V
The Accreditation and Gibbs
Although he retired after serving as President for only four
years, 1956-1960, Warmoth Thomas Gibbs, to the fullest extent,
preserved the college's traditions, enhanced it, and left something of himself there. He, too, was considered one of the builders of the institution having served with the highest loyalty,
efficiency, and energy for more than thirty years as teacher,
director of the summer school, dean of the School of Education
and General Studies, and President.
What Was Gibbs' Heritage and Educational Background?
A native of Baldwin, Louisiana, and third son of a sugar cane
farmer and his wife, Thomas Dorsey and Alice Toliver Gibbs,
his family forged beyond the normal range of their neighbors
and provided its members with the intellectual backdrop with
which they were so richly endowed.
Passed to him from his father was an interest in national and
world affairs which guided Gibbs' educational career. Holding
the A.B. degrees from Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, and
from Harvard University with the Ed.M. degree and study on
the Ph.D. degree from the latter, he made a number of rich and
fruitful contributions to the program of A. and T. College and
to North Carolina.
He held membership in the North Carolina Teachers Association, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,
National Association of Social Science Teachers in Negro
Schools, and the National Education Association. Among the
conferences and associations at which he represented the College were the North Carolina College Conference, the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the National Association
of Collegiate Deans and Registrars, and the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities. Mr. Gibbs'
interest in civic, fraternal, and religious affairs was given expression through his local affiliations.
While encouraging others in continuous high scholastic attainment, his own professional advancement was evidenced in his
writings. Among these are his article, "Military Training of the
School Boy and His Later Life," Infantry Journal of Washington, D. C. 1929; a series of articles, "Hiram R. Revels and His
Times", Quarterly Review of Higher Education, 1937-1938; "En-
V
The Accreditation and Gibbs
Although he retired after serving as President for only four
years, 1956-1960, Warmoth Thomas Gibbs, to the fullest extent,
preserved the college's traditions, enhanced it, and left something of himself there. He, too, was considered one of the builders of the institution having served with the highest loyalty,
efficiency, and energy for more than thirty years as teacher,
director of the summer school, dean of the School of Education
and General Studies, and President.
What Was Gibbs' Heritage and Educational Background?
A native of Baldwin, Louisiana, and third son of a sugar cane
farmer and his wife, Thomas Dorsey and Alice Toliver Gibbs,
his family forged beyond the normal range of their neighbors
and provided its members with the intellectual backdrop with
which they were so richly endowed.
Passed to him from his father was an interest in national and
world affairs which guided Gibbs' educational career. Holding
the A.B. degrees from Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, and
from Harvard University with the Ed.M. degree and study on
the Ph.D. degree from the latter, he made a number of rich and
fruitful contributions to the program of A. and T. College and
to North Carolina.
He held membership in the North Carolina Teachers Association, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History,
National Association of Social Science Teachers in Negro
Schools, and the National Education Association. Among the
conferences and associations at which he represented the College were the North Carolina College Conference, the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the National Association
of Collegiate Deans and Registrars, and the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities. Mr. Gibbs'
interest in civic, fraternal, and religious affairs was given expression through his local affiliations.
While encouraging others in continuous high scholastic attainment, his own professional advancement was evidenced in his
writings. Among these are his article, "Military Training of the
School Boy and His Later Life," Infantry Journal of Washington, D. C. 1929; a series of articles, "Hiram R. Revels and His
Times", Quarterly Review of Higher Education, 1937-1938; "En-
