Men of Advanced Views on the Subject of Education

On a sunny spring day in 1850, Ben Major takes a walk with the local schoolteacher, Asa Starbuck Fisher. At the top of a knoll, Ben stops and turns to glance back at a piece of land east of the school. He looks at Asa and says, “On that rise, we intend to build a college and we want you to be president.” The school Ben helps found becomes Eureka College, which still exists today. Reflecting the views of its founders, Eureka is only the third college in the nation to admit women on an equal basis with men.