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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 70 

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Kansas State University. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2013 

Mr. HUELSKAMP submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Kansas State 

University. 

Whereas Kansas State University was established by the Territory of Kansas on February 9, 1858, as the Bluemont 

Central College Association in response to the State’s desire to provide higher education opportunities to farm 

families and the working class in Kansas; 

Whereas, on February 3, 1863, Kansas became one of the 

first States in the Nation to accept the terms and conditions of the First Morrill Act creating the land-grant system of colleges and universities; 

Whereas the Kansas State Agricultural College, today Kansas 

State University, received Kansas’ land-grant charter on 

February 16, 1863, making it the first operational landgrant institution in the Nation; 


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Whereas some of the most important technological advancements of the modern world were the result of research at 

Kansas State University, including the invention of the 

snooze alarm, the space pen, and discovering the weather 

phenomenon El Nin ̃o; 

Whereas Kansas State University became the first university 

to offer printing courses, which led to journalism courses 

and eventually to the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism 

and Mass Communications; 

Whereas Kansas State University helped pioneer the academic teaching of home economics for women becoming 

one of the first of two colleges to offer the program of 

study; 

Whereas Kansas State University has expanded to campuses 

in Olathe and Salina, and its Research and Extension 

program has strong presence throughout the State; 

Whereas Kansas State University also has international offices in Australia, Vietnam, China, and India; 

Whereas students attending Kansas State University come 

from all 50 States and 90 countries; 

Whereas Kansas State University is a national leader among 

public universities in Rhodes, Truman, Marshall, Udall, 

and Goldwater scholars; 

Whereas Kansas State University’s football team’s first game 

was played on Thanksgiving Day in 1893; 

Whereas the Kansas State University basketball team first 

played in 1902; 

Whereas Kansas State University intercollegiate athletics 

compete in the Big XII Conference; 


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Whereas more than 165,404 degrees have been awarded by 

Kansas State University and its graduates include heads 

of state, leaders of industry, great humanitarians, and 

gifted scientists whose work has improved the quality for 

life for people worldwide; 

Whereas more than 200,000 alumni are proud to call Kansas 

State University their alma mater; and 

Whereas Kansas State University’s commitment to education 

is unparalleled, and its history and stature are secured by 

the superlative caliber of its educational professionals and 

the students they inspire: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates Kansas State University for 

3 150 years of outstanding service to the State of 

4 Kansas, the United States, and the world in ful5 filling its mission as a land-grant university; and 

6 (2) thanks the State of Kansas for its visionary 

7 leadership in the beginning of the land-grant move8 ment in the United States. 

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