For the university known as Texas Wesleyan College from 1934 to 1989, see Texas Wesleyan University.
Fort Worth University was a college in Fort Worth, Texas operated from 1881 until 1911. Founded as Texas Wesleyan College in 1881, and later renamed Fort Worth University in 1889, the university was affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a member of the University Senate of the church. The university was dissolved into the Methodist University of Oklahoma (now Oklahoma City University) in 1911. As described in the latter university's 1915 "Historical Statement":[1]
Fort Worth University
1908 postcard depicting the 3 buildings of the university
The Methodist University of Oklahoma is the result of the amalgamation of the Fort Worth University and Epworth University which was brought about in 1911. Fort Worth University, located at Fort Worth, Texas, was originally Texas Wesleyan College, chartered by the State of Texas June 6, 1881. It was in 1889 that the charter was amended and the name changed to Fort Worth University. This institution under the leadership of wise and faithful men did good service for a number of years. Its graduates are scattered all over the Southwest and are giving a good account of themselves. Only the necessity for combining the educational forces of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the interests of larger endowment and equipment caused old Fort Worth to lose its identity.
The first president was William H. Cannon; later presidents included Oscar L. Fisher and William Fielder. Over the years the university offered A.B., B.S., B.Litt., and Ph.D. degrees. It also offered graduate professional degrees in medicine and law.[2][3]
^Nichols, Mike (2014). Lost Fort Worth. Arcadia Publishing. p. 61. ISBN9781625847126.
^Silverthorne, Elizabeth; Fulgham, Geneva (1997). Women Pioneers in Texas Medicine. Texas A&M University Press. p. 78. ISBN9780890967898.
^The Lasso (1898). Fort Worth University. May 1898. p. 34. MacMillan was the secretary of the class of 1898 - and simultaneously an adjunct professor of astronomy.
^Schlegel, Richard (1958). "Steady-State Theory at Chicago". American Journal of Physics. 26 (9): 601. doi:10.1119/1.1934713.
Further readingedit
Twenty-Ninth Catalogue of Fort Worth University. Fort Worth University. 1910. Retrieved 2021-02-12. This catalogue, which is in the public domain, has been scanned and made available online by the Fort Worth Public Library.
April 11, 2024
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