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[[Image:Daniel_baker_college.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Daniel Baker College Buildings]]'''Daniel Baker College''' was founded [[April 5]], [[1889]] in [[Brownwood, Texas]] and was named in memory of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Baker, a [[Presbyterian]] [[circuit rider|circuit-riding]] minister, who helped organize the first [[presbytery]] in Texas in 1840 and [[Austin College]] in 1849. |
[[Image:Daniel_baker_college.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Daniel Baker College Buildings]]'''Daniel Baker College''' was founded [[April 5]], [[1889]] in [[Brownwood, Texas]] and was named in memory of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Baker,<ref>[http://famousamericans.net/danielbaker1/ Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography], edited by [[James Grant Wilson]], [[John Fiske]] and [[Stanley L. Klos]] 1999, Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 </ref> a [[Presbyterian]] [[circuit rider|circuit-riding]] minister, who helped organize the first [[presbytery]] in Texas in 1840 and [[Austin College]] in 1849. |
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Baker was born on [[August 17]], [[1791]] at Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, he was the second president of Austin College (1853 - 1857), and he died in [[Austin, Texas]] on [[December 10]], [[1857]]. |
Baker was born on [[August 17]], [[1791]] at Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, he was the second president of Austin College (1853 - 1857), and he died in [[Austin, Texas]] on [[December 10]], [[1857]]. |
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Revision as of 14:20, 8 December 2007
Daniel Baker College was founded April 5, 1889 in Brownwood, Texas and was named in memory of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Baker,[1] a Presbyterian circuit-riding minister, who helped organize the first presbytery in Texas in 1840 and Austin College in 1849.
Baker was born on August 17, 1791 at Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, he was the second president of Austin College (1853 - 1857), and he died in Austin, Texas on December 10, 1857.
The institution was plagued with financial difficulties and was consolidated with Howard Payne University in 1953.
Their mascot was a goat named Hillbilly[2], which complemented their nickname, and the motto was Veritas et Humanitas, meaning "Truth and Humanity."
Notable alumni
- Novalyne Price Ellis -- a school teacher and speechwriter whose memoir was adapted into a movie.
References
- ^ Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos 1999, Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889
- ^ Howard Payne University (2006). "Howard Payne - Hall of Honor". Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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