08-09-2014, 08:10 PM
An excerpt from page 162 of the book, The Story of North Texas: From Texas Normal College, 1890, to the University of North Texas by James Lloyd Rogers, 2002
In 1932, during the height of Great Depression, the Texas Joint Legislative Committee on Organization and Economy proposed that:
"...Various board of regents would be eliminated... Three schools would be abolished: the School of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso, North Texas Agricultural College at Arlington, and Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Four teachers' colleges---East Texas, Stephen F. Austin, West Texas, and Sul Ross---would become junior college branches of the University of Texas, as would Texas A&I College and John Tarleton Agricultural College. Sam Houston State and Texas Tech would become four-year liberal arts colleges, the latter to become West Texas State College..."
That would be (what is now) UTEP, UTA, and TXSU getting the shaft. Sam Houston State could've been a powerhouse. Some interesting turn of events.
http://books.google.com/books?id=uEqJXwQ...ge&f=false
In 1932, during the height of Great Depression, the Texas Joint Legislative Committee on Organization and Economy proposed that:
"...Various board of regents would be eliminated... Three schools would be abolished: the School of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso, North Texas Agricultural College at Arlington, and Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Four teachers' colleges---East Texas, Stephen F. Austin, West Texas, and Sul Ross---would become junior college branches of the University of Texas, as would Texas A&I College and John Tarleton Agricultural College. Sam Houston State and Texas Tech would become four-year liberal arts colleges, the latter to become West Texas State College..."
That would be (what is now) UTEP, UTA, and TXSU getting the shaft. Sam Houston State could've been a powerhouse. Some interesting turn of events.
http://books.google.com/books?id=uEqJXwQ...ge&f=false