Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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May 3,— Senior Day. May 5, Thursday — Close of Mid-Term Examinations, Spring Term. June 2, Thursday — Final Examinations begin. June 9, Thursday, 3:30 p. m. — Declamation Contest in Fitting School. 8:30 p. m.— Music and Elocution. June 10, Friday, 10:00 a. m. — Junior Orations. 4:00-0:00 p. m.— Art Reception at the Annex. 8:30 p. in. — Alumni Address and Reunion. June 11, Saturday, 10:00 a. m. — Address to Literary Societies. 3:30 p. m. — Prize Declamations. 8:30 p. m. — Brooks Prize Debate. June 12, Sunday, 11:00 a. m. — Baccalaureate Sermon. 8:00 p. m. — Sermon to Under-Graduates. June 13, Monday — Thirty-sixth Commencement Day. June 14, Tuesday— Summer Normal begins. June 14, Tuesday — Summer Session begins. June 14, Tuesday — Summer School of Theology begins SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE. 1000. September 24, Friday— Examinations for Entrance and Advanced Stand- ing begin. October 1, Friday— Lectures for the Year 1900-1910 begin. November 25, Thursday — Thanksgiving Day. December 16, Thursday — Intermediate Examinations begin. Christmas Recess, from Thursday, December 23, to Monday, January 3, 1910, inclusive. 1910. March 1, Tuesday— Intermediate Examinations begin. April 18, Monday — Final Examinations begin. April 29, Friday -Commencement Day. 13

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HISTORICAL UTERVILLE College, located at Ruterville, was chartered by the Congress of Texas, January 25, 1840. This educational movement marked the first effort of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Texas, in behalf of Christian education, and was inspired by Martin Euter, D. D. For about ten years from the date of its charter, Ruterville was operated as a Metho- dist school. McKenzie College, located near Clarksville, Red River county, had its beginning in 1841, but was not chartered un- til 1848. It had a remarkable history of c ontinuous prosperity, having enrolled more than 300 pupils per session and drawn patronage from all parts of the state. Rev. J. W. P. McKenzie, A. M., D. D., was its only president. The school was closed in 1872. Wesleyan College, located at San Augustine, was chartered January 16, 1844, and was soon destroyed by fire and never rebuilt. Soule University, located at Chappell Hill, was chartered in 1856. It barely survived the war between the States, and was the only Methodist institution in Texas devoted to higher learning when Southwestern Uni- versity was opened at Georgetown in 1873. It closed as soon as South- western University was opened, and the chartered rights of Ruterville College, McKenzie College, Wesleyan College, and Soule University were all conferred on Southwestern University. The founding of Southwestern University was due to Rev. Francis Asbury Mood. He began in 1873 with thirty-three students, three pro- fessors, and property valued at $63,000. He died in 1884, the student body having increased to three hundred, the faculty to fifteen professors and teachers. Dr. Mood was succeeded by Rev. J. W. Heidt, D. D., as regent, during whose administration Giddings Hall and the Ladies ' Annex were added. From 1889 to 1897, Rev. J. H. McLean, D. D., was regent, and the University enjoyed a period of uniform progress. In 1898, R. S. Hyer, A. M., L. L. D., became regent. His adminis- tration marks the greatest advancement on all lines. The present Main Building has been added; the Ladies ' Annex has been enlarged; the library has been increased to 13,000 volumes; six new chairs have been established; the endowment has grown to about $140,000; the requirements for degrees have been raised fully a year; the Summer School of Theol- ogy has been added; in June, 1903, the Medical Department at Dallas was inaugurated; and in September, 1908, Mood Hall, a dormitory that cost $65,000, was opened for men. The entire buildings and grounds now aggregate a half million dollars, and the students numbered in 1908, 1057. Three hundred and four of these were academic students of collegiate grade, the largest number of such students ever in any college or univer- sity in Southern Methodism. 15