Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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State Board of Regents I ION. .'I. I’. SIIAWKKY..........State Su| t. if Solumls CluirN-tton, V. Ya., I’roiikiit I ION. M. C. 1.01011...............................Kililor Fairmont. V. Va.. Secretary HON. .1. I». FIXI.KY liiKiiWH .Mnn l «rki‘rslnirv. W, Ya. HON. (i. A. XOKTIKOTT Huntington, Y. Ya. HON. GKO. S. I.AIDI.KY Charlnlon. V. Ya. State Board of Control I ION. -I. S. I.AKIN.........................Itiisitii-xx Man Terra Alla. W. Va., I’rcaidrnt HON. JOHN SIIKI'IIEICD...................................Uwycr Williamson. W. Va. DU. K. 1$. STK1MIENSON...............................Physician I'liai'IcNtou. W. Va.

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ANNUAL ENROLLMENT 1871-72 1675.76 1 s7 -77 l'77-7s lsso.si 1887- $ 1$ 8-89 I $ 9-90 1 $90-91 I $91-92 ls92!'l 1892-91 195 97 72 127 122 162 17: 165 162 IS: 1 7 1.V2 182 22:1 1896- 97 1897- 9 1 98-99 1899-00 I0INMII 1902-02 1902-04 l!MHo:, 1906- 07 1907- OS 1908- 09 1909- 10 1910- 11 25S 27 s : »: 452 .»: :{ 629 789 04 74 97 1021 1071 IIW 1125 V hav «• no rfitnlnj{ii.- for I In- } .ir 1S 7 IS71. 1872-1 75, I 78-1880, mill I - ! 18S7. Otil»i lr tin? .- y wr» ili« ■»• nllini ill has Ikvii ns jriven. . l t In- end of tin Musion 1902-02 I hr huxinc x depart men I w as discontinued. hence I hr drop in ..nrollmeiit for tin? year 1902-01 compared with the preceding year.

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HISTORY OF K:irlv in tin- last century. on an emim-mv one fourth mile from tli'- li'ft hank of the Ohio river. anil SO feet nliovc low water mark, two miles la-low the mouth of tin- Giiyaildolte river and the historic old town of Guyandotte. West Virginia, and eight miles altovo the Kentucky line, in tin- center of what is now the City of Huntington, slmsi an old log house, which was allied Mt. Ilehron. ami which was used for la th school and elinn-h purposes. A two story hrick building with four moms was circled, the lot was fenced and a good well was dug. Messrs. IVek and Shepherd wen- the lirst teachers to occupy the Academy, which was named Marshall Academy in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall of the Supreme Court of the I'nited States. marshall After (hf Civil War closed Judfti' James II. Ferguson, a member of the Legislature from Calwll County, proposed tlwt if the eoiinty would pay off the indebtedness of the property and transfer the same to the state, lie would see that the building and grounds were enlarged and improved and tluit a normal school was established thereon. This projiosition was accepted bv the county, and the State bv statute made it The Stall Normal School. and provided that it should l«- governed by a Hoard of Regents. In ISliti the regents procured the ser-vices of 1‘rof. |{. S. Thompson of I’ennsylvanin as principal. Other si-etions of the State immediately wanted Normal Schools, claiming that Marshall College was not centrally located. To accomodate these demands for State Normal