Prairie View A and M University - Pantherland Yearbook (Prairie View, TX)

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C. A. HARRISON Supervisor of Rural War Production Training in Toxas. B.S. Advance Study at Prairio Viow. Formerly Profossor of Agriculture, Southern U. in Scotlandvillo. Louisiana. CHARLES H. THOMAS Area Supervisor—Agrkrulturo B.S. Advance Study Prairie Viow. Formerly toacher of Vocational Agriculture. Goliad, Rosenberg and Waolder, Texas. O. I. THOMAS State Itinerant Teacher-Trainer Agriculture, B.S. Advanco Study U. of Chicago, Columbia U.. Hampton, Prairie Viow. Former principal of O. I. Thomas High School, Cameron Texas. Ptosldcnt of State Teachers Ass'n 1937. RURAL WAR PRODUCTION TRAINING When the emergency came the Federal Government established training programs for the purpose of spreading skills to more of its citizens in order that they could be of greater service directly and indirectly in the war effort. One of these programs was the Rural War Production Training Courses. At the present time 269 courses are operating in 141 schools. One hundred twenty full-time teachers are working in the program with 2,886 students in attendance. This program is under the direction of the State Department of Vocational Education, Vocational Agriculture Division. Mr. C. A. Harrison heads the program and is assisted by the Area Supervisors of Agriculture (part-time) and the Vocational Agriculture teachers. The area supervisors are: Mr. E. E. Collins. Mr. S. E. Palmer, Mr. Paul Rutledge, Mr. Gus Jones, and Mr. Charles Thomas. Mr. O. J. Thomas, State Itinerant Teacher-Trainer, assists also.

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7= HARRISON DOUGLASS Profossor of Crop and Soils in charge of Practice Farms, B.S., M.S. Formorly Profossor of Agriculture, Southorn University and Assistant Director of Agriculture, Bordentown Institute, Bordentown, N. J. ERNEST M. NORRIS Director of Graduate Studies, Resident Teacher Trainer, Agriculture, B.S. M.S. Ph.D. Formerly Rosfdont Toacher Trainer and Director of Special Study, Kentucky State Colloge, Frank-fort, Ky.; Stato Manager and Supervisor of the National Survey of Vocational Education and Guidance of Negroes, Kentucky. A. B. PITTMAN Associate Profossor of Veterinary Modicino, D.V.M. Formor Votorinary Inspector, U. S. Buroau of Animal Industry. G. L. SMITH Professor of Poultry and Assistant Athletic Manager. B.S., M.S. Advance study Kansas A. M. College. Formor Toachor of Vocational Agriculture and Principal of High School, Georgia Pub- CORINNE M. THOMPSON Secretary Certificate Hondorson Business College, Memphis, Tennossoo. Junior College, Texas Colloge, Tyler, Toxas. JOHN C. WILLLIAMS Dairy Husbandry. B.S., M.S. Former teacher at Hungerford Industrial I School. Maitland, Florida.

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When the P. V. band did its bit by playing 300 Negro Navy volunteers off in Houston. Texas.