Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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JUDY PULLEN, Editor TOM ROSS, Assistant Editor BOB VACHERESSE, Business Manager CONTENTS ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS ACADEMICS

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Service has been inherent in Marshall ' s existence throughout its history. Its founding in 1838 by an act of the Virginia Assembly creating Marshall Academy was for the service of training teachers in the growing frontier of western Virginia. Marshall Academy first occupied a one-room log cabin, but the founding fathers built four more rooms to quintuple the facilities. Today we see this same foresighted planning for future expansion in the efforts of President Smith and others who are deeply concerned for Marshall ' s service to West Virginia. The fervor of such men as President Smith and friends and graduates of Marshall in the West Virginia legislature, matches that of Marshall ' s founders. John Laidley, after whom Laidley Hall is named, and the other founders met in the small town of Guyandotte to work on the establishment of Marshall. Laidley exercised influence as the Cabell County delegate to the Virginia Legislature. His work on Marshall ' s founding came just a few years after the death of his very good friend, John Marshall, the famous statesman who served as Chief Tustice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835. The naming of the Academy after John Marshall was very fitting, for the beloved Chief Justice was indeed a great public servant as Marshall College now purports to serve the public educationally. Marshall ' s ability grew when the General Assembly of Virginia elevated the academy to college status in the twentieth year of its existence. Marshall hopes to increase its services to the state still more as it assumes more and more of the characteristics of a university and campaigns for university status. After being sold for $1500 as a family residence during the Civil War, Marshall was reclaimed to serve the newly formed state of West Virginia in post war years. The insti- tution was then the State Normal School ... to be established at Marshall College . . . Marshall gained a more tangible sense of locality with the founding of Huntington in 1871. Marshall ' s location proved to be particularly fortunate in that railroads, chemical plants, and other industries were attracted to this region. Therefore Marshall was situated to educate personnel for these industries and to educate the masses of people brought to this area. Aside from fulfilling educational needs of peacetime, Mar- shall has also answered the call in national emergencies. For instance, Marshall was a pilot training center in World War II. Thus Marshall continues to serve its state as it has throughout its hostory.

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