CLYDE, TX. CLYDE, TEXAS. Clyde is an incorporated community on Interstate Highway 20 and Farm Road 604, five miles west of Baird and eight miles east of Abilene in northwestern Callahan County. The site is on the Callahan Divide between the Brazos and Colorado rivers; its elevation is 1,980 feet above sea level.
Statement of Purpose. Tulane was founded in 1834 by seven brave physicians who sought to form a medical school in New Orleans that would teach others how to care for patients in the midst of an epidemic of cholera and yellow fever.
Under Chailleâ, Tulane became the leading school in the old Southwest and one of the nationâs best. At the turn of the century, Chailleâ was a leader in increasing the length of study to four years at Tulane and throughout the South; and despite the heavier requirements, enrollment rose to more than 400 by 1891. Chailleâ also further strengthened Tulaneâs leadership in public health.