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

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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.

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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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J4i5toricaliu J ignij-icant EVENTS MOMENTOUS OCCASIONS REMEMBERED ZJne firit college bill, wnicn called for the eitaoliinnient of lAJeit ZJexai -AtCf ill, wai paiied ou ( ongreii ana iignea bu Ljovernor Aatnei erguion. dSecauie of voting proceaurei of the Locating dSoard ana problemi with the itnpeachment of ZJ ' erguSon, the bill wai kiU. Jn the tail aau of the 37th oLegiilature of ZJexai in Sreb. 1921, a bill wai again paiied creating lA eit ZJexai . Cf ill L.ollege. ZJhe new preiident of the lAJeit ZJexai (chamber of (commerce, C lifford £j. Aonei, called (- ou. ' leff aihing him to iign the bill, illore than 1,000 telegrami were ient to ' leff requeiting he iign it. Z ourcei iau the governor wai adamant and vetoed the bill. ZJhe djiedioe-L hitwood bill, named for Z en. W. M. Ijjledioe of oLubboch and r ep. Some twenty thousand gather at the laying of the Administration Building cornerstone on Nov. 11, 1924. (Photo from Southwest Collection) ili iiW.- 4 lY |; ,. .1 ' , ' m jfTiipl ' 4 ■■■ ■ ' MM, IJmmt miQaiMHHpiKW hk