Francis Asbury Mood
First President

Graduating Class - 1876

Seated: George H. Stovall, J. Walter Blake, Alfred S. John
Standing: James Campbell, Douglas Dashiell

The original women's building, constructed in 1880, had no boarding facilities. Both women's and Preparatory Department classes met in this building about four blocks west of the main college building.  When the young ladies' school was opened, the statement was made, "It is no proposal to experiment in the novelty of co-education of the sexes." Therefore, the same faculty taught the same collegiate program to both men and women in different classroom buildings.

Southwestern University Faculty - Circa 1881

Seated: John H. McLean, S. D. Sanders, F. A. Mood, President
Standing: Robert S. Hyer, S. G. Sanders, C. C. Cody, R. F. Young, P. C. Bryce

The Southwestern University baseball team played the University of Texas April 21, 1884 in what is believed to be the first inter-collegiate baseball game played in Texas. This photo was taken around 1884.

1. John Chesser, 2. unknown, 3. John Coffee, 4. Thornton Bass, 5. Alf Yarborough, 6. Marvin Graves, 7. Jeff Adickes,
8. Jim Brown, 9. Louis McDougle

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