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The History of the W. R. Banks Library Top left and right, the Ix-ginning of the library. Second row left TTIK l.l-IJRARV ($200,000.00). Second row right. Principal W. R. Banks and others moving lxx kv More than 20.000 volumes were moved in this manner. Summer school students, housewives, children, faculty members, 1-11 lx»ys and girls, regular session students, young, middle age and old. hel| ed with this tremendous Principal Banks' faith in people was justified. He made tin- suggestion. Bottom left moving from the old library. Bottom right, a typical scene. In this one Mr. (I. I.. Smith and Mr. (). Thomas arc carrying books with a specially constructed (lazy man’s) contraption. 6 ▲
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The W. R. Banks Library Prairie View is recognized as a class “A” college by the Texas State Department of Education, the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, is approved by the American College of Surgeons and has a Senior R. C). T. C. Unit. The Forty Ninth Texas Legislature voted to make Prairie View a University. Plans are now being worked out to make the vote of the legislature a reality. 5
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Employees of Prairie View State College In 1915 These fine men and women, under the dynamic leadership of Professor K. L. Blackshear, were in the early struggles to build an institution of which the people of Texas would be proud. We pay tribute to them. (I) K. L. Blarkshear, Principal, (2) C. H. Waller, (3) Win. Cook, (4)..............(5) Miss Ruth Cox. -.) E. W. Scott, (7) Miss Hancock, (8) Armstrong Lewis, (9) N. B. Edward, (10) P E. Bledsoe, (II) NL». McGee, (12) Mr. Richardson, (13) T. H. Brittain, (14) Miss Simms, (15) Mr. Atherton, (16) Miss L. Kvans, (17) Miss Drisdale, (18) Miss B. W. Patterson, (19)................ (20) Miss Robinson, (21) (i (». Sanders, (22) N. A. Banks, (23) R. L. Isaacs, (24) CL W. Buchanan, (25) Mrs. McCall. (26).............. . ') A. E. Day, (28) A. D. Ewell, (29) Mrs. Crawford, (30) C. H. Grins, (31)................. (32) J. T. Undos, 33) W. P. Terrell, (34) J. E. Stamps, (35) C. II. Aldridge, (36) D. B. Kittrell.
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