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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.
31 ago 2021 · The Texas Historical Commission recognized Lon Morris College as the oldest junior college in Texas in 1972 and approved a marker for the campus. Lon Morris is also the only one of the pre-Civil War schools in East Texas still in existence (see EDUCATION; ANTEBELLUM TEXAS).
Lon Morris College offers over 30 majors in three divisions of studies. Students can choose from three Associate degrees in Arts, Fine Arts, and Sciences. 98% of LMC graduates transfer to 4-year universities.
Dropped at the onset of World War II, football was reinstated at Lon Morris College in 2009. Its final directory shows that L.M.C. offered men’s and women’s basketball and soccer, volleyball, softball, football, cross country/track, and baseball.
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.
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.
16 ago 2009 · Hundreds of schools were established in East Texas before the Civil War; Lon Morris College alone still exists as the oldest two year college in the entire state. This month marks its 100th anniversary as a junior college in its current location.
