Allen Academy - Allenian Yearbook (Bryan, TX)

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A RESTFUL CAMPUS SCENE Great spreading oaks dot the campus gf the school

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HISTORY In 1886, J. H. Allen, working with the citizens of Madison- ville, Texas established the Allen High School. Here as a pio- neer in the educational system of th e State he worked for thirteen years, and conducted a school of remarkable vigor and success. He was joined by his brother, R. O. Allen, in this work in 1896. Then came the decision of the brothers to establish a school for boys and after mature deliberation their one seed was planted in Bryan, which has indeed been good ground. In September, 1899, these two men, known in the Texas educational circles as the Allen Brothers, formed with a few of the prominent citizens of Bryan a corporation for the purpose of maintaining a preparatory school for boys. During the first year the Principals were the only teachers. But since that day there has been no turning back and the school has had very gratifying success. The initial purchase of land has been increased from five acres to three hundred forty-eight acres. From one building of two rooms the material equip- ment of the school has been brought to a plant which includes ihe administration building, seven dormitories, the dining hall, an indoor gymnasium and drill hall, a hospital, nine homes for faculty members and students, thirteen bungalows for students quarters, a modern dairy barn, a twenty-acre athletic field, and three hundred forty--eight acres in maneuver field and campus. During more than the half of a century Allen Academy has welcomed thousands of students. These old boys are fill- ing positions of prominence all over the country and are living examples of the Allen spirit. The alumni of the school have always been very strong factors in its upbuilding. Even the briefest sketch of the history of the Academy would be incomplete, if it failed to mention its Board of Direc- tors. The school has always felt it could not have accomplish- ed so much without the sympathy, confidence, and support al- 'Ways accorded it by the Board and the business men of Bryan. The school is proud of the fact that among the members of its present Board of Directors there are old Allen boys who are helping to shape and direct its destiny. 25