Byers' Homecoming Throwback

Oct 11, 2023 | thesimpsonian.com | Jay Byers |Kyle Werner |Jenna Prather |Byers' Homecoming Throwback

Simpson College wasn’t always “Simpson College.” When it was founded in 1860, it was only a small brick building, “Old Bluebird,” built next to Old Chapel, now College Hall, focused on small and private seminary education. Flash forward a decade to 1870, it was dubbed the “Simpson Centenary College,” with its first graduating class consisting of six graduates.