Reflecting a decade of growth and progress, Southeastern dedicated its new education building in 1921 under President Henry Garland Bennett. The James Earl Russell Memorial Building was named for Bennett’s major professor at Columbia College, New York. It originally contained twenty-two classrooms, two libraries, a combination gymnasium-auditorium, and offices for faculty and staff. From 1921 to 1968, the Russell Training School served as the primary training facility for teachers in Southeastern Oklahoma and as a model public school for K-12 students. Named for educator James Earl Russell, the building and the Russell Memorial Clock honored Southeastern teachers, administrators, student teachers, and secondary and elementary pupils who, under experienced supervisors, prepared future teachers and developed and demonstrated methods for improving and standardizing classroom instruction in Oklahoma. In 1953, Russell Training School became Russell Elementary School as part of Durant’s public school system and remained so until its closure in 1968. From 1968 to 1973, the building housed federal and state programs including the NASA Technology Use Study Center and Neighborhood Youth Corps. In 1973, it became home to the School of Business, was remodeled and expanded in 1994, and in the spring of 2005 the school was renamed the John Massey School of Business in honor of businessman, philanthropist, State Regent, and distinguished alumnus John Massey.