The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . g-ton, Kentucky, in 1846; to Texas in 1848; preserved his lifein 1849 when he was stricken down with a malignant malady;led him to Independence in 1851, and placed him where hewould not be overlooked, when his head and hand were neededto direct the affairs of Baylor University, an infant Texas insti-tution. 114 The Life and Writings of Dr. Burleson had attended every annual commencementof the school, from the year of his arrival, and was familiarwith the plans of its government and c
The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . g-ton, Kentucky, in 1846; to Texas in 1848; preserved his lifein 1849 when he was stricken down with a malignant malady;led him to Independence in 1851, and placed him where hewould not be overlooked, when his head and hand were neededto direct the affairs of Baylor University, an infant Texas insti-tution. 114 The Life and Writings of Dr. Burleson had attended every annual commencementof the school, from the year of his arrival, and was familiarwith the plans of its government and control. He had alsostudied as he would a text-book, the laws by which Brown,Madison, and other successful universities were controlled, andsawT at a glance, some of the obstacles in the way of the har-monious and successful management of Baylor. The Trusteeshad reserved some rights in disciplinary, and other matterswhich did not come properly within the scope of their author-ity, and in order that this school might be placed on the highplane of other great institutions, and that clashes and con- J-~, ib::i. ON THE OLD COLLEGE CAMPUS AT INDEPENDENCE. The Building in which De. Burleson opened the Male Department of BaylorUniversity, September 1st, 1851. nicts between faculty and trustees might be avoided, to thegreatest extent possible, he offered certain conditions of hisacceptance of the Presidency to the Board of Trustees. First. That all disciplinary, and internal matters of theschool be arranged and settled by the Faculty, and all externaland business affairs be managed by the Trustees. Second. That the university should never go in debt,and that a model should be agreed on for buildings, whichcould be carried out and completed part at a time, and yet formone harmonious whole when completed. Third. That an endowment of ten thousand dollars De. Rufus C. Bueleson. 115 should be raised at once and placed at interest, and that thisamount be increased to fifty thousand dollars, a
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