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View from the Valley
ABOUT WVC
In 1959 the Board of Education of District #348 approved a resolution for providing a junior college in the Mount Carmel district. A referendum held on December 10, 1960 passed, three-to-one, establishing a junior college – Wabash Valley College. Our original office space (the Little Brick School building) was literally moved by the first Dean of the College, Ernest F. Anderson and the first secretary, Louise Acree. This temporary office space was packed up and set down in WVC's first home, at Bluff Cottage, in only fifteen minutes on Aug. 1, 1961. The first semester in the fall of 1961, offered 23 different courses from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.. 14 classes were held in Bluff Cottage and 11 in the Mt. Carmel High School.
Our first international student attended WVC in the spring semester of 1961, Farid Elias from Syria.
October 23, 1962, WVC Student Council met for the first time and selected our school colors, Red and White. WVC’s first athletic team, a basketball team, was named Viscounts in 1962. The name, referring to a noble status, was often mispronounced by fans and not easily used. In 1966, The WVC Viscounts became the WVC Warriors. WVC’s first yearbook, the “Oubache,” was published at Bluff Cottage during the 1962-63 academic year. The name, “Oubache,” is of Native American derivation; “Wabash" meaning "shining white" or "water over white stones, referring to a river.
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