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A Study of Methodist Higher Education in Texas

The purposes of the historical study are to describe Methodist education in Texas from 1840 to 1900; to find the reasons behind the proliferation of Methodist institutions after the Civil War and the problems involved in this development; to analyze centralization efforts after 1900 as a pattern of Methodist educational institutions emerged; to describe the evolution of Southern Methodist University as a regional college West of the Mississippi; to give brief descriptive overviews of the other six Methodist institutions in Texas; to describe the current status of Methodist higher education in Texas; to discuss Methodist higher education in Texas at the present and to project the possible future development of Methodist higher education in Texas.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331121
Date12 1900
CreatorsCrossley, Samuel M. (Samuel Marvin)
ContributorsDuChemin, Roderic C., Stephens, A. Ray, Miller, William A., Halstead, Francis E., 1930-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 155 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas
RightsPublic, Crossley, Samuel M. (Samuel Marvin), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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