MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Bacone College hit rock bottom.
On October 8, the contents remaining in the existing buildings, and a few other assets of Bacone are going up for auction.
Tom Maxwell, a former professor there, told 2 News Oklahoma he’s “heartbroken.”
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There is a special place in Maxwell's heart for Bacone College.
The Maxwells boast a long line of Bacone Warriors, dating back to the 1890s. Tom spent several years as a professor at the school and still swings when certain things catch his eye.
“I don’t mind things being auctioned off. That’s good. We need to clean out the buildings. But there are so many student records that would include social security numbers, it includes phone numbers, tax information for both students, faculty, staff, administrators. All the financial aid stuff. It is just … would be ripe pickings for the certain people,” Maxwell said.
A handful of items, including a piano and a beat-up truck, are up for auction, along with the remaining items in the buildings, excluding documents and computers. The auction website specifically states that those items are off-limits.
2 News tried to video the auctions, but officials asked us to leave campus.
However, Maxwell shot some pictures to share.
Bacone is “too far gone,” Maxwell said.
“There is no hope for the resurrection of Bacone. Unless they would go with some other college, say, TU or Oklahoma State, or somebody that they could tie-in with, use their accreditation, and still teach some, probably Native American course,” Maxwell said, “It’s sad.”
The auction is Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. in OKC at 200 NW 114th St.
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