The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . rdthe payment of his assistants. Six agents were appointed, viz:H. L. Graves, J. W. D. Creath, J. H. Stribling, K. C. Burle-son, G. W. Barnes,- and J. H. Taliaferro. These agents wereinstructed to sell scholarships, while prosecuting the work ofraising the endowment. The Board of Trustees was a noble, liberal, broad-gaugedbody of men, and from the beginning had sacrificed and strug-gled most willingly, for the success of the school. They hadvery little encouragement up to this time,
The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . rdthe payment of his assistants. Six agents were appointed, viz:H. L. Graves, J. W. D. Creath, J. H. Stribling, K. C. Burle-son, G. W. Barnes,- and J. H. Taliaferro. These agents wereinstructed to sell scholarships, while prosecuting the work ofraising the endowment. The Board of Trustees was a noble, liberal, broad-gaugedbody of men, and from the beginning had sacrificed and strug-gled most willingly, for the success of the school. They hadvery little encouragement up to this time, but were now morehopeful, as faint glimpses were caught of the silver liningthat every cloud is said to have. This hope was short lived however, and-discouragementsthickened. At the next meeting, held on the 13th of June,1851, Prsident Graves tendered his resignation. An effortwas made to induce him to withdraw it, but he insisted on its-acceptance, which was done, and a vote of thanks tenderedhim, for the able manner in which he had presided over theinstitution from February 4th, 1847, to June 13th, 110 The Life and Writings of CHAPTER XIV Baylor University Born in a Storm—Santa Fe Expedi-tion SOMERVILLE CAMPAIGN BATTLE OF MlER—TEXAS a New Country—Unsettled Conditions—Slow Pro-gress of all Schools—Judge A. S. Lipscomb—Per-sonal Popularity — Nominates Mr. Burleson forPresident — Providence Leading — Mr. BurlesonsFirst Ambition—States Conditions of His Accept-ance—State Convention—Mass Meeting—Conferswith Other College Presidents—Outlines His Pol-icy for Government of the School. AYLOE UNIVERSITY may be said to have beenborn in a storm, and lived in a storm up to the timeDr. Burleson was placed at the helm in 1851. Thedetermination to establish it, was reached by the Texas BaptistEducation Society in 1841, only five years after the close ofthe Revolution between Texas and Mexico in 1836, and beforethe excitement following that passionate period
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