The Presidency of William M. Pearce, Jr.: A History of Texas Wesleyan College From 1968 to 1978
Description:
For almost two hundred years, liberal arts colleges dominated the American system of higher education. The Wesleyan movement into education was a missionary movement to provide an education to those denied this privilege by the class prejudices of the eighteenth century. Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Texas Wesleyan University (originally known as Polytechnic College) began in 1891 with 11 faculty members and 173 students. It has survived despite the hardships of The Depressi…
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Date:
May 1990
Creator:
Taylor, Melodye Smith
Partner:
UNT Libraries