A Grand Celebration

ID: 867 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve

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Students donned formal wear for this athletic banquet held in 1942. The pipe organ in the back of the photo was built by Dr. Robert Markum, head of the organ department at Baylor University, and donated to Paul Quinn College.

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Paul Quinn College

By Brandice Nelson

Paul Quinn College is the oldest historically black college in Texas. Though it is no longer located in Waco, it remains an important part of the city’s history as the “Athens on the Brazos.” In 1872 the African Methodist Episcopalian Church…