Editing Republic of Texas (section)

==Education==
[[File:Baylor University 1892 front.png|left|thumb|[[Baylor University]], 1892 lithograph]]
President [[Anson Jones]] signed the charter for [[Baylor University]] in the fall of 1845.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2016/02/is-baylor-the-oldest-university-in-texas/|title=Is Baylor the oldest university in Texas?|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref> [[Henry Lee Graves]] was elected Baylor's first president. It is believed to be the oldest university in Texas; however, [[Rutersville College]] was chartered in 1840 with land and the town of [[Rutersville, Texas|Rutersville]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbr17|title=Rutersvillle College|first=Judson S.|last=Cluster |date=June 15, 2010|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref> Chauncey Richardson<ref name=Stone2010>{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fri04|title=Richardson, Chauncey |first=William J.|last=Stone|date=June 15, 2010|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref> was elected Rutersville first president. The college later became [[Southwestern University]] in Georgetown, [[Williamson County, Texas|Williamson county]].<ref name=Stone2010/> [[University of Mary Hardin-Baylor]] was also chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845, and received lands in [[Belton, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://go.umhb.edu/|title=University of Mary Hardin-Baylor|website=go.umhb.edu}}</ref> Wesleyan College, chartered in 1844 and signed by president [[Sam Houston]], another predecessor to Southwestern did not survive long due to competition from other colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbw09|title=Wesleyan College|first=John C.|last=English|date=June 15, 2010|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref> [[Mirabeau Lamar]] signed a charter in 1844 for the Herman University for medicine but classes never started due to lack of funds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/sfm02|title=Medical Education |first=D. Clayton |last=Brown |date=June 15, 2010|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref> The University of San Augustine was chartered June 5, 1837, but did not open until 1842 when Marcus A. Montrose became president. There were as many as 150 students enrolled.  However, attendance declined to 50 in 1845, and further situations including animosity and embittered factions in the community closed the university in 1847.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kcu06|title=University of San Augustine |first=Nancy Beck |last=Young |date=June 15, 2010|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref> Later it became the University of East Texas, and soon after that became the Masonic Institute of San Augustine in 1851. [[Guadalupe College]] at [[Gonzales, Texas|Gonzales]] was approved January 30, 1841; however, no construction efforts ensued for the next eleven years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mng01|title=Guadalupe College Land Grant &#124; The Handbook of Texas Online&#124; Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref>