Southern Normal University
Huntingdon Southern Normal University was in Huntingdon, Tennessee in Carroll County, Tennessee.[1] It was chartered in August 1890 and opened in 1891. It was purchased by J. H. Bayer in 1908 for an Industrial and Training School. It closed in 1918.[2] The Huntingdon Special School District was established on the site of the Southern Normal University in 1919.[2]
J. A. Baber served as president.[3] A. L. Peterman was a professor at the school before returning to Kentucky in 1898. Dr. Halbrook also worked at the school.[4]
In 1900, white teachers of the Carroll County Teachers' Institute met at its auditorium for three days. "Colored" teachers met at a public school.[5]
Southern Normal University College of Law offered an L.L.B. degree under Edwin Maxey.[6]
Alumni
[edit]- Edgar L. McHaney, state legislator and justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court[7]
- Alfred Thomas Jackson, educator who founded Sumner-Robertson Normal College in Tennessee
- Andrew J. May, politician and public official
- Francis Xavier Resch
- June C. Smith
- T. S. Stribling
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Story of Southern Normal University". Carroll County News-Leader.
- 1 2 "About HSSD". www.huntingdonschools.net.
- ↑ History of Carroll County, Tennessee. Turner Publishing Company. August 31, 1987. ISBN 978-0-938021-01-8 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Southwestern School Journal". August 31, 1898 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Instruction, Tennessee Department of Public (August 31, 1901). "Annual Report of ... State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Tennessee, for the Scholastic Year Ending ..." – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The American Lawyer: A Monthly Journal Serving the Business and Professional Interests of the American Bar". Stumpf & Stewer. August 31, 1902 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "A self-guided tour of Justice Building" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-20.