. . . . The precursor of New Saint Andrews was a reading list. In the early 1980s, a few men of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, put together a list of classic books which they thought ought to be read by survivors of the government education system.

The reading list germinated the idea for a college. The name New Saint Andrews was selected after its Scottish namesake, both the city and its great university, which had been instrumental in the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.

For a number of years no degree program was offered. The College consisted of numerous evening classes offered on an irregular basis for adults who were not matriculating. The courses included Hebrew, Logic, Greek, and English grammar. In time the college came under the formal oversight of Christ Church. . . .