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GSC Administrative Archives - Pearl Pickens
(1899-1978)
Pearl Pickens. 1899-1978.
This collection includes a scrapbook ca. 1925-1976 of
program materials. These collected program materials include plays, skits,
recitations, poems, jokes and other miscellaneous materials
Miss Pickens used for school, church and other organizational
programs. Also includes several items used in a program
for Valentine’s Day along with the sheet music
used for one song and some GSC memorabilia such as the
Glenville Normal School song.
Pearl Pickens (1899-1978), Educator. (from
Glenville Democrat, July 13, 1978)
Miss Pearl Pickens was born March 9, 1899 to Calvin
Curry and Ida Stalnaker Pickens. Miss Pickens received
a Short Course Certificate from Glenville Normal School,
and a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and High School
Principal’s Certificate from West Virginia University.
During her working career, she taught elementary school
and high school, was a high school principal and an
English teacher at Glenville State College. In 1947,
she became the first Dean of Women at Glenville State
College, a post she held until 1964. Pickens Hall
dormitory was dedicated in her name in 1974. At one
time or another, Miss Pickens was president of the
Woman’s Club of Glenville, the GSC Alumni Association,
the Gilmer County Retired School Employees and the
Senior Citizens of Gilmer County. She served 40 years
as secretary of the Jobs Temple Organization, was
a very active member of the First Baptist Church of
Glenville and lent her skills to the betterment of
the community in any way she could. The GSC Alumni
Association recognized her contributions to the college
and the community by awarding her the Outstanding
Service Award in 1974.
As a student, a teacher, and Dean of Women, Miss
Pickens involvement with the development of Glenville
State College is unmatched. Her dual role as community
member with strong local background and as teacher
and administrative official with the college helped
to make GSC the college of choice for many central
West Virginia high school graduates. Most of the college
students came from Gilmer County and the nearby counties
of Calhoun, Braxton, Lewis, and Wirt. As the scrapbook
shows, her role as program planner for many organizations
was one she took seriously, gathering and saving material
for plays, skits, and monologues typical for her time.
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