[4] In addition to its college program, it had a conservatory of music and a four-year preparatory academy.

[5] Under the leadership of Fielder, the college was recharted as Fort Worth University in June 1889.

[3] The Fort Worth School of Medicine moved to a new building in downtown Fort Worth in 1905; its growth was no surprise as this was the only medical school in an area of 380,000 square miles with more than 4 million people.

[5] Its liberal arts department moved to Guthrie, while the School of Medicine, which was separately chartered, continued to operate as the Fort Worth School of Medicine until 1919; it merged with Texas Christian University which had moved to Fort Worth in 1910.

[5] The Fort Worth School District purchased the campus in 1915 and demolished the buildings the next year.

[2] The School of Medicine was originally located on the main university campus but moved to Commerce and Seventh Streets in Fort Worth in 1896.

[5][1][10][2] Classes included traditional arts and sciences, including astronomy, Bible, biology, business, calculus, chemistry, Christian ethics, drawing and painting, economics, elocution, French, geology, geometry, German, Greek, history, instrumental and vocal music, Latin, literature, mathematics, pedagogy, philosophy, physics, physiology, psychology, sociology, and Spanish.

[5] After the cadet corps was added in 1890, military training was required for male students.

[11] The university's four literary societies were Kappa Gamma Chi and Phi Lambda for men and Alpha Theta and Zetagathean for women.