Bill Text: TX SR507 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing Texas Christian University on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-03 - Reported enrolled [SR507 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR507-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing Texas Christian University on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-03 - Reported enrolled [SR507 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR507-Introduced.html
88R24582 BPG-D | ||
By: King, Kolkhorst | S.R. No. 507 |
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WHEREAS, Texas Christian University is celebrating its 150th | ||
anniversary in 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, TCU was founded in 1873 in Thorp Spring by brothers | ||
Addison and Randolph Clark, ministers and teachers from nearby Fort | ||
Worth; they welcomed 13 students to Add-Ran Male and Female | ||
College, and within five years, enrollment reached 450; after | ||
affiliating with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the | ||
institution became known as Add-Ran Christian University, and in | ||
1895, it moved to Waco; the school soon chose a mascot, the horned | ||
frog, and its colors, purple and white; it adopted its present-day | ||
name in 1902; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1910, a major fire destroyed the main building | ||
and badly damaged other facilities; in the wake of that disaster, | ||
the college accepted Fort Worth's offer of 50 acres and $200,000 to | ||
relocate to the city; on its new campus, the institution | ||
flourished, and the end of World War II marked the beginning of a | ||
long period of significant growth; TCU purchased an adjoining | ||
106-acre golf course and by 1965, it had added more than 25 | ||
buildings; gaining stature, it toughened entrance requirements, | ||
expanded advanced study offerings, and approved Ph.D. programs; and | ||
WHEREAS, TCU has continued its rise in the 21st century, | ||
opening the Campus Commons, including the Brown-Lupton University | ||
Union, and establishing the John V. Roach Honors College; Anne | ||
Burnett Marion School of Medicine, Fort Worth's M.D. school, has an | ||
enrollment of 240 and will graduate its first class in 2023; | ||
moreover the endowment has passed the $2 billion mark, and | ||
enrollment today is approximately 12,000; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through the years, TCU has gained a reputation for | ||
academic excellence, strong traditions, a vibrant student | ||
experience, campus culture, and Greek life, and ardent support for | ||
student-athletes, who have achieved high recognition; the Horned | ||
Frogs have been particularly dominant in baseball, making five | ||
College World Series appearances in the past 13 years, as well as in | ||
equestrian events, tennis, and women's soccer, among other sports; | ||
the 2022 football team became the first team in Texas to earn the | ||
opportunity to compete for the national championship in the College | ||
Football Playoff; since 2010, the TCU rifle team has won three | ||
national championships, and it is the only all-female team to win a | ||
national title in this coed sport; the men's basketball team has | ||
made three NCAA tournament appearances in the last six seasons; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, TCU is a world-class, values-centered | ||
private university, comprised of nine schools and colleges, and it | ||
has a legacy of creating leaders who shape and improve the world for | ||
the greater good; it offers an unmatched student experience and | ||
academic environment to students from diverse backgrounds from Fort | ||
Worth, the state of Texas, and across the globe; and | ||
WHEREAS, TCU students, faculty, and staff offer valuable | ||
research, scholarly activity, artistic and cultural assets, a | ||
diverse array of talent, and significant economic benefit to the | ||
region and state; the rich history of Texas Christian University is | ||
a source of tremendous pride to its network of more than 100,000 | ||
alumni around the world, and this outstanding institution is sure | ||
to continue to build on this foundation of excellence in the years | ||
to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 150th anniversary of Texas | ||
Christian University and extend to the TCU community sincere best | ||
wishes for a memorable and meaningful celebration; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |