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

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'JejccU. SiiluuteiteA. By J. W. RICE Prairie View College Gets First President It’s a far cry from the Prairie View Normal and Industrial Institute of Principals Anderson. Black-shear, Terrell and other leaders in education of the early days of Texas to the pomp and ceremony which attended the inauguration of Dr. Edward B. Evans, first president of Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Educational philosophy has changed, Texas has changed, America has changed. The world has changed-Representatives of 58 leading colleges and universities. 25 of them Negro, participated in the| academic processional preceding the ceremony. The title of president was bestowed on Dr. Evans by Gibb Gilchrist, chancdlor of, the Texas A. and M. college sys-' tem of which Prairie View is a part, and representatives of the governor of the state accompanied vans Receives New Title Many Dignitaries Attend Impressive Inaugural Program By R. W. HILLIARD PRAIRIE VIEW. Texas — Dr. Edward Bertram Evans became the eighth head of Prairie View and the first president. Friday, Dec. 3, when Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist handed him a certificate jjaf appointment from the Board of Directors. Said Chancellor Gilchrist “This College is one of the oldest of the institutions which make up our state wide Texas A. and M. System, having been closely associated with the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas since 1879. It is today an important part of our System, and one of which we are justly proud. We are determined that its leadership shall be the best. Effective Staff Member “Dr. Evans has been an effective member of the staff of this college for more than 30 years.— —As a token of your official appointment. I give you a certifi- Tuskcgee Institute, assistant to the of Prairie View college. Dr. Evans succeeds Dr. Banks as I From 1876 to 1948 the head was Secretary of Agriculture and mem- ° the institution. known as principal and dean, ber of the governing board of the...................................................................... And thus the man who has held American Red Cross. Progress Orderly So it has happened that by the orderly progress of events in Texas one of the most objectional features of its system of higher education for Negroes at state expense has been removed. It is to be remembered that there has always been much criticism of the system of administration at Prairie View in the past because of the fact that its titular heads were in fact subject to the dictates of the heads of A. and M. College. This change is highly desirable. All friends of education for Negroes will applaud it. There is general agreement also that the honor which has come to Dr. Evans is a deserved one. For many years he has worked in varying capacities in the school, always carrying a large share of the responsibility for administrative details. And he has. by this very token. 1 cen the target for many barbs of criticism, unjustly level-’ led at the administration of the positions on one payroll for 28 years, (and only two payrolls since graduation from college) became the president of a college that has graduated 5.200 students in five fields: agriculture, arts and sciences, mechanic arts, home economics. and nursing education. Looking on were 2.500 students, visitors and faculty members. Among them were fellow presidents F. D. Patterson of Tuskegee. J. S. Scott of Wiley, Dr. Drake of Alabama A. and M.. G. L. Harrison of Langston, R. W. Puryear of Butler. D. R. Glass of Texas college. R. O. Lanier of Texas State U.. F. C. Bolton of A. and M.. E. H. Hereford of North Texas Teachers college. M. W. Low-man of Samuel Houston State Teachers college. R. Harrington of Samuel Houston college. E. J. Howell of John Tarleton college, and Lawrence Davis of Arkansas A. and M. Others Present Present also were representatives of 30 other colleges, some institution in the years past. .RINCIPAL SPEAKER—Dr. F. D. Patterson, president of Tuske- , ose'pre nt nbthTcate-' Need Patience eCC institute, who delivered the principal address at ceremoniesorv were Carter Wesiey for Fisk He brings to his task an uni Dec. 3. inaugurating Dr. E. B. Evans as the first president ofv. C. Craver for Shaw Col. West ally large amount of patience i prairie View college - Gains have been made which look to theiamilton for Morgan. L. J. Jones tolerance born of his cxpcricn day when all American educational institutions will admit stu-0r Princeton (1746). S. R Gam-oi the past. He is thoroughly dents without regard to race. Dr. Patterson told his audience. non for Washington and Lee 11749). and E. E. Lawson for Lincoln in Missouri. miliar with the processes by wh Ihe changes for Die better In Nc

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 Dr. E. B. Evans has just received $25,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones of Houston, Texas for scholarship awards. This grant was made with the purpsoc fo promoting scholarship in the Agricultural Division here at Prairie View. This fund was established be-cuuso Mr. and Mrs. Jones believe that too many of the younji men are being educated away from the farm. It is available to the young men here at Prairie View who intend to devote their careers to the furtherance of Agriculture. This is the second scholarship to be granted by the Jones Foundation. Dr. Evans received this scholarship grant from Fred J. Heyne, President of the Foundation, whilo Milton E. Tarthing and Milton A Bncklund, trustees, looked on. October 31, 1946 should mark a date to be remembered in the minds of our N. F. A. men. To the Jones Foundation, Prairie View points with a grateful heart. PRAIRIE VIEW RECEIVES ANOTHER $25,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

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Top left and right: ROTC Review Inauguration Scenes Left: Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist presenting the certificate changing Dean to President. Bottom: The Reception