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Newsletter - May 1935

Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College

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/ PRAIRIE VIEW STATE COLLEGE - PRAIRIE VIS?, TEXAS

VOLUME V MAY - 1935 NUMBER 9

CALENDAR -

(a) Final Examinations - , 23, 24 and 25 (b) Home Coming and Celebration - , 1935 (c) Baccalaureate Address - W. R. Banks - , 1935 (d) Commencement Address - G. 17• Buchanan - , 1935 (e) closing oi" Regular session - May 27, 1935

SUMMER SCHOOL -

(a) Workers' Meeting 7:30 p. M., , 1935 (b) Summer Session June 3 to August 15, 1935 (c) The regular teachers who have been working on a nine (9) months basis, if their services are continued for the summer school, will receive 75f; of their monthly salary of the regular session during the period of Summer school.

RELAYS -

The Relay Toums will be going to Tuskogce soon to roprescnt Prairie yicw. It is my hope tiia t each one will do all that he or she is, consistently, able to contribute towards this expense. I shall greatly appreciate what you do,

PLEDGES -

(a) Pledges for wilcy Endowment, Dr. Du Bois' expense and Relays may be left with Mr. N. B« Edward.

Thanks for your contribution in making this an Epochal year in the institution's history.

AND FINALLY -

Lot me leave with you this timely and beautiful thought of Professor p. G. Holden, who says -

"ThG highest compliment I c,..n give to a person is to say of him - he is a man of vision and a man of Achievements."

Principal

P. S. 1. Dr. 17. A. C. Hughes will preach Sunday, April 28 2, Meeting for May will be April 30 - at 7:30 p. M. 3. Meeting for JunG will bo May 31 - at 7:30 p. M.

'.7RB PRAIRIE VIEW STATE COLLEGE Prairie view, TQxas

MROLLMENT ESTIMATE FOR 1935-36

1. The total enrollment for 1934-35 is 730 students of College level.

2. Of this number 104 will graduate by 6nd of the year.

3. This leaves 626 in Junior, sophomore and Freshman classes who are eligible to return regular session 1935-36.

4. We estimate that 30$ of the 626 students in #3 will not return, or 188. o. Then 438 students from this year's enrollment will become our base estimate,

6, These are the sources of enrollment for 1935-36

(a) Base estimate from 1934-35 enrollment 438 (b) Hang over seniors 10 (c) From the 166 who did not return from 1933-34 22 (d) junior Colleges in Texas 30 (e) Other Colleges 20 (f) Special and Unit COUTSGS 30 (g) High School graduates 300

Total estimate enrollment for 1935-36 850

Previous Estimates of Enrollment -

1. 1933-34 — 594 Enrolled 593 2. 1934—35 — 700 Enrolled 730 3. 1335—36 — 850 Enrolled ?

Previous High school Graduate choices -

1. In 1932 — Prairie View 387 Freshman Class - 168 2. in 1933 — PrairiG view 367 Freshman Class - 211 3. In 1934 — Prairie View 396 Freshman Class - 299 4. In 1935 — Frairie View 452 Estimated - 300 Enrollment Record at Prairie View state College from 1926 to 1935

1. 1926-27 High School 380 College 674 total -•— 1054 2. 1927-28 High School 386 College 902 total -•— 1288 3. 1928-29 -— High School 242 College 943 total — — 1185 4. 1929-30 High School 123 Collage 887 total — — 1010 5. 1930-31 High School 0 Colloge 836 total — — 833 6. 1931-32 High School 0 College 662 total — — 662 7. 1932-33 High School 0 College 462 total — — 462 8. 1933-34 High School 0 College 593 total -•— 593 9. 1934-35 High School 0 College 730 total — — 730 10. 1935-36 — Estimate Enrollment College 850

V. Training of tho Instructional staff from 1926-1935

1 1926-27 ( ,1.934-35 I 1. V'ith no degrees 25 7 1 2. A. B., or B. S., degrees 31 7

3. One year above first degree 0 6

4. M. A. > or H. S., degrees 1 34

5. One year above 11. A. .degree 0 7 P 6. Two years on Ph. D., degree 0

Total 57 63

VI. The 1934-35 Instructional Staff Received training as follows: -

Kansas State 4 Co me11 5 Talladega 1 Michigan 4 2 Northwestern 2 2 Iowa State- 7 Prairie View 3 California 5 Kansas Univ. 2 Hampton 1 Ohio 2 Wisconsin 2 1 Now York 1 Union Theo. 1 Lengston 1 Columbia 5 Kansas Teachers 1 Oberlin 1 Iowa 5 Tuslcegoe 3 Pittsburg 1