 In 1866 the campus was donated to the Louisiana Presbytery and was known as Silliman College until 1931 when the school was shut down due to economic conditions and declining enrollment.The campus was used by the Louisiana Presbytery between 1934 and 1960 as the site of their annual summer conferences.A group of local white parents opposed to desegregation bought the old campus in 1965 and began holding classes for grades 1 through 7 in 1966.