H.R. No. 722

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and members of the
	administration of Prairie View A&M University are visiting the
	State Capitol on March 2, 2015, and this occasion provides a fitting
	opportunity to pay tribute to the rich history and continuing
	achievements of this notable institution; and
	WHEREAS, Prairie View A&M University dates back to 1876, when
	the 15th Texas Legislature established a school known as the "Alta
	Vista Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas for Colored
	Youth" during Reconstruction; the first students enrolled in 1878,
	and a normal school for training teachers, the state's first
	coeducational public institution of higher learning, was created by
	the legislature the following year; the normal school and the
	agricultural and mechanical college were combined by the 20th
	Legislature in 1887; and
	WHEREAS, The institution expanded its curriculum to four
	years in 1901 and began offering intercollegiate athletics three
	years later; a cooperative agricultural extension program was added
	in 1914, and establishment of the Army Reserve Officer Training
	Corps followed in 1917; during the 1920s, the school introduced the
	first baccalaureate degrees and a school of nursing, took part in
	the organization of the Southwest Athletic Conference, and
	initiated the Prairie View Interscholastic League for African
	American high schools, which later merged with the University
	Interscholastic League; and
	WHEREAS, In 1937, a graduate school was established at
	Prairie View; the school began a program for commissioning U.S.
	Army officers in 1943 and naval reserve officers in 1968; five
	commissioned officers from the school's army training corps have
	gone on to become three-star generals, and three officers from its
	navy training corps have become admirals; and
	WHEREAS, Voters approved a state constitutional amendment in
	1984 that recognized Prairie View A&M as a university of the first
	class and restructured the state's Permanent University Fund to
	include Prairie View as a beneficiary; in addition, the legislature
	established the Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and
	Culture at Prairie View in 1999; the school launched its first
	doctoral program, in juvenile justice, in 2001 and has since added
	others in electrical engineering, juvenile forensic psychology,
	and education leadership; and
	WHEREAS, Under the leadership of president Dr. George C.
	Wright, the university currently has an enrollment of over 8,000
	students, including more than 1,500 graduate students; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize March 2, 2015, as Prairie View A&M
	University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those
	associated with the university sincere best wishes for continued
	success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Bell
	Straus González Otto
	Allen Guerra Paddie
	Alonzo Guillen Parker
	Alvarado Gutierrez Paul
	Anchia Harless Peña
	Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan
	Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips
	Ashby Howard Pickett
	Aycock Huberty Price
	Bell Hughes Raney
	Bernal Hunter Raymond
	Blanco Isaac Reynolds
	Bohac Israel Riddle
	Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi
	Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar
	Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis
	Burns Keough Romero, Jr.
	Burrows King of Hemphill Rose
	Button King of Parker Sanford
	Canales King of Taylor Schaefer
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield
	Clardy Klick Schubert
	Coleman Koop Shaheen
	Collier Krause Sheets
	Cook Kuempel Sheffield
	Craddick Landgraf Simmons
	Crownover Larson Simpson
	Cyrier Laubenberg Smith
	Dale Leach Smithee
	Darby Longoria Spitzer
	Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer
	Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson
	Deshotel Márquez Stickland
	Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Elkins McClendon Tinderholt
	Faircloth Menéndez Turner of Collin
	Fallon Metcalf Turner of Harris
	Farias Meyer Turner of Tarrant
	Farney Miles VanDeaver
	Farrar Miller of Comal Villalba
	Fletcher Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Flynn Moody Walle
	Frank Morrison White of Bell
	Frullo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Galindo Murphy Workman
	Geren Murr Wray
	Giddings Naishtat Wu
	Goldman Nevárez Zedler
	Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 722 was adopted by the House on March 2,
	2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House