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

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Mission and Purpose The mission and purposes of Prairie View A M University are derived from state and federal statutes providing for its establishment and support. It is designated as a general purpose institution offering a broad range of academic, research, public service and international affairs programs. As a land-grant university. Prairie View A M is especially committed to providing continuing training opportunities for students in Agriculture. Home Economics, Engineering and related branches of learning. In addition to these general purposes. Prairie View A M is charged with responsibility to provide programs appropriate for special minority student populations and to assist in the economic and cultural development of small and medium sized communities and business enterprises. Academic programs offered by the University lead to baccalaureate and master’s degrees in the Arts. Sciences and a variety of professional fields of specialization. Research and service programs are also included. Prairie View Home of The 'Pandect 10 Introduction

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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE PRAIRIE” FEBRUARY I. 1926 Sorting Capital Surplus Aivu Liabilities S 00 00 000 00 0000 00 00000 00 Total Working Capital S 00000.00 Received from Popularity Contest $ 527.00 Received from Senior Claw 79 00 Paid by Frank Thomas as a bribe to win place as Most Handsome Boy 10 00 Proceeds of moving picture show LOO Sale of annuals netted 22 00 Proceeds of crap game in annual office 9.00 Received from Freshman Class to keep from being represented as ’Greenhorns 97 Donation from Professor Whittaker 01 Received from Mr N B Edwards typewriter in hock -»V00 Proceeds of milk and cream stole and sold 21 52 One stamp sold .02 Moneys from embezzlements and swindling 974 61 Awarded in lawsuit against Professor N B Edward for hocking his typewriter 8.546.68 A note held on Professor Carrol's and Professor Carpenter s cars, together ‘♦OO Total cash on hand S9.406.62 Total cash on hand S9.406.62 Audited by B. F Harrison. C. W Lewis. I A Reece. H R Turner. Wm Ross. W T. Daniels, and Jonathan Curtis. Janitor. The Prairie Office The scene of many a hard-fought battle with underclassmen The staff of 1926 had a sense of humor. They were students as well as historians. Student life over fifty years ago. New names, new faces, and history repeats itself at PVAMU today. A view from the air in a time machine — an ariel captures history. Introduction 9

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Prairie View ia, at this time, 109 years old. These word were written on the occasion of the 75th anniversary. They still apply. What do the years mean? For man or institution, if they are Tilled with the honest sweat of service to humanity — with the patient following of that higher law of unflinching fidelity to the dictates of a calling — the years are a benediction. Prairie View is an institution — a public institution. But an institution is an empty thing without the beating hearts and yearning souls of mortal men. ... men have lived and dreamed here until every blade of grass and every rock, in that wise pri-morial way in which the primitive earth knows the cares, has joined the choir invisible to bless their memory. For ever.' man whose foot has touched this hallowed soil has found spirit, and has broadened and deepened it until what started out as an amhitionless meandering stream has become a purposeful river upon whose tide, now turbulent, now-tranquil, floats the destiny of countless human hopes and dreams. The spirit of an institution is the compound of many things — a strange and often quixotic amalgam of unrelated, sometimes contradictory, elements. Founded, symbolically, upon the ruins of a slave plantation, this college was authorized in the spirit of fair play of the constitutional convention of 1876 where wisdom would not allow vengeance to triumph over justice. The humble student, from every nook and cranny in the land, has left his laughter upon the wind, his hopes within the lurking shadows of our halls and by-ways. The giants, the worldshakers. have stood on our hill to mingle their search for truth with the fledgling's hopes for life. And men of dedication have worked here — worked to bring a new heaven and a new earth often only with faith and their hands — often without the spiritual or material compensation that their sacrifices merited — but always with a sense of mission — writh a sense that somehow, some way. time would reward their efforts—would give to those to whom they had given their minds the victory of a new world—of an enlightened society. Could we do better... than pay homage to this amalgam, this spirit? Can we do less than dedicate our live to the task of fostering it, nurturing it, stimulating it — that those who will walk this ground, these halls, will know, and be better men because of it? Alma Matter —“Dear Prairie View” Dear Prairie View our song to Thee we raise. In gratitude we sing our hymn of praise. For mem'riea dear, for friends and recollections. For lessons learned while here we've lived with thee. For these we pledge our hearts full of devotion. To serve thee now. and through eternity.----- As day go by our hearts will not grow cold. Wall love Thy purple royal and Thy gold. We’ll through our live exemplify Thy teaching. Well always strive a blessing to be. Thy children we our love and pride confessing, Well love Thee now and through eternity. Words by O. Anderson Fuller Music from Finlandia By Sibelius Introduction 11