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501R E S O L U T I O NWHEREAS, A group from Baylor University is visiting the StateCapitol on February 19, 2009, and this occasion provides a fittingopportunity to pay tribute to the rich history of this notableinstitution; andWHEREAS, Baylor University dates back to 1841, when 35delegates at the Union Baptist Association meeting accepted aproposal by the Reverend William Milton Tryon and State DistrictJudge R. E. B. Baylor to create a Baptist university in Texas; theTexas Baptist Education Society later petitioned the Congress ofthe Republic of Texas, and, on February 1, 1845, an act was signedinto law that officially established Baylor University; ReverendTryon and Judge Baylor are regarded as the founders of theuniversity, along with the Reverend James Huckins, who was thefirst Baptist missionary to Texas and the university
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s firstfull-time fund-raiser; each year in February, the Baylor Universitycommunity hosts a Founders Day celebration to commemorate theanniversary of its charter; andWHEREAS, Today, Baylor University is a nationally rankedliberal arts institution with a population of more than 14,000students working toward degrees in 145 areas of study; this privatecollege is small enough to offer its students personal attentionbut large enough to feature Big 12 athletics programs and nearly 300student organizations; the university places special emphasis oncommunity service, and students, faculty, and staff volunteer123456789101112131415161718192021222324
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countless hours in the Waco area; andWHEREAS, For more than a century and a half, BaylorUniversity has provided its students with an outstanding educationand a solid foundation for future success and, in so doing, it hascontributed to the continued progress of the Lone Star State; now,therefore, be itRESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st TexasLegislature hereby honor Baylor University and extend a warmwelcome to the representatives from the university who are presentin the State Capitol today; and, be it furtherRESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution beprepared for Baylor University as an expression of high regard bythe Texas House of Representatives.Kent AllenAnderson BoltonCook Davis of HarrisDunnam EilandHancock HughesKleinschmidt LewisMcCall PatrickPaxton PhillipsShelton TaylorVaught
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