H.R. No. 466
 
 
 
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 February 27, 2017; and
         WHEREAS, Prairie View A&M University dates back to 1876,
  during the Reconstruction Era, when the 15th Texas Legislature
  established a school known as the "Alta Vista Agricultural and
  Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth"; 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, With the administration now led by president
  Dr. George C. Wright, the university has an enrollment of over
  8,700 students, including more than 1,300 graduate students; and
         WHEREAS, Prairie View A&M is a notable institution with a
  long and fascinating history, and this occasion provides a fitting
  opportunity to recognize it and pay tribute to its continuing
  achievements; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize February 27, 2017, as Prairie View A&M
  University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those
  associated with the university sincere best wishes for the future.
 
  Bell
 
 
Straus Goldman Oliverson
 
Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
 
Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
 
Alvarado Gooden Parker
 
Anchia Guerra Paul
 
Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
 
Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
 
Arévalo Hefner Phillips
 
Ashby Hernandez Pickett
 
Bailes Herrero Price
 
Bell Hinojosa Raney
 
Bernal Holland Raymond
 
Biedermann Howard Reynolds
 
Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
 
Bohac Hunter Roberts
 
Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
 
Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
 
Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
 
Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
 
Burrows Kacal Sanford
 
Button Keough Schaefer
 
Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
 
Canales King of Parker Schubert
 
Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
 
Clardy Klick Sheffield
 
Coleman Koop Shine
 
Collier Krause Simmons
 
Cook Kuempel Smithee
 
Cortez Lambert Springer
 
Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
 
Craddick Lang Stickland
 
Cyrier Larson Stucky
 
Dale Laubenberg Swanson
 
Darby Leach Thierry
 
Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
 
Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
 
Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
 
Deshotel Martinez Turner
 
Dukes Metcalf Uresti
 
Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
 
Elkins Miller Villalba
 
Faircloth Minjarez Vo
 
Fallon Moody Walle
 
Farrar Morrison White
 
Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
 
Frank Murphy Workman
 
Frullo Murr Wray
 
Geren Neave Wu
 
Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
 
Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 466 was adopted by the House on February
  27, 2017, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House