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HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS 87
Enrollment
Name of Institution, Location, Ownership, Date of Founding, President-
Mary Allen Colle.-Crockett; Baptist; (1886 as junior college, 1944 as 14 25 .I
senior); coed; James L. Stanley... 14 25 .
Mary Hardin-Baylor College.-Belton; Baptist; 1845; women; Dr. Arthur 605 188 16
K. Tyson ...................................................... .I
lMidwestern University.-Wichita Falls; municipal; (1922 as junior college,
1946 as senior college); coed: Dr. Travis A. White.......... .... 93 1,535 624
Musical Arts Conservatory of West Texas.-Amarillo; private; 1927; coed;
Gladys M. Glenn.. ...............................................24 550 400
Nacogdoches Business College.-Nacogdoches; private; 1944; coed; G. P. 6
Scoggins 240 240
Navarro Junior College.-Corsicana; county; 1946; coed; Dr. Ben W Jones. 35 501 10
Nixon-Clay Commercial College.-Austin; private; 1903; coed; Don A. Phillips. 21 540 25
INorth Texas Agricultural College.-Arlington (See Arlington State College
to which name changed in 1949)................. .
North Texas State College.-Denton; state; (1890 as private institution,
1901 as state); coed: J. C. Matthews................................ 320 6,185 3,716 540
**Odessa Junior College.-Odessa; county district; 1946; coed; Murry H. Fly.. 88 2,161 1,159
Our Lady of the' Lake College.--San Antonio; ,Catholic; (as academy for
girls 1896, senior college 1912); coed in some depts.; John LaSalle Me-
Our Lady of Victory College.-Fort Worth; Catholic; (Academy in 1910,
junior college 1930); women; Mother Eleanor................... .... 25 4 ...
Pan-American College.-Edinburg; state and county; (1927 as Edinburg
Junior College); coed; R. P. Ward.........62 1,469 769 35
Panola County Junior College.-Carthage; state and county; 1948; coed;
M. P. Baker...................................................... 16 214
Paris Junior College.-Paris; municipal; 1924; coed; J. R. McLemore.... .. 29 439 103
Paul Quinn College.-Waco; African Methodist Episcopal; 1872; coed; Dr.
John H. Adams ........................................... 23 326 226
Peacock Military Academy.--San Antonio; private; 1894; boys; Col. Wes-
ley Peacock Jr.... ................1 2...................... 12 200
Plneywoods Business Junior College.--Lufkin; private; 1939; coed; G. P.
Scoggins ................... ...................................... 12 256 322
Port Arthur College.-Port Arthur; nondenom.; endowed; 1909; coed; Floyd
G. Betts ...................................................... 12 600 .. ...
Prairie View, Agricultural and Mechanical College.-Pralrie View; state;
1876; coed; Edward B. Evans ............... ...... ........... 184 2,703 1,753 178
Presbyterian Pan-American School.-Kingsville; Presbyterian; 1912 as Texas-
Mexican Industrial Institute, name changed in 1956; coed; Sherwood H.
Reisner ................... 85 .
Radford School for Girls.-El Paso; private; 1910; girls; Lucinda de L.
Templin, principal........ ................ .. ................ 22 174
Ranger Junior College.-Ranger; state; 1926; coed; Price R. Ashton......... 29 220 250 300
Rice Institute, The.-Houston; private; 1912; coed; William V. Houston. .. 148 1,779
Rio Grande Bible Institute.-Edinburg; interdenom.; 1948; coed; M. C. Ehlert. 9 39
Rutherford.Metropolitan School of Business.-Dallas; private; 1887; coed;
T. H. Rutherford... ............................... .................. 14 150 250 175
Sacred Heart Dominican College.-Houston; Catholic; 1945; women; Sister
M. Perpetua, O. P. ................................................ - .... 45 404 295 68
St. Anthony's Junior Seminary.-San Antonio; Catholic; 1903; men; Very
Rev. Charles E. Borgers, O.MJ .................................... 10 132 .. ...
St. Edward's University.-Austin; Catholic; 1885; men; Rev, Elmo Brans-
by, C. S. C....... ..................................... ........32 325 85
St. Joseph's Academy.-Brownsville; Catholic; 1866; men; Brother W. Vessels. 17 600 .. .
Saint Mark's Sehool. of Texas.-Dallas; Episcopal; 1933; (Cathedral School
for Boys and Texas Country Day School consolidated); boys; L. R.
Thomas, headmaster. 29 270
Saint Mary's Academy.-Austin; Catholic; 1874 girls; Sister M. Thoma-
sina, C. S. C., principal.. ........................................ 11 170 25
St. Mary's University.-San Antonio; Catholic; 1852; men; Rev. W.J..Buehler.. 132 1,214 470 703
"*St. Philip's College.-San Antonio; municipal; 1898; coed; W. P. Moody. 56 911 473
St. Stephens * chool.-Austin; Episcopal; 1948; coed; Headmaster, Robert
M. KLbal:.................................................... ......... .....
Sam Houston State Teachers ;oilege.-Huntsville; state; 1879; coed;'Dr.
Harmon Lowman. .. 116 2,759 1,743 138
Harmon Lowman ................... ..................................... 2,' .1,74 138
lSamuel: Huston College.-Austin. (See Huston-Tillotson College.)...........
San Angelo College.--San Angelo; state; 1928; coed; Raymond M. Cavness.. 45 835 282
""San Antonio College.-San Antonio; state and local; 1925; coed;: Dr.
Wayland- P. Moody .... .................. 199 4,933 2,192
San Marcos Baptist Academy.-San Marcos; Baptist; 1907; coed; Dr. Rob-
ert B., Reed........... ......................................... 38 420 160
Schreiner Instltute.-Kerrville; Presbyterian; junior; 1923; men; Andrew
Edington .. .... 30 306 72
Southern Methodist University.-Dalilas; Methodist; 1915; coed; Dr. Willis
M. Tate, president; Dr. Umphrey Lee, Chancellor. .. ............... 336 5,660 2,698 683
South Texas College,-Houston; private; junior; 1923; coed; W. H. Randolph.. 26 890 440
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.-Fort Worth; Southern Baptist;
1908; coed; Dr. J. Howard Williams ......................... .......79 1,875 685 ...
Southwestern Bible institute.-Waxahachle; Assembly of God~ established
Enid, Okla., in 1927. moved to Waxahachie 1943; coed; Rev. E. E. Collins. 2 594 60
Southwestern Junior College.- eene; Seventh-De, Adventist; 1894; coed;
C. N. Rees...................... .. 2 455
'Southwestern Medical School, the University of Texas.-Dallas; .established
as private institution In 1943, as branch of University of Texas in 1949;
coed; Dr. A. J& McGWll, dean ........... ... ......................... 658 402 .. ...
Southwestern University.-Georgetown; Methodist; 1873; coed; Dr. William
.e. Finch. ...... 46 .. ...
Southwest Texas Junior College.,-Uvalde; state public; 1946; obed; Sterling
H. Fly ................................................................. 2 429 ...
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