Did you KNOW? SOUTHEASTERN’S FIRST DECADE

9 11 20 months after Linus Sims first conceived the idea for Southeastern, the school opened its doors (as then Hammond Junior College) on Sept. 14, 1925, with 40 students faculty members were on board by 1929, growing from five upon first opening players were on the first football team in 1931, which played five games during its first season

6 1-2 13 students from other colleges were convinced by Sims to transfer to the new school in 1925, allowing Southeastern to have a graduating class its very first year in operation

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student organization was The Leather Stocking Club, which produced two one-act plays in the school’s auditorium during its first year was the record for the women’s basketball team’s opening season in 1929, with the group originally consisting of eight players students, who also decided to form the Thirteen Club, made up the school’s first junior class in 1931

5 $100,000 official student groups were formed by 1930, including the men’s basketball team bond was approved by the legislature in 1932 for the construction of two much-needed new buildings due to rapid growth: the Women’s Gymnasium (opened in 1932) and McGehee Hall (opened in 1934)