Editing Stetson University (section)

==History==
Stetson University was founded in 1883 as DeLand Academy after [[Henry Addison DeLand]], the principal founder of the town. In 1887, the institution was incorporated as DeLand University.<ref>1887 Fla. Laws ch. 3308</ref> In 1889, its name was changed to John B. Stetson University to honor [[John B. Stetson]], a hat manufacturer who made generous donations to the university and served alongside DeLand as a founding trustee.<ref>1889 Fla. Laws ch. 3985.</ref>

The first director of the academy was John H. Griffith, a minister. When the college was founded, John Franklin Forbes took over as the first president. [[Lena B. Mathes]] was an early faculty member.<ref name="TheWeeklyTribune1901">{{cite news |title=Tampa Women in Kindergarten Work |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/325409145 |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=The Weekly Tribune |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=November 7, 1901 |page=8 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> [[Lincoln Hulley]] served as president from 1904 to 1934.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Stetson Presidents |url=https://www2.stetson.edu/library/resources/alumni-resources/stetson-presidents/ |access-date=March 23, 2024 |website=Stetson Library |publisher=duPont Ball Library}}</ref>

Until 1995, Stetson had an affiliation with the [[Florida Baptist Convention]] and was considered a "Baptist school".<ref>{{Cite web|title=No Rubbish: A 125th Anniversary History of Stetson University's Libraries|url=https://www2.stetson.edu/library/green/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alumni_no_rubbish.pdf|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831084057/https://www2.stetson.edu/library/green/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alumni_no_rubbish.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>