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Texas Baptist colleges and universities listed with details
The piece catalogs Texas colleges and universities tied to Baptist and other denominations. It lists Baylor University in Waco with 3711 students and 179 teachers, Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas later Houston with 295 students, Texas Christian University at Thorp Springs and Fort Worth, Abilene Christian College, Clifton Junior College, Jarvis Christian College Hawkins, Lutheran Concordia College Austin, Texas Lutheran College Secuin, Tillotson College Austin, Rice Institute Houston with 1488 students and 103 teachers, plus major Catholic colleges and the University of Houston as a large municipal college with 9842 students and 374 teachers. It also mentions Hardin College Wichita Falls and notes a local Coleman paper editor Wendell Bedichek.