Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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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

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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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Schools. branches of Marshall Col I tv. wiv established at Fairmont. Wot LilM-rty. Glenville, She pherdstow n. ami Con-coni. I'rof. Tliom|«son scrv l until 1871. when lie wit sue ••ceded l v | rof. Powdl. of Ashland. Kentucky, who remained but one year. lie was succeeded by Prof. Morrow, of Hancock County, West Virginia. It was at the close of Prof. Morrow’s Hist year of service that Prof. .1. Beauchamp Clark, now the ili tinguLdied representative in Congras from Missouri. wa» chosen as first assistant. Hut the field of politic-, had a greater charm for Mr. Clark than the school room, and he re signed his place at the close of his tir»t year. Principal Morrow was succeeded by A. H. Chesterman. of Richmond, Virginia. Prof. Chesterman was succeeded by Pn f. Tbaxtnn in l v l; Prof. Thaxton by Pmf. W. .1. Kenney, of Point Pleasant, in lJv 4; Pmf. Kenney bv Tims. K Hodges, of Morgantown, in 188«. Mr. Hodges resigned in 1896 to ae- ro « -|il the chair of IMiyxio in the Slate University, ami was succeeded by L. J. Corbly, of Almn. West Virginia, who was ealled fn in his graduate work in the University of Berlin, (iermany. RESUME School established ns Mnrohall Academy. 1837. Became .Marshall College, 180S. Became State Normal. 18ti7. Named in Honor of Chief Justice Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. Value of Building . (i rounds and K |iiipmnit, . 00.000. Number of hound Volume in Library, 7,000; documents 7,«Htn. Number of acres in Campus. 16. Number of Alumni sine.- a State Normal, 70S. Number in the Faculty, Session l’JHMl. 31.