Daniel Baker College - The Trail Yearbook (Brownwood, TX)

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MM DANIEL BAKER, 1889 First session in two rooms on the right.

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IN MEMORIAM Founders of Daniel Baker College. For fifty years, a half a century, in life and in death, they have worked for the best inter- ests of the young people of Central Texas. During their lifetime they gave all—physi- cally, financially and spiritually—to the foundation of a truly Christian institution of higher learning for young men and for young women. Since the culmination of their physical labours, their spirit has been the guiding light of the leaders of the insti- tution. The work started by Dr. and Mrs. McClelland has been carried on through the years, until, at the end of fifty years service, Daniel Baker has reached a new peak in ser- vice and has set new and high goals which will more closely approximate the ideals of the founders. It is with the thoughts of services ren- dered and the ideals instilled into the hearts of their followers that we dedicate this book to the sacred and loving memory of Dr. and Mrs. Brainard T. McClelland, founders of Daniel Baker College. Dr. B. T. McClelland Founder of Daniel Baker

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF DANIEF BAKER Daniel Baker College was founded in 1889 by Dr. B. T. McClelland. The first building site was chosen for the college in 1887, when Dr. Mc- Clelland bought 30 acres of land located between Fisk Street and Center Avenue. The foundation for the new college building was laid and the walls had risen to two or three feet above the ground when it was learned that the Baptists had bought the adjoining piece of land between the chos- en site and Austin Avenue, for the purpose of erecting a Baptist College. Dr. McClelland knew that two colleges only about two hundred feet apart could not be successful, so he sold his land to the Baptists and looked elsewhere for a location. rt=ȣ oocs First Graduation Class In Music Daniel Baker Invincibles, Football Team, 1903