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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas is celebrating |
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its 80th anniversary in 2008-2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Designed by noted Dallas architect Mark Lemmon and |
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now a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, the school opened its doors |
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in 1928; special features of the Elizabethan style building |
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included a gymnasium with an entire wall of glass windows, an |
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auditorium with footlights and a separately ventilated orchestra |
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pit, and a cafeteria that was reportedly "the largest eating place |
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in Dallas" at the time; and |
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WHEREAS, Known from the beginning simply as Woodrow, the |
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school remained the only high school in East Dallas until 1957, and |
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it continues to serve most of "old" East Dallas, including Swiss |
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Avenue, Mount Auburn, Junius Heights, Lakewood, Munger Place, and |
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Hollywood Heights; and |
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WHEREAS, Graduates of Woodrow Wilson have made their mark in |
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virtually every field of endeavor; notable alumni include a chief |
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justice of the Texas Supreme Court, Tom Phillips, U.S. Congressmen |
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Sam Johnson, Jim Collins, and Jim Mattox, who also served as Texas |
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attorney general, race car driver Carroll Shelby, Heisman Trophy |
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winners Tim Brown and Davey O'Brien, professional basketball |
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players Anthony Randolph and Alton Lister, professional golfer |
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Ralph Guldahl, Olympic gold medal tumbler Rowland Wolfe, real |
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estate developer Trammell Crow, actor Jerry Haynes, and musician |
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Steve Miller; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1981, interior scenes for Crisis atCentral |
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High, a drama about the desegregation of a high school in Little |
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Rock, Arkansas, were shot at Woodrow Wilson, and a number of Woodrow |
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students appeared in the film along with its stars, Joanne Woodward |
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and Charles Durning; and |
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WHEREAS, Praised by D Magazine as the best comprehensive high |
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school in Dallas, Woodrow Wilson has also been ranked by Newsweek as |
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one of the top high schools in the country; in February 2009, the |
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school's principal, Ruth Vail, announced that Woodrow Wilson had |
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been designated the first campus in the Dallas Independent School |
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District to offer the International Baccalaureate; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of eight eventful decades, Woodrow |
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Wilson High School has educated thousands of Dallas students and |
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provided a foundation on which they could build rewarding and |
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fulfilling lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 80th anniversary of the opening |
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of Woodrow Wilson High School and extend to all those associated |
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with the school sincere best wishes for continued success in all |
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their endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Woodrow Wilson High School as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |