cuninggim then served as the president of scarritt college for christian workers, then known as the scarritt bible and training school, a girl's missionary seminary affiliated with the methodist episcopal church, south in kansas city, missouri. in 1923, he moved it to nashville, tennessee, on the edge of vanderbilt university and peabody college, and renamed it scarritt college. his goal was to increase its academic focus. later, he also served as director of the department of ministerial supply and training at vanderbilt university and taught religion in wesley hall.