Daniel Baker College
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Daniel Baker College was founded April 5, 1889 in Brownwood, Texas and was named in memory of the Rev. Dr. Daniel Baker, a Presbyterian circuit-riding minister, who helped organize the first presbytery in Texas in 1840 and Austin College in 1849.
Baker was born on August 17, 1791 at Midway, Liberty County, Georgia, he was the second president of Austin College (1853 - 1857), and he died in Austin, Texas on December 10, 1857.
The institution was plagued with financial difficulties and was consolidated with Howard Payne University in 1953.
The mascot was the Hillbilly[citation needed] and the motto was Veritas et Humanitas, meaning "For Truth and Humanity."
[edit] Notable alumni
- Novalyne Price Ellis -- a school teacher and speechwriter whose memoir was adapted into a movie.
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