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Centre College, formally Centre College of Kentucky, is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, United States. Chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1819, the college is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities. It has an enrollment of about 1,400 students.
The president's office is located in Old Centre (pictured in 2005). [1]Centre College is a private liberal arts college located in Danville, Kentucky, United States.It was founded by leaders of the Presbyterian Church, an affiliation it still loosely maintains, and was formally chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly on January 21, 1819.
George Madison Adams: member of the U.S. House of Representatives from KY–08 and KY–09 (1867–75), secretary of state of Kentucky (1887–91); Joshua Fry Bell, 1828: member in the U.S. House of Representatives from KY–04 (1845–47; first Centre alumnus to serve in Congress), secretary of state of Kentucky (1849–50)
On April 9, 1880, a Centre College team traveled to Lexington to play against Transylvania University in the first football game south of the Ohio River. [1] The Colonels lost that game, and a rematch at home later in the month, but it was the start of a long-running rivalry with their in-state opponent. [2]
Thomas Arthur Spragens (/ ˈ s p r eɪ. ɡ ɪ n z / SPRAY-ginz; April 25, 1917 – February 11, 2006) was an American administrator who was the 17th president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
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Presidents of Centre College, the private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. Pages in category "Presidents of Centre College" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Centre College is a small college in Danville, Kentucky. From 1917 to 1924, Centre compiled a 57–8 record while playing against some of the best teams in the nation. [3] The 1919 team first brought the Praying Colonels to national attention. [4] In 1921, the school's student body numbered just 274. [5]