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

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Texas A l Has A Birthday ...College Started 40 Years Ago To mark the 40th anniversary of the college. Texas A l's former football coaches gathered during Homecoming. At the history-making celebration were Gilbert E. Steinke. present head coach and director of athletics. Dewey A, Mayhew, the college's third head coach and presently assistant professor of government, A. Y. (Bud) McCallum, the second head coach in Teras A l's history, and L. J. (Neighbor) Smith, the man who started football at the college in 1925.

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Forty years ago, Texas College of Arts and Industries was born. The parental Texas Legisla- ture named the infant institution South Texas State Teachers College when it opened for the 1925-26 school year It was STSTC until 1929, when it took its present name. The first president of the college, Dr. Robert B. Cousins, and a faculty of 21 members wel- comed the first students. That first session of college work, which started June 8, 1925, there were I 14 college students, 99 in normal school, and 63 in sub-college. The sub-college was estab- lished to give future teachers a place to do their student teaching. This year the college, under the leadership of President James C. Jernigan, enrolled 4,563 students. The faculty has grown to include 188 full-time members, 4 part-time mem- bers, and 45 graduate assistants. That first year the campus had only two build- ings—the Old Administration Building and the President's Home. Today it has grown to a com- plex of modern yellow brick buildings set upon expanses of green lawn. March 26, 1966, saw the dedication of the most recently completed structure, The Sam Fore Jr. Hall which houses English, government and history. Construction began in the fall on a dormitory complex to house 400 students. Built with four wings going from a central building which will contain a dining hall, living room, and miscel- laneous rooms, the new dorm will be completed by September 1966. Forty years of educational excellence in South Texas is only a beginning, however; the college looks forward to continued progress. By 1972 Texas A l is expected to enroll over 8,000 stu- dents. A master plan of construction has been designed to help provide the physical facilities needed to give adequate accommodations for a first-class education for the thousands of Texas A l students yet to come.