Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

 

DATA, RULES, AND REGULATIONS OF

GRANBURY COLLEGE

1873 to 1901

W. J. Moore, Secretary

Contributed by Shirley Mendelson & Virginia Hale

 

 

 

Granbury College was in operation from 1873 to 1912.  The following treasure of information was located at The Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin in the spring of 2005.  The book was bound and came from a store in Granbury. There were many blank pages. Only the beginning of the book was written in. The book was in good shape with no torn pages, etc.

 

The college had several names during its existence:

 

·        Granbury High School, 1873 to 1881

·        Granbury Literary and Commercial College, 1881 to 1883

·        Granbury College, 1883

 

The college had also been called Granbury University Training School.

 

TERMS

1873 – 1874

1874 – 1875

1875 – 1876

1876 – 1877

1877 – 1878

1878 – 1879

1879 – 1880

1880 – 1881

1881 – 1882

1882 – 1883

1883 – 1884

1884 – 1885

1885 – 1886

1886 – 1887

1887 – 1888

1888 – 1889

1889 – 1890

1890 – 1891

1891 – 1892

1892 – 1893

1893 – 1894

1894 – 1895

1895 – 1896

1896 – 1897

1897 – 1898

 

1898 – 1899

1899 – 1900

1900 – 1901

 

Note: The school was suspended for the term 1894 – 1895.

 

 

Commencement Sermons

Baccalaureate Addresses

 

 

Phaino Literary Society

Adelphian Literary Society

 

 

PRIZES

Hannaford Medal–Best Elocutionist

J.J. Shirley Medal–Best Original Oration

Roll of Honor Medal–Best Recitation

Crockett Medal–Best Artist

W.T. Poston Medal–Best Mathematician

W.P. Wilson–Best Latin Scholar

Science Medal

Music Medal

Best Declaimer

Best Original Composition

Best Speller–College

Best Speller–Primary & Intermediate

Best Reader–Preparatory

Best Reader–Primary & Intermediate

 

Photos of Granbury College

 

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