This article was written by Meg Cullar and published in the Baylor Line Spring 2001 issue. One of the brightest spots in the political firmament, Ann Richards’s light is still shining. NOT LONG AFTER HER INAUGURATION AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, Ann Richards paid a visit to her hometown of Waco. She was greeted warmly by […]
This article was written by Todd Copeland, then editor of The Baylor Line, and published in the Line’s Spring 2001 issue. Today Willie Nelson is one of the world’s most famous musicians, but in 1954 he was just another face in the crowd at Baylor. WILLIE NELSON’S TOUR BUS, FEATURING ITS TELL-TALE “Comanche at
This article was written by Paula Price Tanner and published in the January 1988 issue of The Baylor Line. Over the years, they have come from varied backgrounds. One was a city boy from the suburbs of Houston; another grew up in Mount Ida, Arkansas. Two came after stints in the armed services; one, after
This article was written by Tony Pederson and published in the June 1980 issue of The Baylor Line. For the casual visitor to Baylor’s original site in the tiny Texas village of Independence, the most visually pleasing point of interest is the old female campus, where four magnificent columns from the old main building have
Twenty-five years after she was a Baylor freshman, Dot Thompson is back on campus with her son, Jerry, Class of ’78 . . . . By Dot Thompson We walked into the Student Union Building and I sank gratefully into a booth in the Cub, trying very much not to look like the mother of
A warm and personal account of the humor, pathos, tears and joy that led to the Bears’ 1974 SWC championship. It was about 3:00 p.m. on December 23 when Jack [Patterson] called me; I was in my office with an athlete I was trying to recruit. He asked me to charter a plane and fly
This article was included in the 1962 edition of The Baylor Line. A Baylor speech professor recalls his college days with the first American to orbit the earth. By D. Thomas B. Abbott. NOT ONE OF THE HUNDREDS on the campus who stayed glued to TV sets and radios on February 20, 1962, was sweating
This article was included in the May 1953 edition of The Baylor Line. Written by: Dr. Gordon K. Teal, ’27, of Dallas Invents Gadget for Wrist-Watch Size Portable Comic Strip Detective Dick Tracy’s two-way wrist radio may not be as fantastic as some of the detective fans might think. Dr. Gordon K. Teal, B.A. ’27,
This article was included in the October 1947 issue of The Baylor Line, and written by Charles D. Johnson, Ph.D. Why have students come to Baylor this year and for several years past from California, Massachusetts, Washington and Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and other states as well as from a majority of the counties in
In honor of the 160th anniversary of The Baylor Line Foundation’s founding in 1859, we wanted to give the BLF family a picture of what both Baylor and Waco was like at the time of our founding! Baylor Baylor University, at 14 years old, was still located at its original location in Independence, Texas. Rufus
