University of Mary Hardin–Baylor
Texas
1845
Formerly “Baylor Female College” and “Baylor College for Women”
In 1845 students chose gold and white as the school colors of Baylor Female College, but purple was added as a third color in the early 1920s. This was a dark shade of purple, sometimes described as “royal purple” in documents from that period.
Citations in the World Almanac (listed by cover date; color information is from the previous year): purple/white/gold (1923-1935)
The Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) assigned “Baylor [Female] College” a three-color hood lining in the 1920s. According to a 1927 citation it was purple above gold with a white chevron separating the two other colors. This description did not change in subsequent lists from the Bureau. By this point the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume rarely distinguished between purple and royal purple (dark purple), but since Baylor Female College’s purple was dark, the IBAC was probably referring to a royal purple color in the upper half of the college’s hood lining.
