Con.&f.QQ Ch.n.i~tLan. CoHf.qf. One of the first standardized Bible schools in the brotherhood was Chnstian College, Cordell, Oklahoma. Great advancement in Christian cation was recognized in the years immediately following 1908. The doors of the school were first opened in 1905 with J. H. Lawson first president. Dr . J. N. Armstrong was elected president in 1908. B. F. Rhodes and Bell became members of the faculiy the next year. In 1916 L. C. Sears appointed dean of this school that was to become Harding College, the tion in which he has served since tha t time. Mrs. J. N. Armstrong was ed dean of women, a position in which she served until 1939. The Harding Academy which came through the years with the was betler equipped and had more students. The high school soon recognition by the slate department and was classif ied as an "A" grade As at Bowling Green, the enrollment at Cordell was small. Ther. only about one hundred twenty-five s tudents, but a deep spirituality· that gave the school an atmosphere not easily achieved in a large body. Many improvements were made on the Cordell College plant. worked. Both teachers and students joined in concreting the basement A heating furnace replaced the old system of stoves. Here, too, the maintained a print shop, which provided work for many students. A paper "The Gospel He rald", edited by Dr. Armstrong, was published During the twelve years of its existence Cordell College grew, but was destined to stop when the war began. The faculty had increased teen members and another year of work was accredited by the stale ment, making the school a standard three-year college, when the war In 1918. in the midst of progress, war pressure became so great the of the school were closed and the bulletins for the fall term of 1919 which already printed were never sent out.
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