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
- Edgar L. McHaney, state legislator and justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court7
- 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
References
- "The Story of Southern Normal University". Carroll County News-Leader.
- "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.