Town and Gown Club records 1927-(ongoing)

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Town and Gown Club records 1927-(ongoing)

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Town and Gown is a Southern Methodist University organization founded in 1927 by both SMU representatives (gown) and prominent Dallas residents (town). The original goals of the organization were to promote fellowship, intellectual stimulation, and dialogue between Southern Methodist University and the greater Dallas community. Early membership included notable Dallasites such as Robert E. Lee Saner, Charles Selecman, and John Avery Lomax. The group’s papers include correspondence, budgetary information, membership rolls, event invitations, membership nominations, and directories.

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Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

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Town and Gown Club (Dallas, Tex.)

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Town and Gown was founded on October 31, 1927 by both SMU representatives and prominent Dallas residents. The original goals of the organization were to promote fellowship, intellectual stimulation, and dialogue between Southern Methodist University and the greater Dallas community. At its inception, membership was distributed evenly between both "town" and "gown," each were allowed 15 persons. Topics discussed at these early meetings varied from communism to birth contr...

Southern Methodist University.

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Shared governance had a short life at SMU. The concept was popular from initial research forays into its feasibility for the university in the 1960s until the death of the University Assembly in 1975. The University Assembly grew increasingly unpopular with the SMU faculty over time. From the guide to the University Assembly of Southern Methodist University records SMU 2010. 0421., 1968-1975, (Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University) ...