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A Bird's Eye View Of Prairie View University September 1945 In 70 odd years Prairie View lias grown to a $2,500,000 plant with 1,434 acres of land. The plant consists of 38 fireproof buildings, 6-1 cottages for teachers and well equipped dormitories for students.
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FOREWORD Theme—Progress In this presentation of the fifth Prairie View Annual is a panoramic view of the history of Prairie View University. Starting as the Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College in 1879, this institution has evolved from a normal school of 13 students and a plant valued at several thousand dollars to a university with a two and a half million dollar plant and an enrollment of 1700 students. From the beginning of her history. Prairie View’s capable leadership has determined the continual progress in the phenomenal development of this institution. Principals L. M. Minor, E. II. Anderson. L. C. Anderson. E. I.. Blackshcar, N. A. Banks. I. M. Terrell, J. G. Osborne and P. E. Bledsoe laid the foundation upon which Prairie View for a half century reflected the greatness of the potentialities now t eing developed. From 1926 up to the present time Principal V. R. Banks has been at the helm with his philosophy to serve the Negroes of Texas at the |x int of their greatest need.” Realizing that the progressive philosophy of education insists u| on an increasing awareness that new times demand new measures. Principal Banks instituted his twenty-five year plan with a long range formulation of curricular provisions and physical expansion for Prairie View. A definite philosophy of service, a critical analysis of needs, a utilization of capacities brought about a realization of both immediate and ultimate aims held by the principal. In 1937 a Graduate School was added to the college, and at the present time 93 candidates have received the Master’s Degree from Prairie View Ceilege. Through its program of education in service, the Prairie View Extension Sch x l units have met the needs of hundreds of in-service teachers and raised the standards of teaching throughout the state of Texas. In this, the greatest of all periods of transition. Prairie View, by an act of the State legislature in June 1943, became a university. Cognizant of the great responsibility which society imposes upon any institution of learning in this atomic age. Prairie View in September 194 5 launched a program of progress, the greatest in her history a program designed to make of Prairie View University, an institution with a philosophy to serve and inspire and an adequacy to meet the needs of the dynamic era in which we live. Recognizing that social change brings new emphasis, that citizenship in our democracy today calls for a higher general level of enlightenment and provision for the technological character of our civilization, Prairie View University provides now for her constituency course offerings in the undergraduate and the graduate schools that meet these demands. In the highly organized Veterans Program, the returning soldier will find adequate provisions for continuing his interrupted education and developing skills which his army training has l»cgun. Education at Prairie View University will continue to lx a pioneering process. Accepting her resjxmsibility of leadership in the state of Texas, she will continue to lead youth in education for service; to guide youth in finding solutions to their immediate complexities and relating them to broader social problems. As a lalxiratory for research and experimentation, Prairie View will serve the nation and challenge educational endeavor. It is with keen awareness that the hojx: of American education, perhaps the hope.of America itself, lies in the fullest possible development and utilization of the capacity for I e a d c r s h i p throughout its total ranks, that Prairie View begins this new era of her history. It is to the realization of this hope that the Prairie View University Annual will seek to contribute.—A. I.. Campbell. 4
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