SSCC History Module 1

Test Your Knowledge: Shelton State History 

Module 1 

1. The original name of the 15th Street institution (when doors first opened) that later became associated with Shelton State Community College was

a. Regional State Vocational Trade School

b. West Alabama Area Vocational Trade School

c. Central Alabama Area Vocational Trade School

d. Tuscaloosa Area Vocational Career School

2. The academic division of Shelton State began as a branch of

a. Jeff State Junior College

b. Brewer State Junior College

c. Southern Union State Junior College

d. Northwest Shoals State Junior College

3. The first students at the 15th Street school began classes

a. October 1947

b. June 1951

c. May 1955

d. October 1953

4. The first director of the 15th Street school was

a. Albert P. Brewer

b. Harold I James

c. George C. Wallace

d. J. P. Shelton

5. In 1955, a House joint resolution of the state legislature changed the name of the 15th Street school to

a. West Alabama Trade Institute

b. Tuscaloosa Area Trade Institute

c. J. P. Shelton Trade School

d. C. A. Fredd Trade School

6. In 1963, this person negotiated with George C. Wallace, the state legislature, and others in Montgomery for financing for a trade school to be built in the West End area of Tuscaloosa. Who was this person?

a. Chester Arthur Fredd

b. I. W. Mitchell

c. Norman C. Cephus

d. Harold I. James

7. Classes began at the new Tuscaloosa Trade School in West End on

a. September 4 1964

b. October 4 1965

c. September 12 1965

d. October 4 1966

8. The first president of the Tuscaloosa State Trade School in West End was

a. I. W. Mitchell

b. Norman C. Cephus

c. Ronnie Rose

d. Chester Arthur Fredd

9. The first graduation of students from Tuscaloosa State Trade School was held in

a. May 1967

b. June 1967

c. August 1967

d. December 1967

10. Personnel from Brewer State Junior College in Fayette began teaching academic classes in Tuscaloosa (in various locations) in what year?

a. 1971

b. 1972

c. 1973

d. 1974

Answers:

1. a. Regional State Vocational Trade School

2. b. Brewer State Junior College

3. d. October 1953

4. b. Harold I. James

5. c. J. P. Shelton Trade School

6. a. Chester Arthur Fredd

7. b. October 4 1965

8. d. Chester Arthur Fredd

9. c. August 1967

10. b. 1972