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1	1	S.C.R. No. 2
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4	4	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5	WHEREAS, Governor T. M. Campbell signed a bill on March 31,
6	6	1909, for the establishment of a normal college west of the 100th
7	7	meridian; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Canyon was selected as the location for the new
9	9	normal college on September 3, 1909, and a 40-acre tract was trimmed
10	10	from the T-Anchor Ranch on November 4, 1909, as the site for the
11	11	college; and
12	12	WHEREAS, Ground was broken on February 17, 1910, for the
13	13	college's first building, and West Texas State Normal College
14	14	opened on September 20, 1910, with an enrollment of 232 students;
15	15	and
16	16	WHEREAS, On March 25, 1914, Old Main, the college's main
17	17	facility, burned to the ground, and President R. B. Cousins
18	18	declared, "If West Texas is nothing more than brick and mortar, it
19	19	ought to die"; and
20	20	WHEREAS, On March 26, 1914, classes at West Texas Normal
21	21	College were conducted in church buildings, the courthouse, and
22	22	vacant businesses across the city of Canyon; and
23	23	WHEREAS, West Texas Normal College has been known as West
24	24	Texas State Teachers College (1923-1949), West Texas State College
25	25	(1949-1963), West Texas State University (1963-1990), and West
26	26	Texas A&M University (1990 to present); and
27	27	WHEREAS, West Texas A&M University students have brought
28	28	recognition to the university and the State of Texas with eight
29	29	consecutive team triumphs at the National Reining Horse Association
30	30	National Championship, Students in Free Enterprise advancing to the
31	31	national level of competition for 13 consecutive years, and
32	32	students in broadcasting winning the regional crown for the 11th
33	33	consecutive year at the National Broadcasting Society Region 4
34	34	Convention and the 11th consecutive Model Chapter of the Year award
35	35	at the National NBS Student Electronic Media Competition; and
36	36	WHEREAS, The school's symphonic band has appeared 12 times at
37	37	the Texas Music Educators Association annual convention, making it
38	38	the only university band in the state of Texas to make a record
39	39	number of appearances at the annual event; and
40	40	WHEREAS, West Texas A&M University's student athletes have
41	41	competed successfully in National Collegiate Athletic Association
42	42	sports, in which the Lady Buff volleyball team has won three
43	43	national championships, the football team is 4-0 in bowl games and
44	44	has won four Lone Star Conference championships, and the Buff and
45	45	Lady Buff basketball teams are on track to defend their 2007 Lone
46	46	Star Conference titles; and
47	47	WHEREAS, West Texas A&M University has been instrumental in
48	48	the region's economic, social, and cultural development over the
49	49	past 100 years, with 50 percent of the working professionals living
50	50	in the Texas Panhandle having earned their degrees from West Texas
51	51	A&M University; and
52	52	WHEREAS, West Texas A&M University has provided educational
53	53	opportunities for more than 100,000 individuals over the past 100
54	54	years and has more than 35,000 alumni working and living in the
55	55	state of Texas; and
56	56	WHEREAS, West Texas A&M University has a full roster of
57	57	graduates who have taken leadership roles here in the state of Texas
58	58	and across the country including State Representative John Smithee,
59	59	First Lady of Texas Anita Perry, former AT&T Wireless chief
60	60	executive officer Stan Sigman, Mercury Morris of the Miami
61	61	Dolphins, former player and head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers
62	62	Maurice Cheeks, and Microsoft general manager for premier and
63	63	alliance support Joe Austin; now, therefore, be it
64	64	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
65	65	hereby commemorate the centennial of the establishment of West
66	66	Texas A&M University and commend the school's administrators,
67	67	faculty, staff, and students on their valuable contributions to the
68	68	State of Texas; and, be it further
69	69	RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared in honor
70	70	of this special occasion.
71	71	______________________________ ______________________________
72	72	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
73	73	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 2 was adopted by the Senate
74	74	on January 14, 2009.
75	75	______________________________
76	76	Secretary of the Senate
77	77	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 2 was adopted by the House
78	78	on January 15, 2009.
79	79	______________________________
80	80	Chief Clerk of the House
81	81	Approved:
82	82	______________________________
83	83	Date
84	84	______________________________
85	85	Governor