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Administration Fourteen years after the organization uf the Wesleyan Methodist C hurch in Central the burden for a real Christian school was laid upon the hearts of four or five of its members, mong these were Dr. L C,. Clayton and Mr C, It Smith. Conviction deepened, and tor two years the matter was considered, and praver was made unto our Cod for I lis will to Ite made clear. In the meantime, the subject was laid lie tore Rev Flier Teter, Missionary Secretary of the connection, who in turn conferred with the B .« k Committee, with the final decision that the Southern District should establish the school at Central Mr. C B, Smith offered to sell below cost several acres of land near Central, South Carolina, in the foothills of the lienutiful Blue Ridgr Mountains Funds were obtained from the Missionary Society of the connection, from friends over the district, and from the sale of limiter that was on the land. When a sufficient amount was on hand to assure the linj . a small group assembled one iinn May morning and in all unctuous prayer service dedicated to the Ford the sjutt where the College now stands. I'llUs it U-came holy ground In an incrcdibk short time the school building. as well as dormitories for Imfh luo and girls, was erected. On October 15. t 506 the school opened with an enrollment of nineteen It was then known as The Wesleyan Methodist Bible Institute or W M. B I , as it was familiarly called. The presidents in order have been Revs L. I. Harrington, Y L. Thompson. J. M. Hancock, H. C. tied ford. S. W Wright. J. J. Coleman. L, It. Smith. A. E. Wachtel, . L. 'ess, and Prof, I F Childs. The college has lieen. and is, a lighthouse not onh to the Southern District, hut to the uttermost j»nrts of the earth For from her hallowed halls have gone tour missionaries to Afrit's Sunny Fountains and one to India's Coral Strands. College presidents, conference president!», ministers, and tlm.se in almost every profession and walk of life have lieen trained here and are being used to -died the light of life to darkened hearts and homes For some years the enrollment has been steadily increasing. It can l»e safely said that no work that the Missionary So ictv has ever iiinlertakeu has been of such value to the church as that of helping to finance the school at Central.
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