Hilltopper Heritage

Timeline

Citation: Information taken from 1937 Towers

1891 - J.R. Alexander becomes president of Old Southern Normal School & Business College.

1892 - Old Southern Normal School & Business College reorganized by the Cherry Brothers as the Bowling Green College & Literary Institute with Dr. Henry H. Cherry as president. School occupied three rooms.

1895 - Bowling Green College & Literary Institute expanded into an entire building. A new charter was secured under a new name -- Southern Normal School & Bowling Green Business University .

1899, November 16 - Southern Normal School & Bowling Green Business University destroyed by fire. School met promptly the next day in leased rooms in business buildings of the city.

1900 - Southern Normal School & Bowling Green Business University built a new building.

1907, January 7 - Southern Normal School & Bowling Green Business University split into two institutions. One a state run school, known as Western Kentucky Normal School with Dr. Henry H. Cherry as president, and the other, the Business University, a private school run by J.S. Dickey, J.L. Harman and W.S. Ashby.

1911, July 5 - Business University destroyed by fire. Not more than two recitation periods were missed. Moved to the "Castle" at 12th & College.

1921 - President J.S. Dickey died and J.L. Harman became president of Business University. J. Murray Hill became vice-president.

1922 - Bowling Green College of Commerce established as a B grade junior college.

1925 - Bowling Green College of Commerce became a senior college of A B grade rating.

1928 - Bowling Green College of Commerce became a senior college with an A grade rating and gained membership in the Kentucky Association of Colleges & Universities.

1930 - Bowling Green College of Commerce joined American Association of Teachers Colleges.

1933 - Bowling Green College of Commerce joined the American Association of Commercial Teacher Training Institutions.