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

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A view west of the campus in 1929. (Photo from Southwest Collection) C III. ( kltwood, who nad preiied for the creation of tne college, wai reuiied fuit before ltd preientafion to C onareii, ana the name of the college wai changed frotn Weit Uexai Cf illl L olleqe to ZJexai Uechnotoqicai College. On the morning of 3eL. 10, 1923, Qov. fjeff iigned the LiU at 10 a.m. that created ZJexai ZJechnoiogical y ollege. Jne iigning of the oili wai og no meani the end of the legendarg campaign to eitabiiih the ichool, in fact, that wai iuit the beginning. CJn flov. 11, 1924, an eitimatea 20,000 people gathered for the momentoui occaiion of iauing the cornentone of the college. ZJexai ZJechnoiogical College had iti firit facultg meeting on Sept. 15, 1924. Claiiei began at 8 a.m. (Jet. 1, 1924. iiitlllllllll This 1960s student places a sticker in her back window, displaying her opinion about the name change. Hundreds of students protested in 1967 because they wanted the college to be named Texas State University instead of Texas Tech University. (Photo from Southwest Collection)

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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

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ne cJ eaend CONTINUES TECH CONTINUES TO MAKE HISTORY IN 1991 he icnool i firdi qraauatei came in J927 ana ltd firit 4-veaf graduated in 1929. ZJhe claii of 1936 donated the uictoru belli in the eait tower of the Jrdminiitration Vjuiidinq. ZJhe ZJech ifluieum opened in 1937. .3n 1950, 2,500 people gathered for the dedication of the campui itatue of the late uUill iKogeri. Ljreeh organizations came onto the ZJech cam.pui in 1953. ZJhe Z chool of illledicine wai eitabliihed in 1 1 lag of 1969. ZJhe tint rJ.au Z chool claiiei were itarted in 1967. JJn the earlu 1970i the ieal and fountains were completed at the main entrance onto campui. Xf itreahing fad hit the campui in 1974, and a man itreah took place near d ledioe and Ljordon halli. ZJhe drinking age went up to 19 in 1982 and then to 21 in the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity members await Marc Allen ' s return from Operation Desert Storm. (Photo by Walt Cranberry) Marc Allen is welcomed home on April 26 as he returns from the Persian Gulf. (Photo by Walter Cranberry) % Something Legendary =■