| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 256 |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, A group from Baylor University is visiting the |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | State Capitol on February 19, 2009, and this occasion provides a |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | fitting opportunity to pay tribute to the rich history of this |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | notable institution; and |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Baylor University dates back to 1841, when 35 |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | delegates at the Union Baptist Association meeting accepted a |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | proposal by the Reverend William Milton Tryon and State District |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | Judge R. E. B. Baylor to create a Baptist university in Texas; the |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | Texas Baptist Education Society later petitioned the Congress of |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | the Republic of Texas, and, on February 1, 1845, an act was signed |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | into law that officially established Baylor University; Reverend |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | Tryon and Judge Baylor are regarded as the founders of the |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | university, along with the Reverend James Huckins, who was the |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | first Baptist missionary to Texas and the university's first |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | full-time fund-raiser; each year in February, the Baylor |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | University community hosts a Founders Day celebration to |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | commemorate the anniversary of its charter; and |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Today, Baylor University is a nationally ranked |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | liberal arts institution with a population of more than 14,000 |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | students working toward degrees in 145 areas of study; this |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | private college is small enough to offer its students personal |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | attention but large enough to feature Big 12 athletics programs |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | and nearly 300 student organizations; the university places |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | special emphasis on community service, and students, faculty, |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | and staff volunteer countless hours in the Waco area; and |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, For more than a century and a half, Baylor |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | University has provided its students with an outstanding |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | education and a solid foundation for future success and, in so |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | doing, it has contributed to the continued progress of the Lone |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | Star State; now, therefore, be it |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | Legislature, hereby honor Baylor University and extend a warm |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | welcome to the representatives from the university who are |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | present in the State Capitol today; and, be it further |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | Baylor University as an expression of high regard from the Texas |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | Senate. |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | Averitt, Harris, Watson |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | ________________________________ |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | President of the Senate |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | I hereby certify that the |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | the Senate on February 23, 2009. |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | ________________________________ |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | Secretary of the Senate |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | ________________________________ |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | Member, Texas Senate |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | ________________________________ |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | Member, Texas Senate |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | ________________________________ |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | Member, Texas Senate |
|---|