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61. Clarence Roby, Kappa Sigma Member, Student, and Lawyer, West Virginia University

IDNO:
023340
Title:
Clarence Roby, Kappa Sigma Member, Student, and Lawyer, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1918
Age 16/17. Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a West Virginia University education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.

62. Portrait of Sallie Norris

IDNO:
037174
Title:
Portrait of Sallie Norris
Date:
ca. 1889-90
Description:
Age 16/17. Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a West Virginia University education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.
Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.

63. Portrait of Sallie Norris

IDNO:
037175
Title:
Portrait of Sallie Norris
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.
Robert Scott worked in the West Virginia University History Department after graduating in 1942, as a teaching assistant. He entered the army in 1943 and was commissioned a lieutenant, Company F, 271st Regiment, 69th Division. Scott was killed in action near Luxembourg, February 28, 1945 while leading an attack on a German held position.

64. Robert F. Scott, Class of 1942, West Virginia University, from St. Albans, W. Va.

IDNO:
038857
Title:
Robert F. Scott, Class of 1942, West Virginia University, from St. Albans, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1940
Description:
Robert Scott worked in the West Virginia University History Department after graduating in 1942, as a teaching assistant. He entered the army in 1943 and was commissioned a lieutenant, Company F, 271st Regiment, 69th Division. Scott was killed in action near Luxembourg, February 28, 1945 while leading an attack on a German held position.
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Rhodes" is pictured in his practice gear.

65. WVU Football Player Rhodes, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051780
Title:
WVU Football Player Rhodes, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Rhodes" is pictured in his practice gear.