charleston's solid men. Saund~rs has been elected Presi- to Institute, W. Va. Mr. Jones is Miss C.R. Campbell,ex-'22, Ohio This, however, 'has not removed dent of the High School Athletic instructor in the Printing Depart- State University, formerly teacher him, as too frequently happens ssociation of high schools for ment of the W. Va. Collegiate in the Domestic Science Depart- among our race's professional men, egroes in the state. He was Institute. ment, W. Va. Collegiate Institute, from active contact with those captain of the 1910 baseball team has been appointed extension strata of civic, social,and religious of this institution. Mr. J. McHenry Jones has gone agent, and is acti~ely eng~ed in life in which the services of a clean to Nashville, Tenn., for the pur- this work in sections of the state. professional man are dynamic Mr. W. A. Brown, carpenter, has pose of pursuing a course in the forces for good. 1908 rected a four-room cottage at In- Medical Department of Meharry titute, W. Va. University. THEMONTHLYbut voices the Mr.DeWitt Meadows is engaged 20 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY

1913 Son, William P. Ferguson, Jr., May 18. Mr. Ferguson is a Mr. Edward O. Fulks has been appointed clerk in the Bureau of student in the College Depart. Negro Welfare and Statistics of ment of this Institution. this state. PRILLERMAN. To Mr. D. M. Miss Mamie Hopkins is clerk in Prillerman, '09, Michigan Agri- the Mutual Savings and Loan cultural College, '17, and Mrs. Company, Charleston, W. Va. Prill erman, (Amelia Cook, ex- '12, Miss Hopkins has distinguished Knoxville College, Tenn.), a son, herself as a competent woman in Delbert M. Prillerman, Jr. Mr. this field. Prillerman is instructor in Chern- istry in this institution. 1914 Mr. Edgar R. Beach is a student ! ~ in the Medical Department, Ohio Marriages State University. His address is i ! 1999 Iuka Ave., Columbus, Ohio. ...••...... ••..•••••.~ Mr. W. P. Ferguson is a student Faculty and friends received an- in the College Department pursu- nouncements of the marriage of ing a course in Business Adminis- Professor David A. Lane, Jr., head tration. Mr. Ferguson is erecting of the Department of English to a bungalow at Institute, W. Va. Miss Mary Frances Webb, ofW~sh- 1915 ington, D. C., on September fifth. Mrs. Lane is also a member of Mr. Carl Burke is coach of the the Inscitute faculty. school football team, St. Albans, W. Va. Mr. Burke, while a stu- BROWN-POINDEXTER.Mr. Ber- dent in this institution, distin- nard Brown, '18 and Miss Geneva guished himself as a football player. Poindexter, senior in the College As a receiver of forward passes of Liberal Arts, West Virginia he was considered second to none Collegiate Institute. Mr. Brown in his time. is a junior in this college. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are active mem- 1.•••..•• ·•••..•••.•...•• 1 bers in the Y. M. C. A. and Y. Births ~ W. C. A. Because of their gen- i eral excellence as students of this ...... ••...... •••....~ institution, Mr. Brown wors-the FERGUSON. To Mr. W. P. Fer- BESTMAN PRIZE,and Mrs. Brown gus~n,. '14 and Mrs. Ferguson won the BEST WOMAN PRIZE (Allistine Washington, ex- '21), a awarded last May.