The Bryan Daily Eagle (Bryan, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, June 24, 1962 Page: 3 of 75
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son, Nat B. Allen, who operated
in that capacity with his uncle,
R. O. Allen, until the older Al-
len’s death in 1926. At this time,
the younger Allen became
superintendent of the Academy.
In the same year that J. H.
Allen died, 1919, the Reserved
Officer’s Training Corps was or-
ganized at the Academy. In
1923, the school was designated
as an honor military school. For
the past 37 years, the school has
continued to hold this rating, the
only military school in’ Texas
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one building of two rooms, the
material equipment of the school
has grown to a physical plant
which includes the administra-
tion building, 22 dormitories,
the dining hall, an indoor
gymnasium and drill halls, a
recreation hall, a hospital, 11
homes for faculty members and
students, a 23-acre athletic
field, and 450 acres in maneuver
field and campus.
Upon the death of J. H. Allen
in 1919, he was succeeded as co-
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the second year of study became
a reality, in 1947, completing
the requirements for Allen
Academy as si junior college.
This year also marked the con-
version of the military organi-
zation from a junior to a senior
ROTC unit, where all military
requirements for a reserve com-
mission as second lieutenant in
the United States Army could
be satisfied at the Academy
To be commissioned, cadets
must complete four years of col-
(See NINE, Page 22)
the purpose of
preparatory all-
During the first
to hold such a record.
In 1927, the first year of col-
lege work was added to the
curriculum of the school, spon-
sored by Texas A&M College
as an extension service. The
main purpose of instituting this
additional educational training
was to accommodate students
applying to A&M for admis-
sion who lacked several high
school credits to satisfy the re-
quirements.
Twenty years after the first
year of college work was added,
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THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE, SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1962, BRYAN - C.S., TEXAS
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These scholars were members of the graduating class
of Allen Academy in 1907. Top row, from left to right:
Frank Buchanan, Sam Hanover, Jim Thomas, Jim
James, Henry Wickes, Gustav Falcon, and the last man
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Since 1899, Allen Academy of
Bryan has been providing
educational, cultural and mili-
tary growth for students from
throughout the State and else-
where. But the story of its be-
ginning goes back farther than
the 63 years the Academy has
been operated locally.
Its original founder was John
Hodges Allen, who came to
Texas from Mississippi in 1886
to become president of one of
the denominational colleges in
the state. Upon his arrival, he
discovered that members of the
board of directors of the in-
stitution were in conflict with
him on management policies
and academic standards.
Allen resigned the presidency,
and decided to start a school
of his own, working on the idea
that the greatest good could be
accomplished with students dur-
ing the formative years at the
preparatory level. Within the
year, working with the citizens
of Madisonville, Tex., located 36
miles northeast of Bryan, Allen
organized Allen High School.
The school remained in Madi-
sonville for 13 years, during
which time Alien’s brother, R.
L. Allen, joined the founder’s
work. In 1899, the two broth-
ers decided to found an all-
boys’ school in Bryan.
In September of that year, the
brothers and a few proininent
citizens of Bryan formed a cor-
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maintaining a
male school,
year, the principals were the
only teachers, but since then
there has emerged over a half-
century of progress at the
Academy.
Examples of this growth in-
clude the expansion of the
initial purchase of land, five
acres, to 470 acres acres. From principal in the Academy by his
ALLEN GRADUATES, 1907
unidentified. Bottom Row, from left to right: Stuart
Boatwright, next man unidentified, Sarah Allen Coffer
(last name is present married name), Emmet Roe, Roy
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