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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
The following statement gives the purpose of Shenandoah Conservatory of Music: It is the
purpose of Shenandoah Conservatory of Music to foster the appreciation of, and to provide an
opportunity for the study of music for itself; to inspire and encourage a sincere appreciation of the value
of music as a significant factor in the development of the well-rounded individual; and to provide
specialized vocational training for those who wish to make music their life work [Wilkins, p. 21].
After 12 years of association with the College, President Miller resigned in June 1942 to take a
position on the faculty of Otterbein College.
E. N. Funkhouser. Again, Elmer N. Funkhouser, President of the Board of Trustees, was
elected as “Absentee President” for 1942-43 while a search was instituted for a president. An Executive
Committee was then organized to carry on the administrative activities of the School. This Committee
comprised Dean J. Edgar Anderson, Chairman; Dean J. Louis Adams, and Mr. Lycurgus P. Hill,
Business Manager. In 1943, L. P. Hill (pictured below at the right) was elected as acting president.
Elmer N. Funkhouser, President of the Board of Trustees, continued to serve as “Absentee President”
from 1943 to 1945. [Wilkins, p. 21]
L. P. Hill. L. P. Hill was elected president in 1945-46 and 1946-47. President
Hill reported to the Board of Trustees that the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools had finally approved Shenandoah College for full membership in
the association. This was a giant step for Shenandoah that was urgently needed.
[Wilkins, p. 21].
Both the College and the Conservatory made significant steps to enhance
Shenandoah’s academic standing while Dr. Hill was President. At the December
meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1944, Shenandoah was
admitted to full membership; and the
Conservatory that same year advanced from
associate to full membership in the National
Association of Schools of Music.
To meet the demands for additional
dormitory facilities for the large group of
returning servicemen, the College erected
two temporary barracks-type buildings in
1947 (pictured at the right is Barracks #22).
In the same year, a classroom building
(Rocky Hall, picture below), the Student
Center Building, and the Smith Infirmary
Building (pictured below Rocky Hall) were
added. Three residences adjoining the
campus were added between 1944 and 1949.
Extensive improvements in the Library were made in
1949, and some $25,000 was expended from current funds
(not borrowed) for new equipment and general upkeep of
buildings and grounds. To help support the current operating
budget and to ensure that these funds are adequate for
building, improving, and maintaining the campus facilities,
Miller, et al., on History of S.C., 1875-1950 32
The following statement gives the purpose of Shenandoah Conservatory of Music: It is the
purpose of Shenandoah Conservatory of Music to foster the appreciation of, and to provide an
opportunity for the study of music for itself; to inspire and encourage a sincere appreciation of the value
of music as a significant factor in the development of the well-rounded individual; and to provide
specialized vocational training for those who wish to make music their life work [Wilkins, p. 21].
After 12 years of association with the College, President Miller resigned in June 1942 to take a
position on the faculty of Otterbein College.
E. N. Funkhouser. Again, Elmer N. Funkhouser, President of the Board of Trustees, was
elected as “Absentee President” for 1942-43 while a search was instituted for a president. An Executive
Committee was then organized to carry on the administrative activities of the School. This Committee
comprised Dean J. Edgar Anderson, Chairman; Dean J. Louis Adams, and Mr. Lycurgus P. Hill,
Business Manager. In 1943, L. P. Hill (pictured below at the right) was elected as acting president.
Elmer N. Funkhouser, President of the Board of Trustees, continued to serve as “Absentee President”
from 1943 to 1945. [Wilkins, p. 21]
L. P. Hill. L. P. Hill was elected president in 1945-46 and 1946-47. President
Hill reported to the Board of Trustees that the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools had finally approved Shenandoah College for full membership in
the association. This was a giant step for Shenandoah that was urgently needed.
[Wilkins, p. 21].
Both the College and the Conservatory made significant steps to enhance
Shenandoah’s academic standing while Dr. Hill was President. At the December
meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1944, Shenandoah was
admitted to full membership; and the
Conservatory that same year advanced from
associate to full membership in the National
Association of Schools of Music.
To meet the demands for additional
dormitory facilities for the large group of
returning servicemen, the College erected
two temporary barracks-type buildings in
1947 (pictured at the right is Barracks #22).
In the same year, a classroom building
(Rocky Hall, picture below), the Student
Center Building, and the Smith Infirmary
Building (pictured below Rocky Hall) were
added. Three residences adjoining the
campus were added between 1944 and 1949.
Extensive improvements in the Library were made in
1949, and some $25,000 was expended from current funds
(not borrowed) for new equipment and general upkeep of
buildings and grounds. To help support the current operating
budget and to ensure that these funds are adequate for
building, improving, and maintaining the campus facilities,
Miller, et al., on History of S.C., 1875-1950 32
