The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 52, July 1948 - April, 1949 Page: 115
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March 7, 1847. Ordained Baptist minister at Lebanon, and pastor
there, 1847-1849.
1849-1854 Baptist pastor, Lexington, Greene County, New York;
studied also at Madison University. (A.M., 1856; D.D., 1873.)
1854 Financial Agent for Baptist Female College at Brownsville,
Jefferson County, New York.
1854-1857 Baptist pastor at Palestine, Texas, and president of the
"Masonic College" there.
1857-1858 Baptist pastor at Hallettsville.
1858--1864 Baptist pastor at Live Oak.
1864-1881 Baptist pastor at Concrete and Gonzales; founder and
president of Concrete College, 1864-1881.
1881-1884 Teacher at Tilden.
1885-1898 Supply, resident at Cotulla.
January 13, 1898. Died at Cotulla.
From the foregoing (if correct) it would seem that Covey came to
Texas in 1854, was pastor at Palestine before the Civil War, and
went to Concrete in 1864. The statement re the closing of Concrete
College and the move to Tilden seems to be correct, if my own data
are reliable.
The Rockdale Reporter for March 18, 1948, carried the fol-
lowing article on the Junior Historian movement:
A Junior Historian Chapter has been organized at the Rockdale
high school by the Social Science department, sponsored by Miss
Nora Duncum. George Sessions Perry is co-sponsor of the group.
Membership, now totaling 75 students, is open to any student in
the Social Science department of the Rockdale high school. C. M.
Selman, superintendent, explains the new organization in detail as
follows:
The Junior Historian Association is affiliated with the Texas State
Historical Association of which Dr. Walter P. Webb of the University
of Texas was organizer. The object of the Junior Historian movement
is to develop a knowledge of one's homeland and to produce in the
young people a love of their native land which is the basis of any
truly worth-while patriotism. An organization of this movement makes
for a closer bond and a more harmonious relation between the school
and the community. Students receive basic training in the funda-
mentals of literature and self-expression as well as in local history.
Students are given the opportunity to enter their local writings com-
petitively against state-wide publications. A Junior Historian Asso-
ciation Chapter in high school offers students features from South-
western history, literature, industry and civic service, as well as a
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