Founded by first permanent Texas Panhandle ranchers, Col. and Mrs. Charles Goodnight. With 20 students, classes began in the Methodist Church while donors' funds were being used to erect 3-story administration building, two dormitories, and dining hall. Enrollment grew to 200; school had good athletic program. College in 1905 became a Baptist-supported academy; a junior college, 1913. Presidents were: Dr. Marshall McIlhaney, C.H. Webb, the Rev. J.P. Reynolds, Dr. D.T. Sutherland, the Rev. A.H. Thornton, E.B. Moore, and R.B. Morgan. In World War I era the useful pioneer school closed.

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