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Baptist university opens in Dallas
On this day in 1905, Texas Baptist University, in the Oak Cliff section
of Dallas, began its first classes. Church-related institutions of
higher education had become quite important in Texas in the previous
century. The Methodists had started twenty-one, the Baptists were next
with ten, followed by the Presbyterians with eight, the Catholics with
four, the Christian Church with three, the Episcopalians and Lutherans
with two each, and the Congregationalists with one. The school in Oak
Cliff was founded by the Baptist Missionary Association of Texas. Dr. J.
R. Pentuff was president, and A. S. Laird was professor of mathematics.
Though the institution grew respectably during its first few years, it
was closed in 1912. It had been dependent upon the missionary
association, which lost the support of many congregations. Such
ephemeral institutions as TBU continue to open and close, while hundreds
of colleges and universities, both church-related and secular, provide
higher education in Texas.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- BAPTIST CHURCH
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