The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-13

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first laying the foundation therefor.
He had never permitted himself TO
turn out a Shoddy job, and he re
solved that the superstructure of his
ambition should not be reared on
base Of hay and stubble He would
fit himself to grapple with those
esoteric doctor books. He would go
to school-yca, through college. To
make this possible he then began
welding the heavy implements OF
the section hand. cashing in his un-
usually powerful physique.
So with his little hoard of dollars,
he arrived at Baylor university,
whose curriculum was not so for
midable then as now, but difficult
enough to compel him to enter the
academic department for two years
of preparation. 1t did not humili-
ate him, stalwart man of twenty
five. to sit with piping-voiced strip
| lings. With equal lack of embar-
rassment. during the scattered
months when he had oeen able to
attend the public schools, he had
stood in spelling classes no other
member of which reached far above
his waistline. When, despite the
most rigid self-denial. he saw his
dollars dwindling. he again banked
his muscular energy, arising early
to milk the cows of neighbors. To-
ward the latter part of his six years
in the academic and collegiate de-
partment of Baylor, he taught at
possible intervals finding a
profession that he came to prefer to
that of medicine.
! Having determined to make teach
| ing his life work, after he had re-
ceived his diploma from Baylor, he
taught for awhile in public schools.
Given then teaching position at
Baylor, he found that his scholar
ship was inadequate to the task, so
| he went to Yale. where he took the
bachelors degree in 1894 and mas
ter's degree later, and where he was
working toward the doctorate when
he was recalled to Baylor. this time
to become its president. Under his
administration Baylor university has
prospered in material resources, in
patronage, and in enlarged purpose
and achievement. With no assured
support of state behind him, and with
no care-denying plethoric endow-
ment, when occasion demands he
knows how to make an appeal that
does not fail of its intent.
And he Is much more than an
unusually efficient college admins
TRAITOR. Palmer will venture"
sundering the letters that conven-
ton is wont to place upon the teach
er, he takes an active and telling
interest in the politics of his city
and state. The champion of unwor-
thy cause may safely expect an OPP
portunity to break lance with him,
and he is foeman to be reckoned
with.
In his chapel talks-gems of can
dor and pointedness-he tells his
students, more than a thousand in
humber. "Think world-thoughts.
Don't permit your view to be limited
by the secondaries of Podunk and
Pulltight,' And he himself thinks
| "world-thoughts." The cause or
peace has for years enlisted his ac-
tive interest. In 1907 he organized
tie Texas State Peace congress, the
first state organization of its kind
in the country
"What do you regard as the chief
characteristic of Doctor Brooks?" /
asked OF one who has known him in
timately for years. what attribute,
what trait of personality, best ex-
plsins his gift for molding men to
! his purposes
CDR. Brooks is always more nu-
| man than scholastic" was the hesi-
tating reply. "But ! hardly know
how to answer your question
yes, yes, 1 do."--this with tense
| eagerness SITS his unlimited ca
paeity for friendship. No condition
of personal danger or of personal
advantage could swerve him from
fealty to frined. He never falls
you" ***
was not surprised, therefore,
when shortly afterward student
said to me. Il would feel free to go
| to Doctor Brooks with any tfoubie