West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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Receiving the Order of the Vandalia at WVU Commencement ceremonies in 1963. At left is former WVU presi- dent. Paul Miller. Oliver Perry Chitwood was born in Franklin County, Virginia, on November 28, 1874. He received his A.B. degree in 1899 from the College of William and Mary, and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1905. He served as librarian at William and Mary and later as Headmaster of Richmond Academy. He taught history, political science and economics at Mercer University for two years before coming to West Virginia University in 1907. He has been a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins, Ohio State, University of North Carolina, and Stetson. In 1946 he retired from his teaching duties at WVU. A Phi Beta Kappa and one of the founders of the WVU chapter in 1910, Dr. Chitwood is the author of the following books: Justice in Colonial Virginia, The Immediate Causes of the Great War, A History of Colonial America, John Tyler: Champion of the Old South, A Short History of the American People, and The United States: From Colony to World Power. He is the joint author of another American history book, has contributed book reviews and other articles. His latest contributions are three student manuals on United States history and he is currently working on a biography of Richard Henry Lee. He is a resident of Morgantown and is active in several historical associations and a regular attender at University events. At the Monticola awards banquet with Prof. Patrick Gainer, yearbook advisor, who received special plaque for service; Mrs. Chitwood. and Dr. Chitwood, who gave the address.

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The Mondcola respectfully dedicates its WVU 100th Anniversary edition to Oliver Perry Chitwood, educator and author. Dr. Chitwood, a member of the University community for 60 years, has distinguished himself in the classroom and in his writing. The first editor of the Colonial Echo yearbook at William and Mary, Dr. Chitwood is almost reaching his own Centennial as he is in his 93rd year. He honors our University and our yearbook by introducing the special historical section of this commemorative yearbook.

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' rr m In the shadow of Woodburn Hall, so familiar to all WVU Mountaineers, is the ghost of Woodburn Female Seminary which stood in its place over a century ago. Its property and that of Monongalia Academy (where students were not allowed to accept challenges to fight duels and the only cow allowed to graze was the principal ' s) were offered in hopes that the legislature of the new state of West Virginia would establish an agriculture college financed by the Morrill Act of 1863 at Morgantown. This became a reality by law on February 7, 1867. And so this year marks WVU ' s 100th year, and she celebrates a first century of higher education with several other schools across the nation — Illinois, Howard, Mankato, and Minnesota. Looking back, then, is a time for memories and pictures and events of years gone by. It is the Monlicola ' s purpose to leave the detailed history up to a forthcoming volume by Dr. Festus Summers, and to take a trip through the first century via the eye of the camera, with a long, hard, and affectionate look at the physical campus, past and present.