West Virginia State University - Arch Yearbook (Institute, WV)

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Charlotte Fuller Administrative Assistant

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Dr. Thomas W. Cole Jr. PRESIDENT

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Sam Lee, first white student to register at West Virginia State College, x Samuel F. Lee, Jr. West Virginia State College, for the past 31 years, has been a shining example to the greater Kanawha Valley as a laboratory of human relations. The Supreme Court of the United States made it possible for me to attend West Virginia State College. The day following the Supreme Court decision I made arrangements with Harrison Ferrell, the Dean, to enroll in the fall term for the school year of 1954-55. I attended State College and graduated in June 1957. During my college years at West Virginia State I experienced the integration process in the reverse. In the fall term of 1954, there were only a few white students. However, three years later at the time of my graduation, the integration process was well established. Since graduation I have worked in the Kanawha County School System for 25 years as a teacher and principal with scores of West Virginia State College trained teachers. I have observed that these teachers are very skillful in understanding the needs of our varied ethnical and racial groups. 3 I feel that West Virginia State College has for 31 years been a living example of a laboratory of human relations.