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Page 4 Constitutionality of Normal School, Committee appointed to employ counsel
Page 4 Personnel Activities
Page 4-8 R.E. Turley Bond as Treasurer accepted
Page 8 Walters Collegiate Institute, State acquired land
Page 8 By-Laws Committee formed
Page 10 Resolution to purchase materials and repair campus buildings
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Pages 50-52 University Hall Bids opened for painting and remodeling work
Page 52 Constitutionality of Normal School Attorney General's opinion
Page 53 Property To negotiate purchases from Central University
Pages 53-54 Personnel Activities
Pages 53-54 Olmsted Brothers To prepare plans for landscaping and planning
Page 54 Walters Collegiate Institute Permission obtained to alter Library Building
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Page 52 Walters Collegiate Institute Appraisal of property
Page 52 Accounting Bookkeeping system adopted
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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENT S
Ap ril 7, 1911 .
The Boa rd of Regents of t he Eastern Kentucky State
Normal School met in the Offi c e of the President, Richmond,
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Ke ntucky, Friday, April 7, 1911, a t 1:30 P. M. There were
present Mr. P. F. Grins t ead , Presiding , Mr. Sullivan , Mr.
Vaughan , Secret ary , Mr . Turley , Treasurer.
Minutes of the Meeting of t he Board on December 9, 1910,
we re re a d and upon motion approved .
Also the mi nutes of meeting of
t he Executive Commi t tee held on January
10 and also of the
meeting of the Executive Committee held on February 10 and of
the meeting of the Executive Committee held. on March 8 were
re a d .~nd upon motion approved and declared to be action of
the Board of Regents .
The follw.gin g payrolls for March, 1911, were present ed
and upon mot i on appr oved, filed and ordered paid, sub j ect
to a ction of the Auditing Committee:
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General Accounts ••••...••• . •• $ 2922.79
Faculty Payrolls ••••••.•••••• 2528.31
Employees Payroll -1- ••••••••
490.00
Employees Payroll -2- ••••.•..
385.00
Miscellaneous Account s •• . ••.•
296.57
It being desirable that the property of t he Walters
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Col legiate Institute shall be owned or cont rolled by the
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State as a part of East ern Kentucky State Norma l School
property, Pres ident Crabbe upon motion w2s authorized to
arrange for meetin g of t he Board of Trustees of t he former,
wi.th the Executive Comrni ttee of the Bo ard of Regents, or
of t ,1s3..., full board of t he latter ins ti tut ion, to try to bring
I
about such o,mership or control.
.
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/ Eo"t\. as
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Commit t ee regardi ng execution of guaranty bonds by employees ,C, 11, ~ ...t. s ,,,,
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who ~andle flmds of the I ns t itution, J ohn P . Culbertson,
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as Secreta ry t o Pres ident , and Wm . M. Wootton,as stenographer
and clerk , pre sented bonds properly execut ed for 0 2 ,000.00
�and $500. 00 respectively.
Upon motion sai d bonds were
received , approved a nd ordered filed .
Bresident Crabbe presented bills for traveling
expenses in attending educational meetings as follows,
f;_ 1--p e n .se
which upon motion were approv ed and ordered paid :
dllovv e d
London , Ken t ucky, Dec . 30 , Teachers Ass'n. . . $n. 30
Lexington,
Jan .
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5 , State Univ . , ••• . •• 3 . 23
Harrodsburg ,
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Nov . 25, Te achers Ass ' n ••.• 1 . 50
Louisville,
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Dec . 31, Edu . Campaign •• •.• 3 . 00
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Feb . 23, N. E.A.Convention •• 39 . 70
Mobile , Ala . ,
President Crabbe presented Prof . •'7 ren . J . Grinste a d' s
request for leave of absen ce during comi ng sumt,1er term,
which re quest was based upon t wo reasons: necessity for
opportun i ty to rest anf his desire to do so~e University
work for advancement in his course for Ph . D de gree, He
being wil 7 ing t o give up part of hi s salary duri ng his
absence .
By motion Prof. Grins t ead wa s gr anted said
leave of absenc e
with the pr oviso t ha t Presid ent
Crabb-e·' s hould e1npmo y a substitute teacher during his
absence and withhold sufficient amount of Prof . Grin-
I
stead's s alary to pay such substitute teach er .
The Motion carri ed authorizi ng President Crabbe to
reinsu re office furni t ure and sup-plies.
President Crabbe wa s aut horized to communi cate with
Arel,. ,·-t. ec t:. s
the architects and to advise t hem t hat the Boa rd holds
Md/fe de fee t:s
t h em responsible for defects in buildings which they
_g-oo d
supervised and that t h ey must s ee that cont ractors mal:e
their work good .
By motion President Crabbe was authorized to have
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buildings insured against damage by tornadoes.
cl oes
President Crabbe w2 s authorized to a dvi se Mr . Grant
Lilly, represent i ng Miss Margaret Lynch, in her claim for
M, S.f. L-; "'- c.h.- Y e+ u s e ~
fuvt:hev
$90 . 00 for her services as te acher, that the Board of
r.:1 ~ Regents declines to -pay s a id. claim on the ground that they
have already au thorized :payment of what they consider due
her for s a id servi ces
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In the Audi ting Committee's report under date of
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De cember 1 3 , 1910, it appears t ha t a numbe r of errors hove
[rro Y' e 11 v >
e n-t. y,· es
Cdsh
been made in ent ries on the Ca sh Book.
By motion i t wa s
Boo~ ordered that correction be ma de of s aid entries on ~ash
Book , under supervision of Tre a surer Turley and Presi den t
Crabbe, and that t he:,, report said corrections at next
I
me eting.
Presi <'l. ent Crabbe presented to the Board re-oort shoviing
receipts and dis burse r:1ents and re s ources and liabilit ies
of the Institution which upon being re ad was accept ed and
orde r ed filed .
This repoTt covered period fro m January 1 to
March 31, 1911.
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be
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Upon motion Presi dent Crabbe was authorized t o s ell
pianos in Memorial Hall and Sullivan Hall a nd to buy two
bett er ones in their stead.
Treasurer Turley pre s ented his report to the Board
K.evo~.s cover ing period from Jul y 1, 1910, to March 31, 1 911, which
upon motion was received and filed .
Mi ss Flora Carpenter claime d the Institution owed her
I
:;-83. '8 3 , be ing amount of
one month 's s al ary und.er he r contract
for employment for year 1909-10.
At t he clo s e of sai d school
year s he entered into cont r a ct with t he Bo ord of Re gents ,
M;$ 5
C~v pei,-ter
5io! e if'J
engaging her servies for year 1910-11. Shortly before open i ne
of school f or l nst name%7'ear, she offered her resignati on,
whi ch was not accepted , and v1h en the school opened, the work
for which sh e w:: s engaged vras le f t y,i thout ins t ructor for
one we ek, th e ,resident in t he meantime using every effort
to supply someone else.
The Board of Regents h eld th at she had
no legal ri ght to bre ak he r contra ct, and r egrets t he inconveni ence to whi ch t he I nstitut i on has be en sub j ec ted .
I
Th ere-
fore, up on motion it was a_ ec ided to deduc ~ from her claim t he
amount of one week 's salary and the expense of tele gr ams, etc .,
whi ch was made necessary in fi n ding teacher to take Mi ss
Carpenter's place .
At 4:3 0
Tl •
M. the Board adjourned .
Signed:
Approved :
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Eastern Kentucky State Normal School
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1911-04-07
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Board of Regents Minutes
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Page 55 Walters Collegiate Institute Eastern's need to purchase property
Page 56 Travel President Crabbe's expenses paid
Page 56 Insurance Against tornados
Pages 56-57 Personnel Activities
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The Beard cf r ~rents cf the Eastern Yentuc~y State
1Torma1 Scheel met at 9 : 7,0 Ji . !1 . ,·:ith Snr>erintendent -ramlett
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presidin~ and the fcllcTTinr Perents nrcsent : rrinsteaa ,
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tc acccnpan;;r t':.is train .
Dr . Crab be recc~nende~ that n rc~ . 0 . D. S~ith r,f the Eastnrn
train as a lectui-er ana t}iat a s 11h:::;ti tnte tcwc1'.!oT 1')e em-
decide ,, tc authc.rize l~ r . Cra1)oe tc carr;1 c tit this ar:range-
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?eed hav~nf fil ed apyil icaticn anc1 reccr1111 cnd a ticns fer apyicint-
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EKU Board of Regents Records
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Eastern Kentucky University
Description
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Eastern Kentucky University
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1906-present
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minutes
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eng
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text
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Text
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Board of Regents Records
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Eastern Kentucky State Normal School
Date
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1912-01-09
Title
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Board of Regents Minutes
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An account of the resource
Page 77 Walters Collegiate Institute Repairs
Page 77 Commissioner of Agriculture G.D. Smith as lecturer
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minutes
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eng
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Walters Collegiate Institute
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an d ,January <J , 1012 , r." e:re reacl an d u11cn r,1.cticnwere a:p:rrcve d.
liinutes cf the rier.tj_ncs cf the ?xecutivc Ccrrrnitt e e h el d
Jarnw.ry 1 0 , 1912 , Pe1nunTy 10 , 1 912 and I..Iarch 11 , 101 2 , were
read and ff,-, cn mcticn ayi-prcved and rlecln r e <l tc lrn the a c ticn
cf the Bcarrl cf Rer,ents .
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and vie -r e uyicn mcticn dis0ha r gel'1 .
It m,renring that 1lPJstead Brcthers , lcndsca1,e archi -
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B,,.o t-her.s
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tc the beard wLcther 8.n:,rthinf further is <1ue them .
It a:ppearine: that trrn cit? autheri ties cf F.i c hrncnd
Se Wd ge
desire the Fe rrial Schee J tc nre,vi c1e se,-:er cutlet tc cenne c t
Outlet
frcM se ~tic t ank tc t he Cjty seTTer ccnc1uit , the natter wns
upcn mcticn referro ii tc t}:c Fxecnt:Lve Cc:rnr1J i ttee rd.th re·.,, r
tc act .
U1;cn
MC ti en
, T)r . r, r a blJe was an the, ri zea tc er.n~1cy
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audi tcr te, f!C ever ret%rrls anc1 c h e ck ur: same end r e,)crt te
~ card cf Regents .
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te u se el e c tri c current frcMschccl pla nt te furnish cne
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electric lifht en his ~rernises , free cf c hnrge .
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Hr . Turley
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It 1)einr: acsir2.ble tc pnrchase the c;iJ:cmyiscn Burnam
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as a residence fer the -President e,f the 1rc rY>1al
Qc hccl , ·: r . Crabbe and :rnd[!e Sullivan were ur,cn mcticn
appcinted a ccmnittoc: tc ne c ctiate fer r,11rchaP.e cf same
with p cuer tc act .
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cf 1m;ring 7a1ters Cellefiate ::rnstit11te ;)re·pert~r
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fer lifhtinG r,,urpcses dnr-:lnr y._rr1rrr Vlentl:er , snd U})Cn
mcticn , tho !~:zecutive Cr,!:lr1ittoe ,, 1ere n.nt'.ncrized te
investigate t h e matter uith pe,wer tc act .
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a r10r1bcr c f the
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scheel ~n d ccllere and e0ncaticnal systeMS in ~urepe,
and that in crdor fer hiY>1 tr, better ret reccrn t ticn and
assistance in deinf this y,-e,rk he shc,ulcl 1le Rent b :r the
State cf :{en t l.. cky as its rer,rescmta ti ve , ,--c , t'10 ref ere ,
rerr;rnst ~;.cvorncr I:ccreary tc ccJTIY"lissicn er rive rrr .
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reccgnit ic n frc,ir1 the ccllee:-es , schccls r:nd ed u cat ic nal
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EKU Board of Regents Records
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The topic of the resource
Eastern Kentucky University
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of records relating to the Board of Regents and includes minutes, agendas and supporting documents. Only parts of the collection have been digitized at this time, but more will be added until all minutes are available. This collection is invaluable to anyone researching the history of Eastern Kentucky University.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Eastern Kentucky University
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1906-present
Format
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minutes
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
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text
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Board of Regents Records
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Eastern Kentucky State Normal School
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1912-03-13
Title
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Board of Regents Minutes
Description
An account of the resource
Page 81 Legislative Committee Discharged
Page 81 Electricity R.E. Turley's house allowed one electric light
Page 82 Property Walters Collegiate Institute & Blanton House
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minutes
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eng
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bor-minutes-1912-03-13
Blanton House
Legislative Committee
Walters Collegiate Institute
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Dublin Core
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Title
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EKU Board of Regents Records
Subject
The topic of the resource
Eastern Kentucky University
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of records relating to the Board of Regents and includes minutes, agendas and supporting documents. Only parts of the collection have been digitized at this time, but more will be added until all minutes are available. This collection is invaluable to anyone researching the history of Eastern Kentucky University.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Eastern Kentucky University
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1906-present
Format
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minutes
Language
A language of the resource
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Pages 140-141 Treasurer's Report July 1, 1913-November 30, 1913
Page 142 Accounting November accounts paid
Page 142 Property Walters Collegiate Institute
Pages 142-144 Financial Statement
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Walters Collegiate Institute
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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS
May 8, 1914
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The Board of Regents of Eastern Kentucky State Normal
School met in the office of the President at rifchmond,
Kentuck~r, May 8, 1914, at 11:00 O'clock A.M.
There were
present Judge Ca~mack, ~residing, Judge Sullivan, Judge
Vaughan and Senator Brock.
The oath of office was adninistered to Judge Sullivan
and Senator Brock by Wi lliam C. S~ith, Notary Public.
Judge Cammack was upon motion elected Vice - President
of the Board of Regents; R. E. Turley was upon moti on
elected Treasurer of the Board of Regents; and Fred A.
Vaughan was upon motion elected Secretary to the Board of
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Regents.
Upon motion the Executive Co~mittee is to cons ist of
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Regents Brock and Sullivan, Superintendent Hamlett,
President Crabbe and Treasurer Turley.
Upon motion the Auditing Committee is to consist of
Rege nts Cammack and Vaughan.
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Ree ents of
December 5, 1913, were re ad and upon motion approved. Also
Minutes of the Executive Committee under dates of January
10, February 10, March 10 and Apr:1.1 10, 1914, approvine
pay rolls for the months of DeceP-Iber, 1913, January,
February and March, 1914, respectively, were read
and
upon motion approved and declared to be the action of the
Board of Regents.
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President Crabbe presented accounts as follows
which on motion were approved and ordered paid:
Employees
Employees
Miscellaneous
Faculty
General Accts.
Total
527.50
466.4 0
702.13
3180.77
4496. 06
$9372.86
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C. C. & E. A Weber, Architects, presented bill for
$737 .25, remainder due them as architects for Sullivan
Hall Annex which upon motion was approved and ordered
paid.
On motion the following resolutions were passed and
ordered spread on the minutes of the Boa.rd of Regents:
Whereas Mr. ? .
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Grinstead has been a meber of the
Board of Regents of the Eastern Kentucky State Normal
School for the past eight years; and whereas during all
these years he has given freely of his great ability,
broad experience and splendid business qualifications to
the solution of the many qt1estions that have come before
this Board for the upbuilding and maintenance of this
institution, always manifesting a loyal and unselfish
interest in the discharge of his duties as Regent of this
school,
BB IT RESOLVED, that we, his fellow members of the
Board sincerely regret that Mr. Grinstead now retires from
this Board and tha t we extend our sincerest and best
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wishes for his success in all his affairs, as his work
as a Regent has been a credit both to the State of
Kentucky and to himself.
Further, Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the records of the Board of Regents and a
copy be sent to Mr. Grinstead.
The question of the continuance of the Model HiBh
School was discussed and the matter wa s left open for
the decision of tRe President Crabbe, details covering
same to be arranged by him.
• The question of the openine of another room and the
selection of another teacher in the Model School on account
of the crowded conditions brought ahout by large dasses
of observer s and also large classes of Practice Teachers
was left open for further advice and President Crabbe
is to correspond with the members of the Board when he
is prepared to offer final recommend ations.
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Contracts for the following Faculty Members and
Employees were taken up singly.
Upon motion Robert F. Ramsey is employed for one year
as Superintendent of Power Plant, devoting all his time to
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this Institution at a monthly salary of $75.00, beginning
September 1, 1914.
Upon motion I. H. Boothe is employed for one year as
InstructoF in Common School Branches and Penmanship at
a salary of $1300.00, beginning September 1, 1914.
Upon . motion Prof. John G. Koch is employed for one
,year as Masic Instructor at a salary of $1500.00,beginning
, September 1. 1914.
Upon motion Lelia ,E. Patridge is em11loyed for one year
-as teacher of Methods at a salary of $1350 . 00 , beginning
, September l, 1914.
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Upon ,motion R. E. Turley is employed as Treasurer
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-for one year at $ 300.00 and he is allowed electric light
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current from the school plant free.
Upon , motion W. M. Wootton is emplo~red as stenographer
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for one year at $1100.00 beginning September 1, 1914.
Upon motion E. C. McDougle is employed as Teacher of
Pedagogy for one year at a salary of $2200 .00, beginning
September 1, 1914.
This special salary, a sum beyond the
maximum, is voted on account of special research work
done during the past year at Clark University and the
superior work which he has done, thus receiving his degree
of Ph. D., is cor.unended in this way.
Upon motion Leila Ellen McKee is employed as teacher
of Piano and Voice for one year at a salary of $10 00 .00,
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beginning September 1, 1914.
Upon , motion President Crabbe was directed to employ
a teacher . for 7th and 8th
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exceed $1000. 00.
grades at a salary not to
�Upon motion President Crabbe was directed to employ a
teacher of Manual Training and Director of Athletics at
a salary not to exceed $1200.00.
PRESIDENTS REC0H!111ENDATI0NS
Teachers and Salaries Schedule 1914-15
Teachers
1913 - 1914
Salary
13-14
Salary
14-15
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Increase
14-15
50.00
Ames, Susie M
750.00
800.00
100.00
Boothe, I.H.
1200.00
1300.00
100.00
Caldwell, C.E.
1320.00
1420.00
Craboe, J.G.
3600.00
3600.00
100.00
Dilling, Hulda
900.00
1000.00
50.00
Deane, Mary B.
1050.00
1100.00
100.00
Grinstead,W~en J.
1900.00
2000.00
100.00
a. Heald, Estelle
900.00
1000.00
50.00
9. Gibson, Maude
1050.00
1100.00
100.00
10.Hoskinson, J.H.
1900.00
2000.00
11.Hume, Mrs. S. B.
600.00
600.00
12.Hurst, J eanie Barron 1100.00
1200.00
100.00
13.Heverlo, Frances G. 1050.00
1100.00
50.00
14.Hansen, May c.
900.00
1000.00
100.00
15.Johnson, J.R.
1900.00
2000.00
100.00
16.Keith, Chas. A.
1600.00
1700.00
100.00
17.Koch, Jno. G.
1400.00
1500.00
100.00
18.McDougle, E.c.
1900.00
2200.00
300.00
19. McKee, Lelia E ,
500.00
1000. 00
500.00
20.Piotrowska, Helena
1100.00
1200.00
100.00
21.Patridge, Lelia E.
1300.00
1350.00
50.00
22.Pullen, J.S.
1100.00
1200.00
100.00
23.Reid, Mary Estelle
900.00
900.00
24.Roark, Mrs.Mary c.
1900.00
2000.00
100.00
25.Smith, G.D.
1900.00
2000.00
100.00
26.Stott, Roscoe Gil~orel800.00
1900.00
100.00
27.Hemlepp Emma
900.00
1000.00
100.00
28.Manual Training
1150.00
1200.00
50.00
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Employe es were elected for the following year in
accordance with schedule of President Crabbe which follows
and President Crabbe was authorized to enter into contract
with said employees:
PRESIDENTS REC0I~'tIBNDATT0NS
Empioyees Salary
Employee
1. Culbertson, J. P.
2. Lynn, Mrs. M.A.
3. Ramsey .:i.obert
4. Thorpe, Florence E
5. Wootton, V/ . M.
6. Woot ton, Mrs.W.M.
7. Smith, Harrison
8. Flanagan, Clinton
Schedule
Salary
13-1,4
Salary
1800.00
500.00
600.00
600.00
1050.00
180.00
420.00
480.00
1800.00
600.00
900.00
600.00
1100.00
180.00
420.00
560.00
5730.00
6160. 00
14-15
Increase
14-15
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300.00
50.00
80.00
9.
430.00
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�Employees Salaries Schedule
(Contd)
Salary 13-14
Employee
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Salar~r 14-15 Tncrease 14-1:6
Fox, Walter
Miller, Will
Harris, Nannie
Harris, Ed.
Royston , Sa 1 lie
Rosa, Sallie
Baker, Cora
Broaddus, Wesley
460 . 00
230. 00
230 . 00
230. 00
161 . 00
161 . 00
161. 00
230 . 00
460. 00
230 . 00
230 . 00
230. 00
161. 00
161. 00
161 . 00
2 30.00
Hocker, Sallie
Miller, Will
Gentry, Men.rill
Baxter, E1iza
Tribbl e , Joe
322 . 00
276. 00
230. 00
230 . 00
230 . 00
2 76. 00
230. 00
230. 00
230 . 00
Presley, Dave
Black, John
Roy Jones
Francis, Sam
Gentry, Irvine
425 . 50
445.00
720 . 00
322.00
414 . 00
425 . 50
49rJ . 00
720. 00
322 . 00
414.00
547 7. 50
5529. 50
322 . 00
52 .00
52 . 00
EASTE~ KENTUCKY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Estimated Budget for Fiscal year
1914-15, based on Fiscal year 1913-14
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1. Salaries
33750.00
(a) Normal School
6200 . 00
(b) Model School
( C ) Office
3460. 00
2. Wafes, Dormitory
2071 . 47
a) Memorial Hall
( b) Sullivan Hall
3159 . 47
3. General Labor
1650. 09
(a) Power Plant
( b) Janitors and Campus
2128.55
Improvement
( C) Farm
1491 . 67
4. Fuel
(a) Memorial Hall
205.24
( b ) Sullivan Hall
436.61
( C ) Power Plant
2302.12
(d' Libra:ry,Gym.&Cottaee Fuel 291.94
6. Mileage - n egents and all traveling expenses
6. Telephone and Telegrams
7. Printing
8. Water
9. General Expense
671.23
(a) Normal School
279. 23
(b) Model School
( C) General §upplies
1350.36
( d ) General .rlepairs
2142.20
10.Postage
11. Interest
12.Insurance
13. Catalog and Review
14.Advertising
15.Students Deposits
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Total
NOTE:
$43,410 . 00
5,230.94
5,270.31
3,235.91
970.61
286.83
352.19
1,500 . 00
4,443. 01
475.73
2,000 . 00
900 . 00
1,433.30
990.12
504.00
$71,002.95
The above budget does not include items for dormitory
Provisions and su,plies as the Dormitories are
self-sup:I)Orting.
�Sheet #2
Bills Payable
31,653.32
(alCentral University,(Int . paid to 1-1-14)
$14900 . 00
(b )L. N. Whitaker(Int . paid to 7- 1- 14)12586 . 66
( c )T.S . Burnam(Int . paid to 7-1-14)
4166,65
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NOTE;
In _June 1913 our '!Estimate " showing our
,indebtedness on July 1, 1914, was
Bills Payable, Central University ~J.4900 . 00
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T. s. Burnam
4166 . 66
Total
19066. 66
In December 1913 we added to this
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~ndebtedness as follows on account of
I)ew contracts
.Sewer Line and Advertising - 1680 . 12
,Coal Bin Sullivan Anne~
188. 00
1868.12
20934 . ,a
July 1, 1914, our Bills ~ayable are as
l~sted above, but we have paid expenses
b~longing to our .1914-15 budget as
follows:
~uly 10 - Salaries
3060 . 62
Dormitory Supplies
602.45
Salaries
527.50
4190.57
Sewer Contract and sub
contract
1312 . 50
Architect Fees
843.40
Equipment
3417 . 45
1261. 55
7608 . 02
28542.80
This makes us actually short on our estimate of June , '13 - ~8110 . 52
, our estimate on interest on June 1913 was $1600. 00 but on account of
our continued having to pay all accounts with notes the item of
interest accumulated and our books show that during the year we
have paid for int er est
.,i 4301 . 73
Sheet #3
Budget 1914- 15
Receipts: State of Kentucky
$75000. 00
iioom Rent, Fees, Tuitionl3000 .00
$88000. 00
(a)Estimated Current Expenses for year basea on
Disbursements of 1913- 14 ( See Sheet 1)
,371002 . 95
(b)Deduct Paid Expenses of 1914- 15
Paid in 1913-14 (See Sheet 2}
7608.02
63394 . 93
One- half of Bills Payable
15826. 66
One-fourth of ii'al tors Collegiate Institute
2500 . 00
18326. 66
Equipment and Repairs:
Farm Barn
2000 . 00
_500 . 00
Farm Machinery, etc
Repairs on Cottages
500 . 00
New Roof Memorial Hall
500 . 00
Fire Equipment
1000 . 00
· Library, Laboratory, etc.
900 . 00
Domestic Science Equipment
300.00
Manual Training Equipment
300. 00
6000 . 00
Su
87721 . 59
Surplus
278.41
Budget 1915-lfi
' Receipts
88000 . 00
State of Kentucky
75,000 . 00
Room Rent, Fees, Tuition
13,000 . 00
Disbursements: Estimated Current
Expenses for year based on Disburser.ients 13-14-71002 . 95
Deduct Expenses of 1913- 14 which will not be
3417. 45 67585.50
duplicat ed in 15-16 - see Sheet #2
One-half o~ bills payable
15826 . 66
One-fourth of Walters Colle r.d ate Institute
2500. 00 18326.66
Equipoent and Repairs
General L\e:pairs
500 . 00
Roof University Hall
300. 00
1000 . 00
Sewer
\!ianual Trainine Equipment
300 . 00 2100 . 00
88012.16
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Statenent of Tndebtedness ,Jul;r 1 ,1916
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One-half purchase pr ic e Vlalt ers Collef3'iate Inst1.tnte- 5000
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Deduct- Surplus budget 1914-15
278.41
Less Sh orts bud get 1915-16
12.16
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The matter of advertising was discussed and it
ordered up6n motion that advertising should continue
about <the same as durine the pas t two years.
President Crabbe presented the signed agreement of
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.Memorandt1r.1 of Understanding Relative to Farriers Cooperative
Demonstration Work in the State of Kentucky which was
discussed and upon motion approved by the Board of Regents
and the document ordered filed.
President Crabbe presented March and A,ril financial
statements which upon motion were approved and ordered
filed .
President Crabbe prewented reports of the operation
of the Power Plant which upon motion were a pproved and
ord ere a filed.
Treasurer Turley presented his report covering period
from July 1, 1913, to Apri l 30, 1914, which upon motion
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was ordered filed.
Upon motion it is ordered that $ 704 . 11 be paid as
rental for Library Building to the Walters Coll egiate
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Institute - $404.11 of the above amount be5.ng due as
rental to July 1, 1913 and it being the will of the
Board of Regents to pay this together with $ 300 . 00 rental
due from July 1, 1913,
to ,January 1, 1914, T!lakine a total
of $ 704.11.
Upon mot i on it was ordered that the Board accepts the
following proposition presented by the Walters Collegiate
Institute concerning sale of their property now known as
our Li brary Building for $10 ,000.00:
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ttThe Walt ers Collegiate Institute, a corporation
organized under the laws of the Saate of Kentucky with
powers to contract and be contracted with, has this day
sold to the State of Kentt1cky the following described
property in the City of Ri chmond, and County of Madison,
State of Kentucky, and lying south-east of the campus of
the Eastern Kentucky State Normal and consisting of about
eight acres, more or less, and situated thereon are three
buildings: one brick residence, a brick building used now by
Eastern Kentucky Normal as Library and a small fraT!le building
used as dwelling, and being a part of the property conveyed
by the Central University to the Walters Coll ngiate Institute
On the
day of ________ ,19 ~ by deed recorded in the
Madison----00-unty Clerk's office:-in deed book_, page_.
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The consideration for this property is Ten
Thousand ( $10,000.00) Dollars, one fourth of which to be
paid ,January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen,
and like sum each year thereafter for three years.
The sum of ten thousand dollars to bear six per cent
interest from the first dat of January, nineteen
fourteen, until paid. Interest to be paid annually.
The Walters Collegiate Institute agrees to make a
general warranty deed to the State of Kentucky when
the first payment is made and with a lien retained
therein on property conveyed to secure the uppaid
purchase money. The possession of the property herein
described is this day delivered to the Eastern Normal
School for the State of Kentucky.
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Given under our hands this first day of January,
nineteen hundred fourteen.
WALTERS COL1EGIATE INSTITUTE
By
By
A. R. Burn~m
W.R .Shackelford
President
Secretary"
---------------0- -------------President Crabbe presented the name of J. S. Irvine
as having furnished satisfa:ctory evidence of successful t eaching during the past three years and upon
motion it was ordered that his certificate should be
endorsed as a life Diploma.
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At five o'clock P.M. the Board adjourned.
Signed:
Approved:
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Page 149 Accounting April accounts paid
Page 150 Model Laboratory School Possibility of closing
Page 150 P.W. Grinstead Retirement
Pages 151-152 Personnel Activities
Pages 152-153 Salaries 1914-1915
Pages 153-154 Budget 1914-1915
Page 154 Budget 1915-1916
Page 155 Agriculture Department Farmer's Cooperative Demonstration Work
Pages 155-156 Property Walters Collegiate Institute
Page 156 Certificates Graduates list
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This collection consists of records from Walters Collegiate Institute including Articles of Incorporation from 1901-1965, checking statements, correspondence, financial statements, envelopes and notes from the bank used by the school and books and pamphlets. Walters Collegiate Institute was and is a corporation founded for the support of "higher education" in Richmond, Kentucky. During the five year interim between the departure of Central University in 1901 and the arrival of the State Normal School in 1906, the twenty-one trustees of the corporation established and maintained a private secondary school on the campus deserted by Central University which was sponsored by the Presbyterian Church. The Institute was a small school for boys. The teachers were, for the most part, young men who had graduated from eastern universities. The curriculum was classical: Latin, Greek, mathematics, and English. The school was established in the dawn of the rise of free public education, and its life was short. In 1906 the Trustees of Walters were pleased to turn over their Institute and most of their property to the newly created State Normal, and the Model High School, as part of the Normal, continued the work of Walters Collegiate Institute, charging the same tuition fees and following the same curriculum.<br /><br />Only a portion of this collection has been digitized. See the <a href="http://ekufindingaids.libraryhost.com/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=53">Finding Aid</a> for a description of the entire collection.
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1901-1980
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publication
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eng
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text
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2010A004
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Catalog of the Walters School for Boys
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Catalog for the Walters School for Boys from the 1904-1905 school year. The catalog includes administrative information about the school including history of the institution, list of faculty, details of curriculum, list of students, and a calendar. The catalog also features images of the school and students.
Date
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1904-1905
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publication
Language
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eng
Type
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text
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2010a004-b001-f06
Walters Collegiate Institute
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Text
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Correspondence with Jere Sullivan
Description
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Correspondence regarding the consolidation of Central University and Centre College, politics, Jere's health, religion and the Harry B. Hanger estate. Some letters are handwritten copies of correspondence Jere sent to Governor Sampson about Eastern and rural education. One letter is from Clarence Woods to Dr. J.T. Dorris. Woods was the mayor of Richmond when Eastern was established and in this letter he writes the founding of Eastern from his perspective. (9 items)
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Sullivan, Jere Papers
Date
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1901-1935
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Contact <a href="mailto:archives.library@eku.edu">Special Collections and Archives</a>, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University for reproductions, rights and permission to publish.
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correspondence
legal document
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eng
Type
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text
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2018a008-b01-f03
Central University
regents
Walters Collegiate Institute
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EKU Board of Regents Records
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Eastern Kentucky University
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Eastern Kentucky University
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1906-present
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minutes
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eng
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text
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0001-010
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Board of Regents Records
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Eastern Kentucky State Normal School
Date
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1907-03-02
3/20/1907
Title
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Executive Committee of Board of Regents Minutes
Description
An account of the resource
Page 13a Personnel Activities
Page 13a School Colors Cream and Crimson selected
Page 13a Walters Collegiate Institute Negotiated leasing of buildings and grounds
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minutes
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eng
Type
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text
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bor-minutes-1907-03-02
Walters Collegiate Institute
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EKU Board of Regents Records
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Eastern Kentucky University
Description
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This collection consists of records relating to the Board of Regents and includes minutes, agendas and supporting documents. Only parts of the collection have been digitized at this time, but more will be added until all minutes are available. This collection is invaluable to anyone researching the history of Eastern Kentucky University.
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Eastern Kentucky University
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1906-present
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minutes
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eng
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text
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0001-010
Text
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Board of Regents Records
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Eastern Kentucky State Normal School
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1911-05-20
Title
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Executive Committee of Board of Regents Minutes
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An account of the resource
Page 60 Walters Collegiate Institute Proposed lease agreement
Page 60 Carnegie Library Proposed request
Page 60 Normal School May merge with Model High School
Pages 60-61 Accounting Bills paid
Page 61 John Grant Crabbe Re-elected
Pages 61-63 Personnel Activities
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minutes
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eng
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text
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bor-minutes-1911-05-20
Carnegie Library
John Grant Crabbe
Walters Collegiate Institute
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Wallace Family Papers
Description
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Through correspondence, diaries, speeches, photographs, news clippings, and other primary source materials the public career and personal life of William Luxon Wallace and his family are documented. Glimpses of late nineteenth century Richmond, KY social and political life can be found in the correspondence of Wallace's father, Coleman Covington. In addition, due to Wallace's significance as an organizer in the Kentucky Republican Party, the collection sheds some light on the party's history during the first half of the twentieth century. It also contains political memorabilia which Wallace assembled along with a quantity of materials that document his World War I experience. The correspondence is mostly personal and covers Republican Party activities, World War I, and the proper behavior expected from young women of the 1920s. Other letters deal with various state and national elections. When Wallace served on the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents, the subject of the correspondence shifts to Eastern. The collection also includes several diaries from the women in the family, Wallace’s wife wrote over a span of 44 years; his sister wrote while she was at school in Louisville in the 1920s and there is one volume from his sister-in-law.<br /><br />Only a portion of this collection has been digitized. See the <a href="http://ekufindingaids.libraryhost.com/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=135&q=wallace+family">Finding Aid</a> for a description of the entire collection.
Date
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1867-1975
Format
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correspondence, diaries, publications, documents
Language
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eng
Type
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text
image
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1982A004
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b.28/f.07
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Wallace, William L. Papers
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1982A004-1314
Type
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image
Date
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1904
Format
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photograph
Title
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Walters Collegiate Football Team
Description
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In front of the Miller Gymnasium.
football teams
Walters Collegiate Institute
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Wallace Family Papers
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Through correspondence, diaries, speeches, photographs, news clippings, and other primary source materials the public career and personal life of William Luxon Wallace and his family are documented. Glimpses of late nineteenth century Richmond, KY social and political life can be found in the correspondence of Wallace's father, Coleman Covington. In addition, due to Wallace's significance as an organizer in the Kentucky Republican Party, the collection sheds some light on the party's history during the first half of the twentieth century. It also contains political memorabilia which Wallace assembled along with a quantity of materials that document his World War I experience. The correspondence is mostly personal and covers Republican Party activities, World War I, and the proper behavior expected from young women of the 1920s. Other letters deal with various state and national elections. When Wallace served on the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents, the subject of the correspondence shifts to Eastern. The collection also includes several diaries from the women in the family, Wallace’s wife wrote over a span of 44 years; his sister wrote while she was at school in Louisville in the 1920s and there is one volume from his sister-in-law.<br /><br />Only a portion of this collection has been digitized. See the <a href="http://ekufindingaids.libraryhost.com/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=135&q=wallace+family">Finding Aid</a> for a description of the entire collection.
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Walters Collegiate Football Team
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In front of the Miller Gymnasium.
football teams
Walters Collegiate Institute
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�Singleton P. Walters, 1816-85
�Walters Collegiate Institute
and
The Founding of Eastern
by
Richard A. Edwards
Richmond, Kentucky
1964
�DEDICATED
TO THE FOUNDERS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IN
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY
�FOREWORD
Walters Collegiate Institute was and is a co1voration founded
for the support of "higher eduoat-ion" -in Richmond, Kentucky. Durfog
the five year interim between the departure of Centrnl University in
1901 and the arrival of the State Normal School in 1906, the twentyone trnstees of the corporat,ron established and maintained ,a priv,a te
secondary s•ohool on the deserted campus, sponsornd by the Presb yterian Ohuroh, but it was not a selective ,school.
The Institute was small in numbers to b egin with. It was a
sohool for boys. Its teachers we re, for -t h e most part, young men
who had graduated from E•asitern Universiities. Th e curriculum was
clas,sical. When I asked a form er student what he studied at Walters,
his r eply, was "Latin, Greek, ma,themati-cs, and English."
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The sohool ~as es-taiblished in the dawn of the ris e of free public
education, and its life was short. Up until about this tim e, and. even
later, free public -s chools were, i11 ,m any localities, considered as
instiitutions supported by taxes for the ben efit of th e common p eople.
The "common school" was not attended by ,children whos e parents
were sociaHy situated and financially able to provide ,a more d esirable
place of instruction. Besides, in thos e days when there were no compulsory sohool attendance laws, only thos e youth went 1:o sohool
who wanted to go, or whose parents insisted on their going; and
they attended either a "common school," o,r a private school i.f th ey
were accepted or could pay the tuition.
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While the common schools of the country had b een pa•Herned
after fh e Gennan "volksohule" - a school for the masses, - our
secondary sdhools were vestiges of the English academies and "public
schools," where the <landed gentry and nobility sent th eir sons for
di-scipline, education , and preparation for ,college.
In 1906 the Tn1stees of Walters were plea·s ed to turn over their
Institute and most of their property to th e newly created State
No·r mal, and the Model High School, as par-t of the Normal, continued the work of W alters CoUegiate Institute, charging the same
tuition fees and following the sam e curriculum.
Then in 1922 ,t,he W,a lters Board of Trustees sold the remainder
of •its property to the State Normal for $10,000. That brought about
a change in the objeot of the corporation from administration of a
school to the management of an endowm ent fund to b e us ed as schohrshi,p loans to worthy Madison County boys; but the aim remained that
of high er education for local yoU1th .
The object in doing this ibi,t of research and in preparing this
manuscript - aside from my interest in local history - has b een 1:o
�correct a few errors that have b een repeated concerning W a1ters
Collegiate Institute, C enti1al University Prep aratory School, ,a nd some
of the buildings that once adorned the campus.
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In more than one Eastern publication, it has b een stated that the
old Prnpamtory School Building, in its day known as the "Prep," was
the home of W,a lters C oHegiat e Institute. A bronze marker near the
University BuildiI1Jg states that t,he Prepamtory School Building was
a "mu1ti-pumpose building." A sita·t ement in Fiv e D ecades of Progress,
p uiblished rb y the O o1lege, ·says that when •t he No rmal scho ol ,a rrived
on the campus ~t had n o gymnas.i um a:I1Jd no athle tic field. Another
statement moites t hat th e last pmpei;ty of W,albe11S was sold to the
Normal in 1914; and a st ate ment in "Eastern Progress" mentions
Memoria l Hall Annex as the oldest dormitory on the campus . A date
inscribed on ,a corner stone of the Univernity Building led to some
published condusions that this fine old building was erected in two
different parts at different ,t imes.
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In the preparation of this rnanuscr,i pt every known source available h as b een ,s ought, and I only hope that no ,additional errors have
b een added to the list already existing.
These pages are not intended to provide reading of an ente1ta ining na ture. The p erusal of rnus,ty d eeds ,a nd old ,r ecords is not generally interes,ting. But they might serve more ,as source material
for su ch persons or antiquarians as may have some concern for the
p ast , some interest in ,a n epoch of s trn1gigle and change, in import,a nt
personalities of two generations a go, and in the p ast achievements
that oa:rry with them a fair halo of renown. Small acorns into giant
oaks grow. Who plaI1Jted th e aoorn a nd who t ended its slender stem
until it b ecame ,a t<c1ll and sturdy tree?
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It is proper tihat I ,s hould m ention here those to wh om I am
indebt ed for muc h of the information c ontained in this manuscript.
Among t he form er students of t he W alters School who have b een
very h elp ful ,arn Mr. Julien Million, Mr. Paul Burnam, a nd Mr. Jones
Jennings of Richmond ; and Col. Robert E. Turley, Jr. , and Mr.
William L. WaUace of L exington. Others who have helped are Mr.
Dan B. w ,a lker, Trustee of Walters , Mrs. EHen (Walker) Smathers,
Miss K atihleen Bales, Mrs. Duncan (Foster) Kerpen, Miss Brown E.
T elf01 d, Mrs. ~ate (Blanton) H ead, Mrs. Mary (Shackelford) Dickerson, Miss 1Mary Bun1ier, a nd M~ss Sallie Shackelford . Fiiom Five
D ecades of Progress, publish e d b y East.em , I h ave consulted the
chapter 1by Dr. Smith Park o n campus Iand data; a nd from the Miadiison
National Bank a copy of a :picture of Mr. S. P. Wall:1ers has b een
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secured.
Records of -1,a nd tm nsfer,s were oopi:ed from tlhe deed books in
the office of t h e C ounty Court C lerk in Madiso n County Couiithouse.
�CONTENTS
The C on ception of Centm l University _____ ___ ____ _____________
1
Alumni Assooiabon of Central University __ _____ __ _____ _____
2
Th e Campus and First Building ------ -- --- - ------- --- --- -- 3
Four ,L ots and a Street ____ ___ _____ ____ ___ ______ ______ _ ___ ___ _ 7
Two Other Lots on th e N011t1h - --------------- -------- -- ---- 11
Abstraot of Ti,t 1es to Tm·liey Lot _________ __ ________ ___ _____ _ 21
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Singleton P. Walters and Family -- - ------ -- ------------------- 23
Old Bujldfngs that are Gone-- ---- ---- ---- ------ - ----- ---- -- - -- - 29
The A,r ticles of In,bo1,por:ation - ------------ - ----- --- -- ------ --- 36
The Richm ond Soho:o]s ______ ____ _____________________ ____ ____ 38
The Walters School --- - --- ----- --------- -- ------- - - -- ------- 45
Campus Tmn:sfors to Walters School ---- ·- ------ -- ____ ____ __ ____ 55
Othel· Campus Transfers _________________ _____ _____ __ ________ 61
1\be Board of Trustees ----- ----- -- ·-- ------ -- -- ----------- ---- 72
Gov. Jam es B. McCTea,ry __ ____ _______________________ __ __ 74
Gen. Benn ett H. Young --- - - --- ----- - ---------- --- ---- - - - 76
Th e Dwind-Ling Board __ ____ _____ __ _____ ____ __ _______ ___ 77
MapsFour Lots and a Stree t ------- - -- - ------ - - --- ----- -- - -- - -- - - - - 10
Th e Original Campus F arm ___ _________ ___ _______ _____ - - -- -·-- 15
Central University Campus 1882 ------------- - -- -- ----- --- ---- 68
Wa1'ters Collegiate Institute Campus _______ ___ _____ ____ ___ ____ _ 69
Campus Plats Acquired by East ern ____ ____ __________ ___ _____ _ 70
Pictures-
Singleton P. Walters ___ __ ___ ___ ___ _____ ______________ frontispiece
View of C. U. Campus from Madison F . I. ____ _______ ______ ____ 13
Madison F erna-le Institute-------- ----- ------ - - - ------ -- ---- -- 14
University Building before 1906 ---------- --- - - -- ------ -------- 16
�C. U. Preparatory School Building __ ___ ____ ____ ________ __ __ ____ 17
Rosedale - Blair Park after 1905 _________ ___ _____ _______ __ __ __ 18
The Turley House ------·---------- ----- -- ----- --- ------- --- -- - 19
The Presbyterian Manse __ _____ ____ ____ ___ __ ___ ______ ____ ____ 20
Memorial Hall __ _____ ___ ___ __ ___ __ _______ ____ ___ _____ ______ _ 34
A view on the Campus, 1918 --- --- --- --------------- -- -- -- ---- 35
Athletic Field and Grandstand ------ - -------- - --- ----- ------ -- 41
Miller Gymnasium ---- --- -- ------- ---- -- - --- -- -- -- -- ---- ---- 42
Walters Football Team, 1903 ______ ____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ __ __ 43
Walters Football T eam, 1904 ______ _______ ___ ______ ___ ________ 44
Gymnasium and Assembly Hall-- - -- ------ - - - --- -- ----- ------- 53
Rural D emonstration School-- --- -- - ----- -- -- --- -------- ---- - - 54
Manual Tmining, H eat and Power Plant ___ ____ __ _______ __ ___ __ 60
A View of the Campus about 1935 -- - - - --- --------- -- ----- -- -- 71
Singleton P. W,a lters
Hall- - -- ---- - ------- --- -- -- -- -- -- ----- ---
79
A Modern View of the Campus ------ --- -- - --- -- --- --- --- ---- 85
�THE CONCEPTION OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
While 's ome of th e laa_1ger Protestant d enominations separated
into No11th em and Sou:thenn footiions b ecaus e of the siavery qu es,tion
b e£o1 e ,the W,a:r Between th e States, it was not until af,ter that oonfLict
that the Piiesbyterian Ohtwch 1in Kentucky divided. Quoting from
Smith's History of Kentucky, ,t h e following explianation is given concemting ,the founding of Central University:
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"Th e opening of rt:he OivH W·air of 1861, with all th e passions of
pohtioal ,and ,11eligious 1pm1tyi's,m sitir,red tJo their lowesit d epths, proved
a baleful element o:f d~ssenttion and divis1ion in the P,r1e s1bytmian Olmrch
of Kentucky. The General A,ssembly (of th e church) still h eld jurisdicUon he1e, for the Synod of ,tih e South had not withdrawn h orn it.
Trhe form er body had ·ITTi:tfated th e prnobce of ,a dopting resolutions
upon the :S'ta:te of the country, tlms ri nclining th e highest com;t to
become a p11apagandist of politioal sentiment .. .. Afoer the clos,e of
the grea:t civil ,s,k ife in 1865, the Asse mrbly undeatook to di,scipliine th e
oonsci!ence o f the clrnwh into submtis,s.ion to th e ,pohitioal dicta which
had been rnpeatedly uttered :pending th e st1ate of war, requiring1
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"First: That rtihe ,arppoi n1tm en1t of domestic rn,iss,i onaries to b e made
only on satisfactory evidence of ,t heir cordial sympathy with th e Asse rnlbly in h er teshmony o n doctrin e, •loy,a1ty, and :liree::lom.
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"Second: All ministers from th e Southern States applying for
membership in any of the presbyteri es, to b e examined as to their
pa1ticipation in lih e reb eilion, ,and th eir views on th e subject of slavery;
and b efore admission , to confess th eir sin and forsake their error, if
their action and views did not ,a ccord with th e Ass embly's testimony.
"Third: Ordering church sessions to examin e all applicants for
church membership from th e Southern States, concerning th eir conduct and principles on the points above sp ecifi ed , and to refu se th em
admission on the same ground .... "
"A protest was put forth to this , called a '. declaration and testimony' ,a gainst heretical doctrines a nd practices which hwe obta in ed
and b een propagated in the Presbyterian Church of the United States
in th e last five years." This was signed by quite a nt1mlb er. In the
Synod in Louisville in 1865, an attempt was made to prevent the
admission of such signers, which was defeated by ,a vote of onehundred and seven to twenty-two. A resolution disproving the ra ot
of the Assembly was carried by a vote of seventy-six by twenty-two.
In the Ass embly of 1866 in St. Louis, ,t h e delegate commissioners from
Kentucky who had signed th e 'd eclamtion and testimony' were excluded fo-orn th eir seats lby action of ,the body and summoned to ap-
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�pear before it at the nex t session. When ·t he Kentucky Synod met at
Henderson the smne year, it ignored thi:s order of the Assembly....
"The :s trife drifted into the courts, and of th e angry and stubborn
contenitions that chamioterized the issues none at,traeted more aittention wi,t hout and within the ohurch than the litigation over the question of common exclusive rights in the proprietorship of Centre College. The olaims of the old Ass embly evidently taking precedence,
-the young and vigorous infant organization, just sprung from her
vexed loins, at once, •a nd with powerful energy, assumed all the
funchons of independent denominational ex,i stence, and prepared to
meet its wants. Chief among these wants was fe1t th e need of a
leading institution of learning."
The Alumni Association of Central University
The story of the founding of the sohool i,s told in the various
catalogs of the University. The account given here is told because of
the importance of Mr. W•a lters' part in it.
"The Southern Synod of Kentucky, propos,i ng to established an
irnstitl]tion of learning .of high order, to p erpetuate the desi,gn of the
fathers in the establishment of Centre College whioh had been lost
to the Synod, it was judged by the friends of liberal educaition and of
the Presbyterian Church of Kentucky, within and wiithout the church,
a favomble oppo,1tunity for securin:g in the State a university on a
broad and Christian ba,sis. A numlber of the ailt1mni of Centre College,
and friends of learning of the ohurch, therefore ,assembled in convention at Lexington, on the 7th of ~fay, 1872, and having organized
themselves into a permanent association, and on the following day
tendered to the Synod rheir cooperation for establishing such an
institution. The offer was ,a ccepted by the Synod, and a joint committee was established by the bodies for ,a rranging details and prosecuting the endowment. A charter was agreed to by the committee,
and adopted by the Synod and the Assooiation. The sum of $220,000
was subscribed, which, though regai,ded as but a beginning, was
judged sufficient to justify opening an institution ....
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"The direction of ,t he University is confided to seven Curators,
•a nd the management of the fonds to five Trustees, all appointed by
the Association. And they elect their successors from among the
ailurnni of the institution and its liberal benefactorn, two-thi,rds of
which must be members of the Presbyteriian Church. The College
of Philosophy, Letters, and Science is located at Richmond, Kentucky,
a city of 3,000 inhabitants."
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The first Board of Curators were as follows: Rev. Robmt L.
Breck, ex-officio chaianan; Rev. Thomas A. Bracken, Lebanon, Ky.;
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�Joseph Chambers, Esq., Covington, Ky. ; Hon. C. H. Breck; Rev. G.
H. Route, Versailles, Ky.; Bennett H . Young, Esq., Louisville, Ky. ;
William Chenault, Esq. ; and S. B. V,ance, Esq., Henderson, Ky.
The first Board of Trustees included the following names: (Names
without an address were residents of Richmond). Rev. Robe1,t L.
Breck, ex-officio, -chairman. (Rev. Breck was Chancellor of the University). J. H. Howerton, Esq., Paris, Ky.; J. B. Owsley, Esq., Stanford,
Ky. ; R. S. Veach, Esq.; S. P. Walters, Esq. ; and W. M. Irvine, Esq.
About 1885 the 'Board of Trustees was combined with the Cumtors
as one board.
In the complete organization of the Universi,ty there w ere ma intained at Louisville a CoHege of Medicine and a College of Deni'istry.
At Richmond, in addition to the College of Lib eml A1its , a Law College was es taihl,ished, but for lack of support it was finally discontinued.
A D epartment of Theology was also organized ,a nd continued until
1893 when the ~i-esb yterian T,heological Sernina,ry was estalblis,h ed in
LouisviHe. Beside the Preparatory D epa1tm ent on the campus, three
other college preparatory schools were affiliated, and full inf01,mation
aboull: each of them was included in the University catalogs. These
were located at J,ackson , Middlesboro, and Elizabethtown.
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W alter:s Collegiate Institute followed Ce111tml University Preparntory D epartment, but in a different building, and might be considered ,a continuation of t<he latter.
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The Campus and Its First Building
In the 1:mnsfer of propei,ty from Central Universit_y in 1902, in
which pa,r t of the campus was c onveyed to Walters Collegiate Institute, the s,tatement occurs in th e deed. "That whereas the Alumni
Association of Central Univers,i ty in 1874 purch:1sed a trnot of land
con taining forty acres and ,siituaJted in the corporate limits of
Richmond .... " It was evidently ,a year -e arlier - in 1873 - that an
agreement was made to purchase this forty acres, but no deed to it
was then recorded, although work b egan on the land in that year.
1
In one of the C. U. catalogs a statement is given, "The grounds
adjoin ,t he town and m e nearly on e-fourth mHe on each side."
The college building, later called the University Building, was
completed in time for th e opening of school in September, 1874. The
brick for this building were made and burned in ,a kiln located albout
fifty or sixty yards wes t o.f where rhe m:1in structure was ereoted.
Inoidently, ~t might b e mentioned that a colored boy, Irvine Gentry,
who was water-boy for the brick kiln workm en, b ecame janitor for
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�many years in th e building he saw erected, ,a nd his labor extended for
several years after th e Model School made its home there.
The original front of the University Building faced Lan caster
Avenue. O ver th e front door is a ,:,tone marker b ear,ing ithe date, 1874,
and th e school motto, "Lex, Rex - Crux, Lux." Irt has b een a matter of
conjecture concernin g a corn er stone on •t he opposite side of the building which b ears the ~nscrip tion, "June 7, 1887." But this is explained
by Miss SaHie Shackelford, now 89 years of ,a ge. She recalls that when
she was a twelve year old girl , that a n ivy planting ceremony was
held at that corner to commemorate ,some event in the his,tory of the
school, th e particul ars of which she has forgotten.
When the buildilllg was renov,arted in 1961, workm en discovered
th ait th e h ack wall of the auchtoriurn , then b eing converted into second
and third story classrooms, was mad e of outside brick. Much history,
many traditions, and some mystery hover ,a bout this old building.
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Th e Central University caitalog for 1883-84, under the heading,
"Donart:ions," says ''T,h e University is indebted to Mr. S. P. Wa lters,
th e most liberal patron of the institution from its foundation."
WhHe the statement in the 1902 deed of C. U. to Walters Collegiate Institute said the campus was purchased in 1874, i,t appears
tha t th e deal was never consummaited, alth ough work b egan on the
grounds b efore ,th at da te. The land from which the campus was
taken was actually bought, ,a s shown by deed, January 6, 1874, by
S. P. Wa lters . Th e record is in D eed Book 20, p age 401 :
"Joel T. Shackelford to S. P. Walters, 249 acres on th e Ri chmond
and Lancaster turnpike. For th e sum of $25,000 ....
"Beginning in a line of J. J. Walker, also corner to S. P. Waliters
lot, S 23¾ W 231 p oles to Bronston's line and corner of Walter's lot,
with Bronston's 1,in e along rthe south side of ,tihe fence N 70½ W 37½
poles, th ence N 51 W 10 poles to a st on e corner 'to Bronston and W .
P. Green, th ence with Green'-s line N 70% W 108½ poles to center of
Lancaster Pike, thence with ,c enter of pike N 15 E 143 poles, N 25½
E 8 poles, N 32½ E 56 poles, N 23 E 18 poles to a stake in the cenrter
of the pike, corn er to W . M. Irvin e, thence with his line S 66½ E
67½ poles to a stake, th ence N 22 E 31 pol es to a ston e at his corn er,
tlwnce with a lin e of the property of Madison F emale School S 59
E 36 poles, thence S 60 E 65 poles to the b eginning."
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The deed concludes wiith the statement, "It is furth er agreed that
this deed is in lie u and in place of the one here'tofore made to the
trustees of Central UJ11iversiity which was never ,r ecorded and is null
and void."
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Th e forty acres included in th e Central University campus was
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�,t aken from the north-west corner of this 249 aore traot. The d eed
menrtions "Madison F emale School" on the north boundary. That
property was a lot lying on the corner b etween South Second Street
and Summit Avenue, where now stand Lynn House, purchased in
1940, and three other cottages purchased in 1964. Madi·son F emale
Institute sold this lot sometime a round 1912 for $1,000.
After taking th e campus tract from th e W,a lters 249 acres, the
remainder was sold to Wilham Gibson whose farm Eastern much
laiter bought at different tim es in four different parts ; th en E·a stern
sold 28 acres of it to the Richmond Cemetery in 1923.
Cenbral University had evid ently b egun building operaitions on
the forty acres b efore the deed of J,anuary 6 was made. Mr. Walters
retain ed 1legal ownership of the campus for eight years, or until 1882,
when the following d eed of conveyance was made to Central University: ' ;
D eed Book 28, page 214. "July 6, 1882. This indenture made
the 6th day of July, 1882, b etween S. P. Walters and Ann e W. WaLters
his wife of tlie County of Madison and State of Kentucky of the first
part, ,a nd S. P. Walters, J. B. Owsley, J. B. McCreary, J. A. Logan,
and A. R. D enny, Trustees ,of Cerntml Universiity of th e second part.
"To wit: That th e pm·ties of th e first part in consideration of
$9,325 in hand paid, the receipt whereof is h ereby acknowledged,
have so1d and do h ereby convey unto th e parties of th e second part
and their assigns and successors forever a certain tract or parcel of
land situated in Madison County, Kentucky, and described as follows :
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"To wit : Beginning at a point in th e center of Lancaster Avenue
and in line with W. M. Irvin e's southern boundary fence, t>hence
S 66-56 E 17 chains 95½ link,s to a fence corn er ·joining Wililimn
Gibson's thence S 22-50 \iV 21 chains 79 links ,to fence corn er joining
William Gibson's, thence N 61-30 W 20 chains 67½ links along Gibson's, line to the cernter of Lan caster Avenue, th ence N 29-40 E 3
chains 23½ Hnks along th e middle of said avenue, th ence N 33-1 E 12
chains 51 links along middle of said ,a venue, th ence N 22-30 W 4 chains
along middle of said avenue to the b eginning, containing forty acres.
"To h ave ,a nd to hold said tract of land with its appurtenances
unto said parties of the second part, their assigns and successors
forever, and said parties of th e fo,st part do fmth er covenant with
the parties of the second part that th ey wiH warrant and forever
d efend th e title of th e property h ereby conveyed against th e claim
or clci ·m s of ,a ll p ersons whatever. In testimony whereof the parties
of +h< first p art have hereunto subs cribed .thei,r names.
S. P. Walters
Ann e W . Wa'1ters"
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�After 27 years of achievement and strug&le ait Riohmond, Centml
University was moved to Danville. Times had changed. Centre College, in ireality a Southern 1school, had been held captive by the
Northern Assembly of the Presbyterian Chnl'ch. But ait the end of
the century its trustees , faculty, and student body were ,a bout the
same in ideology as were those on fhe campus at Richmond. The
Rev. Gideon H. Rout of Vernailles, who had been a strong arm in
the Southern Synod of Kentucky, and was on the first Board of
Curators of Centml Univer,sity, was in 1900 President of the Board of
Trustees of Centre College. When the two schools united 1a t Danville
the name Central University was Teta1ined for the combined institutions. Some of the faculty at Richmond continued itheir work at
Danville.
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But it was severe grief for Richmond to lose the school to which
it had, contributed so much and had appreciated so sincerely. The
name of Central University was ret,ained for seventeen years before
it was changed back to Ce.ntre College. But in reality the school was
then no longer a university.
A familiar eoHege yell h eard a t footbalil games in the early 1900s
was "Chew tobacco, eat tobacco, drink Iager beer!
Cen-tral Uni-ver-si-ty! W e 're all here!"
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�FOUR LOTS AND A STREET
Two lots sold from the north-east corner of the campus have
been, with their owners, closely associated with rthe institutions of
which they were originally a part; and so a record of thei,r transfers
and their occupants is given here.
In hme both were returned to rthe ownership of the college.
They are known as the P,r esb yterian Manse, or Telford House, and
th e Turley House. The f.irst was pumha,sed rin 1892 from Central
Univers•ity by William A. Anderson, brother of Mrs. Anne W. Walters,
the widow of S. P. Walters. Though one deed is darted "October," and
the other for ,the adjoining lot, "June," it appears that both lots were
purchased at ,t he same time.
Deed Book 40, page 570. "Ootober, 1892. For $700 .... Part of
real es tate_pu,rchased from S. P. , valters by Cent.ml University . . . .
"Beg1nning ' ,at a ston e on Mrs. E·liz•a beth Irv,ine's line ~a new
corner where rthe present fence in front of the professors' res,i dences
now meets said line, thence a new line S 29½ W 68 feet to a ·stone,
corner to lot recently sold by party of the first pa'lit (C. U.) to Mrs.
Anne W . Walters, thence her line S 62 E 279½ feet to ,a s•tone on line
of Mrs . Ellen Gibson and corner to Mrs. W,al:ters, thence with said
Gi'bson lin e N 24½ W 81 feet corner to said Gibson , th en with Mrs.
Irvine's line N 64½ W 272 feet to ,t h e b eginning; ,a,lso a p erpetual rightof-way over streets ,a nd lands of Central University to and between
the above named lot a nd the juncture of Second and CoHege streets."
This lot was subsequently conveyed to Mrs. Ann e vV. W,alters,
who, it is s,aid, erected the la•r ge frame hous e on it for the hom e of
h er step-daughter. Mrs. Harriet (Walters) Letcher and family. After
the death of Mrs. Wa lters in 1903, th e Executor of her es tarte sold the
property to J. T. Shackelford and Robert R. Burnam for the sum of
$2,820. Shackelford and Burnam were officials of the Presbyteri,an
Church, and th enceforth this prope1ty b ecam e th e Presbyterian Manse.
Mrs. Walters in h er wil,l had given to the Presb yterian Church the
sum of $2,000 with which to buy a manse, but on condition that the
church raise a like amount. During •t he next thirty~five years the
Manse was occupied by the following ministers: Rev. W. H . Dodge,
1903-05; Rev. J. Addison Smith, 1905-09; Rev. D . H . Scanlon, 1909-14;
and frnm 1914 until the tim e of his death in 1937, it was the home
of Rev . R. L. Telford and family.
A copy of the deed made to the church is given h ere b ecause
of irts variation from the first d eed made to William A. Anderson:
D eed Book 71, page 210. "Sept. 5, 1903. $2,820, for a lot. .. .
Beginning art a point on a line of Mrs. William Irvin e; with ha· line
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�S 64½ E 62 feet to a s,tone, corner to Anderson lot and small lot in
front of said lot, same course continued in aU 333½ feet to a post rin
a fence and corner to Mrs. Ellen Gibson, with her line S 24½ W 82
feet to a stake on said line 'a nd corner to lot of said Mrs. Walters, with
line of said lot N 62½ W passing through the middle of a barn ,and
along the middle of a drive 279½ feet to a point in the middle of a
gate, same course continued in all 335½ feet to a stake on the east
side of a forty foot road, thence N 24 E 67½ feet to the beginning;
being propeity purchased by ?vhs. Ann e W. Walter from W. A.
Anderson."
This lot was sold to E,astern Kentucky State CoHege in 1938 for
$8,000.
The second lot, laiter known as the Turley House, was purchased
in 1892 by Mrs. Anne W. vVa1ters from Central University for the
sum of $1,000.
D eed Book 40, page 210. "June 27, 1892. Part of tract bought
by Central University from S. P. Walters dec'd .... Said lot begins at
a stake in the line of the present fence between the re~idences of
the professors •a nd the campus, corner to the lot conveyed to William
A. Anderson, with the line of his lot 276 feet to the line of Mrs. EHen
Gibson, thence with th e line of Mrs. Gibson in a southwardly direction
68 feet to a stake, thence a new lin e at right angles to said line in a
northwestwardly direction 268½ feet to a stake in a line of the
campus, th ence with said line ,a nd fence 68 feet to the beginning."
In March of the next year M'l·s. Walters bought of Central University an additional strip of land to make her lot wider on the south
side by 12 feet in front and 13 feet on the Gibson line.
She also purchased from Central University in June, 1903, one
month b efore she died, a small plot of land lying in front of the two
lots, and that separated them from the driveway that extended onto
the campus from South Second Street as follows:
D eed Book 55, page 456. . . . "Beginning at a stake, corner to
Mrs. William frvine's land on Second Street, thence her line S 65 E 3.7
poles to a stake, corner to Mrs. Walters, thence a new line S 29¼
\,V 8.96 poles corner to s,a id Walters, l'hence a new 1ine N 60½ W .88
poles to a stake near the college campus road, ,t hence with said road
N 4.7 poles, thence with said road and Second St-reet N 24 E 4.8
poles to th e b eginning, containing 1/s acre, leaving 10 feet between
said lot on th e opposite side of the road deeded to said Waltei,s."
In the settlement of Mrs. W,alter's estate, ·t he place that had been
h er home for the past ten years was sold at public auction to Mr.
R. E. Turley.
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�Deed Book 56, page 69. "Nov. 11, 1903. For $4,100 .... A brick
dwel1ing lately owned ,and lately acquired by Mrs. Anne W. Walters
in h er lifetime, and at the tim e of her death situated on CoHege Street
adjoining Central University grounds .. . the said Turley being the
highest bidder ...
"Beginning at a sitake on the east side of a forty foot road and
corner to lot No. 1, according to Parrish survey upon which is a frame
dwelling pmchased by Mrs. Walters from Mr. Anderson, with a line
of said lot S 62 E 56 feet to ,a ,point in middle of a gate, thence with
the middle of a drive sam e cours e passing through a barn in the
middle, in all 335½ feet to a stake on Mrs. Ellen Gibson's line, with
her line S 24½ W 84 feet to 1a post in fence and corner to Cent.ml
University grounds, with iline of same and the fence as it now sitands
N 64½ W 287 feet ito a post corner to Walters lot, continuing same
cou[·se 14 feet, in all 301 feet to .a stone on the Eaist side of a foitv
foot road, with east edge of 1said road N 77 feet to a stone, N 24 E 11
fe et to the b eginning, being all the lot conveyed to Mrs. Anne W.
Walters by Centrnl University."
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In June, 1909, when Central University was selling th e last of its
remaining portion of the oampus, Mr. Turley bought for $200 a 15
foot strip of land on the south side of his lot, running 301 feet on
his original line, and 286 fe et on the south ·side.
Mr. R. E. Turley, was one of th e origina·l Board of Trustees of
Walters Collegiate Insbtute, and was a patron of the school. For 57
years this fin e old place was th e hom e of the Turley family. During
which time expens ive improvements were made. At the end of that
period it was acquired by E astern Kentucky State College for the
sum of $35,000. National inflation had made quite a difference in
real estate values during the p ast sixty years.
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�Two Other Lots on the North
Across the road from the property just described , and lying along
the north s,i de of the campus, were two other lots thait might ibe
mentioned here.
All of these lots on the north side of th e campus had their original
line wirth the south boundary of the Irvine estate, now the Ci,ty Pm·k.
A survey given of the Irvine line in 1882 when Mr. Walters sold the
campus to Central Univer,sity gives the direction as S 66-56 E. In
other deeds given ten and twenty years later this same lin e is given
as S 64½ E. And the noPthern boundary of the Mans e lot sold to
the College in 1938 was stilil less. These differences were caused
by the var,i ation of the compass needle resulting in changes in the
magnetic pole.
For .some, reason the lots on the north-east corner of the campus,
including· those ' for the professor's cott,ages, were ·s erveyed S 62 E
and S 61 E. The uorth boundary of the Manse lot was surveyed with
the Irvin e line, but som ehow it slipped around to conform to these
others surveys and so lost several feet in the rear as may b e seen
today.
When the first two deeds were made to the campus in 1874 and
1882, no street existed on rt:he north side between Second Street and
Lancaster Avenue. The width of the front lot given in the deed of
1902 is 175 feet from the center of College Street. Another deed on
the same lot in 1903 given the frontage as 155 feet from College
Street; and a third deed made in 1906 gave the width of this lot as 175.
The p ath along the soutih side of the Irvine property, by the time
Centml University made d eeds after Hs departure, was caUed "College Street." Before Dr. Crabbe moved into the Chance1'lor's house
in 1912, the di-It road was improved , a fill was made ,across rt:he drain,
and the thoroughfare b ecame known as "Crabbe Alley." The surrace
was in time macadamized, and recently it was blacktopp ed . After
President Martin arrived on the campus in 1960 he had ,the name officiaUy changed to Crablbe Street. All of the land for it was taken
from the oampus.
In dispos,ail of Central University property in 1903, the ChancelIor's house and lot cont,a ining 1.9 acres was sold to Lucy Gibbs Patton,
wife of R. J. Paitton, for $6,050. The '1ot extended 155 feet from
college street fronting on Lancast er Avenue, and 550 feet along College Street. (D. B. 56, p. 186).
J,t later came into possession of Mr. T. S. Burnam who conveyed
i<t to the Normal School in 1912 for $12,500. Since that time i,t has
been the hom e of the presidents of Eastern. At the time that Dr.
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�Crabbe oocupied it, the State had the building repaired and a Iarge
bclithroom with a mirrow insitalled on the second floor. This elaborate
convenience became a subiect of ,pohtica:l critioism that got inrt:o the
newspapers. In 1960 Dr. Niarhn had the building again renovated and
gave it the official name of the "Blanton House" in honor of Chancellor Blanton of Central Universit_v for whom the building was erected
in 1886. The C. U. oatalog for that year has th~s note:
"Since thait last meeting of the Synod, the Chancellor has been
provided with a most comfortable and elegant residence, which is lboth
a credit to the institution and a rewm·d for faithful service."
On May 15, 1903, ius,t six weeks before the death of Mrs. Anne
W. Wa1lters; she bought from Central University rt:he vaoant lot of .86
acres lying between the ChanceHor property and the oampus roa:d in
fronit of her house. For this she paid $200, (D. B. 55, p. 457). The
Walters heirs dis posed of the lot by deed of May 7, 1904, to Mrs. Lucy
G. Patton, who had the year before bought the Chancellor place.
The price paid was $215.
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In 1915 this piece of campus land, which had come into possession
of the State Bank and Trust Co., through its President, J. A. SuHivan,
was sold to Eastern for $SEO. (D. B. 81, p. 23):
"Beginning at a stone near the entrance gate to the Old Central
University grounds on ,t he south edge of CoUege Street, thence in a
south-west course along the west edge of the drive in front of the
Presbyterian parsonage and the residence of R. E. Turley, a distance
of 52 feet to ,a stone, thence 108 feet in a south direction to another
stone, thence in a wesitern direction and paralilel to CoHege Street a
distance of 278½ feet to a stake on rt:he west side of a drain , thence
at ri,ght-angles and mnning in a nmtherly directiion 155 feet to a
stake on the soul1h edge of College Street, thence ,a long the south
edge of same 232 feet to the beginning." This property conveyed
June 27, 1906, from J. A. Su1liv,an to the State Bank and Trust Co. ,
deed recorded in Deed Book 6, page 432.
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View of Central University Campus from Madi,on Female Institute about 1896. At far right
is the Chancellor's House. Near the center are Memorial Hall and the University Building.
At far left is the C. U. Preparatory School. At lower extreme left is shown part of the Letcher
House, later the Manse. The Turley House next to it does not show, neither do the four brick
cottages beyond it along the Campus Drive.
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The Campus and Stateland
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�The University Building before 1906
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�C. U. Preparatory School Building, 1889-1939
Eastern's Library, 1907-18
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�Rosedale, built by S. P. Walters, 1869.
Blair Park after 1905.
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�The Turley House, 1903-60
Built by Mrs. Anne W. Walters who lived here until 1903.
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�The Presbyterian Manse, 1903-38.
Before that the Letcher Home.
Razed 1967.
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�ABSTRACT OF TITLE OF R. E. TURLEY PROPERTY
PURCHASED FROM EXECUTORS OF MRS. ANN WALTERS
Deed No. 1,
Apr. 24, 1787.
Deed Book B, page 255. From Wm. Hoy and wife
to John Miller. Sarah Brown, ,!,ate Sarah Hoy released
dower rights Nov. 4, 1805. Deed Book F, page 27.
Considerat,ion £ 1,000 currency of Virginia.
Deed No. 2,
July 2, 1793.
D eed Book C, page 2. John Miller and wife to Robert
Rodes. 300 acres nea1· Richmond on Lanoas ter Turnpike, including land abs traoted.
Wi11 Book 3, • Robt. . Rodes by Will in Will Book B, page 492, left
Dec. 7, 1818. this hmd with oth e,r Iands to his two sons, Wm. and
Clifton, probated & admit,ted to record D ec. 7, 1818.
Deed No. 4,
June 9, 1829.
Deed Book S, page 333. The land including this lot
was deeded to Clifton Rodes, crossdeeds.
D eed No. 5,
Nov. 9, 1844.
Deed Book 2, page 238. Clifton Rodes and Amanda
Rodes his wife to Squire Turner. Property 506
acres inoluding property abstracted. Consideration
$44,494.72.
Deed No. 6,
Deed Book 13, page 204. Squire Turn er & wife
Apr. 13, 1863. E·lizabeth to Joel J. Walker & Melissa Shackelford,
property same as conveyed by D eed No. 5, consideration $40,000 cash in hand.
Deed No. 7,
Oot. 22, 1867.
Deed Book 16, page 122. Joel J. Walker & wife to
W . J. Walker & S. P. Walters. Joel J. Walker & wife
deeded th eir ½ interest in trac,t mentioned in Deed
No. 6 to W. J. Walker & S. P. Wal,ters for $25,000
cash. D eed signed and acknowledged D ec. 10, 1867.
Melissa Shackelford died leaving as her only heir
at law Joel W. Shack elford.
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�Deed No. 8,
Mar. 23, 1868.
Deed Book 16, page 317. Jas. B. McCreary Commissioner to Joel W . Shackelford. Jas. B. McCreary
pursuant to a judgment entered in an action by W .
J. W alker & S. P. W alters vs J. W. Shackelford and
E. J. Shackelford his guardian for a division of the
above traot of land, as Commissioner d eeded the land
of which this lot is part to Joel W. Shackelford. Said
deed was acknowledged by McCreary in open Court
and examined and approved by the Court, March 23,
1868, ,a nd recorded by C. J. Wa lker, Clerk of County
Court, :M arch 26, 1868.
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Deed No. 9,
Jan. 6, 1874.
Deed Book 20, page 401. Joel W. Shackelford to
S. P. Walters. Consideration $25,000, 1/ 3 oash and
balance secured by lein. Prope1ity lands including the
abstraoted. L ein rdeased Jess e Cobb attorney ·i n foct
of Joel W. Shackelford on April 26, 1906, and so
shown on record the lein having b een paid many
years ago .
Deed No. 10,
JuJy 6, 1882.
D eed Book 28, page 214. S. P. Walters & wife Anne
W. Walters to Trustees of Central Universi<ty &
Successors including lot alb straoted , consideration
$9,325 in hand paid.
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�SINGLETON P. WALTERS AND FAMILY
The period in our history throu gh which Mr. S. P. Walters lived
was one of bitter sectional s,trife. The conflict that stirred men's
prejudices arose from the economic differences in so ciety. The South,
which genemlly included the weakhier parts of Kentucky, d epended
upon a more or less feudalistic syste m of agriculture. Th e emerging
North fost ered a growing industria lism and still held to its Puritan
social concepts. Fiery abolutionis,ts irritated a nd threatened Southern
s.Jave holders. Such interference hardened the ,a ttitudes of Southern
men and h elped to entrench them more deeply in social customs of
th e p.as·t.
Differences b ecame insoluble. It could have all b een settled
peacefully when Mr. W al,ters was a child, if the movement appro ved
by sucl~ state~men as Henry Clay had completed the compromise
th en begun: to fre'e ,aU the negro es with th e Governm ent buying
them up and sei:iding them back to Afrioa. The country of Liberia
in Africa was found ed for that pt111pose. The South could then have
begun to indust,r iahze instead of waiting over a h alf century.
The war, and esp ecially the p eriod of Reconstruc tion , blinded
men's reason. Church groups w ere as susceptable ,as any others to
prejudice and hate. An example was ·t h e act of the Assembly of
Northern Presbyterians in 1865, "orde11ing church session to examin e
aN applicants for churoh memlb ership from th e Southern States . ..
con cerning th eir conduot and principles and their p ar ticipation in
th e reb ellion, their views on the subject of slavery b efore admission,
and to confess their srins, and forsake their error. . . ."
So brother
tinued to show
quite different
conquered fo es
who had fought against brother in a bloody war conan unchristian attitude in the churc h. All of this was
from th e friendship and heilp our na tion gave its
after other w ars.
When the Assembly of the Northern churches succeeded in
dominating the only Pre sbyterian institution of high er learning in
Kentucky, those who felt that thei,r property h ad b een taken a way
from them organized themselves and found ed another college of
their own. lit appears that Mr. Walters was a strong supported of
this movement, and especi-aUy so in securing th e school for Richmond.
It was reported that h e rproposed ,to the Richmond delegates to the
Kentucky Synod that met in Lexington in 1872 for the purpose of
founding a church school, th at whatever amount any oth er community offered to ,s ubscribe to secure the locat,ion of th e coHege,
for the Richmond d elegates to offer more and he would back it up
with funds.
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�H e was a strong suippo1,ter of education at a time when nearly
all institutions of high er educaition were either church supported or
endowed wiith p:rivate funds. The A. & M. College of Kentucky was
a very weak infant in 1872, only seven years o1d, and still nursed in
the lap of T,r ansylvania Univers,ity (then known as Kentucky University). Most secondary schoo>ls were privaite academies, seminaries,
or institutes.
The basic philosophy of the ,t ime was demons1t,r:ated -in pr,i vate
enterprise and rugged individualism, and so continued until past the
end of the last century. Philarnthropy ext ended from millions donarted
to church es 1and schools, to private aid for ambitious boys unable to
pay thei,r way through ,college.
Singleton P. Walters was on e of the first Board of Trustees of
Cenrtral University. He was a civic minded citizen, ,a farmm, a
trader, business man, financier, bank pres,i denrt, ,and an elder in the
Presbyterian Chmch. Records me n ot ,avaihvble to show all of the
a1id given by him to th e new college, but several of the school catalogs
mention him as "the most libera'1 p altron of the school since its foundation." The catalog of 1886-87 inoludes the following statement on
"The Walters Professorship of Applied Mathematics":
"The late S. P. Walters of Richmond gave, during his life, the
sum of $26,000 toward the endowment of a chair of matherna,t,ics. Mrs.
Anne W. Walters, knowing the intentions of her husband with reference to the Univers,iity, generousily added $4,000 to this amount, thus
completing the endowment of this important chai'l·."
But Mrs . Walters did not give this $4,000 in cas'h , as is explaiined
in her will:
"In the lifetime of my husband, S. P. Wa'liters, he had pa1id toward
th e endowment of a chair of Mathematics in Centrnl University the
sum of $26,000. After his death at the urgen t solicitation of Chancellor
Blanton I was 1induced to execute my obligation p ayable a t d eath ,
without interest , for the sum of $4,000. This was to make the sum of
$30,000 as an endowm ent of the ohair of mathematics to be known
for aH tim e as the Henry Bell Walters Chair of Mathematics in
Centml University of R,ich1nond, Kentucky. After the consolidation of
Central Univers,ity with Centre College and its removal to DanviUe,
Kentucky, I demanded of Chancellor Blanton on more than one occasion th e surrender of my $4,000 note, an d which, with an evasive
reply he declined to do. Now I do not consider myself bound in law
or morals to have my estate charged with that debt, and I instruct
my Executor of this will ,t,o resist to tihe utmost the payment of said
note as the purpose for which it was executed has b een defeated by
means which I regard as unjust to me and to my husband."
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�When Mr. Wa1teris died in 1885, The Kentucky Register, 1ooal
weekly n:ewsrpa:per of Fe b. 27, ptrblisihed the foUowing ,item:
"As ]ndic:aited in our 1oca:l column 1ast week, Mr. S. P. Walters,
P,resident of the Ffrst National Ba:nk of this p1ace, depa!l1te d this
life in Loui,sville ,o n Thursday e vening, F eibmm·y 19, at 5 o'olock.
The decea9ed was a native of Madison County, and ,wa:s one of iits
best known citiz,ens.
"He was ever known for h~s spi-dt of public ellite11p1ise and his
Hben;t1ity in ass,is,bing every scheme which looked to the ady;anoemen/1:
of the county':s interest. Whi lst never a poliutician, he was a lways an
influenrtial D emocmt, and the pm,ty never need ed or a:sked assistance
that he was not the first to st,e p foll7wa,r d a111d put his shoulder to
the wheel. Many lm s been the hme uhait his quiet aid has helped the
pa,1,ty out of the lurch and planted its foet upon the suJ.1e foundation
df success-.• H e was ulliostentatiious in his work, and few people knew
of hi,s generousity and libem1itv. No eduoar!Jio11al ente11prise, no railJ.1oad {!nte11pri,s e were ever s1barted in •Madison County that he did niot at
011oe take hold of iit allld aid it with both energy aind money. For
instance his 1abo r for the Riohmond Branch of the L. & N. R. R.; for
the Thre e Forks R. R.; and for the es,tabhshment and endowment of
C en1tml Uniy;ers1i1ty.
"A more quiet and unassuming public spidted eiJtizen the county
has never had, :and ,i t will be many years b efor e the p eople wiM 1ook
u:pon his like aigain.
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"He died in the sixty-nilllth year of his age, a member and an
elder in the Presbyterian Church. H e leaves a widow - a second
wife - by whom ·he had no children, and one child, Mrs. Harttie
Letcher, ~ife of Mr. W. R. L etcher, Cashier of the First National
Bank. Afohough he began life 1as a poor boy, he left a large esbail:e,
estimated at $200,000.
"His funeral was preached on Sunday last at the Presbyterian
Church here by his pastor, Rev. Harvey Glass. A large concourse
of friends and ,f ellow-citizens attended :bh e services ,a nd followed
his remains to bhe ,grave. The pall b earers were Mess'l·s. James W.
Capenton, Jam es T. Shacke lford , Jarnes B. McCreary, A. R. Bumam,
J. Stone Walker, and John Bennett."
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Jlhe Richmond Branch of the L. & N. Railroad mentioned above
was built about 1870 and ex-tended from Stanford to Richmond. Mr.
S. P. Walters and Mr. W. J. W alker advanced a considerable sum of
money to finance the beginning of the road until the sale of bonds
was suffaoient ,to -r epay them and complete the work
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The Three Forks Railroad extended through the county by way
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�of VaHey View and on to Bea,t,tyville. It was built about 1883. Both
roads ceased to function about 1930 and th eir tracts were torn up.
The first wife of Mr. S. P. W alters was Minerva J. Kirkendall,
born 1825 and died 1857. Their son, H enry Bell Wa lters, died at the
age of twenty. T,h e only daughter, Hattie W a'1ters, 1847-1913, married
"W illiam R. L etcher, 1845-1909. · They were parnnts of "the six beautiful daughters" Minerva, Anne Wal-ters, Sally Russell, Mary, Dovie
Blythe, and Hattie Letch er.
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Pictures of two of these pretty girls, Mdnerva and SaUy Rus-seH,
appeared on covers of the "Hlustrated Kentuckian" magazine ,i n the
years of 1893 and 1894.
Min erva Wa lters Letch er, 1870-1951, was caHed Minnie. She
married vV. S. Montgom ery and was mother of two daughters, Anne
Walters and Ha11ri et. Minerva is buried in th e Wal-ters plot in the
Richmond Cemetery.
Th e second daughter, Anne Walters Le tcher, 1872-1950, married
the Hev. Huth erford E. Douglas ;of Nicholasv-ille, a Curator of Centrnl
University. Th ey had one daughter, DrusiUa. Both are buried in
the Wa1ters plot in th e Hic hmond Cemetery.
Sally Bussell Letcher graduated from Central University in 1894
rnagna cum laude. She married Hobert Pogue of Cincinnati.
Mary Letch er graduarted fr om Central University in 1896 when
her parents were living in Cincinnati. She married John Turner of
CarnpbeHsville.
Dovie Blythe Letch er, 1880-1919, graduated from Central Universiity magna cum lra ude in 1899. At C. U. she was enroliled as
Dorothy, but she used the name Dovie. H er husband was Fred W .
H ersthler, an army officer. Both are buried in th e Walters plot in
th e Hichmond Cemetery.
Hattie Letcher, th e youngest of the six attractive daughters , found
h er husband wh en visi ting her married sister, Anne, in Macon,
Georgia. H e was Albert McKay.
WHlia m R. Letcher, son~in-law of S. P. Walters, was for a
number of years Cashier of the First National Bank of which Mr.
Walters was p resident. (The First Naitional later changed its name
to th e Richmond Natiional Bank, and that in turn changed to the
Madison National Bank). Mr. Letcher was a Curator of Cenitral
University, an d was the fifth Master of the Local Masonic Lodge.
After his wife, Hat,tie (Walters) Letdher inherited Hoseda-le and some
other wealth from h er fath er's estate, Mr. Letcher retired from his
bank posit ion and entered into the race horse bus iness. H e had a
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�half mile race traot near his hom e, and it was said that "he was
breeder and owner of many famous horses." But he b ecame entangled in the business and lost money. He moved to Cincinna,ti before 1896, and he died in 1909 at the home of Ms daughter, Hattie
Mackay, in Macon Georgia. H e and his wife, Hattie, are both buried
in the Wai!ters plot in the Richmond Cemetery.
Bl,air Pmk, or Rosedale as it was known at first , is described
in a D.A.R. bound manuscript in the Townsend Collection of Crabbe
Library as follows:
"On the souith side of the Lexington Pike what is known as
Rosedale included a vast !boundary of land along the pike. Rosedale
was d evised b_v Mr. S. P. Wa,l ters, 1885, to hiis daughter, Mrs. W. R.
L etcher. The land was originally pa~-t of the Irvin e pre-emption, and
Mr. and Mrs. Addison Whiite, daughter of David Irvine, lived in the
pioneer' Idg house until they moved to Hu111tsville, Alabama.
, "Mr. S., P. Walters built the biiick house on this site in 1869.
Mrs. Letcher added to it ,in 1887, making in aU a large house of 18
rooms with haUs and ga.Jleries. The grounds are b eautifully planted,
wi,th green-house, .flower, and vegetable gardens." When the Letchers
live there each of the daughters had a room with h er nam e over the
door.
In 1897, the Letchers , then l,iving in Cincinnat•i, and b eing in
f,inancia,l straits, in compliance with a court order, deeded the six,ty
acre tract in trust to J. Stone W alker, president of th e Walker Bank,
(later the Staite Bank & Trus,t Co .). (Deed Book 45, page 361). The
d eed located the land as lying b etween Lexington Pike and Ta tes
Creek Pike, W. Arnold H anger's land and th e corporate limits of
R,ichrnond.
Eight years later the six,ty acre tract, on which stood Ros edale
mansion facing the Lexington P,ike, was sold to Col. J. W. Caperton.
(D eed Book 59, page 546). It is said ,that the name of Blair Park was
given the place by Colonel Caperton for the Woods ances·tra1 home in
Virginia from which he was d escended.
In 1919, sometime after th e death of Colonel Caperton, Blair
Park was disposed of and th e s,ixty acre park land was cut up into
building lots and sold to various persons. Streets were laid out and
Rosedale became a subdivision. Th e streets of Poplar and Rosedale
cross directly in front of the old brick residence which has b ecome an
apartment house. And so, the grandeur of the last century has
turned into the commonplace.
In her cledining years Mrs. Anne W. Walters , widow of S. P.
Walters, invited her sister, Mrs. Mary J. McCHntock, to come and Jive
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�with her. Mrs. Walters, died, July 23, 1903. She had left Rosedale
aibout 1893, after buy,i ng a lot on Central University campus and
building a brick residence now known as the Turley House.
In h er will she lef.t to h er sister, Mrs. McClintock, $6,000. To
her step-daughter, Hattie (Walters) Letcher, and to each of Hattie's
six daughters, she gave $2,300. To h er nam esake, Anne Wa•lters
Montogomery, Minerva's older daughter, she gave $2,000, and to
Minerva's younger daughter, Harriet and to Anne (Letcher) Dol]glas's
daughter, Drusil'1a, th e Tes,tatrix gave $200. Bequests were also made
to her four brothers, Irvin e W., Jam es W., William A. , and Samuel R.
Anderson. H er will is recorded in Will Book 2, page 414.
The Richmond Climax of July 29, 1903, has the following statement concerning h er d ea,t h:
"Beautiful in the sight of ,rhe Lord is the dea,t,h of his saiints."
Such a dea.th was that of Mrs. Anne W. Wa,1ters, wh~ch occurred last
Thursday at noon, at her home on the oampus. The d eoeased was
about seventy-three years o1d, and was one of ,t he most beautiful
Cbriistian characte1's it has ever ,been our pleasure to know. All
h er long 1i:fe she bas !been a member of the Southern Presby;tierian
Church, ,a[ld wa!S e ver i;eady ,t,o rally to ibs suppmit. She wa:s 1ikie an
angel of mercy, going h ere and the11e among ,the disitr,ess·ed i<n mind
or body. During her long rnness h er Chi,i·s tian fortitude and her
forbearance shone forth wiith undimini!Shed lustre, saying at all times,
'Thy wi11, Oh Lo1,d, be done.' H er loss will b e felt by the -c ommunity
and by her c hurch , but especially will she be missed in the home
oircle of which she was ,t he center. She leaves one daughter, Mrs.
W. R. Letcher, one sister, Mrs. Mary J. MoOlintock, and two brothers,
Messrs. James and Wilham Anderson. H er funeral will be conduoted
Sunday morning in the Presbyterian Church, the sermon being
preached by Dr. Dodge. Her remains followed by a large concourse
of friends and relatives w ere bourne to the Richmond C emetery and
la,i d beside those of her husband."
Stained~glass windows in the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond bear commemomtive nam es of
Singleton P. Walters
Anne Wallace Walters
Wm. Robertson Letcher
Harriet Walters Letcher
Dovie Letcher Hershler
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�OLD BUILDINGS THAT ARE GONE
This history of Walteiis Collegiate Ins,titute would not ibe complete without some information about seven buildings, b esides the
main University Building, th at stood on the campus at that time and
which are no <longer there. Also, for the sake of his,tory and school
t·riadi-tions, two other structures put up by the Normal might be m entioned, buildings that had relatively short lives.
Soon after the University Bui,l ding was completed, four brick
cottages were built on the campus for faculty homes , thus giving a
home-like and academic atmosphere ,to the college grounds.
These four cottages stood in a s,t raight row, about sixty yards
apart, except for the ilast two which were nearer together. They
faced west, and were located on the east side of th e University D1,ive
and -about ~ do:;,;,en yards from the driveway running not quite south
from, north. ,
The first one sitood directly in front of where the Power and
H eating Planrt was erected. It was occupied by W . M. Willson, M. A. ,
professor of Greek L anguage and Literature. It was th e last to go,
and it was torn down in 1964.
A grandson of P,m fess-or Willson retumed to the campus to attend Founders Day Program, Ma<rch 25, 1964. He visited the site
of the cottage, then b eing dismantled , and carried home with him a
brick from th e building as a memento of his childhood days on the
campus. Wh en the Normal School came to the campus in 1906, this
cottage became the hom e o.f Pres ident and Mrs. Rm,rk for four years.
President Roark died in 1909 and Mrs. Roark was acting P.resident
for a year until State Superintendent J. G . Crabbe resigned to accept
the Presidency in 1910.
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After Mrs. Roark moved out of Cottage No. 1, it was used for the
next nine years as a dormitory for college girls. From 1918 on it
b ecame the h ome for th e Superiintendent of Buildings and Grounds.
Cottage No. 2 stood direcitly in front of th e south wing of Fitzpatrick Arts Building. It was raized in 1963.
During C. U. Days this cottage was the hom e of J. V. Logan,
D. D. LL.D., professor of Ethics and Psychology, ,and President of
th e Faculty. During ,t he Institute period of fiv e years it was the
home of the J. B. W alker family. Frnm 1906 untH 1921 it was used
as a dormitory for young lady students, and for the next five yea~·s
lady faculty members occupied it. The firs,t college physician, Dr.
J. W. Scudder, a Centrnl University graduate, lived in this cottage
from 1926 to 1928; and after him came Dr. J. D. Farris who made
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�his home there until he resigned in 1943. The Dean of the College
nex-t lived there for one and a half years . From January 1, 1944,
until 1960 it was the Praotice Hous e for the D epar,tment of Home
Economics.
Cottage No. 3 stood near the south-west corner of SuHivan Hall.
It was razed in 1927. L. G. Barbour, M. A., D.D., professor of Physics
and Astronomy, made his home there during C. U. days. The Presbyterian minister, Dr. W. H. Dodge lived in this cottage before he moved
into the Manse in 1903. Under the Normal School it remained a dormitory for girls until it was torn down the same tim e as Cott,age No. 4.
Cottage No. 4 stood near where the driveway made a square
turn in front of Burnam H:ill. During the years of Central University
it was the hom e of J. T. Akers, Ph.D., professor of English, Literature,
and Modern Languages.
Like the other cottages it was us ed at first as a home for school
girls. But in 1913 Cottage No. 4 b ec:)rne the home of the Horne Ee.
Depmtment, and a picture of it is shown in the manuscript. In 1927
i,t was torn down when the main pa11t of Burnam HaU was under
construction.
When these four cottages were used for dormitories for girls, a
matron lived in each of them. Before the Power and Heating plant
was constructed -in 1909, all of these coUages on the campus were
heated with coal grates ,a nd lighted with k erosene lamps.
When Central University fand was divided in 1902, that par•t of
the cam!_)us on which s,tood Cottage No. 4 and the Preparatory School
Building came into the possess:on of W alters Collegiate Institute
where it remain ed for twenty years, but the Normal School leas ed it,
and likewise the other three cot,t,ages which were bought in 1909.
When Central University opened its doors in 1874, a preparatory school was organized with more students than the college had.
The Preparatory D epartment, as it was officially known, was at first
hous ed in University Building, ,a nd classes were taught by the regular college faculty. An early catalogy of C. U. s•tates that Professor
Willson (Professor of Greek) was given the p os~tion of headmaster,
or principal of the P,r epamtory D epautm ent, and Profes-sor Gordon ,
a math ematics teacher, was his as•sistant. But in th e C. U. catalog
for 1889-90, the following information is given:
"During this year a handsome new building for the use of the
Pvepamtory D epartment has been erected. I:t contains a lairge study
hall sea,t ed with single desks, convenient recitation rooms, and all of
the necessary equi,pment for the first class training school. Prof.
R. E. L. Pulliam, M. A., and two experience assistants, give their
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�undivided attention to the thourough disciplin e ,a nd instruction of
aU pupils entering the department."
The IaJ.1ge upsta,irs room over the study hall was usied for the
CoHege Y. M. C. A. The new "Prep" Building, ,as it was called, was
a two story brick strncture in the central part, and a story and a
half in ,t he west and east ends. It sitood near th e University Dr,ive,
directly in front of the present Buchanan Litt,le Th eater of the Johnson Student Union Building, ,a nd near the northeast corner of Crabbe
Library. It was rraized in 1939 while the Student Union was under
construction. This new Preparatory Sdhool Building for the education of young genitlemen faced across the v,alley toward th e hill on
which sitood Madison Female Institute ( 1855-1919), a priviate school
for the eduoat,ion of young ladies.
After Central University moved to DanviiHe in 1901, the Preparatory- School Buildi1,1g was rented to Mr. Geo11ge Whiite who died
there. After her husband's death, the widow moved out of the building but le{t her furniture in it. Vandails broke window lights, got
into the building ,a nd damaged her furniture. It is said that baled
hay from the Gibson farm was stored in part of ,the building ,af,ter
the White family moved out. When the Normal came in 1906, the
"P,r ep" building ·was leased for use of the school. The remnants of
hay were swept out, cob-webs wer,e brushed down , th e windows were
repaired and washed, and the school Iiibrary was s,tarted in the buiilding in 1907.
A 1910 "Review" number describes the library as "an old building,
but very well arranged and ,a dapted for the pU11pose." The firs,t librarian was Miss Ada Barter, ,a graduate of the University of Illinois.
She was paid the generous salary of $50 a month, until, because of
her efficiency the salary was increased to $60 a month. She began
her work in the summer of 1907, but resigned in 1912 to marry Dr.
Murison Dunn. She is still residing in Richmond. Miss Estelle· Reid
of the University of NashviHe succeeded Miss Barter in the old Prep
Building where the library remained until 1918 when iit was moved
to the upsi!Jairs fiiont rooms of the new Cammack Building.
The writer remembers this first library building. The only large
room, about 25 bv 30 feet, on ,the forst floor had a few boo~cases in
one end of ,t he mom, and three or four tab1es with chai'l'S in the o ther
end. The librarian's desk was in the center - the pot-bellied sitove
had been removed in 1909. The only artificial light came from four
small light bulbs suspended from drop cords. Ait first there was no
water or other conveniences fo the building. One of the two end
rooms was used for the school bookstore, and the oth er was a oloak
room.
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�After the library moved out, the old Prep Buildilllg was used for
the next four years for th e Rural D emonsitrntion School. In ,a bulletin
published in 1920, the quarters for th e rural school on the campus
w ere described ,as follows:
"It!: has f.iv e rooms witih some other sipace. Th e main mom down
stiafa-s is used for teaching a nd observa tion. In one end room d:s the
kitchen and dining room where sch ool lunch is prepared and served ;
on th e o th er end is th e little libmry with ,a child libmri-an in cha,rge.
The :teacher's o£face wh ere she meets h er cadet teach ers is in the
librao:y. Ups,tairs is a rnusiic room, a manual tmining room, and store
worn." Mriss Mariam Noland was teacher.
From 1922 to 1928 different college dasses us ed th e old Prep
Building. Then from 1928 to 1939 it was th e hom e of the Indust1-ia•l
Arts D epartment. In th e later year i,t was razed while the Student
Union Building was being oonstruot ed.
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Another old building that should not b e forgotten was MiJler
Gymnasium. It was a fra me building, at first painted red, but the
Normal covered it with a coa t of g reen. The C. U. oatailog for 18991900 contains this statement:
"A new gymnasium has been erected near the athletic field, for
which we are d eeply indebted to th e generosity of Mrs. S. A. Mi-Her
of Richmond. It is a handsom e and ·s ubstanti-al building. On the
first floor are baths, closets, dressing rooms , lockers, etc. Th e main
floor is an unobstnwted space 70 by 40 feet, equipped with the
necessa ry apparatus comp1,ising ,r owing machines, chest expanders,
parallel and horizontal bars, trapezes. inclined and horizontal ladder-s,
spring b oards, Indian clubs, dumb bel:ls, etc. A trnck in the gallery
offers opportunity for indoor practice in running."
Th e gymnasium was used by the students of Wa,lters Collegiate
Institute. Pictures of the vValters.' football teams w ere made on the
porch of the gymnasium . The Norm al School us ed this gym until
it burned in 1920.
After the Miller Gymnasium was destroyed iby fire, a new barnlike structure was buil,t on ground •a bout w here the north-east corner
of Weaver Heall'h Building 110w stands. Mr. Oha1°les T. Hughes, Head
of the D epartment of H ealth an d Physical Education, says of this
building, "It had oll'l_v fair aocommod:ations and when used ,as an
auditorium it seated 1,100 p eople. It contained modern equipment
and was the largest basketball floor in th e State at that tim e." This
building was d emolished in 1929 to make way for the new Weaver
H ealth Building.
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�The athletic field was located back of University Building, where
Keith Hall, Bert Combs Ha11, and McGregor HaH now stand. A frame
grandstand with ornamental roof ext ended along the south side of
the field. This field was used throughout the 1,i.fe of Central University,
and by the boys in Walters Collegiate Institute, as well as by Eastern's
athletic teams and physical exercise classes unti'l 1935 when Hanger
Stadium was built, and for most of the athletic pract-ice until ,a bout
1954.
Memo1,ial Hall was a dormitory for boys. It stood near the southwest corner of the ·campus. Catafogs of Central University tell this
about it:
"In October, 1883, the Centennial of Presbyterianism in Kentucky
was celebmted at Harrodsburg. In order to leave a permanent memorial of this ·inter-esti111g epoch, the ladies of the Southern Presbyte11ian
Church undettook to raise $20,000 for ,the erection of a dormitory and
boarding hall on the grounds of Central University. Their design,
which was to cheapi n the cost of education, and thus place it within
reach of a large number of students has been ful,ly realized. This
building, a handsom e three story brick, a model of convenience and
comfort, furnishing accommodations for more than fifty young men,
was completed on th e 18th of Sept ember, 1883. The total cost, including furniture, was about $25,000."
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(It appears there was some inconsistency in the date when it
was decided to raise the money and the date when the building was
completed; but the same dates occur in all oth er printed statements
about this building).
During the fiv e year period that Walters Collegiate Institute was
on the campus, the headmaster or principal made his home in
Memorial Hall. Mr. J. T . Barrett lived there with his widowed
mother during ·t he four years of his princiipalship, when about a
dozen, or sometimes fewer, boys roomed in th e dormitory.
After ithe arrival of the Norma], Pres,ident Roark had his office
in the building. The Dean of Women and girl students occupied the
building until Roark Hall was completed in 1909. From then on it
was the boys dormitory until it was dismantled in 1937 to make
way for the erection of Beckham Hall. The college dining room was
in Memorial Hall until after 1912 when it was transferred to the
basement of SuHivan Han Annex.
Memorial Hall Annex was put up in 1921, and was torn down in
1961, to make room for Earle Combs HaU. It was a rectangulm·
shaped buHding with Hat roof, and presented non e of the aesthetic
features desirable for a college campus.
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�ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Walter Collegiate Institute
September 9, 1901
D eed Book 52, page 48
"Sec. 1. The following persons, v1iz., J. A. Sullivan, R. W. Miller,
W. R. Shackelford, R. R. Burnam, R. E. Turley, W. B. Smit h, S. N.
Moberly, J. W. Bales, A. R. Burnam , J. B. McCreary, C. H. Breck,
Jno. B. Chenault, R. E. Dolllglas, J. Tevis Cobb, Daniel Breck, J.
Stone Walker, B. H. Young, A. W. Smith, H. B. Hanger, Jno. M.
L assing, and R. E. Roberts, as hereby cons<tituted and d eclared a
body politic inco1~pomted with perpetual succession and with power
to sue and be sued, to contract and lb e contmoted with, to acquire and
hold prope1ty and exercise the special powers h ereinafter mentioned
and conferred.
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"Sec. 2. Said Corporation shall be known and :styled the W a1ters
Collegiate Institute of Richmond, Kentucky.
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"Sec. 3. The genera:! object of said co11poration shall be to
unite the friends and suipporters of higher education in Madison
County and State of Kentucky, and to establish art Richmond, Kentucky, a CoJilegiate Institute of high order.
"Sec. 4. The said corporation above named and their successors
shail be ,and remain perpetually the Board of Trustees of s,a id corporation, and as such shall have entire and successive control of the
property and educational, financial, and other aHairs of said Collegiate
Institute; ,a ny vacancies occurring by dea th or resignation, or otherwise, in said Boai d, shall b e filled by nomination by th e Trustees
remaining ,in office of three persons from which num ber of three the
Southern Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky shaH select one, so that
every vacancy in said Board shall b e Mled b y th e selection by the
said Southern Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky of one person from the
three nominated by the remaining Trustees as aforesaid, but one of
the three so selected by said Trustees out of which to fill the vacancy
aforesaid shall be a me.mb er of the Presbyterian Church, provided tha,t
at no time shall more than two-thirds of said Board be members of
the Presbyterian O hurch, and if at the tim e of any vacancy of this
Board of Trus,tees is to be filled as aforesaid two-thirds of the whole
Board are members of the Presbyterian Ohuroh then none of the
three nominated by the Trustees an d submitted to the Synod of
Kentucky out of which to supply t:he vacancy shall b e members of
said church, and provided further a maj01,ity of said Board of Trustees
shall at all tim es be dtizens of Madison County, Kentucky.
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"Sec. 5.
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Th e principal office and p}ace of business of said cor-
�poration shall b e at Richmond , Madison County, Kentucky; and said
corporaitiion shall have no capital stock. Th e present place of residence
of said trustees are as follows: "
(Names of 17 of the 21 trustees have Richmond as their add ress.
Four others are as follows:" R. E. Douglias, Nicholasville; Daniel
Breck, Louisville; Benn ett H . Young, Louis vill e; and Jno. M. Lassing,
Burlington, Ky.)
"Sec.
President,
nually by
laws may
6. The of.ficers of said corporation shaN consist of a
a Secretary, and a Treasurer;- who shall b e selected ,anth e said Boa rd of Trustees at such tim e and place as the
d etermine.
"Sec. 7. Th e Board of Trustees may appoint from their own
numbers a n Ex,ecutive Commit•t ee of not more than eight, of which
Board the Presiqent s.hall b e ex-officio member, and the chairman
of th e. -corn miUee shall have, when the Board i<s not in session, all
the rights •and powers residing in the Board, provided, however,
that the acts ,a nd doings of said Committee shalil be reported to the
Board at its n ext meei'ing and be subject to its approval. Four of said
Executive Committee shall hold office for four years a nd until their
successors are selected, and th e remaining members of said Board
shall hold thei,r office for two years and until their successors are
selected. The first Executive Co;11miittee shall cons,ist of th e following
Trustees: viz.-J. A. Sullivan, R. W. Miller, R. R. Burnam, R. E.
Tu11ley, Sr., H. B. Hanger, Jno. B. Chenault, and W. R. Shackelford;
and as soon after the organization of this corporation as practicable,
they ·s hall d etermin e which shall hold for the long and which for
the short terms .
"Sec. 8. The Board of Trustees and the E;xecutive Committee
shall have th e right to adopt !by-laws.
"Sec. 9. The Trustees may by a two-thirds vote d eclare the
place of any trustee vacant for .failu;·e to discharge his duties as such
or for other proper cause.
"Sec. 10. A maj01,i,ty of said Board of Trustees and said Executive Committee resp ectively shall const,i·t ute a quorum for the transacHon of bus,iness .
"In testimony wh ereof witness the hands of said corporation
this-day of 1901."
(The names of a:H 21 members of the Board of Trustees as given
in the .first Section are signed here).
Acknowledged by notary pt~blic, Bennett H. Young, Louisville, Ky.
Acknowledged by notmy public, Daniel Br,eck, -iLousville, Ky.
Acknowledged by notary pub lic, A. R. Burnam, Frank.fort, Ky.
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�THE SCHOOLS OF RICHMOND
In the early pioneer history of Kentucky private schools were
generally established by some more or less oapalble teacher in every
community where enough pupils could be found. The teacher sometimes h eld school in his hom e, or h e might build a log or frame school
house 'to accommodate his pupi.Js.
CoHins History of Kentucky, v. 2, page 523, states "The firs,t school
in Madison County, so far as is known, was taught a1t Boonesborough
Fort in 1779 by Joseph Doniphan, when 22 years old, grandfather of
the late Chancellor and ex-Judge, Joseph Doniphan of Augusta, Ky. ,
and father of Gen. Alex. W. Doniphan, now of St. Louis, Mo. His
school averaged 17 schol,ars during that summer. H e came out in
1778 and returned in 1780 to Stafford County, Va. ; remaining there
until 1792, when he removed to Mason County, Ky. While a jus,t,i ce
of the peace in Virginia, in 1787, Gen. George Washington was several
times a li-tigant b efore him, suing for small sums as high as £31.
The small docket containing the record of these suits is s,til,l 1preserved
by a gr,a ndson, Wm. D. Frazee, Indianapolis, Ind."
From William Ohenault's "History of Richmond", in the Townsend Colleotion of Craibbe Ubrary, we find, "P1,ior to 1812 a fine
dassioal sohool, under the charge of ,the celebrated Mevhodist minister,
Barnabas McHenry, was k ept in Richmond, which added much to
the cultivation of its people.
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"The Madison Seminary was cha,r tered in 1798, but started about
1815, with such men as Rvland, WiJJi,am H. Miller, Thomas Kinca•id
and others at it•s head." ·
Madison County was form ed in 1786. The county-seat was
moved from Milford. to the si,te that lbeoame Richmond in 1798. That
very year the Kentucky General Assembly passed an act creating
academies in the various counties by giving public lands for the
support of these institutions. Madison County received 6,000 acres
located in the public lands south of Green River. The land was to be
leased and the rent us ed to h elp support the academy. A board of
trus,tees was appointed, but it seems that little or nothing was accomplished, probaibly because no income was avaHahle at t hat early
date from the land, until 1814. At thatt tim e a new board was appointed, including John Patrick, Moses Rice, Anthony W. RolHns,
Cu11tis Field, and Archibald Woods. Robert Caldwell deeded to
the Board of Trustees a lot of one and a half acres, located on North
Second Street, as a site for the schooiJ, the pr-ice being "one dollar
and other considerations", whidh meant that he gave the land to
the ,a cademy. Th e name of the school was th e Madison Academy, bu,t
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�la:ter caUed Madison Seminary. Most of th e time, from its beginning
until it ceased to fun ction as suoh, irt was a privat e school for iboys.
About 1874, according to Miss Ruth Hammons' thesis (1949) in the
Towns end CoHeotion , the Academy b ecame a pubHc school, supp orted by State p er capita and some tuiition for e>."tra months of
schooling, and th e name was changed to the Richmond School. Burt
in 1874 Central University opened a Preparatory Sc hool on irt,s campus
and most of the boys in the Academy or Seminary entered the University Preparatory D epm-trnent. Madison Female Institute, for the past
eighteen years, had provid ed a splendid school for the yourng ladies
of th e community.
Th e public school system in Kentucky had its beginning about
the time that other sruartes organized complete putblic school systems.
T:he stimulus oame from th e National Government, which in 1836
aippr,opni1~1ted to th e diifforent s,ba,tes a sum of mon ey foom the accmed
sunplus ,r eceived in sale of J?U1blic lands. It was suggested in this appmpdation ,that the g ift b e u sed for ,th e es1ta1blishmenit of free sch oo1s.
11he 'K,erwucky common ,school 'S)'Stem ,d ates from 1837. The Sitarte
Cons,t itution ,of 1850 made the school fond in v,iolable. Duriing itihe
W,a r Between rthe Startes many -sohoolis were discontinu ed, or artrtenda noe, fonds ,a nd •tieach ers b eoame liimited. Aft.er the wa,r i'lllberesit in
free puh1ic ,schools was revived. T'11e leng1th of ith e school ,term, was
gradually lengthened, ,a nd 1Jaxes ifor the ,s upport o f sohoo1s were inoreased. In 1888 th e Gmded School Diis:triot l,a w w enrt i'lllto e ffeot,
and in 1908 the County High School law was passe:l whioh extended
,foee ipuiblic education to aU p uipi lis completing ithie oommon schools.
Art that 1lim e tihei,e were 54 public high sohools ,and 29 orther private
sohools in !l:lh e S,ta,te acoredirted 1a•s sibanda,r d fo U1r year secondary schools.
The Hon. Jiere A. Sul1ivan of Richmond w as ,a uthor of ,th e act orearting
f,r ee ipulblic county hi~h schools.
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Albout ithe 1siame time, 1908, th e Souiuhern Assooi,aibon of Colleges and Seconda,r y Schools, together with Oarnegde Foundation, set
llip rules for the standru-dizatiiion of oolJieges and seconda!r)' schools.
Be£011e 1:1his ,t•i me high schools, bot:ih ,publ,ic and priviarte, were very
independent. They granted diplomas on •amounts of work ranging
from one t o four yea,rs ; 1and some, like Louisv,ille Ma1le H i,~h School,
gmnted ibacoalarn·eaite d egrees.
Diiplomas might mean very littl e, except a1s ornaments. Before
1908 th e sch eme of m easuring education by credits, units, and semes,ter hou11s diid not exis t. Studenrt,s were admil:!ted to oolle~e upo,n
pas•s~ng ,a ,w11i,t ten ex;aminait:i1on; ,and t eac h ers, were granbed oe11tifaoartes
a,f.ber passing ,through ,a rigid ·examinaibion th ait lasted ttiwo lfu11 days,.
T1h e Lndependent Oraded School District l,a w of 1888 empowered
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�oi,ties ,a nd ,t owns to levy taxes, employ t eachers, e1eot boanls of education, fax dis bliiot bounda,ries, ,a nd support htigh schools. -Richmond :book
advantage of this law. In 1890 the Academy rprope11ty was t[lans£ermd 1to cthe Giity Sohool Diist,rict, and 1a new building was emc:bed
on the ground. The new school bemme known as .t he Oaldwell
Sohool, in honor of the donor of the 1and on whfoh it stood. The first
bu,iildiing bumed, and liate r on 1the second building in 1920. Afiter
M,adison Female Lnstitute closed its doorn in 1919, ,t hat pmperty was
le a,s ed 1to the Riiohrnond Board of Education for 99 yea~'s, and a new
ci!ty school building was ,e moted on the Institute pi,operty. The vaoa;nt siite on Nonth Second Srrneet rnmai1n ed unoccupied untiil 1940
when <iJt w,as ,sold for $1,200 a1s pi,openty that had ,reverited "10 the Madison Aoademy.
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The n:ew school on the hill was oal1ed Madison High Sohool, although the building housed aU g:mdes.
Be£011e the eS!tabliishment of County High Schools, many boy;s
and giirLs 1ived ·i n communi1ties in1access1ib1e ,t o good seoondary school1.,.
For that rea!Son p1,a:otioally a11 ,standa['d colleges and urniversitJies mamtiained :prepam,t ory depa11tments fm the purpose of iprepaning ,a mbitious pupi1s for ooUege enbliance. Centml U ni ve11si!ty ,a nd the A. and
M. Ool1ege at Le~ington had ·s uch depm1tments. In mainy good seconda·r y sohools lieV1i1e w coua"sies we11e offeped in ,t he fourith yeac1: in sulbjeots to foesihen up students planini'llg to ,vake college ,entmnce examinations. Watliters Collegiate Institute was such a school, and so
was Model High School tha!t followed iit.
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�Athletic Field and Grandstand of Central University, Walters
Collegiate Institute, and Eastern
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The Miller Gymnasium, 1899-1920
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�Walters Collegiate Institute Football Team, 1903
Front Row-
Center Row-
Back Row-
]ames Deatherage
Lucien Pa~on
Paul Bmnam
Barton Wom1ell
GeOJ.·ge Mershon
Hobeo.t Tenii.11
John Cobb
Hiciha,r d Dodge
William WaUace
Robert Burnam, Jr.
Elmer Tate
W. L. Tally, Coach
vViithe~·spoon Dodge
Curran Hernton
Marnhall CoJliJns
Julian Mril1ion
Fred Glass
Sam P. Burnam
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�Walters Collegiate Institute Football Team, 1904
Front Row-
Center Row-
Back Row-
Shelby Jeitt
Al Smitha
Wial1er B. Che naulrt
Fred Glass
Robert Burnam, Jr.
Earl McGm.-vey
Sam P. Bumam
Paul Bur1n iam
Riobard Dodge
Lucien Patton
W ill ia,rn Wall ace
Douglas Panish
D enham H . Fo,x, Coad1
Wm. B . Turley
E lmer Tate
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�THE WALTERS SCHOOL
For fiv,e yieairs, 1901 to 1906, Walteirs CoHeg1ate ln:s,biJtute oon•tiimu:ed ,as a rprivate ·school f01· boys under ,the ,a uspices of ,t he Priesibyteirman Ohumh. AH classwork was conducted in the Univer·siirty Building. Co. R. E. Tuirley, J,r. , who was ,a ·situdent in t he school, remeirnbers rt:ha't th11ee rooms on the main Hom were used for classes, all except th e •south-easit corner.
The Mimer. Gymnasium was also a,t ,t he dis,posa,l of the Ins,ta<tute,
and likewi,s e Memorial H all. About a dozen, or sometimes fewer,
boys whos1e homes were located s•ome di,s tanoe from Riahmond roomed
in the dormilbory; and duning the prinoipalshiip of Mr. J. T. Bm,rett
his home wa,s in the dormitory.
__ ~everal tboys . whose homes in -th e county w ere n:ea,r enough for
them to c1.1ide in ,to' school horrseiback s,tiaible d thei,r mournts in ,a ·s hed on
tihe corner of fhe oampus.
An item in <tihe Richmond Climax for F,e b . 26, 1902, in a feart:m·e
airtide on Madison Oounty Schoo.J:s, a•e mairkis:
"In 1 egard to the schools of this cirt:y, we might mention W,a1ters
Oo11egiate Ins1titute. This sohool b elongs to the oilbizens of Madison
Counity, and, although in ~ts fa·st year, irt: gives promise of a greait:
foturn. The obj'eot oJ the inoo11pora1tiors of ,t hds ins,t,irutdon ,iis to rnak!e
irt: the b esrt: tnairnng school in the South. Dr. G. M. Ed,gair, LL.n., is
P1J1esident, a nd P,r ofessor Isaac Hunt, assistant."
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The fos,titut:e opened in Septemb er, 1901, after Centml U nivers.ity and ~ts Prepa,r ntory D epa,r,tm ent had dosed forever on t,he oampus
the previous Jun e. The "faiends and supportern of high er education"
wene d etermined to oonibinue the b esit school work rt:hey could d e¥ise
on !t,he campus they had once upon a time p110viided for Cen!Jl1a l University. But it was not until the next year, Aug. 8, 1902, that Cenibrial
Universri.rt:y, then in D anville, deeded to Walters the kmd and buildings
that w er,e th en b eing oocU1pi<ed.
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Art the e nd of th e firsit yea[· of the Ins,t itute, the sohool was ,11eorganized with a new faculty of three memlbers. ·Mr. J. T. Ba[111ett was
the new principal or headmas,ter. O~her t eachers for the nex,t two
yea[;s ar,e not definitely rpl1aced foiom information now aV1ai1a!bie, but
some of the pupils of ,tiha,t tim e rem emb er a ·Mr. Hutchinson from
the Univers1ity of No11th Oa,rolina, ,a Mir. T,a ylor and Mr. BardweH. In
1903 Mr. W. L. T al,ly, a gmdu<a<t·e of P rinceton Universri.ty, wa,s a
member of the faculity and coached ,the football te am. But Uke some
others he remained only ,a ·sho,r t time af!Jer which ,h e re turned to h~s
home in NashviMe and ,e nJt-er,ed upon ,t he pmctioe of law.
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�A catalog for th e sohool year of 1904-05, preserved by Mr. Jones
Je nnings, a situdent at W,a!>ters, ,~ives the following faculty:
}ames T. Ba~rett, A. B., W1oosrter University, Johns Hoplci,ns Universi,ty, 1899-1902, Ma,t hematics.
L. H. Cummins, A. B. , Sit. Lawrence Univensity, Eng1ish and
History.
Denham F. Fox, A. B., Y,ale Univers1ity, Latin, Greek, and Frnnch.
M:r. Banrebt re mained wi,th tih e school for four y,eairs u,IlJti,l -the
coming .of Model High School afitier which he went to lndianaipolis ,t o
direct another boys ,sohool. Mr. Fox succeeded Mr. Tally a,s coach of
the footlbaH team.
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( Mr. Wi,lham Wallace, a member of Eastern's Board of Regents,
states that during th e thrree years that he played on th e Wafoer,s football t eam the school los,t only one game.)
The avemge attendance for the Ins,t:i:tu:te was ,s,a:i d tio have been
!between si'X!ty and se venty-fh11e pupils, a few comJng firom other
counties. It has not been pos,stlble to obtain the names of aH the
young men who attended W,a1ter,s, but a l,i st is given here including
names found in Mr. Jennings' oaitalog, a list 1sU1ppl1j,ed by Mi·. Paul
Burnam of names that he recalled, and trhe na mes o f boys identified
from their piotUI1es on th e two foo,tjball teams.
Clinitron Allen
Joe Arnold
Tom Baldwin, Jr.
Winsit on Bales
Joe F . Ballew
CUJ1mn Benton
Ben Bennett
W.rulter Benne tt
Barnett Biggerst,a ff
Paul Burnam
Robert Burnam, Jr.
Sam ,P,a,rks Burnam
Ha11ry Byibee
Joe P11ewitt Chenault
Bennett Chenault
WaHer B. Chenault
Robert Chenault
Davdd Cobb
John Cobb
Mar,s ha,ll C ollins
Joe J. Collins
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Oliver Colyer
Ed Gor,n eHson
Hubert Cornelison
John Cornelison
Kit Cov,i ngton
Oliver Omwford
Carl E. Curtis
Embry D eathemge
}ames vV. De:i,therage
William Kav,a naugh D oty
Elm er A. iDeiss
Gordon Doty
Richard Do::lge
With ers,p,oon Dodge
Ha rry Elmore
fohn M. Foster
Fre::l A. Gl,ass
Frederick Gates
Hume G11igg,s
A mold Hanger
Haa:;ry Hanger
�Paul Hanger
David His1e
Armor Hisl,e
Jennings Ha1rris
Thomas Hargis
Stockton Hum e
Robert J aoobs
Jones J,mnings
Shelby Jett
Thomas J. Jones
H enry Kerr
E,arl McOarvey
William F. Ma-rs,t:eller
Hog_a:n Miller
George Mershon
· · -Jfrlien Million··
GM1nett Mjlhon
Glenn Milli-on
Wil1iam MilHon
Shd by Newman
N. B. Noland
R. C. Oldham
Douglas Pairri!sh
J enry P,a1r,rish
Licien P a,ttJon
Je11ry Powell
James C. Powell
Waker Q. Pm k
John M. Park
Strother S. Pa~·k
Haut Pern-y
WH1iiaim Perkins
Kairl Pmk
Suanley Price
Pe yton Srnirth
P1,esrton Smith
Jo e Smith
Allie Smitha
Elmer Taite
Rob ert TeH'ill
Cecil Th011p e
Hanson Thonms
Cale B. Turpin
Rob er t E. Tudey, Jr.
Will,imn B. Turley
W il11am L. W,al!:ace
Robert Wafker
Stone Walke r
Ba,r1ton Won,el
John j\1f. Yates
John Adams
C. Adams
R,aymond Je tt
Fred Yates
The W akers catarlog for 1904-05 gives the purpose of the scho ol,
its method of admirni·s,t ration , and rth e cur•ric ulum. It srt,a tes first the
following ,a,irn:
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"In 1901 a number of pulblic srpfa,Hed gentlemen deoided to
esit,ablishred in Richmond a scho ol for th e educat,ion and ,umining of
young men. Theiir plan was to e s1tab1ish ed an inshtutfon of 1s1uerMng
merirt wh er1e abl1e and thorough instruc tion would b e afforded. It
was b elieved uhat rthis would rbe of vafo e in rtwo ways . F irrs,t, i,t would
serve the n eeds olf those iboys who ·wish to go to college, furnishing
them a means ·of making accurarte mrd ,sufficie nt pm p amtion for •hlle
co1lege of th ei,r choice. -Second, it would provide for ,those who do
not eX!pect to attend ooUege an opp ortunit y to secure a useful and
practical education.
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"Such academies have long been as well recognized and as
fi.rmly e srtaiblished iin th e Eastern s1ta,t es ,as .arre colle ges and universiities.
Their work is justly regarded as th e mo~t importiant p ant of a boy's
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�education, b ecause his success or faHulie in coUege or in life depends
very lairgely on tl1e quality of instruction he ha,s received in the
prepa,11a1tory ,school. . . .
"In forthemnce of ,t hese plians and pm1poses the school was organized. The coul1S'e of study was dnaifted to serve these ends. All
studies tiheue 1aid down wene chosen by rea,son of the foct that tihey
have for generntions proved 1:1hemselves of greate st value. In car,ry,i ng
out this course of iins,t[-uo!Jion it is the custom of the school to select
with great ca,re teachers who have :themselves b:een educated in good
secondary schools, ,a nd who have afterwards received degrees from
•t he leading colleges and universiities. They are then well acqrna~nted
w1ith the methods of suocesisfol ,schools of this kind and a,re well
qualimed by !1:iheiir oomrse in college to be oempetenrt ins,truoto11s. In
conducting ·t he school every efifo1,t is made to ,s,e cure for eaoh pupil
the best possible results; tao fiind out the needs of eaoh par,tioul1a r
student and to advance his interes:t as an individrnal."
Under "Methods" rthie catalog ,sta:tes, "The day's work oonswsts of
two ses1s,ions-,t he mmning devotes to r,e ciitations and the a£ternoon
•to study.
"In ·1:1he recitations a,s much written work as possible is 11equired.
For eX!ample, in the 1a1·iitJhmeHc dasises each pupH is required to hand in
at ,t he beisinning of ,t he reoiitabon every example in the day's Ies,son
nea,t,ly solved on paper witih his named ·sd,gned. These papers are
mtmned tihe next day cormoted and ·g mded. The recitation period
is d evoted to ·a oriitioism of rthe rp11eceding day's les,son, and solv,i ng on
the b1acMboard by s,tudenrbs of the mor,e diWcult p11oblems. There i,s
p:mbably no other method which so weM insures ,the oomplete maisit,e ry
by every iboy of every feaiturre of every day's lesison.
"The ,aditern1oon is giv,en over entirely ,t o the prepamtJion of -t he
next dray'.s lessons. The ins,t1;uobors supervise the situdy,ing, spend -thew
time h eLping eaoh pUipi'l ,bhrnugh his .indi.;idual dif£iculities, and see
that each situdenJt's time is employed to the b est 1advanuage. Co11reot
h albaits and methods of situdy are df the utmost imporbance."
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At oommencement time annual rp11izes were ,a warded "for the
b est declamation by any member ,of the school"; "for punctuality and
iiegu1air'ity fa a ttendance together with deportment"; "for ,t he highest
s,tianding in scho1arnhiip"; and '\a Washington and Lee Univiersrity
sohoLarsihip together wi1t1h an enm1anoe certificate iis offered arnmial:ly
to rhe Senior Glass."
"Geneml exami!naitions 1aire held twice a year, reports of the
11esu1t of which aa·e 'Se nt to parents.
"On completing the oourse of s,t udy mid suocessfu11y 'Pass~ng all
eX!aminati,ons, students wal be gradua,ted with rt,he school driploma.
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�"Attendance: Th e pains-taking co-operation of th e parents to
secUTe the punotua,l and uninterrupted attendance of th eir sons is
earnestly reques,t ed. All abse nces a,re to :be accounted for by wrjtten
excuses.
"The ,t uition is uni.formally s,ixty dolla,rs a year, due to two equal
payments, September 15, and January 15. Terms for boardri ng ipuip~ls
will h e furnished on reques t. Th ere a,r e no extra fees."
Like the English academies, Walte1,s Collegi1a te Institurte cover,e d
siix years work, includin,g what was called .t he "gramma,r school" and
hi,gh school. Inst ead' of "gmd es," th e tenn "form" wa'S used.
"T,he oours,e of study ,is divcided into six forrrns , each form 001,respondmg ,t o one year's work. Th e last five years ,w e desrigned to
cover thoroughly all prepa,m tory work •to fit sh1dentis for entir.ance
illlt:o rtih.ose co1leges whose 1;equi1;ements for admission are the h-ighesit.
A certain- •a mount M laitj,tude is ,a,Howed in choosing studies in the
senioa- yea1r ri:'p meet the requi<m ments of the ipa[;ticul•a[· colle ge the
boy e~peots ,t o enter ..:This year Ya le and P,rincebon examinations wnI
be held at rrhe school by speoial an,angement .
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"For 1boy,s who ,a,m not going to college it ris beliieved · that this
comse of study affords th e b est possible mentoal hiaining."
Y.he Preparatory D epairtm ernt th at ,preced ed W1al,ters, and that
e~is,bed on the oamrpus for t wenty-seven yea,rs, was ,a four year seconda,ry school. I,ts prnipose wa,s to prepa~·e boys esipeaiaMy for entrance
into Cenllr.al Universri1ty, a,n d its curriculum was no t qui.be so oompreh ensiive :as that of Wa1te rs. It offemd only two yea1rs of Greek
and th1,ee of Latin. No modern 1anguage was requLH:ecl, and no solid
geometry or Tri,g onometiry ; bull: th e subjects of English, srpelUng, his,t,ory, and geogmphy ,a.swell •as i111tel,J,ectual ariri:'hmetic w ere empha-srized.
In ,a n ,adv,er,t-isement of the C. U. Preparntoi·y School, aippea1·ing
in the Kentucky Register of H.ichrnond, the followring ,aipp e-·ws :
'\Central University will open its second term on Monday, Janua,r y
26, 1885. Th e Preparntory D epartimenrt under t>he ·s upervision of tihe
faculty will receive th e undivided aittention of Professors LeonaTd,
Iirvine, and Ewing: and no pains will b e sparred to make this Madison
County sohool all tha t is des,i red. Our aim is to l)[·eipare boys for
college, ,and at the s,a,m e tiime give thorough , praotioal eduoartdion to
tihos,e who cannot take tihe r,e gu1aJ· corn°se. Special i111sitniction wi'll
be given in wriiting, oompos,ition, a nd bookkeeping.
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"E Xipenses: Tuition in Prepairialt:ory c1asses p er te rm of 20 weeks,
$20 payaible in advance. Incidential fee fo; year, payable in advance,
$3.
"L. H. Blanton, Chianoellor"
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�In an old W entwor,th T,rigonom:et,ry tex-bbook in rpos,session of Col.
Robent E. Turley, Jr. , and whioh book b elonged to his uncle, "Brother"
Tu1'ley, t!he followiIJJg n:ore w:as written on a fly-l eaf:
"Wm. B. Tu~ley, Walters Sohool, F eb. 28, 1905. Trigonometry
das,s. Teacher, J. T. Bal'liett. 01as s members: Ead McGa11vey, Fred
A. Glaiss, Wm. L. W,aHaoe, Wm. K. Doty, W. B. Turley."
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Walters "Course of Instruction"
First Form:
Maithemartics, Mi1lne',s Sit:andal.'d Ariitihmetic
EIJJglish, Beu'lm's English Gmmmar
Hisrory, Montgomery's U . S. Hisitory
Geogm,phy, Appleton's
Second Form:
Maithemaitics, Milne',s Standard A,riithrnetic
Eng1ish, Reed and Kdlog's Higher Lessons in Englillsh
H~sitory, Meyer's Gener,al Hisrtory
Latin, Beginner's Book, Bennett
Third Form:
Maithematics, ElemeIJJts of Algebro
English, Whiirtney's Es,s'entia,ls of English
Physiology, BlaisdeLI (one~haM year)
Civil Govemment, Cocker ( one~l:ml!f ye ar)
Laitin, B~i:ttain',s fo1troduotion to Oaes ar wi,th Grammar Review
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Fourth Farm:
Maithemaitics, Milne',s Al,gebm
Eng1i~h, Rhetoric and Composiition
Laitin, Oaes ar and Ovid
Greek, Beginner's Book, or Fre nch
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Fifth Form:
Matih:emalbi:cs, Algebra complete, Plane Geometry
EngHsh, Requi11ed work for prel,imina.ry ool,lege eI1Jl:ronce ex,a minat,ions
LaUn, Virgil, (six hooks)
Greek, Anaibasis ( four books), review Gmmmar or F,11ench, r,ead4ng,
and Gmmmar
Sixth Form:
Maithematics, Plane and Solid Geometry or Trigonometry
Eng1ish, Work on final College eI1Jl:mnce ex-aminat4ons
Latin, Oice110 •and Prose Oomposi<tion
Greek, Iliad, I~HI, ,and Oomposiitiion or French, modern, and das,sic
,a uthors
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�When ,the Model High School succeeded Walters OoHegiait,e lnsgtute in 1906, an underst,a nding was 11eached between the WaJters
Board of T,ruSltees and the Easrtem Board of Regents to ithe effect
that the State Normal would oonitinue the s,t,a ndad of curriculum and
prepam1t1ion of students for college entmnce. That agreem~nt has
been olbserved, wi,th th e exception of one bri ef per,i od, up to tihe
prese nt tim e.
A new faculty was chosen in 1906, the school ,was made coeduoafaonal, and s,iic elemenba:ry gr,a des were added; but the high
school continued to occupy the same das\5rnoms, fol,J,owed pmcticaHy
the same cu11riculum, and oh:airged th e siame trnit,ion.
The Model High School Curriculum
First Year: ·
English, oo:mpos tti6n and olas,sics
La:tin, F ksrt Year Book
Maitihema:tiics, A,1gebi:,a to Quadmtics
History, Ainoi'ent
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Second Y ear:
EngLish, Oompos,iJt-ion, Gmmma,r, and Olass~cs
Laitin, Caesiar and Lartin Gm1mma1r
Marthema,tics, Al,geibra complete, Plane Gt::)met,ry second semester
Oennmn ,and French, Firs,t Yea,r Book
Third Year:
English, Composi,tion , Grammar, Rh etoric, ,a nd das,s,ics
La1tin, Cicem's Omt,ion, Prose Compos:ition
Greek, Filrst Year Book
Mathe matiics, P1an Geometiry comple t,e , Solid Oeomet,ry
Genman or French, Grammar, s,ight reading, convers-ation
Fourth Y ear:
English, Composit1on, Engl1ish, ,a nd Amenican Lirtemture
Latin, V irgi'l, Prose Compos,iltion, Latin G1;ammar
Greek, Xenophon's Anaibasis, Greek Gr,amma.r
Soience, Phy;si.os
( R,e view mathematics, German or French)
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Required High School ClassicsFrnst year: Shakesrpea111e's As You Like Lt; Longfellow's Courtship of
Mriles iSitiaind~sih; Dickens's David Oorpperfield; Goldsmith's Desented
Village.
Second Y:ear: Sha1espear,e's Merohan1t of Venioe; G:my's E,legy iin a
Coun1try Gnavey,a,r d; S1r Roger de Oover.Jy Pa:pers; Poe's R,aven.
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�Third Year : Whittier's Snowbound; George E1iot's Silas Nfarn er;
Maoauiay's Essay on Lord Clive, and Wa,rrnn Hastings.
Fourth Year: Shak1esipeare~s Maobeth ; Milton's L Al,legr,o, 11 Penserose,
a,n d Camus; Washdngton'·s Fa1rewell Address; W ebster's first BunkeiraH Omtion ; Carlyle's Ess,ay on Burns.
A dipping horn a R,iehmond newspaper in 1906 conceming th e
cornmenoement exercis•e of Walters Collegiate Ins<tiitute gives the
following:
"The oommencement exercises of it,he WaLt,ers school were h eld
1ast evening at the Grand Opera House. Many friends of the g,raduiates
and the scho ol were ,i n th e audience and dose attention was give n the
srpeakers. Th e senjor clas•s was composed o f Mesis,rs. W~Uiam Wa llace,
Preston Smith, and Lucien Patton, and each delivered an interesiting
and highly creditable graduaiting address. The oratfon to the graduates
fell this ye ar to the lot of Rev. ·w illiam Crowe of F·r ankfort, an eloquent and rising ex-:tvladiso;nian, who acqui,tt.ed himself in a most
pleasing manner.
"The priz.e for general scholarship was awarded to Wa lter Q.
Park. Honorable mention: William W allace, C. Turpin, Shelby
Newman, J,no. Foster, F,r ed Yates, Clinton Allon, Robt. \iValker, Ronald
Oldham, Robt. Chenault, and Paul Burnam.
"Pe rfect atte ndance: Jo:hn Adams, Olive r Colyer, Raymond Jett,
\Nalter Park, Paul Burnam, C. Adams , Strother Park, Jno. Foste r, and
Karl Park."
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�Gymnasium and Assembly Hall, 1921-30
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�The Rural Demonstration School, 1929-57
(The building was razed in 1960 to make room for the construction of
Donovan Model School)
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�CAMPUS TRANSFERS TO WALTERS ,COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE
D. B. 53, p. 430
Central University of Kentucky
to
August 8, 1902
Walters Collegiate Insti,tute
"This indenture made and entered into this 8th day of August,
1902, between Central . U.n iversity of Kentucky of the first pmt, and
Walters Collegiate Institute of Richmond, Kentucky, of the second
part.
"Witnes-seth: That whe reas the Alumni Association of Central
Uniy;ersity in 1874 _purchased a tract of land containi>ng forty aores
and sirtuateq _ i!) . the toorporate limi-ts of Richm0tnd, Kenitucky, in
Madison County, and erected thereon a University Building use d for
teaching, a111d certain re~idences occupied by the Chanoellm or professors and their families, and a building us ed for conduoting a
preparatory school, and a gymna•sium building, and whereas the
c01rporations of Central Uniy;ersity and Centrn College !have b een
consolidated under the corporate nam e of Centra:l Un1versity of Kentucky, and the seat of I.earning has b een mov,ed to Danville, Kentucky;
and whereas the adjustment of property rights, so for as the grotmd
and improvements there on, situated at Richmorn<l, and or•iginaily purchased and used by Central University w ere involve d , b y reason
of said consolidation and removal has b een effeoted by the incorporation of an institution of learning known as Wakers 00Hegiat1e Institute
of Richmond, Kentucky, and by articles or agreement b etween the
said Central University of Kentucky and the W alters Collegi,a te
Institute as follows:
" l. Wrtness eth: It has been agreed b etween th e pa:ities h ereto
that the first party shall oonvey to the second p arity the property
hereinafter d escribed ,t ogether with the right ,to hold in sa~d buildings a coHegiatie institute to, b e 'known as Wa·ll ers C olliegiat,e Institute of Richmond, Kentucky, and to convey to i,t the prope rty he r•e inafter described with the good will of Central Univers,ity.
"2. That the se cond party, Walters Collegi1at e Jinrs titute of Richmond, Kentucky, is to open in said buildings a first dass coHregiate
institute to b e known as Walte rs Collegiat•e Institute of Richmond,
Kientucky, and not only to establish, but t,o continue and maintain
such collegiate inshtut,e .
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"3. In pursuance of said agreement the party of the first pa!l't
does hereby execute this as an obligation to mafoe such deeds of
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�~onveyance as may be necessary to carry out this agreement to the
second p rwty all the property situated in the oity of Richmond,
Kentucky, and known as tihe education building, ,a nd campus, excluding the five houses known ,a s ,the professors' houses aind the Chancellor's I'esidence, and excludi·ng all th e land included by the ex~ensfon of
the lin e rnnning eastwru:dly from th e southern end of the garden and
paraUel wi,th College Street to the •r oadway running in front of
the profos,sors' hous es, it being m1derstood that ihe Cha.rnceHor's
house and ,the said professors' houses and the grounds and appurten ances th ereto are to be excluded.
"4. On September 1, 1902, Central Univ,e rsity shall convey to
the party of the second part three of said pw fos,sors' houses, the
three known as Akers, Barbour, and Logan houses.
"5. This agreement and tihe oonveyainces to be made as set
out above ai0e upon th e following terms and condi1tiions:
"Th at said party of the second part shall open, establish, and
maintain a fir.st class colle giate insititute in Hichrno,n d, Kentucky.
That -the present in corporators , towit: J. A. Sullivain, H. W. Miller,
W. R. Shackelford, H.. H. Burnam, R. E . Turley, Sr., W. B. Smiit-h,
S. N. M-oberly, J. W. Bales, A. H. Burnam, J. B. McCrear y, C. H.
Breck, Jno. B. Chenault, H. E. Douglas, J. Tevis Cobb, Danid Breck.
J. Stone Walker, B. H. Young, A. VV. Smith, H . B. Ha'tlger, Jno. M.
Lassing, and H. E. Hoberts shall constitute the trus~ees of the said
Waltern CoHegia,t e Institute of Hichrnond, Kentucky, and sha:11 have
exclusive control of all proper,ty and the educational, financial, ,a nd
other affairs of sa,id vValters Collegiate Institute of Hichmond,
Kentucky.
"Vacancies occurring fr,om death or resignation or otherwise in
the said Board shall be filled by a nomination of the Trustees remaining in office of three persons from whioh the Southern Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky shall elect one person from •tlh e three
nominated b y the remaining trustees as afor,e said; but one of the
three so nominarted by th e said trustees OLLt of which to fill the vaoancy
aforesaid shall be a member of the Presbyte11ian Church, and if at
any time any vacancy of th e Board of Trustees is to be filled as
aforesaid, two-tihirds of th e whol e Board are members of the Presbyt erian Ohurch, th en none ,of the three nominat•od by the Tru~te es and
submiit,ted to i1he Synod of Kentucky out of which to supply the
vacancy shall b e members of said church, a,nd provided further a
majority of said Board of Trustees shall at all times be citizens of
Madison County, Kentucky.
"That in the deed or deeds of conveyance to be executed by
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�tihe party of the first part to the party of the second p airt in pursuance
of this agreement a lien shall b e I'eserv,e<l upon tihe prnperty COil1veyed to protect the party of the first par,t against any liability or
obligation adjudged to b e due from it ,to arny donors re srident in
Madison County, at ,the time of their subscription or since, to th;:;
Endowment Fund, Location Fund, or other funds of Gmi,tral University of Kentucky; it being understood that said re al estate being
now the prope rty of the first part arnd subject to such debt.s, Hrubilities, and judgments a,s s'11all be adjudge d to b e due from it to the
residents .of Madison County who donated arny of the said funds
of said Oenrtral University of Kentucky.
"When the Board ,of Trust,e es of Central University of Kentucky
and the Board of Tn1st,e es of Wahers Collegia,te Institute of Richmond, Kentu~ky, sign 1a nd make binding this agreement, then such
deeds_9 r_conveyance .and other instruments as may b e necessary and
proper to give l1egal '. eHeet to this instrument are bo b e enternd irnto,
signed, a1,d ackni;owiedged by th e parties h emto; ,a nd whe1,eas the
afores1a id agree ment was approved by the Synod of Ke nh1cky a,t
a regular meeting by a resolutioo adopted and entere d in the records
in words a,s follows:
"I. That the said agre emen,t b e and the same is hernby approved
by the Synod of Kentucky, and tihe Synod accepts the trusts together
with the powers and duties th erein imposed upon it.
"2. The Synod expresses its sahsfaction at the peac eful and
s,a tisfactory adjusit ment of the matters theH·in involved, hereby pledging its good will ,to the said Walters Collegiate Institute a:nd commending the same to the public.
"3. lit is ordered that the said agreement be spread at large upon
the records ais a part of this resoluti,on; and whereas aH of the conditions of the afornsaid agreement upon which the conveyance of the
s a:id prope['ty iis made to depend have b een fully performed: now,
,t herefore, in consideration of the premise s he rein set fo11th, a:nd in
consideration of the inducements which brought about the afore.said
agreement, and ,t he purpos,e s ,to be a,ccomp1ished thereby, the parry
of the firsit part does by tl1,e sie presents convey unuo the p ai1ty of the
second pa11ty their pa11t or portions of a tract of for,ty acT,e,s of 1and
first hea.1einbefore mention ed as bounded a nd described as follows:
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"Beginning in the center of Lancas,ter A venue opposibe a h edge
fence, the southeirn .boundary line of the lot upon which tihe Chancellor's, residence is loca,tJed , 175 foet from th e oe11t,e r of College Street,
thence with a southern boundairy parallel tu Colleg e Stre et, S 64¾
E 859 feet to a ,s take at the west edge of the campus drive way, same
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�comse co'ilJtinued in a ll 901½ feet to a stake by fence on tihe east edge
of said driveway, th ence with ,t he east e dge •of •s aid driveway S 29
W 119 feet to a stake the south-west corner of l01t owned by Central
Univernity, tihenoe with line of same S 61 E 279 foet ,to a stake 011
Mrs. Ellen Gibson's line, thence with her line S 24½ W 117 feet to
a stone co,r ner to Mrs. Gibson, ,still with her hne N 29-50 W 1364.2
foet to tihe centei· of Lancaster Avenue, with center of same N 31-20
E 213½ feet, thence N 34-41 E 825.6 feet, thence N 24-10 E 99 feet
to the beginning, containing 34½ acres.
"But it is distinctly understood and agreed ,t,hat the property of
the second part, i,t successo~s and assigns, have perpeturul right of
passing for ingress and e gress ovm the prese nt roadway leading
from t he College and Second St. to tihe pI'ope1·,t y hereby conveyed
to the seoond pmt."
E,n dose d with ,t he above described property are the re sident lots
numbered 1, 2, and 3 on the map, and e aoh lot lis described and
bounded as follows:
(These lots are numbered 2, 3, and 4 on map, page 69).
"Lot No. 1. Beginning at a stake at the southwest comer of
a lot owned by Central University, thenoe with line of same S 61
E 297 feet to a :s take in Mrs. Ellen Gibson'.s line , rt:henoe with her line
S 24½ W 219.6 feet to ,a stake comer of Lot No. 2, thence with line
of sam e N 61 , v 314.6 feet to a stake on the east side of campus
driveway, w~th ,east side of same N 29 E 210 feet to the beginning.
(This was the Logan L ot).
"Lot No. 2. Begin ning at a stake at "A" on map, the sourbh-west
comm· of Lot No. 1, at tihe east side of campus driveway, thence with
the sourthem boundary line of Lot No. 1, at the easit side of campus
driveway, S 61 E 314.6 f.eet to a stake on Mrs. E-llen Gibson's line,
th enoe with her line S 24½ W 219.9 feet to a stake corner ,to Lot No. 3,
thence with line of same N 61 W 332.2 foet to a &take at "D'' on
map at east side o.f campus. drivew~y, thence with the east side of
same N 29 E 210 feet rto the beginning. (This was ri:he Barbour Lot).
"Lort No. 3. Beginning at a stake at the souith-west corner of
Lot No. 2, at the east side of the campus dri'v'eway, thoooe with line
of No. 2, S 61 E 332.2 feet to a stake on Mrs. Gibson's line, thenoe
w1th h er 1ir11e S 24½ W 154 feet to a stake, thence N 61 W 345 feet
to a ·sitake at "E", thence N 29 E 150 feet to the b eginning. (This
was the Akers lot, and it 1°emainred in possession of ,va-lters Collegi~..te
Institute until 1922).
"To have and to hold said premises and all appur~ena111ces the1·eto
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�be1ongiing to th e part of the second part and its sucoes·so,rs and assigns
fO'l·,e ver.
"In testimony whereof the Presi:ident
University of Kentucky, party of the .first
pursuance of an order to that effect made
a.Hix their signatures and seal of office
written.
and Secreta ry of Central
part, do by virtue and in
by the Board of Trustees,
th e day and date above
"Cen:brnl Univer-siity of Ke ntucky
By Gideon H. Rout, Pi,esident of the Board of Trustees
"Cernbrnl University of Kentucky
By
J. A.
Cheek Secretary of the Board nf Trustees"
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Heat and Power Plants on Ground Floor
Manual Training on Second Story, 1909-26
�OTHER CAMPUS TRANSFERS
After Central Universi,ty had deed ed on August 8, 1902, 34112
acres of the campus to the corporntion of ,valters Co.Jliegia1te Institute
which had b een formed eleve n months before this date, Walte rs
11eiturned a rplot , of land in 1906 on which stood cotrt:,ages No. 2 and
No. 3. Why this w as done is not dear.
The lot on which stood Cottage No. 1 was ret,a ined from the
first by C. U. ln 1909, three years aft,e r the Normal had b een given
23½ acres of ~he campus, Central University sold to the Normal tihe
tract of 3.9 acres on which stood the first three cottages; the sum
paid by th e Nonnal was $15,000. But b efore that it seems that
Walrter,s gave back two of these lots.
P._e~d B-0qk 61, . page 448. "June -:1, 1906, W ailters CoHegiate
Institute of Richmond , Kentucky to Ce ntral University of Ke ntucky:
"Witnesseth;'. That for and in considerahon of o,n e dolla,r cash
in ha!11d paid and other good and valuable considerations, the parity
of the firs:t part was sold and does h ereby convey and conf,il:m to
the pmty of the second part and its successors and assigns fornver
!Jhe following re sidenoes and lot of ground located in Ricihmond,
Kentucky, on what form erly was known as "Colle ge Row" of Ce ntral
University and described as follows:
"Lot No. 1, being formerly knovvn as the Logan House and lot
and d escribed as follows: Beginning at a stak,e at the south-wes.t
corner of a lot now owned by Central Univernity, forme rly known
as the Willson House, th ence wiith lin e of same S 61 E 297 foe,t to a
s,t ake on M.rs . Ellen Gibson's lin:e, thence with her line S 24½ W 216.9
feet to a s,takc con1er to Lo,t No. 2, formerly knO\',nn a:s the Ban:bour
House, thence with line of same N 61 ,v 314.6 feet to a stak,e on
east 1s:ide or campus d11iv,e way, thence with east side of same N 29
E 210 foet to the b eginning.
(Tihe numbers given these two Iots do not co11r,espond with the
order given on maps herein. Their plaoe in all four lots was 2 and 3).
Lot No. 2, form erly known as the Barbour House and lot, and
described as follows: Beginning at a sit:ake at "A'' on: 1lhe map, the
souith-west corner of Lot No. 1, Logan House, at the east ,s ide of ,t he
campus driveway, thenoe with the southern boundaTy line of No. 1,
S 61, E 314.6 feet to a s take on Mrs. Ellen Gibson's, lJine, thence with
her line "S 24½ W 216.9 fe et to a stake at ''C" on tihe map at !Jhe
east side of the campus driveway, th ence with the east side of same
N 29 E 210 feet to the b eginning.
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�The right of passway along the pre sent college driveway running
in front of siaid re sidences from Second Street in Richmond, Kentucky,
is hemby granted with full right of ingress and egress from said street
to the property above described, possession of said lots shall b e
given by the party of !Jhe first part to tihe party of the s,e cond pavt
on July 2, 1906. To have and to hold property imd appurternances
thereunto b elonging unto the party of the S'e cond part and iits successors and assigns forever.
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For Walters Collegiate Institut,e of Richmond, Ky.
By A. R. Bumam, President of Board of Trustees
By W. R. Shackelford, Seo11etary of Board of Trustees.
FI10m the following deed it ,a ppea:rs that Gentra-1 University
realized a nice profit from the sale of this tract of land and three
cottages. However, the two cottages and grounds d eeded to Wa,l ters
in 1902, and deeded back to C. U. in 1906, plus Co!Jtage No. 1, which
C. U. had :m tained all along, we11e worth $5,000 each.
All four cottages in Faculty Row were constructed exactly alike.
They wem substarntial brick buildi,ngs that 'Stood from 52 to, 89 yean,;,
and could have endured t<he ravages of time much longer if their
locatirn1 had not stood in the way of campus plam1ing.
Deed Book 68, page 410, June 8, 1909, Central U nivers~ty of
Kentucky ,t o Board of Regents of Normal Dist 11ict No. 1:
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This deed of conveyance made and e ntered in to d1is 8th day of
June, 1909, by and b etween Central University of Ke ntucky, a
corpomtion duly created and e xisting in virtue of rthe laws of the
State of Kentucky, as par,ty of the firsit part, and the Board of Hegeilllrs
of Normal School District No. 1, a corporation duly cr,e aited and
orgall)Ji.zed under an act of tJhe General Asse mbly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, approved March 6, 1906, pa1ty of the se cond
part.
Witnesseth: That for and in consideration of the sum of $15,000,
of whic h amount $1000 is cash in hand rpaid, the Teceipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, and the balance of which sum $14,000 is
unpaid, and for which sum, namely $14,000 the parr ty of the 'Second
part has executed to the party of the hrst part its pmmisory note due
July 1, 1910, bearing inte11est from daite of January 1, 1909, rut the
rate of five per cent p er annum payaib le annually, and to assure the
paymeillt of which a lien is re tained upon the property he1,ei:nafte r
described, ithe party of the first part has sold ,and does hemby convey
and confim1 urnto the party of rtfre second pa11t and to its suocessrn-s
and as,signs forever the following real estate, lying ,md b eing situat,e d
in the ,t own of Richmond, County of j\ fodison, and Starte of Ken1
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�tucky, aind morn pa<rtic ularly described as follows : Namely, duee
certain houses known as Faculty Row of Cent,r al Universiity, and
that the three lats together are bounded and descTib ed as follows ,
to wit:
"Beginning at a stake on the east edge of a road or st11eet and
a oomeir of Walters Collegia te Institute, thence wiith a line of same
S 64½ E 312 feet to a stake and a line of Mrs. Ellen Gibson, with her
line N 24½ E 568 feet to a stake corner of the 15 foot st11ip sold to
R. E. Turley, with lri!ne. of this ship N 64½. vV 284 feot ,to a 1Slto111ie on
the east edge of a road or street 566 feet to the beginrning, containing
3.9 acres more of less; two of the afo11esaid dwelling houses amd the
grounds adjoining tlhem have b een omweryed to the party of the
first pru,t by the Walters Coillegia1te Institute by deed dated June 4,
1906, and 11eco1~:lf:?d .in Deed Book 61, page 448 . . . and the other
house and ;t,he grouhds adjoining having been oonvoryed to rthe paa. t
of the fasit part by d ~ed foorn S. P. Walters a:nd wife, daited July 6,
1882, and mcorded i!n ' Deed Book 28, page 214-1ess the 15 foot strip
this day sold to R. E. Tur1ey, Jr.
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"From Ce:nrtrnl University of Kentucky, by G. H. Rout, Presiden!t
Board of Trustees."
It is not necessru:y ,to repeat he11e the stOTy of how Riahmond
succeeded ,in securing one of the two new State Normal Schools; but
the ohief i1nducement ,s,eems to have b een the offer of a choice part
of the C. U., m vValters Colliegiate Insititute campus, and with thaft
ais few buildings as could b e spared to induce the '"Commission" to
make a favorable choice.
For those who are interested in tJ1e founding of rthe school, the
following d eed of gift is enlightening.
D eed Book 61, page 471. "June 6, 1906. Walters Collegiate
Institute oif Richmond, Kentu cky to Board of RegentJS of No1mal
School Distriot No. 1:
"This deed of conveyance made and entened into this 6th day
of June, 1906, by 1a nd between W,alters Colleg~ate Institute of
Richmond, Kentucky, of the first part, and J. H. Fuqua, Sr., State
Superintendent of Public Instrucbio:n, Frankfoa,t, Ken1h1cky, J. A.
Sullivan of Richmond, Kentucky, P. W. Grins,bead of Lexington, Kentucky, J. W. Cammack of Owenton, Ke ntucky, and F[·.e d A. Vaughan
of Paintsvil1e, Kentucky, having been duly appoi'nted, commissioned,
and qualified as the Board of Regents of Normal Sahool District No. 1
of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and constitut,i ng the sSame as
party of the second part.
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�"Witnesseth: Wher eas under an act ,arpproved by Hon. J. C. \V.
Beckham, Governor ,of the Commonwealth ,o f Kentucky, March, 1906,
styled "An Aot of Establish •of System of Normal Schoo·ls in Ke ntucky",
crealled a Board of Regents for the general management !Jhereof,
oiieait ed a Normal EX'ecutive Council, which shall determine the requirements for a division and gradua,t ion .a1nd the counses of study
for said sdmols; c11eate d a Commis·sion which shall determi111e the
location of said schools and to appropriate funds for their maintenance, a Commission was duly appointed by said Governor composed
of seve n pernons from the seven appelate di'S'tricts of the S,ta,te of
Ke ntucky, to wi t:
B. M. Arnett, Ni-choJa.sville, Ky.
George Payne, Paducah, Ky.
George B. Edwards, Huss ellvilLe, Ky.
Basil H. Hichardson, Glasgow, Ky.
Jnio. B. Mor,ris, Covington, Ky.
M. G. Watson, Louisa, Ky.
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And whereas the members of said Cornrnis·sion did witihin tlmty days
after their appointment meet at Frankfort, Kentucky, as requit,e d by
said act, aind did by public adve1iti•s ement invite pi,oposals fmm
various localities desiring the location of said schools, and whereas
said Commission at a meeting held on May 7th, 1906, all of said
commissioners being then and ther,e pmsent, did diviide the State
of Ke111tucky into two Nmma1 School Dist1 iots as 1equired by said
act, as nearly ,e qual in proportion as may be; ,a nd whereas said
Commissi'on did at ,s aid meeting of May 7th, 1906, ummimomly accept the pmposa:l of the paiity of the fiTst part ,t,o dorna,t e the prnperty
hereinafter described to the party of the •s econd pmit in consideration
of the establishment at Richmond, :&entucky, 01ne of the two Normal
Schoo1s, oreated and provided for under •s aid act
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Now therefme in consideration of the premises and one dollar
oash in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and
especially in consideration of the location at RichmOllld, Kentucky,
upon the re al esitate hereinafter described, one of th e two State
Normal Schools, as provided in said act, the pa1rty of the first part
has sold a:nd do es hereby giv;e, donait::e and conv;ey unto the pmity of
the second part and theii< successors in office fomv,er the following
described prope11ty, viz:
"Beginning at a point in the middle of La:noast,e r Ave nue, 175
feet from CoUege Street, thence leaving said Avenue and with
Patton'·s 1ine S 64¾ E 859½ feet to a po1nt at ,the west •e dge of the
campus driveway, rsam e course continued 42 feet, in aH 901½ feet
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�to a poiln!t by the fonce on the east edge of tihe driv,eway, rt henoe with
the easrt siide of the chiveway and with the fonoe S 29¾ W 736½ feet
to a stake a new corner in said line of £ence, thenoe a new line
N 62 W 87¾ feet, this line n111ming parallel w1ith the nortch front wall
of the Preparmtory School Building and at a distance of 15½ feet from
said wall to a ,stake at a new comer, thence another new line S 29¾
W 467½ feet to, a stake at a hedge fence in Mrs. Gibson's hne, thence
wi,t:h h er lfoe arnd with the hedge fenoe N 59¾ W 791¼ feet to the
middle otf Lancaster Avenue, thence wiith the middle ,of said
A venue N '3 1½ E 213½ feet, thence N 34% E 825.6 foet, thence
N 24½ E 99 feet ,t o the beginning, containing 23½ acres which include
the campus drive which leads from the south end of Secoa1d Street.
"The foregoing trnct of la nd constitutes t!he main part of Central
Un~vers·it;y Campus when fmmerly located at Richmond, Kentucky,
and -U:pon the above described lands ,ar,e located what wa s then known
as t!he main , college building, ,t he dormitio:ry, and the Millier Gymlllarsiiurn.
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"The iparty of the Hrst pa11t for itself, its succes sorrs and as·signs,
r.f}serves the perpetual riight of passway and walk leading from
College and Second streets to the property mtained by W altm·s
Collegiate !institute of Hichmorn d, Kentucky, and not hereby conveyed, and the first par,t alsc> for itself, its successors .and assigns, reserves tlhe p erpetual right to extend Second Street, or cause to, b e
extended, at any time in the future wH1hout charge for righrt~of-way,
the lme to the property retained by it aforesaid.
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"'Dhe fOTegoing is part of the same I::m d which was oonveyed to
the party of the first part by deed from Cenrtiral Uni\1ersity to W,frhers
Collegiate Institute dated 8th of August, 1902, and recOTded in D eed
Book 53, page 430 of ,t he Madison County Clerk\s offioe, mference
to whioh i·s here made.
"Full possession of the above described prnper,ty will be given
on July 1, 1906, to the paI'ty of the ~econd part.
"To hav,e and to hold the above described tmot of land wit!h all
of iits -imp1°ovements and appurtenances thereunto legally b elonging
unto ,t he parties of the second part and their suocessoa·s i:n office
forever, for the u,s,e set forth, and with covenant of genernl warrnnty,
p110wded, however, that should the Commonwealth of Kentucky at
any time hereafter cease to maintain upon said lands in the city of
Richmond, Kentucky, one of two normal sohools ,as pmvided for it
in the aot ,of the General Ass•embly of the Commonwea1'oh of Kentucky,
approved by the Govemor as· aforesaid on the day of Ma1·ch, 1906,
then the property above described with all improvements thereon
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�sha11 revert to th e party of the .first ,p art and its assigns forever to be
used forever for educational purposes.
"Cenb·a1 University unites in the conveyance for t!he pun-pose
of conse,n,ting thereto, and does h ereby 11eleas·e the lien which i,t
reta,i ned upon said property in the said deed from Cenb·,al University
to said W aJ.ters Collegia,te Institute 11ecorded as afoi-esaid in D eed
Book 53, page 430 of the Madison County Clerk's office, and it
does htweby relinquish and quit claim to th e pruty of the second pa1t
hemto and th eir successors in office forever, all r,i ght, title and irnterest which ~t may have in and to the abov,e described property.
"In testimony whereof t he Pms,idenrt and Secrebairy of the WaltJer,s
Collegiate Institute of Hichmond, Kentucky, ~nd the Presidem and
Secretaa-y of Central Univ ersity of Kentucky do re spectively by virtue
of and ,in pursmmce of an order to the e ffect made by their respective
bo,aJJ:ds of ,trustees affix their •sign atures and sealis ,of office t!his day
and dare ffrst shown above written.
"Walte rs CoHe giate Ins,titute of Riohmo11d, Ky.
By A. R. Burnam, President of Bom d of Trus,tees
By \ i\T. R. Shackelford, Secre tary of Board of Trustiees
"Cell1tral Unive rsity of KeutuckyBy G. J. Rout, President of ,the Board of Trustees
By J. A. Cheek, Secretary of the Board of Trust ees"
From rtlhe campus of about forty ac11es Eastern was given 231/z
acres to b egin w~th in 1'906. But this p0111:ion of ,t he ;botal campus
left six other lots to b e acquire d, one at a time, ,a t a total cost of
$81,050.
A record has been given on pa,ge 7 on how the four lots on
the north ,side of the campus wore acquimd, and also of the 3.9 acres
w~th three cottages of the Faculty Row on pages 81 a,nd 83, but
Cottage No. 4. and th e Pre paratory School Building with 7.5 acres
of land on which these buildings stood we re not pmchased by the
Nonna,l until 1922. Th e deed of convevance for this tiraiot of land
is pre~ented h em.
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D eed Book 97, page 163. "D ecember 30, 1922. Wakers Col1egiate
Institute of Richrn ou d, Kentucky, to Board of Regents of Normal
School D i.sb·ict No. 1.
"This deed o f co nveyance by Waltie11s Colleg~ate Ins,t itu,t e of
Richmond, Kentucky, ,through ,iJts Pre sident and Seore,tary, parties
of the first part, an d the Board of Regents of Normal School District
No. 1 for ,the b enefit of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and
Teachers College at Richmo11d, Kentu cky .
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�"Witnesseth: That in oonsiderntion af the sum of $10,000 cash
in ha111d paid to th e treasurer of Walters Collegiaite Ins,tirute of Richmond, Kentucky, fm ,s aid corporation, the receipt of which is h e11eb y
acknowledged, do hereby sell and oonvery to the paiities of the
second part, their successors and a ssigns, the following described
property si.tua:ted in Hichmond, Madison County, Kentucky, and
bounded as follows:
"Beginning a:t a point on the east side of the oampus driveway,
corner to the 3.9 acTes convev,e d bv d eed dated June 8, 1909, thence
wi,tih a 1irne of sa~e S 61 E 332.2 feet rt:o a point in line of Mrs.
Ellen Gibson, thence with her line S 24½ vV 673.7 foe t to a point
in same a!lld corner to the 23½ am·es oonV'eyed June 6, 1906, thence
with line of same N 29 E 467% feet, thence S 61 E 87% feet to a
point on tl:1e east ,s ide of the campus driveway, N 29 E 203 feet to the
beginning,. co:nta:i41ing 7,5 acre,s; it b eing part of the same property
corweyed iii~ the Trustees of Walters Colle giate Institute of Richmond,
Kentucky, on 8th . tlay of August, 1902, deed to same re corded in
Deed Book 53, page 430, in Madison County 01erk's Office.
"For Waltm·s Collegiate Insititute of Richmond, Ky.
By H. B. Hanger, President of the Board of Trustees.
By W. R. Shackelford, Secretary of Board of Trustees."
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EASTERN'S fifty-acre Blue Grass ca mpus 1,000 feet above sea level,
is one of the most beau tiful places in Kentucky. N umb ers on th e
photograph indic-a te: 1. Coates Administration Building ( this building contains the Hiram Brock Auditmium with seating capacity of
1,760) , 2. President's home, 3, Burnam Hall, Women's Dormitory,
4. W eaver Health Building and Gymnasium ( including fully equipped
modern swimming pool of official size), 5. Football field and running
track, 6. Baseball and athletic field, 7. Memorial Hall, Men's Dor-
mi tory, 8. John Grant Crabbe Library, 9. Roark Science Building,
10. Unive rsity Building, 11. Cammack Training School, 12. Sullivan Hall, Women's D ormitory, 13. Industrial Arts Building, 14.
Central H eating Plant, 15. Residence, Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds, 16. Residence, College Ph ysician, 17. Home Economics
Practice H ouse, 18. New D airy Barn, 19. Stock Barn, 20. Farm
Residence, 21. Creamery, 22. College Street, 23. Lancaster Avenue, 24. Main drive through campus.
Circa 1935
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"vhe said corporation . . . and their sit1cces1sors shall b e and
remain the Board of Trustees."
'Ilhe twenty-one chart,er members of this Board of Trustees for
Walters Collegiate Institute wel'e all outstanding citizens. For rthat
rnason a brief note is given here concerning eaich one. Two wern
men of natioTI1ail prominence, •a nd more about them is continued
after memion of the others.
The AI'ticles of Incorporation for the Institute required that a
majority of t he Tn1sitees shall at all time be citiz.ens of Maidison
County, a nd two-thirds •of the Board must b e members of ,t he Presbyt erian Church; but the first one on the list w as a Crutholic.
Je re A. Sullivan, 1862-1931, was a graduate of Ce:nitral University
in the da:s:s of 1880. A lawyer by profession, he repres,enibed Madison
County in ri'he Kentucky L egislature whe11e he was author of the
act creating free public county high schools in 1908. One of the
foll1l1deLrs of E rustern, he served on the Board of Regenrts from the
beginning of the school in 1906 until nea1r Ms death, a pm iod of
•twenty-four years.
Richard W. Miller was also ,a graduate of Central Universit y and
earned hi.s law degree from Yale University. In addition Ibo his law
praotioe in Richmond, he was part time facult y member of hiis alma
mater, b eing a lecturer in the Law College a nd Praf.essor of Polriitical
Economy. He supported strongly the fonnd~ng of tlhe Normal School.
W. Rodes Shackelford, 1869-1935, was a graduia1te of Cerwral
UniV1ersi:ty. H e was an elder in the Presbyt erian Church aind also
a clmr,ch trustee. For about thirty-years he was Secretary of the
Board of Trnstees for \ Vakers Collegiate Iins.titute; and for •twentyfour years before his d eath he was Circuit Judge of his judidail district.
Rober,t R. Burnam was a graduate of Cent ml University in the
class for 1878. H e was a n elder in the P11esbyterian Ohurch allld was
P,re side1nt of the old Madison National Bank. As at ipromin,ent Mason
he wrus Ma,ster of the Lodge and was •a uthor of its· local history.
R. E. Tudey, Sr., was a graduate of Cen~ml U rniver,si,ty in the
cla ss of 1884. He was Cashier and lat,er P11esic1ent of the State Bank
and Trust Compa ny for many years. F or h veinty-one years he was
Trnasu['er for Eastern; a nd for a long time was SU111day School teaclre-r
of "Turley's Me n" in the Christian Church.
W. B. Smith was a Richmond attorney at law. H e wa~ a graduate
of Beibhainy Colle ge, W est Virginia, and was an older in the Ohristian
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�Church. He wa,s one of a group that promoted the establisih mernt of
the Normal in Richmond. His home was the large old fmme building
at the end of Summit Ave nue.
S. N. Moberly. This was S. Neville Moberly, Sr. His home was
the old colonial brick resirdence that stands a t the head of Third
Stireet 111ear where the W,estinghouse factory was pbced. He owned
considerable la1n d a,nd took pride in extensive b1°eeding of cattle.
He gmduated from Central University in the class of 1896.
J. vV. Bales .was twioe e1eoted sheriff of Madison County. H e
wa:s a Jives:tock dea,ler and specialized in saddle horses. His barns
were on Aspen Avenue, and his home was at the oornre r of Aspen
and Main Street. As an elder in th e Presbyt,eria111 Church, he was an
ardent supporter of the schools for higher eduoation in Richmond.
He died fo ·-1916.
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-..Anthony Rollins Burnam, 1846-1919, was a gradllla:te of D ePauw
Uni.vers,ilty. As ,a :mernber of the State Senate, 1907, ,a fter the Normal
School act w as· before that body, he supported education strongly
and was insitrumental in se curing the school for Richmond. For eight
years he was Justioe, and part of that time, Chief Justice, of the
Kentucky Cour,t of Appeals .
Charles H. Breck was an aittorney at law in Richmond. He was
a Cumtor of Central University and an elder in the Presbyterfan
Church. He arnd Chancellor Robert H. Bre ck were brnthers and
sons of Congriessman Daniel Brock a,n d wife, Jane Todd, of Lexington.
He died in 1915.
John B. Chenault graduated from Central University in the
class of 1885. For one term h e was State Insurance Commi<ss.ioner.
His home was on Dunca.n'llon Lane where he owned a splendid farm.
In later years he and his brother Gabel sold out and mo:ved to Scott
County.
Rutherford E. Douglas of Nichola,sv,ille was a Pr,esbyt,e rian
minister aind a Curator of Central University. From Nicholasville he
wen:t to Macon, Gemgia. H E\ married Anne Letcher, granddaughter
of Mr. S. P. Wailters. Born in 1869, h e died in 1961, ,a nd he and his
wife are both interned in the W,albers plat in the Richmond Cemetery.
J. Tevis Cobb graduated from Central Univers,i ty in the class
of 1878. In his fast year in coHege he was listed ,as an honm student.
A very p1 ominent lawye r in Rid1mond, he held ,t he dfice of county
attorney. He never married, and -spent mos,t of his time in Richmond,
but his father lived in the old rambling brick 'l10us,e on th e Red House
pike about seve n miles north of Ric hmond.
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�bainiel Biieck was son of Charles H. Brock. He graduated from
Central University in the dass of 1880. For a time he was manager
of :t he T erminal System of St. Louis. H e was ,also e ngaged in
the insmance busines,s in Louisville and in Ridhmond where he died.
His· home was on Breck Ave., at 448.
J. Stone Wialker was President of the Walker Bank, which became
the State Bank and Trust Co. about 1903. At one time a very wealthy
and successful bus,iness man , he was prominent in community enterpris·es. His home was -the large brick re sidence on Lancasrter Avenue
known as ,t,he Collins Apartment.
A. W. Smith was a Richmond d entist, vc:ry successful in his
profession and interest ed in community affairs. His home was at
vVesitover Terrace. H e died about 1904.
H. B. Hanger was a deacon in the Piresby:ter~an Church. As a
railroad contractor, and later partner in the Mason and Hanger Company, he acqui1,ed considemble weaiJth in comrplet,irng numerous 1arrge
engineering projects . His palatial home stands northeast of the ciit:y
limits.
John M. La,s,sing lived ,in Bul11ington, Kentucky. He was prominent
in the Synod of the Presbyterian Church, and was Ciircuiit Judge in
the Boone County judicial dist,rict.
R. E. Roberts gradual'ed from Centml University in the class of
1890. Three years later he earned the M. A. degree from C. U. He
was a prominent attorn ey at Iaw in Riohmond.
Two other members of this first Board of Trustees of Walters
Co:Uegiate InstitUlte are presented on the nexit pages. These were
Governor James B. McCreary and General Bennett H. Young.
Governor James B. McCreary, Trustee
From the olose of the War Between the Stbates until his dooth !in
1918, James B. McCreary was concerned with matters of staite, b ut
rrot so entirely -c oncerned but ,that he had time and tbhe interest to, give
to local and community ,affairs of Richmond and Madison County,
such as acting on t,he Board of Trustees of Walters CoHegiaite Institute.
Twice he was eleoted Governor of Kentucky, 1875-79, and 191115. For itwelve years h e represented his congressfonal distiriot in the
National Congress; and from 1902 to 1909 he represenited Kentuoky
in the U. S. Senate. While ,i n Congress h e was author of fhe act
estalbtrshing ,t,he U. S. D ep artment of AigricuMure.
McCreary wa,s a native of Richmond. He graduated from Centre
College at Danville, and from ,the Law College of Cumber,l and University, L ~ban'on, Tenn essee. When the war broke out he was prnc74
�tioing his profess,ion in his home town. In August, 1862, when Gen.
Kirhy Smith ma:de his victorious march into Kentuoky and de:fea1ted
the Union Army in the Battle of Richmond, many volunteers flocked
to his standard. A regiment of cavalry was soon organized by rthe
young men from Madison a nd some neighboring counties. MoOreary
was made Major in this, the Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry, C. S. A., and
the outfit was assigned to Gen. John Hunt Morgan's command.
One year l,a:rter, with some 2,000 oavalq m en, Mo11gan made his
famous raid north of rtbe Ohio Rriver. In rthe mamh through Kentucky
Morgan enoountered ,a · s,t,110ngly entren ohed Urnon force at the or:os,sing
of Oreen Hiver. When the Eleventh a nd one o ther regiment made
an attack on the Urnon fortificaitiions, they suffered seve11e 1os,ses including the Colonel of the regiment, David W. Ohenauilt of Madison
County. McOreary was tihen made Lieutenant-Colon:el. Two weeks
Laiter Morg3::r{s_' Cal~a:ry was dispersed and many of them oaipturnd
when ,a ttempbng 'bO :moross the sw0Hen Ohio art Buffington lsliand.
McCreary wa:s 1rumong ,t~e caiptured, and wiith other aftfioers was pl.aced
in tihe Columbus, Ohio; prison.
A gua:rd of the 1p11ison was rb rri:bed to supply some of ·t he prisoners
w~rh cas1e kniv,es. W'i!th these Morgan and six companions !tunnelled
under the wa'll and made their ,esoaip e. MoOrea,ry rema,i ned in pricson,
hurt ,a oase lmife was found in his cell. Beoause he refos1ed rto divulge
who •sU1ppli~ed him with the knife, h e was ,t hrown into a oold dungeon
in '!he dead of winter w here he almost died. finally h e was rescued
by the prison phys,ioian and res,t,ored ito hfe; s1tiH he never reveaied
where he got tihe knifo.
H e was 1ater .tJna,nsfe11red to Fout Delaware, and fa1om there he
was tiaken to W,ashington C uty ,i,n the spring for parole. H!is faither
met him rthere. But MoCreary would not rtake the oa:rth of allegiance ,t o
,t he United S:ta,tes, becaus e, h e sa1id, h e had pledged ,t o fight for the
Oorrfederacy until ,the end of rthe war when he volunteered ,a:rt Riiohmond, Kentucky. So he was sent hack bo prison, ,a nd soon aifrter was
removed to :Morris I,s.land in South OaroUna. Dtwing 1thie ho t summer
so many of the iprisoner,s became sick that a num ber, including McCreary, we11e exchanged.
Being tfa-ee ,a gain 1h e r,epo11bed to ,t he Confodreraite auitlhor,ities at
Richmond, Virginia. rHris oommission was resitored to him ,a nd h e was
given 1a command under Gen. John C. Breckinridge in Wesll1e11n Virginia, where h e engaged in several ,ski'lm,ishes and ba,tcles. A,t the
close of the war h e returned home with others from Madison County.
Governor MoCreary's hom e in Richmond w,as the 1build~ng ait 527
West Maiin Street, now converted inbo a medical center.
(Refe1,enoe-E. Polk Johnson's History of Kentucky, v. 2, p . 793).
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�General Bennett H. Young, Trustee
Bennett H. Young, one of the originail trustees of Wailrters Collegiate Institute, had been a Curaitor of Cenitral Univer.sity. His home
wa1s in Louisville, altihough he was a native of Jessamine Oounty. He
was a lawyer, a dignitary in the Presbyterian Chun::h, President of
the Monon Railroad, Commander in Chief of the Confedemrte Veterans, :a nd promoter for the estaiblishment of a home for Confederate
Veterans ,a t Pee Wee VaHey.
When he was eighteen years old he enlisted in the Confederarte
Army. Soon after enlistment he was 't ransferred to J. E. B. Stuart's
Cavalry. In ,t he Battle of GeHyslburg he was captured and then impi,isoned in Gamp Dougla s at Chicago. He and five companions made
their escape from prison ,a nd found their way hack to Ridhmond,
Virginia. There Lieut. Young presented a plan for freeing the Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, arming them and sitarting ,a
revolution with the help of sympathizers in the North. But when he
and his chosen companions ar,r ived back in Chicago they found the
prison guard had been increased, so the aittempt ,a t liibera,tion was
dropped.
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Then seleotiing 19 other daring young Confederate soldiers, Lie urt.
Young p1anned and executed a raid from Canada on St. Albans in
No11t!hem Vei,mont. Shortly b efore this time the F ed eral Government
had sent considerable money to the banks of St. Albans to pay for
"Morgan" saddle hors•e purohased the11e for the use of U. S. Cavalry.
Bennett Young and his youthful band had laid aside their Confederate uniforms before entering Northern territory, and dressed in
civilia:n clothes, going by way of Montreal, they entered the Vermont
town a few at a time. They put up at different hotels, made friends
with :!!he peop}e they met, and posed as sportsman from Canada, interns,t ed in horses and guns-and surveyed the situation. One week
afiter Young, thE first to arrive, had entered the town, his party of
daring young feUows robbed the three banks of St. Albans o:f $208,000.
During the robbery they informed the bankers itbait they we:re Confodemte soldieQ·s retaliating for the robbery and burning tlhat Sheridan
had done in the Shenandoah Valley o:f Virginia.
They seized horses and made rtJheir escape lback into Canada.
Young 1a nd most of companions were arrested iby Cm::mdian officers
an:d 't hrown into prison. Buit the Caniadiian 'COUrt-s refused to rpermit
tihefr extradition !back to Verm'onlt on the ,ground t hat 11he young men
were not thieves ibUit Confederate ,sofdriers, and their m[d was an a,ot
of war. So tihey wern set free, the money was returned to them,
and sent to the Confederate Government :]t Richmond. The Canadian
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�Government repaid the Ve11mont Banks about one-fou11th of the loss.
"In 1911, when 68 years old, Benne tt H. Young took his wife
and daughter on a 'memory trip' to Montreal, and made his presence
known in St. Albans. Th e towns people got together and appointed
a delegation, indudin,g their Congressman, a locarl newspaper editor,
and 'Old John' Bmnch who personally remembered the ra1d, to call
upon Geneml Young.
"It was a friendly visit. General Young wore the iron gmy and
gold dress of q Confedemte General. For a long evening the Vermonters ,a nd the dignified veteran fraternized. Toward midnight they
touched glasses in a final toast. No hard feelings."
( Rieference-Am erican Heritage, Au,gus.t, 1961, p. 28)
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The Dwindling Board
"The. Articles of Incorporation for Wa'1ters Collegiate Institute
provided a defir_i.ite plan for perpetuating membership in the Board
of Trusit,ees. But afrer the Normal School with its Model High School
superseded the Institute and had agreed to continue -t he same high
standard of academic work for which the Board was created, very
little Q"emained for the Wailrters trus,tees to do. They had given to
the Normal the bes,t part of ,t heir property. So, as vacancies occurred
in the Board, little stimulus or encouragement was left to fall the
places as required by ,the Articles of Inco11poration.
The original Board of twenty-one members was now unneces·sari,ly
large for the performance of suoh few duties. Perhaps it was made
large in the beginning to impress the authorities of Central University
wiith the seriousness of thefr intention to continue ,a school on tiha,t
campus. But in 1922 the last of the Walters Collegiate Institute
property, the 7.5 acres on the south-east corner of the campus, was
sold to the Normal School for $10,000. Ait thart time a good many of
,t he ori,ginal Board members had passed on for their rewards, and
their vacancies had not been fiHed. But the receipt of the $10,000
stimulated and renewed some official action. A fow new board members were added according to the plan laid down by the Articles of
Incorporiation, and rnles and regulations were dmwn up and adopted
for the protection and proper use of the sum of money received.
The plan agreed upon was to the effect that the $10,000 should
become ,a n endowment fund , the purpose and use of which was to
make s-c holarship loans to worthy Madison County boys who needed
help while attending coHege. This plan has been carried out more
or less successfoHy during the past forty odd years. The money was
invested in U. S. Government bonds and in the First Fedeml Savings
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�and Loan Associairion, unt,il at present the amount of the foundation
has more than doubled.
The recol'ds and minutes of the early Board of Trustees, which
would have been of historic value, together with the rules ,a nd rnguilations adopted for the management of the endowment fund, were all
destroyed by Hre when ,t he home of one of tihe trustees, Mr. W. Neale
Bennett, burned about 1926.
About that time the members of the Board of Trustees had
dwindled to seven. These were as follows:
Tom H. Col'lirn, Prnsident
Quinn T,aylor, Secretary
Dan B. Walker, Treasurer
W. Neale Bennett
J. B. Walker
Tom Chenau,lit
Joe H. Oldham
By the end of the year of 1964 only one of this Board surv,ives,
Mr. Dan B. Wailker.
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�ADDENDUM
A •c opy of this manuscript, ,completed in 1964, was given rto
President Robert R. Ma,rtin. Sometime thereafter he decided rt:'hait it
would b e very appropria,te to honor Mr. Walters by naming a new
do11mitory for him, and he so recommended to tihe Board of Regents
who readily approved rt:he suggestion. This ,act rncognized Mr. Walters
as ichiefly respons·ilble for establiishing at Richmond t;he first ins:tiitut-ion of higher learning.
The new building was located partly on the 1lot where the
Letdher family lived for ,a time b efore it became the P,resbyrteriian
Mans e, ,a nd adjoining ,t he Turley p1l,a ce which had been the home of
Mrs. Wall'ers from 1893 unt,il h er dearth in 1903.
When the corner stone for the Singleton P. Walters HaM was laid
in 1967, l'he Walters d escendants were located an:d invited to be
prese111t and to participate in the ceremony. Most ail of them oame.
Shorrly after the corner stone ,Jayin,g I wrort:e rto Mrs. J. R. Robinson
oif Versailles, nee Anne Walters Montgomery, great-granddaughter of
Mr. Walters and tforst wife, Minerva KirkendaH Wa·1ters, and requested
some 'further iinformartion ,about the family. Tihe letter in reply is
given here ,as foHows:
"1ihe first wife of Singleton P. W,a1ters was Minerva KirkendaH;
she was ,t he mo l'her of his two ehi1ldren. Their son, Herny Be11 Wailters,
was killed ,i n a hunting accident when he was twenty"one, and after
thait th e father became interested in the education of young men.
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"Mrs . W alters died when ·t heir two dhildren were very young,
and the only mother thait my grandmother (Harriet, or Hattie, Waliters
Letcher) knew was ,t he second wife, Anne W. Walters·, Every one
adored her. Kirksville in Madison County was named for the family
of the ,fiirnt wile. My mother was named for her, Minerva KirkendaH
Letcher, 1870-1951. She married William Smith Monlbgomery, a dentist, 1a nd they lived in Cincinnati for most of their married life. They
had two daughters, Harriet L etcher Montgomery and Ann ,Wailrt:ers
Montgorn eTy (me), and a son, John Letcher Montogomery. Harriet
died in 1919 in t he flu epidemic.
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"I have two daughters, Harriet Anne (Mm. Lun Herndon) now
liiving in L exington, and Mary Letcher Mulhol1and, now living in
Du!'lmm, North Ca,rolina. Harriet Anne has two daughiters, Anne
Montgomery Herndon and Eiizabeth Ferguson H erndon:.
"Mary had ~hree chHdren, Phihp MulhoUand, a law student at
U. N. C. , and Dalbney Anne, and Mark Letcher Mulholland. The
latter was kililed in an accidenrt in Kentucky ,l,a st September just afil:er
his 'Sixteenth birthday.
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�"John Letcher Montgomery, the third child of Minerva and W.
S. Montgomery, and wife has no issue.
"The nex't daughter was Ann e White Le tcher, and her husband
was R'U1the11ford Edwin Douglas of Lexington. Th ey had one daughter,
Drusrna, who married Rutherford Douglas Blanton. They live at
P,owha1Ja•n , Virrginia, but have no children.
"The third daughter of Harrie t Walters and husband, W. R.
Letcher, was Mrs. Robert W est Pogue of Cincinnati. H er nam e was
Sa,m h Russell. They had one daughter, Russell Pogue, who m:ar-ried
Marcus W. Zi-egle r. Th ey have two sons, Mmcus Jir. , and Riobe1t Pogue
Ziegler. Russelil is now a widow and was with the -rest of us on tha,t
day.
'"lib(, fourth daughter was Ma-ry Coleman Letcher. She not only
gradua,t ed fro-nf Central Uni·v ersity, but she earned the M. D. degree
from the .old Womain's Medical College in Cincinnati. However, she
married John Tu::rner of CampbellsviHe and never practiced the profess•i on of medicine.
"Dovie ,Blythe Letcher (that was her correct nam e, neve1· Dorothy)
maJ.1l'ied Fred Wiison H ershler. They had no children to live.
"Harriet Walters L etcher, th e youngest of the six daughters,
married Albertt McKay of Macon, Georgia. Th ey had three children.
Blythe Letcher Mc:&ay never ma,r ried . A~bert Walters McKay married
and has three children, Albert, Martha, and Russ ell. Harriet McKay
the youngest •o f ·t!he three, is Mrs. D errell Haze1hmst. Her husband is
a dodtor in Macon and they have three children, Harriet, D enell Jr.,
and Blythe. They aH Iive in Macon. H arriet and Albert were the only
two great-grandchHdren of Singleton P. Walters who were unable
to be there for the corner stone laying.
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"I don't know the exact dates for the years that t,h e Letchers lived
in Cinoinna1ti, but Mary graduated from the medical college during
t!hat tim e, and Russell was married when they lived there. (RusseU
did not like the nam e Sarah-called Sally-and she dropped it about
that time).
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"'Jibe Letcher family moved to Lexington when I was very young,
about 1900 I would guess, and Grandfather Letcher was Secretary
for tilie State Riacing Commission until about t he time of his death,
I bdieve.
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"Afiter Great-grandpa Walters died (1885) it was my understana.'.
,i ng that his •w idow built the house that!: w,as later !Jhe Manse, and she
turned Rosedale over to the Le:t,c hers. After th ey lost it I suppose it
was then thait they moved to th e hous e bui1lt by Mrs. Anne \,V,a,lters,
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�and from there they went to Cincinnati where Grandpa Letoher was
conneoted with the old Latonia Racetrack. He e vidently did not
make much mon ey, but he reared 1a mighty fine family and they
aill adored him. At the t,ime oif his d eath (1909) ,t here were only
~hree 1grandchiilidren, Harniet Mollltgomery, DrusiHa Douglas, and
Anne Walters Montgomery."
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�Program
Founders Day, March 22, 1967
Lay,ing ,t he Come11s1tone for Singleton P. Walters Han cm the
Campus of Easi!Jem Kentucky Uniiversdrty.
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Pinesid.i>ng~Po-esiident Robent R. Mamo
Invocation-Rev. E. H. Overcash
Fio-srt ,P,r esbyteri1an Church
Speaker-Dr. Russell I. Todd, ,R,iohrnond
Memrber of Board of Regents
Major Corne11s,!Jone Laying Bamoipanlts:
Mrs. John R. Robinson and Mr. Robinson, VersaiUes, Kentucky
Daughrter: M<Ps. Hai11r,i et Herndon, Lex,ingtion;
Daughrters: Anne and Eil,izaibeth
Mr. John Letch er Montgomery and Mil's. Momgomery, Cinchmati
Mrs. Marcus W. Ziegler, Cinoinnatii
Mrs. R. E. D. Blanton, Powhatan, Vir,giniia
Miss Blythe McKay, Macon, Georgi,a
Note-Undedined names are great~gmndchHdren of S~ngleton P.
Wailt:e rs
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Architect-Watkins, Buwows & Associates, Lexington, ( Mr. Bm,rows
and Tom G:riegory)
Contractor-Whittenbe11g E,ngineeriing & Cons,t rnction Co., Lou~viUe.
( Mr. Wm. T. Whiititenberg)
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�Items in Cornerstone of Walters Hall
W'ondedul Wo-rld o f E as:tern_.,booklet
Alumnus Magazine-Srp11ing of 1965, F,a H 1966
Dediroation Progmm of John Om,bbe Librnry
An ln¥i!tabion to Live and Learn a,t Eastem-booklet
E. K. U. Cartialog, 1966-67
Graduate Catalog, 1966-67
Photograph-Arcruteotual Drnwing Olf ,t he Hall
Eastern Prog11ess ,paper-Announcing dorrni:tory, Ma:rch 25, 1966; Gon,s:tnmtion, July 23, 1966; Foundern Day Announcemenlt •wiit1h pictures
Newsipaiper ohpping-Announcing Walters Dormi:tory; Announcing
Founders Day wi,t,h pictures
Photograph-Singleton P. Walters portmi1t, supplied by Mr. Albent
Waliters McK,a y
Copy of bound manus cript, W,a lters Gol,Iegi,a te Institute by R. A.
Edwards
Symposi urn-On Becoming a U nivers,i ty
Book- Five D ecades of Progress
Founde rs Day of 1967-GorneriS'ton e Ce11emonies
Copy-Stock Ce11t,ificat,e, Th e E•a s,tman and Short Consolidated Mining
Co., Colorado
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�The modern Eastern Kentucky University campus
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Walters Collegiate Institute Records
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This collection consists of records from Walters Collegiate Institute including Articles of Incorporation from 1901-1965, checking statements, correspondence, financial statements, envelopes and notes from the bank used by the school and books and pamphlets. Walters Collegiate Institute was and is a corporation founded for the support of "higher education" in Richmond, Kentucky. During the five year interim between the departure of Central University in 1901 and the arrival of the State Normal School in 1906, the twenty-one trustees of the corporation established and maintained a private secondary school on the campus deserted by Central University which was sponsored by the Presbyterian Church. The Institute was a small school for boys. The teachers were, for the most part, young men who had graduated from eastern universities. The curriculum was classical: Latin, Greek, mathematics, and English. The school was established in the dawn of the rise of free public education, and its life was short. In 1906 the Trustees of Walters were pleased to turn over their Institute and most of their property to the newly created State Normal, and the Model High School, as part of the Normal, continued the work of Walters Collegiate Institute, charging the same tuition fees and following the same curriculum.<br /><br />Only a portion of this collection has been digitized. See the <a href="http://ekufindingaids.libraryhost.com/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=53">Finding Aid</a> for a description of the entire collection.
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1901-1980
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publication
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eng
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text
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2010A004
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Walters Collegiate Institute and the Founding of Eastern
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Edwards, Richard A.
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Walters Collegiate Institute Records
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1964
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book
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eng
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2010a004-b01-f06-i02
Walters Collegiate Institute
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Photograph Collection
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This collection was created to provide access to photographic materials that have been donated over the years. It is arranged by subject with the exception of oversize materials which were arranged and cataloged in the order of acquisition. The majority of the photographs were taken in Kentucky and include places, people and events throughout the state.
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photograph, negative
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image
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0020-015
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1865-2002
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Walters Collegiate Institute
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5.75x7
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0020-015-0716
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image
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1904
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copy print
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Walters Collegiate Institute Football Team
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Pictured are: Paul Burnam, Robert Burnam Jr., Sam Parks Burnam, Waller B. Chenault, Richard Dodge, Coach Fox, Fred Glass, Shelby Jett, Earl McGarvey, Douglas Parrish, Lucien Patton, Al Smitha, Elmer Tate, William B. Turley, William Wallace
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Walters Collegiate Institute
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This collection was created to provide access to photographic materials that have been donated over the years. It is arranged by subject with the exception of oversize materials which were arranged and cataloged in the order of acquisition. The majority of the photographs were taken in Kentucky and include places, people and events throughout the state.
Format
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photograph, negative
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image
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0020-015
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1865-2002
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Walters Collegiate Institute
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4x5
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1903
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Walters Collegiate Institute Football Team
football teams
Walters Collegiate Institute
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Wallace Family Papers
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Through correspondence, diaries, speeches, photographs, news clippings, and other primary source materials the public career and personal life of William Luxon Wallace and his family are documented. Glimpses of late nineteenth century Richmond, KY social and political life can be found in the correspondence of Wallace's father, Coleman Covington. In addition, due to Wallace's significance as an organizer in the Kentucky Republican Party, the collection sheds some light on the party's history during the first half of the twentieth century. It also contains political memorabilia which Wallace assembled along with a quantity of materials that document his World War I experience. The correspondence is mostly personal and covers Republican Party activities, World War I, and the proper behavior expected from young women of the 1920s. Other letters deal with various state and national elections. When Wallace served on the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents, the subject of the correspondence shifts to Eastern. The collection also includes several diaries from the women in the family, Wallace’s wife wrote over a span of 44 years; his sister wrote while she was at school in Louisville in the 1920s and there is one volume from his sister-in-law.<br /><br />Only a portion of this collection has been digitized. See the <a href="http://ekufindingaids.libraryhost.com/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=135&q=wallace+family">Finding Aid</a> for a description of the entire collection.
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1867-1975
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correspondence, diaries, publications, documents
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eng
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text
image
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1982A004
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b.44
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12x10
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Wallace, William L. Papers
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1982A004-1941
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image
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Schlegel, Louis
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1903
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photograph
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Walters Collegiate Institute Football Team
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Pictured are Talley (coach), Dodge (manager), Burton, Collins, Million (capt.), Glass, Burnam, R. Dodge, Wallace, Deatherage, Patton, P. Burnam, Worrell, Mershon, Terrill, R. Burnam, Cobb, Tate.
football teams
Walters Collegiate Institute