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Sul Ross at Texas A&M

Author : John A. Adams
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623499399
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Sul Ross at Texas A&M written by John A. Adams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Texans today know of Lawrence Sullivan Ross only by his namesake, Sul Ross State University, or for his role in the capture of Cynthia Ann Parker as a fabled Texas Ranger. A few may know that he was a general in the Confederate army or that he served as the nineteenth governor of Texas. But for former and current students of Texas A&M University, he is known as “Sully”—an affectionate nickname referring to the oldest campus statue, which is the repository of wished-upon pennies left for good luck prior to taking final exams. In Sul Ross at Texas A&M, John A. Adams Jr., chronicler of Texas A&M University history, presents an in-depth examination of Ross’s life as a college president. Adams shows how by the late 1880s, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was on the brink of collapse. Student discontent, administrative mismanagement, and faculty factionalism threatened the continued existence of the fledgling school. The college’s board of directors were desperate and offered the presidency to Ross. Adams details the steps Ross took to bring order out of chaos, expanding and modernizing the college and leading the school’s finances out of the red. Many Aggie traditions first took shape during Ross’s tenure: the class ring, the band, and even the school’s first intercollegiate football game against the University of Texas. Ross’s years at the helm were transformative. Fans of A&M and Texas history will be enthralled by this captivating account of Sul Ross’s time as president of A&M.

Sul Ross

Author : Judith Ann Benner
Publisher : Centennial the Association of
ISBN 13 : 9781585444489
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book Sul Ross written by Judith Ann Benner and published by Centennial the Association of. This book was released on 2005-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of Lawrence Sullivan Ross and discusses his childhood in the Iowa Territory, his dedication to working for the state of Texas, his career as president of Texas A & M College, and other related topics.

The Senior

Author : Mike Flynt
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1418573337
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Senior written by Mike Flynt and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Never Too Late to Tackle Your Dreams! Mike Flynt was swapping stories with some old football buddies when he brought up the biggest regret of his life: getting kicked off the college team before his senior year. So, one of his pals said, "Why not do something about it?" Most 59-year-olds would have laughed. Flynt's only concern was his eligibility. He not only returned to college football, but actually made the team at his alma mater - Sul Ross State, an NCAA division III school. His remarkable story begins with a tough upbringing by a violent father who trained him to fight at every opportunity. His fighting habit took him in and out of jail several times, until a faith conversion turned his life around on the very day he was contemplating suicide. Mike Flynt has much to offer others, not only through his story, but through his belief that it’s never too late for God to heal your heart and fulfill your dreams. Foreword by NBA Superstar LeBron James.

Advancing Democracy

Author : Amilcar Shabazz
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807875988
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Advancing Democracy written by Amilcar Shabazz and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-11-16 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), it is important to consider the historical struggles that led to this groundbreaking decision. Four years earlier in Texas, the Sweatt v. Painter decision allowed blacks access to the University of Texas's law school for the first time. Amilcar Shabazz shows that the development of black higher education in Texas--which has historically had one of the largest state college and university systems in the South--played a pivotal role in the challenge to Jim Crow education. Shabazz begins with the creation of the Texas University Movement in the 1880s to lobby for equal access to the full range of graduate and professional education through a first-class university for African Americans. He traces the philosophical, legal, and grassroots components of the later campaign to open all Texas colleges and universities to black students, showing the complex range of strategies and the diversity of ideology and methodology on the part of black activists and intellectuals working to promote educational equality. Shabazz credits the efforts of blacks who fought for change by demanding better resources for segregated black colleges in the years before Brown, showing how crucial groundwork for nationwide desegregation was laid in the state of Texas.

Alpine

Author : David W. Keller
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738578941
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book Alpine written by David W. Keller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alpine was born a railroad town, but long before the whistle of the steam locomotive broke the silence of Alpine Valley, the nearby spring was a favored campground for prehistoric nomads and later for Spanish explorers and freighters along the ChihuahuaTrail. When the Southern Pacific unfurled its line down from Paisano Pass in 1882, landowner Thomas Murphy saw opportunity and platted the town. In 1887, Alpine was chosen as the county seat, and with the opening of Sul Ross Normal College in 1920, the town became the academic hub of the region. Following a decade of prosperity, the Great Depression and recurrent droughts triggered a slow decline. But since the early 1990s, Alpine has enjoyed a surge in regional art and culture, allowing it to reclaim its former glory as a proud little cosmopolitan cowtown perched at the top of the Texas Big Bend"--Provided by publisher.

American Snakes

Author : Sean P. Graham
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421423596
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book American Snakes written by Sean P. Graham and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 125 million years ago on the floodplains of North America, a burrowing lizard started down the long evolutionary path of shedding its limbs. The 60-plus species of snakes found in Sean P. Graham's American Snakes have this ancestral journey to thank for their ubiquity, diversity, and beauty. Although many people fear them, snakes are as much a part of America's rich natural heritage as redwoods, bald eagles, and grizzly bears. Neither a typical field guide nor an exhaustive reference, American Snakes is instead a fascinating study of the suborder Serpentes. Brimming with intriguing and unusual stories- of hognose snakes that roll over and play dead, blindsnakes with tiny vestigial lungs, rainbow-hued dipsadines, and wave-surfing sea-snakes- the text is interspersed with scores of gorgeous full-color images of snakes, from the scary to the sublime.

Texas Mountains

Author : Laurence Parent
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292765924
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Texas Mountains written by Laurence Parent and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2001-11-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of photographs by Laurence Parent which profile the beauty of the Texas mountains.

The Ranger Ideal Volume 1

Author : Darren L. Ivey
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574417010
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book The Ranger Ideal Volume 1 written by Darren L. Ivey and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service which has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. Thirty-one Rangers, with lives spanning more than two centuries, have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 1: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1823-1861, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the seven inductees who served Texas before the Civil War. He begins with Stephen F. Austin, “the Father of Texas,” who laid the foundations of the Ranger service, and then covers John C. Hays, Ben McCulloch, Samuel H. Walker, William A. A. “Bigfoot” Wallace, John S. Ford, and Lawrence Sul Ross. Using primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, The Ranger Ideal presents the true stories of these intrepid men who fought to tame a land with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 1 is the first of a planned three-volume series covering all of the Texas Rangers inducted in the Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas.

College Rodeo

Author : Sylvia Gann Mahoney
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585443314
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book College Rodeo written by Sylvia Gann Mahoney and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-22 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guts and glory, bulls and barrel racing, spurs and scars are all part of rodeo, a sport of epic legends. Cowboys and cowgirls use brain and brawn to contend for prizes and placement, but more often than not, it is the prestige of honorable competition that spurs them on. College Rodeo covers the history of the sport on college campuses from the first organized contest in 1920 to the national championship of 2003. In the early years of the twentieth century, a growing number of kids from farms and ranches attended college, many choosing the land grant institutions that allowed them to prepare for agricultural careers back home. They brought with them a love for the skills, challenges, and competition they had known—a taste for rodeo. The first-ever college rodeo was held at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. It offered bronco busting, goat roping, saddle racing, polo, a greased pig contest, and country ballads from a quartet. The rodeo was a fund-raising effort that grew enormously popular; by its third year, the rodeo at Texas A&M drew some fifteen hundred people. The idea spread to other campuses, and nineteen years later, the first intercollegiate rodeo with eleven colleges and universities competing was held in 1939 at the ranch arena of an entrepreneur near Victorville, California. Seldom does a college sport exist for eighty years without having a book written about it, but college rodeo has. Sylvia Gann Mahoney has written the first history of the sport, tracing its growth parallel to the development of professional rodeo and the growth of the organizational structure that governs college rodeo. Mahoney draws on personal interviews as well as the archives of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and newspaper accounts from participating schools and their hometowns. Mahoney chronicles the events, profiles winners, and analyzes the organizational efforts that have contributed to the colorful history of college rodeo. She traces the changing role of women, noting their victories that were ignored by much of the contemporary press in the early days of the sport. College Rodeo highlights outstanding individuals through extensive interviews, giving credit to the pioneers of college rodeo. This book includes rare photographs of rodeo teams, champions, and rodeo queens, blended with the true life details of sweat and tears that make intercollegiate rodeo such a popular sport.

Latino Access to Higher Education

Author : Martin Guevara Urbina
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 0398090920
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Latino Access to Higher Education written by Martin Guevara Urbina and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the black and white racial experience has been delineated over the years, the ethnic realities of Latinos have received minimal attention. Therefore, with Latinos projected as the upcoming U.S. population majority, the central goal of this book is to document the Latino experience in the world of academia, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on first-generation Latino students in higher education, delineating the dynamics of the educational journey, while situating their experiences within the ethnic community, the overall American society, and the international community. The text focuses on (1) ethnic realities including Latino student access to higher education, retention, graduation rates, and career success; (2) analysis of historic trends; (3) extensive review of prior empirical studies; (4) a holistic portrayal of education in the U.S.; (5) a qualitative study conducted in an institution of higher education in Texas, placing the stories of participating Latino students in theoretical context; (6) vivid documentation of historically entrenched racial ideologies in American education; (7) exploration of potential solutions to historical and contemporary barriers confronting Latino students; (8) development of a model of empowerment for Latino students; (9) information for the establishment of a balanced educational system; (10) accountability of higher education institutions; (11) review of revolutionizing education in the midst of current globalization; and (12) venturing into the future of Latino education in the overall American experience. Finally, the book seeks to examine not only America’s racism that is evident, but also the structural, cultural, and ideological forces that have influenced and continue to perpetuate the current educational situation for Latinos.

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1998

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1998 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Opportunity Programs

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opportunity Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

College Football Awards

Author : Dave Blevins
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490802
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book College Football Awards written by Dave Blevins and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, more than 575 awards and trophies are presented to college football players and coaches around the country. This comprehensive reference offers detailed descriptions of each of these awards followed by a full list of winners through 2010. All levels of competition are covered, including the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, NCCAA and community and junior college championships. From major honors like the Heisman Trophy, to level-specific awards such as the NCAA Division I Lou Groza Award, to conference prizes like SEC Offensive Player of the Year, this work celebrates the highest accolades of college football and the talented men upon whom they have been bestowed.

The Butcher of Baxter Pass

Author : William W. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 0786035986
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Butcher of Baxter Pass written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Texas sheriff must defend a murderous Union general from a Confederate family out for revenge in this post–Civil War Western. They call him The Butcher of Baxter Pass, the notorious former Union General who massacred 200 Confederate prisoners—just because he could. Now it’s Sheriff Jess Casey’s unenviable job to protect the bloodthirsty murderer from those who want him dead, which turns out be pretty much everyone south of the Mason-Dixon Line. When the Butcher arrives in Fort Worth—followed by the vengeance-hungry McNamara clan—Casey has to swallow his disgust and uphold the law, even if it means saving a mass murderer’s hide. But it won’t be easy. He’s outgunned by a dozen ex-Rebel avengers who lost three of their kin to the Butcher and will shoot anyone who gets in their way. Unfortunately for them, Sheriff Casey is the one man who’s brave enough—and crazy enough—to try and stop them . . .

The Great Unknown of the Rio Grande

Author : Louis F. Aulbach
Publisher : Louis F. Aulbach
ISBN 13 : 0976521350
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book The Great Unknown of the Rio Grande written by Louis F. Aulbach and published by Louis F. Aulbach. This book was released on 2007 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a guide for canoeing, kayaking or rafting the section of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park beginning at Terlingua Creek, the exit point for Santa Elena Canyon, and ending at the bridge at La Linda, the starting point for trips through the Lower Canyons."--Introduction.

Naturalist's Big Bend

Author : Roland H. Wauer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441563
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Naturalist's Big Bend written by Roland H. Wauer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given in honor of District Governor Hugh Summers and Mrs. Ahnise Summers by the Rotary Club of Aggieland with matching support from the Sara and John H. Lindsey '44 Fund, Texas A & M University Press, 2004.

Legendary Locals of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains, Texas

Author : Jim Glendinning
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467100544
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Legendary Locals of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains, Texas written by Jim Glendinning and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Home of the Last Frontier" is how the local radio station aptly describes the Big Bend and Davis Mountains region of West Texas, the sparsely populated area of desert and mountain close to the Mexican border. After 1848, the first settlers started to move in. They came to make a living, and a few made a fortune. Mysterious cattle baron Milton Faver ran 10,000 cattle in the 1870s. Others came for their health, like J.O. Langford, his wife, and young daughters who, seeking a dry climate, came to homestead on the Rio Grande. Today's newcomers are equally pioneering in their own way. Donald Judd was the catalyst that changed Marfa from a moribund cow town to an internationally recognized art center. Edie Elfring, an immigrant from a small island in the Baltic Sea, has picked up trash and tended Alpine's public gardens--unasked and unpaid--for years. They were drawn to what their predecessors found: a boundless landscape peopled by a few hardy, independent souls.