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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was a landmark 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case related to what ritual of the school day?
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What was the driving issue behind a pivotal convention of Western Virginia leaders at Clarksburg in 1841?
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In 1925, the Alpha Psi Omega honorary fraternity was founded at Fairmont State College (now University). What subject does it cover?
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Which one of the following cities did NOT have a private school in the early 1800s?
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In which county is the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy located?
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Which institution of higher learning was founded in Sylvester in Boone County?
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Which community and technical school originally began as part of Shepherd State College (now University)?
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Which of these schools was originally named the Agricultural College of West Virginia?
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At its founding in 1961, this was the only institution of higher learning in the Ohio River Valley between Wheeling and Huntington?
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Which southern writer, known as one of the "Fugitives" who advanced agrarian values in his literature, once chaired the West Virginia University English department?
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