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