The iconic Tower of Light, a 100-foot tower of glass that would be illuminated from within, was to be the architectural emblem of Kentucky Southern College.  It was to be symbolic of the unification of academic and religious life which the founders hoped would pervade KSC campus life, a physical expression of the illumination that KSC’s new Interdisciplinary program would bring to a liberal arts education.

Architectural plans showed that it was to rise from a quadrangle to the north of the administration-classroom building and tower over the whole campus.  At ground level it was to contain a chapel and an assembly room that could seat 500 persons to be used primarily for the Interdisciplinary Courses.  Its upper floors would contain transmitting equipment for a closed-circuit television system.  Closed-circuit TV programs of instruction were to be beamed to the classrooms throughout the campus.  In addition to the transmitter, the upper floors would contain TV and radio studios, the audio-visual department and other offices.

Sadly, the fact that The Tower of Light was never built is symbolic of the financial difficulties that KSC experienced from the very beginning.