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Haviland History

Haviland Grade School

GRADE SCHOOL
        The  ability to read, write and do arithmetic was important to the 1884  immigrants and the schooling of their children was started as soon as  possible.  Before the settlement was a year old, the first school was  started in Gurney Mills' proving shed, a hurriedly built 10' x 14'  dugout built by digging down about a foot then putting on a high pitched  roof.  Seats were arranged around the wall by driving stakes into the  dirt floor and laying boards on them.  The teacher could only stand  upright in the center of the room.  Largest of the pupils had to back  into their seats.  The shed was destroyed in a storm and the term was  finished in the bachelor's shack on Riley D. Woodward's claim.
        After meeting in homes for a time and as soon as the Sod church  was completed in 1885, they held school there under the leadership of  Nathan Brown.  School was held in the church until a small schoolhouse  was built in 1887.  This building served until 1903 when a three-room  wooden structure was built, located in the north part of town.  
        The school year at first consisted of about three months and was  voluntary.  Some of the parents who felt that education was essential  sent their children an additional three months to Victory School,  located in the area, so that some students were able to get six months  education during the year.  After moving into the church, the term  changed to six months.
        Students attended school in the three-room building until about  1913 when it was replaced with a brick building.  This building was used  until 1954, when a new school was built on Topeka St. on the west side  of town.  This building is still used today for Pre-K through 8th  grades.
 

Friends Haviland Academy

FRIENDS HAVILAND ACADEMY
        The first secondary school in Kiowa County was the  Haviland Academy organized in 1891.  Funds were raised, lots for the  campus were donated to the Academy Association  by the Haviland Town  Company, and a frame structure was begun.  Not waiting for its  completion, the school was opened in the fall of 1892 with 27 students  meeting in a store building on Main St.  The new building was completed  in 1893.  
        For some years a preparatory grammar department was maintained, but by 1910 it had been discontinued.  
        In 1905 control of the Academy was passed from the Association  to Haviland Monthly Meeting (Friends).  In 1906 it was deeded to  Haviland Quarterly Meeting and for ten years was a Quarterly Meeting  project.  After Haviland High School opened in 1915, the Quarterly  Meeting prepared to discontinue the Academy.  However, there was a  strong desire for a training school for Christian workers to be located  in Haviland.
        An association for such was incorporated in 1917 and a new  building, Founders Hall, was constructed.  It was opened that fall, and  the Academy continued for 51 more years as one of its departments.  In  the spring of 1968, the Board felt it necessary to make the institution  solely a four-year degree-granting Bible college, and Friends Haviland  Academy was closed after 76 continuous years, having served more than  1,700 young people.

Haviland High School

HAVILAND HIGH SCHOOL
        The high school was established in 1915 and the first  classes started September 13 of that year with 36 students enrolled.   The school occupied rooms on the upper floor of the old grade school  building until a new building was constructed in 1923.  The first  faculty for the high school consisted of C. A. Thompson, principal; Miss  Alice Riner and Howard Morgan, teachers.
        The Haviland High School building still stands; however, the  high school was closed at the end of the 2009-10 school year.  All high  school students in the county now attend Kiowa County High School in  Greensburg.

Barclay College

BARCLAY COLLEGE
Barclay College began as an outgrowth of the Haviland  Academy.  In 1916, Haviland Quarterly Meeting considered closing its  academy because of a new public high school in Haviland, but some wanted  to see it continue.  An even greater number were concerned that a  ministerial training program be organized.  Therefore a Bible Training  School Association was organized in December, 1916, and incorporated in  1917.  The first classes of Kansas Central Bible Training School opened  in September, 1917, and the new building (Founders Hall or Music Hall)  was dedicated in April, 1918.  At first, there was only a two-year  course of study beyond the high school level, but in 1920 a third year  was added.
        Scott T. Clark was the first president, serving for 18 years.   There were also three additional members of the faculty the first year.
        In 1925 a two-year junior college department was added.  In 1930  the name was changed to Friends Bible College.  For the years 1948-1952  a four-year curriculum led to the Bachelor of Religion degree.
        In 1968, the junior college was no longer offered and the  college became a four-year institution.  In 1984 the name was changed to  Barclay College.


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