Accomplishments

  • First to grant degrees in nursery education
  • From that small beginning the teacher preparation program at Texas
  • First to grant degrees in nursery education
  • First to offer diplomas in Kindergarten-Primary education
  • First to establish a division of home economics (one of the first 3 in the US)
  • One of first two universities to offer degrees in Vocational Home Economics
  • First to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance
  • First to offer a major in Recreation
  • First to award a degree in music and to sponsor graduate work in music
  • First Kindergarten in a State school (1917-18)
  • First to offer a degree in public school music (1917-18)
  • First to offer a degree in library science (1928-29)