Picture Year – 1943
Principal/President – Dr. Willette Rutherford Banks
In January, 1941, the Regional Supervisor of E.S.M.W.T (Engineering Science Management and War Training), and representatives from A&M College of Texas and the Prairie View College met at Prairie View and decided to offer defense training courses for Negroes of Texas and the Southwest, using the facilities of the College in addition to essential equipment to be loaned to the college by the Federal government. In February, 1941, the first courses began at Prairie View. It included courses like Internal Combustion Engines, Engineering Drawing, Power and Heating Engineering.