62:. When the Woman's Department of Church Extension was created by the Southern Methodist General Conference in 1886, Sue Bennett was appointed the Corresponding Secretary from Kentucky. She studied the region in eastern Kentucky and found that there were several counties there without churches of any denomination and a desperate need for schools. In 1890 the General Conference established the Woman's Parsonage and Home Mission Society as a department of the Board of Church Extension. As an appointed member of the Society's Central Committee, Sue Bennett began the work to establish a school in the southeastern Kentucky mountains. She died before her work was finished.
81:, they petitioned local businesses and organizations for support. They were first offered a site in Manchester, but this plan fell through - then the citizens of London agreed to put $ 20,000 for a site and building for a school. This was matched by a $ 20,000 pledge from the Woman's Pasonage and Home Mission Society for its maintenance. Rev. Dickey worked with the leaders in London to purchase a campus of twenty-two acreas. He then sold his school in Jackson and moved to London to manage the establishment of the new school.
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administrative problems. The school was notified in June that the association had recommended its removal from its list of approved members. The trustees appealed the decision and diligently worked to save the school - including launching a fund-raising campaign - but the appeal was not successful. Without accreditation, no federal or state funds were available to Sue
Bennett students and the State of Kentucky withdrew the school's license to teach effective Nov. 26.
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students without increasing administrative costs, but the enrollment growth never came. (Nor was the football team successful; they lost all 43 games they played in their five seasons on the gridiron from 1993 to 1997.) Additionally, the new president pushed to begin a four-year business degree program. Other programs, such as social service, paralegal, nursing, secretarial services, law enforcement and education, were also proposed.
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Administration Building for an antique store, and for an alumni suite, clear out Helm Hall of its dormitory supplies, and secure the Belle Bennett Auditorium. Hayes also planned to lease the swimming pool in the Scoville Building to the London-Laurel County Rescue Squad for $ 1 per year.
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Finances remained unstable at the college for years. By the mid-1990s, the $ 2 million debt load was being used to cover student financial aid. Vendors were complaining about bills not being paid, followed by complaints from faculty that retirement benefits withheld from their salaries were not being
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held a dedication ceremony for the school building's cornerstone which was blessed by Bishop E.R. Hendrix. Rev. Dickey had already recruited 75 students and a faculty of three; and, because the new building was not yet ready, the Sue
Bennett Memorial School opened on January 2, 1897, in a rented
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London-native Jim Hayes, the eldest son of former president Earl Hayes, acquired the former Sue
Bennett campus in early 2014. The campus at the time was being used for by Laurel County Adult Education, Sunrise Children's Services, and Connect Church, and one of the dormitories was reused as an
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Bunnell, was elected in the fall of 1991 and added four new sports programs for the following season: football, men's soccer, women's volleyball and cross country. The athletic programs (nicknamed the "Dragons") were to be hosted off-campus; they were projected to add 50
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Methodist-related Sue Bennett College in London, Ky, closed its doors Nov. 26, the end of the fall semester. The college was stripped of its accreditation Sept. 22 by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools because of ongoing financial and
102:(named in honor of Miss Lucinda Helm, an early proponent of women missionary work). Next, they constructed the Ellen Burdette Home which served as the principal's house. The Memorial Hall (a dormitory for boys) was funded by the Twentieth Century Educational Campaign of the Church.
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Seminary). Five months later, the school had enrolled 210 students. The new building was finally finished in the fall of 1897. It cost $ 12,000 and could take as many as 300 students.
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