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The University of Mary Hardin–Baylor (UMHB) is a Christian co-educational institution of higher learning located in Belton, Texas, United States. UMHB was founded by the Republic of Texas in 1845〔 as "Baylor Female College," the female department of what is now Baylor University.〔 It has since become its own institution and grown to approximately 2,700 students and awards degrees at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctorate levels. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of Mary Hardin-Baylor )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frequently Asked Questions )〕 The university is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Institution Details: University of Mary-Hardin Baylor )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=High School Students Awarded Scholarships to UMHB )〕 UMHB's first doctoral program, leading to the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), officially began in June 2007 with twenty-one students in the inaugural class.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UMHB Inaugurates First Doctor Program )〕 The university's overall student/faculty ratio is 16:1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fast Facts )〕 This university also now awards doctorate in physical therapy. == History == UMHB's history dates to the time before Texas became a U.S. state. Its original charter was granted by the Republic of Texas (prior to statehood) in 1845 as the female department of Baylor University. Classes began in May, 1846, in a small wooden building on a hillside at Independence in Washington County. The first class consisted of twenty-four male and female students〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Baylor: Henry Lee Graves, Baylor President 1846-1851 )〕 While it was a coeducational institution, the classes were still separated by gender.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of Mary Hardin-Baylor )〕 Baylor College’s coeducation lasted only until 1851 when it was divided into a Female Department and a Male Department.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Get to Know UMHB: Our History )〕 Each began occupying separate buildings approximately a mile apart at the Independence campus.〔 The changing demography of Texas and relocation of the local railroad made it increasingly difficult for college students to get transportation to Independence.〔 Both colleges were relocated in 1886 to their permanent homes in Central Texas: the women's division relocated to Belton where operations continued as Baylor Female College; the men's division moved to Waco, merged with coeducational Waco University, and continued as Baylor University.〔〔〔 The Cottage Home System, the first work-study program for women in a college west of the Mississippi, was instituted on the new Belton campus in 1893 by Elli Moore Townsend, wife of the serving president.〔 Its aim was to provide more affordable housing for women students who could not meet the expense of dormitories. The women students earned financial assistance by growing vegetables, raising livestock, and hand making crafts and quality clothing items. Initially the cottages were modest wood frame residences. In 1905, a permanent residence hall for the Cottage Home System was built by the residents themselves.〔 Beginning in 1922, a few male students, known as "Campus Boys," were allowed to attend classes and work on campus through their junior year, at which time they transferred to Baylor University or another college for their senior year and graduation. "Campus Boys" did work that was deemed unsuitable for the young ladies. They maintained the grounds, unloaded coal from rail cars, milked cows, fed hogs, served as night watchmen, and unstopped drains. They lived on the second floor of a carpenter shop in quarters dubbed "The Shack." In 1925, Baylor Female College was renamed Baylor College for Women. A year later in 1926, it was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities (now SACS), being the first Texas Baptist college to do so. Then in 1927, it received accreditation from the American Association of Colleges.〔 In 1925, enrollment peaked at 2,372 which forced the college to start a costly building project.〔 That, in addition to a devastating campus fire in 1929, required immediate construction of even more buildings and, with the help of the Great Depression, brought the college to the edge of bankruptcy.〔 It was saved by a generous gift from Mary and John G. Hardin. In gratitude, the college changed its name to Mary Hardin–Baylor College in 1934.〔 In 1968, the Scott & White College of Nursing, named for the Scott & White Memorial Hospital located in nearby Temple, became a part of Mary Hardin–Baylor College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scott & White College of Nursing - About Us )〕 Mary Hardin–Baylor College once again became fully co-educational in 1971.〔 August of that year saw the first male graduates including three males receiving bachelor's degrees. With the inauguration in 1978 of its first graduate program, a Master of Education, the college achieved status as a university with five schools: Arts and Sciences, Creative Arts, Business, Education, and Nursing.〔 It was renamed the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Center for Religious Liberty )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Mary Hardin–Baylor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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