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S acCadKi Student Publication: Prairie View A M University, Prairie View, Texas 77446. This issue includes Volumes 28 and 29. The office is located in room 114, Memorial Student Center at (409) 857-4107. Copies can be obtained at minimal cost. Advisor: Frank D. Jackson, Director Memorial Student Center; Editor: Angela C. Wilson; Co-Editor: Elizabeth Haynes; Staff Members: Doris D. Fifer, Monica D. Hinton, Gary S. Wade, Muriel Jones, Carla Grace, Marcia Shorten, Kevin Dingle, L. Michael Craft, Monica Harris, Car-eene Banks, Terri Major, Bobbi Yarbrough, Earll Washington, Rosalind Russell, Frances Wallace, Michael Bostic, Frehiwot Derso, Zana Jackson, Monica Brown.
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Ocn Stosuf 000 On April 19, 1876 Governor Oran M. Roberts approved and signed the Legislative Act that created and established Prairie View as a branch of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Founders Day is celebrated on March 11, marking that triumphant day 'in 1878 when Prairie View’s doors were finally opened. Records are unclear as to who performed the duty of determining and securing a place for the institution ordered by the legislative act, but it is assumed that W. E. Minor of Mississippi was appointed by the Board of Directors to do this. He visited and chose this site which was then called Alta Vista and was formerly the Kirby plantation. In fact the Old Kirby Building served the purpose of dormitory, laundry; recitation room and — all in the dawning of Prairie Views day. Prairie View’s early years were dominated by the concentration of Agricultural study. The school never had an enrollment of over 140 pupils annually in the first 17 years of its existence. This is because in those days many students were given employment to pay for part of their education, and until 1909 most employees were appointed by the state. After 1909 enrollment increased because the funds for the “appointment system” were abolished by the Twenty-sixth Legislature. In 1917 the record enrollment so far was over 925 students. This information was included in the first Yearbook produced at Prairie View. This was the 1917 edition of “The Prairie . It was also said in that book that the name of our school was “coined” when W. E. Minor and Richard “Dad” Wells were taken in by the view of the surrounding prairie from their vantage point in the attic of the old Kirby Hall. 2 Introduction
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