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

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Left to right: C. L. Wilson, Director of The Division of Mechanic Arts; Lee E. Perkins, Veteran Counselor; G. I. Smith, Director of the Division of Agriculture Left to right: T. R. Solomon, Registrar and Coordinator of Instruction; H. R. Turner, Treasurer Left to right: Lloyd E. Scott, Director of Student Life and Acting Dean of Men; Mrs. E. C. May Galloway, Director of the Division of Home Economics; R. W. Hilliard, Manager of Dining Hall, Public Relations Director

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CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTES Above: Leaders of the first regional housing conference held in the Southwest (Prairie View, April, 1948.) SOME FACTS ABOUT PRAIRIE VIEW COLLEGE A. In 1876 an act was passed by the Fifteenth Legislature of Texas to establish an A M College of Texas for the benefit of Negroes. The college was located in Waller County, 46 miles northwest of Houston, Texas. B. HEADS 1876-1880—L. M. Minor, first principal 1880-1884—E. H. Anderson, second principal 1884-1896—L. C. Anderson, third principal 1896-1915—E. L. Blackshear, fourth principal 1915-1918—I. M. Terrell, fifth principal 1918-1925—J. G. Osborne, sixth principal 1925- 1926—P. E. Bledsoe, acting principal 1926- 1946—W. R. Banks, seventh principal 1946 (Sept. 1)—E. B. Evans, principal 1948 (Sept 1)—E. B. Evans, first president C. INSTRUCTIONAL ORGANIZATION The Division of Agriculture The Division of Mechanic Arts The Division of Arts and Sciences The Division of Nursing Education Graduate Study D. The Institution is recognized as a Class A” College by the Texas State Department of Education, The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and is approved by the American College of Surgeons. E. EMPLOYEES number 245 1. Teaching Faculty of..........................121 Special Certificates ........................ 19 Doctorates................................... 10 Masters ..................................... 67 Bachelors.................................... 25 F. The present enrollment is 2015 distributed as follows: 44 Graduates; 330 Juniors; 14 Special 411 Seniors; 460 Sophomores; 699 Freshmen 1049 are men and 965 arc women 57 Unclassified EXTRA-MURAL ACTIVITIES Numerous off-campus individuals and groups are brought to the campus. These contacts arc valuable to the students of Prairie View. Intcrscholastic League Activities include basketball, band contests, track, tennis and literary events with an enrollment of 1100 schools and an attendance of 2500. Other activities are Extension Agents, Conferences, Educational Conference, Unit Courses for Farmers, Curricular Study Conferences, Vocational Agricultural Activities, Jeancs Supervisors Coordinated Conferences, Work Shops, Librarians Conference, Short Course for Coaches, Short Courses for Band Instructors, Southwestern Intercollegiate Relays, Farmers Short Course, Post Graduate Medical Assembly and many others bringing a total of 16,500 people to the campus annually.