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

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Minor K. H Anderson L C. Anderson Hl.ii kshe.ir Terndl Evans Osborne Drew Banks Pantherland — 100th Year The Pioneers i i 1 L.W. Minor (1878-1879) , The first principal of the new college was a native of Mississippi who was selected by Thomas S. Gathright. the first president at I (College Station. On March 11.1878. Professor Minor enrolled eight young men as| Ithc first black students to be enrolled in a state supported college in Texas. Mr. Minor was a man of fine education and excellent| [character, and he came up fully to all expectations in his management and qualificatiems. J I E. H. Anderson (1879-1884) The A M College Board of Directors met in Hempstead. j, U8US’ 1879- and elected for the new Normal a fac-|U ty of two and authorized the teaching of thirteen sub- J jects on the elementary and secondary level. With Mr. E. | H. Anderson, minister-teacher from Memphis and Fisk , I University as second principal. The Normal opened Octo-ber 6, 879wi|h twelve students E. L. Blackshear (1896-1915) r E. L Blackshear was elected the fourth principal of Prairie View| I in 1895. The tall stately golden voiced Blackshear was a Booker T., .Washington disciple, and he was especially interested in the agriculture phase of industrial education. — — J | Students loved Mr. Blackshear. his discipline was firm, but life, i at the college was rich and varied. — W. R. Banks (1926-1947) I W. R. Banks was asked to come to Prairie View by the Offil | of the General Education Board and the President and Boar the parent school because of his long experience in school ad! istration and his fitness to execute the program of teacher prej! | lion found to be the first need of Black education in the South.i , The influence of the General Education Board was felt in t! of money for needed college projects and buildings. I | I-M. Terrell (1915-1918) , icollwl Tn odowed Mr. Blackshear came to the J iWorth rom Pu 'c school system of Fort j, 1 WorldPW |0 at minis,ra,'on which crossed the years of i 'both nhveJ .’.Wa? marked by several improvements in 1 i development and in programs of service. 1 1 1 E. B. Evans (1947-1966) ! r' B nk ’ wh°went in,° ' 1 of Science . ke Dr- Osborne. Dr. Evans was a man i ! X'Ll? in his field. and Mechani r uUrC named Prairio View Agriculture . i and a new era f ° a University of the first class , i Texas A M CnU ° Ic'ency and autonomy throughout the , ---------------e ° System was evident. I 4

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PRAIRIE VIEW A M 2078 PRAIRIE VIEW A M

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PV Faculty-Staff in 1957-58 1924 L. C. Anderson (1884-1896) L. C. Anderson succeeded his brother E. H. Anderson, at the latter’s death in 1885. It was at this time that the ideas of the trustees of the John F. Slater Fund were taking prominence in Southern Education. As a result an Agricultural and Mechanical department was attached to the Normal School. The 20th Legislature authorized a branch Experiment Station and a girls Industrial department, was also added. J.C. Osborne (1918-1925) In 1918. J. C. Osborne was nominated by his faculty colleagues to act as successor to Terrell, and was finally elected by the Board as the sixth principal. A medical doctor. Osborne had been employed by William Bennett Biz-zell. president of A M College, a boyhood friend whom he had once saved from drowning. On September 1. 1966. Dr. J. M. Drew, who had served as Dean of Instruction and Dean of Graduate Studies became the second President of Prairie View A M College. Shortly after .taking office. Dr. Drew became ill. and as a result of his asking to be relieved of his office the Board of Directors asked President Emeritus Evans to serve as Acting President. Dr. Drew died of pneumonia on January 30. 1978 in Edwardsville. IL. following a lengthy illness.