Music groups were popular with Trinity students during the last decade of the nineteenth century. Along with students are Professors Riggs, Johnson, and Mrs. Kate Gillespie.
The Timothean Society originally functioned as a theology class for preministerial students and reorganized in 1891 as a pre-ministerial literary society. Pictured with students in photograph is President Benjamin McLeskey.
Prendergast was one of the founding trustees of the university and Board President for many years. A resident of Mexia, he also taught in Trinity's Law Department. He served as a trustee from 1869-1900.