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' 1 : CJAe (HROMASCOPE- - THE EVOLUTION OF A COLLEGE 1849-1924 INSTITUTION reflects the character and ideals ol th« c men who have Ken is more than a chronology of events; it involves the strivings and longings of the men who writer to briefly trace the gradual development in scope and spirit of Austin College as we know it, in the hope that it may be possible to embody a few worth while impressions. What has been attempted is an appreciation of the traditions and ideals that inspired her founders, and which, growing through the years, have ever since animated Austin College- faculties and students. It is an effort to summarize these outstanding factors which have Austin College history divides itself naturally into three large periods: the first, the pe- riod of infanev, from the founding of the institution in 1849 until the removal to Sherman in 1876; the second, the period of establishment, extending from 1876 through the adminis- tration of Dr. Sampson; the third, the modern era or period of enlargement, covering the administration of Dr. Clyce, from 1900 ending with the Diamond Jubilee in 1924. THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS—AUSTIN COLLEGE AT HUNTSVILLE el Baker was one of the early pioneers of the state. He came to Texas gospel. With a depth of wisdom and insight that was te conclusion that, in this rushing country of the West, convictions, he had his zealous co-laborers set themselves about the task of founding an insti- tution of higher learning. An educational campaign was begun and public sentiment aroused in favor of the movement. On October 13, 1849, at Prospect Church the committee of which he was chairman reported to the Brazes Presbytery their choice of a location, and there the charter was drawn up which with few changes is operative today. By the close of the decade they had the charter grant, the building at Huntsville and the faculty ready for the opening of the first Presbyterian college in the Southwest, and the oldest college chartered in Texas operating under the original charter. ‘L-fcollege to be established in or near the town of Huntsville in Walker County, to be corporatcd under the name of Austin College.” A noteworthy clause is that which says— religious test shall be required of any President, professor or tutor, nor shall any stu, or officer be censured, suspended or expelled on account of his opinions, political or
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