Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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Go the Student Bodt| of Ohe South t?exas It is with much pleasure that the Kleberg County Commercial Club ex- tends to you its earnest congratulations on the publication of your first an- nual “El Rancho.” Visualizing a great educational institution serving and belonging to all of South Texas; appreciating the high type of earnest young manhood and womanhood who were to come among us and equip themselves here for their life work under the guidance of a faculty equal to any in Texas, our organization has made the establishment and support of your College its major activity for a period of ten years. We feel that the passing of the first year of your beloved institution into history has marked an epoc in the educational advancement of South Texas and has more than repaid us for the efforts put forth in a decade. Our interest in you shall not cease with the establishment of the South Texas Sta'e Teachers College as one of the recognized State educational institutions but as time goes on shall grow deeper, spurring us to greater ef- fort as we know you and the good men and women of your faculty better, and grow in pride and love of the traditions of this new College which are yours to establish for the inspira Mon of those who shall follow the “Purple and Gold” through all the years to come. Ours is a new community but one thoroughly imbued with a spirit of progress and every plan we have for Kingsville’s future must consider your college. Paved streets are soon to reach your door. The greatest physical education plant in Texas is soon to adorn your campus. Your splendid paper, “The South Texan” is without equal among publications of its kind. Your athletic activities should and will receive our whole-hearted support. So, as your first year closes, accept our expressions of congratulations; be assured of the pride we take in you and your accomplishments and know hat our most earnest desire is to work with you for the welfare of “old” South Texas State Teachers College next year. Sincerely yours. KLEBERG COUNTY COMMERCIAL CLUB, GUS L. KOWALSKI, President, E. B. ERARD, Secretary, MARCUS PHILLIPS, Chairman of Educational Committee.

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 Pianist E. LELOISE DAVIS Home Economies R, E. MAY Bus! ness Manager and Accountant LEONA HOOP Secretary to the President EGG Y DORB RA N DT Catalog: tier LOUIS SMITH, B. A. Athletics ANN L. KIRVEN Librarian 2710.9

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An Appreciation We wish to acknowledge the interest that the citizens of Kingsville and South Texas have shown in our College life We owe much to our loyal friends for the progress we have made in the first year of our institution. We take this means of expressing our appreciation to those who have assisted in making the publication of El Rancho possible. Especially are we indebted to the business men of Kingsville, Corpus Christi, Robstown, Bishop and of other organizations who advertised with us. We are especially grateful to the King Ranch for the beautiful three-colored interleaving plates which carry with them the history and development of the Ranch for which our book was named. It is with pride that we feature the Ranch and ranch life in the first edition of El Rancho. We should be very ungrateful were we to forget to ac- knowledge our gratitude to the faculty for the lessons of in- tegrity, truth, faith and service they have taught. - She Staff