It’s a scene hard to imagine today, but on this weekend in 1922, hundreds of Baylor students (and even a few local alumni) threw caution to the wind and risked their lives on behalf of the university. Their actions kept the contents of the university’s entire library — including many of the school’s 75,000-plus books and […]
In 1951, a Baylor student named Jarrell McCracken, BA ’50, MA ’53, recorded “The Game of Life,” a play-by-play account of an imaginary football game that pitted Jesus’ team vs. Satan’s team. The song proved popular enough that he printed 100 records; a friend suggested he label them “WORD,” after the fictional radio station in […]
The University of Missouri celebrated the 100th anniversary of its homecoming in October 2011, citing a tradition that dates back to 1911. Many (including the game show “Jeopardy!” and the board game Trivial Pursuit) have credited the Tigers with inventing the celebration. But in anticipation of Missouri’s centennial event, historians started digging into the history […]
Ten years ago this week, the first classes were held in the new home of Baylor Law School, the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center. Located on the banks of the Brazos River, the facility measures 128,000 square feet — more than double the size of the law school’s previous home, Morrison Constitution Hall, which […]
While we celebrate the 235th anniversary of America’s independence this weekend, much of Texas is celebrating our great state’s 175 years of independence from Mexico all year. (Texas Monthly is advertising it as the state’s “terquasquicentennial;” say that five times fast.) Baylor and Baylor people have long played important roles in Texas history, even before […]
Had he lived longer, yesterday would have been Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday. The former California governor and United States president visited Baylor twice — once in 1976, when he spoke in Waco Hall while campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, and again in 1988 when he was the featured guest at the first event ever […]
Twenty-five years ago, a group of Baylor students decided that if they could gather some friends together to serve in Waco, they could make a difference. Since that initial gathering, Steppin’ Out has grown to involve more than 3,000 students each fall and spring — including some children of those original participants! — who “step […]
One game down, one win in the books. Next up? The Buffalo Bulls, tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Floyd Casey Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on Fox College Sports; if you don’t have that channel, there’s always the Baylor-ISP Sports Network. After listening to David Crowder’s rockin’ new “Rise Up” anthem all week […]
We initially left out one important word in our entry on Bears in Texas government last week. Baylor graduates Thomas Brown, James Alexander and Thomas R. Phillips should have been identified as past Texas Supreme Court CHIEF Justices; including those three, nearly 20 Bears have served on the Texas Supreme Court, a list that includes […]
My wife and I watched All the President’s Men this weekend, the Robert Redford-Dustin Hoffman film that tells the tale of the two Washington Post reporters who dug up the Watergate scandal that would eventually lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. The movie brought to mind one of the key players as things unfolded in […]
