College of Pharmacy Student Group on Visit to Calco Chemical Plant, Willow Island, W. Va.
Date:
1953/04
Description:
Group portrait of West Virginia University College of Pharmacy students visiting Calco Chemical Plant in Willow Island, W. Va. See A&M 977 for correspondence regarding this trip. Kneeling: Robert Lewis, Donald Douglas, Samuel Argentine, Benton Smith, William Hammett; Standing: William Shumate, Rudy Harman, Robert Robinson, Jack Riggs, Herbert Rothlisberger, Calco Rep.
Cadet Cannoneers in Battery Formation in Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University
Date:
1876
Description:
"WVU cadets stand for inspection beside the new $4000 Armory built in 1873. University Ave had not been built yet so the white fence delineates Woodburn Circle. Martin Hall includes an entrance porch with a balcony.", as described in "West Virginia University, Symbol of Unity in a Sectionalized State".
Dr. Hartigan, the instructor, is in the front row, second from the left; and Wayne Willey is in the front row, on the extreme right. The other students are not identified.
From April 1936 Alumni Magazine. Harriet Eliza Lyon, a transfer student from Vassar College was WVU's first woman graduate. The only woman in the fourteen member Class of 1891, she won the honor of being valedictorian. Born in Fedonia, New York, she moved to Morgantown with her family in 1867 when her father, Franklin Smith Lyon, accepted a position as one of WVU's first professors. After graduating from the University, Harriet Lyon returned to Fredonia and married Franklin Jewett, a professor of science at the Fredonia Normal school. She raised four children and was active as a musician, singer, composer, and community leader. Harriet Lyon was a grandniece of Mary Lyon, the founder of Mt. Holyoke College.
Students in Cast of 'Richard III,' West Virginia University
Date:
1891-1892
Description:
Group portrait of all male cast in costume for a student production of Shakespeare's 'Richard III.' The play raised funds for WVU's first football team. Proceeds bought, 'uniforms, football, and a rule book.' Pictured, left to right, A. Brown Smith; Ed. Mayer; Claude Gore; Melville Davisson Post, Director; Richard Stine; Frederick Minshall, Doresey Stine; C. Earl Vance; Kemble White; Harry Smith.
Modern Athens Social Organization, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1891/4/15
Description:
From Sallie Norris' copy of original playbill. Most likely a photograph of members of the M[odern]. A[thens]. S[ocial]. O[rganization]. Sallie Norris sits at the bottom right; Harriet Lyon stands to the left rear. Community-based social organizations furnished entertainment in an era when fraternities and sororities were banned and there were no athletic teams.
Student Members of Pool Forte Eating Club, West Virginia University
Date:
1893
Description:
'Main Street. W. B. Cutright, Class of 1895, Commissary. Back Row (left to right): Lew Grenolds, Class of 1895. Beverly, W. Va.; J.W. McClung, ex? Ronceverte, W. Va.; E.F. Allen, ex? Montgomery, W. Va.; Jake Linn, ex? Uniontown, Pa.; G.H. Brownfield, ex? Fairmont, W. Va.; W.E. Baker, Class of 1896. Beverly, W. Va.; T.S. Tompkins, ex? Charleston, W. Va.; Charles Jacobs, ex? Charleston, W. Va.; W.T. Patton, ex? Charleston, W. Va.; Davidson, ex? Charleston, W. Va.; T.F. Watson, ex? Mobile, Ala. Middle Row (left to right): O.L. Haught, ex? Silver Hill, W. Va.; A.B. Carmack, ex? Brownsville, Pa.; C.W. Cramer, Class of 1897. Piedmont, W. Va.; J. Floyd Strader, Class of 1895. Beverly, W. Va.; A.E. Boyd, ex? Uniontown, Pa.; W.B. Cutright, Class of 1895. Buckhannon, W. Va. Front Row (left to right): J. Morgan Orr, Class of 1892 and 1897. Kingwood, W. Va.; L.N. Reichard, ex? Brownsville, Pa.; C.S. Elliott, Class of 1898. Redstone, Pa. This picture is from the collection of William Cramer.'
Twins Anna and Stella White were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees at WVU. Science degrees were especially attractive to women, who often had less secondary-level Latin and Greek languages needed for B.A.s--than their male peers. B.S. students took French or German. The White family moved to Morgantown from Ohio in 1886 They came, as did others, to give children access to higher education. In the 1890's all 6 White siblings (4 sons and the twins) attended WVU.
Twins, Anna and Stella White, were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees from WVU. In 1886, the family sold their Ohio farm and moved to Morgantown so their children - 4 sons and two daughters, could attend WVU. Family or one parent relocation with students was not uncommon in and era when mid-western state universities did not routinely erect dormitories.
Banjo, Mandolin, and Guitar Club, West Virginia University
Date:
1896
Description:
The mandolin players are John Wallace, C. W. Kramer, G. M. Mayers, H. F. Armstrong, C. F. Lowther, and A. L. Sattell. The guitar players are B. S. White, C. P. Shumann, E. M. Pearcy, S. W. Hogsett, and C. H. Trippett. The banjo players are W. F. Alexander, H. B. McClure, and John Wallace. The officers are B. G. Moore (president), H. B. McClure (secretary-treasurer), and John Wallace (leader).
Columbian Literary Society, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1896
Description:
The Society was formed in 1852, 15 years before the University was established. Meetings were held at the Monongalia Academy, near the site of the WVU campus. No members are identified.
Freshman in the Class of 1899, West Virginia University
Date:
1896
Description:
The list of the names: C.S. Lowe (Eldora), W. F. McDonald (Charleston), C.A. Osborn (Clarksburg), Miss Evelyn Pratt (Wheeling), A.L. Sawtell, Phi Kappa Psi (Wheeling), W. H. South, Phi Sigma Kappa (Morgantown); G. E. Anderson, Phi Kappa Psi (Latrobe, PA), W. S. Arnold (Hartmansville), C. D. Barb (Morgantown), J.T. Beall (Capon Bridge), C.P. Davidson (Fleming), H.K. Brane (Piedmond), G. H. F. Holy (Grafton), J.W. Hugus (Wheeling), G.R. Krebbs, Sigma Chi (New Martinsville), Phillip Konrad, Sigma Chi (New Martinsville), J.E. Law (Clarksburg), Lee Lewellen (Duke), Miss Maud Sedgwick (Monterey, PA), C.H. Trippet (Wheeling), John Wallace (Wheeling), E.M. Whitescarver (Pruntytown), Miss Lucy B. Wood (Morgantown), H.M. White, Sigma Chi (Camden); F.N. Frum (Bridgeport), G.E. Gramm (Grafton), P.E. Greer (Wheeling), F.E. Gebhart (Latrobe, PA), Dale Grant (Morgantown), J.W. Horn (Capon Bridge). The caption reads : 'Fulton and Morse have exhausted the scope of invention, nor that Webster and Jefferson have reached the highest limit of statemanship; but we do belive that in these and other fields of activity there is work that we may do, and we are getting ready to enter them. Believing as we do in co-education, we are proud to have some young ladies in our class, and regret that their number is not larger. We give due praise to these ladies, who by their enrnest efforts, are profiting by the educational advantages which are as much theirs as anyone's else. May their example and influence and success induce many others to pursue the same course, and to help, by larger numbers, in representing future classes. The members of the class are not lacking in loyalty to the University and all its interests. Thoroughly imbued with the college spirit, they stand ready to help to enlist others in the work. We feel sure that many, if not all, of those who are now Freshmen will continue their work through the entire course, and finally go out from the University as graduates, and place their names upon the roll of the many who have gone from this institution and achieved honorable success.'
Student Group from the Class of 1895, West Virginia University
Date:
1896
Description:
Group of students from the graduating class of 1895 pose in cap and gown. In the forefront of the photo are twins Anna and Stella White of Morgantown, W. Va., who were the first women to receive Bachelors of Science degrees at West Virginia University.The other graduates of the class are: W. B. Cutright (Morgantown, W. Va.); C. E. Carrigan (Wheeling, W. Va.); T. L. Davies (Gleville, W. Va.); M. E. Gorman (Rivesville, W. Va.); W. J. Holden (Glenville, W. Va.); S. S. Jacob, Jr. (West Liberty, W. Va.); G. H. A. Kunst (Weston, W. Va.); U. S. G. Kendall (Fairmont, W. Va.); T. M. Lavell (Pencoyd, Pa.); Russell Morris (Morgantown, W. Va.); P. B. Martin (Kingwood, W. Va.); J. B. Protzman (Morgantown, W. Va.); C. N. Ridgway (Hospital, Illinois); Silas Stathers (Wheeling, W. Va.); and J. F. Strader (Morgantown, W. Va.).
Monticola Board of Editors, West Virginia University
Date:
1896
Description:
Standing in Back, left to right: Edgar Stewart, H.L. Swisher, G.M. Ford, J.M. Kunkle, Paul McCoy. Seated, from left to right: Mabel Reynolds, John Knutti, L.C. Anderson (Editor-in-Chief), W.B. Cutright (Business Manager), L.L. Friend, Winnie South.
The daughter of WVU professor Powell Benton Reynolds, Richmond native Mabel Curry Reynolds worked her way through WVU by teaching in the Morgantown public schools. She was active in a wide variety of women's organizations during this course of her life, including the Women's League of West Virginia branch of the General Federation of Women's Clubs during the 1920's. In 1908 Reynolds married attorney Samuel Fuller Glasscock. The couple had no children.
Medical Students at Falling Run, West Virginia University
Date:
1897
Description:
Group of students in a medical class pose by a small water fall near Falling Run, some are wearing long aprons; on the site now stand Business and Economic and Life Science Buildings. An inscription of 'Dr. J.F. Trippett died August 20, 1912' with a signature of Clyde Trippett, M.D. on the back.
![From Sallie Norris' copy of original playbill. Most likely a photograph of members of the M[odern]. A[thens]. S[ocial]. O[rganization]. Sallie Norris sits at the bottom right; Harriet Lyon stands to the left rear. Community-based social organizations furnished entertainment in an era when fraternities and sororities were banned and there were no athletic teams.](/thumb/037179.jpg "Modern Athens Social Organization, Morgantown, W. Va.")
