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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