Things I Never Knew About The History of Cottey College

Virginia Alice Cottey http://www.cottey.edu/home/alumnae/virginia.html
Portrait of Virginia Alice Cotteypainted by Brisgalott in 1959. March 27, 1848 — July 16, 1940 Cottey College was founded in 1884 by Virginia Alice Cottey. A glimpse of the spirit of the founder and the reasons for the founding of Cottey College are expressed in the foreword of the first announcement:"In presenting to you for the first time the claims of our school, we ask your sympathy and prayers, as well as your hearty co-operation in the work we are about to undertake. Fully realizing, we trust, the great fact that God has called woman to a high and holy destiny in that He has commissioned her to be a co-laborer with himself in the great work of enlightening and saving the world, we desire to open a school that shall have for its prime object the adjustment of woman to this her natural and God-given relation. A school for the education and training of girls demands vastly more that that which is contained in the ordinary curriculum. The moral, religious and domestic elements are all necessary for a symmetrical development."Religion, education, and society were strong influences on Virginia Alice Cottey. She was born in a log cabin on a farm nine miles southeast of the village of Edina in Knox County, Missouri, on March 27, 1848. Her parents had followed many members of her mother's family, the Eads, from Bracken County, Kentucky, to Missouri. At that time, the Southern Methodist Church was organizing congregations in the same area, and meetings were held in the Cottey home for many years. These meetings were a source of inspiration and fellowship for isolated farm families, and a strong influence on Virginia Alice Cottey.
President's House
Located at 738 W. Cherry, it is one of the oldest historic homes in Nevada. Built in 1903, it was purchased by the College in 1940 and has served as the residence of Cottey Presidents since 1953. It was renovated in 1982.
We lived at 915 W. Cherry.








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