Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000

The American junior colleges of today are historical accidents, some having begun originally with elementary and secondary divisions or as adjuncts of local high schools. Wesley College in Greenville, Texas, began on a two acre campus as North Texas University Training School in Terrell, Texas, in 1905. Chartered by the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the school initially provided elementary and high school and two years of college. At this time the name was changed to Wesley College, but the school closed in the spring of 1911. It reopened on a twenty acre campus in the fall of 1912 in Greenville, Texas, and maintained a close relationship with that city until mounting financial problems forced closure in 1938. Many records of the school were transferred to Southern Methodist University at Dallas, and in 1939, Wesley College alumni were invited to become associate members of the S.M.U. Ex-Students Association. Many associated with Wesley College continue to meet annually in Greenville to keep alive their memories of the once prestigious college. This study employs primary and secondary documentary data, as well as interviews with fifty-six individuals, to provide a chronological descriptive history of the origin, growth, development, and …

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of the Hunt County Courthouse in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the Hunt County Courthouse in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.

Photograph of the W.R.J. Camp House (located at 2620 Church) in Greenville, Texas.