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

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HISTORY Rev. A. H. P. McCurdy, while pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, served as president of the college in 1908 and 1909. In 1909 Dr. Tinsley Penick Junkin became president, also serving two terms, the first from 1909 to 1914, and the second from 1916 to 1918. Professor A. E. Porter served as acting president from 1914 to 1915, followed by William W. Bondurant as president, from 1915 to 1916. After Dr. Junkin’s second term, Mr. Thomas H. Hart served as act- ing president in 1918 and 1919. From 1919 to 1921, French W. Thomp- son served as president until Dr. S. E. Chandler’s second term, which began in 1921. Dr. Chandler, desiring to be relieved of the heavy responsibility of the presidency, retired from that office in 1933 and accepted the Chair of Bible in which he is still serving. f bOOcS Coggin Hall, 1895 Picnic Group, April 22,1908

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HISTORY Dr. McClelland’s death, in March 1901, came as a staggering blow to the college; but his widow, Mrs. Susan Mary McClelland, who had so ably served at her husband’s side, bravely took up the work where Dr. McClelland left off. Assisted by two other members of the faculty, Mr. George T. Barnes and Mr. E. Homer Jones, she managed the affairs of the college until 1902. In these early days the liberality of Mr. S. R. Coggin, J. A. Austin, and Mr. Brooke Smith, and other loyal friends, saved the institution from closing its doors more than once. The Rev. E. D. Brown became president of the college in 1902 and served until 1904, when he was succeeded by Dr. S. E. Chandler, who served until 1908, and then a second term as president from 1921 to 1933. r oos FIRST GRADUATION CLASS, 1095 Back Row: H. F. Mayes, W. R. Hickman, John Mead, Thomas Hart, S. M. Sewell. Front Row: Willie Jenkins, Art Room, 1895 May Jenkins, Irene Adams.

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McClelland Hall Additional Built, 1904-190T First Presbyterian Church Erected by Dr. McClelland, 1886 HISTORY Daniel Baker received a legacy from the Coggin Estate, a part of which was used in the construction of our chapel building while the re- mainder went to the endowment fund. Recently Mr. Ernest E. Kirkpat- rick has added to the endowment a gift of $10,000 to be known as the Ernest E. and Rita Kirkpatrick Endowment Fund, making a total effective endowment at present of $185,000. With the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary by the launching of a forward looking Golden Anniversary Expansion Program, it is hoped that the college will soon enjoy an increased endowment, much needed new buildings and more adequate physical equipment. The future looks bright for the old college.