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Eureka College Celebrates 160Th Anniversary

Eureka College inwards Eureka, Illinois is celebrating the 160th anniversary of the institution's founding inwards 1855.  Eureka is affiliated amongst the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).  An essay amongst a set out of historical images is available.  There is every mo good a fascinating This Week inwards Eureka History department that volition function weekly through Feb of 2016.

Midway College Inward Kentucky Announces Advert Change

Midway College announced that it volition driblet dead Midway University on July 1, 2015.  The establishment located inwards Midway, KY was founded equally Kentucky Female Orphan School inwards 1847 yesteryear medico Lewis L. Pinkerton.  The elevate was changed to Pinkerton High School together with Midway Junior College inwards 1942.  It became Midway College inwards 1978.  The top dog residential campus plan continues to piece of occupation equally a woman's college.

Jacksonville, Il: Dwelling To Iv Colleges Inwards The Mid-1800'S

Greg Olson of the Journal Courier posted an updated article on Berean College inwards Jacksonville, IL on Feb 23, 2015.  The establishment was affiliated amongst the Disciples of Christ as well as operated from 1854-1860.  

Olson likewise notes that 2 other institutions operating inwards Jacksonville at the fourth dimension rest today, Illinois College as well as MacMurray College.  Another institution, Jacksonville Female Academy, merged amongst Illinois College inwards 1903. 

College Organization As Well As Administration

College Organization together with Administration, a majority written past times Floyd Reeves together with John Russell, is based upon surveys of colleges affiliated alongside the Disciples of Christ.  The majority was published past times the Board of Education for the Disciples inward 1929 together with is a fascinating await into campus life during early on years of the 20th century.

Reeves together with Russell supply a painting present of 30 institutions that included enrollment trends, governance, administrative organization, physical plant, library, curricular offerings, faculty, pupil personnel, institutional finance, together with religious influences. The narrative along alongside an extensive array of charts combine to brand this a valuable resources for anyone interested inward liberal arts colleges during this of import menses of societal together with academic change.

While almost of the institutions yet operate, several bring closed. H5N1 listing of the institutions included inward the written report follows:

Four Year Colleges & Universities

  • Bethany College, Bethany, WV
  • Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
  • Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO
  • Drake University, Des Moines, IA
  • Eureka College, Eureka, IL
  • Hiram College, Hiram, OH
  • Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
  • Phillips University, Enid, OK [closed inward 1998]
  • Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
  • Transylvania College, Lexington, KY [now Transylvania University]
  • Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, NC [name modify to Barton College inward 1990]
  • California Christian College, Los Angeles, CA [relocated to Orange County, at in i lawsuit Chapman University]
  • Cotner College, Lincoln, NE [closed inward 1933]
  • Spokane University, Spokane, WA [closed inward 1933]
Junior Colleges
  • Christian College, Columbia, MO [Columbia College after 1970, now offering baccaleaureate & graduate degrees]
  • William Woods University, Fulton, MO [now offering baccaleaureate & graduate degrees]
  • Carr-Burdette College, Sherman, TX [closed inward 1929]
  • Missouri Christian College, Camden Point, MO [closed during Great Depression]
  • Randolph College, Cisco, TX [closed inward 1937]
  • Hamilton College, Lexington, KY [closed inward 1932]
Affiliated Institutions
  • Bible College of Missouri, Columbia, MO [now the Missouri School of Religion located inward Jefferson City, MO]
  • Disciples Divinity House, Chicago, IL
  • Drury School of the Bible, Springfield, MO [renamed Drury School of Religion, later on becoming Department of Religion for Drury College, at in i lawsuit Drury University]
  • Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL
  • Indiana School of Religion, Bloomington, IN [closed inward 1970]
  • Kansas Christian Foundation, Topeka, KS
  • Nebraska Disciples Foundation, Lincoln, NE
  • Oklahoma Christian Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
  • The College of the Bible, Lexington, KY [name modify to Lexington Theological Seminary inward 1965]
  • University School of Religion, Tuscaloosa, AL

Franklin College Inward Albany, Oh


The Ohio Memory College includes the first catalog of Franklin College inward Albany, Ohio.  The Meigs County Christian Cooperation purchased the Albany Manual Labor University that had previously been founded inward 1851.  The establishment was renamed Franklin College.  It subsequently moved to Wilmington, Ohio inward 1865 and was purchased past times the Society of Friends to larn out Wilmington College.  The catalog includes data on institutional history, courses of study, as well as students.