How Carroll Library attests to the bravery of Baylor students almost a century ago
…Palmer Brooks had to tell the students to stop, fearful that the building might collapse. An estimated crowd of 20,000 students and Waco residents watched as it took two-and-a-half hours to put out the flame; it would be another year before the heavily damaged building was rebuilt. [SEE: The original Baylor Lariat account of the fire || Texas Collection photos of the fire and its aftermath] Chapel services never returned to Carroll Library, movin…