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CURTIS TTNNEI.1-
E\EC1.TIvE DIRECTOR
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
P.O. BOX 12276 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 (512)463 -6100
November 6, 1990
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Dr. Charles Schultz
1200 Goode
College Station, TX 77840
RE: A &M COLLEGE CONSOLIDATED RURAL SCHOOL
27 "X42" subject marker w/ post
Dear Dr_ Schultz:
This is to advise you that we have ordered the above referenced marker for casting.
The completed marker should be ready for shipment within eight to ten weeks A copy
of the final inscription as it was sent to the foundry is enclosed for your files.
If you have not already done so, this would be a good time to begin planning the mark-
er dedication ceremony. We would advise you, however, to avoid setting the dedication
date to coincide with the shipment date as estimated above. That estimate dces not
take into account potential shipping errors or other unforeseeable delays, which might
upset the best laid dedication plans. A guide to assist you with your dedication plans
is available upon request from our office. Since this is a state program, we suggest
your state representative and /or senator be included in the program as well as your
county judge and commissioners who have appointed your commission.
Enclosed please find a form for announcing the date of your marker dedication ceremony
in the THC's monthly newsletter, The Medallion. Please read the form carefully, as
notice must be made well in advance of the scheduled dedication in order to appear in
the preservation calendar.
We would appreciate having copies of any publicity, programs, photos, or other memora-
bilia from the ceremony to complete our file on this marker. Thank you for your con-
tinued support and good work toward the preservation of the history of our state.
Sincerely,
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Frances Rickard, Director
State Marker Program
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Texas Historical Commission Staff (CJB), 9/13/90, revised 10/18/90
27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker with post
Brazos County (Job #07390)
Location: 2118 Welsh, College Station
A &M COLLEGE CONSOLIDATED RURAL SCHOOL*
THE STATE OF TEXAS GRANTED A CHARTER FOR AN INDEPEN-
DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENCOMPASS THE TEXAS A&M
COLLEGE CAMPUS IN 1909,BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A
SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO
SUPPORT A SCHOOL,A&M PRESIDENT WILLIAM BIZZELL
AND PROFESSOR MARTIN HAYES,HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF VOCATIONAL TEACHING, PERSUADED THE LEADERS OF
THREE SURROUNDING COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEND
THEIR STUDENTS TO A NEW SCHOOL TO BE LOCATED ON
THE COLLEGE CAMPUS,
THE NEW SCHOOL OPENED IN 1920 WITH 304 STUDENTS,
IT WAS SUPPORTED BY A&M COLLEGE WITH FUNDING FOR
BUILDINGS, TEACHER SAIARIES,FURNITURE,AND EQUIPMENT,
IT BECAME A MODEL FOR RURAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA,
AND BY 1928 THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFI-
CIALLY DISSOLVED AND MERGED WITH A&M COLLEGE CON-
SOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT,
BY 1938 THE SCHOOL FACILI'T'IES HAD BECOME OVER -
CROWDED,BECAUSE THE COT.TFGE WAS NOT ABLE TO IN-
CREASE ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INSTITUTION ,THE SCHOOL
MOVED OFF OF THE A&M CAMPUS IN 1940,WITH THE
MOVE CAME THE GENESIS OF THE COLLEGE STATION INDE-
PENDENT SCHOOL DISTRIC4**
(1990) * **
*1/2 inch lettering to contrast with text
* *1/2 inch lettering
* * *1/4 inch lettering