S.R. No. 720
1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION
1-2 WHEREAS, The State of Texas has recently completed the
1-3 restoration of the Texas Capitol, the most comprehensive renovation
1-4 of any state capitol in the nation; and
1-5 WHEREAS, Following the five-year Capitol Preservation and
1-6 Extension Project, the Capitol will be rededicated in April, 1995;
1-7 and
1-8 WHEREAS, The State Preservation Board and Southwest Airlines
1-9 sponsored a contest in which seventh-grade history classes built
1-10 replicas of the State Capitol and wrote individual 250-word essays
1-11 on the theme "What the Capitol Means to Me"; and
1-12 WHEREAS, All across the state, seventh-grade history classes
1-13 were given the opportunity to construct a model of the State Capitol
1-14 using study materials such as scaled original drawings, information
1-15 on how to read architectural drawings, and a history of the
1-16 construction of the Capitol; and
1-17 WHEREAS, The exercise was designed to encourage students and
1-18 their families to learn about the construction of the Capitol and
1-19 to reflect on its relevance to Texas in the 1880s and today; and
1-20 WHEREAS, Twenty students in Ms. Carolyn Walmsley's history
1-21 class from E. M. Pease Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, whose
1-22 principal is Mr. Sterling Christy, are the proud winners in their
1-23 category, and their winning replica of the Capitol proudly displayed
2-1 in the Capitol Lower Rotunda for viewing by the public; and
2-2 WHEREAS, These students are to be congratulated for their
2-3 creative accomplishment, and they have brought honor to their
2-4 school, their city, and their state; now, therefore, be it
2-5 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-6 74th Legislature, hereby commend and applaud the achievement of
2-7 these outstanding students from E. M. Pease Middle School and
2-8 their teacher; and, be it further
2-9 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2-10 them as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate.
2-11 Luna
2-12 Armbrister Henderson Rosson
2-13 Barrientos Leedom Shapiro
2-14 Bivins Lucio Sibley
2-15 Brown Madla Sims
2-16 Cain Moncrief Truan
2-17 Ellis Montford Turner
2-18 Gallegos Nelson Wentworth
2-19 Galloway Nixon West
2-20 Harris Patterson Whitmire
2-21 Haywood Ratliff Zaffirini
2-22 Bullock, President of the Senate
2-23 ______________________________________
2-24 President of the Senate
2-25 I hereby certify that the above
3-1 Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-2 on April 18, 1995.
3-3 ______________________________________
3-4 Secretary of the Senate
3-5 ______________________________________
3-6 Member, Texas Senate