  Rev. Thomas S. Clyce, D. D., president of Austin College, is a young man, a Tennessean by birth,
and a graduate of King College, East Tennessee. Deciding to enter the
ministry, he took his theological course at Columbia Theological
Seminary, Columbia, S.C., and post graduate work in the Theological
Seminary at Louisville, Ky. After engaging in the work of the ministry for a period, he was called in 1896, to take charge of the Agricultural and Mechanical College then being established at Jackson, Alabama. Being a man of wide scholarship, fine executive ability, and indomitable energy, combined with a remarkable power of coming into personal contact with people, Dr. Clyce soon showed himself as much at home at the head of an institution of learning as in a pastorate. After four years of faithful service at Jackson, he was urged to come to Texas and preside over the destinies of Austin College. Although so recently installed in his new office, he has taken hold of matters to such a way to give evidence that he understands the situation and is alive to the exigencies of his work. In full harmony with his faculty as a scholarly, tactful, consecrated leader, already ingratiated into the affection of the community in which he labors; already commanding the esteem and confidence of his board of trustees, and possessed of the good will of the church at large; it is easy to predict that with his administration begins a new era for Austin College. The policy that he has outlined, together with the means purposed to carry it into operation is evidence to those concerned that the old institution is in the commendation and patronage of the public.   Austin College History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |