The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948 Page: 217
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Waco University
We adopted, with reluctance, the title University. We would have
preferred, for years to come, the name of Waco Academy. And we
wish it distinctly understood that we use the term University, not
in the general, but in the Texian acceptation. . . While we chal-
lenge comparison with any school in Texas, we only have what
Thomas Jefferson called "A University in ovo."
Then Dr. Burleson reminded Texans "that the only way to
make Texas great intellectually, morally, and politically is to
build up our own Institutions."6
A student seeking admission to Waco University was required
to present testimonials of good moral character and (in the lan-
guage of the catalog) "sustain a satisfactory examination." If
the president of the university was convinced that the prospec-
tive student was of good character and if the candidate passed
the entrance examination, the student read a copy of the laws
of the school and signed a statement of his intentions to obey
these laws. When the student matriculated, it was the duty of
the president of the university to send to his parent or guardian
a copy of the laws of the school.le
Up to 1876, Waco University offered three curricula: the
classical, the scientific, and the curriculum of collegiate studies
for women. All freshmen and sub-sophomores, which was the
designation for freshman girls until 1876, were required to study
arithmetic and mythology; and all freshman boys studied alge-
bra, geometry, and declamation, while young women were occu-
pied with reading, Latin grammar, and Caesar. First-year stu-
dents in the classical course attended classes in general history,
Virgil, Xenophon, Sallust, and Homer; freshmen and sub-soph-
omores in the other curricula studied English grammar, United
States and English history, and ancient geography. The three
intellectual roads, however, were headed in the same general
direction and for most of the fourth year became one highway,
for all three courses of study for seniors prescribed "Evidences
of Christianity," "Elements of Criticism," English classics, logic,
intellectual philosophy, moral science, and a course entitled
"Review the Curriculum ab initio." There were detours, how-
l5Fifth Annual Catalogue ... Waco University, 1865-x866, p. 14.
leMinutes of the Board of tustees, April 15, 1863; Catalogue Waco Uni-
versity, r875-1876, pp. 25-26.217
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948, periodical, 1948; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101119/m1/285/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.