 This institution lasted for seven years and had annual enrollments of about 250 students.Friley subsequently from 1892 to 1894 served as the first president of Hardin–Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and from 1909 to 1910, as the second president of Louisiana College in Pineville.On May 14, 1894, the Lincoln Parish Police Jury held a special session to outline plans to secure a regional industrial school.