You know the photos: men and women dressed in layers of coats, bowler and cowboy hats abound, horse and buggies, maybe a few “horseless carriages.” Most of these kinds of photos come from the early 20th century — and the ones you’ve seen of Waco and Baylor were almost certainly shot by Fred A. “Gildy” […]
It’s hosted three presidents and housed six national championship teams, welcomed some of the biggest country music acts in history, and christened tens of thousands of Baylor Bears who walked across its Commencement stage and exited as alumni. We’re talking, of course, about the Ferrell Center, which opened in style 30 years ago this week. […]
Baylor’s Student Union Building opened to the campus community 70 years ago this fall. But the SUB — officially the Bill Daniel Student Center — is far from ready to retire, having reinvented itself many times over the years. Groundbreaking for the SUB took place on June 1, 1940, on the site of what had […]
This is no ordinary dollar bill. This is a prized possession of Jada Stockemer, new Baylor freshman, who will finally move into her dorm this week with thousands of others in the Class of 2022. When she does, that dollar bill will be back where it first started. In the fall of 1952, Gwen Beard […]
How integral was William Tryon to the founding of Baylor University? Judge R.E.B. Baylor himself thought that our university, when it was chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, should have been named after his fellow Baptist pioneer. Had Judge Baylor’s wishes been heeded, we’d all be TryonProud today. While Judge Baylor’s humble suggestion […]
Singletary. For football fans, only a last name is needed to conjure images of one of the greatest football players of all time patrolling the defense for the Bears — both at Baylor and in Chicago — setting records and winning titles in a legendary Hall of Fame career. Mike Singletary, BBA ’83, is today […]
In the late 1800s/early 1900s, as college athletics began to develop and Baylor started to compete against other schools, different BU teams and sports often had different names and mascots. By the fall of 1914, Baylor students began to call for a single mascot, and it was proposed that a contest be held to determine […]
Since 1947, Kokernot Hall has served thousands of Baylor students. If you aren’t one of the many who called its walls home, you’ve at least driven by it a thousand times while heading toward 8th Street — and you should know its namesake, Herbert Lee Kokernot. H.L. Kokernot was born Dec. 28, 1867, in Gonzales County, about 70 […]
During Teacher Appreciation Week this spring, the official Baylor Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts each asked the same question: “Which Baylor professor(s) made an impact in your life?” The query drew more than 600 responses, and — reflecting Baylor’s long history of excellent teachers — more than 350 Baylor professors were named at least once. More […]
Whether it’s been five years or 50 years since you last visited the Baylor campus, chances are good there’s something new that you’ve haven’t seen before. Something new almost always means something else is gone — but gone doesn’t mean forgotten. Below are 15 landmarks that were once an important part of the Baylor experience, […]
