Potomac State College - Catamount Yearbook (Keyser, WV)

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fri a-ff ' vi Zu A DR. ELIZABETH A. ATWATER We Honor Dr. Elizabeth A. Atwater came to Potomac State School in l939. ln her classes in the Play Shop cub reporters worked on the Pasquino, Thespians handled grease paint, and many a student hid his nervousness behind a speaker's podium to get credit for an elective Elizabeth Atwater has used both class instruction and extracurricular opportunities to inculcate in her students integrity, mental alertness, and nobility of character. Her friendly smile, gracious manner, and enthusiastic support of Potomac State activities have endeared her to those on campus, in Keyser, and throughout West Virginia. The staff of the l95Z Catamount honors, in dedication. Dr. Elizabeth A. Atwater.

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szaza amz, nwaam, The change to junior college status was not a clean-cut break with the past, how- ever, for the school's program continued to contain some secondary work of a prepara- tory nature and even some normal depart- ments. By 1929, all offerings were put on a strictly college level and made to conform with the Lower Division at the University. The Legis- lature of 1935 placed the college under the management of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University and the name be- came Potomac State School of West Virginia University. Since its beginning as a junior college, Potomac State has grown in stature to take its place among the institutions of higher learning in the state. Most of the students have come from West Virginia and nearby Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Other states, especially Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware have been represented by fairly large numbers of students. Even Sweden and Puerto Rico have been represented. Among additions to the physical plant were the following which were completed before Mr. Stayman's presidency ended: Reynolds Hall, a residence for women 41925lg a home for the president: a chemistry build- ing improvised from a small frame structure at one corner of the campus, the College Gymnasium 41928b3 and an athletic field was laid out on a part of the farm land 419323. Ernest Elliott Church became president of the college and Kirkland Shepherd McKee its dean in the fall of 1936. The physical plant of the college con- tinued to grow. Homes for six faculty families were erected 419361, a modern dairy barn was built 419407, the State Farm was increased to 260 acres 419435, Arcadia Heights housing area for veterans was provided 419461, a portable building contain- ing two classrooms and a Student Center were added 419471. The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the school was heightened by the com- pletion of an 8S800,000 Science Hall this year. This new building dedicated October 20, P .A X serves the departments of agriculture, bio- logical sciences, chemistry, engineering, geology, home economics, and physics. Well Balanced Program Today, Potomac State with its 20 acres of campus and 368 acres of farm land, its well equipped physical plant, and its well staffed faculty, is preparing students who will earn their collegiate degrees in the upper divisions of senior colleges, is training young men and women to do useful and profitable work following the termination of two years train- ing in semiprofessional courses, and is serv- ing the community in offering an adult education program. Potomac State is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the University of the State of New York, and by the American Medical Association Council for Pre- Medical Work. A well balanced program of extra- curricular activities provides social and cul- tural advantages for the students. A student- faculty committee on public exercises ar- ranges for a series of convocations to bring to the campus a variety of programs in the form of lectures, music, and drama of nationally recognized merit. The student newspaper, The Pasquino, and the yearbook, The Catamount, provide an outlet for those with writing ability. There are three fra- ternities and three sororities, Sigma Phi Omega honor society, and Delta Psi Omega dramatic honorary. The Newman Club and the Christian Youth Fellowship encourage the spiritual life of the student. Other clubs are Players, Singers, Home Economics, Folio Book, Engineers, Radio, Women's Athletic Association, Band, Orchestra, Debaters, Medi-Sci, Sports, and a newly organized 4-H Club. Forty-one former students gave their lives in World War II. Sergeant Edward Kelly was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously. Currently there are 345 young men and women students attending Potomac State and 33 instructors. --ELIZABETH A. ATWATER Q, -a-9 . as- Em sw im ' 'Q 2 ,L ig. 355,

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