The University of Mary Hardin - Baylor will be playing for the Division 3 National Championship in football this Friday, December 14 in Shenandoah, Texas (near Conroe). A little bit about UMHB's history (per Wikipedia):
Its original charter was granted by the Republic of Texas in 1845 as the female department of Baylor University. Classes began in May, 1846, in a small wooden building on a hillside at Independence in Washington County. The first class consisted of 24 male and female students.While it was a coeducational institution, the classes were still separated by gender.
Baylor College's coeducation lasted only until 1851, when it was divided into a Female Department and a Male Department. Each began occupying separate buildings about a mile apart at the Independence campus.
The changing demography of Texas and relocation of the local railroad made it increasingly difficult for college students to get transportation to Independence. Both colleges were relocated in 1886 to their permanent homes in Central Texas: the women's division relocated to Belton, where operations continued as Baylor Female College, and the men's division moved to Waco, merged with coeducational Waco University, and continued as Baylor University.
A devastating campus fire in 1929, required immediate construction of more buildings, and that with the help of the Great Depression, brought the college to the edge of bankruptcy. It was saved by a generous gift from Mary and John G. Hardin. In gratitude, the college changed its name to Mary HardinBaylor College in 1934.
In 1978 the college achieved status as a university and was re-named the University of Mary Hardin - Baylor.
Its original charter was granted by the Republic of Texas in 1845 as the female department of Baylor University. Classes began in May, 1846, in a small wooden building on a hillside at Independence in Washington County. The first class consisted of 24 male and female students.While it was a coeducational institution, the classes were still separated by gender.
Baylor College's coeducation lasted only until 1851, when it was divided into a Female Department and a Male Department. Each began occupying separate buildings about a mile apart at the Independence campus.
The changing demography of Texas and relocation of the local railroad made it increasingly difficult for college students to get transportation to Independence. Both colleges were relocated in 1886 to their permanent homes in Central Texas: the women's division relocated to Belton, where operations continued as Baylor Female College, and the men's division moved to Waco, merged with coeducational Waco University, and continued as Baylor University.
A devastating campus fire in 1929, required immediate construction of more buildings, and that with the help of the Great Depression, brought the college to the edge of bankruptcy. It was saved by a generous gift from Mary and John G. Hardin. In gratitude, the college changed its name to Mary HardinBaylor College in 1934.
In 1978 the college achieved status as a university and was re-named the University of Mary Hardin - Baylor.