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Started by Fred Goodwin, CMA
Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:56
April 17, 1871: Legislature approves funding for Texas A&M College
Author: Fred Goodwin, CMA
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:56
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:56
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April 17, 1871: Legislature approves appropriation for Agricultural and Mechanical College http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/daybyday/04-17-003.html On this day in 1871, the state legislature approved a bill providing for the organization of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Texas A&M University) and appropriating $75,000 for the construction of academic buildings and suitable accommodations. A committee selected a site near Bryan, now known as College Station, following the donation of 2,416 acres by local citizens. The college, the oldest public institution of higher education in the state, opened in October 1876 with 106 students and a faculty of six under President Thomas S. Gathright. By the year 2000, the College Station campus was the fifth-largest university in the nation, with more than 44,000 students, and the Texas A&M University System included nine schools across the state.
Re: April 17, 1871: Legislature approves funding for Texas A&M College
Author: BJ in Texas
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:49
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:49
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Fred Goodwin, CMA <fgoodwin@yahoo.com> wrote: || April 17, 1871: Legislature approves appropriation for || Agricultural and Mechanical College || Wonder how many special sessions that took? :-) -- -- Read: http://home.swbell.net/bjtexas/SS/ "Don't worry about avoiding temptation... as you grow older, it will avoid you." -- Winston Churchill
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