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Centre College

April 05, 2023

Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. Centre was officially 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.

Centre College
MottoDoctrina Lux Mentis (Latin)
Motto in English
Learning is the Light of the Mind
TypePrivate liberal arts college
EstablishedJanuary 21, 1819; 204 years ago (1819-01-21)
Religious affiliation
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Academic affiliations
APCU
ACS
NAICU[1]
CIC
[2]
Space-grant
Endowment$329.3 million (2019)[3]
PresidentMilton C. Moreland
Academic staff
145
Undergraduates1,430 (fall 2016)[4]
Location
Danville
,
Kentucky
,
United States

37°38′44″N 84°46′45″W / 37.64556°N 84.77917°W / 37.64556; -84.77917Coordinates: 37°38′44″N 84°46′45″W / 37.64556°N 84.77917°W / 37.64556; -84.77917
CampusSmall city
152 acres (62 ha)
National Register of Historic Places
Colors   Gold & white[5]
Sporting affiliations
Southern Athletic Association
NCAA Division III
MascotColonels[6]
Websitewww.centre.edu

History

The Kentucky General Assembly established Centre College on January 21, 1819. The college was named for its proximate location in the geographic "centre" of the Commonwealth, using early nineteenth century America's contemporaneous spelling of the word. Auspiciously, the legislature placed many of Kentucky's most prominent citizens in charge of Centre College's Board of Trustees, with Isaac Shelby, the Commonwealth's first governor, serving as chair. James G. Birney, at the time representing Danville in the Kentucky House of Representatives, was a member.[7] Classes began in the fall of 1820 in Old Centre, the first building on campus and the oldest college administration building west of the Allegheny Mountains.

 
Completed in 1820, Old Centre is the oldest continuously operated academic building west of the Alleghenies.

In its early years, Centre navigated financial hardships, disputes within and outside the Presbyterian Church, and six wars, including the occupation of Old Centre by both Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War. A Centre alumnus, John Todd Stuart, played a formative role in American history by encouraging Abraham Lincoln to study for the bar, providing his first set of law books, and serving as Lincoln's professional and political mentor. From 1830 to 1857, President John C. Young oversaw a vast enlargement of the faculty and a five-fold increase in the student body. Following the Civil War, Centre affiliated itself with several other educational institutions. From 1894 until 1912, J. Proctor Knott, a former Kentucky governor and U.S. congressman, operated a law school at Centre as its dean. The Centre College Board of Trustees controlled the Kentucky School for the Deaf, also in Danville, during its early years; consolidated the college with the Central University in Richmond, Kentucky in 1901; from the time of the merger with Central University in 1901 until 1918 Centre College went by the name Central University of Kentucky;[8] and merged with Danville's Kentucky College for Women in 1926, although the women did not move onto Centre's campus until 1962.

In 1921, Centre upset Harvard University's undefeated football team 6–0, a feat that The New York Times later dubbed "Football's Upset of the Century".[9] ESPN described Centre's victory as one of the biggest upsets in all sports during the twentieth century.[10] "C6H0" remains a point of pride among students and alumni and is the answer to "What is the formula for a winning football team?" To this day, "C6HO" is painted in large white figures on the brick exterior of Centre's old post office.

 
Norton Center for the Arts, the morning of the 2000 vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman

During the 1960s the college's financial resources doubled. Eleven new buildings were added to the campus and enrollment increased from 450 to 800. In 1988, Centre set a national record when it achieved a 75.4% participation rate for alumni giving, a mark that remains unbroken to this day.[11] From the latter twentieth century to the present, strong levels of alumni giving and participation—often the highest in the nation—fueled the college's growth.[12][13] Today, enrollment is around 1,300 with nearly 150 faculty members. Milton C. Moreland, who took office in 2020, is the current president, Centre's 21st. In 2000, Centre became the smallest college ever to host a national election debate.[14] Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman debated on October 5 at Centre's Norton Center for the Arts with CNN's Bernard Shaw acting as moderator. In 2012, Centre again hosted a vice presidential debate in the Norton Center for the Arts, which featured Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan.[15]

The physical campus has changed substantially during the 21st century. In 2005, the college completed The College Centre,[16] a $22-million project to expand and renovate Suttcliffe Hall, the Crounse Academic Center and Grace Doherty Library, which was the largest construction project on campus since the Norton Center was built in 1973. Additionally, a new student residence, Pearl Hall, was completed in 2008; a new campus center opened in October 2009; and the construction of a new science wing in Young Hall was completed in the fall of 2010.[17] In August 2011, Centre announced the construction of Brockman Residential Commons, a 125-bed facility offering apartment and townhouse living for upperclassmen. The residence facility was completed at the beginning of the 2012–13 school year.[18] In 2021, the college completed renovations of the Austin E. Knowlton Center for Science and Mathematics in Olin Hall[19] and the Centre Learning Commons in the Grace Doherty Library.[20] Centre celebrated the opening of the new Gary Wright Baseball Field at Fishman Park in spring 2022.[21]

Classes at Centre are held in spite of several federal holidays—including Presidents, Labor, Columbus, and Veterans Days—and rarely cancelled, which are points of pride among students, staff, and alumni. During the Confederate occupation of Old Centre in 1862, classes were held at Old Sayre library.[22] However, the Battle of Perryville eventually forced the faculty to suspend classes for 13 days, the college's only cancellation during the Civil War.[23] Classes were cancelled one day due to the Great Blizzard of 1978. In 1994 and 1998, when severe snow and ice storms shut down much of the Commonwealth, classes were delayed by half a day. In 2000, classes were officially cancelled prior to the Vice Presidential Debate and in the spring due to a hazardous chemical spill on the train tracks found at the end of Greek Row; the entire campus was evacuated. On March 7, 2006, classes were cut short to allow students and staff to attend a symposium honoring retiring dean, John Ward.[24] Ironically, following a large snow storm in 1997, Ward told the college community, "Centre didn't cancel classes during parts of the Civil War; we're not cancelling them now." Yet classes were cancelled at Centre on March 3, 2014, due to weather conditions.[25] On March 15, 2020, in response to COVID-19 developments, President John Roush announced that classes would be temporarily suspended to implement an early, extended two-week Spring Break, followed by online learning for the rest of the term.[26]

2000 vice presidential debate

On Thursday, October 5, 2000, Centre College hosted the vice presidential debate, becoming the smallest college in the smallest town ever to serve as a host site for a general election debate. Dubbed "The Thrill in the Ville," the debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman took place in the college's Norton Center for the Arts. The event was a tremendous success, being heralded by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather as "the best vice presidential debate ever held." After the 2000 debate concluded, Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, said that "Centre has set the standard by which future debates will be judged."[27]

2012 vice presidential debate

 
Flyer on display at Centre promoting the 2012 vice presidential debate

Twelve years after hosting its first debate, Centre College again hosted a vice presidential debate on October 11, 2012.[28] The debate between vice presidential incumbent Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, with moderator Martha Raddatz, was called "one of the most engaging, enlightening, and entertaining debates of recent memory, one marked by dramatic contrasts in priorities, ideology, and personal style."[29] Of Centre College's performance as a host site, Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, said, "They aced it in 2000 and this year was even better."[30]

2018 student protest and sit-in

Over 200 Centre College students took part in a protest and sit-in at the campus administration building, Old Centre, on May 2, 2018. The students were protesting racial discrimination on campus. A group of black students drafted and presented a statement of intent and list of demands to the campus and school administration, demanding changes concerning the school's Department of Public Safety, Title IX office, and the creation of a Diversity and Inclusion office, among other things. Over 400 students signed a petition supporting the movement. The protesters were present all day and night in Old Centre from May 2 to 4 while student leaders negotiated with President John Roush, sleeping in the building and in tents outside; they said they refused to leave until their demands were met.[31] The sit-in ended on May 4, with school administration agreeing to many of the student demands.[32]

Campus

Centre's 152-acre (62 ha) campus includes 67 buildings, 14 of which are included on the National Register of Historic Places.

Old Centre

Old Centre, Centre College
LocationW. Walnut St., Centre College campus, Danville, Kentucky
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1819
Built byR. D. Crutchfield, R. D. & Robert Russell
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Georgian
NRHP reference No.72000529[33]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1972

Completed in 1820, Old Centre is the college's first building, the oldest continuously operated academic building west of the Alleghenies, and the template for the Greek Revival style of the campus. Today it houses the offices of the president, vice president for academic affairs, and vice president for college relations, in addition to several classrooms and the college's Admissions Welcome Centre. At various times it has served as a library, dormitory, law school, faculty residence, and, during the Civil War, a hospital for both Confederate and Union soldiers. Old Centre is a Kentucky Landmark, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and included in the Smithsonian Guide to Historic Places.[34]

Old Carnegie

Built in 1913 with a $30,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie, Old Carnegie was the college library until 1966. It currently houses the Center for Career & Professional Development and the Center for Global Citizenship, as well as the special-occasion Evans-Lively dining room. Old Carnegie is listed in the National Register of Historic Places[35]

Norton Center for the Arts

 
Built in 1973, the Norton Center for the Arts was designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

Norton Center for the Arts has hosted performers such as violinist Itzhak Perlman, dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Twyla Tharp, the Boston Pops, the New York Philharmonic, Henry Mancini, jazz vocalists Pearl Bailey and Sarah Vaughan, the Orchestre de Paris with Daniel Barenboim, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Beach Boys, Huey Lewis and the News, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt, LeAnn Rimes, Lyle Lovett, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, crooner Tony Bennett, The Chieftains, Three Dog Night, David Copperfield, Dolly Parton, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ben Folds, They Might Be Giants, and musicals such as Rent, Titanic, Annie Get Your Gun, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hairspray, My Fair Lady and Ain't Misbehavin' featuring Ruben Studdard. In October 2000, the Norton Center hosted the vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman. In September 2009, Centre garnered national attention by hosting the Vienna Philharmonic, marking the only stop on the Philharmonic's American tour other than New York's Carnegie Hall.[36] In October 2012, the Norton Center hosted the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.[15] Centre students can attend most of the Norton Center events at no extra cost.[37]

The Norton Center for the Arts was built in 1973 and originally named the Regional Arts Center (RAC). The 85,000 sq ft (7,900 m2) complex was designed by architect William Wesley Peters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. It was later renamed for Jane Morton Norton, a former trustee of Centre College. The complex was refurbished in 2009.[38]

The College Centre

 
Construction of the College Centre, a multi-million dollar campus expansion completed in 2005
 
Arch at the College Centre in July 2019

The College Centre is composed of two buildings, Crounse Hall and Sutcliffe Hall, both of which received multimillion-dollar expansions and renovations completed in the spring of 2005. Crounse Hall houses an enlarged library, theater, and additional classrooms; Sutcliffe Hall houses over 62,000 sq ft (5,800 m2) of athletic space, including several new gymnasiums and workout facilities.[39]

The Old Bookstore (Stuart Hall)

The Old Bookstore was the first chapter house of any fraternity in Kentucky, housing the brothers of the Epsilon chapter of Beta Theta Pi. Before Centre obtained the property, the structure functioned as a funeral home and as a shoe store. The college later converted it to the Campus Bookstore. In 2005 the bookstore moved to its current downtown Danville location, leaving the building empty. In 2008, Centre rededicated the building as Stuart Hall, an upperclassmen residential facility, naming it in honor of John T. Stuart, of the class of 1826. The building now serves as the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.[40]

Craik House

Built in 1853 and renovated in 1958, Craik House is the president's home. Originally a private residence, Henry Craik bought the home in 1937 with a bequest in honor of his Centre Class of 1890. Robert L. McLeod, the 14th president of Centre, was the first president of the college to occupy the residence. The Craik House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[41]

Breckinridge Hall

Breckenridge Hall is a three-story residence hall that was originally built in 1892 as a dormitory for students of the Danville Theological Seminary. When the seminary consolidated with the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in 1901, Centre took over Breckinridge as a residence hall for students.[42]

Pearl Hall

Pearl Hall is the first LEED GOLD residential hall in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.[43] Pearl Hall was built with a gift from Centre trustee Robert Brockman, '63. The residence hall is named in memory of Brockman's mother and grandmother, both of whom were named Pearl. Construction of the three-floor facility located on Main Street began in May 2007 after commencement and was finished in time for students to move into in August 2008. Dedication of the building took place during homecoming in October 2008. It houses 146 students.[43]

Roush Campus Center

The Campus Center, a LEED Silver Certified multi-purpose facility, houses the Cowan Dining Commons, the Everyday Cafe, the Student Life Office, several meeting rooms, and a gaming area. The two-story, 50,000 square foot (4,650 m2), $15 million facility replaced the original Cowan Dining Commons in Fall 2009.[44][45] In 2021, the building was renamed to the Roush Campus Center in honor of President John Roush, who had served the college from 1998 to 2020.[46]

Rankings

In its 2020 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked Centre No. 53 among national liberal arts colleges.[50] U.S. News also ranked Centre College No. 16 for Best Undergraduate Teaching, No. 43 for Most Innovative Schools, No. 132 for Top Performers on Social Mobility, No. 26 for Study Abroad and No. 38 for Best Value Schools among all liberal arts colleges in 2019.

In 2019, Forbes magazine ranked Centre 209th in the nation among all colleges and universities and 41st among all colleges and universities in the South.[51]

Consistent with its strong tradition of alumni giving,[52] Centre was named in 2011 by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 7 most loved school based on a two-year average of annual alumni giving.[53] U.S. News & World Report 2020 edition ranked Centre 26th in study abroad, For the class of 2013, No. 4 among all colleges and universities for the percentage of students who studied abroad at least once prior to graduation.[54] In 2014, the Institute for International Education ranked Centre No. 1 for study abroad participation among baccalaureate institutions.[55] In his book Colleges That Change Lives, Loren Pope says, "No university faculty compares with Centre's in the impact it has on the growth of young minds and personalities. Its faculty is earnestly committed to and excels at the art of teaching."[56]

Academics

Centre offers a liberal arts education, requiring the completion of a general education curriculum and a major area of study.[57] The college hosts active chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, and has produced over 70% of Kentucky's Rhodes Scholars in the last 50 years. Centre produces Fulbright, Goldwater, Rotary, and other major fellowship winners on a consistent basis, especially relative to the small size of its student body.[58] From 2001 to 2011 the college produced 24 Fulbright winners, six Goldwater Scholars, 11 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholars, three National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows, an Udall Scholar, a Rhodes Scholar, and a Mitchell Scholar.[59][60] Centre's consistent four-year graduation rate of more than 80 percent is in the top 50 nationally and the highest of any Kentucky college or university.[61][62]

Admission to Centre is competitive. For the class of 2018, incoming first-years had a midrange ACT score of 26–31, with an average ACT score of 29. Fifty-four percent of incoming students ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class.[63]

Classes operate on a 4-1-4 schedule. Students take four courses each during the fall and spring semesters and one course during CentreTerm, which is a three-week period of intensive study during January. CentreTerm offers students an opportunity to study abroad, pursue an internship, or take unique, atypical courses.[64] For instance, "The Art of Walking," a course involving the exploration of Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Judgment" while hiking through the Central Kentucky landscape, has garnered national attention as a signature class at Centre.[65][66]

Degrees offered

In addition to 27 majors and 28 minors, Centre offers double majors, which about 25% of graduates complete, self-designed majors, and dual-degree engineering programs with Columbia University, University of Kentucky, Vanderbilt University, and Washington University in St. Louis.[67][68] Centre is one of only a few colleges to offer a glassblowing program through its art department.[69]

The Centre Commitment

The Centre Commitment guarantees students who meet the college's academic and social expectations an internship or collaborative research experience, study abroad experience, and graduation in four years. If a student is unable to secure the components of the Centre Commitment within four consecutive years of enrollment, the college will provide up to an additional year of study tuition-free.[70]

Study abroad

Approximately 85 percent of all students study abroad at least once before graduating, making international study a hallmark of a Centre education.[71] For the class of 2013, Centre ranked No. 1 in the nation among all colleges and universities for participation in study abroad.[54] As part of its effort to promote global citizenship, in 2010 Centre began providing passports free of charge for all entering students who do not already possess one.[72]

The college maintains permanent residential programs operated by Centre faculty in England (London), France (Strasbourg, across the Rhine River from Germany), and Mexico (Mérida, located on the Yucatán Peninsula). Additionally, the college maintains well-utilized exchange programs in China (with Tongji University), Japan (with Yamaguchi Prefectural University), Scotland (University of Glasgow), and Northern Ireland (with Queen's University Belfast). Students also study abroad during the fall term at the University of Reading in England.[71]

Supplementing the semester and yearlong programs, Centre offers a wide variety of study abroad options during the three-week Centre Term held in January.[73] These options have included Bali, Barbados, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Greece, India, Israel, Peru, New Zealand, and Vietnam.[73]

Student life

About 96 percent of Centre's students live on campus and participate in athletics, academic organizations, student government, and volunteer work. There are about 100 clubs, societies, teams and other formal and informal groups and more than 2,000 campus events each year. In 2016 the ethnic diversity of the student body was 3.3% Asian or Asian American, 4.6% Black or African American, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 3% Two or more races, and 80% White.[74]

Greek life

Centre has an active Greek life, with the following chapters:

 
Greek Housing along West Walnut Street

Academic and leadership honorary societies

Centre has a variety of academic and leadership honorary societies including:

Student government

The Student Government Association of Centre College (SGA) represents Centre students as their voice on academic, extracurricular, and social issues. SGA consists of an Executive Council of officers and committee chairs, a Student Senate that handles academic issues, and a House of Representatives that oversees all clubs and organizations on campus. Each class elects representatives, who serve on committees that deal with specific aspects of campus and who approve all club funding, establishment of new student organizations, and other pieces of legislation that impact campus life.[75] Centre also has a Student Judiciary that hears cases that are referred to it by the Dean's Office or brought voluntarily by students themselves. Students who have been accused of a violation of academic or social policy have a right to have their case heard by a jury of their peers.

Traditions

 
The Flame, the centerpiece of the college's most popular tradition

Running the Flame

In 1969, Centre celebrated the college's sesquicentennial year by dedicating and installing, at the center of campus, the Flame—a large sculpture that symbolically represents the torch of knowledge that appears on Centre's official seal. A plaque at the base of the statue quotes Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: "Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest."[76] The statue quickly became an ode to the liberation of the body as well as the mind. By the early 1970s, students began spontaneously running naked to and from dorms and Greek houses while passing the Flame. "Running the Flame" is now enshrined as a tradition that some Centre students complete prior to graduation.[77]

Kissing on the Seal

College tradition holds that two students will marry at some point following graduation if, at the stroke of midnight, they kiss over the brass college seal embedded in the walkway in front of Old Centre.[77]

Dead Fred

A portrait of Fred M. Vinson (1909, 1911 Law), former Chief Justice of the United States, hangs in the hallway of the chapter house of the Kentucky Alpha-Delta chapter of Phi Delta Theta. Vinson was a member of the chapter and a three-sport athlete in baseball, basketball, and football while studying at Centre. Members of the chapter take the portrait, affectionately known as Dead Fred, to the sidelines of Centre football and basketball games and to other significant college events.[78] The portrait has not missed a football home game since Vinson's death in 1953.[77] When Centre hosted the 2000[79] and 2012[80] vice presidential debates, Dead Fred was granted a special seat overlooking the proceedings on both occasions.

Lucky Lincoln

Students place pennies on the foot of Centre’s Abraham Lincoln statue for good luck before exams or other important events.[81] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lincoln could be spotted wearing a mask.[82]

Body spelling

When on trips away from campus, including studying abroad, groups of Centre students seek out photo opportunities in which they use their bodies to spell "CENTRE" in unique locations. In 2019, the University of Glasgow, one of Centre's overseas study partners, highlighted this tradition in the newsletter of its U.S. study program.[83]

Athletics

The Centre athletic teams are called the Colonels. The college is a member of the Division III level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) since the 2012–13 academic year.[84] The Colonels previously competed in the D-III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) from 1962–63 to 2011–12; in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC; now currently known as the River States Conference (RSC) since the 2016–17 school year) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1916–17 to 1961–62; and in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) from 1910–11 to 1940–41.

Centre competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: men's teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis and track & field. Intercollegiate women's teams include basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading and Esports. 40 percent of the student body participates in intercollegiate athletics. Centre offers fifteen intramural sports, in which 80 percent of the student body participates.[85]

Football

Main article: Centre Colonels football
 
Centre College team that defeated the Harvard Crimson, 6–0, in 1921

Competing since 1880, the Centre Colonels football team, also historically known as the "Praying Colonels", ranked as the 12th winningest program in NCAA Division III history with a 509–374–37 all-time record as of 2008.[86] On January 1, 1921, the Colonels defeated Texas Christian University 63–7 in the Fort Worth Classic, a postseason college football bowl game in Fort Worth, Texas played only once. On January 2, 1922, Centre College made the postseason trip to Texas again, this time taking on Texas A&M in the Dixie Classic, the forerunner of the Cotton Bowl. Even though the Colonels were outscored 22–14, they played their part in the birth of one of college football's greatest traditions, the 12th Man.

At the beginning of the Roaring '20s, Harvard University, the nation's dominant football power, was riding a two-year undefeated streak whose last loss was to Brown in 1918. Then the Crimson invited Centre (enrollment at that time: 264) to Cambridge for what they thought would be a "warm-up" game, a light workout before facing Princeton the following week.

In the 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game, the Colonels (under coach Charley Moran) shocked Harvard University and became the first school from outside the East to ever beat one of the Ivy League's "Big Three" of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Star player Bo McMillin rushed for the lone touchdown of the game early in the third quarter, and the Praying Colonels' defense held off the Crimson's powerful offense from there for a 6–0 victory. The Centre College official website claims the 1921 national championship, apparently on this basis.[87] 29 years later, in 1950, the Associated Press chose the Centre win as the greatest sports upset of the first half of the 20th century.[88]

On four consecutive Saturdays in 1924, the Colonels defeated Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.[89]

The Colonels have played home games at Farris Stadium since 1923.[90]

Basketball

Main article: Centre Colonels men's basketball

The Centre Colonels basketball team used to have a heated rivalry with Kentucky, and beat the Wildcats 87–17 in 1910.

Alumni

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centre College.
Main article: List of Centre College people

Centre alumni include two U.S. Vice Presidents, one Chief Justice of the United States, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 13 U.S. Senators, 43 U.S. Representatives, 10 moderators of the General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church, and 11 governors.[91][92] Referring to Centre, President Woodrow Wilson gave an annual speech to Princeton alumni in which he stated: "There is a little college down in Kentucky which in sixty years has graduated more men who have acquired prominence and fame than has Princeton in her 150 years."[93]

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Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville Kentucky It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1 400 students Centre was officially 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 Centre CollegeMottoDoctrina Lux Mentis Latin Motto in EnglishLearning is the Light of the MindTypePrivate liberal arts collegeEstablishedJanuary 21 1819 204 years ago 1819 01 21 Religious affiliationPresbyterian Church USA Academic affiliationsAPCUACSNAICU 1 CIC 2 Space grantEndowment 329 3 million 2019 3 PresidentMilton C MorelandAcademic staff145Undergraduates1 430 fall 2016 4 LocationDanville Kentucky United States37 38 44 N 84 46 45 W 37 64556 N 84 77917 W 37 64556 84 77917 Coordinates 37 38 44 N 84 46 45 W 37 64556 N 84 77917 W 37 64556 84 77917CampusSmall city152 acres 62 ha National Register of Historic PlacesColors Gold amp white 5 Sporting affiliationsSouthern Athletic AssociationNCAA Division IIIMascotColonels 6 Websitewww wbr centre wbr edu Contents 1 History 1 1 2000 vice presidential debate 1 2 2012 vice presidential debate 1 3 2018 student protest and sit in 2 Campus 2 1 Old Centre 2 2 Old Carnegie 2 3 Norton Center for the Arts 2 4 The College Centre 2 5 The Old Bookstore Stuart Hall 2 6 Craik House 2 7 Breckinridge Hall 2 8 Pearl Hall 2 9 Roush Campus Center 3 Rankings 4 Academics 4 1 Degrees offered 4 2 The Centre Commitment 4 3 Study abroad 5 Student life 5 1 Greek life 5 2 Academic and leadership honorary societies 5 3 Student government 5 4 Traditions 5 4 1 Running the Flame 5 4 2 Kissing on the Seal 5 4 3 Dead Fred 5 4 4 Lucky Lincoln 5 4 5 Body spelling 6 Athletics 6 1 Football 6 2 Basketball 7 Alumni 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThe Kentucky General Assembly established Centre College on January 21 1819 The college was named for its proximate location in the geographic centre of the Commonwealth using early nineteenth century America s contemporaneous spelling of the word Auspiciously the legislature placed many of Kentucky s most prominent citizens in charge of Centre College s Board of Trustees with Isaac Shelby the Commonwealth s first governor serving as chair James G Birney at the time representing Danville in the Kentucky House of Representatives was a member 7 Classes began in the fall of 1820 in Old Centre the first building on campus and the oldest college administration building west of the Allegheny Mountains Completed in 1820 Old Centre is the oldest continuously operated academic building west of the Alleghenies In its early years Centre navigated financial hardships disputes within and outside the Presbyterian Church and six wars including the occupation of Old Centre by both Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War A Centre alumnus John Todd Stuart played a formative role in American history by encouraging Abraham Lincoln to study for the bar providing his first set of law books and serving as Lincoln s professional and political mentor From 1830 to 1857 President John C Young oversaw a vast enlargement of the faculty and a five fold increase in the student body Following the Civil War Centre affiliated itself with several other educational institutions From 1894 until 1912 J Proctor Knott a former Kentucky governor and U S congressman operated a law school at Centre as its dean The Centre College Board of Trustees controlled the Kentucky School for the Deaf also in Danville during its early years consolidated the college with the Central University in Richmond Kentucky in 1901 from the time of the merger with Central University in 1901 until 1918 Centre College went by the name Central University of Kentucky 8 and merged with Danville s Kentucky College for Women in 1926 although the women did not move onto Centre s campus until 1962 In 1921 Centre upset Harvard University s undefeated football team 6 0 a feat that The New York Times later dubbed Football s Upset of the Century 9 ESPN described Centre s victory as one of the biggest upsets in all sports during the twentieth century 10 C6H0 remains a point of pride among students and alumni and is the answer to What is the formula for a winning football team To this day C6HO is painted in large white figures on the brick exterior of Centre s old post office Norton Center for the Arts the morning of the 2000 vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman During the 1960s the college s financial resources doubled Eleven new buildings were added to the campus and enrollment increased from 450 to 800 In 1988 Centre set a national record when it achieved a 75 4 participation rate for alumni giving a mark that remains unbroken to this day 11 From the latter twentieth century to the present strong levels of alumni giving and participation often the highest in the nation fueled the college s growth 12 13 Today enrollment is around 1 300 with nearly 150 faculty members Milton C Moreland who took office in 2020 is the current president Centre s 21st In 2000 Centre became the smallest college ever to host a national election debate 14 Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman debated on October 5 at Centre s Norton Center for the Arts with CNN s Bernard Shaw acting as moderator In 2012 Centre again hosted a vice presidential debate in the Norton Center for the Arts which featured Vice President Joe Biden and Rep Paul Ryan 15 The physical campus has changed substantially during the 21st century In 2005 the college completed The College Centre 16 a 22 million project to expand and renovate Suttcliffe Hall the Crounse Academic Center and Grace Doherty Library which was the largest construction project on campus since the Norton Center was built in 1973 Additionally a new student residence Pearl Hall was completed in 2008 a new campus center opened in October 2009 and the construction of a new science wing in Young Hall was completed in the fall of 2010 17 In August 2011 Centre announced the construction of Brockman Residential Commons a 125 bed facility offering apartment and townhouse living for upperclassmen The residence facility was completed at the beginning of the 2012 13 school year 18 In 2021 the college completed renovations of the Austin E Knowlton Center for Science and Mathematics in Olin Hall 19 and the Centre Learning Commons in the Grace Doherty Library 20 Centre celebrated the opening of the new Gary Wright Baseball Field at Fishman Park in spring 2022 21 Classes at Centre are held in spite of several federal holidays including Presidents Labor Columbus and Veterans Days and rarely cancelled which are points of pride among students staff and alumni During the Confederate occupation of Old Centre in 1862 classes were held at Old Sayre library 22 However the Battle of Perryville eventually forced the faculty to suspend classes for 13 days the college s only cancellation during the Civil War 23 Classes were cancelled one day due to the Great Blizzard of 1978 In 1994 and 1998 when severe snow and ice storms shut down much of the Commonwealth classes were delayed by half a day In 2000 classes were officially cancelled prior to the Vice Presidential Debate and in the spring due to a hazardous chemical spill on the train tracks found at the end of Greek Row the entire campus was evacuated On March 7 2006 classes were cut short to allow students and staff to attend a symposium honoring retiring dean John Ward 24 Ironically following a large snow storm in 1997 Ward told the college community Centre didn t cancel classes during parts of the Civil War we re not cancelling them now Yet classes were cancelled at Centre on March 3 2014 due to weather conditions 25 On March 15 2020 in response to COVID 19 developments President John Roush announced that classes would be temporarily suspended to implement an early extended two week Spring Break followed by online learning for the rest of the term 26 2000 vice presidential debate Edit On Thursday October 5 2000 Centre College hosted the vice presidential debate becoming the smallest college in the smallest town ever to serve as a host site for a general election debate Dubbed The Thrill in the Ville the debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman took place in the college s Norton Center for the Arts The event was a tremendous success being heralded by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather as the best vice presidential debate ever held After the 2000 debate concluded Janet Brown executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates said that Centre has set the standard by which future debates will be judged 27 2012 vice presidential debate Edit Flyer on display at Centre promoting the 2012 vice presidential debate Twelve years after hosting its first debate Centre College again hosted a vice presidential debate on October 11 2012 28 The debate between vice presidential incumbent Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan with moderator Martha Raddatz was called one of the most engaging enlightening and entertaining debates of recent memory one marked by dramatic contrasts in priorities ideology and personal style 29 Of Centre College s performance as a host site Janet Brown executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates said They aced it in 2000 and this year was even better 30 2018 student protest and sit in Edit Over 200 Centre College students took part in a protest and sit in at the campus administration building Old Centre on May 2 2018 The students were protesting racial discrimination on campus A group of black students drafted and presented a statement of intent and list of demands to the campus and school administration demanding changes concerning the school s Department of Public Safety Title IX office and the creation of a Diversity and Inclusion office among other things Over 400 students signed a petition supporting the movement The protesters were present all day and night in Old Centre from May 2 to 4 while student leaders negotiated with President John Roush sleeping in the building and in tents outside they said they refused to leave until their demands were met 31 The sit in ended on May 4 with school administration agreeing to many of the student demands 32 Campus EditCentre s 152 acre 62 ha campus includes 67 buildings 14 of which are included on the National Register of Historic Places Old Centre Edit Old Centre Centre CollegeU S National Register of Historic PlacesLocationW Walnut St Centre College campus Danville KentuckyArea3 acres 1 2 ha Built1819Built byR D Crutchfield R D amp Robert RussellArchitectural styleGreek Revival GeorgianNRHP reference No 72000529 33 Added to NRHPAugust 25 1972Completed in 1820 Old Centre is the college s first building the oldest continuously operated academic building west of the Alleghenies and the template for the Greek Revival style of the campus Today it houses the offices of the president vice president for academic affairs and vice president for college relations in addition to several classrooms and the college s Admissions Welcome Centre At various times it has served as a library dormitory law school faculty residence and during the Civil War a hospital for both Confederate and Union soldiers Old Centre is a Kentucky Landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places and included in the Smithsonian Guide to Historic Places 34 Old Carnegie Edit Built in 1913 with a 30 000 grant from Andrew Carnegie Old Carnegie was the college library until 1966 It currently houses the Center for Career amp Professional Development and the Center for Global Citizenship as well as the special occasion Evans Lively dining room Old Carnegie is listed in the National Register of Historic Places 35 Norton Center for the Arts Edit Built in 1973 the Norton Center for the Arts was designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Norton Center for the Arts has hosted performers such as violinist Itzhak Perlman dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Twyla Tharp the Boston Pops the New York Philharmonic Henry Mancini jazz vocalists Pearl Bailey and Sarah Vaughan the Orchestre de Paris with Daniel Barenboim the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Beach Boys Huey Lewis and the News Willie Nelson Travis Tritt LeAnn Rimes Lyle Lovett Aretha Franklin Smokey Robinson crooner Tony Bennett The Chieftains Three Dog Night David Copperfield Dolly Parton Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Ben Folds They Might Be Giants and musicals such as Rent Titanic Annie Get Your Gun Thoroughly Modern Millie Hairspray My Fair Lady and Ain t Misbehavin featuring Ruben Studdard In October 2000 the Norton Center hosted the vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman In September 2009 Centre garnered national attention by hosting the Vienna Philharmonic marking the only stop on the Philharmonic s American tour other than New York s Carnegie Hall 36 In October 2012 the Norton Center hosted the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan 15 Centre students can attend most of the Norton Center events at no extra cost 37 The Norton Center for the Arts was built in 1973 and originally named the Regional Arts Center RAC The 85 000 sq ft 7 900 m2 complex was designed by architect William Wesley Peters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation It was later renamed for Jane Morton Norton a former trustee of Centre College The complex was refurbished in 2009 38 The College Centre Edit Construction of the College Centre a multi million dollar campus expansion completed in 2005 Arch at the College Centre in July 2019 The College Centre is composed of two buildings Crounse Hall and Sutcliffe Hall both of which received multimillion dollar expansions and renovations completed in the spring of 2005 Crounse Hall houses an enlarged library theater and additional classrooms Sutcliffe Hall houses over 62 000 sq ft 5 800 m2 of athletic space including several new gymnasiums and workout facilities 39 The Old Bookstore Stuart Hall Edit The Old Bookstore was the first chapter house of any fraternity in Kentucky housing the brothers of the Epsilon chapter of Beta Theta Pi Before Centre obtained the property the structure functioned as a funeral home and as a shoe store The college later converted it to the Campus Bookstore In 2005 the bookstore moved to its current downtown Danville location leaving the building empty In 2008 Centre rededicated the building as Stuart Hall an upperclassmen residential facility naming it in honor of John T Stuart of the class of 1826 The building now serves as the Office of Diversity and Inclusion 40 Craik House Edit Built in 1853 and renovated in 1958 Craik House is the president s home Originally a private residence Henry Craik bought the home in 1937 with a bequest in honor of his Centre Class of 1890 Robert L McLeod the 14th president of Centre was the first president of the college to occupy the residence The Craik House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places 41 Breckinridge Hall Edit Breckenridge Hall is a three story residence hall that was originally built in 1892 as a dormitory for students of the Danville Theological Seminary When the seminary consolidated with the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in 1901 Centre took over Breckinridge as a residence hall for students 42 Pearl Hall Edit Pearl Hall is the first LEED GOLD residential hall in the Commonwealth of Kentucky 43 Pearl Hall was built with a gift from Centre trustee Robert Brockman 63 The residence hall is named in memory of Brockman s mother and grandmother both of whom were named Pearl Construction of the three floor facility located on Main Street began in May 2007 after commencement and was finished in time for students to move into in August 2008 Dedication of the building took place during homecoming in October 2008 It houses 146 students 43 Roush Campus Center Edit The Campus Center a LEED Silver Certified multi purpose facility houses the Cowan Dining Commons the Everyday Cafe the Student Life Office several meeting rooms and a gaming area The two story 50 000 square foot 4 650 m2 15 million facility replaced the original Cowan Dining Commons in Fall 2009 44 45 In 2021 the building was renamed to the Roush Campus Center in honor of President John Roush who had served the college from 1998 to 2020 46 Rankings EditAcademic rankingsLiberal arts collegesU S News amp World Report 47 53Washington Monthly 48 103NationalForbes 49 209In its 2020 edition U S News amp World Report ranked Centre No 53 among national liberal arts colleges 50 U S News also ranked Centre College No 16 for Best Undergraduate Teaching No 43 for Most Innovative Schools No 132 for Top Performers on Social Mobility No 26 for Study Abroad and No 38 for Best Value Schools among all liberal arts colleges in 2019 In 2019 Forbes magazine ranked Centre 209th in the nation among all colleges and universities and 41st among all colleges and universities in the South 51 Consistent with its strong tradition of alumni giving 52 Centre was named in 2011 by U S News amp World Report as the No 7 most loved school based on a two year average of annual alumni giving 53 U S News amp World Report 2020 editionranked Centre 26th in study abroad For the class of 2013 No 4 among all colleges and universities for the percentage of students who studied abroad at least once prior to graduation 54 In 2014 the Institute for International Education ranked Centre No 1 for study abroad participation among baccalaureate institutions 55 In his book Colleges That Change Lives Loren Pope says No university faculty compares with Centre s in the impact it has on the growth of young minds and personalities Its faculty is earnestly committed to and excels at the art of teaching 56 Academics EditCentre offers a liberal arts education requiring the completion of a general education curriculum and a major area of study 57 The college hosts active chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa and has produced over 70 of Kentucky s Rhodes Scholars in the last 50 years Centre produces Fulbright Goldwater Rotary and other major fellowship winners on a consistent basis especially relative to the small size of its student body 58 From 2001 to 2011 the college produced 24 Fulbright winners six Goldwater Scholars 11 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholars three National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows an Udall Scholar a Rhodes Scholar and a Mitchell Scholar 59 60 Centre s consistent four year graduation rate of more than 80 percent is in the top 50 nationally and the highest of any Kentucky college or university 61 62 Admission to Centre is competitive For the class of 2018 incoming first years had a midrange ACT score of 26 31 with an average ACT score of 29 Fifty four percent of incoming students ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class 63 Classes operate on a 4 1 4 schedule Students take four courses each during the fall and spring semesters and one course during CentreTerm which is a three week period of intensive study during January CentreTerm offers students an opportunity to study abroad pursue an internship or take unique atypical courses 64 For instance The Art of Walking a course involving the exploration of Immanuel Kant s Critique of Judgment while hiking through the Central Kentucky landscape has garnered national attention as a signature class at Centre 65 66 Degrees offered Edit In addition to 27 majors and 28 minors Centre offers double majors which about 25 of graduates complete self designed majors and dual degree engineering programs with Columbia University University of Kentucky Vanderbilt University and Washington University in St Louis 67 68 Centre is one of only a few colleges to offer a glassblowing program through its art department 69 The Centre Commitment Edit The Centre Commitment guarantees students who meet the college s academic and social expectations an internship or collaborative research experience study abroad experience and graduation in four years If a student is unable to secure the components of the Centre Commitment within four consecutive years of enrollment the college will provide up to an additional year of study tuition free 70 Study abroad Edit Approximately 85 percent of all students study abroad at least once before graduating making international study a hallmark of a Centre education 71 For the class of 2013 Centre ranked No 1 in the nation among all colleges and universities for participation in study abroad 54 As part of its effort to promote global citizenship in 2010 Centre began providing passports free of charge for all entering students who do not already possess one 72 The college maintains permanent residential programs operated by Centre faculty in England London France Strasbourg across the Rhine River from Germany and Mexico Merida located on the Yucatan Peninsula Additionally the college maintains well utilized exchange programs in China with Tongji University Japan with Yamaguchi Prefectural University Scotland University of Glasgow and Northern Ireland with Queen s University Belfast Students also study abroad during the fall term at the University of Reading in England 71 Supplementing the semester and yearlong programs Centre offers a wide variety of study abroad options during the three week Centre Term held in January 73 These options have included Bali Barbados Cameroon Costa Rica Greece India Israel Peru New Zealand and Vietnam 73 Student life EditAbout 96 percent of Centre s students live on campus and participate in athletics academic organizations student government and volunteer work There are about 100 clubs societies teams and other formal and informal groups and more than 2 000 campus events each year In 2016 the ethnic diversity of the student body was 3 3 Asian or Asian American 4 6 Black or African American 2 3 Hispanic or Latino 3 Two or more races and 80 White 74 Greek life EditCentre has an active Greek life with the following chapters Greek Housing along West Walnut Street Beta Theta Pi fraternity chapter founded 1848 Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter founded 1854 Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapter founded 1850 Phi Kappa Tau fraternity chapter founded 1914 inactive 1933 1948 Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter founded 1882 Sigma Chi fraternity chapter founded 1876 Alpha Delta Pi sorority chapter founded 2000 Delta Delta Delta sorority chapter founded 1980 Kappa Alpha Theta sorority chapter founded 1980 Kappa Delta sorority chapter founded 2016 Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter founded 1980 Academic and leadership honorary societies Edit Centre has a variety of academic and leadership honorary societies including Beta Beta Beta biology Gamma Sigma Alpha Greek scholarship Omicron Delta Epsilon economics Omicron Delta Kappa leadership Order of Omega Greek leadership Phi Alpha Theta history Phi Beta Kappa overall scholarship Phi Sigma Iota languages Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics Pi Sigma Alpha government Psi Chi psychology Rho Lambda Panhellenic leadership and scholarship Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Sigma Pi Sigma physicsStudent government Edit The Student Government Association of Centre College SGA represents Centre students as their voice on academic extracurricular and social issues SGA consists of an Executive Council of officers and committee chairs a Student Senate that handles academic issues and a House of Representatives that oversees all clubs and organizations on campus Each class elects representatives who serve on committees that deal with specific aspects of campus and who approve all club funding establishment of new student organizations and other pieces of legislation that impact campus life 75 Centre also has a Student Judiciary that hears cases that are referred to it by the Dean s Office or brought voluntarily by students themselves Students who have been accused of a violation of academic or social policy have a right to have their case heard by a jury of their peers Traditions Edit The Flame the centerpiece of the college s most popular tradition Running the Flame Edit In 1969 Centre celebrated the college s sesquicentennial year by dedicating and installing at the center of campus the Flame a large sculpture that symbolically represents the torch of knowledge that appears on Centre s official seal A plaque at the base of the statue quotes Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Where the light is brightest the shadows are deepest 76 The statue quickly became an ode to the liberation of the body as well as the mind By the early 1970s students began spontaneously running naked to and from dorms and Greek houses while passing the Flame Running the Flame is now enshrined as a tradition that some Centre students complete prior to graduation 77 Kissing on the Seal Edit College tradition holds that two students will marry at some point following graduation if at the stroke of midnight they kiss over the brass college seal embedded in the walkway in front of Old Centre 77 Dead Fred Edit A portrait of Fred M Vinson 1909 1911 Law former Chief Justice of the United States hangs in the hallway of the chapter house of the Kentucky Alpha Delta chapter of Phi Delta Theta Vinson was a member of the chapter and a three sport athlete in baseball basketball and football while studying at Centre Members of the chapter take the portrait affectionately known as Dead Fred to the sidelines of Centre football and basketball games and to other significant college events 78 The portrait has not missed a football home game since Vinson s death in 1953 77 When Centre hosted the 2000 79 and 2012 80 vice presidential debates Dead Fred was granted a special seat overlooking the proceedings on both occasions Lucky Lincoln Edit Students place pennies on the foot of Centre s Abraham Lincoln statue for good luck before exams or other important events 81 During the COVID 19 pandemic Lincoln could be spotted wearing a mask 82 Body spelling Edit When on trips away from campus including studying abroad groups of Centre students seek out photo opportunities in which they use their bodies to spell CENTRE in unique locations In 2019 the University of Glasgow one of Centre s overseas study partners highlighted this tradition in the newsletter of its U S study program 83 Athletics EditThe Centre athletic teams are called the Colonels The college is a member of the Division III level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA primarily competing in the Southern Athletic Association SAA since the 2012 13 academic year 84 The Colonels previously competed in the D III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference SCAC from 1962 63 to 2011 12 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC now currently known as the River States Conference RSC since the 2016 17 school year of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA from 1916 17 to 1961 62 and in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA from 1910 11 to 1940 41 Centre competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports men s teams in baseball basketball cross country football golf lacrosse soccer swimming amp diving tennis and track amp field Intercollegiate women s teams include basketball cross country field hockey golf lacrosse soccer softball swimming amp diving tennis track amp field and volleyball and co ed sports include cheerleading and Esports 40 percent of the student body participates in intercollegiate athletics Centre offers fifteen intramural sports in which 80 percent of the student body participates 85 Football Edit Main article Centre Colonels football Centre College team that defeated the Harvard Crimson 6 0 in 1921 Competing since 1880 the Centre Colonels football team also historically known as the Praying Colonels ranked as the 12th winningest program in NCAA Division III history with a 509 374 37 all time record as of 2008 86 On January 1 1921 the Colonels defeated Texas Christian University 63 7 in the Fort Worth Classic a postseason college football bowl game in Fort Worth Texas played only once On January 2 1922 Centre College made the postseason trip to Texas again this time taking on Texas A amp M in the Dixie Classic the forerunner of the Cotton Bowl Even though the Colonels were outscored 22 14 they played their part in the birth of one of college football s greatest traditions the 12th Man At the beginning of the Roaring 20s Harvard University the nation s dominant football power was riding a two year undefeated streak whose last loss was to Brown in 1918 Then the Crimson invited Centre enrollment at that time 264 to Cambridge for what they thought would be a warm up game a light workout before facing Princeton the following week In the 1921 Centre vs Harvard football game the Colonels under coach Charley Moran shocked Harvard University and became the first school from outside the East to ever beat one of the Ivy League s Big Three of Harvard Yale and Princeton Star player Bo McMillin rushed for the lone touchdown of the game early in the third quarter and the Praying Colonels defense held off the Crimson s powerful offense from there for a 6 0 victory The Centre College official website claims the 1921 national championship apparently on this basis 87 29 years later in 1950 the Associated Press chose the Centre win as the greatest sports upset of the first half of the 20th century 88 On four consecutive Saturdays in 1924 the Colonels defeated Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Georgia 89 The Colonels have played home games at Farris Stadium since 1923 90 Basketball Edit Main article Centre Colonels men s basketball The Centre Colonels basketball team used to have a heated rivalry with Kentucky and beat the Wildcats 87 17 in 1910 Alumni Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centre College Main article List of Centre College people Centre alumni include two U S Vice Presidents one Chief Justice of the United States an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 13 U S Senators 43 U S Representatives 10 moderators of the General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church and 11 governors 91 92 Referring to Centre President Woodrow Wilson gave an annual speech to Princeton alumni in which he stated There is a little college down in Kentucky which in sixty years has graduated more men who have acquired prominence and fame than has Princeton in her 150 years 93 References Edit Member Directory National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Retrieved May 24 2017 Centre Facts Accreditation and Memberships centre edu Archived from the original on June 6 2017 Retrieved May 24 2017 As of June 30 2019 U S and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 Revised National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA Retrieved September 14 2020 Student headcount by level All independent institutions 2006 16 PDF Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Commonwealth of Kentucky Retrieved March 4 2018 Centre College Visual Identity PDF Retrieved August 19 2019 Kyle Piercy Director of Athletic Communications Centre College Athletics Centre athletics unveils new logos July 25 2019 The Colonels moniker was reaffirmed during the recent branding process and will remain the Centre athletics nickname Fladeland Betty 1999 Birney James Gillespie American National Biography Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 anb 9780198606697 article 1500061 ISBN 978 0 19 860669 7 CentreCyclopedia Central University of Kentucky Litsky Frank October 28 2006 Football Campus Playbook The New York Times Retrieved December 12 2009 ESPN names Centre s 1921 win over Harvard as a Biggest College Football Upset Archived from the original on November 4 2012 AP September 9 1988 Centre College Contributions High Daily News Retrieved September 13 2011 A Brief History of Centre Centre 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