In 1988, while camping on his family’s abandoned farm on the Little River, and reflecting on his studies at he Harvard Graduate School of Education, it occured John Hargrove Bowles that this land might be put to better use somehow. Through his studies with “street youth” and runaways, Mr. Bowles knew the […]
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The May Day celebration, was an annual event that took place in “The Sunken Garden”, which was the field in front of Russell Hall. A very nice description of this yearly event can be found in M’Ledge Moffett’s History of the State Teacher’s College (page 354-5): “MAY FESTIVALS Miss Ninde, director […] In 1996, Radford University student Jennifer Bunn was taking Grace Toney Edwards’ class “Appalachian Literature”. In the class, among many other things, they read a play by Earl Hobson Smith called The Long Way Home, which tells the story of Mary Draper Ingles and her kidnapping and escape from Indian captivity.
The Promus was the annual yearbook for St. Albans School for boys in Radford, Virginia. The St. Albans School for boys was opened by Professor George Miles in 1892. […]
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 Radford University held the Inauguration Ceremony for our seventh president, Dr. Brian O. Hemphill. He came to us most recently from serving as the tenth president of West Virginia State University in Charleston, WV. We welcome Dr. Hemphill! Here are a few photos from the ceremony- […]
I find it fascinating to look through old issues of the Grapurchat- our original school newspaper from January 27, 1921 until May 18, 1978. I know what you are thinking- “What is the deal with that name?” Turns out, I know the answer to that one- while trying to come up with […] This week we are featuring the school’s Alma Mater, written by Florence C. Baird in 1914. Below you will see the sheet music that was distributed to students of the Radford State Teachers College. This particular document also contains the words to the official songs of both the Ingles and Pocahontas Literary Societies, and the […] Pulaski at one time had two photographers with the last name of Farmer. Kenneth Rudolph Farmer, (June 21, 1920- February 2, 2014) and Theda Farmer (July 14, 1923 – April 27, 2007)- turns out they were married. It also turns out that they ran photography studios in Pulaski county for over 60 years and left […] |
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