The City’s Last Chance:

ID: 2919 ~ Source: Crosthwait, Carol R. Interviewed by Stephen M. Sloan. July 26, 2016, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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Hoping for a larger performance space in Waco, lifelong Wacoan Carol R. Crosthwait considers the shortcomings of Waco Hall. She also contends a more complicated story about Waco Hall—one where Baylor University threatened to move to Dallas if Wacoans did not donate toward a new university building.

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By Allie Roberts
Without the construction of Waco Hall, Baylor University might reside in Dallas, Texas. In the early 1900s, some Baylor representatives pushed for the university to relocate and had already placed parts of the institution in Dallas, including the…