Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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-; Gov. Neff signs the bill creating Texas Technological College on Feb. 10, 1923. Also present are: Silliman Evans of the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Homer D. Wade of West Texas Chamber of Commerce, Senator W.H. Bledsoe of Lubbock County and Representative R.N. Chitwood of Nolan County. . • • nnain 9 9 Jech nto EXISTENCE LUBBOCK SELECTED AS SITE FOR COLLEGE 7 ubboch reiidenti and gueiti feaited at wnat muii come cloie to beina the biqqeit barbecue in ZJexai hiitoru wnen 30,000 people aatltered on ug. 28, 1923 at the celebration of oLubbock ai the choien iite for ZJexai Lfechnological L ollege. Jn ug. 8, 1923, the rJLocating l Joard ielected JLuoooch ai the iite for the college ovei 36 other Weit ZJexai communitiei. ,,,,,,„ ,- gJ ra -gt Cf v .. % Something Legendary dT

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ieii fnan three milei apart. ZJown tounderi recognized tnat the community with the moit reiiaenti at the time of the organization of JLubooch ( ountg could win the countg ieat. Lfo avoid a prolongea fight over the courthouie, the competing town promoteri agreed to aitandon their exiiting towniitei and eitabliih a new one. iJn UJec. 19, 1890, the two groupi agreed to termi and ioon eitabliihed the new towniite of rJLubboch. f- romoteri ioid one hundred town loti in the new community almoit immediately. ZJheie jLuoooch reiidenti, together with iettleri on outiging ranched and itoch farmi, moved to organize the countu. t petition for organization wai circulated and the required 150 iignaturei obtained, illloit lihelu the petition contained fraudulent iignaturei becauie women were not allowed to vote at the time and moit are iheptical that there were 150 men in exiitence in the area to iign the petition, ome ipeculate that the name of horded, mulei and dogi are poiiibiu liited on the document, vjut the petition wai iubmitted to udge Covington in C roibu L-ountu on Zreb. 9, 1891. ZJne election to organize the countu toon place on llllarch 10, 1891, and the town of oLubboch wai ietected ai the countu ieat. — ZJhii information wai tahen from a brochure publiihed bu the rJLubboch l ountg Centennial .Steering Committee and iupplemented bg facti from a ieriei of articlei printed bu the rJLubboch Mvaianche-Aournai. ' . C KaC fl j Hgte:N 1|ir ' Hw -- C J ■[ ■BJ n . n j nHK ' ' ' taP$ ' k | |ffi| P £ L -.f M x 5 : ' il-: -vm r - ' MjMf ' T ' KI B W ff Aj tKB Jg: ' fel On Aug. 28, 1923 people gather outside the Courthouse. (Photo from Southwest Collection) Gov. Neff speaks at the celebration in 1923. (Photo from Southwest Collection)

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Dr. Paul W. Horn, Tech ' s first president. T? ? ' ' o t i? X ' ■ ' ' ' wTh Kr l r ' ' 1 (1923-32) (Photo from Southwest Collection) Left: Gov. Pat Neff, Mrs. F.N. Drane WJP. Hobby, Silhman Evans from Fort Worth Star Telegram, C. W. Meadows. Back row: J.W. Carpenter, chairman Amon G. Carter, Dr. J.E. Nunn, Clifford Jones and R.A. Underwood. (Photo from Southwest Collection) oLubbocK Itoited dignitariei from acroa ZJexai repreientlng almoit ever Weit Uexai town. Ljovernor f- at ' leff, who firit uetoea and later iianea the bill that created SJexai Uechnological ( oliege, wai the heunote iaeaher for the celebration. ZJne event mau poalbiu be one of the largeit gatherings of people in lA eit Uexai for a non-athletic event, according to -Jiouthweit (collection records. n article appearing in an iiiue of ZJhe ZJexaS Uechian written b university archivist rJ avid Iflurrah said the barbecue for 30,000 included 35,000 pounds of beef, barbecued over a fire pit a mile long, 418 tubs of Sliced bread, 87 tubs of pickles, 184 tubs of potato salad, 64 tubs of fried chicken, 1,950 gallons of coffee and 10,000 roasting ears. Jhe article notes that according to the Jjallas Views, Uhe governor was the first man into the feeding line and he filled his plate at 12.-07. Uhe last man was fed at 12.-53. V ut the people of lAJest JexaS had great cause for such an enormous celebration. Uhe road leading to the establishment of Uexas Uechnological ( ollege had been long and difficult.