S.R. No. 725
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
1-18 and their families to learn about the construction of the Capitol
1-19 and to reflect on its relevance to Texas in the 1880s and today;
1-20 and
1-21 WHEREAS, The 15 students in the history class of
1-22 Mr. Patrick D. Johnson from Smylie Wilson Junior High School in
1-23 Lubbock, Texas, whose principal is Mr. Ron Dingle, are the proud
2-1 winners in their category, and their winning replica of the Capitol
2-2 proudly displayed in the Capitol Lower Rotunda for viewing by the
2-3 public; and
2-4 WHEREAS, These students are to be congratulated for their
2-5 creative accomplishment, and they have brought honor to their
2-6 school, their city, and their state; now, therefore, be it
2-7 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-8 74th Legislature, hereby commend and applaud the achievement
2-9 of these outstanding students from Smylie Wilson Junior High
2-10 School and their teacher; and, be it further
2-11 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2-12 them as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate.
2-13 Montford
2-14 Armbrister Henderson Rosson
2-15 Barrientos Leedom Shapiro
2-16 Bivins Lucio Sibley
2-17 Brown Luna Sims
2-18 Cain Madla Truan
2-19 Ellis Moncrief Turner
2-20 Gallegos Nelson Wentworth
2-21 Galloway Nixon West
2-22 Harris Patterson Whitmire
2-23 Haywood Ratliff Zaffirini
2-24 Bullock, President of the Senate
2-25 ______________________________________
3-1 President of the Senate
3-2 I hereby certify that the above
3-3 Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-4 on April 18, 1995.
3-5 ______________________________________
3-6 Secretary of the Senate
3-7 ______________________________________
3-8 Member, Texas Senate