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Members of the West Virginia University Football Team, 1895: Top Row: Ralph Caldwell, Harry Cole, W. J. Brunner, W. B. Cutright (manager), Henry Nelly and George M. Ford. Middle Row: Henry M. White, John Nethken, William Standiford, George R. Krebs, F. H. Yost. Bottom Row: Lew Robb, Joe Keely, Henry M. Lepps, Walter South, Chip Rane.

13. WVU Football Team

Group portrait of West Virginia University Freshman Football Team. 'Standing: Sally Rowan and Pat Orr. Resting: Ed Anderson and Fred Mitchell. Backfield of Freshmen Team, 1895.'

14. WVU Freshman Football Team Backfield

'Mechanical Hall by the river, (built 1892-4, destroyed by fire, 1899).  Note the small powder house in the foreground.  The U. heating plant now occupies the site John L. Johnston was professor of Engineering during this period.  The negative was made by Johnston about 1895, is now the department of physics. (1940)'

15. Mechanical Hall I, West Virginia University

16. Horse and Buggy on a Muddy Falling Run Road, West Virginia University

Written on the back of photograph: 'Town and Campus in 1895 and 1945; two communities and one city looking forward to another two hundred years.'

17. View of Morgantown and West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

18. Winter View of West Virginia University

Five students stand on the steps outside of Science Hall (present Chitwood Hall).

19. Students, West Virginia University

Class of 1895 civil engineering class: from left to right: Si Sthathes; Tom Lavelle; Leach; Arch Rader and Prof. Russell 'Sport' Morris.

20. Civil Engineering Class, West Virginia University

A portrait of Margaret Fleming Ward born January, 12, 1895.  Her father is Charles Edwin Ward and her mother is Gypsy Fleming Ward.

21. Margaret Fleming Ward

Shown here is the south side of Main Street near former Empire National Bank. W. Harrison Hardware, Dentist's Office, Job Printing, and Pianos/Organs/Sewing Machines.

22. State Institute Building on Main Street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Graduates in front of building on Storer Campus. First Row: John Willson, R.H. Parker, W.A. Saunders, S.B. Ellis. Second Row: Daisy Nickens, A.L. Tollierer, Harriet Brown. Third Row: Charles Bell, N. Wiley, Pela Penick.

23. Group Portrait of Storer College Class of 1895, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

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.

24. Portrait of Anna White in Cap and Gown