Claim: Morehead State University, which started as Morehead State Normal School, closed in the spring of 1922 and accepted its first students in the fall of 1923.
Evidence: The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. The private school closed in the spring of 1922 when the Kentucky General Assembly established Morehead State Normal School. The state institution accepted its first students in the fall of 1923 and graduated its first class in 1927.