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Lon Morris College (LMC) was a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and was the only school affiliated with the United Methodist Church that was owned by an individual conference and not the denomination as a whole.
Hundreds of schools were established in East Texas before the Civil War. Lon Morris College outlasted them all until it closed its doors in 2012. The college had its beginnings in the early 1850s, as a Masonic School located in the community of New Danville, in Rusk County.
After attaining state accreditation in 1915-16, the school began, in 1919, to advertise itself as the oldest junior college in East Texas. In 1924 it took the name Lon Morris College to honor financial benefactor Alonzo Morris.
Aug 31, 2021 · Lon Morris College was founded in 1854 as the New Danville Masonic Female Academy near Kilgore. In 1873, under the leadership of Dr. Isaac Alexander, a young Methodist minister, the school moved into Kilgore and became Alexander Institute.
Aug 16, 2009 · However, as a chartered institution, the college can be traced back to 1854 with the establishment of the New Danville Masonic Female Academy in the Kilgore area. In 1873, the school was named Alexander Institute after founder Dr. Isaac Alexander, an East Texas area preacher and educator.
Dec 13, 2018 · According to former Lon Morris president, Dr. Faulk Landrum, the school was named one of three of the best two-year colleges in the United States by U.S. News and World Report for its stringent commitment to academic excellence.
The problem with which this study is concerned is that of analyzing the implementation of the stated purposes of Lon Morris College of Jacksonville, Texas from 1847 to 1973.
