of a good moral character." Storer remained primarily a teachers college, but added courses in higher education as well as industrial training. Students graduated with a "normal degree," for teaching elementary school students, or an academic degree, for those going on to college. Buildings were constructed through the 1930s, with Permelia Eastman Cook Hall, a handsome grey stone building, completed 1939-1940. In 1911, the West Virginia Legislature struck Storer from its list of accredited normal programs, meaning its graduates could not receive teaching certificates, because "the curriculum did not adequately include enough professional training." In 1921 Storer was granted junior collegiate status, although it did not award Associate degrees until 1937, and in 1945, senior status. The state accredited its education programs. Industrial education Starting in the 1880s, Storer started offering vocational and industrial courses; in 1897 the trustees made industrial education a course of study; there were 137 students that year. This formalization of manual labor at Storer corresponded with a widespread movement in the South that was predicated upon white supremacists['] notions of black inferiority. ...Manual labor made African Americans fit for citizenship by instilling Christian values and moral character." The school eventually required all normal students to take industrial courses, so that by 1904 it was training more tradespeople than teachers. Henry T. McDonald, also white, in 1899 became Storer's second president. He strongly advocated manual-labor education, overseeing major aspects of the school’s transition. Faculty The Storer College Alumni Association has published on its Web site a list of all the faculty and other employees. In 1871 the faculty was the following: Rev. N. C. Brackett, Principal (arithmetic, philosophy, and political economy) Rev. A. H. Morrell (Bible history and vocal music) Miss Lura E. Brackett, Preceptress (English grammar, algebra, and botany) (sister of N. C. Brackett) Mrs. Louise Wood Brackett (Latin and drawing) (wife of N. C. Brackett) Miss Lizzie Morell (instrumental music) Plus various substitutes, assistants, and a matron. Hamilton Hatter, an African American from Jefferson County, first studied at Storer, then received a bachelor's degree from Bates College in 1888 (where he ran a sawmill). He then joined the faculty of Storer, establishing the Industrial Department, teaching carpentry as well as Greek, Latin, and mathematics. Hatter left in 1896 to become the first principal of Bluefield Colored Institute. He was a trustee of Storer from 1891 until 1906. The Bracketts' daughters, Mary Brackett Robertson and