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FEBRUARY 28, 2012 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM

A PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY THE MARSHALL UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Chief Justice John Mar-shall would surely be proud of the institution that bears his name. 2012 marks 175 years since Marshall Uni-versity was founded by local residents and soon there-after located on the Maple Grove knoll in what is now Huntington, W.Va.

Since its humble begin-nings as a subscription school, Marshall University has grown to become West Virginia’s second-largest in-stitution of higher learning and one of the region’s lead-ing universities.

Marshall today boasts more than 14,000 students, an impressive research pedigree, an award-winning medical school, a beauti-fully landscaped 100-acre main campus in Huntington, another campus in South Charleston and academic centers in Point Pleasant, Beckley, Logan and Gilbert, W.Va. Marshall’s academic offerings now extend well beyond its original purpose as a teacher’s academy. Thir-teen individual colleges offer two associate programs, 44 baccalaureate programs and

46 graduate programs. Marshall also participates

in NCAA Division 1 athletics as a member of Conference USA. Male student athletes compete in baseball, basket-ball, cross country, football, golf and soccer. Women’s sports include basketball, golf, soccer, softball, swim-ming and diving, tennis, track and field, cross country and volleyball. The Thun-dering Herd teams, proudly wearing the famous Kelly green and white uniforms, are led by mascot Marco the bison.

Marshall has certainly experienced triumph and tragedy in its rich history. While the university wit-nessed dramatic change in its first 150 years, its growth became more rapid after achieving university status in 1961. Led by stal-wart President Stewart Smith, Marshall fought polit-ical battles for many years to earn the title of “university.”

In their darkest days, Marshall and Huntington experienced unthinkable tragedy with the loss of the entire football team, coaches

and supporters in a Novem-ber 14, 1970, plane crash that killed all 75 aboard on ap-proach to Tri-State Airport. The story of the communi-ty’s painful, yet remarkable, recovery was shared with audiences around the world through the 2006 major motion picture, “We Are Marshall.”

In recent years, under the leadership of President Ste-phen J. Kopp, Marshall and its Huntington campus have undergone record growth in student enrollment, in-frastructure and academic

program offerings. Since 2005, more than $200 million in capital investments have changed the look of cam-pus, with the construction of ultra-modern academic, stu-dent and alumni buildings.

And, 2012 will be marked by more than anniversary celebrations. More than $100 million in additional new construction began in Janu-ary and is already well under way.

We’re proud of our heri-tage and even more excited about the future. It’s a great time to be at Marshall.

Marshall celebrates 175 years of education1964: Professor entertains while teaching. 1972: The Memorial Student Center Fountain was dedicated to the memory of the plane crash victims on November 12, 1972. 1982: Physical Education building on campus undergoes demolition. 2003: Marshall Commons, located on Sixth Avenue between 17th and 18th Street on the south side of campus, opened in the fall of 2003.

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Two building currently on campus were named after former Presidents of the in-stitution: Smith Hall (Stewart H. Smith, 1947-1968) and Cor-bly Hall (Lawrence J. Corbly, 1896-1915).

The James E. Morrow Library was dedicated on January 30, 1931; Professor Morrow was Principal of the College, 1872-73.

The Towers of Old Main were modeled after buildings at Cambridge University, in England.

The Memorial Fountain in the student center plaza, designed by renowned sculptor Harry Bertoia, was dedicated on Novem-ber 12, 1972.

Marshall Academy was incorporated on March 30, 1838, by the General Assem-bly of Virginia.

Dwight W. Morrow and Fielding Yost were the first recipients of Honorary Doctorates at Marshall, on June 4, 1928.

Marshall awarded its first bachelors’ degree on June 11, 1921.

Buskirk Hall, named for Lillian Buskirk, dean of women from 1942 to 1966, is one of the three buildings currently on the Huntington campus named for women.

“Thundering Herd” was first adopted as an official nickname on October 18, 1933.

The first dean of the Graduate School was Avril E. Harris, who served from 1948 until 1964.

February 27, 1867, the West Virginia Legislature designated Marshall as a State Normal School.

The first class of the new State Normal School gradu-ated on June 12, 1870, with four members.

Enrollment passed the 1000 mark in the 1906-07 session.

The Grand Mace of the University was first carried at the 1986 commencement.

Everett Hall was built at Elm Street and 5th Avenue for use as a dormitory, first for women, then for athletes, in the 1920s and 30s. It was the first Mar-shall building named for a woman—Naomi Northcott Everett, faculty member from 1901 until 1918. The Memorial Student Center now occupies the location.

The first master’s de-grees were awarded on June 4, 1940.

Marshall was designated a University by the West Virginia Legislature on March 2, 1961.

Allen Court, located at 7th Street West and Madison

Avenue, was established as housing for returning World War II veterans in 1947.

The Marshall Alma Ma-ter was introduced in May, 1935; it was written by James R. and Dr. C. E. Haworth.

The Alumni Association has had chapters as far away as Vietnam, and as close as Barboursville.

Marshall’s appropriation from the West Virginia Leg-islature was $15,000 in 1899.

Freshman Beanies ap-peared on campus around 1913, but women weren’t allowed to wear them until 1925. They were abolished as “hazing” in 1966.

Roy Edwards was the first African-American to enroll at Marshall; he en-tered the graduate school in February, 1951.

In the late 1890s and early 1900s men students lodged in rooming houses and ate at “Boarding Clubs.”

“Boogercats” was once used as a nick-name for the football team.

The ornamental gates at the 4th Avenue entrance to the campus were built in 1935.

The first Marshall year-book was called The Mirabilia, published be-tween 1908 and 1933.

No Marshall yearbooks appeared between 1934 and 1940 because of the Depression.

Marshall’s yearbook, The Chief Justice, began publi-cation in 1940. Its name was chosen in a campus contest, won by Gene Slutz.

The football team used green and white school col-ors for the first time in the fall of 1902.

Maxine Procktor was the first female to serve as a student marshal at com-mencement, in 1942.

Marshall graduates took an “Athenian Oath” at com-mencement, from 1924 until 1939.

When President Law-rence Corbly’s first wife died, in January 1906, her body lay in repose in Old Main.

Comedian Billy Crys-tal attended Marshall in 1965-66.

The first enrollment for the Graduate School, in June 1939, was 57 men and 60 women.

The first sorority house was established in 1925 – Phi Kappa Delta.

Green Village was a group of trailers assembled on the campus just west of the

Dining Hall (now the Com-munity College building) for returning World War II GIs and their families. It was dismantled in 1949.

Gullickson Hall is one of the several facilities named for faculty members: Otto “Swede” Gullickson, who taught physical education and directed the intra-mural program from 1930 until 1963.

Prichard Hall is one of the three buildings on campus named for women, Lucy Prichard, Latin Pro-fessor, 1914-1941.

Et Cetera, the campus literary magazine, was founded in 1953.

Marshall’s Faculty Wives Club was founded in 1922.

The Journalism Depart-ment, now the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism, was located in the basement of the James E. Morrow Library from 1933 until the opening of Smith Hall in 1968.

The Henderson Center is one of the several facili-ties on campus named for former faculty—Cam Hen-derson, who coached both football and basketball from 1935 until 1950.

Marshall has a gas well on campus; it was plugged and capped in 1952.

Harris Hall is another building named for a fac-ulty member—A.E. Harris, who served as the first dean of the Graduate School.

The first women to re-ceive honorary degrees from Marshall were educators Winifred Neuman and Mary Titus, in 1955.

Evelyn Hollberg Smith Music Hall is one of three buildings on campus named for women; she is the widow of President Stew-art Smith.

The first women to serve as academic deans were both appointed in 1978—Sara Anderson, of the College of Business; and Virginia O. Allen, of the School of Nursing.

Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow’s $25,000 gift for the construction of the James E. Morrow Library, named for his father, was kept secret until after the death of the former in 1931.53.

Marshall’s Victory Gong, located between Old Main and the Memorial Student Center, was installed on the eve of the Thanksgiv-ing Day, 1933, homecoming game with West Virginia Wesleyan.

The school fight song, “Sons of Marshall,” was written in 1936 by Ralph Williams (attended 1907).

By 1948, 30 women veter-ans of World War II had joined their male GI coun-terparts on the Marshall campus.

Admiral Richard Byrd pre-sented the first program in the Marshall Artists Series, which was developed as part of the Centennial cel-ebrations in 1936- 37.

Laidley Hall was named for John Laidley, one of the founding trustees of Mar-shall Academy.

Professor Joseph Jablon-ski’s sculpture of the bust of John Marshall was dedi-cated on May 9, 1959. In October, 1991, the bust was turned away from down-town to face Old Main.

Hodges Hall was named for Thomas Hodges, Prin-cipal of Marshall College from 1886 until 1896.

Morris Shawkey, President from 1923 until 1935, was instrumental in building a model for small campus student recreational build-ings—the Shawkey Student Union (1933- 1972).

According to the 1895 College catalog, the dormi-tories for young men and young ladies had a water supply on every floor.

In 1945, Marshall had 69 faculty members, whose top salary was $4,208.

“Freshman cannot chew gum from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.” –1960 student handbook.

In 1870, tuition was $10 per 12- week term, boarding $3.20 per week.

In 1895, 183 students were enrolled at Marshall College.

In 1895, the Marshall Business College began op-eration as an adjunct to the State Normal School, us-ing the same building, but employing its own faculty. Thirty-five men and eight women were enrolled.

“Uncombed hair, un-blacked boots,…. Walking or standing habitually with hands in the pockets, a slouchy walk, these are the marks of inexcusable care-lessness… and go to help unmake a gentleman. – 1905 catalog.

Marshall’s Presidents have had three official

residences: 1636 Fifth Av-enue, from 1925 until 1966; 1515 Fifth Avenue, from 1966 until 1971; and 1040 Thir-teenth Avenue since 1972.

Old Main is made up of five buildings constructed at intervals between 1870 and 1907: 1870, 1897 (two sepa-rate sections), 1899, and 1907.

Dr. Ancella Bickley was the first woman to deliver a commencement address at Marshall, on May 12, 1990.

John Laidley, one of Mar-shall’s founders, named the school for his friend, Chief Justice John Marshall, who had died in 1835.

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Compiled by Cora P. Teel

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