After nearly a year of lobbying, planning, and recruiting by Linus A. Sims and fellow supporters, the institution that would eventually become Southeastern first opened its doors on September 14. Named Hammond Junior College, it was housed in two rooms in the then Hammond High School, with Sims as the first president.
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