Cambell Travelled back east to raise funds due to the campus' first building Irvin Hall going almost double the projected budget.

Paxton wanted to expand the curriculum to include college courses that fall but his plans were squashed by the onset of the American Civil War.

John powers Johnson became the board of trustees' president in November 1869 following Bayless' return to his home state of New York.

Johnson due to his large investment in the town of Highland (including the bank) knew that his livelihood rode on the success of the college.

The rest of the building materials were sold off to help ease the debt burden on the college despite the original plan of further campus expansion with them.

Non highland resident Presbyterians were dissatisfied with the amount of power the locals had on the synod school and was put up to a vote if the college should be moved to a more central location.

[17] In 1885 President Brown refused admission of George Washington Carver to Highland University on account of his skin color.

The foundation was laid but it was never completed due to a recession and a fire destroying a portion of the business district thus hampering funding.

The gym in the basement of the admin building was remodeled to allow space for the newly created commerce (business) department.

[31] Adams' expenses were double his predecessors in addition to the racking up interest of the admin building loan we're pushing the college further and further in debt.

Many community members felt the college should close in the fall of 1914 and sold to the high school, but the board and staff disagreed keeping the doors open.

In June 1914 the Highland college lady's guild was organized to raise funds eventually achieving 7.5k in installments of 1.5k over the next 5 years to pay down the accumulated interest.

James increased the tuition cost by $75 and offered student work programs to reduce fees by 20 cents an hour.

If 2 people slept in a bed the car could in theory hold 40 students but it's doubtful it held anything close to that during its tenure as a boys' dorm.

The student enrollment numbers were far worse than expected and doubt seeded even less financial support prompting Smith to resign in the fall of 1920.

started accepting credits from Highland in November 1922, which helped aid it to accreditation status by the Kansas State Department of Education.

The company publicized a fake news story of 75,000 being donated by Ben Allen's mother-in-law and as a result, people started giving large sums of money, but it all collapsed after it was leaked to be false.

[40] In the summer of 1928, howe decided college education needed to be more Christian and then banned frats, sororities, card playing, dancing, and modern jazz.

After the name change, Rankin was then called Dean instead of president and the college was brought under the control of the Highland high School Board.

Inflation and changes ended up ballooning the cost to $103,000 and to save money; The wood was sourced from the trestles of the abandoned rail between Highland and Severance, Kansas.

The field house contained a regulation basketball court with seating for 1,200 people, addressing room under the west stands and a kitchen under the east.

[60] Stephen Byham replaced seamen in 1955 but died on November 18, 1956, after being diagnosed with double pneumonia caused by injury during the Battle of the Bulge.

An unofficial dormitory called Parker Hall consisted of a few rooms above the post office that used to stand across the street from Allen fieldhouse was the only other housing besides the motel.

[63] In 1960 Highland Began offering classes at the Barracks in Fort Leavenworth with standard liberal arts courses and more refined trades.

the building was funded with revenue bonds and a grant for $111,000 from the United States Office of Education resulting in a grand total of $233,914.

Highland was assigned to offer extension courses in Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshell, Nemaha, and Eastern Pottawatomie Counties.

Nutts first goal as president is achieving national accreditation status through North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

[71] In the fall of 1975 highland began introducing many vocational courses including Agribusiness, Office work, Emergency medical, and justice programs.

The money from the county plus the $340,000 from former president Ruth Culbertsons will was used to construct the Math science building with connected auditorium.

Due to inflated gas prices highland saw an influx of students wanting to stay on campus and as a short-term solution they installed mobile homes in the north of town.