Hawthorne College
Hawthorne College
McKinney, Texas
The McKinney Collegiate Institute building was sold in 1898 to Marshall, C. C. Perrin, Newton and Warren. These men conducted Hawthorne College for one year before leasing the building to H. G. Reed and F. G. Jones, who continued Hawthorne College until 1902. After remaining vacant for one year, the building was leased to F. G. Jones, who established Jones Academy (McKinney Training School) in 1903.
“The Hawthorne College company, having purchased the McKinney Institute building, will, on the 31st day of August 1898, open in McKinney a college of the first class.
The faculty is composed of scholarly men and women, graduates of Polytechnic College, Add Ran, Harvard University, Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington, and other leading colleges and universities in the United States. The curriculum is high, the equipments are excellent, and the discipline all that any parent could wish. Departments of Literature, Pedagogy, Music, Art, Elocution, and Business are directed by teachers of the best qualifications.
Rates as moderate as any other college in Texas. High school and College taught six days in every week.
Moral surroundings the very best. Will not every citizen of McKinney and Collin County assist us to build the best college in North Texas?
Hawthorne College has secured the services of Prof. F. J. Buckman, graduate of Harvard University, who will have charge of Greek, French, German, and Spanish. The last three Prof. Buckman speaks fluently and accurately. Democrat, June 23, 1898
We offer the degrees of A. B., B. S., B. L., B. Ped. B. M., B. E., M. Accts, and certificate in painting. Our students are taught not only to read French, German, and Spanish, but to speak them fluently and accurately. We offer a high literary course taught by professors from the best universities; a normal course leading to first grade and permanent certificates. We offer a Music course directed by a teacher having the advantages of the Milwaukee School of Music, the Chicago School of Music, and the Boston Conservatory, an Elocution Course under the management of a graduate of the Martyn College of Elocution and Oratory, and an experienced reader, reciter, and teacher; an Art course directed by a lady who has studied antique at Art Students League, New York with Twaentman and DuMonde. Oil with Mr. Wm. M. Chage, New York, Water-color with Rhoda Holmes, Nickles and M. E. Scott, New York. Sketching with C. Carleton, New York, China Painting with Vance Phillips and Mrs. Blair, New York and a Business Course taught by a practical business man.
Both sexes recite in the same classes, but have separate exercise grounds and board in separate buildings. The young ladies’ rooms are lighted with electricity, are large, well ventilated, carpeted, and furnished with a full set of bed-room furniture. We endeavor to have our table supplies with a variety of well-prepared food. It is the ambition of Hawthorne College to become one of the Leading Schools for young ladies as well as for young men. “The motto of Hawthorne College was “Labor conquers all things.” Hawthorne College opened its fourth session on August 31. 1898.
“Why You should send your daughter to Hawthorne. Your daughter will receive the benefit of practical work in the laboratory; she can study under experienced teachers in music, art, and elocution; she can become expert in bookkeeping, penmanship, type-writing and short-hand. “
Hawthorne College had seventy-five boarders during its first session in McKinney in 1898.
In 1900 Hawthorne College added a full course of book-keeping at a very small cost. It also offered a teacher’s course of first grade and permanent certificates.
McKinney was furnishing an annual enrollment of more than 300 students to Hawthorne College for the three years of its existence.
The college was closed in 1902. The building was sold to F. G. Jones, who started Jones Academy. At the time it was also called the McKinney Training School
In 1907 Jones sold the school to McKinney Independent School District and it was occupied by the Central Ward School until the 1950s.
McKinney, Texas
The McKinney Collegiate Institute building was sold in 1898 to Marshall, C. C. Perrin, Newton and Warren. These men conducted Hawthorne College for one year before leasing the building to H. G. Reed and F. G. Jones, who continued Hawthorne College until 1902. After remaining vacant for one year, the building was leased to F. G. Jones, who established Jones Academy (McKinney Training School) in 1903.
“The Hawthorne College company, having purchased the McKinney Institute building, will, on the 31st day of August 1898, open in McKinney a college of the first class.
The faculty is composed of scholarly men and women, graduates of Polytechnic College, Add Ran, Harvard University, Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington, and other leading colleges and universities in the United States. The curriculum is high, the equipments are excellent, and the discipline all that any parent could wish. Departments of Literature, Pedagogy, Music, Art, Elocution, and Business are directed by teachers of the best qualifications.
Rates as moderate as any other college in Texas. High school and College taught six days in every week.
Moral surroundings the very best. Will not every citizen of McKinney and Collin County assist us to build the best college in North Texas?
Hawthorne College has secured the services of Prof. F. J. Buckman, graduate of Harvard University, who will have charge of Greek, French, German, and Spanish. The last three Prof. Buckman speaks fluently and accurately. Democrat, June 23, 1898
We offer the degrees of A. B., B. S., B. L., B. Ped. B. M., B. E., M. Accts, and certificate in painting. Our students are taught not only to read French, German, and Spanish, but to speak them fluently and accurately. We offer a high literary course taught by professors from the best universities; a normal course leading to first grade and permanent certificates. We offer a Music course directed by a teacher having the advantages of the Milwaukee School of Music, the Chicago School of Music, and the Boston Conservatory, an Elocution Course under the management of a graduate of the Martyn College of Elocution and Oratory, and an experienced reader, reciter, and teacher; an Art course directed by a lady who has studied antique at Art Students League, New York with Twaentman and DuMonde. Oil with Mr. Wm. M. Chage, New York, Water-color with Rhoda Holmes, Nickles and M. E. Scott, New York. Sketching with C. Carleton, New York, China Painting with Vance Phillips and Mrs. Blair, New York and a Business Course taught by a practical business man.
Both sexes recite in the same classes, but have separate exercise grounds and board in separate buildings. The young ladies’ rooms are lighted with electricity, are large, well ventilated, carpeted, and furnished with a full set of bed-room furniture. We endeavor to have our table supplies with a variety of well-prepared food. It is the ambition of Hawthorne College to become one of the Leading Schools for young ladies as well as for young men. “The motto of Hawthorne College was “Labor conquers all things.” Hawthorne College opened its fourth session on August 31. 1898.
“Why You should send your daughter to Hawthorne. Your daughter will receive the benefit of practical work in the laboratory; she can study under experienced teachers in music, art, and elocution; she can become expert in bookkeeping, penmanship, type-writing and short-hand. “
Hawthorne College had seventy-five boarders during its first session in McKinney in 1898.
In 1900 Hawthorne College added a full course of book-keeping at a very small cost. It also offered a teacher’s course of first grade and permanent certificates.
McKinney was furnishing an annual enrollment of more than 300 students to Hawthorne College for the three years of its existence.
The college was closed in 1902. The building was sold to F. G. Jones, who started Jones Academy. At the time it was also called the McKinney Training School
In 1907 Jones sold the school to McKinney Independent School District and it was occupied by the Central Ward School until the 1950s.
