Catalogue of First Session, 1926-27
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According to board action in the summer of 1925, a decision was made to begin offering the first year of college while continuing to offer a four-year high school curriculum. Seminary facilities were to be used until the building on the new campus was completed. These plans were announced in the Free Will Baptist and prospective students were asked to enroll at the Seminary with the understanding that they would be able to begin regular college studies there upon completion of high school.
The first session catalog was labeled 1926-1927 and according to catalog, sessions started Sept. 8, 1926 and Jan. 3, 1927. This catalog could not have been published in 1925 because it includes a paragraph on the choosing of the Eureka name sometime after Feb. 10, 1926. The catalog cover also bears the name Eureka College. The second session/year catalog was also labeled “Second Session, 1926-1927” with starting dates of Sept. 6, 1927 and Jan. 3, 1928. Obviously, the cover dates should have been 1927-1928. We have no later catalogs and there may not have been any others since the college was experiencing grave financial problems. In Jan. 1929 the operation of the high school department was suspended, but ministerial instruction was taught by Professor Ennis at no cost to the school. The program closed shortly thereafter and the school closed for good.–Gary Fenton Barefoot, Curator, Free Will Baptist Historical Society.
According to board action in the summer of 1925, a decision was made to begin offering the first year of college while continuing to offer a four-year high school curriculum. Seminary facilities were to be used until the building on the new campus was completed. These plans were announced in the Free Will Baptist and prospective students were asked to enroll at the Seminary with the understanding that they would be able to begin regular college studies there upon completion of high school.
The first session catalog was labeled 1926-1927 and according to catalog, sessions started Sept. 8, 1926 and Jan. 3, 1927. This catalog could not have been published in 1925 because it includes a paragraph on the choosing of the Eureka name sometime after Feb. 10, 1926. The catalog cover also bears the name Eureka College. The second session/year catalog was also labeled “Second Session, 1926-1927” with starting dates of Sept. 6, 1927 and Jan. 3, 1928. Obviously, the cover dates should have been 1927-1928. We have no later catalogs and there may not have been any others since the college was experiencing grave financial problems. In Jan.1929 the operation of the high school department was suspended in January of 1929, but ministerial instruction was taught by Professor Ennis at no cost to the school. The program closed shortly thereafter and the school closed for good.
–Gary Fenton Barefoot, Curator, Free Will Baptist Historical Collection.