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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
Institute, the Board of Trustees decided that a junior college should be instituted. It was therefore
necessary for the School to enlarge its curriculum, strengthen its faculty, provide supervision for the
library, and make additional minor improvements in order to meet the requirements of the State Board
of Education. After a thorough inspection, the Virginia Board of Education voted on May 20, 1924, to
place the School on its list of accredited junior colleges in the State. Following this action at the state
level, the School was granted membership in the American Association of Junior Colleges in
August 1924.
In 1922 the office of general manager was discontinued, and the first
president was elected. He was Dr. D. T. Gregory, an alumnus of the Institute and a
graduate of Lebanon Valley College and Bonebrake Theological Seminary.
President Gregory took office in 1922 and led the School during its period of
transition in becoming a junior college, and to him most of the credit must be given
for carrying out the important task of achieving accreditation. Dr. Gregory (pictured
at the right) later became a Bishop of the EUB Church.
In 1925 the College gave the following résumé of its work during the prior 50
years34:
Among those who have graduated and gone out into avenues of service, the School has given to
the Church one bishop, two editors, five college presidents, five missionaries, six conference
superintendents, six prominent authors and 74 ministers. To the State it has given 9 lawyers,
13 prominent physicians, 17 outstanding farmers, 29 government employees, 69 successful
businessmen, and 208 teachers. Shenandoah Collegiate Institute stands for those ideals and
principles upon which the U.B. Church is founded and seeks only an opportunity to serve the
Church in this capacity. The rates including tuition, board, room rent and laundry are $250 to
$300 per school year.
The following are the first college preparatory courses offered at SCI—these were outlined in the
annual catalog of 1915-16, and SCI was not accredited at that time by the State Board of Education.
First Year: First Semester, Geology, Psychology, Latin, and College Algebra; and Second Semester,
Geology, History of Education, Latin, and College Algebra. Second Year: First Semester, Plane
Geometry, Chemistry, Economics, Bible History, and elective; Second Semester, Spherical
Trigonometry, Chemistry, Economics, Ethics, and elective; where the electives were English, Education,
Zoology, and Sociology.
In 1924, the Virginia State Board of Education accredited Shenandoah College as a Junior
College. The Junior College course of study approved at that time was the following: First Year, First
Semester: Education 1 (1 hour), English 1 and 2 (2 hours), Foreign Language (3 hours), History
(3 hours), and Science (4 hours), for a total of 16 hours; and Second Semester: Bible (1 hour),
Education 2 (2 hours), English 1 and 2 (3 hours), Foreign Language (3 hours), History (3 hours), and
Science (4 hours), for a total of 16 hours—French, Greek, or Latin suggested in accord with the
student’s previous acquirements and the course yet to be pursued. Second Year: First Semester, Bible
or Religious Education (1 hour), English 3 (3 hours), Mathematics 1 (3 hours) and electives (9 hours),
for a total of 16 hours; and Second Semester, Bible or Religious Education (1 hour), English 3 (3 hours),
Mathematics 2 (3 hours) and electives (9 hours), for a total of 16 hours—electives included Education
34 Annual Bulletin, 1925; and [1925 Yearbook, p. 48]. 27
Miller, et al., on History of S.C., 1875-1950
Institute, the Board of Trustees decided that a junior college should be instituted. It was therefore
necessary for the School to enlarge its curriculum, strengthen its faculty, provide supervision for the
library, and make additional minor improvements in order to meet the requirements of the State Board
of Education. After a thorough inspection, the Virginia Board of Education voted on May 20, 1924, to
place the School on its list of accredited junior colleges in the State. Following this action at the state
level, the School was granted membership in the American Association of Junior Colleges in
August 1924.
In 1922 the office of general manager was discontinued, and the first
president was elected. He was Dr. D. T. Gregory, an alumnus of the Institute and a
graduate of Lebanon Valley College and Bonebrake Theological Seminary.
President Gregory took office in 1922 and led the School during its period of
transition in becoming a junior college, and to him most of the credit must be given
for carrying out the important task of achieving accreditation. Dr. Gregory (pictured
at the right) later became a Bishop of the EUB Church.
In 1925 the College gave the following résumé of its work during the prior 50
years34:
Among those who have graduated and gone out into avenues of service, the School has given to
the Church one bishop, two editors, five college presidents, five missionaries, six conference
superintendents, six prominent authors and 74 ministers. To the State it has given 9 lawyers,
13 prominent physicians, 17 outstanding farmers, 29 government employees, 69 successful
businessmen, and 208 teachers. Shenandoah Collegiate Institute stands for those ideals and
principles upon which the U.B. Church is founded and seeks only an opportunity to serve the
Church in this capacity. The rates including tuition, board, room rent and laundry are $250 to
$300 per school year.
The following are the first college preparatory courses offered at SCI—these were outlined in the
annual catalog of 1915-16, and SCI was not accredited at that time by the State Board of Education.
First Year: First Semester, Geology, Psychology, Latin, and College Algebra; and Second Semester,
Geology, History of Education, Latin, and College Algebra. Second Year: First Semester, Plane
Geometry, Chemistry, Economics, Bible History, and elective; Second Semester, Spherical
Trigonometry, Chemistry, Economics, Ethics, and elective; where the electives were English, Education,
Zoology, and Sociology.
In 1924, the Virginia State Board of Education accredited Shenandoah College as a Junior
College. The Junior College course of study approved at that time was the following: First Year, First
Semester: Education 1 (1 hour), English 1 and 2 (2 hours), Foreign Language (3 hours), History
(3 hours), and Science (4 hours), for a total of 16 hours; and Second Semester: Bible (1 hour),
Education 2 (2 hours), English 1 and 2 (3 hours), Foreign Language (3 hours), History (3 hours), and
Science (4 hours), for a total of 16 hours—French, Greek, or Latin suggested in accord with the
student’s previous acquirements and the course yet to be pursued. Second Year: First Semester, Bible
or Religious Education (1 hour), English 3 (3 hours), Mathematics 1 (3 hours) and electives (9 hours),
for a total of 16 hours; and Second Semester, Bible or Religious Education (1 hour), English 3 (3 hours),
Mathematics 2 (3 hours) and electives (9 hours), for a total of 16 hours—electives included Education
34 Annual Bulletin, 1925; and [1925 Yearbook, p. 48]. 27
Miller, et al., on History of S.C., 1875-1950
