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70-688: The church became a catalyst in founding the Central Philippine University (CPU), the first Baptist and second American university in the Philippines and in Asia, established through the benevolent grant of an American industrialist and philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller in 1905. The church which is adjacent to Plaza Jaro (Graciano Lopez-Jaena Park), is part of the Plaza Jaro Heritage Tourism Zone. The Jaro Evangelical Church

140-484: A Home School (now Filamer Christian University ). In 1923, a new church was built at the Plaza Jaro (the present site). Lastly, in 1950, a newer church (the present one) was built on the same site under Rev. Elmer Fridell. In 1952, the church was finished and was dedicated with Dr. Peter Hugh Lerrigo, the former president of Central Philippine University , where he delivered his dedication message. During World War II ,

210-562: A college of distinction, recognized both in the Philippines and abroad. Salzman served as dean until 1961 when she retired in the United States. Lily Plagata, MSN , was appointed to the deanship (1961–1974). When she resigned and went abroad, she was replaced by Carmen Centeno, Master of Science, for the remaining months of 1963. Centeno, however, also left for the United States, and Loreto D. Tupaz, who finished her MA degree at CPU, resumed

280-506: A consequence of the invasion, missionaries assigned at Central fled and took refuge in the mountain barrios of Katipunan, Tapaz, Capiz . They hid in the forest they called "Hopevale" with the help of their Filipino friends. They were eventually captured by the Japanese troops on December 19, 1943. The missionaries begged them to free the Filipino captives and instead offered themselves as ransom. At

350-559: A day to pay their tuition, room and board, and spent four hours in the classroom. One of the school's innovations was the adoption of student self-government, the first in the South East Asia, known today as Central Philippine University Republic , which is modeled on American civil government. Dr. William Orison Valentine, worked for its incorporation and recognition by the Philippine government. A year later when Jaro Industrial School

420-533: A former Milwaukee School of Engineering professor conducted a national seminar on a digital logic software known as the Altera Max + Plus II which was attended by different engineering schools in the Philippines and hosted by the Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Communications Engineering department of Central Philippine University College of Engineering . The College of Engineering hosted

490-509: A prominent practicing dentist, had encouraged the Faculty Council to propose a College of Dentistry in response to requests for its opening, after pointing out that such program would not necessitate considerable outlay. He stated that local dentists could be employed as instructors and they would lend their equipment. In it was voted to open the College of Dentistry. In early 1950s however due to

560-472: A total of 75,000,000 pesos from 182 Endowment programs. The helpful endeavor through other endowment fund programs, which started years back, was intensified and is still ongoing, with a total of 433 Endowment Funds, amounting to 127,500,000 pesos until May of his last year term as the university president in 2007; celebrated its centennial year in 2005, where thousands of alumni from the world came home. The university's centennial celebration and followed by

630-648: Is a private research university located in Jaro, Iloilo City , Philippines. Established in 1905 through the benevolent grant of the American industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller as the Jaro Industrial School and Bible School under the supervision of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society , it is the first Baptist and second American and Protestant-founded university in

700-810: Is associated with the CPU College of Theology , the first Baptist theological seminary in the country; and maintains affiliation with the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches and the American Baptist Churches USA . On February 28, 1900, Dr. Eric Lund and Braulio Manikan of the American Baptist Missionary Union arrived in Iloilo City followed by Rev. Charles Briggs and founded the church at Castilla Street in Jaro City , Iloilo . At

770-521: Is closely associated with as its university hospital) under the Presbyterian Church in the United States by Joseph Andrew Hall, it is the first Protestant and American hospital in the Philippines. Since the hospital's founding, Presbyterians worked closely with the Baptists for the operation of the hospital. Following the years since its founding, in 1925, its administration was eventually transferred to

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840-703: Is why he gave a grant to the Northern Baptists that resulted in the establishment of Central. On the other hand, in 1901 also, four years before the founding of Central in 1905, alongside when the American Baptists came in Iloilo , the Presbyterians came and they established the Union Mission Hospital (Sabine Haines Memorial Union Mission Hospital) (which Central, since its founding until this day

910-810: The American Baptist Churches has awarded Central a School of Excellence award. Also, in the school year 2000–2001, the Central Philippine University College of Engineering introduced the Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering . This has earned the college another place in Engineering History in the Philippines . It is the first engineering school in the country to offer the course. On August 15, 2001, also, Dr. Ted Robles (BSEE 1964) (the present university president) and

980-484: The American Baptist Churches , ordination for women is affirmed that resulted and eventually in 1917, the Jaro Industrial School elected its first female head and Principal , Mary J. Thomas, who tenured as a principal of the Jaro Industrial School from 1917 to 1918. The Baptist Missionary Training School later, however, was reopened in 1913 by Rev. Alton Bigelow. It was under Rev. Alton Bigelow's leadership that

1050-415: The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society , laid a plan to establish mission schools following the comity agreement of the division of the islands for the evangelical mission and through a benevolent grant given by John D. Rockefeller , an American industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller himself was a devoted Northern Baptist with numerous church related philanthropy works throughout his life, that

1120-475: The CPU TV Channel . The television channel, launched in 2001 under its former names, EXCEL TV, then was changed to CPU Alumni Channel in 2005, and to CPU TV Channel , is the first university–based cable TV channel in Asia , is one big leap in upholding the university's standard in quality education through the use of mass media. There were various new real properties also that is owned by the university when he

1190-540: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) , the same Philippine government agency that designated some of its programs as National Centers of Development and Excellence. The university has also been distinguished as an ISO Certified institution, while its main campus is recognized as a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and as a registered cultural property by

1260-1257: The National Commission on Culture and the Arts . Quacquarelli Symonds and Times Higher Education , two world-renowned and influential university ranking bodies, have ranked Central as one of the top Asian and global universities. The Hinilawod Epic Chant Recordings, housed at CPU's Henry Luce III Library , has been inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of World Register , marking the first documentary heritage to receive such recognition outside Manila. The university consists of eighteen schools and colleges that offer instruction from basic education to post-graduate levels. Its undergraduate programs includes disciplines in Agriculture, Resources, and Environmental Sciences ; Arts and Sciences; Business and Accountancy ; Computer Studies ; Education; Engineering ; Health, Fitness, and Lifestyle Management; Hospitality and Tourism Management; Library Science; Mass Communications; Medical Laboratory Science; Nursing ; Pharmacy; Political Science; Psychology; Respiratory Therapy ; Social Work; and Theology . At

1330-531: The Ramon Magsaysay Award , senators and legislators, cabinet members, judges, foreign diplomats, military personnel, provincial governors and city mayors, writers and journalists, film directors and actors, singers, and successful business leaders. In the early 20th century when the Philippines was opened to the American Protestant missionaries prior and after the Philippines was ceded by Spain to

1400-580: The School of Graduate Studies back in 1951, where she was the first dean of the school. Nelson is an Ed.D degree holder from the University of California, Berkeley , and had been a missionary in China from 1935 to 1949. She served as the president of Central from 1956 to 1957 and was again re-elected in 1965–1966. From its founding, Filipinos were gradually given larger responsibilities in its administration. In 1966

1470-497: The University of Manila College of Law. On September 19, 1931, the Union Mission Hospital started admitting and treating patients in its present location on Mission Road. The hospital plant occupied a lot 29,283 meters or approximately 3 hectares in area. On October 21, 1931, became a joyous day. The new relocated hospital was dedicated with its founder, Dr. Joseph Andrew Hall came all the way from Tacloban City, Leyte, as

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1540-726: The Baptists who also bought the land in the City of Jaro (now part and a district of Iloilo City) where the hospital now stands. The hospital was later renamed to Iloilo Mission Hospital in 1932. The hospital predates the schools founding by four years. It also serves since then as the hospital of Central. The hospital pioneered the Nursing education in the Philippines when it established the Union Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses (the present Central Philippine University College of Nursing ) in 1906. The school also produced

1610-458: The Bible School began to have a definite direction in its development. In 1921, the following year after the Jaro Industrial School added fourth year high school classes, the school graduated its first high school batch. The first Board of Trustees which was formed a year earlier before the founding of the two schools, is composed of five members from the mission conference which are selected by

1680-453: The Bible School opened in the home of the Valentines under the auspices of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society from the United States along with other missionaries that are considered as co-founders. There were 12 pupils with some "Bible Women" who attended as auditors. The benevolent grant given by the industrialist and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller was used to provide the school

1750-567: The CPU Philippine Center of Packaging Engineering and Technology. CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital , the university's hospital which was established by the Presbyterian missionary doctor, Joseph Andrew Hall in 1901, is the first American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines. It is also the first healthcare institution for the constabulary and soldiers during the American regime in the country. CPU has been granted full autonomy status by

1820-612: The Capiz Emmanuel Hospital to Dumalag, Capiz and the Iloilo Mission Hospital to Calinog, Iloilo where, April 1942, they continued to operate under their regular missionary and Filipino staffmen drawing more heavily on the armed forces for equipment and supplies. After the war ended, the college was reopened by the remaining members of the faculty and by returning missionaries. When the Second World War broke out,

1890-562: The Centennial Development Fund and the help of various individuals, was used to build and expand the various structures on the main campus, such as the Dr. Alfonso A. Uy – Student Union Building, a four-storey commercial building built through the fund and by Dr. Alfonso A. Uy (an alumnus of the university) on the campus, to help augment its operational expenses, and to further raise its financial base; CPU Lifestyle Learning Center (prior to

1960-578: The Chemistry Department. The board voted to apply for a permit for the first two years if the college administration found it feasible. The administration at once made formal application for the permit, and this was given by the Bureau. The third year in Pharmacy was opened in 1948, and by 1949 four years of Pharmacy was offered, with Carmelina Jalbuena as dean. Mr. Plagata reported that Dr. Emilio Gatanela,

2030-566: The Foreign Mission policy of "Americans receding and Filipinos advancing". Thus, in 1968 the entire university property – land, buildings, and equipment – was turned over by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society to the Filipino corporation of CPU. Since 1973, all members of the board of trustees and administrative officials of the university have been Filipinos. In 1998 until 2008, the 3rd Filipino president of

2100-402: The Iloilo Mission Hospital (IMH). Likewise the training school was renamed Iloilo Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses (IMHTSN). The hospital onwards continued to grow. It drew students from many parts of the Philippine islands who came to apply for admission to the training school for nurses. Academic life in the campus was interrupted when invading Japanese forces landed in Iloilo . As

2170-602: The Mission Press building where Lund was doing his Scripture translation work. In 1910, independent student media at the Jaro Industrial School created the first official student publication, The Hoe (the present Central Echo ). It is now one of the oldest student publications in the Philippines. In 1912, Dr. Lund left the Baptist Missionary Training School and it was closed. Following that year, in 1913, Dr. Valentine's objectives were realized and in

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2240-577: The Philippine and American colonial history in the Philippines and in Asia as it pioneered the Nursing education in the Philippines, as the first Protestant founded hospital in the country and the second American hospital in Asia . The centennial building was inaugurated in the hospital area proper and the hospital acquisition of the Philips MX8000 CT Scan machine, the first of its kind in South East Asia Augmented amounts from

2310-482: The Philippines and in Asia. CPU played a pioneering role in nursing education in the Philippines by establishing the Union Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1906, which later became the Central Philippine University - College of Nursing , the first nursing school in the Philippines. Additionally, the university was the first to establish a Baptist theological seminary in

2380-437: The United States of America on Structural Engineering . Seminars on Instrumentation and Micro Controllers were undertaken with Dr. Teodoro Robles (College of Alumnus and present university president), also from the United States of America, as resource person. One of the other prominent infrastructural developments during Dr. Juanito Acanto's term as a president, is the establishment of the university's own Television Channel,

2450-743: The United States through the 1898 Treaty of Paris after the Spanish–American War , a comity agreement by the Protestant American churches was established that the Philippine islands will be divided into mission territories, thus the Western Visayan region went to the jurisdiction of the Baptists . The origins of Central Philippine University dates back in 1901 when the American Northern Baptists, through its foreign mission board,

2520-467: The board of trustees voted to apply for a permit to offer the first two years of the law course. It opened in the school year 1939–1940. Attorney Pablo Oro, who had been one of the leaders in urging this move and in seeking patrons to help develop the law library, was given the responsibility for developing the program. Pablo Oro, a member of the Philippine Bar, was a graduate of Silliman University and of

2590-670: The church was used by the Japanese Imperial Army. After the war, services resumed in the church, where Rev. Vaflor and United States Army Chaplain Weavers preached. The current pastors of Jaro Evangelical Church are Rev. Sharon Joy Ruiz-Duremdes, Rev. Martha Mae Luces, Pastor Reinel Abogadial, and Pastor Gnezel Delatore The church has a Baptist confession of faith and is a member of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches . Central Philippine University Central Philippine University (also known as Central or CPU )

2660-414: The civil engineering course. However, this restriction was abolished later due to an insufficient number of enrollees. In 1956, after three years when the college received a university charter from the Philippine government, the first female president, Linnea A. Nelson, was elected. On the other hand, Linnea Nelson became the first female university president, she was the person behind the establishment of

2730-413: The college's buildings were destroyed. Reconstruction was made possible through funds from friends at home and abroad. The college's Graduate School was formally opened in 1951 with Dr. Linnea A. Nelson as dean. Dr. Nelson, holder of an Ed.D degree from the University of California, Berkeley , had been a missionary in China from 1935 to 1949. Since its founding, the graduate school has been chosen by

2800-518: The college. Dr. Waters served as acting dean of the new College of Nursing at Central Philippine College (1947–1948). When he returned to the United States, Dr. Teofilo Marte served as the executive secretary (1948–1949). Loreto D. Tupaz, who finished her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at CPU, was the acting dean from 1949 to 1950 and served in this capacity until the arrival of Esther Salzman, Master of Science in Nursing and an American Baptist Foreign Mission Society missionary nurse , who held

2870-605: The cost the university may cover for its expansion for a modern school of dentistry, it was formally closed. On April 1, 1953, the college gained government recognition and was given a university charter, converting the college into what is now known as the Central Philippine University. In July 1955, the Hon. Robert Simmons, the former chief justice of the Nebraska State Court, visited the campus and lectured to

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2940-671: The country, the CPU College of Theology ; the first student council in Southeast Asia, the CPU Republic ; the first government-recognized agricultural school outside of Luzon, the CPU College of Agriculture, Resources, and Environmental Sciences ; the first wind research facility in the country, the CPU DOST Wind Research Laboratory; and the first packaging engineering research and resource center in Southeast Asia ,

3010-648: The couple left for his new appointment in Iloilo in the Philippines. The establishment of the Baptist Missionary Training School and the Jaro Industrial School is associated with the first Baptist church in the Philippine Islands, the Jaro Evangelical Church , which was established on February 28, 1900, by the Northern American Baptists also, now the American Baptist Churches . On June 1, 1905,

3080-702: The dawn of December 20, 1943, the missionaries asked to be allowed to pray and, an hour later, they told their Japanese captors they were ready to die. The adults were beheaded and the children were bayoneted. The missionaries who died in the massacre are today called the Hopevale Martyrs . The martyrs are: Dr. Francis Howard Rose (former president and head of Central), Jeanie Clare Adams, Prof. James Howard Clovell, Charma Moore Clovell, Dorothy Antoinette Dowell, Signe Amelia Erikson, Dr. Frederick Willer-Meyer, Ruth Schatch Meyer, Gertrude Coombs Rose, Rev. Erle Frederich Rounds, Louise Cummings Rounds, and Erle Douglas. Despite

3150-528: The deanship (1963–1970), assisted by Maria Pablico, MSN (1969–1970). Pablico also resigned to work in the United States from 1963 to 1973. Tupaz continued to administer the three course programs of the college, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing five-year course, the CCT (Clinical Teaching) course, and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Supplemental Course. Post world war pushed for the expansion of

3220-478: The deanship from 1950 to 1961. During her term, the college offered three curricular programs: the Bachelor of Science in Nursing four-year course, the GN- Bachelor of Science in Nursing Supplemental Course and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing five-year course. Tupaz and Salzman worked together to develop Central Philippine College of Nursing (later the Central Philippine University College of Nursing ) into

3290-500: The facilities during the school's establishment along with the industrial school (which was later established in the fall of 1905) and to purchase a 24-hectare piece of land in the City of Jaro (now a part of Iloilo City) where Central's main campus is located at present. In the fall of 1905, the Jaro Industrial School was opened as a free vocational boarding school for poor boys. The first class consisted of 20 boys who worked four hours

3360-592: The first Filipino president, Dr. Rex D. Drilon, a CPU alumnus and a political scientist from the University of the Philippines Diliman , was elected. Dr. Drilon began initiatives for the Filipinization of the university, and made a trip to the United States for the purpose. The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society consented to transfer the multi-million university properties to the Filipinos in consonance with

3430-420: The first graduate nurses in the country. Then in 1903, there will be two schools that will be established by the mission: an industrial school for boys and a Bible school to train pastors and other Christian workers was incorporated. Later, it was voted on December 2, 1904, to finally establish the two schools. The task to found both schools was given to William O. Valentine , an American missionary , who became

3500-600: The first principal and president with the help of the other co-founders. Valentine was in the service of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, where he first ministered as a missionary in Burma , first in Rangoon , then in Mandalay , where he became the principal of the Baptist Mission High School for Boys in 1895. The new mission was given to him by the mission society in 1903. During his eighth year in Burma he suffered severe sunstroke and returned to America for treatment. There he met his future wife, nurse Ina Jane Van Allen. Valentine and Van Allen were married in 1903 and

3570-424: The first-ever National Congress on Civil Engineering. Then, a seminar workshop was held featuring Dr. Stephen Agunlana from Asian Institute of Technology as guest professor. This was followed by the two more Civil Engineering Seminars, this time featuring alumni, namely, Asian Institute of Technology based Engr. Henry Abiera (College Alumnus) on Geotechnical engineering , and Engr. Vicente Golveo (BSCE 1957) from

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3640-406: The foundation day on October 1 owes a lot to the American founders and missionaries who founded and sacrificed for Central, especially to the Reverend William Valentine , the founding father of the institution. CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital , the university hospital of Central in 2001, celebrated its centennial, commemorating its century of existence and its contribution since its founding in 1901 to

3710-454: The fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE) as a graduate center for MBA, MA in English and Master of Engineering for the following fields of specialization: civil engineering, chemical engineering , electrical engineering , and mechanical engineering. When the war ended, Dr. Henry S. Waters, the postwar director of Iloilo Mission Hospital and also principal of the Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing in 1946–1947, pressed for

3780-505: The graduate level, CPU offers programs in Law , Medicine , and Graduate Studies. Although founded by the American Baptists and regarded as a Protestant university, CPU is a non-sectarian and independent institution. It historically maintains an affiliation with Silliman University as its sister school. Central's alumni include prominent politicians, National Artists of the Philippines , Fulbright scholars and professors, scientists and inventors, recipients of prestigious awards like

3850-487: The guest of honor on the said momentous occasion. Dr. Precy Grigg lost no time in developing the new hospital's buildings and its surroundings. On what used to be a deep rice field and swampy place was a green lawn and rose garden surrounding the new imposing and neat-looking concrete hospital. After office hours, Dr. Grigg loved to work on landscaping the surroundings with plants secured from the islands of Negros and Panay. On March 5, 1932, Union Mission Hospital (UMH) became

3920-416: The height of the World War II. On December 15, 1941, the two mission hospitals run by the mission on Panay – Iloilo Mission Hospital and Capiz Emmanuel Hospital, began to work in full co-operation with the United States Armed Forces. By January 1942, Manila had fallen in the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army and had become clear that they would come to Panay. The two hospitals moved to separate inland areas,

3990-426: The junior college became a senior college in 1936, the College of Engineering was also established. In 1938, Baptist Missionary Training School (BMST) for women which was established independently on October 20, 1905, became part of the theology department of the college. In the same year also, students and interested sectors of the school began to press for the opening of a law school . Finally, on March 18, 1939,

4060-497: The mission conference in annual session. They remained American in composition until prior to the conversion of the Jaro Industrial School as a junior college. In the early years of the school's operation, building up qualified faculty and staff had been a great challenge. Some missionaries gave part-time service and Dr. David S. Hibbard , founder of the Silliman Institute, now Silliman University , also provided Filipino instructors who had trained at Silliman Institute. To accommodate

4130-472: The need for tertiary education in the area, a junior college was opened in 1923 and the name of the school was changed to Central Philippine College. In April of the following year, the Baptist Missionary Training School became an organic part of the junior college. The senior college opened in 1936 and by 1940 five degrees were offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Theology and Bachelor of Religious Education . When

4200-408: The offering, with Central Philippine College (the forerunner of Central Philippine University), a collegiate course leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. The director of the Bureau of Private Schools and the members of the board of examiners for nurses authorized the opening of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing four-year course in 1947 that resulted the school's operation transferred to

4270-418: The order that these Americans should go home because of the war, they refused to leave their mission and eventually sacrificed their lives. On the day Pearl Harbor was bombed on in December 1941, the American Baptist Foreign Mission and its affiliate Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society had 21 missionaries in the Philippine islands. The mission works of the American Baptists had been rocked during

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4340-483: The same time, Lund and Manikan corroborated by Placido Mata, Vicente Doronila and Pascual Araneta translated the Bible to Hiligaynon vernacular – Ang Bagong Katipan (New Testament) and Ang Daan nga Katipan (Old Testament). In 1904, Rev. Charles Briggs opened out stations in Pavia , La Paz and Hinaktakan. In 1905, Lund helped organized the Baptist Training School and the Jaro Industrial School (now Central Philippine University ), spread to Capiz where they established

4410-407: The same year the Jaro Industrial School also admitted its first female student; it was fully incorporated then by the Philippine government and enrolled 740 students. Then in 1915, Jaro Industrial School opened its first high school program, starting with first and second year classes, adding third and fourth year classes in 1920. As both two schools were founded by the Northern American Baptists from

4480-407: The students and the people who wanted to manage their fitness lifestyle); and the CPU Alumni Promenade and Concert Park, which is structurally attached to the also newly built CPU Alumni Center, CPU Alumni Affairs Office, Educational Media Center (where the CPU TV Channel and Radio broadcasts still to this day) and the CPU Dining Hall, and the CPU Excel Center. The Board of International Ministries of

4550-412: The students. He became very much interested in the former law school dean Atty. Pablo Oro and the College of Law . Justice Simmons gave generous support to the law school's library and encouraged his friends and colleagues to do the same. In 1965, Central's College of Engineering offered a one-year sanitary engineering course with three graduates. One could only enroll in this course after completing

4620-405: The university's programs including in the field of healthcare sciences. In 1947 saw the need for CPU to open a dentistry and pharmacy programs. The plan for a College of Pharmacy was presented by Mr. Plagata in response, as he said, "to insistent demands from a number of students." He reported that an outlay of 9,000 pesos would cover the initial cost because some equipment was already available in

4690-413: The university, Dr. Juanito Acanto term was dubbed as Years of Bliss: Years of Fulfillment , where academic and infrastructural developments flourished in the university, through help from the alumni. It was in his term also, when the university started a goal to raise 100 million Php and as planned, the campaign started in September 2001 until December 2005. The CPU Centennial Development Fund alone raised

4760-420: Was established, one of the school's innovations was the adoption of student self-government which is modeled on American civil government, the Jaro Industrial School Republic. The Republic continues to this day as the Central Philippine University Republic. It still holds the distinction as the oldest student governing body in South East Asia . The original purpose of the founding of the industrial school for boys

4830-411: Was quoted a century later in 2005 during the centennial celebrations of the university: "The original purpose of the school (Jaro Industrial School) was to provide opportunity for poor Filipino boys to receive a good Christian education by working their way through school. Actual work experience and earnest study of the Bible were the core of the curriculum." Later, the leadership of the Bible School

4900-432: Was turned over to the Reverend Henry Munger, who conducted classes off campus. In 1907, Reverend William Valentine became and tenured again as head of the Jaro Industrial School. By 1907 during his term, there were 300 boys working an active farm and in various trades. All of this students were required to live on campus. In 1907 also, the Bible School split off under a separate principal, Dr. Eric Lund. Classes were held at

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