Arlington State College - Reveille Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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NORTH TEXAS AGRICUL URAL COLLEGE 19 3-1949 In 1923 a bill was passed by the state legislature changing the schoo1's name from Grubbs Vocational College to the North Texas Junior Agricultural College fthe junior was later droppedj. The reason for the change was given as the private connotation of the individual's name Grubbs and the limit in function imposed by vocational, North Texas Agricultural College was still a two-year college within the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Col- lege system. During the 1924-25 school year, the faculty numbered 305 in 1934, after an adminisrtative change, the college had a faculty of 50 and an enrollment of 1023. From 1934 on, the school offered courses in agriculture, commercial, domestic and mechanical arts, military science and vocational education, as well as the usual academic courses. Two-year courses in agriculture, business admin- istration, pre-med, pre-law, home economics and various engineering fields were also offered. By 1934 the college owned a farm of 100 acres, while the campus itself consisted of 33 acres. LIBRARY 45. will tr' R1 4 tl , 'Q fe X x X Q . l NX . - N V Q. 1 'i ' K p .. at 'takers sf-fe ! K ox N-Ng . 2 . -. -4.3-4 , 1' Y 1 .' 'Q , 'Nik N lr x M AN AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE NTAC CAMPUS

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I 5. xl, Stl, K 'N I -sri GIRLS PHYSICAL TRAINING CLASS AT GRUBBS

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