Editing St. Mary's University, Texas (section)

==History==

Founded as St. Mary's Institute, the school opened on Aug. 25, 1852, with a faculty of five and an enrollment of twelve boys.<ref>{{cite web|title=History in a Timeline|url=https://www.stmarytx.edu/about/history-in-a-timeline/|publisher=Stmarytx.edu|access-date=January 12, 2022}}</ref> In 1921, all college classes were transferred from downtown to the St. Louis College campus. In 1923, St. Louis College became St. Mary's College with an enrollment of twelve in the freshman class. Grade school and high school students remained at the downtown school, which adopted the name St. Mary's Academy. The new St. Mary's College quickly gained senior college status and in 1927 the first class of bachelor's degree candidates graduated from the newly renamed St. Mary's University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stmarytx.edu/about/timeline/ |title=St. Mary's History in a Timeline – St. Mary's University |publisher=Stmarytx.edu |access-date=2015-12-08}}</ref>

In 1932, the high school programs at St. Mary's Academy relocated from the College Street campus to become [[Central Catholic Marianist High School|Central Catholic High School]].<ref>[http://www.cchs-satx.org/index.php/about/articles/history]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101041230/http://www.cchs-satx.org/index.php/about/articles/history|date=January 1, 2013}}.</ref> After over a century as an all-male institution, St. Mary's opened its doors to female students in 1963 and became a coeducational university. In 1987, Polish-American silent film star [[Pola Negri]] left most of her estate to St. Mary's University, including a collection of memorabilia and several rare prints of her films. St. Mary's University also set up a scholarship in her name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fchtm |title=CHALUPEC, BARBARA APOLONIA [POLA NEGRI&#93; &#124; The Handbook of Texas Online&#124; Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) |publisher=Tshaonline.org |access-date=2015-12-08}}</ref>