University of Dallas
In 1905 the Bishop of Dallas, Rt. Rev. Edward J. Dunne, D.D., asked the Western Province of the Congregation of the Mission to open a Catholic college for boys in his diocese. Holy Trinity College of Dallas opened its doors to students in September 1907. “It was housed in a magnificent building four stories high, with a southern façade of 370 feet. It was at first only a high school, with an opening enrollment of eighty-eight which rose to 160 by 1910. During its first years the college was beset by numerous problems, including a recession, a drought, and an outbreak of illness.” The history of the University of Dallas reveals a lack of a consistent and proper administration, a series of poor financial decisions, tension between the Province and the Bishop of Dallas, and the “unhappy coincidence that two brothers were president and provincial which made any admission of failure highly unlikely."
