 On April 20, 1870, during a meeting of the schools' Board of Regents, in Wheeling, White and Andrew Wodrow Kercheval were sent by the Romney Literary Society to make a formal offer of the Romney Classical Institute buildings and grounds to the board.Through White's efforts, the school was established on the former campus of the Romney Classical Institute in Romney, where it remains as of 2015.White was subsequently appointed to serve three terms on the schools' Board of Regents.