Bluefield State College - Blueprint Yearbook (Bluefield, WV)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Faculty and Staff Campus Candids Organizations Individuals Student Life Sports Student Activities

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Oransitions The theme of the 1985 Blueprint is “Transitions.” Each of us experi- ence changes in our lives. We begin changing from the very moment we are born, and the transitions continue for the remainder of our lives. So it is with Bluefield State College. From the small beginnings of Bluefield Colored Institute, it has steadily progressed into the institution as we know it today. The 1985 Blueprint reflects these changes, as it is experi- encing changes itself. Under the capable leadership of Jim Worsham, the new advisor, the 1985 staff will attempt to take you through the college transitions from the past to the present.

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BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE BLUEFIELD STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE BLUEFIELD COLORED INSTITUTE “TRANSITIONS” Since the beginning, the institute now known as Bluefield State College has been an institute full of change. In 1905, while operat- ing under the title of Bluefield Colored Institute, the college was not actually a college, but rather a high school. With the aid of the Negro Advisory Council, the school was raised to Junior College status in 1920 with R.P. Sims acting as the first president of the advancing institute. Then on August 20, 1922, Bluefield Colored Institute was authorized by the state board to offer full college courses. Seven years later, the class of 1929, consisting of four men and four women, graduated with Bachelor of Science degrees. From there the institute trudged on assuming new titles and add- ing to its college curriculum.