Trevecca Nazarene University - Darda Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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The Gospel Wagon (Ised by the Students in Evangelistic Outreach. Students from the college swarmed over the Nashville area preaching the good news. They even preached on the street corners. Some holiness folk helped them to get a Gospel Wagon to carry them to places where the street cars could not take them. The Gospel Wagon was horse drawn, of course. Again, Trevecca College had outgrown her boundries and demanded more space. On March 10, 1913, a called meeting of the congregation assembled with McClurkan in charge. The Fourth Avenue Property and facilities were proving to be far too small, and for some reason, the buildings were failing to meet the city fire code. The full history is not known, but McClurkan had negotiated for the 80-acre Percy Warner estate lying out near the edge of the city. The Mission Board ratified this deal, September 29, 1914 after McClurkan ' s death.

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The 191 1 Student Body — Pentecostal Tabernacle. The healthy little school was growing tremendously, and new courses were continually being offered each year as needs arose. Finally another period of major changes was called forth. In 1910, a third building was fitted onto the property and into the complex of the Pentecostal Tabernacle. The students demanded higher academic training, but did not want to leave the school to attend other colleges. Once again, McClurkan was pushed by his students into a broader level of education. The Train- ing School was destined to become a college. The school became a four year college in 1910, offering courses leading to the A.B., B.S., and B.L. degrees. Upon obtain- ing this new charter, McClurkan renamed the school Trevecca , after the Welsh school which trained minis- The Bible School Student Body and Faculty (1910) in Front of the Pentecostal Tabernacle. Street is unpaved and street car rails are plainly in view. Old Hynes School Building, Birth Place of the Bible School. ters for the pastorates needed during the Wesleyan reviv- al in Britain. Rev. S.W. Strickland who did a thorough job of researching the whole story concludes: Knowing something of the original Trevecca College, its founder, its spirit, and purpose as established by Lady Huntingdon, and after consulting in the company of Dr. C.E. Hardy and with some Methodist authorities in Nash- ville, Tennessee, Brother McClurkan decided to adopt the name Trevecca for his college. Thus the second Trevecca College was established in 1910, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. This change was the beginning of a new education era for the school.

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Tr evecca Students in a Holiday Mood Going on a Picnic in a Hired Transportation Vehicle. 1913 Senior Class Trevecca College, Nashville, Tenn.: The Administration Building. The Percy Warner Estate on Gallatin Road offered room in which to expand in the residential area. The ante- bellum colonial Warner Mansion served as the main build- ing. The property lay on the main auto route linking Chicago, Louisville, and Florida and this put the college on a transportation line which served as a great advan- tage. A great deal of time and effort went into the occupa- tion preparations for the college in the summer of 1914. In the early morning of the opening day of the school, September 16, 1914, J.O. McClurkan died of typhoid fever in St. Thomas Hospital. He was laid to rest in Mt. Olivet Cemetary near the college. The shape of the tomb stone is a pulpit symbolizing the centrality of preaching for McClurkan. The Bible carved in the stone of the pulpit signifies the source of his preaching and ministry. Across the pulpit are the words, He lived for others . The tombstone eloquently summarizes the emotions that came from the burning heart of J.O. McClurkan. The memory of McClurkan ' s supreme desire to fulfill the spiritual vision for Trevecca is commemorated each year. 5